The deathly gust of wind had already disheveled Rin's beautiful hair.
My crown shattered, a single fatal blow, is this the end for me…? A strong wind blew, but the expected fatal blow did not arrive.
Rin, who had not met her end, looked up in confusion, opening her eyes to see the young man's clear face close at hand, his attacking left hand suspended above her head, less than an inch away from her scalp.
He withdrew his hand?
As if to confirm Rin's guess, the young man leaned against the stone wall with his left hand and stood up, looking down at Rin with a helpless yet slightly smiling expression, saying, "Alright, no need to fight anymore, right?"
"..."
If I hadn't been a shut-in for twenty years, I would have been 50% conquered by that one sentence...
Rin mused to herself.
Of course, Rin wouldn't be so foolish as to ask, "Why didn't you kill me?" or "But I was going to kill you!" Damn it, what if he thought about it and said, "You're right," and then finished her off?
She reached into her pocket, pulled out a gem, and crushed it.
Seven years' worth of magical energy instantly filled her Magic Circuits; the previously dim Magic Circuits returned to a vibrant emerald green, reaching a full state.
That punch had dispersed the magical energy within Rin but hadn't destroyed her Magic Circuits. It could be said that as long as her magical energy wasn't completely depleted, she could be killed in an instant.
This kind of injury was actually not a big deal.
"Well, though I should say thank you, I also have to mourn for you a bit, because you missed your only chance to kill me.
How does it feel, young man, for the situation to instantly reverse due to a moment of soft-heartedness?"
Having consumed the powerful medicine and instantly returned to full strength, Rin slapped the ground and stood up unharmed, revealing a "warm" smile as she looked at him.
"Can you sit back down and let me try again? I think I'd make a different choice."
"Face reality, young man, life doesn't have a rewind button."
"I just don't want to kill people, that's why I ran away from the mountain.
People outside and people in the mountain are all the same!"
"There's no helping it, human nature is evil, too kind... Wait! Where did you come from?"
Rin suddenly heard something familiar.
The bewildered young man replied, "The mountain."
The mountain, killing techniques, black hair, black eyes, black clothes, punches that create weaknesses... Isn't this!?
Rin pointed at him with a ghost-seeing expression and shouted, "You're not Shizuki Soujuurou, are you?!"
The young man, astonished, pointed at himself with his only remaining left hand, "You know me?"
Damn it, it really is him... How could I not know? If I don't even know you, then what was my ten years of devoted Moon World fandom for?
Shizuki Soujuurou, a work within the Moon World and also the starting point of the worldview setting: the Male Protagonist in Night of the Magician.
He grew up on "the mountain" since birth.
The so-called "mountain" here is not just a small village on a mountain.
The so-called "mountain" is actually a strange assassination group, a gathering place for people who enjoy privileges.
Unlike the Ryougi family, mixed-bloods are not targets for killing, and they specialize in assassinating key figures.
They are employed by privileged individuals among humans.
These "killing tools" are produced in forests far from human habitation, and after their creation, they are forbidden from leaving the forest, constantly honing their skills.
However, they are also taught human knowledge because they will eventually be needed.
The producers live in a temple on the other side.
If a trainee has any remaining conscience, they will have animal brains transplanted.
Those with poor performance or who violate orders are dismembered alive, and children are placed in tanks as edible meat.
They do not use weapons but fight bare-handed to more easily approach their assassination targets.
To carry out assassinations, a stable social identity is required.
Their continuously trained skills have only one and final chance of use, after which they are ordered to commit suicide.
Thus, the finished products are called "Rotten Killers."
Shizukusa Jūjirō was unable to endure this life and the fate of being used as a killing tool, so he escaped from "the mountain."
It's hard to imagine that such a pure-hearted person could exist in such an environment.
But no matter what, it must be admitted that all the assassins trained by the "Rotten Killers" are top-notch, their strength even comparable to ordinary Heroic Spirits!
In the original story (yuanzhu), Shizukusa Jūjirō once single-handedly punched down the divine beast-level Phantasmal Species, the Golden Wolf, possessing perfect Arm Technique and breath control coordination that even Saber couldn't match.
Without any buffs, he could assassinate ordinary-level Heroic Spirits.
If his fists were strengthened, he could engage in direct offense and defense with ordinary-level Heroic Spirits.
The Moon World original story (yuanzhu) author, Kinoko Nasu, once said: even Ryougi Shiki cannot engage in offense and defense with Heroic Spirits.
It can be said that every assassin trained by the "Rotten Killers" is equivalent to an "Assassin" class Servant!
Damn it, everyone else's first battles are with slimes and goblins, but I run into a pervert!
Rin, dumbfounded, wept inwardly.
Shizukusa Jūjirō and his senior martial brother, Kuzuhiro Souichirou, are both "bare-handed Heroic Spirit smashers, iron-fisted divine beast fighters," the strongest human organisms.
It must also be emphasized that they don't know a single bit of Magus, achieving all of this purely through physical strength!
Counting the time, it is now 1988, precisely when the Night of the Magician story begins.
It's estimated that Shizukusa Jūjirō had just escaped from "the mountain" and was encountered by herself before even reaching Misaki.
It was this guy who, the more he encountered a "bystander dispersion barrier," the more he would burrow into it.
In the original story (yuanzhu), it was because he burrowed into the "bystander dispersion barrier" set up by Aoko and Arika, saw the mystery of Magus, and was then pursued by Aoko, which led to the subsequent plot of Night of the Magician.
Damn it, I've already run into this, so will I still let you go live with two beautiful girls?
Even if you're "herbivorous" and ultimately didn't achieve a happy ending, that won't do, hehehehe...
Rin's gaze towards the "herbivorous wolf" grew increasingly hostile...