Green Life

After we finished Ichika's birthday party, everyone got up and changed their clothes into casual ones.

Ichika's father said that he had to prepare himself so he asked me to wait at their training area.

I was lead there by one of the servants of this mansion.

That place was located underground of this house. The field area was a bit similar to Hunter's guild one.

But this one was way smaller and more comfortable to look at it.

I didn't need any preparation so I was waiting in the training area.

While I was waiting, Ichika and all of her family members came towards me.

The one to first speak was Ichika's mother.

[ Could you do us a favor, Hatsuko? ]

A favor?

[ ... ] ( Hatsuko )

I have no reason to do them any favor.

[ Could you defeat Kenji? ]

She asked while looking at me.

[ Why would you ask me to beat up your husband? ] ( Hatsuko )

She didn't answer my question. All she did was averting her eyes away like she was trying to explain something troublesome.

Usually, someone would cheer up their own family member to win but now they are asking me to beat him up?

What's wrong with this family?

[ You see... Dad is really obsessed with fighting— ] ( Ichika )

Ichika walked one step forward and started explaining.

She even had a troubled look on her face.

[ —and he would do anything to have a match with a strong opponent.

Even though he has a great influence on the guild, he always causes trouble to other hunters... ] ( Ichika )

I could see him causing trouble for them but why are they asking me this?

[ And you see, this is Dad's wish as well, to find a strong opponent,

so even for a bit...

please go all out when the match begins! ] ( Ichika )

I see how it is.

Now I understand why the guild's personnel were reacting that way.

No one was able to handle him since no one was strong enough to stop him.

Well, I don't plan on changing my mind.

I will defeat him in one blow.

That was my plan ever since the beginning.

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Some minutes later, Kenji finally came to the area.

I'm not sure if he wanted to show off but he wasn't wearing any shirt or anything on his upper body.

Now that I remember, he wasn't wearing a shirt the day I first saw him too.

He had 4 different katanas on his waist.

All of the other family members were watching from a screen in another room, or that's what they mentioned to me earlier.

[ Hatsuko, are you ready?! ] ( Kenji )

He thrust two of his katana's on the ground as he asked me that.

[ Yes. ] ( Hatsuko )

Before he could attack me, I decided to check out his status.

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Name: Kenji

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Health: 5100/5100

STR: 1000

MC: 50

AGI: 2898

VIT: 1700

DEF: 800

Condition: Healthy

Skills: ( dual swords ) ( Instant Strike ) ( Slash increase ) ( Tough skin ) ( Physical reflect ) ( Martial arts )

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This is the first time I'm seeing another human with a lot of skills.

His health and agility points are the highest but still...

He is far weaker than me!

"Status"

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Name: Hatsuko Gee

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Health: 92.002/92.002

STR: 11.004

MC (mental capacity): 12.006

AGI: 38.980

VIT: 14.112

DEF: 26.100

Soul collected: 9.999/10.000

Condition: Healthy,

Skills: ( Materialisation ), ( Air slash ) ( The eyes of see-through ) ( Rage ) ( Berserk of Gluttony ) ( Presence detection) ( Night Vision ) ( Fireball ) ( Marionette ) ( Auto fight ) ( Poison Resistance ) ( Illusion) ( Life Draining ) ( Telekinesis ) ( Limit breaker ) ( killing intent ) ( Boost ) ( X10 eyes ) ( Aura sense ) ( Eyes of destructing ) ( telepathy ) ( Clone ), etc

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I have a lot of skills that I could use against him in one strike.

Which one should I use?

As I was thinking Kenji charged towards me.

[ Here I come Hatsuko, don't let me down!! ] ( Kenji )

Oh right I haven't tested in combat "that" yet!

Kenji was coming towards me at an insane speed, but to me looked like the whole world had slowed down.

While I was looking as he was coming at me I decided to dodge the first attacks.

I Walked some meters away from him, to where he came from.

Now we both had changed positions from where we started.

We just swapped positions with each other.

Noticing me that I wasn't there anymore he turned around and threw one of his swords at me.

He aimed right at my head.

So he is taking this fight seriously.

He doesn't care if I die!

Is this what he is trying to tell me?

I grabbed his katana by its blade before it could reach my face with my bare hands.

The blade wasn't as sharp as I thought it was.

Even though I caught the blade with my bare hands, it didn't do any damage to my hand at all.

I think that is because of my high defense.

When Kenji noticed that I had grabbed its katana, he changed his expression into an angered one.

[ Oi! Hatsuko!

Will you take this seriously!? ] ( Kenji )

He said as I was staring at the katana on my hand.

He was frustrated.

Did he plan on defeating me in one blow?

Now he was provoking in me going all out.

Alright then...

"Killing intent"

I stared at him as I let out an killing intent.

His body started trembling and sweat was running down his face.

I could see that all of his senses were concentrated on me.

Actually, he is the first human to resist this much from my skill "Killing intent"

Differently from what I was expecting from his reaction...

He started grinning.

He clenched his katana as he was trembling.

He Charged towards me again, but this time he didn't aim for me.

Near me were his other two katanas. Kenji went to grab his katanas which were thrust into the ground.

He tied those katanas with strings on his wrists and started waving them around.

He was waving them really fast without hesitation. I could see that he was used to them.

I see...

This is how he could use 3 or 4 different katanas at the same time.

I still had one of his swords which I threw on the ground.

He charged towards me once again.

But this time I didn't plan on dodging.

Kenji without hesitation slashed my body in half.

But that grin on his face changed into a surprised one when he saw my body dissolve into air particles and disappeared.

The moment when Kenji tried to slash my body, I had created a clone behind him where I transferred all of my consciousness.

I saw him from behind as he slashed my clone.

I also wanted to try what would happen when one of my clones die.

The results were interesting.

My clone disappeared as if it never existed.

Without letting Kenji understand what just happened, I walked in front of Kenji.

From his point of view, I must have looked like I had appeared in front of him at an insane speed.

He tried to defend his body with two of his katanas without knowing what I was about to do. As he was on his way to prepare for my attack, I punched through his katanas until I reached his body. The katanas were shattered to pieces.

His body flew away until it crashed into one of the sides of the field. The wall of that side cracked when his body made contact with it.

If I had punched him with all of my power, my fist would have gone through his body.

I didn't want to kill him since he hadn't given me my reward yet.

After some seconds, he started moving again. He was struggling to get up again using his katana as a way to not lose balance.

[ Ughm... ] ( Kenji )

He coughed out a little blood out of his body.

[ ... ] ( Hatsuko )

[ I n-never expec...ted that...Great job! ] ( Kenji )

He was grinning as he was struggling to get up.

Suddenly, all of his family members came here rushing towards him.

His wife and a servant helped him keep his balance.

Ichika came towards me with an excited expression.

[ I never expected that you were this strong!

You were so amazing!! ] ( Ichika )

What about your father?

Aren't you going to check on your father?

That is what I wanted to ask but I didn't bother.

[ ... ] ( Hatsuko )

She was slightly blushing as she was staring at me with admiration.

[ How did you get this strong? ] ( Ichika )

She asked.

[ I've been fighting monsters... ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Is that so? ] ( Ichika )

I didn't want to tell her the whole truth about my power and how it works.

Actually, my powers are still a mystery to me as well.

How did I get this power?

How did I grow this strong?

Was it because I ate monsters?

No, if that was the case I wouldn't have gotten my first skill when I was about to die from that monster.

As I kept killing monsters, my skills would grow and become stronger.

This is all I know.

Also, those texts that appear on my head that explain my skills or show my status.

Do those informations automatically respond to me or does that thing has its own will?

Kenji was coming towards me while having each of his arms over his wife's and servants' necks.

[ That was amazing Hatsuko! Let us fight again sometimes!! ] ( Kenji )

He shut one of his eyes as he said that.

Fight again?

He still isn't satisfied after getting beaten?

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I was lead again in the living room.

When I sat on one of the seats, Ichika came to the room as well with the pretext to kill some time and sat near me.

She started talking about things like how to get stronger or how it feels to be a hunter.

I mostly ignored her or just replied with yes or no.

In the first place, I was waiting for her father to give me my reward.

I stayed for Ichika's birthday party.

I gave her a present.

I also agreed to have a match with her father.

Will they ask for any more requests from me before I get my reward and go home?

My patience was running out.

At that moment, Kenji came in with bandages on his head and arms.

[ Sorry for the wait Hatsuko! ] ( Kenji )

He was smiling as he sat on one of the seats.

[ I actually have fought a lot of different hunters on the guild which lead me on always winning— ] ( Kenji )

He started talking about his fights with other hunters.

[ —,They always have the same reactions and way of thinking, making it easier for me to win... ] ( Kenji )

I understand what he is trying to tell me.

From what I have seen and heard, those hunters always boast about themselves of how powerful they are, just because they completed one or two easy quests.

They seem to always pick fights with newbies. They build up confidence with barely little experience in fighting monsters.

[ You were the first hunter that actually managed to defeat me! ] ( Kenji )

[ Yeah. ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Even though you're so young, how long have you been fighting monsters? ] ( Kenji )

He asked.

[ Who knows... ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Based on our match, you looked like a veteran to me!

The way you fought!

Your strong power!

Your killing intent! ] ( Kenji )

He was looked at me as he was saying that.

[ ... ] ( Hatsuko )

[ Hatsuko... what are you? ] ( Kenji )

I don't know that answer myself...

I could eat raw meat monster and it would taste delicious to me without causing any infection to me.

Usually, when someone would eat raw meat, they would get sick or worse die.

But it seems I'm fine with eating it.

Also, the growth of my power isn't normal compared to normal humans.

While their power would grow every time they would train and gain experience by fighting, my power is different.

I become stronger, each time I kill a monster.

I'm not sure if it's the same with killing humans since I haven't tried that yet.

The room became quiet.

The one to break the ice was Kenji again.

[ Anyway, I have already transferred your reward to your debit card so you don't have to worry! ] ( Kenji )

He said.

[ Then I'm done here. ] ( Hatsuko )

I said that as I was getting up to leave.

[ is that so? ] ( Kenji )

Both Kenji and Ichika had a sad look on their faces.

What's wrong with them?

[ Well, let's meet again sometimes Hatsuko! ] ( Kenji )

[ Y-yes yes! ] ( Ichika )

Their mood changed again...

They both had expecting eyes on me.

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I left the mansion and the moment I checked that no one was watching me I decided to fly back to my house.

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[ Hey father! ] ( Ichika )

In the living room was Ichika and her father who were still there.

[ Yes? Do you want anything from Papi? ] ( Kenji )

He looked at Ichika with a smile on his face.

[ Please stop calling yourself Papi! It's really embarrassing!! ] ( Ichika )

She complained while blushing in anger.

[ Why not? You used to call me that... ] ( Kenji)

He looked away as he said that.

[ That was when I was younger!! ] ( Ichika )

[ You're still young to me... ] ( Kenji )

He murmured to himself.

[ So, what did you want? ] ( Kenji )

He asked.

[ I was wondering if you could let me go with Hatsuko on a quest! ] ( Ichika )

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It didn't take long before I could reach my own home.

But before I could reach the door of my house I noticed someone sitting down on my apartment's door.

That was Hina.

What's she doing here?