ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~ Chapter 278.2

Published at 14th of December 2022 11:06:58 AM

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko

Editor: ryunakama

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 278: Sword Wolf Turns Out to Be a Thunderfire Beast Part 8 Part 2

Or at least not in recent years. But something was not right here. This was not the Ryuuguin Style she came to know. It was somehow as if the spirit of her grandfather possessed that person and his own play style, resulting in something of a modern variation of the Ryuuguin style. Or as if that person took the Ryuuguin Style and made it his own……

What is this?

The meaning……

I don’t understand.

How?

How could this be?

I don’t understand…… I don’t understand……

What is this……?

I NO LONGER UNDERSTAND ANY OF IT!!!!!!

「Umm, ehmm…… Kyougoku-Ultimate…… -san……?」

That is exactly why right about now, Kyogoku’s brain was working full throttle, like never before. She was desperately trying to grasp what was happening before her very eyes, and that it why it took her quite a while to realize that someone was actually talking to her. Looking down towards that person, it was Saig0…… No, Saiga Rei.

「Please tell me. You must know, right? Who this person really is!?」

「Eh!? Ahh, umm……」

「Please tell me! You must know! Come on! I beg of you! He is not one of your students, so who is he!?」

「C-Calm down…… Please, Kyogoku-Ultimate-chan, try to calm down……!」

「……!!! …… Ah! …… Hah!」

Due to sheer shock factor and emotional overflow, right about now Kyogoku could only shake Saig0 like a madman, desperately trying to articulate single sounds into proper words. But in her current state it was something really difficult for her to pull off. And with a system that basically can read human emotions, you could even see that there were tears welling up in her eyes. That sight would totally ruin the impression of her that other people around here had.

「Umm…… For the time being, I can assure you that he has nothing to do with Ryuuguin Style, none whatsoever……」

「Say what now?」

Is something like that possible? Or were they simply trying to make a fool out of her?

The expression on her face changed, and a huge murderous aura could be felt radiating in the air. In the next moment, Saig0 had found herself in a situation where the tip of the sword was being pressed against her neck. But even though she’d seen it coming, the armored knight did not falter or took a step back. She stood her ground firmly, facing the danger head on.

That person was just being controlled by her emotions right now. Hesitation in this exact moment would have been disastrous in consequences.

「That much is true…… He… There is no way that he has anything to do…… with the world of the martial arts……」

「There’s no way that’s……!」

「But that’s true.」

An affirmation.

Even if the entire universe started to revolve around the Earth from this point forward, that one fact would have stayed unchanged. And seeing that absolute confidence in Saig0’s eyes, Kyogoku gradually started to calm herself down.

「Then how in the hell are you going to explain that!? Sure, it’s all messy and all over the place, but no matter how you look at it, those are your Grandfather’s moves! It’s your Grandfather, although a complete amateur! What does that supposed to mean!?」

The atmosphere right now was so tense in this place that you could as well cut it with a knife. It was all the more reason why Kyogoku was unable to understand why Saig0 would be so confident here. Her will here was like a raging fire, showing no signs of going out or weakening, not even for a moment.

It was a strange kind of story, one that Saig0 would not believe herself if it had not happened to her. About a year or so ago, some of her extended family members presented her with a rather peculiar birthday present. A video game in which her Grandfather was supposed to act as an NPC, and even play the role of the secret boss that the players could challenge to a fight. It would no strange thing that Kyogoku would have played that game, but if she cleared it all and fought the secret boss, was there any reason for her to still be in denial? To not believe it?

「This is…… He may have learned all that in that game…… I think……」

「………… Ha?」

She could not be all too sure about that, but she was sure that if the evidence was all there, it would have probably been the right answer.

「Did you know that Grandfather Fugaku used to supervise the development of a certain game shortly before he passed away?」

「…… No, I had no idea he was even a part of a project like that.」

Because that current reaction was simply unthinkable. There is no way that someone would be able to learn all this just by playing games!

Why would something like this be brought up here at such time?

「This is…… Umm, how should I put this delicately here……? There is this one VR game in which Ryuuguin Fugaku serves as a super secret boss that the players can fight and… learn from…… Holy shit. No way, please don’t tell me…… You did not know? You had no idea, right?」

It took her a good moment to actually register the meaning of those words in her head. And then her expression has changed. Right about now it was empty and devoid of life, as if her soul decided to leave her mortal shell and proceed to the afterlife. Seeing that, Kyougoku started to shake Saig100’s body, looking as though she was afraid that her real life’s body might have suffered for some strange condition, or that her heart really came to a stop here.

「Oi, what happened…… Are you alright……?」

「I did not know…… I, had no idea… about any of this……」

The truth has been revealed. The last wish of the true “Sword Saint” left in this world, while he was no longer here. It was the truth that was even stranger than the strangest of fictions. She was the granddaughter of said Sword Saint, and yet she was probably the last to realize this, through the chain of events so improbable that normally you would not think it possible.

However, there was no way for other people present in the arena to know about this. Only the two combatants could know that.

And it was only possible through the clash of the “Virtual Sword Saint” and that “Cracked and Burned Mercenary”. And both of their passions intertwining with one another.

Chapter end