The next day.
[No Name] Community Residence.
On the long table in the dining room was the breakfast the children made early.
Although they tried their best to do better, they were still limited by the current situation of the Common Community. Thus, they were still too simple and crude.
But Fei Niao, Yao, and Sixteen Nights didn't care at all.
Sixteen Nights chewed bread while looking at Fei Niao. "Miss, this dress …?"
"Huh? Are you talking about this? "
Fei Niao looked down at the bright red evening dress on her body.
It was still a little too extravagant for daily wear.
"Black Rabbit prepared this for me. After all, when I was summoned to the Box Court, I was only wearing formal wear. I heard that White Yaksha prepared this dress for Black Rabbit as a referee yesterday. "
"It also added a boon that can protect the body," Yao added on the side.
After a pause, Yao added, "And the dress has been modified. Otherwise, Fei Niao's chest would look very empty."
"That's unnecessary!"
"Ahaha-"
Sixteen Nights laughed loudly. Then he suddenly thought of something and looked in the direction of the dining room door.
"Speaking of which, according to the agreement, Yakumo should be wearing a bathrobe today, right?"
Fei Niao and Yao looked up at the same time and saw a flash of light in each other's eyes.
Clop, clop, clop …
Across the dining room door, the crisp sound of wooden clogs stepping on the ground was heard.
"Yah-!"
After opening the door, the first to appear was the energetic Black Rabbit.
"I came late because I wanted to find a fitting bathrobe for Yakuma-sama!"
Black Rabbit put his hands behind his back and walked to the side of the door. Then, Ashina came in with Aistel.
Ashina covered her mouth and chuckled softly. Then, she looked behind the door.
"Mo, hurry up!"
"… I, I got it!"
Clop, clop, clop …
Eight-cloud Ink appeared at the door. She tied up part of her hair and let it hang down. She wore a moon-white bathrobe with a cherry-colored pattern. She wore white clogs and her feet made "clop, clop" sounds as she moved.
"This is … the best in the world!"
"She actually lost to a boy …"
"… Ah!"
"Yakuma-sama is very talented!"
"This kind of talent doesn't make me happy at all."
"Wow, I'm so proud to have such a beautiful husband …"
"Ashina!"
○
After having breakfast, Eight-cloud Ink and the others began to walk towards the residential area where the [ForesGaro] community was located.
"Ah, gentlemen! I can see now … but … eh? "
The black rabbit blinked.
Before his eyes, what should have been a residential area had turned into a forest.
"No, [ForesGaro]'s headquarters should be in different residential areas, and these trees …"
Ren carefully placed his hand on the nearest tree, and he could feel a strange feeling like a fetus moving.
"— Ghostization!"
Eight-cloud Ink walked to the side and pulled a piece of parchment from the trunk.
"Here's the contract."
[Gift Competition Name: Invasion]
[Participants: Eight-cloud Ink, Yakumo Ashina, Sixteen Nights in Reverse, Jiu Yuki, Hiroyuki Haruhibe, Ren Russell, Black Rabbit]
[Winning Condition: Eliminate Jared Gaspar, who is lurking in the organizer's headquarters.]
[Winning Method: Use a special weapon designated by the organizer to eliminate him. Other than the designated weapon, according to the "contract," no other method can hurt Jared Gaspar.]
[Failure Condition: Surrender, or the participant is unable to meet the above conditions.]
[Designated Weapon: Set in the competition area.]
[Pledge! Abide by the above rules, under the banner of honor and glory, NoName participates in the gift competition.]
[ForesGaro Seal]
"Tsk … other than the contract method, no other method can hurt him?"
Eight-cloud Ink crumpled the parchment in his hand.
"You want to use this method to protect your own life? You're underestimating me. "
"What does this mean?" Sixteen Nights walked up and asked.
"It's very simple. If you want to defeat him, you must use the weapon he gives you and use the designated method. In other words, all of our abilities have been nullified in this competition! Tsk, is he really a tiger and not a fox? "
"But, but we don't know what the designated weapon is?"
Ren frowned with a look of self-blame on his face.
"It's all my fault. We should have discussed the rules of the competition yesterday. In this kind of competition where one's life is at stake, giving the organizer the right to set the rules is simply asking for death …"
"Don't worry."
Eight-cloud Ink gently placed his hand on Ren's head.
"You've worked very hard. I can see that. Leave the rest to me. "
"Young Master Ren, don't worry!" Black Rabbit walked up with a pair of ears. "Since it says that it's a 'designated weapon', it means that there should be at least a minimum hint. Otherwise, it's against the rules. With Black Rabbit here, no foul behavior is allowed!"
The door was pushed open, and the participants walked in.
⑧
"There's no one here."
Yao, who was walking in the crowd, suddenly said.
"There's no smell of people nearby."
"Eh? Is the dog your friend too? "
"Yes, about twenty of them."
Yao's gift was the ability to gain beasts as friends. The more friends he had, the stronger he would be.
"Don't you think it's strange? We're declaring war on the entire ForesGaro community. But now, not a single one of them has appeared, and according to the rules, our only enemy is Jaird alone. Isn't this a competition between our community and Jaird alone? "
"… Speaking of which, on the way here, I heard that Jaird seems to have dismissed all the other members of the community," Black Rabbit suddenly said.
"When?"
"Last night."
Eight-cloud Ink, who was walking at the front, stepped on the ground with the sound of wooden clogs echoing.
The dense trees immediately wrapped around the entrance and exit after everyone entered, sealing off their escape route.
Beneath their feet, the brick-paved streets were cracked by the bulging roots of the trees. The surrounding environment did not look suitable for living.
Seeing Eight-cloud Ink walk directly to the large house in front of them, which was entangled by countless vines, like an abandoned haunted house, Ren hurriedly called out to him, "Wait, wait! Aren't you going to look around first? At least look for clues about the designated weapon? "
"The clues are clear."
Eight-cloud Ink turned around.
"The contract says that we have to defeat Jaird with a designated weapon. According to this, the only clue related to the designated weapon is the target, Jaird. In other words, the clue is with him — or at least near him. "
"Pretty smart, huh?"
Sixteenth Night crossed his arms and laughed.
"Let me say this first, I'm not going to do anything. After all, you guys are the ones who started this."
"You don't have to do anything. Just watch from the sidelines."
"But, where is Jaird?"
Flying Bird looked around.
"He seems to be a Tigerman, right? In such a large forest, the tiger could be hiding anywhere. "
"No —"
Eight-cloud Ink and Yao, who had jumped up the tree at some point, looked at the large house in front of them at the same time.
"He's inside."
"He's in the headquarters. Although it's just a shadow, I can see him," Yao said as he jumped down from the tree.
Her eyes had turned golden, just like the eyes of an eagle.
"Looks like you have eagle friends too." Ashina smiled at Yao.
"Forget about the Kasuga Clan. How did you find out?" Sixteenth Night looked at Eight-cloud Ink in confusion.
"Why don't you take a guess?"
"… Huh!"
⑧
After entering the luxurious headquarters, Ren, Black Rabbit, Flying Bird, and Yao widened their eyes.
Sixteenth Night made a "wow" sound and whistled.
Ashina held Aistel's hand and looked ahead.
On the high platform, a huge tiger was lying there, roaring at the crowd.
Behind it, a silver cross sword hung on the wall.
"Sure enough — it's been turned into a ghost! Even Jaird is the same. He's been blessed by the ghost race! "
Ren's voice sounded a little serious.
"Vampires are a rare race in the east. What's going on …"
"Huh!"
Eight-cloud Ink shook her head.
"I wanted to see how this guy would react after we defeated him. In the end, he's already turned into a mindless beast?"
From the tiger's eyes, Eight-cloud Ink couldn't see any rationality.
— He had completely degenerated into a beast.
"That cross sword should be the designated weapon."
Eight-cloud Ink said as she opened a gap.
The silver cross sword that was originally guarded by the tiger was pulled out from the gap.
Sixteenth Night narrowed her eyes and stared at the gap.
"This ability … seems to be related to 'space movement' … Did you use this method to get the big rock last night?"
Eight-cloud Ink didn't answer. The moon-white bathrobe didn't restrict his movements at all.
With the ability from Gandalfr to freely use any weapon, he instantly appeared in front of the tiger with the cross sword in his hand.
"Puchi —!"
The blade pierced through the tiger's forehead.
Before blood splashed out, Eight-cloud Ink returned to the original place.
"Sigh … I feel that it's not worth it to go through so much trouble to deal with such a tiger …"
⑧
Shortly after the end of the game, Box Ting issued an order to disband [ForesGaro].
The infamous [ForesGaro], who specialized in kidnapping the old, weak, women and children of other communities, and then forced them to participate in the gift competition and used various means to defeat the opponent and seize the opponent's flag and honor, was disbanded.
Ren returned the stolen flags to the owners and at the same time announced his community's ambition — to defeat the demon king.
[No Name], or Ren Russell's name, began to be occasionally mentioned in the outermost layer of the east side.
This was the plan proposed by Sixteenth Night to Ren.
"I'm not interested in this community. What attracted me to stay is actually the black rabbit … Ahem, well, that annoying guy is also one, and you guys have summoned me to this interesting world."
"But if you, little master, can't keep me interested, I will leave."
"In addition, aren't you determined to regain your honor, flag, and lost partners? Since that's the case, starting from this competition with [ForesGaro], make your reputation. Not the reputation of your community, but of you, little master! "
Ren firmly remembered Sixteenth Night's words and was sincerely grateful to Eight-cloud Ink.
⑧
It was night.
"What's wrong, Black Rabbit?"
In the community's base, Ashina asked with concern when she saw Black Rabbit's depressed look.
"The competition was postponed …"
"Competition? What competition? "
"It's the previous' That and Yes' competition. The prize is a very important companion of ours. But when I went to ask Lord White Yaksha just now, the news I received was that the competition was indeed postponed and might even be terminated …"
Black Rabbit's rabbit ears withered, looking very regretful.
"Why didn't I hear you mention it? What partner? "
"It's a super beautiful blonde! Her skin is as smooth as silk, and she even shines when bathing together! "
"That's really worth seeing."
"Yes, yes, that's Black Rabbit's predecessor. She takes good care of Black Rabbit …"
"Oh, I'm very happy to hear that."
Everyone suddenly looked out the window.
A beautiful golden-haired girl was standing there.
"Le- Leticia!?"
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