Early the next morning, Ryunosuke Akutagawa set off.

While he could go out at night, he didn't need to worry about the dangers that lurked in the darkness that were difficult to solve - rather, [monsters] might be more interested in seeing something vicious happen.

Strongholds at night are much easier to capture than during the day, when most people fall asleep, leaving only a few guards to take turns on duty.

Even so, there is only one reason why Ryunosuke Akutagawa still waits until daytime to go out.

[The monster] watched him eat and bathe, and supervised him to sleep on time - [it] only had to put the pillow in front of him, and Ryunosuke Akutagawa understood.

And Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who promised to be obedient, lay down on the bed and slept without complaint, and then planned to do the task.

Before going out, he ate the food that [the monster] had prepared for him, and brought a bottle of mineral water as requested.

The mission base was about half a day's walk away from him, and Akutagawa Ryunosuke could only walk slowly.

It's not that there is no lack of transportation, but it's really rare, and it's often in the hands of big people. If there is no one to watch over the ordinary little character, and there is no locked room to park it, within two days, the vehicle will be torn apart and sold for scrap metal.

On the way, although some people would still stare at Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the previous mighty formation finally stopped.

In the process of watching the rabbit dumpling hurry, Yi Chuancheng clicked [Explore] several times, but he could only get the information that the mustard rabbit was hurrying, and there was no bad thing that would come out to attack it again.

Very well, sure enough, he had to poke him into the nest at once, so that this group of carnivores could know that the rabbit cubs he raised could not be easily provoked.

For this mission, Ikawa Cheng didn't care much about it. It was so easy to capture the stronghold, and for him, it was almost like playing a game in the Musou series, where the enemy came in like undulating waves of wheat, and he was crushed and then fell in pieces.

He means that this is just a casual development game, and how difficult can the combat part be? It's not going to be hard for me to become I, is it?

With a relaxed and happy mood, Ikawa Cheng waited for the mustard rabbit to finally arrive at the mission location.

As far as the picture is concerned, he can only make out that there is a dark building with a cartoonish style in front of Tudanzi, and even if it is a cute brushstroke, he can see that this kind of house is a bit dilapidated, with several holes in the wall...... Ah, the roof suddenly rose into the air.

…… Wait, the roof goes up?

Ikawa Cheng stared at the small piece of graffiti that was supposed to be the roof of the house, and flew straight upwards and flew off the screen.

It wasn't until a few seconds later that the roof reappeared on the screen, falling vertically at a faster speed, smashing half of the wall.

Mamito Ikawa: ...... What's the situation?? This kind of scene that he is very familiar with, as if some supernatural ability unfolds!

【Explore】!

[Mustard arrives at the mission location.] 】

[Mustard discovers that the stronghold is being attacked by an unknown character.] 】

[Mustard quickly approached the stronghold.] 】

[Mustard Hare discovers Napoleon's orange cat in the attack stronghold.] 】

What, a bantam orange cat is attacking a stronghold before him? How can this work, if the task is completed first, won't the rabbit coins he is about to get will be gone?

He can't beat up this bantam orange cat who has taken up the territory anymore and snatch the stronghold back!

The mission says that the task he wants to complete is to [Capture the Tanuki's A Stronghold], not [Capture A Stronghold].

Come on, his bunny cub! Yi Chuancheng's originally relaxed spirit suddenly became nervous, and he clicked [Exploration] again.

Whether you can trigger the battle and make him shoot is up to you!

"Hey, who are you?"

The ceiling was blown away by gravity, and the beams, which had lost their load, creaked and fell.

Most of the personnel in the stronghold had already fallen to the ground, their lives and deaths unknown, and even their wailing seemed to be dying; But there are also enemies who can fight, and they are confronting him.

The crushed wall tilted and fell with a bang towards Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who was stepping into the stronghold.

However, it didn't take the [monster's] hand to do anything about this little problem, and the blades of his clothes lengthened and split, slicing the mud bricks to pieces in an instant.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa only needed to dodge a little more to the side, and it would be enough to pass this road unharmed and meet the eyes of the young man standing in the middle of the rubble.

The other party's hands were in the pockets of his jacket, and he tilted his head to look at him, "I don't have an impression of you, it's not from this stronghold." ”

"......" Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked around and found that most of the battlefield had been cleared by the other party, "I also took this task." ”

"You?" The other party glanced him up and down, and sighed exaggeratedly, "I'm really sorry, if you just have the ability to drive cloth, it's not a good card." ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa let out an "um".

"I know." - He replied, agreeing with the other man's words.

If it is only the ability to manipulate and deform the cloth, it is true that nothing can be done in this bowl street.

"Hah...... Do you still have the guts? The other party raised his eyebrows in surprise - at the moment when the two were talking, the bullets shot from behind were as dense as raindrops, and the enemy would not wait foolishly for them to finish talking.

But the next moment they got close to the man, the hundreds of bullets were nailed into the air as if time stood still, like a large curtain of beads hanging down.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's eyes widened slightly.

Unlike the [monster] way of dealing with the sub-bullets being cut in half, the opponent can be said to command all the sub-bombs next to him as he wants; Just twisting the body to accumulate strength, lifting the foot and kicking it out, some of it bounced back, and some of it fell vertically into the ground, digging out countless craters.

A few more howls rang out, and the number of enemies became even smaller.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa noticed that the trajectory manipulated by the other party did not include an older middle-aged man in the group of enemies just now.

"Ah, it's quite observant." The man also sensed the sight of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly, "He's the most difficult enemy in this stronghold, and his ability is [Reflection]. ”

"[Reflex]?" Ryunosuke Akutagawa repeats it.

"Pretty much that my gravity doesn't work against him." He smacked his tongue, feeling really unlucky, "I put gravity on him, and that part of gravity will be exerted on me in turn; I shoot a bullet at him, and the bullet comes back to me. ”

At this time, Akutagawa Ryunosuke noticed that there was a slowly opening blood stain on the other party's dark jacket.

"In other words, I don't have a problem with him. Even if I used gravity to shift the roof and try to smash it at him, the roof would become my head. His face was very stinky, "It's really difficult, there will still be this kind of strange ability, I tried for several days but couldn't conquer it." ”

"If ......," Ryunosuke Akutagawa began.

"Huh?"

"I can get rid of the man," he continued, "and I'll do it." ”

“………… Ha!? The other party's eyebrows suddenly rose, and he kicked a wheel in the middle of the conversation, "Anyway, I gave 90% of my strength!" ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa thought for a moment and took a step back, "Then share 30% of your remuneration." ”

"Don't go too far, Stinky Imp!"

“25%。”

“…… It's still going to be lowered! ”

"Because he's the key."

"......" The other party's whole face was full of unhappiness, and even the tips of his ochre-colored hair like a lion were curled in anger, "Okay, as long as you have a way to kill him." ”

He muttered, "I'd like to see what you could do," as he sat on the rubble and watched the performance.

If Akutagawa Ryunosuke just has his own supernatural ability [Rashomon], then there really is nothing he can do.

The blade of cloth he stabbed would also be [reflected], injuring himself; If you tighten the enemy's neck instead, he will be the one who will suffocate in turn.

But at the same time, he does have another good card - and that good card doesn't have any difficulty to play, it just needs him [to be attacked].

Ryunosuke Akutagawa's hands drooped and he walked towards the group with an expressionless face.

The scarf, which was too long at the end, hung softly around his waist, swaying with his steps, and it didn't look like he was about to attack at all.

The man who sat on the sidelines and watched the battle realized that the other party not only had clothes, but also his hair looked clean and well-groomed—in such a resource-poor place where he had to run for a living every day, it was not something that ordinary people could easily maintain.

"You... Don't come here! There were still four or five people left in the corner, and the middle-aged man in the middle was guarded, each with a gun in his hand, threatening Akutagawa Ryunosuke, "I'll pull the trigger if I come over again!" ”

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, who was not at all afraid of the threat of thermal weapons, continued to move forward, deaf to a shout that was louder than a shout.

In a sense......

"Shoot!"

"Wait, don't shoot!"

Ryunosuke Akutagawa finally stood still, and from behind the broken bangs, there were unwavering eyes like pitch-black pools.

The middle-aged man felt that he seemed to have received a subtle mockery, as if to say-

You're the only one who has the ability to [reflect], right?

A smile appeared in Yi Chuancheng's eyes.

Without warning, before all the bullets could get close to Ryunosuke Akutagawa, they clanged and fell into a crisp sound; Then came a series of slamming sounds, and the group of guards with guns all grabbed the ground with their heads, and gave him a big salute.

"Forced to kowtow, heh... It turned out to be you," said the middle-aged man, "I've heard of this ability, but unfortunately it didn't work very well for me. ”

The next moment after saying this, he twisted his face in disbelief at the force exerted on his body, and only had time to take one last look at Ryunosuke Akutagawa-

Syllable!

Ikawa Cheng showed no mercy to the long-tailed civet cat, the target of the mission, and deliberately avoided its reflection and photographed it on the wall as a painting.

The ability to [reflect attacks] doesn't work at all for Ikawa Sumi, who is far away from the screen.

Mission done. Ryunosuke Akutagawa turned his gaze to look at someone, and his movements clearly conveyed this meaning.

And someone watching from the wall is even staring out of his eyes at this moment: ???!!!

That's it? That's it? Didn't [reflection] happen? Why???

This guy ended the battle so easily, doesn't it seem like he's very useless...!

"Hey, who are you?" With his hands in his pockets, he stood up and asked Akutagawa Ryunosuke this question again, and even reported himself to his home first.

"I'm Nakaya Nakahara."

“… Ryunosuke Akutagawa. ”

- After a pause, Ryunosuke Akutagawa replied.