The Grim Reaper Arrives To Claim Someone's Life… But! (2)

Hey, Shun here!

Are you the type of person who would become calmer as you get angrier and angrier? I remember my classmates saying that my personality is like that of a silent volcano. It seems like there was nothing wrong with me on the surface but, deep inside, I was already seething in anger.

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(Third Person's POV)

The battle started almost immediately after Shun transformed. Koro-sensei took on the [Grim Reaper] head on as Shun supported him by blocking some shots and putting on pressure on the [Grim Reaper] by providing long ranged support and melee pressure alternatingly.

What annoyed the [Grim Reaper] even more is that, even if it slaps the arrows that Shun shoots with his bow, some kind of slowing effect would still affect it afterwards. Due to these slows, Koro-sensei had an easier time facing this [Grim Reaper].

Even though Shun have access to many blink skills and could use them all alternatingly so that the [Grim Reaper] couldn't land a hit on him, he was still being extra careful. Despite being slowed by his frost arrows, the [Grim Reaper] is still faster than both of them.

Also, there is the drawback of Shun being unable to use his armor when transforming to his [OSO] avatar. He could still use [Vorpal Dance], as well as both of his weapons and boots because of his link with Tsuka being active but, it is still very dangerous to do so since he would lack some much needed defense.

Thankfully, these drawbacks are a worthy trade when you take into account the fact that Shun will be able to immobilize their enemy for a few seconds. Well, that's if he managed to somehow stack the arrow's effect to 10.

So far, there wasn't any luck as the stack could only go up to 3 before the danger sense of this [Grim Reaper] kicks in. When its senses 'tingles', it prioritizes dodging Shun's arrows, after all.

"Tsk… If I could just stack like six frost arrows on it, I think we'll be able to take care of it…" Shun murmured while changing back to his [NWO] avatar and going into the melee range again.

As soon as he approached the [Grim Reaper], Shun was slapped away.

*Bang*

This resulted in some cracks forming on his armor, and he also threw a mouthful of blood due to the impact as well. This has been happening ever since the fight started.

At first, everyone was worried that Shun might die from those horrible sounding hits but, unknown to them, Shun has been using potions to negate the damage he was taking. Of course, not every people could do this, though.

Take for example this attack. Just how many people could grit their teeth and ignore the pain they are feeling?

If you could do just that, it's either you could no longer feel any physical pain, is already used to it, or you have the balls of steel. For some reason or another, Shun's body seems to be extremely used to taking beatings, even the life threatening ones.

Each and every time he receives damage, it felt like his body automatically ignores ignores the messages coming from his pain receptors and just tells his brain that this particular part of the body got damages and etc. This was the first of the many peculiar traits of his body that he discovered when he was a child.

Knowing that the [Grim Reaper] could no longer understand human language, Shun decided to talk about a change of tactics with Koro-sensei.

"Sensei, can you hold him off at a certain location for a few seconds after I hit him with my second arrow?"

"I can but… What will you do Shirakami-kun?"

"I will immobilize him for a bit so that you could finish him off…"

At Shun's reply, Koro-sensei paused for a few moments before he nodded his head.

"Alright Shirakami-kun. I'm ready."

Seeing the unwavering determination in his eyes, Shun knew that he could trust his teacher on it. Thus, he took a deep breath and, after taking a few steps away from the battle, he once again took out his bow.

*shui*

One. It easily managed to hit the [Grim Reaper] as it was fully paying attention to Koro-sensei who was trying as hard as he can to evade attacks with minimal amounts of energy used while simultaneously targeting the weak spots of the enemy's offense to counter attack.

*shui*

Two. Another easy hit. This time, it was once again caught instinctively by the [Grim Reaper's] tentacle, resulting in it 'getting hit' again.

With two stacks now on effect, Shun quickly took out a handful of arrows from his quiver before dashing in towards the enemy.

*swish*

A tentacle came swinging towards his sides but he immediately dodged it via [Substitution]. As the [Grim Reaper] got distracted by Shun suddenly running towards it, Koro-sensei took that chance to land a few blows, resulting in it once again focusing its attention at Koro-sensei as it roared.

It's wrath was entirely visible as it tried to hammer Koro-sensei on the ground with its numerous tentacles. Unknown to it, Shun had already killed all of his presence as his eyes were looking extremely calm, his eyelids half open.

No emotions could be seen from his expression as he ran towards the enemy, his steps entirely unable to be heard by anyone around. All of the sudden, before the [Grim Reaper's] instincts could warn it about the danger, Shun was already on its side, his bow and arrow at the ready.

*twang*

The sound of a bow string being released resounded silently as the handful of arrows that was on Shun's hands turned into many arrows that pierced the [Grim Reaper] on its sides. After that, the [Grim Reaper] turned dark blue in color before freezing on its tracks.

The clouds on the sky darkened as arcs of lightning illuminated the night sky.

Seizing this opportunity Koro-sensei took a tissue and an anti-sensei knife to stab the [Grim Reaper] on its chest but, all of the sudden, it suddenly turned red and it got out of the frozen state instantly. Seemingly knowing that it would be in trouble if it stayed at its current position, it disappeared and reappeared a few ways away from where the students of Class 3-E gathered.

Since it couldn't deal with the two it is fighting right now, shouldn't it be able to deal with these small fries without much problems? And so, it brandished its black tentacles, ready to harvest some lives.

Tonight, its tentacles seems like the many sickles of a Death God.

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(Shun's POV)

The [Grim Reaper] managed to escape from our grasp and it's now swinging its tentacles towards my friends. Pochi, Tama, Rokuko, Mutsuko, and Fenny tried to fight back but they were unable to.

They managed to cut off some of its tentacles but, in exchange, it got a few hits in. Despite losing its tentacles after trying to hit my friends, the sonic booms from its attacks were enough to hurt them.

Rokuko and Mutsuko was even sent to a nearby tree and the nearby cemented stairs, crashing on them head first. Their heads… They're bleeding.

As soon as I saw that, I don't know why but, instead of seething in anger, I felt a lot more calmer. Ah, it's been a while since I got so angry that I got to enter this kind of state of mind.

My eyes roamed as I took on the current situation. My brain processed those informations fast as my mind went into overdrive.

However, that wasn't all. I feel like, my mind was drastically faster at processing information then when I experienced this state previously.

'Master, do you, best~! Kill, bad guy~!'

When I heard that voice inside my head, I finally understood from who this power came from.

Feeling my body that feels like its now as light as the wind, I attacked. This time, I will make sure that you are killed…

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"…akey~ …akey~!"

"…aster …ensei, …esu! Po… issed …you!"

I could hear voices. Is it Pochi and Tama? Are they okay?

"Ugh…" I instinctively clutched my head as I felt a splitting headache crawl from the back of my head to the top of my head before scattering all over the place.

"…Pochi, Tama, is that you?" I mutter while grimacing slightly at the headache I'm having.

It's funny how I'm able to endure those beatings but not this slight headache right now…

Eh, wait… Beatings?

"Ah—!"

"Shhhh… [Admin-sensei] is sick, desuu~?"

"Ah—! No, ah… yes, Pochi understands nodesu…"

Upon hearing the two's familiar interactions, a part of my headache went away as a smile involuntarily formed on my face. Their cheeks are filled with tears so I reached out to

wiped them out.

"So… What happened, Pochi, Tama? How is Rokuko, Mutsuko, and the others? Is anybody else hurt?" After briefly assessing my situation, I came to the conclusion that I just woke up after recovering from a life threatening fight.

Protagonists always do that and I felt like my current situation was like that…

Before the two could even give me a reply, the bed I am laying down on suddenly shook slightly and I felt two warm and soft things envelop me from both sides.

"I'm glaaaaaaad! Shun, you're fineeeee! I thought I will lose my partner! Uwaaah!"

"You're safe… I'm glad… Really… Glad…"

Looking at the two sources of the sobbing sounds, I saw Rokuko and Mutsuko-sa… Mutsuko who seems to be completely fine. Whilst they were still sobbing, I cupped their cheeks for a few seconds to check if there are no injuries in their heads.

While I'm it, I also checked if Pochi and Tama are also completely fine. Thankfully, it seems like they didn't sustain any kind of injury.

I'm glad…

"*sob* What are you looking at, Shun? *sniff*"

"Ah, no. I just checked if you're all completely fine."

The moment I said that, an almost hysterical and angry voice coming from my left blessed my ears, making me grimace a little.

"What are you saying, Shun-kun! It should be us who are doing that! You were out for two days, you know—!?"

"—Ah, sorry. I didn't mean to shout…"

"It's fine."

This is the first time I've seen Mutsuko-san angry. Come to think of it, this is also the first time I've seen any of them crying.

It looks like Mutsuko's outburst was heard from outside as numerous hurried footsteps echoed from the hallway. Moments later, the door burst open and in came Touka-san, Rinka-san, Yukiko-san, Ritsu, and Nakamura-san.

Hmm? Wait, why is Nakamura-san here?

After seeing that I was already awake, they immediately gathered around my bed. They asked many questions but, along with that, they also scolded me a few times.

I could understand where their anger is coming from but, to be honest, what I did there was the most optimal thing to do during that given scenario. If that were to happen again, I would still do the same.

It's not like my life was in too much danger anyway.

Last night, the [Grim Reaper] tried to attack me with its many tentacles, trying to pierce my body with it. Despite that, I just ignored it and, while reverting back into my real body, I stabbed it a couple of times in its chest, where its heart is.

The tentacles it used to attack me disintegrated due to it touching my military uniform that's covered with anti-sensei materials but, I also received much damage. After that, all I could remember was the monster disintegrating and my vision turning blurry.

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※~To be continued~※

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Author's Remarks:

※ FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY! Dang, I could finally put an end to this arc for good. A chapter or two more to stabilize the situation and we're finally talking about going back and etc. Man, this Arc took more effort than I expected to write. Like, seriously.