I was tense for the first time in a long time.

　Currently, I'm changing into 'seven' in the Wraith.
　For some reason, my clothes were the initial equipment, but I was able to change into my former appearance. I'm not going to be able to get the same equipment as the second, so only my appearance has been changed by the wraith.

　--can change into SEVEN. That means that the information of SEVEN is stored (...) somewhere in this world. Seven's data, which should have been cracked, is.

　This world is connected to Mövius Online. It's confirmed. I don't know why or what it's for, but it's .......


　Oh, well, that's okay. I'll put that aside for now.
　The problem isn't that I was able to change to SEVEN, nor is it the aloha shirt with no seasonality.

It's the whole "take one hit and you're done" thing.

　Wraith will undo the change if he takes even a little damage. In other words, if I take even one hit, the fact that I'm a Second Firth Test instantly comes to light. As a result, a troublesome situation will arise in many directions. I want to avoid that.


　Right now, NEX's status has been multiplied by 20 times with the Madoka Drug.
　To put it plainly, that's a foul play.

　It's not surprising that they're 20 times ahead of their opponents, so it's no match for them.


　......, but I found out when I faced them. I'm not so worried about it, because... Because.


'You didn't get it, did you ......?

　NEX was "not quite there yet".

　The status of the regulars in the world's top rankings, the 'rankers' who were competing with me for the world's top spot at the time, hadn't reached the slightest degree of success.


"--Ciné!

　The foolish 《Silver General Sword Art》 slash down.

　No matter how low my status is right now, no matter how much of a difference in status between me and the madness nexus, let's say ...... clearly. Yawn (...).


''I'll tell you something good.''

　I held up my Mithril Longbow and spoke to the guys other than Nekus while playing Nekus with the knockback effect of the Golden General Archery.

　It's tempting to think so because of the 20 times status, but with such a limpid mind, what works won't work.

　It's just like the old adage, "Attack is the best defense.


Attack is the best defense.


　You don't give your opponent any room to attack. This is the ideal form.

　I take a plate out of my inventory, equip it, and charge in with the Flying Wheel Shield Technique. In Mevion, when you equip a dish, it becomes a shield. It's a small trick on how to move using it.

　He cancels the skill right in front of Nex, immediately puts the dish away, activates the Silver General Swordsmanship while wearing the Mithril Longsword, immediately cancels it, and then uses a combination of the Scented Car Swordsmanship and Guillermo Swordsmanship to unleash a thrust at his chest.

　NEX tried to stop it by playing it with the Infantry Swordsmanship, but ...... that's an obvious mistake.

　Rock'n'Chair is right, he might be weaker than Rothman. It's a move that Rothman would have been able to respond to without being fooled by the feint.


'Nah!'

　The incense carriage's penetration effect can only be played with a skill that has a penetration effect as well.

　The thrust I fired went straight through the hit 【Infantry Sword Art】 and hit NEX's chest.

　Although it didn't go as far as a stab due to the 20x VIT, the multiplier was added by the rapid-fire special effect of 《Katsura Sword Art》, and it should have been a decent damage.


''d*mn it ......!''

　Nex regained his stance to fight back, but ...... it's already, how can I say, full of gaps and laughs.

　I slid my sword diagonally while aiming at NEX's right arm with the 《Kakuyo kenjutsu》 that I had prepared in rapid succession. 《Kakuyo kenjutsu》 also has a penetrating effect. If I'm going to respond with [Sword Art], I'll have to hit the incense carriage or Kakugyo, or play it with the Golden General. However, neither of them had prepared the nexus, and even if I prepare from now on, it won't be in time. If that's the case, the only thing left to do is to avoid the rest: ......

Guaah!

　Well, I'll eat it.

　But I couldn't amputate the arm of the nexus, apparently saved by a 20x VIT.


　...... So let's do the thing. I'm gonna give you "palestin".


"Cine!　Cine!　Sineiee!

　NEX is getting impatient and is slashing at me with a desperate look.


　I take out the plate again and observe the situation closely while equipping it.

　Then, I activated the 《Silver General Shield Technique》 in 0.027 seconds, 0.277-0.250 seconds before NEX's 《Silver General Sword Technique》 struck my brain. This is the timing for a counterattack parry.

''Yo.''

　Pari succeeds. It would be strange not to succeed, as an opponent who swings his sword without any kind of twist, like Nex, would be able to see the sword until the very last minute.


　This is where Parristan's hardest part comes in.

　He switches to his bow almost at the same time as Parisi and fires the "Infantry Archery" into the head of the opponent who is blown backwards as much as possible.

　A direct hit to the head triggers a stun effect at 6.25%, so that's what he's aiming for.


　...... All bullets hit. Including while he was down, he was able to put 5 bullets into the air. This time it didn't stun. Too bad.

''Uaaaaaah!

　Nex got up while screaming, and this time he slashed at me with the 《Flying Car Sword Art》.


　I guess it's ....... This guy's [Sword Art] is boring. Sadly, it turns out that this world's Issenza battle was at a relatively high level.

　Whether the opponent's attack was a Silver General or a flying car, what you do is the same. It was a parry using the 《Silver General Shield Technique》.

''Aaaah!

　NEX is played on a plate while screaming in frustration.

　I fired one, two, and three 《Infantry Archery》 shots, and then the fourth. Luckily, NEX stunned. It was a palistan success.


''Good.''

　It's almost time for the remaining three minutes of the madness agent to pass.

　I move to the side of NEX's head and prepare the 《Long Horse Archery》.

It's a "shotgun". The Dragon Horse Archery is a ranged attack that fires dozens of powerful, piercing arrows at the same time. If you hit it at "zero distance", all of the arrows would hit the opponent, demonstrating the maximum instantaneous firepower of the 【Bowsmanship】.

　Therefore, I launched the Dragon Horse Archery at zero distance, aiming at the top of NEXX's head, which was lying on its back and stunned.


''--!

　Boom!　And the air vibrates.


　A critical hit. NEX is blown off 5 meters while spinning and falling to the ground with a thud. That's quite a bit of damage.

　Immediately afterwards, I backsteppedal once, switched to my sword, and began preparing for the Dragon King Swordsmanship. With an AGI of about Nex's level, as long as I'm 7 meters away from him while he's down, I'll be ready in time.


''Guh...... Uu......!

　NEX's stun state is released by the impact of the dragon horse, and he wobbles up while bleeding profusely.

　In the middle of coming towards us, when he realized that I had completed the preparation of the 《Long King Sword Art》, he ...... unexpectedly showed an expression of despair (...).



''Let's hear the resignation clause.''

　A few seconds left. And from the amount of blood loss, I can also see how little HP is left. Probably not enough HP remaining to withstand the 《Dragon King Sword Art》.


　...... Whether you continue to come at me or give up everything, either way, Nex's death is confirmed.

　If I have anything left to say, it's now or never.



'Wah, wah wah .......


　Squeezing his sword tightly, ...... Nex prepared the 《Flying Car Sword Art》. With tears running down his cheeks.


　And then, he slashes at me.

　To me. Not to anyone else, but to me.



''........................''

　I want to die a warrior. I felt that was his final intention.


　I activate the Dragon King Sword Art. A powerful ranged attack forward plus a stun effect. There is no longer any way to dodge it.

　The Dragon King's red-black light envelops the blue-white light-emitting nexus.
　It's as if it's rising to the heavens, a condensed upward rush of power.


　In the face of impending death, Nex spoke out in a whisper.




''...... Okaasan .......''



　............ No one wants to die, right?

　To face and think about death that you can't escape. It wasn't loyalty to the Pope, or warrior pride, or anything else. It was just a child's cry to his mother for help.


'Goodbye,'



　　* * *



　Abnormal.
　Truly abnormal.

　The immensely beautiful man who calls himself Seven suddenly appears, and his strength is beyond comprehension.

　Brighton, who has slaughtered hundreds of soldiers, and Renko, who was also a one-man warrior, are both fighting at the same time, and Renko is the trump card. The two of them fought at the same time, and on top of that, despite Renko's use of his trump card, Transformation, the opponent 'Kyouka Nekus', who was unable to get a hand in the fight. Even the titleholder, Rock'n'Chair Kongo, couldn't stand up to him.

　That's how the man known as "seven" finished off NEX.

　He was wearing an aloha shirt, shorts and sandals without taking a single blow, and even showing his composure.

　It's just extraordinary.


"...... What's up with that?

　Renko muttered to herself as she watched the matchup, only moving her face while she was down in a near-death state.

　She was dimly aware that the man named SEVEN might be the second first test.
　She could tell because she had matched hands once. That peculiar 'crushing move to crush the opponent's offense' was disgusting, and the more she looked at it, the more she resembled Second.

It's not funny, ............ is funny. That's ridiculous .......

　He laughed in disgust.

　Somewhere in the back of her mind, Renko had convinced herself that she was special (...). That he was special from the saint Raspberry Belle.

　Raspberry Belle had given him a special way to learn skills and earn experience, and she had given him a special skill he had never seen or heard of called "Transformation", and he had become a tengu.


　That night, in the dark forest, its outstretched nose should have been broken once.
　But the moment when it was truly snapped off from the root was right here, right now.

　I thought I knew Raspberry Bell the most, that I was the most in favor of Raspberry Bell, and yet I thought I was.

　The smile on Raspberry Belle's face at the moment when SEVEN appeared made it all make sense.

　Raspberry Belle and SEVEN were deeply connected to each other, dozens of times more than Renko had assumed.


　If you were useful, if you risked your life, Raspberry Belle would look out for you. From a relationship of use and exploitation, Renko believed that they could become true friends.

　...... In fact. There was, and still is, only one person that Raspberry Belle sees. 'Sempai' was the only one.





'Brother, the arm.'
Yeah. It's your potion. As you can see, you're in good hands.
Good.

　Meanwhile, Brighton, whose arm had been slashed off by Nex, was recovering from receiving a high-grade potion from Rock'n'Chair.

　The two of them are brothers. However, it had been so many years since they had seen each other like this that they couldn't remember how many years it had been since they had seen each other. In the somewhat awkward air, Brighton opens his mouth.

'It's ...... a breathing parry.'
'Yes. Not an inch off. This is no way for Kongo to stand.
'No, it's not!　If you had the swordsmanship, I think you could have done something similar to him. You have that much talent.
'Haha, that's called being a big brother idiot. ...... I can't give you that beauty. Although it's frustrating.

　Laughter.
　Within a minute after SEVEN began to fight, there was enough room for the brothers to chat in front of an enemy with 20 times the status.

　There was a strange atmosphere in Seven's battle that made the viewer think that it was over.


''That person is an acquaintance of yours?''
No, I don't know. Well, I have a pretty good idea.
What?　I wouldn't know. If it was that freakishly strong, you'd never forget it once you saw it: ......
'Yes, ......, if he's that crazy, you can't forget him even if you want to.

　Rock 'n' Chair doesn't talk about the identity of SEVEN.

　He doesn't even tell his own brother because he is aware of the circumstances of hiding his true identity and feels a great debt of gratitude for the bingo prize of Mithril Piercing.


'Thank you ....... You're getting stronger, Rock'n'Chair. If you hadn't come along, we wouldn't have been able to carry out the revolution.
I wanted to avenge my own death, too. I'm just relieved I made it in time.
After all, I've let you get your hands dirty too. I'm no better than my brother.
'Don't worry about it. I just didn't expect it to be a revolution as soon as I won the title.
I'm sorry, it was the only chance I had.

　He became the titleholder and gained international influence, making connections in the Kingdom of Castal and earning money for Dysart while putting pressure on the Kamel Divinity from the people. That is the purpose of Rock'n'Chair.

　But to tell the truth, it was Brighton's brotherhood. He kept his brother, who was fond of [Shield Art], away from the Kamel Divine Kingdom for a plausible reason, making him passionate about the title fight. It could be said to be Brighton's deep family love, as he didn't want to lose his only immediate family member, his talented brother, to the revolution.

'And the greatest thanks to that man as well.
No, that's not necessary. I'll tell him myself eventually.
What?　............ Yeah, right.

　A caring rock 'n' chair. His brother was also a caring man.





...... Ah, he's back. That's the back of the man we've always admired: ......

　Goodbye.
　Gazing at the SEVEN that he had slaughtered with the 《Dragon King Sword Art》 while bidding goodbye to Nex, Raspberry Belle's heart burned with passion.

　In the months since she was reborn in this world, she has never forgotten, even for a moment, the person she has been pining for.

　She realizes once again that she is in love with him. Raspberry Belle, Suzuki Ichigo, was in love with Sato Shichiro, and she couldn't stand it.


　Love. Love. Love. Love is overflowing and it doesn't stop.


''Bah, that's ridiculous ......!　I didn't know the Nexus would be defeated: ......!

　Pope Black shouts out next to Raspberry Bell, whose eyes are hearts, two meters away.

　I wondered if I would have clenched this guy. The moment the water-sprayed Raspberry Belle bared her killing intent - the Pope glared at Raspberry Belle with a crazy smile.


''Ha, ha, ha, ha!　If you've lost a piece, we'll have to replenish it!　Sheikh, use you, too!
Ha!

　Incredibly, the Pope took another "madness agent" out of his inventory and thrust it at the Sheikh of Nex's Kingsguard.

　The Sheikh turns his back on Raspberry Bell and moves in front of the Pope.


'It's ......, what's going on!　Feared, Sheik!　Use it!　That's an order!


　The Pope pushes the madness drug at him.
　But for some reason, the Sheikh doesn't pick it up and stands on a stick.


　While everyone else has a hackneyed look on their heads, unsure of what's going on.

　The man in aloha speaks up.


'That's enough, Consade (・・・・).
Yes, sir.


　He was called Consade and the one who replied was ...... the Kinsman Sheik.


'What?　Sheikh, you--

　The moment the Pope was about to say something.
　The Sheikh's right hand moved slightly, and with a glimmer, something thin shimmered in the air.

　Immediately after that.


　Bottoms up ...... and.

　The Pope's head parted from his body and fell to the ground.

　Next, the body collapsed from his knees and fell forward. The Sheikh takes a step back and ducks with a blank expression as it spurts blood.


''What, what--?

　Suddenly surprised, Brighton turns his attention to SEVEN.


　...... but already. There was no sign of the man in the aloha shirt there.


'Gone!
...... Oh, I see.

　The rock 'n' chair instantly understands. He realized that it was a transfer he had seen in the brilliant curry restaurant, Karai.

　As expected, Second had Anko waiting in the First Test Mansion with her "Demon Summoned" and sent a message to Yukari via a team-only communication, "Signal to Anko. As a result, he made it appear as if he had suddenly disappeared.


"Hey, could I be Senpai's ......?

　While everyone was surprised at the sudden disappearance of SEVEN, Raspberry Belle spoke to the Sheik.

　Sheikh turned to face Raspberry Belle with a blank expression on his face and nodded quietly at her, breaking the silence.

'I'll come for you later, my master says.
'I know!　May I have my sempai?

　The moment I told him a word and heard his reply. The Sheik also disappeared.

　Sixty seconds of cool time for Anko's 《Dark Summoning》 had passed, and the Sheikh, no, codename: Consade, no, Luna, was also summoned to the First Test Mansion.


'........................'

　Except for Raspberry Belle, the rest of the people.
　I could only watch the raging developments unfolding in front of me, stunned.

　But one thing is clear.

　The revolution has been completed--.