From Meiji to the early Showa period, the land was called Hirai Village.
From the top of the hill, he overlooks the village. A number of fields, fields and ancient houses. This is exactly what it feels like to be a village, but the number of houses is very high. The houses are dense with each other. Quite a lot, in terms of population density alone.
Most of all, people aren't the only ones who live there. He knows that fact too.
"How long do you have to stay in such a despicable place?"
Looking down at the view of the village, he - Akihiko Decaying Rope - throws up sick of it.
Bright white hair and bright white skin, as if pigments had fallen off, give those who see a mysterious impression as if they were human beings. Its neutral face, which remains disproportionate, is a remarkable beauty, but the face cannot be said to be very good. From an early age, I was always grumpy and only showed a look of risk in public, and as a result I didn't even try to hide it, that's what happened.
"Dear Akihiko... We have now set the date of the month and flipped the anti-flag. A lot of patience now."
The girl behind Akihiko, softly dressed in her coat, tells her. Its skin is purple, with a single horn growing from its forehead. My mouth has two sharp dog teeth that I call fangs and have no faint color, and I have a flicker.
"How far are we included? People, too?
Akihiko already knows that there are monsters and people living in this village.
"Much of this village is a leg slashing or arm slashing blood family, but I wouldn't say all of it. As you know, it is divided into militants and moderates, and people - hard to say in front of Akihiko - are treated as slaves to us, so"
"Nothing's fine. I'm not a human supremacist."
Akihiko laughs sarcastically at the words of an unusual girl.
The village is dominated by two kinds of monsters. Arm slashing children and foot slashing children.
"Until His Majesty's power is fully restored, be patient now."
"How do I get it done completely? Both Left Kyo and Aoyagi only teach us fragments"
Akihiko gives the names of two village leaders.
(What I really want to hear is, it's done completely and what's in it for me... Zuokyo says only in the abstract around it. Just say you get the power you just want)
I think so Akihiko, but since a monster named Left Kyo, who is a leader and directs all the plans, doesn't answer clearly, I give up on asking around it for nothing.
"Am I not being deceived and danced? Ma, I don't care. Anyway, he's a man with nothing."
"There's nothing there. Akihiko needs it for us. What Akihiko has is His Majesty's body. We need a soul to regain His Majesty."
The girl tells her respectfully. That's what I've heard so many times already.
"It is out of the belly of the cursed resentful enemy, and sending down His Majesty's soul to Akihiko, equipped with the body of the Reiki Emperor, will truly resurrect the Beast Emperor and fulfill his great petition"
(Just kidding...)
Listening to the girl's dialogue, Akihiko poisons in her mouth. Because Akihiko already hears and knows the truth and the sincerity hidden behind that dialogue.
"Hachi, do you have a lot of fun with people's destinies? You don't think anything's wrong with me by interpreting that as forgiving because it's also for a noble purpose?
"I don't think it's fun, and if you're going to tell me your honest heart...... I'm sorry too. It's terrible."
In response to Akihiko, who distorted her face to anger and asked in a tone of blame, the monster girl, called Hachi, tended to lay low and replied in a strange tone.
(This guy's one of the leaders, and he's a clerical guy who doesn't know what he's thinking, but he shows a human flavor sometimes. Does it calm you down when we're together? Much better, at least compared to Left Kyo)
Looking at Yae, Akihiko thinks.
"By the way, before you resurrect the Beast Emperor, are you okay with me selling you a fight?
Akihiko changing the subject. Nearly half of the village monsters are paying outside now. Its purpose is to contend with certain forces.
"Rather, it's before we revive it, which is why we have to get rid of those who get in the way. It is not too late to revive His Majesty and rely on His Majesty's power."
I am not satisfied with that valve of the octave. Whatever you think is the other way around, Akihiko thinks.
(It looks like a lot of people are swinging at ambiguous left-kyo plans, such as fortune or feng shui or destiny. Ahokusa)
The monsters have three leaders, including Hachi, who is here now, but it was the foot slashing boy named Left Kyo who is partitioning the whole plan.
And this monster of a girl named Hachi is neither a foot slashing child nor an arm slashing child.
"Besides, Akihiko's wish has already moved ahead a year ago. I'm sorry I failed."
"It took a year for the Silver Storm Hall to be secured. I thought I'd get rid of it until your plan went live. Well, the timing is fine either way."
A year ago, Akihiko met these monsters and was asked if he was a part of their plan and even all the roots of his birth. At that time, Akihiko asked them to have it.
The favor was the murder of his own family. But it failed lightly, and Akihiko's father, Tadashi Akihiko, asked Silver Storm Hall to escort him, making it difficult to reach him.
Silver Storm Hall was an enemy that would eventually determine the female male, even for the foot slashing arm slashers, but was told that it was not a good time to do things as of a year ago, and Akihiko had endured all along.
After a year, the time came, and yet by chance, his father, Tadashi Sequoia, lifted the guard of the Silver Storm Hall, so Akihiko told the foot slashing and arm slashing to that effect, causing his father and brother to be killed.
"Don't forget to get me No. 11. We were together then. Shit..."
Akihiko narrows her big eyes and stares at Yae.
Akihiko's clear hope now is number eleven.
(Others are... vague. Anyway, I hope this cursed life of mine is saved. Because it can take any form)
"I've already given you the gesture. Let's hope it works."
"I'll definitely let you catch him. Don't worry - you're not saying."
Akihiko giggled spirally at Yae's modest words.
This is the first time Mika has visited the main house of the Silver Storm Hall. I've never been involved with Silver Storm Hall before.
I hear that the luxurious Western Hall was built at the end of the Meiji period and has been remodeled many times. The Silver Storm Hall was called because it was an exterior with plenty of silver foil at the time, and even if the town's buildings were destroyed by a severe storm, only this hall survived.
At first, the escort business began with the principals' morality, which was Chinese, but in time became full-scale, becoming the highest class escort family in the country.
Mika, who was put through to the room, was fishing for information online while waiting, but did not get any eye-catching information.
Less than five minutes later, the person I was looking for appeared with Knock. In addition, Mika was accompanied by another person who knew.
One is the person of interest - Sylvia Tanshita, chief executive of O'Myrape, the head of the Silver Storm Hall. The other one sells his name as an amazing free starter, Limei Taguchi. Mika and the latter are also familiar, and we have had several conversations in exchange of information.
"Li Mei over here is accompanying us for work reasons. He's got a hard mouth, so don't worry about it and talk about anything."
Sylvia cut Sylvia in a rough tone, back to back with the ladylike look.
"I hear stories from decaying ropes, but what do you want to hear?
"It's a matter of supposedly attacking a branch of decaying rope by a monster named Killer and Killer! Before being raided, I hear Silver Storm Hall was escorting you!
Seeing what Mika wants to know, Sylvia gives an overtly difficult look.
"There's no way you can talk about your client. You don't keep secrets when you work?
"Do something about it! My client's family was attacked shortly after Silver Storm Hall security was interrupted!
"You think I knew the raider and gave him information?
Sylvia openly changes her expression again, making her look grumpy. Before she came here, Mika looked into who she was beforehand, and she talked about people who could easily express their emotions too easily in public, but the story remains intact. Especially since they don't try to hide negative emotions.
"I didn't say that! But if I think about it in time, I just think someone was grabbing and circulating that information!
"Don't be mean, Sylvia. This isn't none of your business."
With a slight laugh, Li Mei delivers a help boat to Mika. From the way she speaks, Mika decides that the two are close friends.
"It's not about being mean or anything."
Sylvia sees Li Mei with an unpleasant look on her side.
"I hear you two have been attacked by a foot slashing child and an arm slashing child! If those monsters are really involved in what I'm after, maybe we can help! So I want you to share the information!
"Yeah, yeah. He's the one with the same problem, so we'd better have a partnership first. If we move on our own, we could pull each other's legs where we don't know."
Sylvia exhales loudly at Mika pleading in a sincere tone and Li Mei offering more help ship additions.
"You're both so forceful... Can't we have some more decent negotiations? But okay. I don't hate that either. But don't ever tell anyone that I broke my confidentiality."
The first time he smiled, Sylvia said.
"Whatever!"
"I was just looking into the matter. When I spoke to the person in charge who was partitioning the guard for the Decaying Rope branch, Zhong Decaying Rope said he had been requesting guard for over a year. It wasn't just every time we bothered to ask for more than a year, but he also made it clear what he was after. He's an arm slasher and a foot slasher."
"Why were they after me?!? How'd it go?!?
Mika encourages the core part.
"A year ago, Sequoia Chung was attacked by these two kinds of monsters, apparently. But when I tried being a raider, the place and timing were bad. I tried to attack him at his place of work, but when he was about to be killed, multiple employees found him and said he had escaped. So, after receiving our escort, he didn't show up at all. After a year, Zhongzhong Decayed safely untied his escort and was attacked there."
"In the meantime, did you fear the revenge of Silver Storm Hall!? Or did you see that the guard was too firm!?
"Well, that's convenient over there. We don't know."
To Mika's question, Silvia shrugs her shoulders.
"It's because you're afraid of revenge or because your guard is stiff, and what is it that Sylvia, the owner of Silver Storm Hall, was attacked last night? I'm sure they're pretty confident in combat."
Li Mei pokes.
"Oh, I have no idea. Why didn't you do anything while you were escorting Silver Storm Hall? I don't know what the circumstances are, no matter how much you think. Ma, put that aside and go back to it, but Sequoia Chung seems to have been looking into why he was attacked the whole time. But all I found out was the cause of the two monsters and their ancestors. Then the main house should have been attacked. Excuse me."
Where Sylvia talked that far, I'll pick up the phone. An emergency line rang.
"This is bullshit."
Sylvia roars at the root of her eyebrows when she sees the content of the message on the display.
"What's going on?
Li Mei asks.
"The Decaying Rope Clan - the main house, the White Fox family, and even our division were attacked by the Arm Slash and Foot Slash at the same time."
I was also surprised by the words Sylvia uttered, not least by Mika and Li Mei.
"Apparently the White Fox was killed by about two people because of the ambush. The decaying rope also sent the dead to the escort, oh, are we zero dead to the boulder? Heh, the face of the escort was preserved. Are their intelligence skills quite modest, like going to a branch without coming here, the main house?
Sylvia says as she spills her invincible grin.
"Is that still meant to be revenge for my ancestors!?
And, Mika. Common to those attacked are those who once fought the Arm Slasher Kid and the Foot Slasher Kid.
"I just think so...... I know where he was lurking - but he spent a hundred and sixty years building his strength. Long pass for revenge."
At that time, Mika's phone rings too. Opponent number 13.
I was surprised to see the email they sent me.
"He said we were attacked, too!
"Ha? Did your ancestors fight the Beast Emperor with our ancestors once upon a time?
To Mika's words, Sylvia asks.
"I don't know! I've never heard of that!
While answering that, Mika wonders about another report from No. 13.
(He said he was looking for the XI!? Is there any reason why a monster would be after you?!?