Hey hey hey this is too much fun. What's going on over there?

　While hiding behind the trees, Douglas Guns turned his head towards the fourth match venue where Yuto and the others were.
　Right now, Douglas was in the middle of a match with Sanzenin Mizushige at the first match venue, and he was looking for the right moment to attack while escaping Mizushige's skillful exploration winds, but he was surprised by the tremendous pressure peculiar to the high-level ability person from the direction of the fourth match venue.
　However, without having time to be surprised, he sensed the presence of multiple exploration winds of water weight.

''Oops!　d*mn, he can do it too!　I won't be able to find the point of attack!

　Douglas quickly moves away from the spot, sensing the slight movement of the wind as he moves, and escapes the water-weighted probing wind.
　Then, he could see the wind, which clearly belonged to the water-heavy, approaching from ahead and both diagonally behind.

''Tch...!

　Douglas made a probing gesture with his hands crossed under his own empty armpits, and a pistol that was not supposed to be there was clutched in his hands.
　And as it is, when you hold the gun in front of you and continuously pull the firing iron, the multiple bullets released from the gun change their shape and turn into the shape of swallows that are moving at super high speed.
　Those swallows moved freely like living swallows, a few swallows moved behind them and the rest moved forward and rushed into all the approaching exploration winds.

''Well, I don't think this will fool that brother.

　As he muttered that, Douglas ducked through the net of exploration winds and ran through the spot to find more points of attack on Mizushige.

''Utterly, the Branch Chief has fooled me again!　That's an easy job!　You're the one who told me to go check on that boy... and you knew this was going to be difficult, didn't you!　And there's a lot of tournaments to go around!　This is no way to recruit!

　Douglas Gans, who was even considered to be the ace candidate of the American Branch, and currently ranked A, Douglas Gans was rated as deserving of rank AA in terms of both performance and ability, but for some reason, he was reserved for Hannah Keys, the head of the American Branch Branch and rank S [Suppressor].

''A bird.........''

　Mizushige had just been walking straight and slowly forward since the match began, but he stopped in his tracks.
　Then he turned his gaze towards the fourth match venue and smiled unusually.



　The second game venue.

'Haha!　Nice!　Mr. Du Du!　Who are you dealing with?　I must be a hell of a guy not to notice that I'm a hell of a guy!　You really do make a lot of interesting things happen.

　Julian Knight chuckled as he held the sword in one hand, still in its scabbard, which was chained up in a goose chase.

'Yeah, yeah, I'm on fire too!　Okay ... hey!　His name is Tiger Wolf!　Stop hiding and come out!　I'm serious about this, too.　And it was indigestible after we got beaten on our own in last night's game!　If you don't come out, I'll come over here!

　As he said this, the chains tangled in the sheath of the sword in Julian's grip loosened and fell to the ground.
　With a smile on his face, Julian held the sword horizontally and put it in his hand to pull out the scabbard.

''I think I'll use it, this. Hmph, I'm looking forward to it.......hmm?

　Julian's smile seemed to disappear, and he stared up at the sky.
　There was nothing in the sky above it.
　However, Julian's eyes, which stared for a while, turned stern.

"They're so tactless they're just having fun with me.

　Julian's always smiling smile eventually turns into a dim smile.

But I suppose I can't blame him........he's seen that. Who are you, exactly?　You've been doing a lot of extra probing. You're pretty good, aren't you? 　A vampire?　What do you mean by that?

　Julian lowers his face and looks thoughtful.

'Vampires with the ability to position themselves?　There's no way... hey, he's supposed to be dead...

　Then, as another violent vibration came from the fourth match venue, Julian smiled his usual carefree smile with a smirk on his face.

'Well, all right!　Either way, the theory is that you have to think the worst and act accordingly. Oh, I would have liked to have played a bit more, it was a good place to start.

　As he said this, Julian pulled his sword out of its scabbard with great vigor and galloped off at a brisk pace. He increased his speed even more, as if he knew where his opponent was, and disappeared among the trees.



　At the same time as this, Gaston was moving cautiously through the suburbs of Cornwall at midnight.

'I'll have to tell my husband soon...'

　There was a good chance that their pursuers were coming. Knowing that he couldn't go around, Gaston moved to avoid the nearby city.
　As Gaston continued to drive along the side of the small road in the darkness, he could see the main road ahead. Since it was late at night, there were few cars, but he could still see a few cars passing by.
　Gaston increased his speed and jumped over to a truck that was driving by at a high rate of speed right next to him. He then forces open the locked passenger door of the running truck with only force.
　Naturally, the driver of the truck screamed and was surprised, but Gaston sat in the passenger seat as if nothing had happened and spoke to the small, fat, middle-aged driver in a friendly manner.

'No, no, no, please don't leave me here,'

'What?　Oh, I'm sorry!　I forgot about you!　But you, you're a good rider...

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I just dropped my phone, and I was wondering if I could borrow your phone for a minute.

Oh yeah, that's good. Here you go.

Thank you.

　Receiving the phone, Gaston pondered his contact information and typed in his phone number, waiting for the other person to receive it.

'Oh, hi, is this Mari?　Gaston. Yes, yes, no, no, I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I have something I need to tell Yuto's husband, can you tell him right away?　My husband thought he was in the middle of a game right now, eh?　He brought his cell phone in to fight?　Oh, well, I'll call you directly then... yeah?

　Gaston looked out of the truck as quickly as he could.

'Ah!　Mari, I still need a message for you!　There's a lot going on here too!

　Gaston begins to speak, keeping his surroundings as alert as possible.

'No questions now. Please listen calmly. It is the great feast of the Inquisition, and among the participants is a man named Julian Knight. He is the son of the once-proud House of Night, but there is no such person in the House of Night. The old Randall Knight is the current head of the Knight family, but his only son, George Knight, died young. The son, or grandson of Randall Knight, was Julian Knight, but no matter how you look at it, there is no evidence that George Knight had a child. ................M!

　Gaston stared out the window, then opened the door again and leapt out of the truck, which was going at a high rate of speed.
　The driver of the truck was startled to see Gaston, whom he thought was his friend, jump out, and slam on the brakes.
　He apparently thought to look for Gaston.

'Don't!　Keep going!　Oh, excuse me, Mari, it's this way.

　Gaston shouted a loud warning to the truck driver, and then jumped out of the way and started to run off to the side of the road. The decision was made not to involve the truck driver, who was indebted to him for lending him his cell phone, but Gaston knew it was also a dangerous thing to do.
　Gaston turned off the road, cell phone in hand, and moved without stopping to move toward the less lit side of the road.
　Gaston speeds up his run and starts talking into his phone again.

'Mari, may I?　There's more. When I went to see the head of the Knight family this morning, Randall Knight had already been killed. We don't know who these people are, but we're not sure who they are. But they're pretty dangerous. Perhaps - no, I'm pretty sure this Julian Knight guy must be one of them.

　Gaston runs through the wilderness with plants and trees growing freely, with nothing to illuminate the surroundings except the moonlight, while keeping his posture low.

''Look, Mari-san, that means that such a person is invading the Shitenji family. And one last thing, this is important. Be sure to tell your husband. The person who calls himself Julian Knight is pretending to be Randall's grandson, and is carrying a certain sword with tremendous power that has been passed down in the Knight family. How the person pretended to be a nude grandson is unknown, but he inherited the sword of the Knight family. ...hmm?

　Gaston huffed as he caught himself talking.

'No!　[Positioning]?　Then it all connects!　Is that original over there that my positioning didn't get through!　Oh, sorry, I'm talking about this one. Back to the story, I believe that Julian Knight was probably approached from the beginning to take that sword. It's a replica of the divine sword, but its name is Dancin...!

　Suddenly, just as Gaston thought he heard a slashing sound in his ears, his phone was destroyed.

'Kuh!　What I did with you got caught up in something that was superfluous at an important point, hey, I messed up on this one.

　Gaston stops, tosses the phone in half in frustration, and turns his head upwards behind him to see who destroyed the phone.

There you are, vampire. It's a good thing that you're not the only one.

It's you again........the one in the red dress. Hmm, I think a good woman is one who is pursued by a man, not pursued by a man, isn't it?

'Hmph, what are you talking about?　With a good man, even a woman will chase him, right?

Well, I don't feel bad about it, but this is bad timing. I, you know, I'm still dragging out my previous love!

　As Gaston cleaves his arm, a powerful scythe of magical power attacks the red witch in the air.
　The red witch fluttered around in the air and dodged it, then swooped down towards Gaston.

''Haha!　That's what makes it all worth dropping!　I'll make you forget all about it!

'Totally........does your husband's popularity transfer to me, my friend?　But I would at least like to have the right to choose my partner!

　The red witch and the legendary vampire clashed under the moonlight, loud enough to split the earth.