The city of Paradise, the royal palace, the room of the first demon's coffin.
It was just another ordinary day for me. I was standing guard at the door as usual. But then, for the first time, I heard a sound coming from the room.
"Will you check it out?" said my partner.
I opened the door and saw the first one standing there. But he was still in a trance. "This is my chance," I said. And... "Cut."
"Cut, you say?"
Oh no, am I going to die? ...Of course. What am I thinking? But I... but I don't want to die. No, no emotions. I did everything right... right?
"Sorry, but your cut is too weak for me."
"FOR THE KING!!!"
"Yes, die." Cut.
King, I did everything right for you. I'll go to heaven now, right? Please... because if not, my life would have been meaningless. I lived for the king and I will die for the king. Yes, my life has meaning.
"Don't kill me first!"
"Sorry, but you should have said so, King." Cut.
The King's Room
"Your Majesty. He's awake and coming to see you."
"Well then, proceed with the plan."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Plan?" said the First, who had appeared unexpectedly. "What plan? To stop me? Don't make me laugh! Ahaha! Well, what are you waiting for? I'm giving you a chance! I want to see the PLAN!!!
Boooooom!!!
A bomb exploded under the first's foot. But somehow, he managed to protect himself and survived. Then he raised his head and looked at the king. At that moment, the king's subordinate approached from behind and attacked the first.
"Cut."
The subordinate cut with his right hand, from left to right. The cut came within millimeters of him. But he managed to move to the left. Then the cut missed him. But his subordinate immediately followed with his left hand.
"Cut."
But his cut was blocked by the first's cut. Who did the same thing. And at that moment, the king appeared behind the first.
Cut.
"Heh (smile)." He disappeared with a smile on his face, and now he was behind the king.
How is he?
"He just woke up. How does he have so much strength! You think so, don't you!"
How did he find out... but it doesn't matter, I'll kill him anyway!
"You shouldn't have evicted the demons here. That's how I get my power! Ahaha!"
"I am the KING! NOT YOU! I am now the BOSS!!!"
With a quick movement, the king was behind him and was already halfway through the cut. And his subordinate in front had almost finished the cut. Then the first one said. "Well done, you made me use this technique. Ha, or should I not use it? What should I do? How should I proceed? Time is running out, yes, but my slowdown, or rather my speed, gives me time to think. But that time is also almost up. So, what should I do?"
A smile appeared on his face. What does he want to do? Then he clapped his hands and said.
"God's hand."
God's hand? What does that mean?
"God's hand."
After he said that, he quickly repeated it again. And then two giant hands came from somewhere. And they slammed the king and his subordinate against the wall.
"No matter how much time passes, I will always be the strongest. No one can reach me, I hoped at least someone could. But no, no! You are all like little children. You don't understand the simple things. But I am giving you the opportunity to distinguish yourselves from the rest, to become stronger. Of course, you will never reach me, but at least get closer. Well, well, at least someone. But I myself... Yes, that's right. I am different, I am above you, above everyone. Don't compare me to you. They call me a demon simply because demons are the highest and strongest beings. This world gives a name to only one being, me. But that doesn't mean I consider myself some kind of god or something. I am still a being. And then my name is Real Demon! Now die."
He made a cut, but his cut was reflected by the cut of his subordinate, who quickly took the king from the hands of the first.
"King... let's use plan K."
"No..."
"YES!"
"Wow, what are you up to now?"
The king quickly ran to the table in the corner of the room. The subordinate ran to the first one and attacked him with two cuts. Of course, the first one parried both of them. But that was enough for the king to reach the table. Then he took two things out of the table. And immediately threw them at the first one. One to the right of the first one, the other to the left of the first one, where the subordinate was. The thing on the right exploded. And smoke came out of the other one on the left. And then smoke filled the whole room and silence fell.
But after a few seconds, his subordinate broke the silence with a large cut with both hands, holding them together. This made the cut larger than usual.
"CUT!!!"
The first one quickly realized that he couldn't block this cut. So he made a cross with his hands. Then the cut reached him and struck. But the first one didn't die, only his hands were covered in blood. And all because he used a defense technique.
[Defense technique - when a demon unleashes all of its defensive powers in one place.]
[Demons have only three types of powers: the first is attacking power, or cuts. The second is speed or time slowing, and the third is defensive power or physical strength.]
[Powers - like manna.]
And so he survived. Meanwhile,
"Ah, so I was right about the king. He ran away with his tail between his legs! And he left his subordinate behind to be handed over! What a coward he is!"
"You don't understand. I am his closest subordinate, and I raised him myself since childhood. And I was the one who persuaded him to do it. After all, he is like a son to me. And I will not let him die before I die myself!"
"Ha, well then, attack me!"
Cut.
Cut.
"Hey, wouldn't you like to..."
"NO!"
"But you didn't hear what..."
"I know, and I will never work for you!"
"Oh, fine. Then... I'll die."
"...
Cut.
The human world.
One day after school. One student was lying on the ground in the schoolyard while other students beat him up.
"Why? Why are you doing this again... Why Takashi?"
"Shut up! You shouldn't have ruined my mood."
"How?"
"Like this. I don't like your tone and behavior."
Ah, everything is clear now. Words won't help here, it's all useless. Although, he said it to my face. And it's good that he's bullying me directly. But that's obviously bad. It's been 9 days since I met Amy and became a half-demon. In nine days, no one caught us, and we didn't encounter any demons or demon slayers. I think it was some kind of miracle. Or am I wrong, and is all this normal? And in nine days, killing people has become something normal for me. But I still understand that it's not right. It also became difficult to find a bad person. I also learned to slow down time. Well, not exactly, but rather because of speed. I just move or run fast, and then it works. But I still have to think about it before I do it. So that's how it works. And when I do it, it seems to me that time is slowing down. Well, it's still up to me to decide which side to look at. And now, I'm being beaten up by schoolchildren, great.
"Hey, maybe we should just kill him. He's getting on my nerves."
"No."
"Hey, what are you talking to yourself about?"
"..."
"Did you swallow your tongue or something?!"
He swung his leg. But this time, I didn't let the kick go. I grabbed his leg, swung it around, and threw his leg away from him. Everyone froze in place and there was a few seconds of silence. Then they all realized what had just happened.
"You!!!"
Everyone rushed at me with their fists. And that moment was perfect for using my new technique. Namely, slowing down time. I ran and punched one in the face, another in the stomach, and another between the legs. There was also a girl who was with the boy who had beaten me up. A classmate because of whom I had lost my relationship with all my classmates. I didn't really want a relationship, and I didn't really try. But because of that, she started turning everyone against me. And the whole school was against me. I was their toy. And my mom didn't want to leave town when everything was getting back to normal. After what happened to me and my dad when I was a kid. But she came to school, and then it all ended. But now they've started again, although this time I may have pushed them into it myself. But now that I have the strength, and she looks so defenseless. She has a great body. But I don't even want to look at her like that, I just want to hit her. And I already have a girlfriend whom I LOVE!
"...
"AAAAAAH!!!" "AAAAAAH!!!"
"HAHAHA!!!"
Haha, now they're all lying on the ground, and I'm the only one standing! I want to kill them so badly! But I can't. I can't.
"Okay, guys, listen to me. First, if anyone tries to run away from here, I'll kill them. If you think I can't do it, think again. I can, because what can stop me? The police? The law? There's no one like me in this world. No one and nothing can stop me."
I hit the iron gate of the school with my hand, and it broke.
"You have two options. Either you obey me and be my toys. I promise I won't interfere with your lives too much. Or the other option is to die. I'll give you time to think about it. Bye, I'm leaving.
I waited a few minutes and asked for their answers. They all agreed. And I went home.
Next morning, house Kouzai.
"Hey! Hey! Wake up, wake up Kouzai!" He doesn't wakes up.
"Hmm... I have an idea!"
She lowered her head to Kouzai's ear and whispered, "Wake up."
"Huh?!"
"Good morning."
"Oh, yes. Um, did I fall asleep?"
"Yes, because you don't sleep properly."
"What about your food then?"
"Well, I don't have any ideas, but I'll think of something. I don't want to see you suffer."
"Okay. I'll figure something out."
It's been ten days now. But today, school won't be a waste of time for me. I have something to do. I need to check on everyone from yesterday to make sure they really won't say anything.
Another school day has passed. I spent the whole day watching them all. Surprisingly, it turned out that they really didn't tell anyone anything. But of course, that's not the end of it. The reason is that they may tell everything tomorrow. In fact, I think the likelihood that they will tell tomorrow is greater than today. After all, they need to think everything over and consider it. Right?
And now, when I opened my locker, I found... a letter!? What!? Is it really a letter!? A letter for me!? A love letter? I took it and opened it. It said, "Can you come to the backyard?" I don't understand yet.
The backyard.
About 10 minutes have clearly passed. And she or he still hasn't come. Maybe I was tricked... Yes, it's very possible... Someone wanted to make fun of me again. ...Okay, I think I'll go.
"KOUZAI! WAIT! Sorry! I was delayed!" said the beautiful girl. I don't know how else to describe her. After running, she was barely breathing. I looked at her face and recognized her. Mika Tomoko, we had never talked to her, never met face to face, never even been in the same class or even the same school, except for this one. But I still know her, because she can be called one of the most popular girls in school.
"So how could a guy like me be useful to Tomoko?"
"Don't put yourself down like that."
"Let's get straight to the point."
"Um... okay... well... I... I love you! That's it... let's date!"
"What?"
"I fell in love with you when you saved me!"
"...When?"
"From that old man. In the alley."
"Hmm... Ah, that! Don't thank me... and... I'm... very sorry! I refuse!"
"W-why?!"
"Because I already love someone else!"
"WHAT?!?!?!" said Amy.
"W-who is she?!"
"None of your business!"
"Can I at least have a hint or a little bit of information?!"
"You don't know her!"
"Maybe I do!"
"She's not from this city!"
"Then where is she from?!"
"Why do you want to know so badly?"
"... "
"...I'm leaving, bye."
"Do you really have someone else? Hey, tell me, we're already far away, there's no one around."
"Let's go somewhere the day after tomorrow. To celebrate ten days of our union."
"Okay, let's go."
"I'll find her, I'll find her no matter what. Kouzai, you'll see what I'm capable of," said Mika.