High School Hack and Slash Chapter 118×2
Mission: Ravage the Holy Night!
「Today is finally Christmas!」
「OOOH!」
The yells of sordid men were chanted in chorus.
It wouldn’t be strange for the guys assembled in the dimly lit and shady room to be reported for that fact alone.
The male stench of sweat and tears filled the air, and the aura of unrealism was so fierce that it was almost sweltering.
「What is Christmas anyway, Tatsuya!」
「… Huh?」
Suddenly nominated, Tatsuya raised his face with a start and was stunned.
He couldn’t grasp the situation.
His memory was hazy and he didn’t know when he was brought to such a place or why he was being judged as a kindred soul as in a very natural manner.
「Rather, you’re Touma… I mean, Fucking Mask, right? No, to begin with, why are you wearing a mask, uwaaaah!」
Tatsuya, who was about to make a boorish retort, was swallowed by the muddy stream of filthy (single) boys and was feted into the male portable shrine.
*Seiya seiya (holy night)* He was promptly stripped of his clothes and made to wear a mysterious mask.
Tatsuya, who was mobbed before he even had time to resist, was made aware that the mysterious men were wearing masks on their faces as well.
「Do well to impart unto him what Christmas is all about, O Seiichi!」
「Yeah… Well, in a certain religion, it’s an event called the Nativity of the Son of God. A lot of guys misunderstand, but it’s not an actual birthday, but no more than a『celebrate the birth』 anniversary. There’s even a talk that the bigwigs of said belief don’t like the Christmas events that have been corrupted by commercialism… but do you need this explanation?」
「Precisely it is! On that holy and solemn day, the evil custom of foolish lovebirds going hyaan-ufufu as they brew sweet and sour love plays has gone rampant!」
The mysterious Fucking Mask, facing the heavens with both hands spread up, shed a fishy light from his eyes.
「We ought to bestow upon them. Heavenly punishment!」
「Ooooooh!
The booming cries that turned into an earth-rumbling roar made the air tremble.
「W, wait a minute…. No, wait! Fucking Mask! Explanation, give me an explanation… Or rather, there’s definitely something wrong with this, isn’t there?」
「This is not a personal enmity, as this is a holy war!」
「Vuooooo!!」
Cries filled with raging male scents reverberated.
「Sally forth! Guardians of the noble holy night (Noel)! Now is the time to bring down the hammer of justice on those vile lovebirds!」
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At Toyoashihara Academy, healthy youth events were few and far between.
If it was an official event of the academy, all the more so.
Even though the culture was as such, autonomous events held by the students were by no means nonexistent.
The『Christmas Prom』, held once a year on the holy night of Christmas, had become a major event that even that was even tacitly approved by the academy.
Participants brought food and drinks and spent a tender time in a slightly decorated venue.
It was such a holy night ball (Christmas Prom).
「Say, Hanako. I’ve never been able to tell you this before, but about you… Actually, I….」
「Tarou-kun….」
Swept by the solemn atmosphere of the holy night, talks that differed from the usual between men and women were being exchanged here and there.
「I l—.」
「Uraaaaaaa! You making fun of us, huh?!」
The destroyers of the holy night (Noel Chopper), who had made their entrance as if they could no longer pardon it, burst into the venue.
「You bastard, the other day, you were raping girls while laughing with panties on your head, weren’t you? Do you think you’ll be allowed to go kyakya ufufu in such a youth field at this point, huh?!」
「Ta, Tarou-kun… So eww.」
「Th, that’s not it, you’ve got it wrong!」
The suspicious group, wearing mysterious masks and boasting unusually nice body builds, were knocking the sweet and sour couples down to the depths of hell.
These guys, who did not exercise physical violence, but only words and performance to capsize the couples, were the self-proclaimed gentlemen of the holy night.
「Justice is served and the order of the holy night is upheld.」
「No, Touma, if we have to classify it, you’re on the side of those who go kyakya ufufu, aren’t you?」
Two mysterious masked men were standing in a position overlooking the venue.
「O Tatsuya. The world is a heartless place.」
「No, rather than heartless, it’s more like everything is just unreasonable….」
「I shall show you what reality is. Do well to look!」
The mysterious Fucking Mask, fluttering his cape with a swoosh, pointed behind him.
A boy and three girls were walking amicably along the promenade leading to the gymnasium, which was serving as the venue.
「But still, it sure is unexpected that Shinnosuke would invite us to an event like this, isn’t it?」
「I know, right? I was a little surprised.」
「I guess so~. But, today is Christmas, after all.」
The three girls were people with whom Tatsuya was very familiar.
「I always cause trouble for you all, after all. That’s why tonight I want you to let me escort you girls, our lovely heroines.」
Facing the prettily dressed up girls, the neat Shinnosuke floated a refreshing smile.
「But is it really okay? That we didn’t invite Tatsuya.」
「Eh~, I don’t want to meet Tatsuya the fart poo~ even during Christmas, after all.」
「That’s right. Tatsuya-san is a fart poo~.」
「I guess so. Tatsuya-kun is a good-for-nothing wuss, and also a fart poo~, after all.」
「Hahaha. Do refrain from speaking ill of Tatsuya. Even if he is a fart poo~.」
*Splat* As the back of his head burst, Shinnosuke fell to the ground.
The Envy Mask trembled as he struck a pose of swinging down a watermelon that had been taken out of nowhere.
「Uraaaaa, you making fun of me, huh?! You’re not that kind of character, aren’t you?!」
「Kyaaaa!」
Tatsuya, chasing after the screaming and heedlessly running away trio, even committed some evil deeds, like rolling up their skirts.
「Looks like you’ve awakened. O Apostle of Envy.」
「Fucking Mask. Yeah, I was mistaken.」
「… Leaving that aside. I’m a little curious, so it’s time for a class change.」
A mysterious Touma groped the air with a dubious hand movement.
「From『Original Sin of Envy』 to『Apostle of Envy』.」
「Huh?」
「It’s not that I’d forgotten about it, but I suddenly remembered.」
A mysterious Touma, who uttered an excuse that it didn’t matter even if he didn’t do it, looked up at the starry sky.
White snow was dancing on the Christmas tree, which was decorated with illumination.
「Now then, shall we go? O Apostle of Envy. To protect the order of the sacred holy night.」
「Vuoooooo!」
The kindred souls who had finished enacting sanctions inside the venue were pushing up their fists as they raised a cry in unison.
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「… enveem~… This is the justice move… mumble mumble….」
「Hmm~. As I thought, it’s a failure, I suppose.」
「Au, I’m sorry. Looks like it’s impossible for me, too.」
Shinobu, holding a piece of card in her hand, dropped her shoulders.
The basic skill of『Officer』 class, 『Embodiment (Realize)』 was an ability to materialize a monster from a card and manipulate it.
There was no limit to the number of monsters that could be materialized, but in cases of monsters that exceeded the practitioner’s capacity, it wouldn’t be impossible to control and end up running wild.
In particular, when summoning multiple monsters from cards, or if the rarity of the subject monster was high, it was believed that the higher you raise the level of the monster through nurturing, the more difficult it was to control.
Conversely, even if it was a powerful monster, it would pose less burden on the practitioner if it had a high degree of intimacy with them.
And then, above all, it was said that compatibility was a major issue.
For example, Miharu and Natsumi had a high affinity for『Beast-type』, while Shinobu had a high affinity for『Fairy-type』.
「It’s a『Devil-type』 card of crazy high rarity, after all. I suppose it’s best not to force yourself.」
On the card in Shinobu’s hand, a half-human, half-beast sinister-looking devil was depicted.
The face floated an obscene and vulgar smile on it.
『Devil of Pleasure (Satyros)』.
It was a rare card from when the devil that once possessed Otoha was transformed into a card, which had been picked up by Touma, but then taken custody by Shizuka.
「The child inside is ill-natured.」
「The fact that you could materialize it is in itself amazing.」
The twins, who had tried it beforehand but sure enough failed, were consoling Shinobu.
「It’s a card with a powerful unique skill, but if it proves to be of no use, it might be a good to just go and burn it….」
The picture on the card seemed as though pouring out a cold sweat as it was subjected to a trashy look from Shizuka.
「… For better or worse, it seems that monster cards are materialized concepts, so I suppose they have indestructible properties.」
「Then shall we shred it?」
Rinko, holding her temples, let out a sigh.
「Worst case scenario, by fusing it to an item, it can be used to enchant an ability (skill) to the item, so I suppose I would suggest keeping it since disposing of it would be a waste.」
「But this, Seiichi and the others are still asleep, though?」
Mai, sitting on the bed where three boys were sleeping side by side, was poking his face.
「I’ve deactivated the Embodiment, so the『Banquet of Pleasure (Wonder Dream)』 skill should have also been canceled, but….」
「I think they’re probably just sleeping.」
「Well, the experiment failed, I suppose? I wanted to know what in the world this group of stone statues were, though.」
The stone statues, which had been piled up haphazardly, were something they found when they were collecting objects that had suddenly appeared inside the Demon Lord’s castle.
They were vivid and elaborate stone statues.
「No, well, it’s certain that these are petrified human beings. But we should not have set up that sort of traps, I suppose.」
Rinko, who was also an『Appraiser (Authenticator)』, poked and knocked on the stone statues.
In a sense, the area inside the dungeon was a lawless zone.
All the more so when it came to a raid domain, which was close to a state of confinement, you could never be too careful.
In order to draw out information from them while leaving them in a petrified state, they’d make contact with them in the dream world, it was such an endeavor.
Upon putting the just in case scenario into considerations, the male members, Touma, Seiichi, and Tatsuya, had been chosen as the test subjects.
「Hmm~. If it’s Momo-chan, I think she can make a potion to remove petrification, but….」
「Nah, there’s no need to take the trouble of bringing them back-squeak.」
A bunny-eared girl with a bath set in a bath tub happened to pass by.
Not only her, but all the Black Honey members had already adapted to the Demon Lord’s castle as if it were their own home.
「Looking at the crest badge, these guys are from the Idolatry of the Holy Night (Noel Chopper)-squeak.」
「Huh? That’s an A ranked club, isn’t it?」
Shinobu was scared out of her wits, but Black Honey was also an A-rank club.
Like Black Honey, which was famous as a gourmet club, the Idolatry of the Holy Night (Noel Chopper) was also a club of high notoriety as event crusher.
It was a club of uncoordinated, high-level class changers, made up of boys with soloist disposition, but when it came to commencing harassments, they destroyed events with unparalleled unity.
Although it was a gathering of powerhouses that were top ranked even among the A ranked clubs in terms of individual combat power, the club members would readily fall out and drag each other down.
It was such a club that was more annoying than scary.
「I’m sure they’d entertained some good-for-nothing ideas and snuck in here-squeak. You should just leave them rolling outside the castle walls as they are-squeak.」
「Err, as expected. that’s….」
「Decorate them in front of the gate.」
「To ward off evil.」
「Woof!」
Receiving the order, the fluffy army, holding the stone statues in the mouths, went and dexterously dragged them away.
「Aaa~. A lot of parts are going to be chipped, or rather, coming off….」
As the stone statues made a delightful crunching and thudding sound, Shinobu was flustered.
It might be proof that she had not yet been corrupted by the Adept Orders.
「Well, if we complete the quest, I suppose they’ll be back to normal at the Rashomon, maybe.」
「Err, maybe, was it?」
「Don’t mind it, don’t mind it. More importantly, I wonder what to do with these children who are sleeping oh so comfortably.」
「They are probably tired. So I believe it would be best to just let them sleep as is.」
「Seiichi alone is having some kind of nightmare, though?」
「… sworn enemy … obliterate …」
「Toma-sama is talking ominously in his sleep….」
「It’s the same as usual.」
「He seems to be enjoying himself.」
The crooked mouth very much did not look like that of someone enjoying themselves, but these girls’ eyes seemed to see things differently.
It still required some more time until the disappearance of the raid domain『Marvel World』.
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