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　The sword is placed in the Klein jar.

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　A different flash of light comes. The magic in the jar is also different from usual.

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　Usually, the jar is covered with a disastrous, demonic-like magic, but this time it is cloaked with a divine aura.

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　Perhaps this is the characteristic of .

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　It summons a hero or a god in another world.

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　It must require a special performance.

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　I thought so, but then a question came to my mind.

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"By the way, when we summon demons, their rarity is indicated, but what about the summoning of souls?

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　I ask Eve, and she responds.

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"There is a range of five stars for the rarity of demons, but no range for heroes. For the sake of convenience, they are considered to have six Stars, one above the Legendary Rare. They are called God Rare.

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"I see. You literally summon a god.

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"The status of a hero summoned by Soul Summoning is invisible. Therefore, the only way to grasp their strength is to actually see them fight or let them fight.

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"You said it has an ego?"

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Yes, sir.

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"Then I'll use him as a commander. The size of the corps is growing, and I was just thinking that I would like to have a corps commander."

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"But, as I said before, heroes are not entirely beholden to their masters ......."

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"As I said before, you have to master your heroes to be a demon king."

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"............"

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　Eve was slightly silent and nodded her head in affirmation.

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"I understand. Then I will say nothing more. If it disobeys its master, I will destroy it at the cost of my own life.

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　He pulled a dagger from his pocket.

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"I like your spirit," he said. But first things first. It seems that the hero is coming out. The summoning of the spirit succeeded.

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　The Klein vase glows brightly as he says this.

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　A bright white smoke fills the area, and a figure emerges from it.

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　The silhouette suggests a man, with long hair.

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　He was thin, but had a strange strength.

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　Even through the smoke, the strength of the figure, and its insanity, are transmitted.

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　When the smoke cleared and I saw the hero's face, I knew immediately that this man was a "fighting maniac.

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　Beyond the clearing vision was a man with a taciturn expression.

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　He was handsome but unsociable.

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　He looked smart, but he was a man to watch out for. That was my first impression of him.

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　I know I told this to Eve, but the first time is the most important in this kind of thing.

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　It would be better to speak up before they realize that I was nervous.

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　So I spoke to him. As the demon king Ashtaroth.

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　I spoke to him in a manner that made him seem majestic.

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"...... My name is the Demon King Ashtaroth. I am the one who summoned you, nameless samurai. First I ask your name. And serve me. Together we shall rise from the depths of the earth."

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　The man stared at me with a sly, calculating look, and opened his heavy mouth.

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"......My name is Toshizo......,Hijikata Toshizo. I am a man who should have died at Toba-Fushimi. But for some unknown reason, I survived all the way to Hakodate."

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"If you would rather die, help me."

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I should have died in Goryokaku in Hakodate. But here I am."

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"It's the will of God. It's also a metastasis. This is God's destiny. Be my sword.

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"Transference to the will of God. That's a good one. Just like Kondo-san. I'll gladly help you if you'll prepare a place for me to die.

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　With that, the man pulls out the sword at his waist.

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"--but I'm going to test you to see if you've got guts."

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"You want to test me? Fine. What do you want?

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I'd appreciate it if you didn't do anything. I'll swing the sword. Don't move until the end. If you move an inch, you lose.

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You're trying to measure my courage. Fine."

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　I blinked slowly and stopped moving.

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　The samurai who calls himself Hijikata Toshizo puts his hand on the sword at his waist.

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　What he is trying to do is called Battoujutsu.

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　It is a special technique to draw a sword directly from its sheath.

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　If I'm even slightly out of control, or if this man wants to kill me, he will blow my head off.

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　I close my eyes, praying that this man does not intend to kill me.

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　A few seconds later, a steel object passes through my neck, just a few millimeters from the tip of my neck.

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　If I had been frightened and moved even a little, he might have slit my throat.

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　Toshizo saw my attitude,

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"...... brilliant. You have the gall of a king among kings."

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　He said.

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　He replied in a matter-of-fact manner.

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"He's just opening up. If you can't trust a single samurai here, you can't expect to win the world.

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"He is open, but he has the right idea."

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"And I was sure you wouldn't cut me."

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"Well, why?"

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"First of all, I don't want to kill you. All you have is hatred for yourself. You have the eyes of a man looking for a place to die. Such a man would not dare slay the king who is about to take us to a place of pleasure.

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"............"

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"And you're probably aware of Eve's murderous intent behind you. If she's in any kind of a mood, she's going to slam into you from behind. You're a smart guy. I don't think you'd be taking life too seriously here."

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"It's true that the last of the ogre's deputy chiefs can't be talking to a young lady in a maid's outfit from behind. That's very insightful. You seem to be a man worthy of this sword.

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　When Toshizo finished, he bowed his head politely.

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"My name is Hijikata Toshizo. I am a farmer from Tama in the Bushu region of Hinomoto. I have two hands for a reason, but I am a farmer's son at heart. Think of them as consumables.

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"No way, I know it is harder to get a samurai like you than to get gold. I'll give you a place to die in the end, but don't expect it to be quick and easy."

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I appreciate that."

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　As Toshizo said this, an oriental smile appeared on his face.

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　Thus the Ashtaroth army gained a hero, Hijikata Toshizo.

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　He later became an indispensable leader of the Ashtaroth army.

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　He was also known as "the evil demon Toshizo" because of his military uniform, which was dyed in red all over.

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　Coincidentally, he was called by the same name as the demon sub-chief before his death.

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