Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki

(No, absolutely impossible. How could I be a渣男/scumbag?)

“Clang, clang, clang—”

Like bullets erupting from a gun barrel, three crisp collision sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

“Tear—!”

Then, a large amount of sparks showered down. Haramura Makoto's Rainy Moon, which drew a crescent arc, was easily caught between the ribs of an iron fan. Holding the iron fan was a young girl.

A loli wearing a Japanese kimono, with her black hair coiled up and a fiery haori coat draped over her shoulders, opened the iron fan with one hand and easily caught Haramura Makoto's attack.

—Earth Binding Array!

A delicate shout rang out from the loli's mouth.

In that instant, an extremely terrifying gravity suddenly fell on Haramura Makoto, making his body incredibly heavy in an instant. Even his internal organs seemed to be squeezed together, and the circulation of blood had become chaotic.

With each breath, Haramura Makoto couldn't even move. The pressure of his entire body assaulted his lower body, as if trying to completely suppress him on the ground, causing his legs to tremble constantly.

“Hmm, your progress is indeed quite significant. You can now withstand forty times the gravity.”

“But to dare to be distracted during my practical training, what on earth are you thinking about?”

The loli's voice was very cute, with a certain intellectual air, but mixed with a strong displeasure.

“What? Do you think you can graduate already?”

“No, my gun-kata is far from mature. I was just thinking about something else.”

Haramura Makoto widened his eyes, mobilizing all the strength in his body to resist the stronger pressure, and shook his head vigorously.

When it comes to exercising the body, there is nothing more effective than exercising under gravity.

It just so happens that Saijo Neion can achieve this. After all, her Device ability is the natural interference type that manipulates gravity.

Therefore, these many days of training with Saijo Neion have been conducted in a gravitational environment, and the multiple of gravity is adjusted on average every two or three days.

From the initial twenty times, he can now completely move under forty times the pressure.

The so-called gun-kata is also what he is developing, a close-quarters combat technique that combines gunmanship and swordsmanship once the enemy is drawn close.

“What problem?”

The kimono loli, with a fierce expression, waved her fan and increased the gravity by another fold, continuing to question Haramura Makoto.

“Saijo-sensei, you seem to play very openly usually. You should have a lot of experience, right?”

Feeling his shoulders sink again in an instant, Haramura Makoto directly looked up and chose to ask this guy to solve the doubts in his heart.

“Of course.”

“I like handsome young men the most.”

Saijo Neion answered Haramura Makoto without batting an eye.

“In that case, I have a question I want to ask you. It's a question my friend wants to ask. I'm asking it for him.”

Trying hard to adapt to the gravity, this somewhat funny topic unfolded in this way.

“Phew, ask away. Anyway, the remaining gravity training is next.”

Leaving Haramura Makoto to resist the gravity on his own, Saijo Neion was walking on flat ground under forty times the gravity, and in the blink of an eye, she had already reached the chair next to her and sat down.

“It's like this, my friend. He has two girls who like him, who have a good impression of him. He also has a good impression of both of these girls at the same time. Now he doesn't know which one to choose. What should he do?”

“Sensei, in this situation, what would you do?”

“Just this kind of question?”

Saijo Neion tilted her head, and then suddenly laughed out loud with a 'pfft' sound.

“So, kids are kids. You're still struggling with who to choose. Adults always want both.”

“I always snatch the handsome young men that I like. What I want is mine.”

“……”

“Wait.”

Looking at Haramura Makoto, who was in a state of contemplation, Saijo Neion suddenly felt something was wrong. The body that had just been sitting on the bench immediately stood up again, and she came to Haramura Makoto again, fiercely and viciously saying to Haramura Makoto, who still couldn't move freely.

“The friend you just mentioned should be you, right?”

“You've been attracting bees and butterflies lately, and there are two of them. But you're whom I booked in adva…”

“Clang clang…”

Haramura Makoto's student handbook in his pocket suddenly rang with the sound of an incoming text message.

“I’m reser…”

“Sensei, please take my student handbook for me and take a look. It should be my opponent information coming. I can't spare my hands right now.”

Saijo Neion, who was still very angry just now, immediately lost all anger, and directly reached into Haramura Makoto's pocket, deliberately touching him in the process.

“Not bad, you'll definitely be fine now.”

Saying this, Saijo Neion held up Haramura Makoto's student handbook and showed the information on it to Haramura Makoto.

“Haramura Makoto, your first opponent in the selection battle is Kotoi Usamaru from Class 2-2.”

Chapter 70: The Domain of Time Deceleration

“It's starting, it's starting.”

“The first round and first match of this school selection competition officially begins.”

“I, Tsukuyomi, am the commentator for today's arena match. Without further ado, please allow us to introduce the long-awaited contestants to everyone.”

The vast arena was packed with people, completely different from the sparse number of people when Haramura Makoto borrowed the training ground a few days ago.

Almost all the teachers and students of the school were gathered here, and some individuals even unfurled banners and glow sticks, turning this originally serious selection battle into something of a concert.

“First, coming out from the blue gate is the powerful candidate representing the Seven Star Sword Art Festival, Kotoi Usamaru from Class 2-2—'Speed ​​Addict (Runner high)'!”

“In the school's internal ranking released last year, Kotoi Usamaru ranked third! In other words, she was once the third strongest Knight in this school.”

With short brown hair and gymnastic shorts, her skin was a healthy tan, and her face wore a bright and sunny smile. A girl who looked every bit the athletic type walked out from the gate while waving her hand.

The audience immediately responded with warm applause to that wave, enough to see how well-known this girl was in the school.

“Next, next.”

“What everyone has been looking forward to, coming out from the red gate, is the freshman who just entered this year, and also the mysterious A-rank student Knight among the freshmen, the powerful candidate representing the Seven Star Sword Art Festival, Knight Haramura Makoto from Class 3-1—'Spatiotemporal Freezing'!”

“Suddenly appearing in the freshman information, one of only two A-rank student Knights in the entire campus. Although there are no combat records, he defeated Stella Vermillion, also an A-rank Knight, the day before enrollment.”

“What kind of combat performance will the two of them bring us? Let us all look forward to it.”

Even warmer, even more enthusiastic applause rang out.

This was far beyond the enthusiasm when Kotoi Usamaru entered the arena earlier. At this moment, all eyes were focused on Haramura Makoto.

Inside the battle circle on the ring.

Haramura Makoto stood quietly, holding a long sword and a gun-shaped Device.

His opponent, Kotoi Usamaru, was equipped with a knuckle duster-shaped Device and was constantly repeating steps in place.

“Haramura-kun, I saw your battle with Stella-dono. It's a really tricky ability. My luck is really bad.”

Kotoi Usamaru still had a lively and cheerful smile on her face, with small canine teeth exposed, showing a full of fighting spirit.

To this, Haramura Makoto also returned a faint smile.

“Not at all, Senpai's ability is definitely not bad either.”

“Besides, I'm waiting here for Senpai to prepare.”

“Boom—”

In this instant, Kotoi Usamaru suddenly lifted the foot she was constantly stepping down with.

In the heavy sound barrier, her whole person flew out at an extraordinary speed, leaving heavy afterimages in the air, shaking away layers of wind and waves along the way.

“Really, you're already so strong, yet you still want to investigate Senpai's information. Kouhai, aren't you being too cautious?”

Fast!

Very fast!

Extraordinarily fast!

Even this speed is constantly accelerating.

“I think this is respect for Senpai.”

Haramura Makoto's pupils constantly followed the movement of the afterimage. The originally somewhat loose posture also tightened up.

“Hehe, Kouhai is really good at talking.”

The laughter that blurred the direction spread from all directions. As the sound spread, Kotoi Usamaru's speed became faster and faster.

This is her Device skill, 'Extreme Speed ​​Desire'!

It can constantly accumulate speed for herself, completely ignoring the laws of physics in the process. The maximum speed can even be accumulated to twice the speed of sound.

This is the strength of the former third-ranked in Hagun Academy's Academy City.

If it was Haramura Makoto before he obtained the Device ability, he would really be helpless against such an opponent.

After all, in a sense, this is the opponent who restrains him the most.

“Saijo-sensei, what do you think of this battle?”

Tsukuyomi on the podium asked Saijo Neion, who was sitting next to her, yawning and wearing a fancy kimono.

A-rank Knight vs. C-rank Knight.

Perhaps normal people would think it's a one-sided battle, but in reality, it's not impossible for a C-rank Knight to win against a stronger opponent.

After all, in the battle between Device wielders, the attribute of ability match-up is also very important.

“This ah.”

Saijo Neion yawned boredly, barely lifting her drooping eyelids.

“Open your eyes wide and see clearly, it might be over in an instant.”

Surrounding Haramura Makoto, Kotoi Usamaru's rapid speed almost formed a ring composed of afterimages. From the surrounding wind, her panting could be heard.

“Very strong ability. If it weren't limited to a fixed range, Senpai's combat ability should be able to be better utilized.”

Slowly raising his sword, he put on a starting stance.

“So, Kouhai, I'm coming.”

“Rumble rumble rumble—”

Accompanied by a huge roar of air waves.

“Take this, my supersonic strike, Blackbird.”

Creating a sonic boom behind Haramura Makoto, she rushed straight towards Haramura Makoto's back and unleashed a supersonic punch.

Her speed has surpassed Mach 2, there is no doubt about it.

The speed of this attack is so fast that it is absolutely impossible to capture with the naked eye, an absolutely sure-kill technique that cannot miss.

Now, after she has accelerated to the maximum speed.

Unless the opponent has a domain skill that absolutely prevents her from approaching, or the opponent's physique is strong enough to block her Mach 2 speed impact, the remaining opponents have all been defeated by her.

Fortunately, she had seen Haramura Makoto's battle that day.

After returning, after analysis by a friend, she clearly analyzed that her Kouhai actually possessed a power similar to the Chairman's to stop time.

And she has figured out the approximate range that this time stop can cover.

That is a radius of fifty meters.

Therefore, in the process of constantly accelerating, she has been maintaining a safe distance, just afraid that Haramura Makoto will suddenly use the trick of Spatiotemporal Freezing.

And once she accelerates to the fastest speed, approaching this Kouhai from fifty meters away in an instant, she is confident that he will not even have time to pull the trigger.

“Kouhai, your defeat can only be blamed on your initial permissiveness towards me.”