Chapter 131 – SSS-Rank Hunter (6)
[Chapter 7 – Section 3] I Choose You!
(Super Grand Galaxy General Infinity Blade. People usually shorten it to Infinity Blade.)
“Infinity Blade… Sounds cool.”
(It’s the weapon used by the protagonist of the hunter novel <I’m the Only SSS-Rank Hunter>. It’s the reason the protagonist—an F-rank ability user—could rapidly rise to become the sole SSS-rank hunter.)
“Ah.”
But the character settings in this world follow <I Became an SSS-Rank Hunter>.
That means the protagonist from that story doesn’t exist here!
Does this world lack an F-rank ability user who can perfectly protect their mind, like in <I’m the Only SSS-Rank Hunter>?
(If one existed, an SSS-rank weapon wouldn’t be on display in a museum.)
“That makes sense…”
If I ignore this world’s settings, I can wield the SSS-rank weapon—the Infinity Blade—perfectly.
A cursed sword?
That has nothing to do with me.
(The rest is up to you. I’m busy heading to a broadcasting station from now on.)
“Thank you…”
(Hmph! No need to thank me. I just gave you the disease and the cure. Do your best.)
“Yes.”
I only eliminated “enemies” who tried to harm me.
Was that wrong?
I hadn’t found the answer yet, but it wouldn’t be too late to think about it slowly after everything was over.
“Now…”
I looked around.
<SSS-Rank Monster: Super Grand Galaxy General Infinity Blade>
Despite being classified as a calamity capable of destroying a nation, it was pitifully unpopular.
Blink, blink.
The eyeball attached to the sword was staring at me curiously.
‘Now comes the real problem.’
If I were an SSS-rank ability user, the treatment would be different, but there’s no way a civilian could ask a museum curator to let them touch an SSS-rank monster.
Stealing it?
Tap, tap.
“……”
Ridiculously sturdy glass. It’s only natural for a seal containing an SSS-rank monster capable of destroying a nation.
Displaying it publicly instead of storing it in some hidden, inaccessible place already shows how confident they are in security.
‘If I were the Sword Demon…’
No matter how tough this glass was, I would have sliced it like tofu. The Sword Demon’s blade-like arms are a “world that can cut anything.”
Could I do it too?
But that would mean becoming a “monster” myself. The sacrifice would be too great just to steal one item in a dream.
“…See you later.”
Blink, blink.
My voice couldn’t possibly reach through the thick glass tube, but I said it anyway before turning away.
To hide somewhere!
‘Where would be good? Bathroom? Storage room? Nursing room? Staff room?’
I memorized the museum’s layout in my head while waiting for night to fall.
(We inform all visitors: The museum operates year-round from 08:00 to 18:00.)
This is the time!
(The current time is 17:40. Please follow the guides’ instructions and proceed to the nearest exit or entrance.)
“Only 19 minutes left! Please stop sightseeing or taking photos and move to the exit!”
“It’s already time…”
“Just one last photo…”
“They close too early.”
Visitors grumbled as they streamed toward the exit.
“Will this work?”
“Grrr?”
A Genius Wolf, fully bound and on display in the free monster-touching experience zone.
Whether it understood me or not, it let out a questioning sound through its muzzle.
‘People watching… well, does it matter?’
Tap—
After taking off my shoes, I performed the best spinning kick I could muster.
Crack!
The metal restraints strong enough to bind a monster collided with a human foot.
“Ugh!”
Of course it couldn’t be fine, but “my world” quickly regenerated the broken bones and torn muscles.
The result?
“Grrrr…”
“Shh.”
“……”
There was definitely progress. The arm restraints weren’t completely undone, but the connection point fixing it to the wall was now dangling loosely.
“Do well.”
“Visitor~!”
“Yes! Coming!”
I bowed apologetically to the guide who was calling me to hurry and ran quickly.
Whoosh~
Though I did duck into a bathroom along the way!
“Visitor?”
But less than three minutes later, a security guard entered the bathroom and urged me to leave quickly.
‘Damn…’
I thought it was perfect, but I must have been caught on a surveillance camera somewhere.
No choice.
“I’m really sorry. My stomach hurts so much—it might take a while.”
“Sigh… Is there enough toilet paper in there?”
“Yes.”
“Take your time and come out when you’re done. I’ll be waiting outside the bathroom.”
“Thank you!”
I sat on the flush toilet and waited.
***
It would be a waste to lose my abilities, but if the dream kept going wrong like this, I had seriously considered suicide.
If it’s a life I’ve already half-given up on, why not act crazy?
Trouble erupted quickly.
Wiiiiing~!
(Genius Wolf No. 4 has escaped! Get out quickly! We’re lowering the barriers!)
A human announcement laced with urgency rang out.
All visitors had already evacuated.
But since closing time had just passed, the barriers installed at intervals hadn’t been lowered yet.
“Awoooo!”
The monster knew that fact too.
Genius Wolf.
A smart wolf!
This bipedal wolf monster, having been exhibited in the museum for a long time, knew the time when security was most lax.
Right now!
This moment—when focus was on clearing out visitors rather than their safety—was its only chance.
“Visitor! Visitor!”
“Yes! I heard it too!”
“We need to run! Do you want to die while taking a shit?!”
“Go ahead first!”
“I can’t… Ah, damn it! Come out of the bathroom, turn right, and run straight—there’s an emergency exit!”
Bang!
The guard, valuing his own life, slammed the bathroom door and left.
“…Good.”
My time had come.
(This is insane! The escaped Genius Wolf No. 4 has freed Nos. 1, 2, and 3 too! These monsters only act solo, though?!)
(Damn it! There’s a visitor in the bathroom?! Visitor! Visitor! Can you hear me? Absolutely do not come out of the bathroom! Hold out for ten minutes somehow!)
“Ten minutes? That’s fast.”
It was surprising that hunters capable of subduing the monsters would arrive in just ten minutes. It meant monster attacks were that common in this world.
In modern times, if fires happened frequently, wouldn’t they build a system where fire trucks arrive within five minutes?
Anyway,
“Awoooo!”
“Kraaaang!”
Crash! Smash! Crackle!
The monsters, releasing stress built up from long suppression, began rampaging enthusiastically, demolishing the museum.
‘…Time to go.’
They broadcasted to stay hidden in the bathroom for ten minutes, but let’s play the role of a citizen who can’t distinguish between recklessness and courage!
Creak—
I waited about seven minutes—enough for the monsters to rampage fully—then opened the bathroom door and stepped out.
“Whew~”
The place was a complete mess; hardly any intact exhibits or halls remained.
It was surprising they hadn’t attacked the bathroom, but if their goal was revenge and escape, it was a natural choice.
“No time to waste.”
If the smart wolf monsters could understand human speech, they’d know they had to escape or hide within ten minutes. They had no choice but to hurry.
“Koooo!”
“…Huh?”
But what if a monster was too dumb to understand human language?
Like the one in front of me—it was destroying everything in sight instead of escaping.
Black Koala.
A black koala about twice the size of a normal gorilla. Naturally carnivorous, it’s an F-rank monster that grabs humans like sugarcane and chews them starting from the toes…
According to the museum’s description.
“Hello?”
“Koooo!”
The Genius Wolves had freed not only their own kind but all the neighbors too. The greater the chaos, the higher the chance of successful escape.
“Krrrr!”
“Keeaa!”
Boom! Shatter! Thud!
Besides the Black Koala, various F-rank and D-rank monsters were breaking out of their cages and expanding their territory.
“This is…”
Flash!
Monsters that had been reduced to human spectacles in the museum harbored intense hatred toward humans.
The Genius Wolf treated me like a benefactor and ignored me, but the others weren’t that smart.
“Koooo…!”
The Black Koala—who had suffered the humiliation of kids pulling its black fur—lumbered its massive body and charged at me.
Thud! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Pushing aside every obstacle in a straight line!
“Hmm… dusty…”
But I had no interest in a pitch-black koala that was just oversized. They were only F-rank or D-rank.
Terrifying to civilians, but small fry that even a B-rank ability user could subdue instantly.
‘Where’s the Infinity Blade?’
The SSS-rank monster I was going to such lengths—even destroying the museum—to obtain. First priority: check if the thick glass case sealing it was broken.
Super Grand Galaxy General Infinity Blade.
I was already curious how incredible a monster with such a long, childish name would be.
Whoosh~
“Koooo?!”
I easily dodged the charge of the Black Koala, which was nothing special besides its size. It looked flustered, but compared to the Sword Demon, it was yawn-inducingly slow. I wasn’t even tense.
However,
“No weapon…”
There had been plenty of weapons on display in the museum, but the monsters had perceived them as threats and smashed them all.
So I ignored it!
I ran toward the spot where the Infinity Blade was sealed.
“Kooooo!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Black Koala, furious at being ignored, chased after me, but it wasn’t enough to slow my steps or divert my gaze.
It’s just too slow, after all.
The Black Koala was far too weak to keep up with my movements, which were noticeably faster than in reality. That’s probably why it was rated F-rank.
“…Oh!”
The absurdly thick glass case hadn’t withstood the monsters’ physical force and had shattered.
However,
‘It’s… gone?’
There’s no way the sword grew legs and walked off, yet the Infinity Blade was nowhere around the glass case.
Did another monster swallow it?
By human standards it’s SSS-rank, but if it can’t dominate humans, maybe it’s just a skewer with an eyeball…
I hadn’t anticipated this at all.
“Keeaaaa!”
“Woof woof!”
The monsters, tired from destroying the sturdy museum, began targeting me all at once.
“This might be…”
A bit dangerous?
It was getting hard to keep ignoring them.
‘Weapon, weapon, I need a weapon… Oh! This’ll do for now.’
I picked up an iron bar rolling on the floor and gripped it in my right hand.
Heavy weight. An ordinary person would need both hands to swing it properly, but not me.
Whoosh~
Lightly with one hand!
Unless it was something like the plasma chainsaw I borrowed last time, it was hard to wound monsters with fantasy weapons.
“Kraang?!”
But what about the eyes?
Eyes as large as their bodies were very easy to pierce.
Also, in most mammals, the eyes are closely connected to the brain via short optic nerves—a very nearby sensory organ.
“Did it go in?”
“……”
Thud!
Properly stabbing the eye could rupture the brain and kill in one shot.
That applies to humans too, but a monster capable of crushing a human skull with a gesture wouldn’t bother with such delicate work as stabbing an eye.
“Subdue them quickly!”
“Prioritize capture!”
“Damn, what a pain!”
True to form, ability users deployed exactly ten minutes after the incident began swiftly suppressing the F-rank and D-rank monsters.
Fwoosh~!
Crackle—!
Throwing fireballs or lightning, they looked like genuine mages.
‘Overwhelming…’
It was on a completely different level from me, who struggled while aiming at eyes with just an iron bar.
Supernatural abilities.
That single difference was this massive. Even I—who dominated the Olympics—am in a similar position to ability users in reality.
My plan?
Failed.
‘Where the hell did a legless monster disappear to?’
Even after causing all this chaos, I couldn’t find the Infinity Blade.
At that moment,
“Kyaaaaa~?!”
A scream came from an ability user who had been leisurely overwhelming the monsters.
Right after,
“This is insane…!”
Sensing a threat to my life, I curled up and rolled on the floor.
Slash—
The museum’s outer wall—which had held firm despite all the monsters’ rampaging—was sliced like cake.
“Heeheeheehee!”
Followed by a spine-chilling laugh.
And in the right hand of the woman who emerged from the source of that laughter?
The Super Grand Galaxy General Infinity Blade!
“…Hey!”
“Heeheehee— Huh?”
“Hand it over!”
A thief shouted at a thieving woman.
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