Chapter 17

Ryūji begins to rise and says, "Let's continue walking around this entire city block," and Akudama nods in agreement, replying, "Alright then." As they walk, people cast disgusted looks in their direction, but Ryūji and Akudama pay no mind to it, even though Ryūji had taken Shinra's life in front of a small crowd. While walking, they encounter ten saints and a girl who points at Ryūji, exclaiming, "He's the one who killed that man." The saints nod in acknowledgment, expressing their gratitude to the citizens before the girl walks away. One of the saints then instructs everyone to evacuate, stating, "There is danger right in front of us... Please run as far as you can." Upon hearing this, people quickly flee, even leaving their nearby homes. Akudama and Ryūji are left shocked, while the saints describe the wanted individual, a tall male around 180 centimeters in height, weighing approximately 70 kilograms or less. The individual is wearing a short-sleeved purple T-shirt, black pants, black shoes, and has gray hair and red eyes.

Ryūji also asks Akudama to run off, but Akudama responds, "I want to fight with you too?" Ryūji gives a reassuring smile to Akudama and says, "No, I'll be fine. I'll fight these guys and make it back alive. You know I'm the strongest." Akudama nods and says, "Alright, but please be careful."

One of the saints then orders the others, saying, "Go after that individual. He seems to be an ally of that gray-haired guy." One saint nods in agreement, preparing to chase after Akudama. However, Ryūji interrupts, saying, "You bastard, so you're going after the weak ones, huh?" Just as the saints try to give chase, Ryūji suddenly appears right in front of them, surprising the saint at the back of the group. The saint whispers, "What just happened? Why is he...?" In the blink of an eye, Ryūji is now in front of them.

Ryūji throws a punch at one of the saints, who retaliates by using a fireball attack. However, Ryūji effortlessly grabs and dismantles the fireball, leaving the saint astonished. The saint exclaims, "He can negate fire magic? Is that even possible?" Ryūji smirks and punches that saint, sending them flying towards the rest of the group. Another saint exclaims, "He defeated Tsuna?!"

Ryūji clenches his fist and clashes it with his other hand, saying, "Well, I guess there are eight of you left. This should be easy. Come at me with full force, throw anything you have beyond your limits and try to beat me." One of the saints becomes angry and says, "Full force? Don't underestimate us." They launch an attack at Ryūji, but he effortlessly dodges three of their attacks, giving off a playful smirk. He says, "Is that all you've got? I was hoping for more of a challenge, you know?"

Ryūji charges up fire magic and unleashes a powerful attack, exclaiming, "This is over!" One of the saints gets blasted by Ryūji's fire magic, crashing into a small building seven blocks away. Another saint, witnessing the defeat of two of their comrades, exclaims, "He has fire magic?!"

Ryūji wears a serious expression and says, "Now that's two down. There should be six left..." In his own mind, Ryūji reflects, "This fight seems too easy for me to win." One of the saints points at Ryūji and asks, "When the hell did you learn fire magic?" The saint ponders, "Is he a sorcerer or something like us? No, he can't be one of us or even a sorcerer... then what is he?"

Ryūji replies, "Well, I just randomly obtained that ability when that guy used fireball on me..." In his own mind, Ryūji thinks, "I used to be a sorcerer, but I'm not anymore." The saints whisper among themselves, speculating, "He saw it and then obtained it?"

Ryūji screams out, "That's right! But anyway, aren't we wasting time? Are we going to fight now, or are you just going to keep questioning me?" The saints become enraged and continue their attacks on Ryūji. One of the saints attempts to use wind magic to blast Ryūji into the ground. However, Ryūji effortlessly dodges the attack and retaliates with his own wind magic, blasting the saint into another building far away.

Ryūji effortlessly learns fire magic and wind magic with just a glance. The remaining five saints are shocked after witnessing him defeat their allies. Ryūji turns back to them and says, "You guys should train to become stronger. I don't feel like I can keep fighting anymore. It's going to end up being very boring, so please go and get stronger."

Enraged, all the saints scream out, "We're not giving up just yet!" Ryūji whispers, "Idiots." He then proceeds to punch the three remaining saints with incredible strength, sending them flying into the air and crashing into multiple nearby and distant buildings. Meanwhile, people in their faraway homes are screaming in terror.

Ryūji taunts the remaining two saints, saying, "So, are you guys ready? Because now there are just two of you." One of the saints tries to attack Ryūji with a sword, seemingly cutting him in half. The saint triumphantly exclaims, "Okay, I got him! I just cut him in half." However, as the other saint starts to smile, the first saint turns around and realizes that Ryūji's body is vanishing. Ryūji appears behind the confused saint, punches his hands into the saint's stomach, and remarks, "Well, that was an illusion." The injured saint coughs out blood and asks, "But how?"

The other saint attempts to catch Ryūji off guard, but Ryūji grabs the saint's arms. As he does so, the saint's arms start to rip apart, causing the saint to scream in excruciating pain. Ryūji covers his ears and demands, "Damn, shut up! If you want your arms back, then here." The saint watches in fear as his arms slowly regenerate and are resurrected by Ryūji's power. He looks at his arms in disbelief and asks, "What the hell did you do?!"

With a calm demeanor, Ryūji lowers his hands and explains, "I resurrected your arms since I ripped them apart. But I don't want you to keep screaming because that sound is annoying. So, yeah, I'll spare you. Go ahead and run off." Fearing for his life, the saint starts to run away, following the footsteps of his defeated comrades.

Ryūji looks back and says, "Okay, it's time to look for Akudama..." He continues walking, lost in his own thoughts, "It's like the same story repeating itself... Two sorcerers come to attack me and Akudama, but I ask Akudama to leave. And right after that, we encounter a group of ten saints. Once again, I ask Akudama to go away..." Ryūji gazes up at the sky and mutters, "So, this is how it's going to be, huh?"

Meanwhile, the few saints who were defeated by Ryūji begin to pick themselves up and hastily run away.

Ryūji raises his hand and shouts, "Is this the true destiny of having countless wives in a harem world?"