Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Vol. 22 by Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka

Author:Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka [Tappei Nagatsuki and Shinichirou Otsuka]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2023-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

The examination for Electra, the second floor of the Great Pleiades Library.

Time: conditionally unlimited. Attempts: conditionally unlimited. Challengers: conditionally unlimited.

—Examination start.

2

—And so the test began.

The location was a white space on the second floor of the tower.

The examiner was the red-haired man with a sharklike smile standing calmly in the back of the room.

An unbelievable amount of pressure was coming from the man who identified himself as only Stick Swinger.

There was also the way he had appeared. He had made Shaula, who was at least technically keeper of the tower, faint the moment she saw him. He was quite clearly not just an average person.

And so—

“Allow me to go all out from the start!”

Leaning forward, Julius advanced with those words.

From his hand flew the sword that had been sticking out of the floor in front of the stairs. Spinning vertically, it traced an arc toward the man and landed sticking out of the ground right at his feet, just where Julius had aimed.

The man could easily reach his hand out to take it, as that was what Julius intended.

“Throwin’ me a sword? You got a death wish?”

“Unfortunately, attacking an unarmed opponent would be shameful for a knight!”

“Kah! Don’t make me laugh. I ain’t unarmed. Look closer.”

The man grinned, baring his fangs as Julius closed the distance. Then he casually lifted his leg and violently kicked the sword aside. The sword of selection went flying with a loud crash.

“—Gh! Don’t regret those words!”

After his opponent completely ignored his desire for a fair fight, Julius’s face tensed as he drew his knight’s sword.

The slender sword flashed in a straight line, becoming an iron hammer to judge the man so unchivalrous as to dishonor a serious duel.

The lightning charge…

“Spare me the cute howls, dumbass. You’ve got a pretty face. Careful you don’t get me excited about making you cry.”

“Wh—gh!”

There was a thunderclap as the thrust aimed straight at his torso stopped.

Of course, Julius had not stayed his hand. He always exerted himself. So it wasn’t him who stopped the thrust, but the shark smirking at him.

“That can’t be.”

“Better learn to believe your eyes. Start there. That’s step one.”

Stick Swinger was grinning ferociously as he scratched his chest disinterestedly with his right hand. But his left hand had stopped Julius’s sword with terrifying precision.

And…

“…Wooden sticks?”

“No, chopsticks. They’re chopsticks. Just right for a little appetizer. That’s why I always carry a set on me.”

…he was holding two slender wooden sticks covered in black lacquer.

Those are definitely chopsticks. I only found out they exist in this world, too, when we were in Pristella, but he’s the first one I’ve seen able to really use them perfectly.

—No, no matter how perfectly you use them, stopping a sword with them isn’t something a human could do.

“Don’t make me laugh. Ain’t nothing better than chopsticks. You can swing them around best with the best angle and the best speed and the best feel. There ain’t nothing I can’t cut with chopsticks.”

“Gh…”

It was an unbelievable sight, but Stick Swinger looked almost like he might yawn.

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