The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

Combat power of 100,000?

When I saw it before, her combat power was clearly 10,000. But just by holding a sashimi knife, her combat power increased tenfold.

If this were a game, it would be a crappy game with terrible balance patches. Because my current combat power while holding a gun is 820, only twice my original combat power of 410.

A sashimi knife shouldn’t be stronger than a gun, so why did it increase tenfold?

“Hang nyang nyang! Are you perhaps surprised by mohanya’s combat power?”

“Y-yes… How does your combat power increase tenfold?”

“The reason is that I’m that skilled with a sashimi knife nyang. There’s something called proficiency for each weapon, and depending on how excellent this proficiency is, the combat power increase differs nyang!”

“How do you check proficiency?”

“How nice would it be if that could be checked? Unfortunately, there’s no way to check such a thing anywhere nyang.”

Well, it would be unconscionable if we could see proficiency in addition to combat power. At least I understand that the concept of proficiency exists.

I guess my combat power only doubled because I’m not familiar with handguns. It means if I were good with handguns, it wouldn’t be strange for it to increase tenfold instead of doubling.

“And additionally, combat power can’t be the only indicator of a fight nyang.”

“Why is that?”

“I’ll show you why now, so try shooting mohanya with the gun nyang!”

This is clearly a narrow alley.

No matter how strong mohanya is, she can only approach me in a straight line, and my gun shouldn’t miss.

If I aim calmly and shoot…

“Aaagh!”

At that moment, something pierced my forearm. My hand lost strength involuntarily and I dropped the gun on the ground.

『You have experienced a fight. Your combat power increases slightly.』

Looking at my forearm in pain, the sashimi knife was stuck in it. It’s what mohanya was holding, damn it, did she throw this?

How can a person throw a sashimi knife and pierce a forearm?

“Are you surprised? Unable to do anything because the sashimi knife is stuck in your forearm nyang?”

“Damn it, I’m not surprised or anything, it just fucking hurts?”

“Does it still hurt now?”

“Of course it… Huh? It doesn’t hurt.”

It definitely hurt before, but now it doesn’t hurt. Wondering what happened, I looked and the sashimi knife had disappeared as if I’d dreamed it. My forearm was fine too.

“In mohanya’s space, no one gets hurt or dies nyang!”

Is this bitch really human?

Actually, isn’t she the author who created this world? Are you enjoying tormenting me right now? But I wasn’t even a reader, so why are you tormenting me?

But I stopped because saying such things would make me sound like a psychopath. I felt like my heart would crumble if I were called a psychopath by a psychopath like mohanya.

“Yes, that’s really amazing. Wow, it’s really cool, right?”

“More! Praise me more nyang!”

You crazy bitch.

“But is this possible when your combat power becomes 100,000? Interfering by throwing a knife before I can even aim and shoot the gun.”

“Hang nyang nyang! You can do what I just did even without 100,000 combat power nyang. Even doggy boss can do it sufficiently nyang.”

How can I do such a thing? I’m human, you know?

“But, you need to know how to use Body Energy nyang.”

“Body Energy?”

I’m glad to suddenly hear about something I was at a loss how to learn. I never imagined I’d be this glad to see a psychopath like mohanya.

“That’s right nyang. This time I’ll show you slowly, so stick to the wall nyang.”

Since she’s going to teach me Body Energy, I should listen well to this grateful person. I obediently stuck to the wall and watched mohanya intently.

“Watch carefully nyang~”

Mohanya gripped the sashimi knife she was holding with just her thumb, index finger, and middle finger to throw it. Then something started changing on the back of her hand.

Veins bulging as if trying to break through the skin hideously. Looking closely at those veins, I could see some kind of energy gathering and circulating explosively on the back of her hand.

Did she do drugs? Why can I see such a thing?

In the moment I was wondering, the energies that had gathered and expanded the veins while circulating rapidly went to her wrist. And when mohanya used her wrist snap to throw the sashimi knife, the energies moved to her fingertips matching the movement.

Whish, thunk!

With a sound of air being torn, the sashimi knife stuck in the wall. The energy that had gathered so much was no longer there.

“Did you see it well?”

“I saw it well. So you used this Body Energy to amplify the throwing power for a moment, right?”

“Correct answer nyang! If you use Body Energy well, you can increase your combat power itself, but you can also use it to amplify for a moment like this nyang. This way it’s not even reflected in combat power nyang.”

I see, so that’s why you can’t judge a fight by combat power alone. It makes sense.

“Now then, will doggy boss try it too nyang?”

Mohanya asked as she handed me the sashimi knife. Instead, she took the gun.

“This time I’ll shoot the gun, so doggy boss try to block it by throwing the knife nyang!”

“Since it’s practice, you won’t aim for the neck, right?”

“Hang nyang nyang! Even if it wasn’t practice, I don’t recommend the neck nyang. Even with a knife stuck in the neck, there’s enough strength left to pull the trigger nyang.”

You can survive even if your neck is pierced? That’s a fact I’m learning for the first time. I should keep that in mind when fighting.

“Thank you for the good advice.”

I calmly breathed and felt the Body Energy flowing through my whole body. Even though I had only observed mohanya using it once, thanks to the effect of my title, I could easily sense the feeling.

“By the way, mohanya will shoot the gun without any warning nyang~ Don’t worry, you won’t die nyang~”

I won’t die because it’s mohanya, but I would die in a real situation. I hold a desperate conviction thinking that the moment I fail, it’s death.

As I gathered and expanded the Body Energy from my whole body to my right arm, the veins on the back of my hand grew as if about to burst.

And then, although mohanya said she wouldn’t give a warning.

『Mohanya is raising her gun to shoot you!』

Because Action Observation gives me a warning.

Thunk!

Not missing that gap, I quickly threw the sashimi knife. I intended to pierce her forearm and make her hand lose strength, just like mohanya did.

But of course, there’s no way she’d be hit by the sashimi knife. As always, she’ll disappear like mist and avoid the attack.

“Hang nyang nyang! That was excellent nyang. To grasp Body Energy at once, as expected doggy boss is a genius nyang!”

See, the sashimi knife cuts through the air and her voice comes from behind.

“But specially this time, I won’t knock you down nyang. Because doggy boss did it so excellently nyang!”

Why, you should knock me down. Then my combat power would increase by at least 10.

Of course, it’s not pleasant to be humiliatingly knocked down by a psychopath like mohanya and have my combat power increase by 10.

“Then, the gallant mohanya who came like the wind, fought like fire, and retreats like a cloud will be going now nyang! Make sure to buy a sashimi knife before meeting the seller nyang!”

─Bye bye nyang, doggy boss! See you at the fourth lesson nyang!

“I’d rather not see you again?”

I said that, but mohanya had already disappeared. She’s disgustingly fast. I’m seriously curious about her identity, but there’s no way to find out.

I don’t even know why she’s so interested in me. There’s nothing predictable about her.

“A sashimi knife…”

I looked for the sashimi knife that had flown through the air just in case, but it was nowhere to be found. It can’t be helped since it separates from reality the moment mohanya appears.

“A psychopath cosplaying as mohanya who can create a space different from reality, does that make any sense?”

I muttered to myself as if deliberately for the author who created this world to hear, if they’re watching. Because I want to argue if this makes any sense.

But there’s no way anyone would hear. This world is, after all, the real world for me now. It’s only to my disadvantage if I think of it as a fictional work.

I should stop this nonsense and buy a sashimi knife. Given that mohanya told me to buy one, there must be something to it. Like how Banana Man had a gun before.

“Well, unlike a gun, a sashimi knife is easy to get.”

For a gun, you need to get a possession permit first, and because they’re expensive, they’re not easy to obtain.

On the other hand, sashimi knives are used for cooking so anyone can buy them. It’s a weapon that’s easy to obtain for people who can’t get a possession permit or don’t have money.

Of course, anyone buying one to throw at someone with a gun isn’t normal.

“Please come again.”

I went to a nearby hardware store and bought a sashimi knife. I prayed that nothing annoying enough to make me throw it would happen.

Ding─

At that moment, the person who was going to sell the dryad’s branch sent a message.

『I’m sorry, really sorry. I think I need to move locations again. I’m sorry for constantly changing locations, but could you come this way?』

Don’t worry. I never went to the location you sent before anyway.

Fortunately, the location the seller marked this time wasn’t far from the hardware store. It had the commonality of being an equally secluded alley though.

“Is this the place…”

I entered the alley, praying that I wouldn’t hear any “hang nyang nyang” sounds this time. It’s narrower and darker than the alley I entered earlier. It seems like it would be hard to see without turning on a light since the sun has set.

I took out my phone to turn on the light. At that moment, another message came.

Ding─

There was no content. Just a single period was marked.

What on earth does this mean? As I was pondering, there was a rustling sound and a figure appeared.

“Are you the buyer?”

It was a woman’s voice. Did she send a period to check if I was the buyer by the message sound? What if I had set it to silent mode?

“Yes, that’s right. Where’s the item?”

I ask kindly for now even though it’s suspicious as hell. So as not to tarnish the organization’s image.

“It’s right here…”

The woman raised a wooden stick while making a slightly seductive voice. The moment I saw that wooden stick, I felt like I understood what Yu Jin-ri meant.

Because the image of mohanya throwing flirtatious glances suddenly popped into my head.

Of course, I mean the real mohanya, not that psychopath mohanya. She’s my ideal type in her own way.

“This certainly seems to be genuine. That’s fortunate. How much are you thinking for the price?”

“I don’t need a price… Instead, would you grant me one request?”

“A request? What kind of request?”

“A man with a gun is trying to kill me. Please save me from that man.”

Ah, is this why mohanya gave me the third lesson? Is mohanya some kind of prophet? Or is she really the author?

I couldn’t understand, but I have no obligation to fight a gunman for a woman I don’t even know. It might even be a scam.

“I refuse. If you’re not willing to sell it for money, that’s regrettable.”

“Huh? Why isn’t the seduction working? It should work normally…”

“Seduction?”

What nonsense is this now?

Having heard something that seems quite offensive, I can’t just let it slide.

“Would you explain in detail what nonsense you’re talking about?”

Unless you want to die.