"Five points have been added!!"
Kogane's voice echoed by her ears, Maki Zenin shaking off the bloodstains on the Soul Liberating Blade in her hand, having been busy for more than an hour, her score was now at ninety-five, only five points away, she just needed to kill one more sorcerer.
She just didn't know what had happened to that Louis the Thirteenth guy, and she would inexplicably feel that things had been made easier if he had died.
Leaving, Maki Zenin stepped on the corpses of her enemies and continued to advance, having only taken two steps before stopping as she saw the space in front of her distorting, waiting for his appearance.
"Cough cough..."
Louis the Thirteenth, heavily injured, walked out from within, spitting out two mouthfuls of blood, raising his right hand to wipe away the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, his left hand dragging the heads of Ruri Ai and Kondo Yui, seeing the happy expressions on their faces, he knew that what was happening at this moment had been their own choice.
He had lost to Doluev Lakdawala, and his women had all died there, but fortunately, they had still been by his side before his death.
He hadn't expected to still lose in a one-on-one, his golden pupils seeing Maki Zenin standing not far away, raising the corners of his mouth with a smile, red liquid flowing from the corners of his mouth, saying, "I've lost, before I die, I want to propose to you."
Romance to the bitter end, the heavily injured Louis the Thirteenth's final destination was only death, but... he wanted to die in the hands of the person he loved, lying in her arms, dying together with his women.
This could also be considered a kind of love, the final chapter of love;
Sleeping together.
"...Sorry, I already have someone I like, I can't accept your love."
Looking at the disheveled Louis the Thirteenth, Maki Zenin didn't refuse sternly, but instead revealed her tactful side, after all, his heart had already died along with his women.
"Then, can you let me die in your arms?"
Having expected this long ago, Louis the Thirteenth dragged his exhausted body out of the distorted hollow, one side of his abdomen having been pierced through, blood flowing out, the cursed energy remaining inside his body also not being enough for him to heal his body, and besides... he didn't want to heal.
"I can give you a hug, but you should forget about the rest."
Maki Zenin spread her two hands open, looking at this Louis the Thirteenth who had been full of individuality, even though they had only known each other for a few minutes, he had indeed given her a very deep impression.
Slightly satisfying his dying wish, this was something that Maki Zenin could still do.
"I truly... love you to death."
Louis the Thirteenth spread his arms open, embracing this charming woman, along with his women.
Love was distorted, the satisfied Louis the Thirteenth's heart stopped beating, leaving in happiness.
His second life didn't seem to have any regrets, although he had only lived for four days, these four days had been more fulfilling than his first life, especially dying in the arms of the person he loved at this moment.
"Good night."
Maki Zenin whispered, gently placing the dead Louis the Thirteenth on the ground, placing Ruri Ai and Kondo Yui beside him, looking at the swarms of shikigami flying over in the sky, saying, "Losing such an interesting person has made me feel slightly displeased."
Shikigami, seeing this number of them, Maki Zenin knew that she wouldn't be able to win without finding the caster, and she might be exhausted to death.
However... having fought with Louis the Thirteenth for so long, the caster's own amount of cursed energy probably wasn't much either, right?
These were probably the last reserves of shikigami, coming to desperately fight her.
"Attack."
A relatively elderly voice was transmitted, an old man with bare feet standing behind the swarms of shikigami, his right arm having been twisted off entirely, blood covering half of his body, looking somewhat ferocious, gasping for breath in his mouth.
His bloodshot pupils stared intently at the dead Louis the Thirteenth, pausing on him for a moment before turning his gaze to the girl who had killed one of his shikigami.
Uro Takahide had died, Louis the Thirteenth had died, now he only needed to kill this girl, and he would dominate this Culling Game alone.
As the order was issued, the swarms of shikigami, now like dense bats, flapping their wings and flying towards Maki Zenin, wanting to suck her dry alive.
"\[Wild Goose Formation]."
Looking at the attacking shikigami, Maki Zenin didn't have any feelings, and she didn't even have fear, her two hands naturally gripping the Soul Liberating Blade in her hand, like a wild goose flying silently past.
Lightly swinging the Soul Liberating Blade in her hand, but this was only for herself, and in Doluev Lakdawala's vision, she had chopped down all of his shikigami in an instant!!!
As if she had arrived at the peak of this world, a tyrant.
Looking at the girl walking over slowly, Doluev Lakdawala instinctively retreated, his legs starting to tremble, but how could the elderly him outrun the second tyrant, Maki Zenin?
As Maki Zenin's sword rose and fell, these last five points had also been obtained by her.
Looking at Kogane, who had just come out and hadn't spoken yet, she said, "Add a rule, make the information of all players public."
With the addition of the rule, Maki Zenin picked up the dead Louis the Thirteenth, looking at the dense forest in the distance, preparing to bury him and his women together.
Her mission seemed to have been completed, and next, she would go to the other Barriers to hunt those strong people, whose scores had exceeded a hundred.
The Culling Game itself could restrain those players who had been participating in the game, because they had agreed to a Contract before entering the Culling Game.
And that was to acknowledge the rules of the Culling Game, and their own techniques would be forcibly stripped once they had violated the rules.
However, Maki Zenin didn't have a technique, so she could travel freely between the various Barriers, not being restricted by the Contract.
"Kogane, check for players whose scores have exceeded a hundred."
"No problem!!"
As Maki Zenin issued the order, Kogane's body actively transformed into an electronic screen, which had been filled with player information.
\[Swimmer—Overview]
\[Kazuki Hanyu, Score 120, Changes 00 times, Barrier of Stay, Second Barrier in Tokyo.]
\[Hiromi Higuruma, Score 100, Changes 00 times, Barrier of Stay, Fujisawa Barrier.]
"Two, one in Miyagi, and one is in Tokyo, one is too far, and one... I'll take another look."
Maki Zenin had glanced at them, preparing to go and hunt them in a few days, and she would easily run into Yuuki and the others if she got too close, and she... didn't want to meet them at this moment.
...
The next day.
[08:14:08]
Second Barrier in Tokyo.
"Ah!!!"
Kazuki Hanyu, who had been asleep for the entire night, had stretched and had wiggled his exhausted body, discovering that he had been bound by iron chains at this moment, and he had also known his current situation, complaining with an unwilling expression, "Seriously, my face hurts like hell, that brat, whose flesh is like a monster."
"He's talking about you, Itadori."
Kugisaki Nobara had shouted after seeing that Kazuki Hanyu had woken up.
"Ah!? I'm coming, I'm coming."
Yuuji Itadori, who had been setting up a pot to cook noodles on the side, had heard Kugisaki Nobara calling him, and he had slurped the noodles in his bowl and had started to move and had run to Kazuki Hanyu's side, saying with a smiling expression, "Alright, I've won, so you should give me all of your points."
"I've lost, what rule do you want me to add with your score?"
Kazuki Hanyu had glanced at the black-haired boy, who had been cooking noodles, and he had also recognized that he had been the guy, who had ambushed him yesterday.
"Add the rule, that allows swimmers to transfer points."
Kugisaki Nobara, who had been gripping a hammer, had said with a smiling expression, putting the hammer on his face, saying with a resentful tone, "You didn't expect that we would meet so quickly, did you, electric guy."
"Tch."
Kazuki Hanyu, whose face had been kneaded by the hammer, had said with a disdainful expression, "You're just a loser, who is taking advantage of someone else's power, and you only have a little bit of backbone, and I didn't lose to you, Kogane, come out and add the rule."
"I'm coming!!"
Kazuki Hanyu's exclusive Kogane had appeared.
Kazuki Hanyu continued, "Add the rule, that allows swimmers to transfer points."
"...Kogane doesn't acknowledge the addition of this rule, and the free transfer of points between players will affect the long-term operation of the Culling Game."
Kogane had opened its mouth after pondering for a moment.
It could be considered that Maki Zenin's addition of the rule yesterday had been to hunt the other sorcerers, and the Culling Game itself had been the mutual hunting between sorcerers, so the addition of this rule had been reasonable.
But the transfer of points would cause those sorcerers, who should have been addicted to slaughter, to stop slaughtering, and this would affect the operation of the Culling Game, so it wouldn't agree to the addition of this rule.
"Clang——"
The iron bowl had fallen, and Fushiguro Megumi's pitch-black pupils had been staring intently at Kogane, who had rejected the addition of this rule, and he had been wanting to kill him directly.
"D-don't… don't be like this, Megumi, and we can just change the addition of the rule."
Yuuji Itadori had said with a forced expression after seeing Fushiguro Megumi's murderous gaze, and to be honest, this was still the first time that he had seen him reveal this kind of expression.
This had also allowed Kazuki Hanyu to see clearly who the leader of this team had been, and he had raised the corners of his mouth with a smile and had said, "The addition of the rule has failed, so what other rules do you want to add?"
"Why won't you acknowledge the addition of this rule?" Kugisaki Nobara had pointed the hammer in her hand at Kogane in the sky, and blue cursed energy had been enveloping the steel hammer, and it had seemed that she had been threatening it.
"Because it's not conducive to the long-term operation of the Culling Game, and the opening of the Culling Game has originally been for the swimmers to kill each other, and the addition of this rule will cause the game to lose its meaning before long, and I, who am the administrator of the Culling Game, can't agree to it."
Kogane had been staring straight at the iron hammer, which had been not far away, with an unconcerned expression, and it had even stuck its tongue out, and it was because... it was omnipresent inside the Culling Game.
And Fushiguro Megumi, who had sensed that his reaction had been too intense, had picked up the bowl on the ground and had picked up the noodles, which had been scattered all over the ground, with chopsticks and had said, "Then is the meaning of the addition of this rule itself to allow the swimmers to snatch each other's scores even more effectively, and does understanding it in this way fit the operational thinking of the Culling Game itself?"
"...The addition of this rule is approved."
Kogane, who had pondered for a moment, had also acknowledged Fushiguro Megumi's defense at this moment, and after all, the words in his mouth had indeed fit the theory of the existence of the Culling Game itself, and it would agree as long as it hadn't violated this operational theory, which had existed on top of slaughter.
At the same time, all of the players, who had been participating in the Culling Game, had received the addition of the new rule.
\[General Rule 10: Swimmers can transfer any amount of points to other swimmers.]
"The transaction has been completed, so can you let me go now? I'm going to hunt Ryomen, wait..."
Kazuki Hanyu's brain had briefly gone blank, and he had then sensed that something was wrong, and what was Rule 9? Who's score had been collected even faster than him?
Could it be Ryomen Sukuna?!
He had quickly asked, "Kogane, check General Rule 9!"
Kogane said, "Rule 9: Swimmers can refer to the information of other swimmers—including Name, Score, Number of Times Rules Have Been Added, and Barrier of Stay."
"Check the swimmer, Ryomen Sukuna!!"
Kazuki Hanyu's statement had caused Yuuji Itadori's body to tremble instinctively, and this guy definitely hadn't used a technique when he had fought him, and it would be terrible if he discovered that he was Ryomen Sukuna's vessel!!
"...There is no such swimmer."
Kogane had opened its mouth after searching, and this had caused Yuuji Itadori to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
"Tch."
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