2-16: He Who Stands in Front (1/5)

2-16: He Who Stands in Front (1/5)

If one were to compare what the boy gained and what he lost from the incident during the resurrection of the evil god, and if one were merely to speak numerically, then unfortunately, the boy won out.

The things he lost included that something that he has been protecting for thirteen years, and the friends who saved him from the perils of a foreign world which unfortunately also happened to include his first love.

Regardless, he lost just those two things.

In exchange, he gained many things.

The three thousand years worth of information about Falandia while the evil god was sealed.

The experience of the many battles that occurred in the shadows for the evil gods revival.

The knowledge that only gods are privy to.

The limits of his stats that were raised when the evil god possessed (overwrote) him for a moment.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m

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Though he remained in the body of a human the authority of a god.

Of course, he would never think of such things as anything but a curse.

Regardless what those things could accomplish.

To him they were nothing more than a curse.



*Drip.

*Drip.

Dripped that red thing to the floor.

When everyone there saw that scene, they were all shocked.

But the one most shocked was none other than Daigo himself.

His arms were petrified, and for some inexplicable reason, a person that shouldnt be there was right in front of him.

This is the next most unexpected thing after that 8 years thing.

Daigo found himself blinking in response to the unexpected fed-up voice that seemed to reproach him.

That red thing that continued to drip did not belong to him.

How did things turn out like this? Why was this person in front of him? No one could answer it.

And yet somehow, that boy was able to arrive there in a flash and stop that knife before it could reach him.

Huh Wa!? Are you okay!? Daigo cried.

W-What are you doing!? The girl cried.

Onii-chan!? The child cried.

Seeing the three hostages shocked, the boy wryly smiled.

Daigos hands released the knife in a panic, but Shinichi continued to hold onto it.

Blood continued to drip onto the ground since he was holding tightly onto it, but Shinichi himself was calm.

Shinichi wryly smiled at Daigo, then he shot the knife with a snap of his wrist.

The knife shot like a bullet and penetrated the man at his side.

Oneechan? The child asked.

The girl who saw that unfold took advantage of how the child couldnt see what was going on and covered his ears.

This was not something that should be seen or heard by a child.

Huh GyaAAAaa!!??

HIYa, you stabbed me! You stabbed me with a knife! GyaAAa!! The man cried.

So needlessly noisy.

I didnt hit any vital points, and yet he keeps going gyaa gyaa, Shinichi mocked.

For a moment, the suited man didnt know what was going on, but when he realized what was happening, he started screaming frantically.

It was less the pain and more the fear of being stabbed that drove him into panic.

But Shinichi only looked at him coldly as if it didnt concern him.

Daigo blinked several times at that and rubbed his eyes.

Who is that? He found himself wanting to say, but he swallowed those words before he could say them.

Regardless, that just showed how unbelievable this whole thing was to him.

Hey, get into position! The hostages dont matter anymore! Just kill them all!

Daigo had no choice but to shelve his confusion for now, for someone gave that order while Mitsuda and the others calmed down the panicking man.

Shinichi went in front before anyone else, but something suddenly left him shocked.

Daigo and the girl behind him were also confused.

Even the men who gave that order were frozen.

T-Thats right I just wanted to do something for my dad Said a criminal.

I just kept hating and I never did anything myself Said another criminal.

I just loved to run, but before I knew it all that was on my mind was winning And another criminal.

The one who was neglectful was me. Why didnt I look for a new path at that time? And another.

Before anyone knew it, the situation had become like this.

No one was listening to the order; everyone was breaking down crying.

No one was holding a gun anymore. They were all harshly rebuking themselves, saying, what was I doing?

The hostages were even more shocked at the sudden reform these criminals had undergone.

Thats why no one realized it when Shinichis face suddenly paled and he covered his mouth.

Y-Youre kidding The Divine Words leaked?