Chapter 13
Chapter 13 - Before we get started: everyone in the back, die
"Mireille! We'll forget about this so just pull back! Despite how Takatoo-kun looks he's ridiculously strong! You guys don't stand a chance!"
Tomochika knew very well that the people she was talking to weren't the kind to listen to such words, but she couldn't bear just silently watching on .
"Nyanya? Did you think that kind of bluff would work? Gifts are everything . There's nothing you two major weak ungifted can do, nya . "
"I've got a high level analyze, aight? We know you two are ungifted, it's a fact!"
As Mireille and the human leader were talking, five of the beastmen circled around them .
Yogiri took note of his opponents' equipment .
Most of them carried swords . Some were bare-handed, possibly magic users . One of them held a net, or rather a rope with weights attached, so their goal was probably to catch them alive .
"Before we get started: everyone in the back, die . "
And all at once the five behind them collapsed — first off all he wanted to somewhat half their number .
This was for the sake of experimenting with going easy on opponents .
On their way to this city they discussed Yogiri's usage of his power and while there were many things about it that still troubled Tomochika, she did agree to using it to kill enemies in self-defense .
However, due to the power's overwhelming strength it wasn't particularly flexible, so they tried coming up with a way to go easy on people .
"You, what just . . . "
Unlike Hanakawa and his group, the gang's leader instantly grasped that it was Yogiri's doing .
Having arrived at that conclusion one's first thought would be to escape, but he and all the beastmen were frozen still . The situation was too strange for them, their instincts couldn't tell them how to react .
The correct course of action would have been to beg for their lives . There was no guarantee of being spared, but it was most likely their best chance at survival; Yogiri had already decided to kill them whether they rushed up to attack or turned around to escape .
Left over were six and Yogiri decided to go through them in order .
"Half die . "
He spoke as he pointed at a beastman with the features of a tiger, who dropped to the ground the moment he finished . His intention was to kill only the tigerman's lower half, one of the ideas for going easy on a target .
Yogiri's power was to order any target to die, so perhaps it was possible to make only half a creature his target? For Yogiri, who had never thought about using his power differently, this was uncharted territory .
"AaAAH—— @@@@@@@@@###!"
The demitiger screamed in words they didn't understand . He didn't die instantly, but it didn't take long for his voice to stop .
——Well, that was to be expected . Instantly losing half your body sounds pretty fatal .
It was unclear what exactly happened to the beastman's anatomy, but apparently halving him was overdoing it . Yogiri decided to pinpoint his target further .
"Right ankle . "
He released his power at a sheeplike demihuman, but blundered . He wasn't able to focus his power that precisely, possibly due to a lack of practice, and his target suffered instant death .
"Left arm . "
His next target had a leopard's face . It worked, but once again his target died soon after .
A sudden occurrence of medical dysfunction in one's left arm: There may be people capable of surviving it, but some might just die from the shock .
"Not working too well compared to just going all out . . . "
Yogiri mumbled as he began considering simply killing them without further thought .
"Eyeball . "
He used his power on a canine beastman, and was successful .
It was a more precise target than an ankle, but perhaps its independence as an organ made it an easier mark .
"OooOO! @@@@@@@@@@!"
The dogman writhed on the ground with his hand covering his eye .
"Nose, ears . "
Yogiri continued to use his power on the beastman . If he possessed the same properties as a dog then first his sense of smell and hearing should be eliminated .
His ears and nose also died as intended . However, killing three of the five senses could hardly be called a success as far as going easy on people went .
"Wh-what the! What in the world nyare you!"
Mireille fell into panic .
Before she knew it their number was reduced to three: the Japanese leader, Mireille the catgirl and a lizardlike demihuman of indistinguishable gender .
One of them released killing intent .
It seemed the reptilian demihuman was about to make a move, but Yogiri's counter activated and the attempt was thwarted by instant death .
Two left .
"Does it matter? No point in explaining . "
Different from their encounter with Hanakawa, this time it wasn't necessary to collect information . Consequently, there was no need to explain for sake of threatening them .
Yogiri looked to his side .
Tomochika made a pained expression, but didn't try to stop him . It looked like she was prepared to carry the feelings of remorse .
"H-help! Please save me! I-I was forced to work for this Japanese! I have little brothers at home waiting for me with empty stomachs! M-my father went off somewhere with some woman, and my mother is ill with high fever! I had to make money somehow!"
Her verbal tic seemed to have only been an act for the sake of gaining the attraction of men; she must have judged that continuing to use it in this situation would only achieve the opposite effect instead .
The correct course of action . Yogiri had long been tired of her sly nya this nya that .
"Is that so?"
"Y-yes! It's true! So please――"
His reaction gave her a sliver of hope . She quickly separated from her former leader and started walking up to the two sage candidates .
"And you thought that'd justify mugging people and selling them off?"
But hearing that, all hope drained from Mireille's face and revealed despair in its place . Her legs froze .
"You, just what are you . . . an ungifted shouldn't . . . "
The leader's face was twisted by terror as he stumbled backwards .
"It does feel like I'm getting somewhere with this, but it sure is inefficient . Not really seeing any benefits either . "
All he achieved was terrorizing them, which wasn't his goal at all .
"W-we're both Japanese, aren't we? Aye? Come on, spare me, eh? This is the only way to survive in this world!"
"Would you mind not lumping me in with you?"
In the end, these kinds of people don't reflect on their actions; they'd just repeat their crimes . Nothing good would come from letting them live .
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