In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 253
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Arc 26: What can be done for tomorrow
Chapter 253: The End of the Survival Test and the Ninjas
ăFirst of all, these guys are out of question. They have merely been chit-chatting since a little while ago. They lack tensionă
ăThis guy and
ăThose three areâŠIâm hesitant to judge them. Letâs decide after fightingă
Whom to overlook and whom to disqualify is mostly being decided at this point in time with both the hopeless ones who are to be disqualified and those who are fine to be overlooked be taken down with a single blow. We can decide whether or not to take their badges after that.
Weâll decide for those whom we hesitate to judge after fighting them for a bit. Theyâll be overlooked if they exceed a certain minimum level and be disqualified if they donât. Well, everyone will be forced to faint in the end.
Our strategy will consist of everyone moving in to crush them.
Especially those discriminating guys, we donât feel the need to hold back against them. Well, this is an examination, so we will make sure to make them leave quickly without much torment.
ăThen, shall we go?ă(Touya)
Everyone holds stun rods having the length of their favorite weapons like swords or spears in their hands, put on the masks and stand up.
We split in three directions in the forest surrounding the bonfire as weâve planned. The arrangement is to knock out those whom weâve decided to disqualify with a single hit first after ultimately making a surprise attack on the group.
Each of us arrives to our respective positions, and Baba-jii-san, Nicola-san, and I will match our timing with the smartphones we are holding. We will then jump on them from all three sides at the exact timing weâve decided upon.
ăâŠâŠ3, 2, 1, 0!ă(Touya)
We jump out from the shadow of the forest towards those guys around the bonfire all at once.
ă!! It is Oni!ă
ăAn attack! It is a raid! Letâs welcome them!ă
ăT-they are coming from here as well?!ă
ăFrom the other side too?!ă
The people who were standing on guard raised their all at once, but most of the other guys couldnât immediately respond, causing them to be delayed.
The stun rods sank into the stomachs of the examinees who were attempting to pull their swords in panic as we passed by them. Too slow! The difference in response between those who are keeping watch and those who donât are coming out at times like this.
ăGuhaaaïŒïŒă
ăHiiiiiiïŒă
ăUgoeeeïŒïŒă
The rattling examinees were being defeated by
There w
ăFuck!ă
ăOh?ă(Touya)
Hee. He took that first attack even though Iâd held back. Oh well. He still went down with the second one. I should remember his badge number for now. Letâs leave this guy.
Iâve defeated him while feeling that way. Nicola-san, on the opposite side and holding a two-meter stun rod shaped like a cane, confronts those guys who have driven away the demihumans and demonkins.
ăDamn! Oraa!ïŒă
ăâŠunacceptableă
He thrust the rod without mercy into the belly of the guy who threw himself to Nicola.
ăGuhoeeïŒïŒă
The blown man collapsed in his place with his eyes wide open, having fainted. He wouldâve fainted even without the effect of the stun rod due to that strike.
ăFuckâŠâŠïŒă
Being overwhelmed by Nicola-san, the men gradually retreat backward at an extremely slow pace.
ăâŠWhatâs wrong? So you canât do anything against one demihuman even with that numbers, huh? You
Even if wearing a mask and black clothes have somehow managed to hide his fox ears, itâs impossible to hide his bushy tail. They shouldâve released that their opponent is a demihuman as well.
Nicola-san is the only demihuman with a fox lineage in our country, so they shouldâve been able to find that out if theyâd investigated that fact. You may then ask what is the meaning of having the appearance of an Oni. Well, thatâs a stylistic beauty
ăS-surround and take him out all at the same time!ă
ăHouă(Nicola-san)
About six examinees surround Nicola-san. Moreover, Baba-jiisan and the other Oni have noticed it, but they donât venture
ăRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaïŒïŒă
ăTake thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisïŒïŒă
Nicola-san, being faster than all the others lunging at him, thrusts his cane into the ground and jumps right above them, using the ground as the focal point.
And just like that
ăGaaa?!ă
ăBufuuuu?!ă
One person, who received a blow to his stomach, vomited its content that didnât seem to have been digested onto the ground and gracefully collapsed with his face inside that mess. Was that the content after a meal? How gross.
The examinees fall down one after another without being able to land a single hit on Nicola-san. He certainly looks like an Oni with that merciless way of fighting. The Oni has descended.
Nicola-san steps forward, facing the last one.
ăHiiiâŠâŠiïŒă
ăDonât underestimate
ăWaaaaaaaaaïŒïŒă
He easily dodged the examinee who attacked with a sword, and gave a single blow to his neck using his cane. The last person sank onto to the ground while twitching and widely opening his eyes.
The place was mostly cleaned up when I looked around. I then approached Nicola-san and called out to him.
ăHey, Good job, good jobă(Touya)
ăâŠIâve ended up being a little worked up. I am sorry. My training is still not enough
ăIsnât it fine? We are Oni right now. If it was me, I wouldâve undressed all of them and hung
I meant to comfort him who was a little depressed as well as I passed
A short time later, all examinees who had gathered around the bonfire were stunned. The stun rods, which I and Professor had made, not only could paralyze the target but could also reap its consciousness. Thereâs a difference in its effectiveness though depending on the level of resistance of the targetâs personal magic power and the toughness of the body.
Every Oni takes the badges of the examinees whom they have defeated. Weâve decided to overlook promising guys this time though, but there are hardly ten of them despite them numbering around a hundred.
They should tentatively wake up in about 30 minutes. The Oni return to the forest and observe the examinees from a distance until they wake up to make sure that those examineesâ badges arenât stolen from them while they are still unconscious.
ăWe will watch over here, so please go see the other examinees, Your Majestyă(Nicola)
ăReally? Then I am goingă(Touya)
I then leave that place, accepting Nicola-sanâs offer.
I move through the forest, jumping from one branch to another. Itâs late to mention this now though, but have I always been able to see so well in the dark? I can see quite far in the dark if I concentrate. I guess a strange ability is waking up inside meâŠ
Iâve defeated several magic beasts that attacked the examinees that night (Though Iâve also defeated the examinees who couldnât defeat the magic beasts as well), and also helped the examinees who were stuck in the traps that had been planted inside the forest (Of course those guys who got stuck are disqualified as well). With this and that, the morning came.
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The three days of survival have finally passed at last, and the voice of the knight commander
ăThe examination ends now. Congratulations. The ones who still have their badges passed the second examination as of now. Please remove your badges and transfer to the headquartersă(Rain)
The applicants, whoâve passed the exam, transfer from inside the forest one after another to the headquarters. Of course, I also remove my badge and transfer.
Those same applicants report their numbers and full names after transferring. The interviews will take place in two days.
When I paid more attention to those applicants, I could see the figures of the ninja whom I had my eyes on, the armored man, and the potato boy. The last one did well to survive thus far⊠He looks quite worn out. He has probably been hiding somewhere.
Then, I notice the woman from the Lion Clan, the man from the Winged Clan, the wardog youth and the female Arachne, who were driven away from that bonfire event, have also passed. Good-good.
Just in case, I confirmed whether there was still anyone inside the forest with search magic. Yup, it seems everyone has returned.
While pretending to be passed applicant, Tsubaki-san approaches me, and I indirectly acquire the number of passed applicants from her.
ăThere are 416 qualified applicants. We will narrow that number to roughly 150 during the interview in two days timeă(Tsubaki)
ăIâve also asked Yumina to help, so we will drop out the guys who are questionable and the ones with suspicious ideas at that time, but the problem is whether as many as 150 will remain. Even so, I donât intend to employ people with incompatible charactersă(Touya)
In a certain sense, itâs the real deal from here on out. Weâll carefully examine if they are people appropriate for our knight order.
I had the professor make
By the way, my fiancees asked a lot of questions one after another when Iâd introduced the lie detector to them. Of course, I didnât answer dangerous questions, you know!?
Itâs an artifact that judges whether something is true or false, so it wonât react if you donât answer. It is my right to remain silent!
Do I like large breast more? Which undergarment color I like more? It shouldnât be necessary to answer questions
ăCome to think of it, there was a person who looked like a ninja among the successful applicants. Was he one of those recommended by Tsubaki-san?ă(Touya)
Iâve told them to invite anyone they would recommend for the position of an officer for the knight order, but I still had those who have been recommended to take the examination at the same time just in case. If they had an ability or two, they shouldâve been able to pass the examination. The only merit of them being recommended is that the interview will be slightly more advantageous to them.
ăPerhaps. Iâve reached out to some shinobis from Ishen. Due to the recent accident with Hideyoshi, a few houses have been crushed which resulted in several people wandering the roads, so Iâve called out to them and welcomed them to come hereă(Tsubaki)
ăEh? You say 'several peopleâ, but wasnât there only one person? Are all of them ninjas?ă(Touya)
ăYes. One from Kouga,
From Kouga, Iga and also Fuma? They are schools that are extremely scattered. Furthermore, arenât Iga and Kouga on bad terms?
When I made such question to Tsubaki-san, I heard there it wasnât like that in particular. There may be some who see each other as rivals as they have the same level, but I heard those two people are different. They originally served the same house, and after house was crushed, they apparently drifted here. It seems that house was quite close to Hashiba.