30 – Episode 30. Yakuzades Beam (5)
It was an unfamiliar ceiling.
No, this ceiling is too familiar.
“Nin?!”
Isn’t this our bed?
Kkiik-
A chimpanzee, who shouldn’t exist in this world, opened my door and came in.
“Oppa~♡ It’s morning~♡ Wake up quickly~♡ You’ll be late~♡”
“This is unbelievable.”
I don’t feel the least bit happy hearing the voice of a chimpanzee after a long time.
It only feels like being surrounded by a hundred Galapagos King Geckos crawling all over my skin.
“Mom made soybean paste stew~♡ It’s so delicious~♡”
I really can’t stand it.
How dare this bastard show me such a fantasy?
“Just die already!”
I jumped up and thrust a ‘sincere’ punch into the chimpanzee’s stomach.
“Kuk…! Oppa… why…?”
“Who the hell do you think I am?”
“But, oppa…”
I couldn’t listen anymore.
I grabbed the chimpanzee by the hair and threw it out the window.
“Ogogok~!”
Crash-!
The chimpanzee had gone out without permission.
“What?!”
To check if the chimpanzee was really dead, I extended my head and looked outside the window, but the world beyond was strange.
– Chirp chirp chirp.
– hahahaha hehehehe.
– Giggle giggle.
The world was replaying repeatedly, like a video.
Truly a city of demons.
Bang!
I broke down the door and headed to the living room.
Bubble bubble bubble.
“Oh, Nobin has come~! The stew is all cooked~ Where is your little sister?”
Our mother is neither young like a girl nor good at cooking.
She is a cruel salarywoman who puts only the cost of a pizza on the table and leaves the house, making excuses about being busy with work.
“Our son! You’re awake! What are you doing? Sit down quickly! A man should eat a hearty meal! hahahahaha!”
The power-mountain gorilla was strangely still the same, but somehow it was repulsively endearing.
And decisively, that silent serial abuser doesn’t say such things.
“-There’s no meat side dish!”
I immediately overturned the dining table.
“Kiyahak~!”
“Oh-aat~!”
The distorted appearance of the fake parents, who were hit directly by the Korean local traditional food, doenjang jjigae, was eerie.
“Uh… what happened…?”
“It would have been a… happy sight…”
The melting face of the fake parents spoke strange words.
“You little bastard! This is insulting our family!”
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An undercover agent cannot become human.
Because their genetic structure itself is different.
So, the appearance of our fake family pretending to be human doesn’t sit well with me.
“-It’s a complete annihilation of the family.”
I raised the baseball bat placed next to the flowerpot.
Bang bang bang bang! Thud thud!
As I struck the entire house, I also gave a blow to the fake parents’ heads one by one.
The wall hit by the baseball bat twisted and crumbled, and unexpectedly, the Milky Way revealed itself.
How much of a f*cking idiot he must be to love the universe this much.
– Stop right now. If you don’t, I will enter your ‘palace of thoughts’ myself.
“Give it a try!”
Bang bang bang bang bang!
– Prepare yourself. I’m not as easygoing as Velka-tuna.
Reading my thoughts, infiltrating my brain to manipulate me, the yokai.
There is only one action I can take. I will show them everything I have.
Oooooooong-
– S-Stop… it’s too confusing…
“This is the will of the runaway ninja~!!!!!”
There’s no way a yokai can dominate my thoughts.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Oooooooong-
– S-Stop… this is… too much…
The creature struggles to escape from my mind.
“I won’t let you get away~!!!”
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Continuously breaking through space, I held onto the creature.
Oooooooong-
-…
As the creature became quiet,
Crack~!
The entire space shattered.
“Ninja Art: Ninja Disappearance Technique.”
Hwaak!
Now, my eyes open.
“…”
My body stirs, but feels a bit sluggish.
This sensation of mana surging is just like when I took a rest after killing Delamion.
Stumbling step by step.
As I slowly walk and check, the surroundings remain the same. Hasn’t even a second passed in reality?
When I was subjected to Spirit-Torture, I thought about a hundred years had passed.
I guess I won’t see Orphe’s tomb or the bewitching Diana.
“Nin nin.”
What lies ahead is more important than what has already ended.
I chase after Yakuzah, who escaped into the mountains after a light warm-up of national gymnastics.
Not a single one of these bastards should be left alive.
I’ll save the contemplation for after the mission is over.
***
To cut to the chase, it was a great victory.
The Lord of Goldon, Joanna Goldon, rewarded our adventurers, including the street gang family, with a significant compensation.
The material rewards weren’t that great, but what’s important is that she gave us a “certificate”.
The certificate, bearing the name of Lord Goldon, guarantees our goodness, bravery, and integrity.
In this world, it also serves as an identification card.
With this, me, Orphe, and Diana have practically become official citizens of the kingdom we’re headed to.
– This old body! I will do my best to serve Lord Yeongju and protect the domain’s wealth!
Lennard quit being a freelance knight and became a territorial knight.
His grandfather’s second life.
Because I saw him fight hard for the people, I decided to cheer him on.
I hope he drinks a little less.
– Boss. Yunis and I have decided to become security guards. If we hadn’t met you, we would have spent our whole lives raising livestock in a small village. Thank you for giving me this opportunity…
– I need to take a sh*t, so I’ll go.
Gwisang and Unicorn decided to stay in the domain, while Agwi and Cojubu returned to their own village as soon as the war ended.
They’re not very loyal.
– You’ve all worked hard.
Celine quietly disappeared.
It seemed like she had fulfilled her duty as the Yakuzaslayer and had no more business.
I think that’s an attitude worthy of admiration. I didn’t insist on holding onto her, believing that we would meet again someday. Warriors who stand against evil are always busy.
But in the end, she didn’t say a word?
What the f*ck?
– I’m really relieved. It seems Lennard has a lot on his mind. But… what about Doren?
– I don’t know.
Tren is badly injured and is currently in recovery.
His arms and legs are tightly wrapped in bandages, so he couldn’t move, but there didn’t seem to be any missing parts, so there shouldn’t be any problems.
For a few months, Joana will have to move on her own.
There is no subject.
So, what was I doing?
“Whimper…!”
I’ve been suffering like crazy on the bed for three days.
“Robin! Why are you like this again?”
I made up an alibi, saying that I fell when the castle wall collapsed.
The identity of a runaway ninja must be kept secret, so it’s only natural.
“B-But.”
The problem is that my whole body is empty, like someone who barely escaped being crushed by the real castle wall.
There was no problem on the day of the siege, but it turned out like this the next day.
“B-Ba, bap.”
My tongue even sticks out like an octopus, making it hard to speak.
“I understand. Just wait a moment.”
Orphe brought sausages and bacon that he got from Yeongjimin.
Nom nom nom.
I ate without thinking.
These days, I just eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom.
Orphe went through the trouble of carrying me around.
Well, it’s a given right, so I didn’t say thank you.
There’s something more important.
“Oh, Orphe.”
“…Why?”
“There’s an important matter I need to discuss.”
“…Is it a long story?”
“Of course.”
“How about we talk about it once everything is settled?”
“No, we can’t.”
Time is precious.
Blah blah blah.
I told her about the nightmares I had and what happened this time.
As someone who is not originally from this world, it’s natural for me to be unaware of certain facts.
Orphe, who had difficulty understanding even though I explained it logically and clearly, finally understood when I patiently waited for her.
“A ghost monster that wants to steal your body… I’ve never heard of such a thing. There are monsters that seduce and devour humans, but they feel fundamentally different.”
If Orphe doesn’t know, there’s nothing I can do.
He wasn’t that dangerous, so it wouldn’t be a problem if we meet again.
“It seems like you became stronger after dreaming, rather than after killing Delamion. If killing a few monsters made you instantly stronger, adventurers would be stronger than knights. It’s a bit early to speculate, but… maybe you got rid of those body snatchers and took their power.”
To think that Delamion wasn’t the source of my power-up.
Honestly, I didn’t want to believe it.
Just as there is camaraderie among allies, there is also a sense of connection with enemies.
Like the proverb goes, “Friends are far away, enemies are close.”
But still, I have to accept reality. It’s the path of a runaway ninja.
“Oruppa…”
There’s still one more thing I need to say.
The knowledge forcibly injected into my mind by Hazustone or Hanssanda, whatever that guy’s name was.
It seemed that this knowledge was the reason Delbanas wanted the gold.
Smart.
“Just a moment. I’ll be right back.”
Who is it? Did the villagers bring more food?
“Hello~! It’s Mukae~! I’ve come to say hello and cheer you up with a song~!”
But seriously, what the hell?
I never saw that guy even during training, so why did he show up again after the war ended?
A perfect draft dodger.
No, it’s normal not to use a crazy person like him as a soldier.
“Now! Today’s song is ‘Arson Driver’!”
“Oh, Oruppa. Stop it. Already.”
But Orupedo just hung his head as if resigned.
– Bbajjijjijji ppajjijjijji bbajjijjijji ppajjijjijji bbajjijjijji ppajjijjijji bbajjijjijji ppajjijjijji!
A song that sounded like the cry of a monster.
And then, he lost his mind.