Junpei waited, and just when it reached him…
He stepped
aside and stabbed the tiger's throat.
While he did that, the tiger slashed his face horizontally,
from his left ear to the right.
A straight wound.
The moment Junpei's blood bled…
Junpei went wild and stabbed the tiger again and again,
all over its body.
Then he calmed down.
Junpei:
> "Huh…huh…huh… I won't eat this.
Better a new boar.
It's such a waste..."
With a scowl glare again and labored breathing,
he left.
That night, he slept without a single thought of dying,
just sleeping on grass, leaving himself wide open.
---
Day 15
Junpei:
> "Haaaa…!!!" (screaming)
"I was so weak for real… look at me now.
I've traveled half the forest.
Well, that's just called insane progress."
> "What a shame.
I would never really consider myself as a human being.
Because I just became one."
> "Look at this body. Damn.
I flex hard, bro."
He climbed a tree with minimal effort and then used his skill named:
"Sniper Scope"
His eyes could see far away.
Then he saw another giant boar.
> "Coming right on the menu."
---
3 Months Later
Junpei:
> "Well… well… well…
Would you look at that."
The Red Tiger.
While using scope,
Squatting, sitting at the top of a tree,
He walked on the air, creating a hill group using his Hologram Skill.
Hologram Skill — a skill that lets him use a hologram as a real object.
Re-creating monsters' bodies and robots actually needs a metal body,
but if it's an object like the sniper he's using—
Then he slept on it.
After that, he aimed for the tiger's head using the sniper's scope…
And then he fired it.
The landscape was blown up.
Junpei:
> "Wow, I almost got blown away too.
The bounce is really hard."
With his scowl looks, smiling—
> "Well, got nothing…
I mean I could've sold its body,
but nah… it got blown away.
Shit."
> "I must return.
At this point, the forest might turn into a living desert."
---
Meanwhile…
> "That's interesting.
It's been months and he finally decided to return.
I better get out and meet him outside the forest."
Rajin:
> "Where you going?"
Standing in the door, blocking me.
I said to him:
> "Man, come on, stop playing mom on me.
I can go wherever I want."
Rajin:
> "That's not the point, idiot.
I was just saying—you gonna pick him up?"
(While smirking)
I smiled at him and said:
> "You knew, right?"
Rajin:
> "Of course.
How could I not know?
I mean—you already knew how strong he is,
like you stalked him ever since you knew him."
> "Plus, you told us like you didn't actually know him, manipulating us all…
Then you even set up a plan like that,
saying he needs to be strong and making everyone agree on your thoughts,
until they said,
'Yeah, you take care of him.'"
> "And look at you now."
> "I swear, he thinks he owes you a lot, doesn't he?"
I smirked back and said:
> "You know a lot, you know that?"
(And he laughed.)
Rajin:
> "Another monster, huh?"
I said:
> "How about your side?"
Rajin:
> "Man, I got a very interesting fella,
but he's kinda hard to deal with."
(He looks pissed about it.)
I said to him:
> "Wait—you didn't bring him? What's the problem?"
Rajin:
> "The problem is simple.
He can't walk and his legs can't be healed.
And to bring him, I must help him get his legs.
But I swear, that's hard, bro.
Maybe you can ask Lyra to help me heal him."
(He smirked again. This guy really wants a problem.)
I said:
> "Hey, stop bringing up old stories."
> "I mean—I wish I could be with her.
And you wish you could be with Roxy.
But I don't think that will work out for good."
> "They might torture them to get to us. We both know that.
So just try to forget it, okay?"
Rajin:
> "I can't. I really can't.
Maybe ignore the feeling—maybe that's not wrong…
But being with her? Contacting her?
It's hard."
I said:
> "Listen.
Nao once said to me—
Just as we want to protect the girls, they want to protect us as well."
> "So I'm guessing they understand the situation.
And they ignore their feelings, like us."
> "So just lighten up, buddy.
We'll go on a double date one day — we will."
> "For now, just either ignore it or forget it."
Rajin:
> "It kinda feels good after I talked to you, bro."
(He gently touched my shoulder.)
I said:
> "Get your f*cken *ss off me!"
(And slapped his hand.)
Rajin:
> "I was only trying to be cool with you man...
Nah, forget it. You the worst."
(He then left, walking lean.)
> "You hold everything inside you and act like you're unbothered by it...
You shouldn't be here.
It's all our fault.
You never did anything wrong.
Nor have you been wronged by anyone…
I will take you back to where you should be."
And just like that, I went back to bring the reborn Junpei.
I teleported near the forest and waited for him to come out.
Junpei came walking like he owns the place.
It was so shocking to expect that he changed this much.
But he stayed there for around 90 days,
so it's expected.
He has a V-tape body now,
and he's even taller.
And look at that scar…
Was he sleeping on broken glass or something?
Junpei:
> "Well, look who's here…
It's been a while, Kurai Adegaki."
I sighed and said:
> "What now?" (With an unbothered face.)
Junpei:
> "I was just trying to say…
You're an *sshole, you know that?"
(With a crafty face, he said that to me.)
Then I stood from the stone hill I sat on and jumped down.
Then I saw him smirk.
Then I looked at the ground,
then at him again,
then I looked away.
Then I pulled my pants a bit up from behind,
put my hand in my pants pocket,
and walked zig-zag.
Then I reached him…
And dashed and pushed his head downward — he bent d
own.
Then I said to him:
> "You need to learn how to bow, d*ckhead."