Volume 3 Chapter 49 ACT.84 The Way of Being (II)
"Is Ms. Leone okay?"
The small man mutters as he stands to see off Rai, who is leaving the rib shop.
Even if he doesn't fully understand what's going on, he still worries about her. So Rai speaks up—*on purpose*—his voice firm and steady.
"Ms. Leone is fine. You are the one who best knows how strong she is after seeing her fight up close the other day, right?"
"Well, that's true, but..."
He doesn't fully agree.
However, since Rai says so, he has no choice but to believe it.
With that sort of nuance, the small man nods.
"Ms. Leone will definitely get back up again soon."
Rai's words also seemed to be a reminder for himself.
"I'll go back to the base for a bit and collect armor and weapons for both of us, so please wait──"
At that moment, Rai's words get cut off.
"Sir Knight?"
Having served as a Purge Knight for several years, Rai was sensitive to the atmosphere.
He felt that the air of the town, where people were busy, had turned into the chaotic air next to death.
"──!"
Rai, sensing something unusual through his senses, immediately starts to act.
He dashes towards the direction where the chaos feels stronger──where there are screams and strange noises.
"They're already back in motion...! I underestimated them!"
It had been less than 2 whole days since he fought with Leone.
Rai expected that they would hide a little longer and wait to see what would happen, but the reality was different.
"The Reincarnator has less patience than I expected!"
With every step he takes, the number of people fleeing towards him increases.
As he slips through the crowd, he reaches for the weapon hanging at his waist.
What he touches is not the familiar black one-handed sword but a wooden baton.
He left his weapons and armor behind because they would be a hindrance to sneaking into the base.
Instead, he has a basic piece of equipment from the gendarmerie, a baton about the length from his elbow to his wrist, taken when he stripped them of their gear.
It's inadequate for fighting against a Reincarnator──an unreliable weapon.
──Should I just go back to fetch my weapon?
For a moment, that thought crosses Rai's mind.
However, he decides without hesitation to charge straight into the chaos.
"What if a lot of people die while we're at it?!"
He pulls out the police baton hanging from his waist and shouts.
"Look here, you Reincarnator (monster)!!"
Gripping the baton like a spear, Rai finally charged toward the monster-like Reincarnator now in his sights.
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