Final Selection?

"Fuck! I was about to walk into a hive of traps...' Currently standing on a sturdy tall tree Ijin gawked toward his destination, Mt Fujikasane. He left the butterfly mansion without letting anyone notice his departure. It helped that the lady of the mansion was away for work, otherwise, Ijin would have to take other measures.

Before walking away he had a ton of emotional breakout about the people he was leaving behind and not might see in the foreseeable future, but he knew he didnt belongs to this plain. He had a home where he had to return so resolving himself he dashed away without a turn back.

It was far from the mansion, so it took him two hours to reach the mountain, at his full speed. From the outside, he was able to see wisteria bloomed flowers at hill toe and the ominous aura surrounding the top. He would have engaged in his plan as he had prepared himself for, but just in case he activated his [Byakugan].

And when he did a gasp left his lips as he saw the sight.

There were about two dozen slayers at the front guard of the wisteria orchards. They weren't high level much like at Kanao's level, but still, the way they had hidden their presence was top notch. Not only that, they didnt even allowed themselves a single muscle movement at all. A normal human would probably pass by them without knowing that there was a person they passed who might kill them in a blink.

Ijin pinned out every one of them before he formulated a plan. He wasnt intending to kill any human today so he decided upon knocking them unconscious. Well of course, if push comes to shove he wouldn't falter before killing someone to obliterate any kind of hindrance to his main goal.

[Once you will get your eyes on the main dish of today, I will inform you.]

Ijin winced hard as he heard the mighty lady inside his head.

' I ain't gonna eat them, ya know...' Shaking his head Ijin got down to business. Dropping his body from the tree branch he let himself get pulled by gravity before he disappeared from the thin air.

The place Ijin reappeared was near the foot of the hill with a needle inserted between his index and middle finger. While covering his shadow, he threw the needle at the closest man before the victim fell to the ground with a small thud. Naturally, the guard beside got alert and was about to whistle taking it as his priority, Ijin appeared right behind his back and with a hard slash on a specific spot, made the guard unconscious.

Every single one of them was paired in two making 12 pairs in total. They were hanging on trees, inside the ground, beneath the water and etcetera. More like ninja shinobi rather than slayers. Ijin didnt show any kind of haste as he knew a single mistake would not leave him any option rather than killing the guards. And until the situation doesn't become dire he wouldn't prefer killing his kind.

The weapons and tools he was using were something he brought from his prior world. He knew whatever world he goes, these small things would help him one way or another.

It was good that there wasnt any trap or other kind of unexpected guard waiting at the outlet otherwise Ijin would have been found out as he was moving according to his pinpoints. Improvisation was in range but unnecessary events wasnt welcomed much.

'Ah it's done I think...'

[I can only surveillance up to some extent but yeah you indeed cleared the perimeter without a hitch. Congratulation.]

The system was becoming generous and familiar with Ijin as days passed, not because of his mission but something else. But for Ijin it was only the way he was obeying the 'God's will, that was the reason for the change in his lady's personality.

'Thanks, lady. Let's initiate the main event.' Without looking back or throwing much thought, Ijin jumped from branches to branches until he reached the particular area where peculiar tree leaves were swaying slightly with the breeze.

'It's time to improve my weapons.'

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The mountain top was where around 50 or so candidates would be giving their final test to enter the Corps. So of course the number of demons residing on the examination site wouldn't be small in comparison.

On average, each candidate gets at least 10 demons to hunt. It's not fixed how many ones could hunt or not, as one might find an alternative to survive the night somehow without engaging in battle and one might never stop slashing their blade until the rise. It was just speculation that made Ijin calculate the number of demons at his destination.

'Wish me luck.'

Inhaling deeply he went to work. His movements were faster for the lower demons to follow as well as his movement noise. The demon he had already faced was like the final boss so these demons looked nothing but fodder to Ijin.

Ijin wasnt killing anything nor engaging in battle. He was preparing the props for the party he had in mind. The preparation was required as he wasnt supposed to start annihilating demons from shadow. He was here for a flashy fight and to create havoc on the mountain top.

'I think this much should do. What do you say?' After having everything set and inspecting most of the remarkable demons along the way, Ijin again sat on a tree branch while keeping an eye on the surrounding.

The demons were fighting and leisurely roaming around the plain with a centric figure resting alone at one side entirely of the mountain top. Ijin winced every time his gaze fell on that particular demon.

[Yes, indeed you have done a good job. Now for the assessment, then I can tell you without much problem about the demon-carrying ghoul, but I want you to identify it. Maybe in the future, I might not be around you to help you with this, so I think it better for you to become self-relaible]

Ijin had a blank expression as he heard and without thinking he pointed his finger toward the big demon with a ton shits of hands enveloping its humongous body.

'That one, right?"

[H-how...how Is it possible? I didnt even tell you how to detect it.]

Ijin formed a smug boasting about something he found the generic to unravel. There was no chance of him not facing that walking face of death before finishing his mission and going back to his world.

'Anyway, you sure you will open a portal as soon I finish the ghoul right?' An affirmation came inside his head before he threw himself in the middle of two demons. Rather than unsheathing his blade, he stretched his palm and slapped the back of the demons.

*THA*THA*

The slap was restricted by Ijin but still, it carried enough strength to send the demon straight toward the tree as the demons got smashed to oblivion.

'Ooh...was it overkill? Nvm.' Mumbling to himself he went to other demons and did the same but with just 20% of his strength.

"GrRRRR!!" The demons growled as soon they felt something on their back and upon noticing an unexpected human presence they lunged without thinking.

'Yes. This is it.' Ijin soon started running through the forest with one after another demon pursuing him on the back.

"That's MINE!" The demons here were also able to communicate which genuinely surprised Ijin but he didnt let his feet stop. After all, getting flocked by hundreds of demons wouldn't be much of a good idea.

*RUMBLE*

"ARGH".

" AAAAAAAGHHH!!"

Midst of all running several demons started falling while holding on to their distinct body parts. Those who were falling were fallen. There was no response from them because the thing they got darted with was injected with Wisteria serum.

*BOOM*

*BAAH*

Soon the stampede of demons following a single human crossed the territory of heavy fireworks. No one saw how it was triggered, more like they didnt have a sense of detecting something like an explosive dug inside the ground.

"Hahaha! It feels great." Ijin was thoroughly enjoying himself as he threw some darts once in a while and sabotaged the lives of tens of demons in one go. The rush of demons never halted as they didnt care how many of their kinds died. They just wanted the flesh and brain matter of their prey who was mockingly running just some feet ahead of them.

Those demons who joined the fray were indiscriminately annihilated, but in the the the the midst of all these actions, Ijin never left the sight of his actual prey. The huge hand demon has started acting now, just according to Ijin's plan.

Ijin wasnt crossing that particular demon's territory as he wanted to clear most of the demon beforehand.

'They still look more than 500 tho...' His calculation was failing as he already killed more than 300 but still more than half of a thousand were remaining. The fortunate thing was that after an hour of a continuous stampede, every demon was now attracted toward Ijin and following him with all their might.

However, all of his traps have already gone off and now he only had a dozen needles left in his arsenal. His mind was racing with each of his steps as he concluded that it would be better to fasten up the pace of the plan now.

"Huh!! Where my food went!!!!"

"ARGHHH!!"

"THAT'S MY FOOD!" The demons started quarreling but still, they had their guard on as they noticed the sudden disappearance of the sole human on the mountain top.

*SWISH*

With the frightening sound of something slashing muscles apart, all the demons turned in the same direction before the center of all the attention got halved in two. It was a low-rank demon who without even noticing got slashed like a worn rag.

"Huh! ARGHHHHH!!!" And another was butchered without noticing what caused its death.

"BWHAGH!"

"GRHGG!"

One after another demons started falling like fallen leaves. They never found the chance to fight back nor the reason what was causing their detachment. If it would have happened 24 hours later then the slayers might have gotten frightened upon seeing the exceptional art of sportsmanship, Ijin was showcasing.

He was merciless, like how a slayer should be when it comes to these inhumane creatures. He slashed and ended the life of more than 200 demons in one go before halting his feet.

'Now for the final blow.' Ijin threw two of his needles toward the monster lurking in the shadow and was watching the scene from the start.

*GRRRR*

Growling came from the side that Ijin targetted before a huge arm stretched toward him at a barely visible pace. Ijin smirked and titled his body just in time before slashing his blade vertically.

*SCLEECH*

Blood started spraying out as Ijin assaulted one of the hands belonging to the most insane demon present on the top. In comparison to the demon, he fought several days ago, the slash felt like a knife over heated butter.

The demon didnt even grimaced before lunging a couple of other long hands in his direction. The hand demon still was hiding in the shadows so the mob demons never saw what came and crushed threw their body like rags.

Ijin dodged most of the hands and slashed half of it, intentionally. He wanted to frustrate the demon first, so he focused more on dodging rather than slashing his blade.

"Hehe! Gotta try hard big man." He mocked merrily as he jumped from branch to branch while keeping the other mob demon in mind as well. His senses were at their best since he entered the forest, as he knew a slight misstep and nothing would be left to regret.

[QUITE slippery this human is. What era is it human]

The demon's voice resonated as finally, it made its appearance. Ijin cringed hard after seeing something like this from this distance. While running he was only able to see a faint image of the demon, but now he felt lucky that he wasnt able to see the demon before. Or he might have tripped over his own vomit.

"It's the Heisei era. It's three eras after Meiji. So rejoice old man." Ijin lied at the top of his lungs. There was a reason why despite being in the Taisho era he told the demon the wrong period.

[I....I...I WAS ENTRAPPED HERE FOR THREE ERAS!!! I WILL DESTROY THAT SAKONOJI]

Ijin grinned merrily while shaking his head left to right as he heard the murderous intent of the pitiful demon who got trolled by a boy thousands of years younger than it.

[I...I WILL KILL YOU FIRST...YOU...]

"Yeah come on. Don't just blabber do something?" Ijin again mocked the demon as he raised his finger and gestured for it to move.

In a fret of excessive rage, the demon lunged all its hands toward Ijin with a more valiant speed. But in Ijin's eyes, it wasnt enough to take him off guard.

He jumped and dodged each of the hands before increasing the pace of his breathing and darting down with his blade pointed downward.

"HUPP!" He slashed each of the demon hands even before it could have stretched them completely. The demon's eyes went wide as it realized the human was holding back until now but before it could have reacted, Ijin was already in front of its eyes.

"Sorry, but I would be taking your life."

*SWISH*

Ijin slashed his blade on the portion where the demon's eyes were visible. In normal circumstances, the demon would have blocked any attack but Ijin was way out of his expectation capability. The demon's neck despite being so thick and sturdy was slashed like it was thin paper, more to it, the human wasnt using a breathing style too!

'Just what in the...ah!' The demon realized death nearing its life thread as ashes started enveloping its remaining body and head.

On the other side, Ijin looked at the demon and sighed as he didnt expects to end this with such fluency. But there was something that felt wrong, which he missed. To his most fret, a sudden scream erupted in his mind which made him blank all of a sudden.

[HOST! The ghoul is taking over the demon's body!!! The demon's final cry has acted as a catalyst, giving the ghoul chance to ge-]

Ijin's eyes went wide as he just heard half of his system voice before the demon who was changing slowly into nothingness started glowing blackish purple at a furious speed.

'FUCK!!!'

Ijin felt his body freezing and in a flash, the face of every person crossed his retina whome he spent his 11 days. His breathing became ragged and soon it choked as he saw the ground cracking in two with the purple light enveloping more parts of the surrounding.

[HOST! GET OUT OF THERE! I HAVE OPENED A PORTAL, THERE IS NO SAVING OF THE WORLD NOW]

Ijin gritted his teeth as he saw that indeed a portal opened just a meter left to him. If he had crossed the portal then he could have met his family again and continued his life as if nothing happened. He might have felt uncomfortable after not being able to save this world but he would have gotten over it... probably.

But this 'probably' was enough to take the step he has formed his resolve on.

'I am so gonna regret it...'

Bending his finger and connecting his thumb and ring finger he brought his right hand in front of his right eye as he saw the increasing purple flashes, through the peek hole he created with his fingers.

'Ryōiki Tenka'.

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A/N: I know some ppl hate this kind of Mc but I can't help it. It's not like everyone writes a cold-blooded MC right?

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