Gatto Notes: Here's the chapter for today!!
RIP to our shining star, Haru Urara.
May you live your life to the fullest in tracen.
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"...What the heck are you?" The leader of the band of Himejima's Magician narrowed his eyes and "asked" while in truth, he was already preparing his attack just like the rest.
But nonetheless, I didn't choose to expose, and instead Indulged them, as I responded with a grin.
"Me? Well, I'm nobody. Just a passing through Kamen Rider."
"Now, are you finished mentally prepping yourself for your attack? Oh, Magicians of Himejima?" I asked in a mocking tone, as I awaited their attack with burning curiosity.
I wondered how different their magic is compared to devil magic. Because, although I have already read about it in a book, Nothing will ever beat seeing the real thing In real time.
Thankfully, the magicians didn't disappoint, because a burst of flame was soon thrown out in my way using a paper talisman.
And as if like a broken dam, one after another, the magicians threw flaming talismans that radiated intense heat towards me.
"Hooh~? So that's how they work." I muttered in wonder as I caught the first flaming talisman and rewound its time before its activation and observed how they ticked.
Meanwhile, as I did all that, my intuition got into work, as It led my body to charge and meet the flaming salvo of the sacred flames of Suzaku.
Well, more like an off-shot but whatever, after I finished figuring out how the talisman in my hand works, which is basically just regular magic but is stored in a medium, which in this case, is a paper that has a sacred feel to it.
The sacred paper acts both as a catalyst and stabilizer, allowing for the flames to not just have higher firepower, but also get that exorcising effect against beings of evil nature.
"Hm?" I momentarily chose to focus back on the fight with the magicians, and was stunned, because I had already taken down three of them.
I looked at the other magicians who were looking at me both warily and angrily and asked in confusion.
"Aren't you guys a little too weak to be messing around with the old man's wife and daughter?" I blurted out subconsciously, but I didn't regret it, and instead, to add more salt to the injury, I muttered while I focused back on the talisman.
"So, this is all what "Suzaku's" flames are capable of huh? Just a glorified fireball with a little exorcising effect, stuck on talisman paper"
"I admit it's hot, but—" I looked back at the magicians and extended my hand once more, but this time, to give them a thumbs down, as I muttered in disdain.
"It isn't hot enough."
"WHAT!?! How dare you desecrate Suzaku's flames, you monster!!"
"You freak dares to look down upon the Himejima Clan's Holy Beast!?! You'll pay!"
The magicians hurled angry insults, threats and curses one after another, as they once again took out more talismans, but I ignored them.
I then threw away the talisman in my hand before I dusted off my hands, like I had just held something dirty, which once again made the Magicians even pissed, but I just grinned.
And rushed towards them, amidst the talismans being thrown.
Once near them, I took out the Joker memory from its slot, and inserted it into the singular slot on my right side.
"JOKER! MAXIMUM DRIVE!"
Purple energy that mimicked flames engulfed my right arm, and I cocked back my fist.
"Rider Punch!" I muttered, before I threw my fist towards the nearest magician before me, which sent him flying as electricity cackled around his body, making him convulsed and—
An explosion that enveloped two other unsuspecting magicians occurred, bringing down the latter two.
In total, the magicians that the Himejima Clan sent to get rid of Shuri and Akeno were thirty.
And although I suspected that these guys aren't really that strong. 30 magicians is more than enough for Aunt Shuri— who, although also has Suzaku's flames, would still go down just based on the number of enemies itself.
Especially since Aunt Shuri was also protecting Akeno in the series.
But unfortunately to these magicians I exist in this reality, so, not only will they not even meet the still sleeping mother and daughter duo, they would also get murked by me, right here and then.
And it seemed they knew that as well, because I can see some of them already faltering. Their knees, discreetly shaking.
"Damn you!! Why are you helping those filthy mother and daughter anyways?! This is the Himejima Clan's business, one of the five principal clans of Japan!!"
"Right! Why are you meddling in our business?!? We're just trying to cleanse the filthy trash of the family!"
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"... Filthy? The Himejima Clan's Business?"
Hearing them hurling insults at the kind Mother and Daughter duo, for some reason made my blood boil, but instead of letting my anger control me, I felt a bout of calmness as I replied with suppressed fury.
"You're one to talk, when you dogs of the Himejima Clan are casually talking about killing a pair of innocent mother and her daughter just because she fell in love with what you perceived as evil."
"I was honestly planning on leaving your fates to Aunt Shuri and the old man Baraqiel, but— I changed my mind."
"Shamak." I muttered, and the form of Inori materialized before me, and right now, she's grown into a full blown Black Panther.
The Himejima magician's eyes widened upon seeing her, and they probably assumed that she was an avatar type, sacred gear.
But I didn't bother correcting them.
Why waste time on correcting dead people's assumptions, much less the assumptions of an enemy.
So, they could only widen their eyes, as they saw Inori for a split second before— a black cloud consumed them.
Shamak, is a spell that strips the target of all their senses, sans their sense of touch.
So any moment now, those bastards would start being—
"RAUGHHGJ!?"
"WHAT IS THIS?!?"
"AAHHHHH!!!"
There it is.
Humanity's greatest fear is the unknown. And what's scarier than getting stripped of most of your senses?
Your eyesight, gone.
Your sense of smell, stripped entirely.
You will hear nothing, not even the sound of silence. You won't even be able to hear your own heart beating.
The only thing left is the sense of touch, which will only feel the chill that the fog of Shamak emits.
And, I don't know if people still remember this but— when you strip someone of one of their senses, their sensitivity to their other senses will be upgraded.
And now, the Magicians of Himejima is experiencing that first hand. So it wasn't surprising for them to act like it.
"Hmm, let's see~ I don't really want to kill people with my own hands, what's more, the Himejima and the other principal clans might disrupt my daily life in the future if they got to know that I killed these guys."
"It wouldn't really be nothing more than annoyance when that time comes, but—
It's better for there to be no annoyance at all."
"What's more, I don't really want Rem and Ram to wake up to a bloody scene… Alright! It's decided!"
"Al Shamak! Send them to the shadow realm" hearing my words, Iori roared, and cast the spell as I asked her to.
Darkness seemed to come to life as it enveloped the Magicians. And after the darkness enveloped them fully, it disappeared along with the magicians.
The shrine turned quiet once more, and asked the spirits to scout around just in case there were some rats left behind.
I waited for a few minutes, and after receiving a negative response from the spirits, I chose to relax.
I pushed the slot back to normal before I removed the Joker memory from the driver's main slot, which removed the Joker suit off of me.
"Yaawn~... I guess I'll re-watch Kamen Rider W for now." I muttered as I headed back inside the house.
The fight was— anticlimactic to say the least. In fact, it wasn't even a fight. It's just pest extermination.
I haven't even used my full power. I just used Joker and Iori to take care of them.
But I wasn't really complaining, after all, a decade later, things will be completely different.
Strong enemies will be coming one after another. And even Evil Gods from a neighbouring universe will invade at the end.
In short, it's best to just live life as simple as it is right now.
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