With Seiji's helpers dealing with ordinary players, Seiji and Little Shi were able to focus on dealing with the Sin Stimulated players.
Seiji used the terrain to avoid the tigerman's fierce attacks. He then activated [Evolved Body-strengthening Technique], [Gale], and suddenly sped up with [Charge]!
The dense sword slashes sliced through the tigerman's body, dealing serious damage and cutting off its right claw.
"Grrrrr!!!"
The tigerman howled in pain, which sounded like both a tiger and a human, and hurriedly retreated.
Seiji chased after it, not allowing it to escape.
Seeing that it was impossible to escape, the tigerman roared and crouched on the ground. All of its fur stood on end, and its body swelled up. It opened its mouth to the extreme, and a blood-red glow appeared within.
* Boom!! *
The blood-red light exploded and shot everywhere!
Seiji faced it calmly.
He was already prepared when he saw that the tigerman was about to unleash a powerful attack. He raised his sword and cast a spell against the incoming blood-red light. A large number of miniature spell formations instantly appeared in front of him, blocking the blood-red light and condensing it …
Reverse spell, "Dragon Counterattack"!
The spell formation flashed, and the blood-red light transformed into a golden light that formed into a divine dragon that roared and shot towards its target with a blinding explosion!
The tigerman was thus killed.
Seiji summoned Shinobu and knocked her out of the game with a single hammer blow.
Meanwhile, Little Shi sealed the tentacle monster in ice.
However, other players activated their Sin Masks and transformed into meatball-like monsters with several large mouths that spat out thick green mist … The battle continued!
…
The fierce battle lasted for quite a while.
After all the attacking players were killed or chased away, the entire area became peaceful again.
"Are you alright?" Seiji walked up to his helper and asked.
This helper's clothes were torn in many places, and he seemed rather disheveled. However, he didn't seem injured at all.
"I'm fine …" Isamu gave them a thumbs-up and smiled happily. "I … had fun playing with you guys …"
Then, he maintained this pose and collapsed while laughing!
Seiji reached out and stopped him in time, preventing him from collapsing to the ground.
Then, he and Little Shi saw a black and red halo appear on the other party's body. The shirt and tie disappeared, and the torn black windbreaker and trousers turned into intact T-shirts and shorts.
The red gloves on his hands disappeared, and the revolver that had fallen to the ground turned into a standard handgun. His boots turned into sneakers, and the flamboyant glasses on his face turned into an owl mask.
This was indeed the boy who had spoken to her before the battle.
He was currently in a weakened state … Should he exit the game?
Just as Seiji was thinking about this, he saw the other party move.
"Oh …" Isamu woke up from his stupor.
He felt a headache, dizzy, and nauseous.
His body felt hot, weak, and a little numb … as if he had been electrocuted after a strenuous exercise.
Fortunately, there was someone supporting him, so he didn't fall.
Isamu raised his head and saw that it was the angry demon masked man.
The gears in his head began to turn, and he recalled what had just happened. He had activated his power, transformed, stepped into the battlefield, and fought alongside the angry ghost man and the woman with the strange smile …
"Are you okay?" Seiji asked again.
"I'm … fine," Isamu replied as he barely managed to stand up. He indicated that Seiji didn't need to support him anymore.
"Thank you for your help just now." Seiji expressed his gratitude. "May I ask how I should address you?"
"You can call me Owl," Isamu replied.
His mask resembled an owl. The first rational player that he met here that he was able to talk to called him that. That was why Isamu used that nickname as his nickname ever since.
"Owl-san, you can call me White Night. My partner is Knight of Zero," Seiji told him.
White Night and Knight of Zero were obviously also nicknames. But, why did a girl have a nickname like Knight?
Isamu was rather confused, but he didn't ask. After all, this was just a nickname. It was no different from an internet username.
"Thanks to your assistance, we were able to successfully end the battle … What do you intend to do next, Owl-san?" Seiji asked. "As I said before, I can allow you to exit the game. Do you want to leave or stay?"
Isamu fell silent for a moment.
"Could I ask who exactly you are?" After thinking about it, Isamu spoke up. "You all have extraordinary powers, but you're not like me, nor are you like those monsters … I feel that you're no ordinary player."
"We're Spiritual Ability users," Seiji told him honestly.
"Spiritual Ability users … really exist."
"Since such a strange dream exists, it's only natural that Spiritual Ability users exist."
"That's true … This dream was actually created by a Spiritual Ability user, right?"
"Yes, the person you called the crow-masked person is the main culprit."
"Did you come here to fight against that person?"
"We're on the opposite side of him. But, we're only here to investigate."
"Because we don't have enough information, we're temporarily unable to deal with him, right?"
"That's right."
If Soul Society could obtain more detailed information about the mysterious dream, they would probably take action … It wouldn't be wrong to say that they were unable to deal with Kamitani due to a lack of information. Seiji thought to himself.
"Allow me to continue helping you!" Something flashed in Isamu's eyes. "I want to completely break free from this nightmare. So, rather than just leaving this game, I might as well help you and help fight against the person who created this nightmare!"
"Owl-san …"
"Don't call me 'mister'. There's no need to use honorifics to address me."
"Alright … Owl-san." Seiji paused for a moment. "Thank you for your kind intentions. But, I need to remind you that the longer you fight here and the more people you kill, the more dangerous it will be."
"Why's that?"
"Because of this mask …"
Seiji explained the situation with the Mask of Sin to Isamu.
Isamu fell silent once again.
So, that extraordinary power was the mask's power. Activating it would activate the mask — the "Mask of Sin"!
The more people he killed, the more powerful the activation of the Mask of Sin would be, and the more difficult it would be to bear.
If he couldn't bear it, he might truly die!
Isamu recalled the pain he felt earlier and was afraid of the real risk of dying.
But, if he didn't use that power, he would be nothing more than a small fry that wouldn't be of any help.
Besides, even if he didn't actively use it, there was still a possibility that it would be activated.
At any rate, if he really wanted to help White Night and the Knight of Zero fight against the crow-masked man, he would truly be risking his life! This was no longer a game.
This was a true battle, a battle where he would be gambling with his life!
Isamu was now afraid.
But, he was also rather excited.
He had played so many games since he was young. He had played himself in the games many times and experienced the passion of being a hero along with the game characters.
Now, he finally had a chance to truly become a hero.
Although he wasn't the main character, he was only a supporting character that was slightly stronger than a small fry.
Still, he was still a hero … a hero that fought against evil for himself and others!
Isamu suddenly recalled his own name.
Isamu Seima … when he was young, people had told him that his name sounded like the name of a hero from an anime.
Isamu felt the same way as well. Although there had been a time when he had felt ashamed of his name and rejected it, he no longer felt that way.
In the end, he still liked heroes.
He wanted to be a hero.
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