Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 102.2 : Tendou vs Yokomichi

He didn’t even use martial arts, it was just a simple horizontal slash.

「HNAH? 」

And yet, that simple slash left a crimson trail as it sliced apart Yokomichi’s mantis and bear arms from the elbows.

「AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! M-MY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARMS!?」

「No, those aren’t your arms.」

Though he didn’t know whether Yokomichi had nerves in the arms on his back and could feel pain, Ryuichi drove in a retort along with a kick to Yokomichi who was shocked from losing his arms in the blink of an eye.

The light roundhouse kick landed on Yokomichi’s flank.

「HnGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! 」

Unable to endure the kick, Yokomichi was blown away as he raised a wallowing scream that resounded throughout the underground cavern.

「I might have overdone it just now. Is his body really that brittle? 」

「A-A-A-AAAARGh…. It F4CkINg HuRts…. DaMN IiiiT… EvEN ThoUGh It FinAllY HEaLEd…..」

Unfortunately for Yokomichi, the place that got hit was the one that was inflicted with Momokawa’s curse.

「An old scar, my bad then.」

Ryuichi apologized with an uninterested tone to Yokomichi who was crying with a sorrowful voice.

「Well, that was quite enjoyable though.」

As if signalling that the fight had ended, the King’s Sword vanished into particles of light.

「Zee….. HaAA…… YoU F4CkINg Sh1Et….. If Not FoR ThIS WouND, Y-YoU sH1Et WoLd――」

「See ya, Yokomichi. You really should take a bath once in a while you know.」

Ryuichi had already lost interest in Yokomichi, and drove in one last kick. The beautiful roundhouse kick from his long leg mercilessly inflicted another critical hit on the scar on Yokomichi flank.

「IGYAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! 」

Yokomichi raised a scream as his round body was blasted away. Despite Yokomichi’s obesity, at nearly 100 kg of mass, Ryuichi’s roundhouse kick sent Yokomichi flying 5 metres up high into the air, before bouncing a few times as he landed on the ground and―― DOBON!! Yokomichi fell right into the underground lake with an explosive sound.

「Done already, Tendou-ku~n?」

「Did you kill that porky? 」

Having guessed that the battle had ended, Juria and Maria left their hiding place in the tower for a moment. Anzu who still kept her vigilance, waited at the entrance of the tower.

「Dunno, that gutsy pork might be still alive and kicking.」

The reason why Ryuichi didn’t land a killing blow on Yokomichi was because the fight was only at the level of a simple quarrel, not a fight where they had to kill each other.

At least, he felt that Yokomichi was less dangerous than Azuma Shinichi, that『Summoner』 and also the male class rep who used the power of a dragon which forced Ryuichi to kill him for good.  Also, since Azuma was the one who attacked first with the intention to kill, Ryuichi had no obligation to spare his opponent’s life.

If he died from those kinds of attack, then that was all Yokomichi amounted to. As for Ryuichi, he expected Yokomichi to use this test as nutrition to grow even stronger and come to challenge him again for a revenge match.

「Let’s get going. Otherwise, those annoying hindrances will come one after another.」

They had met so many irregularities in this underground lake: the area boss, getting surrounded by large numbers of Jira, the spider-like demon that kidnapped Koutarou and lastly, Yokomichi who had picked a quarrel with them. Even someone like Ryuichi would get tired meeting one irregular after another.

And thus, Juria, Maria, and Anzu walked with tottering steps towards the teleportation magic circle.

They were too tired after all that had happened to them. Especially Anzu, who should have been really tired after the gruesome battle against that army of Jira, however, she only felt,  for the first time in her life, regret from losing her comrades.

「Sorry… Momokawa…」

After Ryuichi took out the magic core, the magic circle was invoked and they vanished in a wall of light, only leaving behind Anzu’s whisper.

「――BUAAAH! HAaAH, HaAAAH, T-ThaT WaS a CloSe One, I THoUGhT I WAs GoING To DIe, TeNDOU, YoU F4CkINg BAsTARd, HoW DArE YOu GuYS tO DO THIS to MEE! 」

After Ryuichi and the others had teleported, Yokomichi finally made his way out of the underground lake.

He was wet from head to toes, and the demon arms and fur had vanished, leaving behind the normal body of a human.

But then, aside from his already non existence gakuran, both his trousers and shoes were thrown off when he was crawling his way out of the lake and as a result, he was left buck naked. The only thing left on his body was a brief short that had already turned yellow.

Despite his human appearance, Yokomichi had in fact already strayed from being a human.

「OucH, YoU COkCy BasT4Rd! RunNinG AWAY AftER YoU Won A MATCH HUH! 」

No matter how loudly he vented his anger however, his shouts would never reach Ryuichi who had already left the area. And even Yokomichi wasn’t an idiot that would vent his anger for nothing.

「Tch, can’T bE HelPEd, I’LL OveRLoOK YoUr AcTiONs JusT ThIS OnCe. You BaRely EsCaPEd DEATH, TENDOU!!」

Yokomichi decided so, to his own convenience.

「NeVerTHELESs, HoW DaRe YoU TriCK Me, YoU’Re Not A F4CkING 『Hydromancer』!!!」

At first Ryuichi was using magic to manipulate water, before attacking with fire magic, then lastly, using a great sword to fight Yokomichi head on. Yokomichi had thought that his power and speed which resulted from him consuming vast amounts of a demon along with the inherited status from his original vocation 『Warrior』 was unrivaled, but Ryuichi had parried all of his attacks with ease.

Thus, from the fact that Tendou could use fire and water magic along with the strength to use a greatsword, all of those powers were real.

「Using both sword and magic…. I see now, so his real vocation is 『Magic Swordsman』…」

It can’t be helped that Yokomichi arrived at that conclusion, seeing as Ryuichi had taken out a great sword from nowhere, which led Yokomichi to think of it as some sort of spatial magic.

「TcH, So YoU Got ConVeNIEnt MaGic And ItEm InVEnTorY huh….. UnFOrGiVEABlE, I Am ThE One WHO shoULd HAVE ThOSe CheATs! YOU  f$ckIng ＤＱＮ WiLl OnLY SeRvES As MY ReveNGe TaRGET! 」

“I am the only one who should have cheats in this world.” That kind of thought had long since passed being a mere wish, it was already something akin to faith to Yokomichi.

「HehEhE…. Oh wHatEver. It MigHT Be A CHeAT, But I Am STILLThe One WiTH tHe StRonGEsT CHEAT, I’LL GrOW EvEN StRonGEr And BeAT A PoWerFUL ＤＱＮ LikE TEnDOU. IsN’T ThIS KinDa LiKE A “LoSInG EvENt”? 」

Yokomichi could make someone’s powerful abilities his. For the『Cannibalizer』 kin who ate other’s abilities, the appearance of someone with powerful skills was akin to delicious prey, and great danger.

「I DidN’T EAt AnY DeLIcIOus ABiLItiEs ThESe DAys. JUst Wait fOr A WhiLe, I’Ll Eat ThaT TeN—- F4CkIng HeLL, I’m Not GOnnA EaT A MAN! ? UWAa~, ArE YoU F4cKIng KiddING Me, A Man’S MeaT Is A HugE Turn OFF ya know.」

Yokomichi continued on with his monologue about cannibalism for a while, then recalled his original goal in coming to this place.

「oOPs, come To ThiNK Of IT, I ShouLd’Ve ChAsed The SmeLL of My KoUtarou-Kyun rAthEr Than wAStiNG My TiMe wiTh ThaT ＤＱＮ.」

Almost at the same time as he came up from the underground lake while saying such disturbing lines with a cool face, Yokomichi went on all fours and sniffed the ground with his pig-like nose.

「HoLY F4CkINg CoW, The SmeLL HaS ComPleTeLy VanISHed ThaNKS tO tHAT ShoWY BattLE… Uhm, T-THis IS! 」

While still on all fours, Yokomichi followed the faint smell of Momokawa and ran toward a certain spear that was stabbed on the ground.

「*sNIFFSNIFF*…. HA~~, THIs IS The REAl THinG.」

It was a common iron spear, but it seems to have been a spear used by Koutarou before, and maybe the same spear that stabbed Yokomichi’s flank.

After sniffing the spear from top to bottom―― *Slurp*, Yokomichi truly licked the spear.

「FUHehEhE, ThIS SpeAR IS ReAlLY MomOKAwA’S! 」

His long and bizzare tongue wrapped around the grip that might have been used by Koutarou. Naturally, one can only taste the taste of iron and rust, but even the faintest remnants of Koutarou was enough to drive Yokomichi to the point of madness.

Though it was soiled with dust and soil, Yokomichi wholeheartedly licked the shaft of the spear as the memories of the pleasure when he tasted Koutarou’s blood at that time returned to him. While raising an incomprehensible voice, Yokomichi kept slurping the shaft of the spear till it melted due to the powerful acid that he got after he ate Red Ant that could vomit acid. His bizarre actions continued on.

「ZeE… HAaaaAA… A~h, DeLIcIOUS….. I CaN’T GeT ENoUGh of The TAsTE of KoUTaRou-KYuuuN…」

Yokomichi threw away the spear after it was completely melted away, and started walking slowly with a blank expression on his face, like a drugged person.

「AAAh, I….. Am…. HunGrY.」

Thus, the mad 『Cannibalizer』slowly made his way even further into the labyrinth.