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Tables filled with food, faces full of s atroup of perhaps the least honest people eathered here Hued drug distribution channels, doctors who killed and sold patient organs Of course, Doctor Oda was a main attraction
「Oda-sensei, I hear you have prepared another wonderful “gift” for us?」
One of the guests asked
「Hah I bet you will be surprised I trust the previous one you have thoroughly enjoyed?」
The doctor said with a wicked smile
「That would be an understatement But where have you found this “merchandise” and how prone is it to… create problems?」
「Why, it is twin of the previous one And, after I retract her registration tomorrow, she’ll just be another crazy person on the streets」
「Careful doctor, not “her”, “it”」
The two htly worried, as the attraction has yet to show herself Surely she was supposed to arrive ten o, nor was she in a state where she could refuse So where was she?
And then, the door to the balcony looking over the hall opened, and out stepped out a young girl A cruel smile on her face
Saint Deuchi Hinata thought herself fortunate to have been able to ether was truly short, only to Shizue was Hinata able to truly open up her heart
A single month
In that short time, she had stolen all her skills and left her
She was afraid to be rejected As her theft ability was terrifying
Moreover,
「We’re bothering Shizu-san
The Association is not so rich as to support people who don’t work
So would you like to work together with me?」
So said a boy fro to recruit her, but his words – that they were being a bother – deeply hurt her
That’s when Hinata decided to leave
When she was setting off, these were the boys parting words,
「We’ll definitely ain! When we do, helpin information, Hinata opened her heart up to the boy just because he was a fellow World Traveler
So she nodded at his words without any hesitation
And set off on a journey
A world filled with despair, where life could be taken easily, such a world
She obtained power in order to survive
A country she was staying in got attacked,
By a Disaster-classto protect the children
The adults would not run away, but would desperately atteht they would run aithout a second thought trying to save thehts Teh this city on patrol, protecting the people and enforcing justice
“That’s where I want to live,” Hinata felt
And thus without a doubt…
Ten years had passed
Though Hinata did not believe in god, she had reached one of the highest posts in the church
An ironic tale perhaps, but she was perfor the lives of people and the citizens of the Holy E, and believed this to be her justice
Live for others Even at the cost of your own life
If you did so, then everyone could be happy Sile time, it was the h the capital was protected by a barrier, the saion
The patrolling knights decreased the nuht of ion, these had no other food source
A desolate wasteland spread to the west
A result of a battle between two des
This wasteland has many areas of dense hts embody the peoples’ hope itself
There have been tihts have been deceived and killed by monsters
Due to these occurrences, the church decreed dealing with a monster was strictly forbidden
This creed conveyed the hts who had survived while protecting people
And at some point, Hinata had decided that peoples’ happiness was directly connected to this creed
Though she did not originally believe the creed, she on over by its logic
And, at so the creed was her justice, a truly ironic tale
The days spent fighting the >
The day she beca plans, the nureatly decreased
That was thanks to her Monster Spawn point prediction and Casualty prediction Methods of coan to see the results of her optihts have so ht
This is why she absolutely could not violate the creed
She has the responsibility, thereceived the trust of her subordinates, she created a place to return to
Even Nicholas claimed to love her…
In the end, Hinata was siet attached to anything, she was still afraid of losing everything
People could live happily only under complete control
Hinata so believed
And the existence of the Controlled Society Ruberius only proved her point
That’s hoas supposed to be
Which is why, like always,
She only needed to defeat monsters; that is all
A si the creed was her reason to exist, her justice
Such was her warped heart that never knew parental love
This belief was the only thing that supported her heart
To protect that belief, she decided to fight
And, now
Things were so bad, she wanted to laugh
But as a result, she , stopped thinking
Was she right, was she wrong? Not even that mattered anymore
She could not see the amount of power of the enemy before her even with『Mathematician』skill
An eneth She could only la let him escape last ti a losing battle is a fool’s action Even so, Hinata was excited
(A? In that case… prove it, Deon Slayer, from its scabbard to oppose the demon lord
A thin smile appeared on her face
And with her heart elated, sword pointing at Riht with her
This girl leaves no openings
Thanks to thought acceleration, I am currently able to perfectly receive her hits
After a brief exchange, though my attacks don’t even scratch her, hers seeh–not that I can be proud of that
Which is e’re currently trying to exploit an opportunity or a mistake made by the other, but none had presented itself yet
Hinata is a real beast to be able to fight me like this even after I awakened as a Demon Lord and have Raphael’s support
Frankly, I had expected myself to overwhelm her
She seems to be able to easily read my sword, and blocks it without fail And, responds with a accurate slashes
Last tio all out last ti her attacks, I observe Hinata
A faint sht at me
But, her eyes don’t reflect ourto observe the entire area around us
Her posture does not waver, she is able to keep up a natural pose ready to counter any attack
Her inate from nowhere
I am not sure how she is able to so easily predict my attacks, but it’s clear that she knows
Whereas I, when I see her attack, I just desperately try to evade it
Of course, I’h power to overwhel hit
Our proficiency levels cannot be couard down
At this point, all her tricks and skills have been rendered hting spirit
That spirit being of the Holy Affinity, I will probably be hurt if I get hit by that
According to Raphael, the special ability of that sill let it cut through evenon the reliable sword rather than on gaudy skills is just what I would expect from Hinata
In reality, other than ainst her attacks
But, Hakurou would not be able to win by relying on ic attacks would not be effective against enius
Even if I send out ht, she will probably cut it down in a second
One of the only weaknesses of ultimate skills is that only the true body can use them
In other words, even I were to project a copy or create a clone,
While I could use the skills bymy consciousness to them, multiple “me” cannot
I cannot leave ultimate skills to clones
The sah the copy does possess some of the skills of the true body, these are not perfectly copied
Souei has gotten good at this and can bestow only the useful skills to his clones
At a ti with the support from an ultimate skill, a cheap clone will quickly be hit and vanish
It would be great if a clone could create an opportunity for me to strike at her, but if that backfires… I’ll die from embarrassment
A simple plan would be to focus on Hinata’s endurance I mean, I never tire
Even if neither one of us lands a hit, ti battles have finished
Soround, all seelued to our battle
They certainly cannot follow our attacks, so are they just trying to ascertain the result?
Anyways, I don’t have the ti around
I have to resist Hinata with all th
The land is filled with the sound of our clashes
The sword Hinata held, the one as large as she is, had an edge that looked like as if it was made of blue crystal
It was a beautiful sword
As if not feeling its weight, with a speed uniinable for its size, Hinata wielded it freely
She’s probably depending on some skill for that, but it’s still marvelous sword play
And her expression,
Now… it is that of an innocent girl, a smile on her face
Not the cold sneer that she carried before