Chapter 1478 December 14th: From “Hurricane” to “Storm”

The quickest way to enhance the specs of various creatures is with the use of emotions. Whether it’s a dinosaur, a monkey, a human being, or a centaur, it’s absolutely immutable.

You just have to get angry. It’s that simple.

Anger is the fundamental effect helping to exclude foreign enemies that all living things have. Anger fills the spot of fear and removes all the reason stoppers you might possibly have…… all in order to eliminate the discomfort that annoys you.

In other words, while stepping on the ground with its four legs, he gained the same two arms as a human, and the Centaur known as Horse Sashimi… started to run forward.

「OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!」

Uwah, not only its horse parts but also its human parts are red with anger. Its hair is also vibrating with a cool yet somehow terrible aura, but…… Yeah, Basashi-kun, because it’s like Guan Yu of the so-called Three Kingdoms used to say: even a long beard can wear an aura of utter stupidity sometimes…… No, but this is actually a unique form of strengthening in its own right.

However, Basashi, whose whole body is steaming red with anger, glares at me with a look that makes me want to ask just how a living being can harbor so much negativity towards another living being.

「It looks like fire is about to come out of its face.」

「But it already seems to be lit ablaze, huh?」

I feel like the thug who gave out to its murder instincts and was ready to do a high kick in no time has turned into something slightly better, but at the current moment there is no time to actually deliberate that. Act first, ask questions later.

Perhaps it is some skill or racial trait? Basashi-kun, whose muscles are getting mushy and hypertrophied, has already grown to about 1.2 times its normal size…… What about its bones? Are they going to be okay?

It’s easy to think that 1.2 times increase in body mass its nothing all that great, but I think that gamers all around the world would be crying seeing that decimal point right there. It’s amazing, isn’t it? 1.2 times, and if it’s a random number gacha, it’s a magnification that could make you cry with joy or in utter frustration.

「Come on, Basashi-kun! Next, I’ll show you the steps of the Tornado Boxer that was featured on TV not so long ago!」

「Tornado Boxer …? Do you perhaps mean “Tornado Campbell”?」

「Yes, Henry Campbell! He’s the best boxer there is, especially if we consider his final battle with Hauser Smith eighteen years ago! I sometimes still find myself looking back at the videos of that fight.」

「Oh, that’s right, Karoshis. Let’s fill our brains to the brim with super fun memories……!」

It’s not the rehabilitation of a war veteran with severe PTSD…… That’s why Basashi is now angry. The market price of sharp enemy mobs in all games from ancient times from East to West is fixed when the motion changes. Basashi is an easy-to-understand person, and if you hit him directly, he would definitely die instantly with his levels of physical endurance.

Hurricane’s boxing style is to use a lot of steps to avoid the opponent’s attack while stepping in and piercing your own blow deeply. Once you turn to the offensive, the opponent boxer who is being blown away more and more behind the stepping hurricane…… The figure of my opponent is nothing more than just a pathetic cow caught in a tornado. I wonder if that’s the right way to put it?.

I remember seeing the special program about it quite a while ago, but sometimes I remember it clearly. What impressed me most when I saw Hurricane’s boxing was not the angry offensive, but rather……

He never missed any starting moment to launch his offensive, as though he was able to instinctively smell it. And once his fist would start to move, there was no hesitation to it. I don’t think I would be able to do something like that, even just a little bit. I can only start thinking while I already start moving. The starting punch of God Speed is so respectful that I can remember the name, even if I happen to forget the face of the one who was using it.

A bull, or a horse sashimi who literally thrusts forward in blind rage, like a rampaging horse. The moment I see a chance to attack there, I have already taken a step forward in order to use it.

I can’t exactly use the Maelstrom again because it has a long Recast Time, but there is a Deadly Secret Art “War Orphan” still at my disposal. Just by tapping it with a light jab, it is possible to blow it away even further than with the use of Maelstrom, but where exactly should I hit it? ……The time limit is two seconds, the answer is straight in front of me, and in human terms, it is directly in front in form of the centaur with it oversized crotch!!!

All I have to do is adjust the timing correctly, and the timing adjustment for high-speed maneuvering here is the 18th Art… … Yes, now! Fly again and become a Pegasus!!!

「Oh well, I guess that’s that, then.」

「Guh!」

「Uwah!」

I can’t move my body. It’s not about something like sleep paralysis or anything like that, it’s just like pausing in the middle of the game. All kinetic energy and my skills are completely stopped in an instant.

「─── “Constant”.」

Seriously, Big Bro? you have a skill that allows you to stop all kinetic energy? This is even more broken than being able to pause right in the middle of the game.

「M-My Lord……」

「Bazara, it’s not like I don’t understand how you feel but…… This is not about you. It’s about all of us, isn’t it?」

「I-If that’s what you say, My Lord, then……」

「And you, Sanraku.」

「‘Sup?」

「Even when you let your fists do all the talking, it’s no use if the heart won’t follow right after…… And surely you don’t want to see me draw my sword, right?」

The True Theory Punch, an attack which does not make a humming sound, and pierces deeper than the fangs of Luukan could ever hope to reach. I’m sure there is a saying in the ShanFro world that really says, “The true right is sharper than the treasure sword.” It’s a completely crazy world view.

Perhaps this is all about admitting that we both have a fighting spirit with each other, and the rigidity can be resolved right away just like that. What’s left behind are two shitty brats who were spoiled by their parents and who were favored by the teacher and had bad habits developed as a result…… but I’m a hard-boiled, hard-boiled man. Occasionally, you’ll want to eat the boiled egg yolks that have hardened.

「Umm, Horse Sashimi-san…… Nice Bulk.」

「Huh?」

It was returned with a tremendous reaction. I think I’m actually going to cry a little bit because of that.

***

「So that’s, the hidden Seven Stars’ “Storm” that Cat-Seith were whispering about, huh……?」

「Apparently, that is the case.」

「The raining blood, wearing old thunder, and being pushed by the raging god’s wind…… Nyal XIII.」

「Umu…… Hai Mukuro-dono. II heard that you’ve pulled out that “abominable sword” after all.」

「Gigigi, black thunder and the power of the raging winds…… Is that human the one we would call Kamui here?」

「Lono Door…… the greatest of Goblins. Kamui is a terrifying monster. I’ve seen it once in the past, the Kamui…… It’s a very, very terrifying of a being…… One whose name, should not be spoke up casually……」

「However, , Meishu-sama is squeezing Tazuna. If so, we can rest assured.」

「Then, if that’s really a “Rainstorm”…… Umm, is there a way of getting rid of such vile monstrosity……?」

「Asterios. The Brave Queen of Minotaurs. That is ───」

The low voices of various races do not reach Sanraku’s ears.

However, the woman who kept listening to the story, while she turned away from Sanraku and corrected her posture to hear better ……… and lifted both ends of her mouth as tears began to flood her eyes……

Her eyes were still far away from Sanraku.