112 – Numbers_8
Rei Hozumi’s abilities are powerful.
Since the name of the ability is instantaneous movement, it is easy to misunderstand that it is an ability that moves quickly. If he had such an ability that he could simply move, he would not have been able to become Numbers, the top rank of Astra, a world-class villain group.
Transcending space is just one part of Rei Hozumi’s ability.
The essence is to interfere with space and time.
That’s why it’s fair to call it an infinite number of ways to utilize it. She was able to apply it in many ways even in battle.
Overlapping coordinates, substitution, disassembly and reassembly were representative examples of application methods.
That’s why sorcerers used to say that teleportation is one of the strongest abilities, but unfortunately it wasn’t.
It was because teleportation had major drawbacks.
Basically, teleportation consumes mana relentlessly.
Even Hozumi Rei, whose mana was comparable to that of the lower S-class, would run out quickly unless she moved a short distance.
Also, if she tried to interfere with something other than herself, it cost more than twice as much, but if that something was a living thing, she ate her stomach lightly and went in.
Is that all?
Because other mana has a repulsive nature, it was very difficult to interfere with something that had mana.
In addition, it was impossible to use properly if the exact coordinates could not be calculated, so it was even difficult to write when the other person moved quickly.
There are many other disadvantages that cannot be mentioned.
So it was an accurate judgment that Rei Hozumi’s ability is strong.
But Rei Hozumi was strong.
Although it has many flaws and is difficult to use, the ability of teleportation is a power that slightly transcends humans by interfering with time and space, so there was no way it was weak.
So, is Rei Hozumi weak without a superpower?
The answer was no.
Surely, being Astra’s Numbers was largely thanks to his superpowers.
It is not an exaggeration to say that 70% of Hozumi Rei’s strength relies on her superpowers.
However, no matter how great her superpowers were, she was basically able to use them only when her weight class supported them.
The fact that she was able to endure the tremendous amount of mana used for her teleportation in the first place was a proof that she was not ordinary.
The fact that her power was evaluated as being comparable to that of the lower S-class was due to her superpowers, but it was only possible because her physical strength was also supported to some extent.
Even if she doesn’t have superpowers, she’s never weak.
It was a natural result that she could not be handled with her two academy cadets, who were not even her proper heroes, and her escort personnel, who were not even close to her A-class.
“Answer me. Marie… Where is she?”
It was a natural result.
So Hozumi Rei exhaled heavily, unable to comprehend the current situation with a knife pointed at her throat.
Even at the beginning of the battle, Rei Hozumi was crushing the intruders.
‘First, two small rodents.’
Among the intruders, two older men fell out after being unable to withstand several of Hozumi Rei’s her fisting techniques.
‘Didn’t you laugh earlier?’
‘Kuk…’
The little boy with the sword who charged after him was superior in skill to those who charged before him, but seemed to be in poor physical condition. After several clashes, he collapsed helplessly.
‘What if a wizard walks alone?’
‘Kyaa!’
After that, the wizard boy in the cadet uniform was destroyed without an escort to protect the magic chant, so he hit his stomach with his fist and hit the wall, then fell limp.
‘It’s easy.’
Even if there were four opponents, the difference in basic specifications was too great and there was no proper connection, so it was a very natural result.
The intruders are barely breathing.
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Until a while ago, for some reason, my superpowers didn’t activate, so I was worried that something unexpected might happen. From the looks of it, there seemed to be no problem.
That’s why Rei Hozumi moved both to investigate and to put an end to the bullsh*t she had just heard from the intruders.
The first target was a young wizard who secretly tried to sing a chant when he came to his senses.
‘Hey, I’m curious…’
Hozmi Rei opened her mouth by stomping on her mage kid.
‘Could you explain to me what bullsh*t you were talking about earlier?’
‘!!!’
Even though it was a small kick, the little wizard let out a sound mixed with pain, as if his bones were broken.
‘I just hate being bothered, so I want you to tell me at once.’
‘Sir… Mr….’
Then, as if she came to her senses, the two men who had fallen down at first stood up and came to rescue the little wizard. I hadn’t become an opponent before, but there was no way that she would become an opponent just because she was knocked down and then reattached.
It wasn’t long before the two men collapsed again.
‘Can you tell me quickly?’
After the rescue attempt was nullified, she interrogated the wizard child again, but when he didn’t try to talk to her, she became too lazy to interrogate her.
‘Haa…’
So she just wants to deal with it, so just when she’s about to attack, isn’t it a feeling of deja vu when she sees the little mage’s face?
‘Who was it… I’ve seen it…’
Rei Hozumi paused for a moment.
That was the moment.
‘Ah, I remembered. Bong-.’
‘Get those feet away!!!’
The little boy with the sword that had fallen down started to emit light, then she raised her body.
‘What?’
An unexpected situation.
However, the speed was not unavoidable, and Hozumi Ray turned her body to see the direction her little one was charging.
‘!?’
But she couldn’t escape.
No, to be precise, I dodged it, but got hit.
I can’t understand the situation. Apparently the direction of the attack was to the right, but she realized it was to the left.
She thought it was some kind of skill or fake, but it was absolutely not.
It was because it was an absurd direction given the structure of the human body.
‘What…’
‘Haaa!!!’
That’s why I was momentarily taken aback, and the boy with the sword didn’t miss the opportunity and attacked in a row.
Hozumi Rei tried to block or avoid it, but she kept repeating what had happened earlier.
She’s on the right, but she’s from the bottom left, but actually the top. She got stabbed in the side, but she got the front.
Is that all?
The length of the sword can be freely changed by default, but in some cases it has disappeared altogether.
So I want something to work in a certain way. I tried to move the opposite of what I saw, but now another normal attack came.
So I couldn’t stand it, so I tried to attack, but I was sure the enemy was attacked, but isn’t it repeating that it doesn’t hit?
It felt as if I had been subjected to fantasy magic.
But there was no sign of being enchanted.
So I thought it must be an ability, but since I had never heard of such an ability, I had no idea how to deal with it.
Still, I tried to think of various ways to overcome the situation somehow.
As a result, the eyes naturally focused only on the kid with the sword.
I forgot the little wizard who was secretly chanting magic.
‘Inferno.’
‘Ah…’
I was hit from behind by a shower of flames and fell down. I was overpowered by the two men who had fallen earlier.
‘I was stupid.’
It was so stupid.
However, it was just a past that could not be returned.
“Last time… Where is Marie?”
The sword was aimed precisely at the neck.
It was a threat that if you didn’t give me the information you wanted, I’d kill you right away.
But Hozumi Rei didn’t open her mouth.
Partly because I couldn’t understand what the intruders were saying.
If the other person’s purpose was to obtain information, it was also a judgment that the information would not kill as long as it pretended to know and remained silent.
It was a bonus to be looking around her at the same time, waiting for an opportunity to get out.
“Yes. You mean you’re not talking?”
Then the sword began to descend gradually.
The flesh split open, and blood flowed out little by little.
A slight pain ran up the skin.
At the same time, deadly eyes were shining on Rei Hozumi.
‘This is…’
I realized it at that moment.
You can tell by looking into her eyes.
Not saying is never a good number.
But she couldn’t even talk about information she didn’t know. Even if she knew, it would hurt her ego to give in and be frightened by such a threat.
However, there was no way to break the situation.
If teleportation had been available, she would have been able to overcome the situation somehow.
She didn’t think to move her superpowers, as if she had been invalidated by Ines’ superpowers.
“Tell me!!”
The sword began to slowly dig into it.
Her pain climbed up her skin and stabbed her brain.
“Ha… So what bullsh*t is that?”
“You guys kidnapped Marie!!!”
“f*ck, so what is the name of that bastard?”
Hozumi Rei was dumbfounded, and she laughed.
“You!”
Perhaps she thought it was a mockery, and her sword extended straight to her neck.
That was the moment.
– BANG!!!
There was a loud bang and the ceiling was smashed.
Structures falling at the same time.
It was an incomprehensible situation, but I could see the little boy with the sword paused in surprise.
Rei Hozumi did not miss that opportunity.
She quickly raised her mana, slashed her men who were overpowering her, and slashed the blade of the sword aimed at her neck, then raised her body and stood behind her.
“DAMN!!!”
A boy with a sword responded, but the distance had already widened.
Hozumi Rei wanted to finish her reorganization quickly and fight again, but she shook her head.
As long as he didn’t know how to destroy the superpowers that kid seemed to have, he decided that he would end up in the same situation if he stuck with him.
Her little boy didn’t seem to be in very good shape, but one of the reasons for her judgment was that she was in poor condition as she was also accurately hit by her magic.
Not to mention, she couldn’t use teleportation, and the next time this happened, she couldn’t hope for a miracle where the ceiling collapsed again.
“My appearance makes no sense, because I remembered you. I will definitely kill you later.”
“Stop!!!”
“If I told you to stop, who would say yes and stop?”
So, Hozumi Rei decided to commit to her later life.
Concentrating her mana, she strengthened her body and broke the wall of the factory as it was, leaving her seat.
She then flew her body into a room set up inside the hideout to retrieve a tool to contact her organization.
‘Sealing, nullifying superpowers…’
She wanted to deliver the news of the failed order and request rescue, but she also wanted to report on the information she found out unexpectedly.
In particular, the fact that there is something similar to nullifying abilities was important information.
‘Because it might interfere with my plans…’
No matter how Hozumi Rei said she was trying not to be a bother, she didn’t know what to do.
“You are late.”
She went into her room, sorting out her thoughts, when she heard her grotesque machine sound.
Looking at where the sound came from, I could see a grotesque being wearing a mask in a black robe sitting on the sofa.
“You are—”
Who are you?
I’m sure you’ve heard of it somewhere…
“Thank you anyway.”
My vision was stained black.