CH 183.1

Chapter 183.1: Gathering 1

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The shadow of four people appeared from within the dancing particles of light bursting out from the transfer circle.

「A~h, I’m dead tired! Let’s sleep immediately!」

「That fu*king catfish, my body is numb even now…」

「Ah, come to think of it, amongst the medicines left by Momokawa is a medicine to cure paralysis.」

「Oi, stop yapping as if you guys are the only ones who got hurt. It ain’t that painful, yeah!」

The people were chatting merrily as if they were still in the classroom instead of the dungeon.

They were Ueda, Nakai, Shimokawa, otherwise known as the Totempole Trio, and Yamada of the baseball club.

The classmates who saw them appearing from the transfer circle displayed various reactions.

「GEH!」

The one who felt something along that line was the duo Nakajima Haruma and Himeno Airi.

Airi went half-mad along the way and ended up slapping Reina before everyone blamed the former.

Haruma, who had Airi be taken away by the trio when he was in the middle of having a give-and-take relationship with Airi, became really confused which ended up in him leaving the party on his own.

The two didn’t share a pleasant experience with the four. On the other hand, they both felt that being put in the same team as the four would complicate the problem and give rise to another problem. They were both perplexed for two different reasons.

「….」

The one who didn’t show any reaction upon seeing the four was Tendou’s Yankee team. Not to mention that Ryuichi had literally zero interest in them, so he didn’t care about them at all.

Trio gals of Kyoko, and Jury-Mary combi had more or less interacted with the four in the class, but their relationship wasn’t close enough for the gals to jump in joy upon seeing the quartet. It was just a relief upon seeing the four had survived this far.

「You guys arrived in this place too, huh.」

The one who showed the most dramatic reaction upon seeing the four was, of course, Souma Yuuto and Co who had a chance of meeting with the four (plus one back then) before.

「Geh, IT’S SOUMA YUUTO!?」

「Se-Seriously, what in the world is he doing here?」

「A~h, we’re done for.」

The one who showed the strongest reaction to the appearance of the four was Souma Yuuto who made a face as if he wanted to cry, his hand already resting on the hilt of his shining sword as he unleashed an oppressing aura toward them.

Behind him, Sakura had already drawn her bow, and Asuna had unsheathed her sword too.

It was an extremely dangerous situation.

And even if the four understood that it was only limited to that, they had no solution for this situation.

In this kind of situation, the only one who could break the ice with his eloquent speech was Momokawa. But the strangely reliable shota was not present at the moment.

Thus, Shimokawa decided to take the matter into his hand.

「Ma-Maan, I’m really glad to see everyone is safe and sound!」

Shimokawa pretended to be oblivious to Souma and Co’s hostility toward them.

He judged that they at least wouldn’t be killed in this kind of situation. Not to mention that Souma party wasn’t the only one in there, they’re in the presence of other classmates too.

He reckoned that someone with a strong sense of justice like Souma wouldn’t do something as extreme as killing his classmate in front of many people.

「How dare you say that, Shimokawa?」

And just as he thought, Yuuto didn’t just suddenly lash out at him, his hand was still on the hilt of his sword.

「Wha-Wha-What makes you so angry like that, Souma? Did we do something?」

「ENOUGH! Don’t tell me that you have already forgotten the sin you committed.」

「Wa-Wait, calm down now! Re– I mean, are you angry about Ayase-san’s death? That’s a misunderstanding, we’ve nothing to do with that, or rather, we even tried to save her back then!」

「Trying to make an excuse now! You guys are clearly hanging out with Momokawa.」

「That’s why I’ve told you that it’s just an accident! An unfortunate accident! It couldn’t be helped, we really did try to sa――」

「SHUT UP! I WON’T FORGIVE YOU GUYS FOR KILLING REINA!」

The situation worsened immediately. And no one stepped out to stop the enraged Yuuto.

From the third party’s perspective, they were obviously going to be killed by Yuuto, thus Shimokawa regretted the choice of using optimism as his way out of this situation.

But when he was exposed to Souma Yuuto’s rage from the front, it felt as if he would die at this very moment. Now, he realized just how amazing Momokawa was for being able to speak till the end in front of this kind of opponent.

He felt that they were definitely going to die unless he said something.

But lame excuses like that wouldn’t work on the enraged Souma Yuuto, on the contrary, it would be akin to pouring gasoline into the fire.

Thus, he had no choice but to beg for their lives to be spared with dogeza―― And the moment Shimokawa made such a decision.

「… Don’t screw with me.」

The one who broke the awkward situation was neither Shimokawa nor Yuuto, it was the third party who had kept his silence until now.

「DON’T SCREW WITH ME, SOUMA YUUTO! THE REASON WHY REINA-CHAN AND YAMAJUN DIED IS YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!」

The one who raised an enraged voice was Yamada.

「O-OI, YAMADA!?」

「WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!」

An astonished Ueda and Nakai tried to stop the Yamada who was mad for a strange reason.

「SHUT UP! IT’S YOUR FAULT! EVERYTHING IS YOUR FU*KING FAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULT!」

Ueda and Nakai tried to hold him back, but Yamada easily brushed them aside and rushed toward Yuuto. The heavy warrior’s charge was unstoppable.

「UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!」

「Kuh, what the–」

Yamada’s fury was unreasonable. Though Yuuto was really confused by that, he reacted calmly against Yamada who rushed at him while raising his fist.

He didn’t use his sword, but it didn’t mean that Yamada was less powerful.

「Souma-Style, 『Balance Breaker』」

Learned skill:

『Balance Breaker』：Bare-handed arts of Souma-style combat arts. Grab, pull, and throw.

To begin with, Yuuto had been taking martial arts lessons since his childhood, mainly in the basics of the throwing technique of Souma-style. With that, his martial arts technique transformed into an even more powerful bare-handed skill after gaining 『Hero』 vocation.

Yuuto had no idea about Yamada’s vocation nor did he know about the latter’s strength. But he guessed to some extent the moment he saw Yamada rushing at him.

Maybe, Yamada’s body is protected by some sort of defensive skill.

Thus, he concluded that countering with a punch or kick wouldn’t work on Yamada. And it’s not like he could use his sword against Yamada either.

As such, he was left with the option of using the throwing technique.

「GUOOOO!?」

Thus, Yamada who rushed with an enraged look on his face got slammed to the ground by Yuuto with his throwing technique. The current Yuuto could easily use this throwing technique to face a rushing giant boar.

Even if there was nothing special about the technique, Yamada who overly relied on his brute force ever since he gained his vocation was no different from a monster.

Yamada, whose weight and height were amongst the top rank in the class, got thrown off easily, floating in the air for a while, and then falling to the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Thanks to the power of his vocation, 『Heavy Warrior』, the shock he received when his back slammed to the ground was insignificant. But that impact was enough to force him to exhale the air in his lungs.

「GAH!! COUGH, COUGH!」

Yamada broke into a coughing fit. It was now that Yuuto seemed to have pretty much confirmed Yamada’s vocation.

So his power can really cancel half-hearted blows. But seeing that he has a coughing fit, it seems he still needs to breathe normally.

「It’s going to be troublesome if you keep rampaging after this. Sorry, but sleep for a little bit.」

Before Yamada could get the chance to stand up, Yuuto had already mounted on his back as he applied a triangle choke on Yamada’s neck. It was the very same technique used by Sugino, another holder of 『Heavy Warrior』 vocation back when they got ambushed in the fairy plaza, and now it was used on Yamada again.

「GU, GA, AA…」

A few seconds later, Yamada stopped resisting, his hand fell to the ground as he passed ut.

「Fuh, what in the hell is happening? Doesn’t he feel ashamed for suddenly charging like that?」

Thanks to Yamada’s sudden outburst of anger, the look in Yuuto’s eyes became even colder. Even Sakura and Suna who stood behind Yuuto were making a face as if they wanted to kill Yamada who was unconscious at the moment.

The situation quickly descended into total chaos due to Yamada’s action―― Or not, as Shimokawa foresaw that this was the turning point.

「Oi, Souma. Why in the he*l are you trying to kill Yamada? A stupid, ignorant goody two shoes like you is really the worst human being!」