Not A Regressor - Chapter 142

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 142
The Land Abandoned by Stars (4)
“Koshiro!!!”
A thunderous roar swept across the surroundings.
“Yes, boss!!”
“Koshiro!!!!”
“Yes!! Boss!!”
“Koshiro!!!!!”
“Boss!!!!!!”
What the hell were these guys doing?
“Excellent! Your voices are brimming with vigor after the rest!”
“It’s all thanks to you, boss!”
Koshiro snapped to attention and responded crisply.
“Khahaha! Everything’s prepared, right?”
“Of course, boss! All the men are armed with tools, and we’ve completely surrounded the hospital grounds so those bastards can’t escape!!”
“That’s our action commander for you!”
Boom!
When Sakaki slapped Koshiro on the back, his body rocketed away like a cannonball.
The force was so tremendous that when Koshiro crashed into a nearby stone wall, it cracked and crumbled to pieces.
Ha-eun let out a hollow laugh, looking down at Koshiro twitching beneath the collapsed rubble.
It was like watching some cheap B-grade comedy.
“Isn’t he dead?”
“Seems like it.”
So Koshiro’s title was action commander.
Crash!
Koshiro suddenly sprang to his feet from beneath the wall.
His clothes were torn and covered in dust, but surprisingly, there wasn’t a scratch on him.
“A real man shouldn’t go flying so easily!”
“My apologies, boss!”
“It’s your core strength, Koshiro! I’ve told you before—you lack backbone! How do you expect to protect your little sister like that?”
“I’ll put more power into it from now on!”
“Khahaha! That’s the spirit! That’s how you meet a good woman! Your sister’s been nagging you about getting married anyway, hasn’t she?”
“Haha….”
Sakaki burst into hearty laughter and patted Koshiro’s shoulder.
While Sakaki was generally easygoing with his subordinates, Koshiro was the only one he treated with such familiarity.
It felt more like an uncle and nephew than a boss and subordinate.
“How did you two meet?”
“It’s been quite a while with this guy. Back when I was forming the Self-Defense Militia and fighting monsters, he came looking for me. Do you know what he did back then?”
“O-oh, boss! That story from back then….”
Koshiro fidgeted with an embarrassed expression.
Sakaki Ryo’s lips curled into a grin as he patted Koshiro on the shoulder.
“This little brat who wasn’t even an Awakener suddenly decided to become a man and protect his sister, so he spent days kneeling in front of the Self-Defense Militia base begging them to take him!”
“Boss!”
“Hahaha! Just thinking about it still makes me laugh!”
Koshiro’s face flushed crimson with embarrassment.
Kwon O-jin watched Koshiro with interest and continued speaking.
“So Koshiro, you applied to the Self-Defense Militia even though you weren’t an Awakener?”
Even in Japan, where the number of Awakeners was scarce, it was difficult to involve non-Awakeners in battles against monsters.
After all, attacks without the power of stigmas were nearly useless against monsters.
“That’s right. They rejected me several times, saying they couldn’t accept non-Awakeners, but I stubbornly kept pestering them.”
Sakaki patted Koshiro’s back with a satisfied expression.
“Well, it seems even the heavens couldn’t break this guy’s stubbornness—he became an Awakener of the Canis Major Constellation not long after.”
“U-ugh. Please stop, Boss.”
Koshiro shook his head with a pleading expression.
‘Canis Major Constellation.’
It was a stigma known to have unparalleled defensive power.
That explained why he remained unscathed even after being driven into the wall hard enough to collapse it.
“Alright! Now that we’re ready, let’s go catch those Black Star Society bastards!”
Sakaki led the way, walking briskly ahead.
Koshiro and the other Kuroshi members followed in his wake.
“Let’s go, O-jin.”
“Yeah.”
Kwon O-jin and Ha-eun followed the Kuroshi members toward the Abandoned Hospital where the Black Star Society was supposedly hiding.
Kwon O-jin activated his Canis Major Constellation stigma and surveyed the area around the Abandoned Hospital.
There were no scouts, not even a single sentry in sight.
‘What’s this?’
Could the intelligence have been wrong?
Such doubts only lingered briefly.
As if they had arranged to meet, about fifty people emerged from inside the Abandoned Hospital.
They weren’t wearing the suspicious black robes like the Owl Faction, but the mere fact that so many people were pouring out of an abandoned building made their identity unmistakable.
“What the hell are these guys?”
A woman with piercings on her lips, nose, and even eyebrows squinted as she looked around at the Kuroshi members surrounding the Abandoned Hospital.
“M-Mika, ma’am, aren’t those guys Kuroshi?”
“What?”
The eyes of the woman called Mika widened.
“It’s Sakaki Ryo.”
The handsome man standing beside Mika bit his lip hard.
“How did those bastards find this place…!”
Mika glared at the Kuroshi members in incomprehension, then shouted toward what appeared to be her Black Star Society subordinates.
“What are you standing around for, you idiots! Prepare for battle!”
“Yes, sir!”
The awakened ones who had escaped from the Abandoned Hospital hastily drew their weapons at Mika’s command.
Despite their ragtag appearance, the black mana radiating from them was so powerful that it caused the entire area around the Abandoned Hospital to tremble slightly.
There was no doubt left that they were awakened ones of the Canis Major Constellation.
“Are you all ready?”
“Yes, boss!!”
Boom!
He stomped his feet roughly and drew a Japanese sword from the scabbard strapped to his back.
Though called a Japanese sword, it was one with a blade so absurdly large and thick that it made one wonder if it could even be wielded—nothing like the typical thin and elegant form of a traditional katana.
“What did I say a man is?”
At Sakaki’s command, the members of Kuroshi drew their weapons.
“To protect our family!”
“To protect our loved ones!”
“We are those who die fighting to protect our nation!”
“That’s right!!”
What in the world was this nonsense?
“Did O-jin and these guys take some kind of drug, or did they forget to take the medication they’re supposed to be on?”
“I’ve never heard of a drug for those symptoms, so it’s probably the latter.”
“Right?”
It wasn’t just Kwon O-jin and Ha-eun who thought so—even Mika, who had been staring at Sakaki with a tense expression, let out an exasperated laugh.
“Let’s go, everyone!!”
“Waaaahhh!!”
The Kuroshi members charged forward with a roar.
“Hyaaaaahhh!!”
Sakaki, leading the charge, swung his massive Japanese sword horizontally.
An invisible wave created by the sword strike engulfed the Black Star Society members.
“Gahhh!!”
“Ahhhhhhh!!”
The body of the Black Star Society member struck by the intense wave, powerful enough to create a whirlwind, was sent flying backward like a pebble.
“Target Sakaki Ryo! Only Sakaki Ryo!!”
One of the Black Star Society members spread his hand wide and pressed it against the ground.
The Canis Major Constellation stigma inscribed on his left chest blazed with black light.
Splash!
A massive torrent of water erupted from where his hand touched the ground, spreading out like a net.
The water, mixed with earth and turned into thick mud, wrapped around Sakaki’s body.
“Not so fast!”
As Sakaki twisted his body violently, the mud ensnaring him burst apart.
“Rise up!!!”
Just as Sakaki was shaking off the mud that had wrapped around him.
Five Black Star Society members chanted incantations and aimed their weapons at Sakaki.
—Kwaarrrrgh!!
A massive torrent of water erupted like a fire hose, aimed directly at Sakaki.
“Boss!”
Koshiro stepped in front of Sakaki and crossed both arms in an X formation.
A three-meter azure barrier materialized, deflecting the ferocious deluge with violent force.
“Ugh!”
“Hack! Cough!”
Black Star Society members caught in the backlash of their own water attack flailed helplessly across the ground.
“Stop wasting time, Koshiro!”
Sakaki barked at Koshiro, who had shielded him from the water cannon, then surveyed his men engaged in fierce combat on all sides.
Though the Black Star Society members were far fewer in number, they unleashed relentless attacks brimming with magical power as if they’d consumed some elixir, preventing his organization’s fighters from closing in.
“Help over there!”
“B-but…”
“A real man doesn’t hesitate!”
“Ugh…”
Koshiro, who had wavered for a moment, rushed toward where his comrades were fighting.
—Kwaarrrrgh!!
The instant Koshiro moved aside, violent jets of water slammed directly into Sakaki’s body.
“Graaah!”
The impact felt less like water and more like being struck by a sledgehammer—a heavy, crushing pain radiated through every muscle.
“With an attack like this…?”
Crack! Crackle!
Sakaki’s entire musculature swelled and bulged, his yukata straining to contain the expanding mass.
Eight strokes inscribed on his left chest blazed with brilliant light.
“Do you truly believe you can stop a real man?!?!”
Sakaki charged forward through the torrential water, his body a weapon against the Black Star Society members.
“Th-this madman!”
“Stop him! Stop him now!”
“M-Mika! This bastard is too strong!”
Kwaaang!!
The Black Star Society members who had desperately called for aid were sent flying backward upon impact with Sakaki’s body.
Despite having collided with a human, their bodies were crushed as if struck by a dump truck.
“Kahahaha!! I’ve heard so much about you Canis Major Constellation awakeners, yet you’re nothing special!”
Sakaki laughed boisterously, sweeping through the Canis Major fighters like a wolf among sheep.
“M-Mika… this doesn’t look good, does it?”
“Damn it! Can’t you reach Sosuke?!”
“He’s not answering!”
The Handsome Man shook his communication orb with an anxious expression.
“Damn that crazy bull bastard… why is he here of all places?!”
Mika gnashed her teeth in frustration at the unanswered question, then turned her head to survey her surroundings.
In her line of sight, I could make out two figures—a man and a woman—standing slightly apart, observing the battle as if watching a spectacle unfold.
“Shiranui. Do you see those two over there?”
“Huh? Yeah.”
“Those bastards aren’t Kuroshi.”
“Then what?”
“I’m not sure yet.”
Mika’s eyes narrowed.
They weren’t Kuroshi, yet they were with Kuroshi.
This fact mattered.
‘Those bastards are the type who stick to their principles—loyalty and all that nonsense.’
If these two were the ‘informants’ who had revealed this location to Sakaki.
Then given Sakaki’s nature, he would absolutely protect anyone who had helped him.
“Let’s take those bastards hostage.”
“Okay.”
Shiranui turned his body and exchanged a glance with Mika.
“I’ll take the woman. You handle the man, Mika.”
“Don’t tell me you’re getting aroused in a situation like this?”
Mika shot Shiranui a sharp look.
She knew this wasn’t the time for such questions, but the woman with an eye patch over her left eye was so breathtakingly beautiful that even Mika found herself involuntarily gasping—and that’s why the words had slipped out before she could stop them.
“Is this really the time to be asking that?”
“Ugh. Fine.”
Mika and Shiranui planted their feet simultaneously.
Splash! Splash!
Puddles erupted beneath their feet as their bodies accelerated explosively.
“Tch…!”
Sakaki lunged after Mika and Shiranui with a startled expression.
“Whoa, whoa, stay still, you crazy bull.”
Mika reached me in an instant and pulled me into a back embrace, restraining me from behind.
She pressed a sharp blade of water against my throat, her eyes fixed on Sakaki.
Sakaki, who had been rushing forward desperately, froze in his tracks.
“Hm. Looks like my prediction was spot on.”
Seeing the shock written across Sakaki’s face, I realized that taking the two of us hostage had been an excellent move.
“If you move even one step, I’ll slit this bastard’s throat.”
“Tsk!”
Sakaki swallowed hard, his fists clenching.
“Hehe. Good, good. Just stay nice and still like that.”
“….”
I turned to look at the woman holding me from behind with a blade pressed to my neck, my expression impassive.
“What, cat got your tongue? Too scared to speak?”
Mika gazed at me, her lips curling into a smirk.
“Up close, you’re actually pretty cute, aren’t you?”
I muttered something about how you fit my taste, then extended my tongue languidly.
A skull piercing embedded in the center of my tongue gleamed with a lustrous sheen.
“If you just follow my lead, you won’t get hurt, so be a good boy, hmm?”
Mika let out a seductive laugh and licked Kwon O-jin’s cheek with her tongue.

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