Part 2[แก้ไข]
—[Kouen, City of Brilliant Flames], Commercial District of the North Side
Pinning his eyes on the guy with the “混”character on his back, Izayoi was happily immersed in the endless pursuit as he ran along the roofs of the buildings.
The afterimages of Izayoi could be seen flitting over the heads of the crowd as it shot off towards the alleys in the blink of an eye and easily outstripped the military police squads who were dispatched to secure the area.
Noticing the commotion overhead, the passers-by of the Commercial District were crying in surprise:
“Wuoooh?! What’s that just now?”
“It seemed like a figure of a human just flew over our heads!”
“There’re also the military police squads in pursuit. Could it be the rumored ‘Kamikakushi’?”
The strong wind that swept through the Commercial District caused the people to speculate on what they had just seen. For they could only see Izayoi even if they weren’t able to see the guy with the “混”character.
And though the military police squad had chased from behind, they were unable to lay a net to surround an unseen opponent, hence only resorting to chasing after the back of Izayoi.
(If only Mandra, that fellow can widen the net of his men to surround the area, things would be much simpler……)
But it was difficult for them to accomplish that when matched up with an invisible opponent. Moreover, the opponent’s footwork wasn’t worse than that of Izayoi’s. After all the opponent was still a Demon Lord, albeit being a third rate one.
But even so, it was still possible for Izayoi to catch up to him if he gave his all into the pursuit.
However, if Izayoi were to put his full strength behind his every step, the residential structures that weren’t stable enough would most likely be blown away. He had previously destroyed a tall building that way when he had used it as a foothold to exert his full strength.[7]
Basically, all structures in Little Garden are built with a defensive Gift to reinforce its sturdiness but if Izayoi were to use his full power on them, it would be a different matter altogether.
(Having said that, continuing this endless chase isn’t going to solve things as well.)
Initially enthusiastic about the chase, Izayoi had now sobered up completely.
He had thought that the game of tag would be complemented with the use of Gifts similar to the “虚度光阴”. (Passing time in an idle manner. Direct translation for the skill that causes time to stop for the opponent) However, that kind of interesting stuff seemed to be limited to only that one time and the rest of the chase was purely a game of tag with him needing to hold back on his strength.
Looking from Izayoi’s perspective of his dislike for repetitive labour, this sort of situation could only be described as really boring.
It did cross his mind to kick a building to shoot the fragments like the pellets of a shotgun……but he had used this trick on Kuro Usagi before and it wouldn’t be interesting to use it the second time. Then, that would leave only 1 option left—
(Oh well, I guess there’s no other way around this. I will apologize to Mandra later.)
Izayoi clapped his hands together as he gave his silent apology before injecting his strength to his legs while he continued to dash forward.
A full-power dash would have caused the buildings or streets that had been used as his foothold to collapse.
But if it were to be a full-power jump—The worst case that could happen would just be the destruction of a building.
Although that could still be counted as quite a severe damage, but if it were to be the price to catch the ‘Kamikakushi’, such a thing would be just a small sacrifice that the victims would surely be understanding regarding the damage.
On the other hand, Demon King of Confusion had not realized the dangerous thoughts that had formed within his opponent’s mind as he sweated buckets while focusing on the run. He was busily flitting from the walls of the narrow alleys and making small hops on the tops of the trees. He would even dare to use the hanging lanterns and electrical wires as his footholds for his skills in making his body as light as a feather were as good as acrobats.[8]
But being the one gifted with the array of versatile techniques, it was only him who understood clearly how bleak the situation was for himself due to the impossibly relentless pursuer who was unshakable from his tail.
(Absurd, this is absurd! That smelly little brat is really absurd! If this continues, I can’t even fathom the idea of meeting Kouryuu to challenge him to a duel!)
Compared to the hatred towards his nemesis, it was much more important to keep his life intact. And the Demon King of Confusion continued to run with his cloak emblazoned with the“混”character billowing out from behind him.
He, who had come a long way to [Kouen City] for an opportunity to attack Saurian Demon King, [Great Sage who Devastates Seas], was carrying a tragic past as well.
—It would be interesting to know how many people actually remembers about it. For this Demon King of Confusion[9] is one of the most courageous Demon Lords that were recorded within the . At the same time, he’s also the first victim to be defeated after the Sun WuKong, who had accumulated a load of achievements in battles, for he had sounded the first gong of invasion.