18 CryBaby

"This person, he is ... Sleeping !?" Tetsuya put on a strange face when he saw a young man on his age who was sleeping while standing.

* snore *

"AH !?"

Either because of Tetsuya's surprised voice or something else, the young man suddenly woke up and surprised Tetsuya who was beside him. With faint eyes, the young man looked around, then he saw Oni's corpse right in front of him, and immediately shouted.

"KYAA, ONI !!!" The young man shouted like a woman and immediately jumped in fear towards Tetsuya, who immediately reflexively carried him in a princess style.

Realizing that Oni had died from slowly turning to ashes, the young man sighed in relief.

"* Sigh *"

Then, he realized that he was currently being carried by someone, and when he looked back, he was greeted with a cold look at Tetsuya. An awkward atmosphere enveloped them, and the young man just smiled wryly as he said.

"... Goodnight?" Said the young man.

Without answering, Tetsuya cruelly let go of his hand from the young man who immediately knocked him to the ground hard enough.

"Ouch !?!"

The young man shouted in pain, then immediately stood stroking his back. Then said with a pitiful look to Tetsuya.

"Why are you so cruel ..." complained the young man. But, the young man's expression returned to normal, when he looked around, he then said to Tetsuya with a sincere smile.

"But you have saved me from these Oni, Thank you !!!" Said the young man, bowing his body, thanking Tetsuya.

However, Tetsuya could only stand confused when he saw the young man's behavior, he then thought.

'This person ... is he delirious even when he wakes up ??? '

Without paying attention to the confused Tetsuya, the young man then introduced himself with an innocent smile and a cheerful tone.

"By the way, my name is Zenitsu, Agatsuma Zenitsu." Said Zenitsu, reaching out his hand towards Tetsuya, seeing that, Tetsuya politely shook Zenitsu's hand and reintroduced himself.

"Tetsuya Yashuhiro." Tetsuya said curtly.

When shaking Tetsuya's hand, Zenitsu was surprised.

' Cold!? '

Zenitsu felt extreme cold when his palm touched Tetsuya's palm as if he was holding Ice. However, Zenitsu didn't say it out loud, because he was afraid it might offend Tetsuya.

After introducing themselves to each other the two then let go of their hands.

The atmosphere became quiet, and because he felt there was nothing else he could do here, Tetsuya then stepped on his feet and wanted to leave immediately, but suddenly he felt his Haori being held back by Zenitsu from behind, which caused Tetsuya to stop immediately.

He then turned and said to Zenitsu.

"What?" Said Tetsuya, when he looked back, he looked at Zenitsu whose teary eyes were pulling on his Haori and said.

"Wait a minute! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE !!! HOW IF I WAS KILLED BY ONI IN THIS FOREST !?" Zenitsu shouted desperately, trying to persuade Tetsuya to stay with him. However, Tetsuya nonchalantly stepped back and said.

"I don't care," said Tetsuya.

Hearing that, Zenitsu could only make an expression of disbelief because he saw Tetsuya who didn't even hesitate in the slightest when refusing him.

Suddenly, Tetsuya's eyes sharpened as he felt an object approaching with extreme speed, and headed towards him and Zenitsu, pulling his Nichirin from its scabbard, Tetsuya then freed his sword and deflected the object, which if viewed more closely was a ...

"... Nichirin?"

But not just one, a few other Nichirins shot towards Tetsuya with extreme speed,

* Clang *

The sound of metal clashes rang out, The white lightning from Tetsuya's Nichirin slashes made a spark scattered in the air. Tetsuya then sharpened his gaze, and saw an Oni who was hiding behind the leaves in a tree several tens of meters away.

Tetsuya then let out a cold breath from his mouth, and changed his stance. He made a unique form by holding his katana with both hands and standing with his feet together.

then, a layer of ice formed under his feet extends in a straight line towards Oni which is behind the leaves. Then say ...

"Kori no Kokyu, Shi no Kata ... (Breath of ICe, Fourth Form.)"

Then, Tetsuya's body suddenly distorted in the air into a variety of colorful particles, the atmosphere became silent for a moment, as if the sound had disappeared from this world until Tetsuya's voice broke the silence.

"... Orora (Aurora)"

Then Tetsuya's footrest shifted and made waves of cold wind that spread in all directions. Zenitsu who was hit by the cold wind immediately shivered and hugged his body, trying to warm himself.

"Acho !!" He sneezed with snot coming out of his nose, he then thought.

'Is this Tetsuya's Breathing Technique ...? '

In an instant, Tetsuya's body disappeared from his place, and made a beautiful green line, with incredible speed cleanly slashing the head of the poor Oni who wished to eat humans tonight.

"Kuack !!"

Oni's head was separated from his body without even being able to react to the sudden attack launched by Tetsuya. His head flew into the air because the impact of the slash was strong enough, even that Oni could see his own body which was still standing like nothing had happened.

He looked at Tetsuya who had sheathed his sword and looked into his eyes with a cold look. And the last words of the nameless Oni are ...

"What is that!? "

Blood gushed from the body that had separated from his head, and then fell from a tree branch and disappeared into ash.

Tetsuya then jumped from the tree and walked towards Zenitsu who was waiting for him while sneezing.

"Acho! ... I'm glad ... Acho! ... You're fine." Said Zenitsu with a smile while rubbing his nose. Hearing that from Zenitsu, Tetsuya just nodded and then saw that sunlight had appeared on the eastern horizon.

This indicates that the first day's Final Examination is over because the Oni will not be able to appear at noon. Seeing that, Tetsuya yawned a little because he had been up all night, and now was the right time to sleep.

So, Tetsuya immediately stepped on his feet and looked for a place to sleep, seeing Tetsuya want to leave, Zenitsu panicked again and immediately held Tetsuya's hand and tried to hold him.

"TETSUYA-SAN !!! DON'T LEAVE ME ALoNE !!!" Said Zenitsu who looked like someone was crying.

However, this time Tetsuya was disturbed by Zenitsu's behavior, he then told Zenitsu to let go of his hand.

"Let go of my hand, Zenitsu!" Said Tetsuya with a flat tone and expression, wagging his hand in the hope that Zenitsu would let go of his hand.

" PLEASE, DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE !!!" Zenitsu shouted.

"I won't do it, so let go of my hand." Said Tetsuya who was getting a little annoyed at Zenitsu.

"NEVER !!!" However, Zenitsu insisted he would not let go of Tetsuya's hand, and hugged him tightly while hanging. Seeing that, Tetsuya could only sigh tiredly.

"* Sigh * There is no other choice." Then, Tetsuya hit Zenitsu's neck and knocked him unconscious and let go of Tetsuya's hand, feeling relief, Tetsuya then fixed his Haori who was pulled down.

Tetsuya then looked at Zenitsu and felt a little pity for him, but Tetsuya also knew that Zenitsu would be troublesome for him later, but finally, Tetsuya decided to bring Zenitsu.

Tetsuya then took Zenitsu's Haori collar and dragged him away with him.

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