I'm Not A Master, I'm A Director
Chapter 406: Shocking! A Certain Male Corpse Sneaks into a Hospital Room at Night to Assault a Girl!
"Ah—!"
The sudden pressure around her neck forced Shiki to gasp.
She couldn't breathe. Her throat was being tightly strangled.
The suffocating sensation came so abruptly that even the simple act of trying to inhale felt like it would crush her windpipe.
Almost instinctively, the human survival instinct kicked in. Shiki grabbed the hands that were attacking her.
"Who are you…? No— you're not human?"
With her eyes hidden beneath bandages, Ryougi Shiki stared toward the one choking her.
Not human.
Even though she couldn't see her attacker, she could clearly feel that the one assaulting her wasn't some perverted night-shift creep sneaking into hospital rooms, nor a deranged murderer who treated human life like dirt.
Because the coldness against her throat and palms—
That temperature was absolutely not that of a living person.
"..."
The force strangling her neck did not lessen. Though it was a corpse, its strength far exceeded that of a living person.
Even though Shiki grabbed both of its hands and resisted, the difference in strength was obvious.
Of course, Ryougi Shiki wasn't about to give up so easily. As a proper young lady who had been attacked in the middle of the night while sleeping in a hospital bed, how could she possibly surrender obediently?
What if this dead guy wasn't trying to kill her?
What if he was planning to threaten her first—then rob her, and strip off her clothes afterward?
First rob you.
Then assault you.
And finally kill you.
A girl with even the most basic sense of shame and morality like Ryougi Shiki would resist to the death!
She struggled desperately, trying to slap the corpse across the face. But with zero vision, she missed her target and instead touched something cold and rigid.
"—!!"
The corpse seemed to get even more excited. It tightened its grip further.
Shiki stretched out her hands, trying to struggle, trying to resist—but the dead man simply pressed her firmly down against the bed with brute force.
According to the usual playbook for male attackers, this would be the moment to tear off Shiki's hospital gown and launch a full-on armor-breaking attack!
Right after that, the assailant would enter a berserk state and begin an endless, frenzied charge against the defenseless girl.
Meanwhile, the assaulted girl could only let out pitiful cries, collapse onto the bed, sobbing uncontrollably while feeling utterly humiliated…
Ahem, ahem!
Unfortunately, corpses don't have sexual functions. No matter what charms the girl pinned beneath it possessed, it had nothing to do with the dead man.
A beast?
No, no, no.
It was truly worse than a beast!
Shiki also realized something: the one attacking her only wanted to kill her. There was no intention of robbery or assault.
So, she let go of the corpse's hands.
"???"
Outside the screen, the audience sitting in their seats was shocked by this completely unexpected move.
If the corpse not committing sexual assault could be explained as standard censorship under the rating system, then girl—what exactly is the meaning of you suddenly giving up resistance?!
"What?! She's just letting him do whatever he wants?!"
Seeing Ryougi Shiki release her hands and lie motionless on the bed—practically looking like she was about to tell the corpse "Come on, do it yourself"—Shibamatsu nearly spat out the cola in his mouth.
So jealous of that corpse—no, wait, that corpse is way too detestable!
Our adorable beautiful heroine is being bullied like this and can't even fight back!
"Why did she give up?" Aoko also couldn't understand Shiki's decision on the screen. "If she tried a little harder, she might have broken free, right?"
"Because dying is exactly what she wishes for."
Alice answered with narrowed eyes.
"In her earlier conversation with Touko, she mentioned more than once that she had lost the desire to live. That means Ryougi Shiki is seeking death."
"How can that be? Living miserably is still better than dying…"
The optimistic Aoko clearly couldn't understand the mentality of people who give up like that.
"And besides, if the heroine just dies here, how is the rest of the story supposed to continue?"
"So of course it won't end like this." Alice shrugged. "She won't die."
The story written by Shinji Matou was certainly exciting, but its strong commercial style made many plot developments easy to predict.
For example, this scene.
The audience had no idea what would happen next, but they were certain of one thing—
Ryougi Shiki would not die.
So…
"…SHIKI probably wouldn't seek death like this… Sorry…"
In the final moment before losing consciousness, Shiki thought of her other personality—
SHIKI.
If it were him, he definitely wouldn't be wishing for death like this.
Shiki had been given the chance to live by SHIKI.
She couldn't just waste it like this!
That sudden sense of guilt toward him injected new strength into Shiki's body.
She grabbed the corpse's wrists again with both hands, then lifted her leg and viciously kicked toward the corpse's lower body!
"Hiss—!"
Inside the theater, countless male audience members sucked in a sharp breath.
From the start of the movie until now, Ryougi Shiki had always appeared obedient and passive, making everyone think this beautiful girl was the type who was soft, delicate, and easy to push over.
But now, when this woman finally snapped, she went straight for the nuclear option!
Sure enough, when quiet people finally strike back, they're the most terrifying. This seemingly delicate young lady either didn't fight at all—or when she did, she aimed straight for the kill.
Take that "lineage-ending kick," for example.
With the IMAX surround sound amplifying the impact, every male viewer instinctively felt as if they themselves had just been struck there.
Fortunately, Shinji still had a bit of conscience. Fearing that some poor audience member might truly become "unable to rise again," he refrained from using vibration effects for this scene.
Otherwise… something nobody wanted to see might actually have happened.
Facts had proven that whether someone was alive or dead, that particular weak point remained a weak point.
After taking the heavy blow, the corpse's hands finally left Shiki's throat.
But it wasn't over yet.
Just as Shiki stood up, her opponent lunged at her again.
The two began grappling in the pitch-dark hospital room.
Although she had started fighting back, her opponent still possessed the body of a grown man. In terms of sheer size alone, he towered nearly two heads taller than her.
On top of that, Shiki's eyes were still wrapped in bandages—she couldn't see anything at all.
With so many disadvantages stacked against her, Shiki remained at a constant disadvantage.
Or rather, the fact that she was only at a disadvantage under such conditions was already astonishing.
Soon enough, the corpse grabbed both of Shiki's wrists and pinned her against the wall.
The familiar scene of a creepy middle-aged man bullying a beautiful young girl was about to replay once more.
Except this time, it was exactly what Ryougi Shiki intended.
The moment she slammed into the wall, she deliberately turned her back toward the window—the one possible escape route.
Fighting in such a cramped space was far too restrictive.
She needed to change the battlefield.
The only problem was—
"Which floor am I on?"
Having never paid attention to the details of her hospital room before, Shiki had no idea whether the floor she was on belonged to the category of "broken bones," "paralysis," or "a puddle of meat."
"Hesitation… leads to defeat!"
Knowing she had to make a move, Ryougi Shiki released the corpse's wrists.
Then, just as the enemy reached for her neck again, she moved faster.
The window flew open.
And just like that, Shiki and the corpse tumbled together out into the night.
"Holy—!"
Seeing Ryougi Shiki jump out the window together with the corpse, the audience erupted in shocked cries.
Did this girl think being strangled was too uncomfortable, so she decided to switch to falling to death instead?!
"She looked like a refined Yamato Nadeshiko, but turns out she's a wild monkey… Shinji, is this really the effect you were aiming for?"
In the real world, Ryougi Shiki smiled as she placed her hand on Shinji Matou's arm.
However, there wasn't the slightest hint of amusement in her eyes.
Even though her hearing couldn't compare to that of a Heroic Spirit, the murmurs from the audience behind them weren't quiet enough to be completely inaudible.
"Shinji~ You've completely ruined the reputation of the Ryougi family, you know~"
The strength in Shiki's grip gradually increased.
"So tell me… how exactly are you planning to compensate me?"
Shinji lowered his voice, speaking in a whisper that only the two of them could hear, right beside her ear.
"Shiki-nee… what kind of compensation would you like from me?"
Truthfully, with the IMAX theater's sound system, Shinji didn't need to whisper at all.
But in the dark atmosphere of a movie theater, the charm lay precisely in doing things secretly.
Whispering to a girl like this only made things feel more thrilling for both sides.
Of course, this only worked if both people had good enough hearing.
Otherwise, with the movie blasting loudly in the background, the entire conversation would turn into—
"What did you say?"
And that would completely ruin the mood.
Shinji's teasing whisper didn't make Shiki blush.
A girl from the Ryougi family wouldn't lose her composure over something at that level.
"Hmm… what do I want, I wonder~"
Ryougi Shiki lightly scratched the center of Shinji's palm with her finger before saying:
"That depends on what Shinji is willing to offer me~"
Shinji smiled faintly.
"Then… how about this?"
Shinji had already placed one hand on Ryougi Shiki's thigh and asked softly,
"How about a world-class director's leg massage?"
Despite the fact that Shiki often sat formally in the traditional seiza posture, her legs showed absolutely no signs of strain. They were easily comparable to those of female Heroic Spirits, making Shinji almost lose his composure.
"Honestly… fine, I suppose~"
Shiki didn't refuse Shinji, but she also didn't allow him to go any further. She firmly limited the range of his wandering hand to her thigh.
A strange sort of ambiguity hung between Shinji and Shiki.
Neither of them intended to take things further, yet both quietly enjoyed this delicate push and pull.
Unlike the Shiki outside the screen, however, the Ryougi Shiki inside the film had no room for ambiguity when she was in close proximity to a "man."
For her, it was a moment balanced between life and death.
The instant they fell out the window, Shiki grabbed the corpse by the collarbone and flung it beneath her.
After positioning herself above it, Shiki immediately relied on instinct and kicked off in midair.
Thud!
The corpse crashed heavily into the flowerbed in front of the hospital building.
Meanwhile, before hitting the ground, Ryougi Shiki leapt lightly sideways, gliding toward the hospital courtyard.
Even though she managed to land successfully using the martial arts she had learned at her family's dojo, the drop from the third floor still left her limbs numb from the shock.
However, what truly stopped Shiki from moving wasn't the discomfort in her body, it was the feeling within her heart.
To kill someone before being killed.
The decision she had made in that hospital room had erased the emptiness inside her.
Since waking up until now, this was the first time she truly felt—
"I'm alive."
"How strange…"
Shiki muttered to herself. It felt as though some switch deep inside her had just been flipped.
"Gave me quite a scare. Are you a cat or something?"
A sudden voice sounded from directly behind her, interrupting her thoughts.
Shiki didn't turn around. She was still adjusting to her numb body.
"Why are you here?"
There was no need to confirm the speaker's identity. The voice behind her was far too familiar—she had been hearing it so often these past few days that her ears were practically growing calluses.
"My woman's intuition told me tonight would be the night, so I came to try my luck."
In response to Shiki's question, the self-proclaimed magician and life consultant answered in a tone filled with boredom.
"What was that thing?"
"Just a spirit. It was attracted to your special body."
"I see."
Seeing Shiki remain so calm, the life consultant sounded a little dissatisfied.
"Hey! Get moving already. There's no time to rest."
"This is a hospital. Finding usable corpses here is ridiculously easy."
Aozaki Touko lit a cigarette as she spoke.
"Spirits like that can only exert their power after entering a body. Borrowing a corpse to come after you means it planned to kill you first and then possess you."
Shiki let out a cold, disdainful snort.
"That one, this one… they're all pieces you set up beforehand, aren't they?"
Faced with Shiki's accusation, the magician smiled pleasantly.
"Oh my, you figured it out already? Hmm… yes, that would indeed be my mistake."
"But that's strange… I set up a barrier to prevent spirits from entering. Yet it borrowed a body to bypass the barrier… Normally, those things shouldn't have that kind of intelligence."
Ryougi Shiki was not a patient girl.
She bluntly cut off Touko's explanation.
"If it's your problem, then at least do something about it."
"Yes, yes… understood."
The magician snapped her fingers.
Snap
The corpse lying in the garden suddenly burst into flames.
Shiki, whose eyes were still unable to see, had no idea how Touko had done it.
But the audience could.
They saw the magician trace characters in midair using the glowing tip of her cigarette. The letters formed like a projection, overlapping with the corpse's body like a film being cast onto a screen.
Though it was only a straight line between two points, the sheer distance across which she ignited the body demonstrated the magician's formidable skill.
"So this is the ability of the eldest daughter of the Aozaki family? Or is it just artistic exaggeration?"
Shibamatsu and his friends were completely stunned by Touko's method of setting the corpse on fire.
Laymen watch the spectacle.
Experts understand the craft.
Because they were magi themselves, they knew exactly how difficult it was to ignite a corpse from such a distance.
"That's incredible! Can modern magi really do something like that?"
"That was filmed practically, right?"
"So even a genius like her was expelled from the family… What on earth was Lord Aozaki thinking?"
…
"Hah~ this should make my sister happy."
Hearing the people around her praising her older sister, Aoko felt conflicted.
It was nice that her sister was being recognized… but her grandfather would definitely be furious about it.
And when that happened, she would once again be the one stuck in the middle, getting scolded from both sides.
Life was hard for the mediator.
"Sigh… when are those two stubborn people ever going to make up?"
"When your old man dies."
Alice delivered the answer with merciless precision.
"..."
Aoko immediately lost all desire to talk to Alice and responded by silently raising her middle finger.
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The fact that Touko could ignite something from such a distance was undeniably impressive. It left the audience stunned.
However, the awkward part was…
"Hey, can you actually do this or not? Isn't that thing still moving?"
As Shiki complained, the corpse surrounded by flames slowly stood back up.
Even though both of its legs had already snapped completely, the persistent corpse still staggered forward toward Shiki, moving solely through the force of its muscles.
Don't ask how Shiki, who couldn't see, knew this.
The dragging sound—like a broom scraping across the ground—was crystal clear to her ears.
"Hey. You fraud."
"I'm not a fraud! This is the other guy's fault!"
Touko snapped back irritably.
"It's extremely difficult to completely erase a human body. If the target were alive, burning the heart would be enough to end it. But that doesn't work on a corpse."
"Precisely because it's already dead, damage to the wrists or even the head doesn't matter anymore. It doesn't affect the whole. It's like how a handgun can kill someone with one shot, but it can't turn an entire body into sand."
"Humans aren't that easy to erase. Even in a crematorium, it takes quite a while to burn someone down to ashes…"
Listening to the magician ramble on endlessly, Ryougi Shiki let out a sigh.
"Stop yapping already. To summarize—this means you can't deal with it, right?"
The girl's disdainful remark dealt severe psychological damage to veteran magus Aozaki Touko.
"Well you can't deal with it either!"
Touko stomped her foot and shot back.
"It's already a corpse, so you can't kill it again. The stuff I have works fine on living people, but something that's already died once? That's outside my specialty. Anyway, let's just run for now."
After finishing her complaints, Touko began stepping back.
But Ryougi Shiki didn't move.
It wasn't because the fall from the third floor had left her unable to move—
It was because she had no intention of running.
Suddenly, the girl smiled.
"Dead… yet still existing…"
"That makes it a corpse that's alive, doesn't it?"
"Then—"
Ryougi Shiki slowly rose from her crouched position.
Her posture curved forward like a predator about to pounce on its prey.
"—I'll show you how I kill it."
Gently, she untied the bandage covering her eyes.
For the first time, the girl opened them.
In the darkness, her eyes shone with a brilliant rainbow-like radiance.
Their name was—
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
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