Chapter 61: Train of madness
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“I’ll save my beloved… Even if it means killing everyone here.”
Seth said with an insane look on his face. He lifted his ax, pointing directly to Yana. Yana made a sigh comprehending the happening. After her brief pause, she took her sword, making a sword stance.
“I won’t hurt you… please calm down and don’t let your mind be consumed by demons. Kotori isn't real. There is no Kotori in a revolutionary group.”
“Kotori is real! She is real! We made a promise!”
Seth retorted, he came dashing with his ax brandished. Attempting to chop down Yana. Yana defended herself by blocking the blade and kicking Seth away from the distance.
The kick rocked Seth’s body. His hand slipped his handle. His ax fell on the floor with a metallic sound.
“Calm down… Collect yourself…. You’re better than that…”
“Kotori is the most important… I’ll kill everyone and save her…”
Seth’s eyes went down and his body was knocked unconscious.
“Don’t worry, I simply put him to sleep before he did more troublesome things. The demon might have some kind of memory manipulation ability.”
The man with glasses said as he stood up from his seat.
Ninym, together with her spirit friend Snow, comes and rescues the bleeding Westler. Helping him to sit down. She cast healing magic to cover his wounds.
“The pain is gone… Thanks a lot.”
“No problem… I’m simply doing my job here.”
A memory manipulation ability is dangerous because it affects us. We’ll start to doubt our memories. Memories affect human thinking after all. Just like when Seth got a false memory about him having a fiance.
Our main goal is to destroy the ability user, the train demon. To stop this madness.
That made it more tricky because we were trapped from train car 4 to 8.
“Stop laughing at me! Stop laughing at me!”
Out of the blue, Kaito grabbed Ninym’s neck and slammed her head at the window, followed by Kaito ripping off Ninym’s clothes.
Before something ugly happened. I cut in and punched Kaito away from Ninym.
“Lightning punch!”
Kaito was knocked back a little and his hand let go of Ninym. But my punch wasn’t enough to push him as far as I anticipated. He curled his giant arms and went for a killer blow.
The scared girl covered me.
“I don’t want to get hurt!”
A shield barrier manifested blocking the fist. Behind Kaito was the energetic girl delivering punches targeting his body. The punch sunk into the fat of the sumo wester. Bouncing back to the girl. It resulted in her flying and catching my specter.
“My body has the ability of rubber… Normal punches do not affect me.”
Rubber defies lightning. That explains why my lightning punch did not affect his body.
“Hey, four-eyes, could you put him to sleep?”
“Sorry I can’t.”
Four-eyes said as he fixed his glass.
“Why?”
“Don’t ask me, I have my reasons.”
Nina pulled her wand and delivered binding magic in the form of a light wire that coils all over Kaito’s body.
Kaito forces himself to his limit by breaking the binding magic. In an instant, he launched himself at Nina with a headbutt to her head, whiting her out as a result.
His rubber ability could make his body bounce. Now, we’re all in a dire situation. Kaito bounced all over the train car and each bounce was packed with a weight that killed and broke our bones.
To avoid Kaito, I immediately took action, grabbing Ninym on my left arm and Shaymi on my right, running to the 6th train car. Others followed my move. We travel separately, others go in the 4th train car.
Trapping the bouncing mad man on the 5th train car.
“How about you Lion woman? Could you stop that bouncing fatty?”
Four eyes asked the scary woman.
“There is nothing I could do to stop him… The least I can do is defend myself, of course. As much as possible, I want to stay recollected and my mind calm. I wouldn’t like it if my head became subject to memory manipulation.”
This woman is scary and strong looking with her muscular build. I didn’t expect that she'd go to be useless in this situation.
“... My magic was called a dynamic punch… A punch that could create a massive explosion. This place is the worst place for my magic because I could not unleash it in this cramped place.”
She’s useless. That’s for sure.
“This is revenge for taking down my offer… Ninym, you cheated on me because I’m fat.”
Kaito muttered crying as he bounced around the train car.
“I don’t have any knowledge about his accusation. There is no way I would date anyone. I’m not at the right age yet.”
“It's obvious that he's under memory manipulation… Urg!”
At my side, I noticed a blade coming into the corner of my eye. I hastily moved my body, catching the knife, but I wasn’t fast enough. The lack of sound caught me off guard.
The knife had penetrated the right side of my back. Red blood sprayed out. Shaymi had a shocked expression at first and shifted to a grim expression. Afraid that my injury might be critical.
Ninym, who is on my left, immediately goes to the rescue, giving me an immediate heal to stop the bleeding.
That soundless knife only one man is capable of that.
I push Ninym and Shaymi down, pushing them to avoid the flying knife. Zed’s lurking ability made him practically invisible in the area. He managed to hide his magic presence too.
“...”
“Stop playing pranks with us.”
The scary woman swung her hands in mid-air. Striking the lurking assassin. After one swing, she immediately followed her movement with her knuckles pushing down into the assassin’s face. Breaking his face to death.
“ He's the one who attacked me first… Defending myself is natural… Don’t look at me like that little girl. Not because I’m not born as cute as you three. That doesn’t mean your stares won’t hurt my feelings.”
“Are you still with us?”
“Sure, I’m still with you… My body has high resistance to magic. Memory manipulation might not go through my head. Second, I don’t have memories that I cherish. Everything is a fight for me. I’m just here because I’m intrigued by the idea of the demon king's eye and want to use its power on my own… Also, I have an iron-clad rule of not hurting cute girls. Be thankful cuties.”
She kicked the scared girl earlier because she’s not cute.
“By the way, my name is Leona.”
“I’m Hanayuki, These are my friends Shaymi, Ninym, and Snow.”
“Hanayuki, I heard that you're an S-class adventurer. Do you have any idea about how to defeat this demon train and get the demon's eye?”
There is nothing currently in my mind, to be honest. But if this goes on, the worst thing might come. Ninym or Shaymi might be the next subject and attack me suddenly. Lifting my hand on my friends is the last thing I wanted to do.
Above the ceiling of the train car. Several mouths appeared.
“Give me the evil incarnate… feed the evil incarnate and I’ll let everyone out safely… The evil incarnate… Hanayuki…”
Me? Why me? What’s his gain after eating me? I’m cute but I’m sure I’m not tasty.
Leona turned a glance at me. I stepped back and got ready.
“I won’t let him eat you… His giving a specific demand is fishy at its best. I’m sure he will gain some after eating you. How about I ate you?”
“I’m not tasty.”
I replied with a cold sweat.
“Well, I’m just joking.”
From the 5th train car, an explosion of flesh and blood occurred. Immediately, I covered Shaymi’s and Ninym's eyes. For them not to see the horrors I just saw.
Kaito the wrestler just exploded. His flesh diced. His blood covered the seats, walls, and ceiling.
“Hanayuki… Come out… Come out.”
Yana, with an insane look in her eyes, walked toward the 6th train car.
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