Konjiki no Moji Tsukai
Chapter 222

EPISODE 222: Hiiros Exclusive Search Method

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(Hiiros POV)

With ruffled yellow hair tied in a red bandana. Eyes that leave a striking impression, a face which gives a friendly vibe caught myeyes.

But the thing that took his interest more is his condition.

You, you can fly?

Thats what I like to hear from him, or so. I was sure I hit him at that time. I intended to catch him at the exact moment while hes still in the air.

But the instant the sword hit, that spirits presence vanished from that place. He evaded instantly, as if he was using some kind of booster.

Therefore I came with the opinion that he can move to the sky freely.

Nope, I cant do those things you know?

I merely jumped out to begin with

jumped?

Really. I just felt like it

He made a big jump in the sky as he said so. I traced him with my eyes, not getting him away from my sights. As he was about to reach the ground,

BOFU!

Then, Tenns feet shine faintly, and jumped again to the sky from that place. Everytime he is about to fall he moves his feet in the air many times, and rises to the air again.

Thats too convenient!

I see. This is why he was able to move at that timing. This guy cant fly in the sky. Instead he can jump in the air. Its just as he said.

is that some kind of magical enchantment being stored on your feet, then discharged instantaneously? Or, conjuring a small explosion of magical power?

I unintentionally let out my bad habit of analyzing an unknown entity. Looking at Hiiro, who has his hand supporting his chin, Tenn tilts his neck and went down the ground.

Oii, can we continue?

Tenns words brought me back to my senses. Then pointing my sword to the opponent for the second time, I took a stance once again.

I see. This is getting more of a pain in the ass than I thought

Another opening has vanished in my opponent. On the other hand, I cant even use magic here. Though there are some countermeasures, their effects are all weak.

Moreover, I cant grasp the ability of my opponent that has taken that form. If I were to put it, its very different from when he was still a monkey or rather, an overwhelming difference of power is gushing out in my opponent right now. Hes like an absurd existence.

Though hes not giving his full power yet, I can already feel the pressure way above the one I felt when I was battling with Shishiraiga.

While thinking how to catch him off-guard, Tenn disappeared in my scope.

!?

Being taken aback, I felt hostility from behind, and crouched down in an instant. The sound of something cutting the air ran above my head, and feeling a bad premonition I escaped from the spot immediately.

I missed, but that was only a greeting so you can avoid it easily

Though his face sticking out his tongue annoys the hell out of me, there is no time for me to be angry right now. Thatwas a tremendous movement. Its a simple movement but I couldnt even see a thing, and made me completely taken by surprise. Though I was able to avoid it because I felt the bloodlust, my whole body became cold, as if dousing cold water to a hot body.

(Furthermore he was not in full power yet that movement, added to this Magic Nullifying Existence youve got to be kidding me)

I thought Shishiraiga was fast enough, but this Tenn was even faster. Of course, I didnt fall behind in my Peerless Mode back then, but sticking with nothing but my physical strength, frankly speaking, I can only barely catch up.

(is this the difference of the human model?)

It is incomparable from the time he was a monkey. Every movement, every attack of him makes my spine shiver. I have to make a breakthrough in one way or other or Ill be dead.

hey

Though calling him out of the blue made him raise his guard, his wariness subsided when he saw his opponent with his hands behind his head, smiling with a loose face.

You can manage Red Qi, can you? But from what I see, you cant seem to use it well

who knows? Are you provoking me to let my guard down?

Hmmm so you can do it to an extent, from what I can sense of you

He has seen through me. Having suddenly remembered, I put an unpleasant expression in my face. That reminds me, my opponent right now is an All-Seeing-Race. With this, there are no more cards available for me anymore.

HmmmmOh well. If you can master Red Qi then you might be able to match me, but this is fine for now

Wha?

I asked him again of his conclusion earlier.

Hmm You see, I didnt expect that you will drive me to use this form. And as there is no point in competing with you in this either

As Tenn said so, his body blurs slightly. I focused my eyes hard, but in an instant,

HYUNHYUNHYUNHYUNHYUN!

A series of Tenns filled up the surroundings and multiplied one after the other. I watched my surroundings while maintaining caution, but their numbers became too many to count.

I can see through you, glasses bastard

What did you say?

I said it in order to probe him but he doesnt seem to budge either.

There is only one original body. Try to win this. But you have only one attack available. Can you do it? Show me what youve got

I observed without moving from my place. However, I cant tell the difference between the genuine article and the imitation.

oioi, you are thinking that there are fakes in them, am I right? Wrong, wrong. All of them are real at the very least

!?

All of themare real!?

With that power out of the standards, I almost yelled it out. Just thinking when they all attack makes me shiver. I may knock down several copies, but defeating all of them is indeed impossible in this situation.

The one Im talking about is the original body, in other words, the original! By the way, we wont move from here, so get on with it already! Oh, I dont have the intentions to do it long so you only have ten minutes!

He said so, with an irritating smile resembling his monkey form a while ago. Even those who are in the air became stationary, as if they are floating, completely stopped in the air. Well, I dont have the time to wonder about such things.

(the original bodywhere is it?)

I cannot tell the difference at all. I can only attack once. If I miss, Tenn wont recognize me. Even if that monkey wont accept me, I dont mind it at all, but Ill end up being made fun of.

If Lilyn were to replace this out, shell make a fool of me certainly.

I put up strength in my clenched hand and looked around once again.

(FineIll make sure to win this game by all means)

While its good to aim to win by all means, I cant think of a great plan with this time passing.

Ora ora, whats the matter now

Amonkey bastard landsin the vicinity, but theres also some in the air as well as on the ground, so its truly irritating.

I can attack only once. Finding just one person from the midst of the enormous crowd is very difficult.

Even if I move and check them one by one wont get me anywhere. His face shows a smile of sense of superiority, but I calmed my mind and observed all of the Tenns.

However, I cant see the difference between all of them

(What a difficult ordeal you have given me)

Even if I strain my eyes to death, I cant notice a single thing.

Eight minutes left

Time passes by at every moment. If this continues, then distinguishing the original one from the rest wont be possible. Though I can easily do it if I were to use magic, after coming here, I cant do but only praise the value of the magic Ive taken for granted.

Even if I move around and verified each of the Tenns, I wont be able to judge their differences.

Six minutes left

It gradually took my patience. I made my eyes look sharper on their every movement, but still there is no use.

(3rd Person POV)

Master! Dont give up desuzoo

NnHiiro can do it

Nikki and Camus cheers reaches towards my back. But no matter how much theycheer, the time just passes by because hecouldnt do anything.

Ara, if you cant handle such trial satisfactorily, then you wont be able to make a contract with a spirit even more

A voice filled with thorns stung myback. Moving mysight, it was the princess that was being teased a while ago, sneering at me.

Nia-sama, though grandfather somewhat favors him for some reason, I think youre overestimating him too much

Four minutes

In addition to the cheeky remarks of the princess, Tenn overlaps it with his countdown while pulling a grin. If I were to explode here, Ill end up being treated as the immature one. So even though its irritating, I gave priority to the challenge that I must do for now.

Mumumu! Princess underestimates master way too much desuzoo!

Eh? Wh-what?

Nikki shouting all of a sudden made the princess exclaim in surprise.

Hiironot a fool

Camus too, retorts, causing her to show a state of confusion.

Bu-but this is as you can see! With this little time, how will he replace a way to break through in this situation?

It is what as she said. Therefore Icant talk back.

Muu Still, master will do something about it!

He canHiiros that person

Uu

The princess steps back in defeat to the pressure emitted by the two.

N-no matter what you say, his situation is quite severe. This is a trial to make a contract with a Spirit, you know? Even though hes a person from a different world, whats impossible is impossible

With puffed-up cheeks, the two people opposed her, but instead of hearing the words of the princess, Hiiro focused his consciousness on the other matter.

(Trial to make a contract with a spirithuh. A spirit)

Hiiro repeated the princess words in his mind, put the sword gently and stood still.

HouHoozuki who is watching Hiiros state suddenly exclaimed as if saying well done!

Princess

What?

Hoozuki calling her suddenly made her ask in reflex.

Havent I always told you?

Eh?

As long as you dont give up, you will definitely see the light

The princess kept silent to those words, and pouts in displeasure. But that expression immediately broke when she saw Hiiro with a serious face. As for the reason, it is because an unbelievable amount of magical power oozes out of him.

Wha-whats with this magic power!

The amount of Magic power their thoughts is being released by Hiiros body, covering the entire barrier.

Hohoho, It seems that hes harboring a power even beyond our imaginations

The amount of magic power is so surprising that they all unintentionally gulped. And because the magic power passed though and surrounded the whole barrier, it is outside its influence can Tenn be able to withstand this magical pressure?

How far will he keep on growing?

Nia beside them uttered a cry in surprise. Hiiros growth rate became an existence immeasurable for them.

Y-yeah, surely his magic power is enormous, but how will he distinguish the original body with thisAh!?

So you have noticed too, princess

Then she was able to understand clearly why Hoozuki expects much from this man.

Eeeh, but this is too reckless!

Hohoho, what an interesting lad

Traces of despise can no longer be felt from the princess eyes. Keeping silent, she only focused her attention on what will be the outcome of Hiiros action with her very own eyes.

(Tenns POV)

Uu, what an incredible magic power!

Tenn who was in the middle of the maelstrom was caught and was suffocating in the midst of pure magical power gushing out like a fountain.

(No way, this amount magic power even surpassed the Spirits!)

In terms of of magic power capacity, Spirits wont lose compared to other races. Rather, for them whose entire existence is made up of magic power itself, this is not an exaggeration. As it is their predominant point, they took pride in their enormous amount of magic powerbut in the end, this man emitting such a great amount of magic power exceeded ourexpectations

Moreover, the great amount of magic power is breaking away my Mind Control. This is bad)

(TN NOTE: Mind control is () in raws. Not sure if this is correct)

While thinking this, I turned my eyes on the perpetrator discharging his magic power. No matter how much magic power being released, it doesnt matter if you are unable to control it perfectly.

But from what Isee, he is not only releasing magic power, but also investigating each of the bodies by wrapping them of this.

No matter how much you divide and separate the distribution of magic power, the core which produces magic will always reside in the original body.

But because this magic power which enveloped the bodies is analyzing them carefully, the original body will be found in no time. The core that produces magic. The thing that forms the spirits soul.

That is what the clones are lacking. Hiiro who became aware of that is examining the bodies by freely operating his magic as it is.

However, to do this, one must have precise control of their magic power, and if he keeps on releasing this great amount, it wont be strange if he depletes his reserves early.

Though his thinking is quite correct, his method is too reckless.

(If this continues Im going to lose big time!)

Though he didnt intend to move normally and inspect them as what I expected, I declared to him that I wont move from the spot.

His magic power hasnt spread in all the members yet. It hasnt even reached the original one either. Will he be able to maintain this release of magic power, or will it run out midway?

(Hehe, this is exciting! Lets see how this one will come out!)

(Hiiros POV)

This gamble is quite rigged with disadvantages. But I have no other ideas. If I have a little more time, maybe I have thought of something better, but I cant risk anymore, so I decided with this.

A trial to make a contract with a spiritwith that princess words, I remembered what kind of existence the spirits were.

The spirits are magic in itself. Its existence is magic power in itself. It is not an exaggeration to say that their body is made up of enormous amount of magic power.

And I also remembered that the spirits have a core that serves as the nucleus, or the source of their magic powers themselves. It is their unique part, and even if they split themselves like this, only one will exist, and thats in the original body.

Im still unsure of this. But this is only what I can think of. Therefore I thought,how am I going to look for the core?And came up with covering the entire barrier with my magic power to be able to check them all.

Magic reacts to magic. Therefore if I release magic power in my body, I judge that it will make a reaction to the core of my opponent.

Though this aggressive action makes the heartbeat of the opponent shot up, because it doesnt make the other party any harm to be considered an attack, I feel relieved in doing this at least.

But this is the first time I did this, so its quite hard. Though I have released magic power many times, this one is a complex process of discharging magic in a big surge at once, maintaining it, and then concentrating in manipulating it to examine each magic entity.

And my feeling of exhaustion accelerates from that, to the point that Ill fall down if I let my guard down a little. It was thanks to the large amount of magic power I have that I was able to make it till this point.

(But is this my limit? Its too slow! I havent spread it in the entire whole yet!

I grit my teeth while sweating like a waterfall. I feel like the weight of my body is gradually getting heavier and heavier as times pass.

I couldnt hear Tenns countdown anymore. Perhaps because he was fretting in this tactic, too. For that, Im determined that Ill surely win with this.

However, I lost my strength in my knees. No, not yet. If I fall here, I wont be able to stand up anymore. Then it will be over.

(As if something like thiswill hold me back!)

I took a deep breath, then

UOoooooooo!

I squeezed out my remaining magic power in a burst. Then

(found you!)

I opened my eyes in a glare, then approached the target I heavy steps. The opponents face gradually enters my view, with a face not grinning anymore like from earlier.

I put power my trembling fist and swung it as hard as I can.

SMACK

A weak sound strikes the opponents cheek. There is hardly no damage, in reverse to their expectations. However, the attack is successful. But as for the target is the real one or not

The moment I try to confirm it, my both legs have lost its strength. Still, I didnt separate my sight from the person in front.

youre quite something, human

The other partys mouth moved so, and my consciousness drifted to the darkness with a smile.

Authors notes:

This time its only Two characters.

It was sudden, but I decided that Ill firstcount the total votes of the most popular character by thelarge number of requests.

For the time being, Ill announce the first place in overallcharacters, and the first place in the most favorite heroine below.

But this is only because i have time to spare,so only vote once, please!

How to vote

Overall character Okamura Hiiro

Heroine Muir

Any format is good as long as its understandable, if I can have a message with your impressions, Ill add it up here!

Ill ask a friend personally, and when I felt that I finished hearing everything, I will announce the result! How about a week later

As for the characters that came out so far:

Okamura Hiiro (The unique cheat of a main character)

Muir (First heroine, with a little yandere disposition)

Arnold (Lolicon Old Man)

Lilyn (Tsundere Loli Noble girl)

Silva (ubiquitous and elusive hentai butler)

Shamoe (Clumsy maid who always panics)

Nikki (The stupid and cute pupil of Hiiro)

Mikadzuchi (former demon whos fond of Hiiro)

Aoyama Daishi (Ikemen Harem Creator Hero)

Suzumiya Chika (Tsundere sporty queen)

Minamoto Shuri (Yamato Nadeshiko Type)

Akamori Shinobu (Cheerful girl with a Kansai accent)

Rudolf (Foolish King of the Human Country)

Lilith (The first princess of the Human Country)

Maris (Queen of the Human Country)

Well Kimble (Commanding officer of the Human Country)

Dennis (Minister of the Human Country)

Maricris Bluenote (The fortunetelling hag who taught magic to Hiiro. Real name is Alicia)

Nisu (The child in the village Hiiro visited for the first time)

Brey (father of Nisu, Village mayor)

Panisu (The old weapons dealer which gave Tsuranuki [Piercer] to Hiiro)

Mick (The old man in the general goods store who was knocked off his feet by the robber)

Tsungari (One of the Harios Brothers who was cut down by Hiiro)

Tsuru Debu (One of the Harios Brothers who was hit by Heat Word Magic of Hiiro)

Eveam (Present Demon Lord whose head is a flower garden)

Aquinas (Cruel Rank One. Strongest Demon)

Marione (Cruel Rank Two. Moustache Baron)

Tekkil (Cruel Rank Three. The Masquerading spy)

Ornorth (Cruel Rank Four. Werewolf who is lacking in literary talent)

Shublarz (Cruel Rank Fifth. Voluptous Beauty)

Greyald (Cruel Rank Six, Nimble guy who always replaces most things troublesome)

Kiria 05 (Former aide of Eveam)

Kiria 03 (Battle specialized model. Slightly stupid)

Kiria 02 (The super wicked tongue type)

Musun (Master chef of the Demon Country)

Rushbelle (Head Commander of the Demon Corps, let to the nose by Yuhito)

Havreed (Slender Captain of the Demon Army)

Eunice (Captain of the Demon Army who is formerly blindfolded and looks good in China Dress)

Judom Lankars (Reliable Guild Master)

Max (The Bearman friend of Arnold and as fat as a pig)

Leowald (Present Beast King, Battle Maniac)

Regulus (Wise first Prince of the Beast Country)

Lenion (Impertinent Second Prince of the Beast Country)

Kuclear (The first Princess of the Beast Country and somehow attracted to Hiiro?)

Mimir (Second Princess of the Beast Country, Hiiro nicknamed as Blue Ribbon and also likes Hiiro)

Blansa (Beast Countrys Queen)

Barid (One of the Three Beast Warriors, Birdman)

Crouch (One of the Three Beast Warriors, nicknamed Nyan-girl. A girl pained by the urge to make Hiiro hers)

Putis (One of the Three Beast Warriors, enigmatic costume-wearing girl)

Rarashik (Combat Genius who invented the Binding Techniques, a Drinking Loli-baba and nicknamed Chibi-usagi)

Raiv (Arnolds elder sister, Head Maid and Cigarette Lover)

Yuhito (Rarashiks Research Maniac Elder Brother)

Niniaho (Fairy Queen)

Orun (Noisy Red-haired Sprite)

Camus (Young chief of the Asura Tribe and faithful subordinate of Hiiro. His girl power is stronger than anyone)

Jinu (Camus assistant, nicknamed topknot guy by Hiiro)

Shivan (Old friend of Lilyn and Camus grandfather)

Rigund (Father of Camus, transformed into a demon causing his death)

Potnis (Head Priest of the Ordine Main Temple)

Avoros (Pevious Demon Lord and elder brother of Eveam, a beautiful shota)

Iraora (Former Cruel who killed Greyald)

Hiyomi (Avoros companion who harmed Camus father)

Kainavi (Tried to kill Hiiro, but is counterattacked by Lilyn and Camus)

Kokurou (Beastman with a dreadful past)

Hoozuki (Spirit King and a huge white snake)

Hime (Spirit, a tsundere miko girl. Normally a small white snake)

Tenn (Spirit, a naughty monkey rascal)

Yukiouza (Spirit of Rarashik with the form of a snow rabbit)

Shishiraiga (Spirit of Leowald with the form of a lion. Normally a small ginger cat.

So have you picked already? Perhaps, theres too many, but what do you feel is the best character? Please only choose one overall best character and best heroine per person!!!