I Will Take a Break at Academy - Chapter 303



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How to Live Immortally Episode 303

303 You’re in good hands

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A place filled with lush leaves and sturdy stems.

A spider runs through a dreary coniferous forest where not a single ray of sunlight seems to penetrate even in broad daylight.

A nine-legged spider that weaves a tangled web of countless trees.

It was Kenji.

Like an orchestra conductor, every time he moves his fingers, a taut string rushes toward Ryoichi.

However, even the net woven to cover the sky could not capture the target.

It wasn’t like Hoya borrowed the unit’s functions.

I just stood there and accepted the approaching death with my whole body.

With just that, nine lines passed through Ryoichi, only skimming the ground.

No matter how many times you try, the results are the same.

It was a strange phenomenon that Kenji couldn’t understand. In some ways, it felt like he was dealing with a hologram.

But it was impossible for the skilled master’s senses to not even discern the sound.

Looking back, the process of getting from Takeya Castle to Daisuri Forest was quite unusual.

Oh no, didn’t I jump from place to place in the meantime?

According to Gaon, Ryoichi’s ability is his alter ego, or clone.

If I hadn’t attached a tiny location tracker to him just in case, I might have missed him.

I could only guess that perhaps the trick he had just shown was an extension of that ability.

“I wanted to avoid revealing my true abilities.”

In an instant, Ryoichi’s skin completely changed and was replaced with internal armor. It looked as if he was wearing hardened keratin.

The reason he was called the Seven Poisons was not only because he showed talent for trickery.

Originally, it was given this nickname because it was said to kill someone within seven steps, so it was also another name for the fastest.

“Are you there?”

As soon as the words were finished, Ryoichi’s spirit suddenly dispersed.

Kenji, who had lost track of him in the blink of an eye, hurriedly swung his sword in front of him. Just before Ryoichi disappeared, he saw him bend forward. But―

“Isn’t this side empty?”

The indescribable shock rushed to the rear. Kenji, who had allowed a valid hit without fail, flew endlessly and knocked down dozens of trees before finally rolling on the ground.

‘A hundred consecutive hits, or more?’

A staggering number of blows, hard to believe they came from such close contact.

If I hadn’t reflexively wrapped my upper body around the instructor, it would have been an attack that would have broken several of my ribs.

What’s more worrisome than the excruciating pain that runs through my entire body is that I can’t even guess what the technique is.

Clearly, a technique that could create such waves would have to have some outstanding qualities, but Ryoichi showed no trace of any training.

All that was shown were martial arts forms that were distributed on the market.

Even though I buried the instructors in various places in the bushes in case there were any clones that went undetected, there were no targets that were caught.

“People like you are always looking for a reason. A reason to win, a reason to lose. But there really isn’t one.”

Kenji scattered the instructor as if he was being shaken off by the echoes coming from behind, but as if he had been waiting, a barrage of punches poured down from the side.

The fact that the fist touched the point of impact means that it was at least close. Kenji formed a phalanx with his instructors in order to take the damage and tear off the arm, but Ryoichi opened the distance before him.

If you can’t reach it even if you stretch out your hand, and can’t catch it even if you look at it, how can you say it isn’t a mirage?

Kenji tried to gain the upper hand by using stealth and stealth techniques, but all he could do was change Ryoichi’s direction three times.

It was at that moment that Ryoichi snickered, as if even the ambush carried out behind the laws of physics was boring.

“No one in Numbers has ever made me walk more than eight steps. So it’s not all that embarrassing for you to collapse here.”

“shut up.”

“Since you don’t like it that much, I’ll end it here. If someone like you comes after me again, won’t there just be more innocent victims?”

Kenji, who swallowed the fresh water rising from the crude mockery, threw off his half-shattered protective gear.

Having lost weight, he ran along the tangled web of instructors like a spider web. Using the recoil, his trajectory as he moved between the trees was infinitely variable.

Even though it was burdensome to predict, Ryoichi followed along as if it was natural.

In an instant, large trees and rocks were swept away, forming an empty space centered around the two people.

Kenji, with his broken arm pinned to the instructor, grits his molars.

“You’re not a clone.”

“You were acting suspiciously. Are you hung up on some absurd assumption?”

“… … .”

Yes, I had to admit what I had to admit. No one had witnessed Ryoichi’s supernatural powers, and they were only inferred from the evidence and circumstances.

If it wasn’t a clone, the response would have been different.

but-

Before Kenji can even formulate a plan, Ryoichi, who has taken the ‘fourth step’, rushes in.

“Just hang yourself and die.”

Ryoichi’s afterimage splits. None of it is a lie. He was everywhere and nowhere.

Only after hundreds and thousands of fist strikes came crashing down from all directions did Kenji finally understand.

Ryoichi surpassed Takeya Castle―

‘The reason Hoya crushed Orochi like clay is… … .’

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Crunch.

Just before Ryoichi, who had been mercilessly beating Kenji, could unleash his final blow, a flash of light suddenly appeared and passed between the two.

“Up to there.”

Before the warning could be heard, Ryoichi, who had opened the gap, looked at Gaon, a young man who had suddenly burst in.

“… … It looks like Alice has found her place.”

This means that Blanca was defeated. It wasn’t surprising. Didn’t it turn out that she was also a member of Dogma? It was within the expected range.

“You don’t even call me Lady Alice.”

“Am I not a foreigner?”

“Well, now I’m a religious person.”

Gaon had received Kenji’s call a few minutes ago, but he had no choice but to come alone. Alice had to stay behind at Takeya Castle to sort out the chaos.

“You left behind a petty gift until the very end. As expected, Dogma’s missionary work is also extraordinary, isn’t it?”

“Isn’t this the result we have to endure when we bring in the Mars Defense Forces?”

“That’s not something a guy who recruited even the Numbers’ disciples should say. Well, was it too much to pay for hiring Geomchi himself? That’s too bad. If only a little more had been invested, he wouldn’t have had to run away like a dog.”

Ryoichi looked down at his shabby appearance, covered in dirt and dust, and bit his molars.

“… … I wondered who killed Joseph, and it was you.”

Judging from the fact that he blocked the surprise attack at the right time, he must have had a vague relationship with Jin Geon.

The Mars Defense Force and the Public Relations, I thought they were nothing but a bastard and ignored them, but that wasn’t the case. He must have inherited a golden network from Baek Seok-do. Something that cannot be converted into money and is invisible to others.

That’s why Ryoichi didn’t recognize it either.

“I never thought you would see through all my moves.”

I touched my throbbing forehead, but that only lasted for a moment.

Life is a tragedy when seen from afar, but a comedy when seen up close―

“Perhaps the delay was actually a golden opportunity. At least I can tear you apart myself.”

Boom!

Ryoichi’s spirit disappears, leaving even the sound behind.

Gaon, who had spread out the mandala, tried to catch Ryoichi’s tail as he entered the area, but the entire perceptible area was already his. Without missing a single spot.

This means one thing.

“You’re not a clone?”

“You hear that too.”

Suddenly, Ryoichi’s fist pierces through his side as if it were going to pierce him. He swings the White Night, but before that, Ryoichi’s shadow moves away.

This was the part where you could see why Kenji was unable to come up with an alternative and was left helpless.

Ryoichi had previously been observed at both ends of the seed colony. However, being seen at a ‘similar time’ and being discovered at the ‘same time’ were two entirely different stories.

Because it wasn’t a complete alibi.

So what can we realize here?

‘A speed fast enough to overcome the constraints of distance.’

Yeah, it’s not a clone.

The sightings of Ryoichi were an illusion created by his rapid movement. What he possessed was the most primitive and effective supernatural ability.

Speedster, aka acceleration.

Judging by its utility, it was highly likely that it was a level 4 metahuman.

“Are you now realizing that you made a mistake?”

“You’re in good hands.”

“You don’t know how to give up.”

Ryoichi’s trajectory as he strides through the mandala is scattered in a chaotic manner. Following the perfectly overlapping paths, his afterimage becomes reality.

If you were to see them with your naked eye, you would think they are quadruplets.

The blows he made also reached that number.

Even though he used his two-thousand-first-class skills to operate the left and right halves separately, he was unable to keep up with the rapidly increasing speed.

I was able to block the Destroyer’s beam, which was close to sub-light, so why am I powerless now?

‘Diversity of movement directions.’

No matter how fast a machine is, its ability to create variables is limited. This is especially true when the types of weapons humanity has limited are firearms.

Should we call it the relationship between a pitcher and a batter?

Speed ​​was meaningless as long as you could match the given distance and expected angle.

But Ryoichi’s movements were too irregular to follow such a rule. And yet his speed did not decrease at all, which was truly irrational.

Perhaps that is the miracle that acceleration possesses as a superpower.

“There is no separate ticket.”

It is often said that the goddess of fortune has no back of her head, so that she will never be caught by someone who realizes their luck too late.

Ryoichi was also spicy.

After reading his true intentions, it was already too late.

Kwajik, thump, koo-kung!

Suddenly, my jaw snapped back. If I hadn’t reacted even a little bit, the shock would have made my face turn around.

It was the first time in a hundred years that I had been beaten so unilaterally.

“It’s tingling.”

“You have a body worth boasting about.”

A thrilling speed that goes beyond technique and skill. It was an intense experience that made the world of martial arts that had been established until then turn into a well.

But Gaon was not discouraged.

Because the invited guests haven’t arrived yet.

“I didn’t know I would end up using a clone.”

The moment you whisper without anyone knowing, a person lands from the sky.

Mars Defense Force, X.

He was an actor who moved exactly according to Gaon’s will.

“It’s no use calling for help. After all, they’re just strangers.”

In order to suppress Ryoichi, there was no choice but to compete with speed. And that was in a battle that lasted only microseconds.

It is different from the typical firepower battles that take place in the afterlife.

Unless we become one body, we will only be a hindrance to each other.

“That’s it.”

The point is to realize dichotomous thinking.

The puzzle pieces have come together a long time ago.

Cheonsucheonan, which controls high-speed accidents, and Icheonilryu, which controls double movements.

The moment the essence of two martial arts is combined, thoughts expand.

[Arahan’s Fourth Consciousness: Two Minds]