I Came Back but the World is Still a Fantasy!?

3-28: An Unfortunate First Time (2/6)

3-28: An Unfortunate First Time (2/6)

I suddenly started asserting myself, so the groups been split, but I knew from the start that it would turn out like this. Ill do something about it myself.

I see Well, keep it in moderation. If you get too worked up, itll hurt.

Since shes already decided, he had no right to interfere.

Thats why he just told her to take care not to overly invest herself and lose heart half-way through.

I will, she courteously and happily replied.

But just what is it that you want to overcome anyway?

When they went back to the original topic, a wry smile appeared on the girls face.

Umm, actually Ive been training since then, but Ive yet to make any progress with my interpersonal combat skills. I-I understand Im being impolite, but c-could you please give me some pointers?

After all, youre someone who was able to suppress so many people alone!

Thats what those eyes of hers seemed to be saying when she took Shinichis hand.

Before Shinichi knew it, the girl had taken his free hand the one not holding any envelopes and had taken a pleading posture.

Shinichi couldnt understand why the girl was blushing, but he still enjoyed her hands that were soft despite her training.

Pointers, huh.

Its a little troubling if thats what she wants. She may not have seen everything, but she still saw him fighting.

She was the only student who has personally experienced his strength. Thats why theres no point in hiding his strength from her.

But her believing that he could give her pointers seemed like it would be something very troublesome.

To be more precise, this situation felt just like a certain woman who kept coming back to him every morning for advice on her relationship with her older brother.

I-Is it not possible? I promise I wont tell anyone!

She held his hand tighter and looked at him anxiously as she pleaded for his help once more.

At first glance, her actions might appear sly and even the way she worded that sounded like she was trying to strike a deal, but she definitely wasnt doing that on purpose. She was too pure for that.

Although, the fact that this was her natural self was plenty scary in and of itself.

Well, whatever.

Shinichi stopped hesitating and relaxed himself.

He could just consider this as compensation for the help she gave him during that incident.

When he agreed to give her pointers, the girls countenance immediately dazzled.

In truth, Shinichi knew she would be this happy, which is why he agreed, but that was his secret.

First, tell me exactly how youre bad at interpersonal combat. Do you hesitate when attacking other people? Or do you simply find interpersonal combat difficult?

Ah, umm I-Id say Im more of the latter. I have a high rank in Mind, so I specialize in consecutively casting advanced skills to wipe out my enemies. But in a one-on-one battle, those skills area-of-effect are too big, so theyre hard to use. So at most, all I can do is to fight with a weapon I have like this, but I can only go so far before

The girl explained by gesturing with her hands to show herself swinging something, and then wryly smiled.

Did she change her mind or was she driven to a corner even in her imagination?

Before you resort to your skill which takes both you and your opponent out, right?

Y-Yes, unfortunately. My rank at Resistance isnt very high, so I figured that might be the problem

Well, its true that you could fight like that too if your Resistance was high. What do you usually use as a weapon?

Without that much information, even Shinichi couldnt possibly give her advice.

He has seen plenty of their drills and training, but when it comes to spars between students, the only one he was really able to watch was that spar during his first day. Other than that every other spar he saw was just happenstance.

Thats why he didnt know what weapon this girl used despite her popularity.

I dont have a specific weapon, actually. Its unfortunate, but Im basically a jack of all trades master of none. I could use all weapons to some extent, but Im no match for people who specialize in just one thing. And sometimes when the weapon type used is the same

Let me guess, you get all flustered when your opponent drives you into a corner so suddenly, and then you blow up.

Yes, the girl nodded beet red. She was probably ashamed to have her immaturity exposed.

But with this, Shinichi now had enough information.

This was a complete coincidence, but this was actually something that once troubled Shinichi.

The reason is completely different, but Shinichi himself is a jack of all trades.

In the girls case, she had a talent for everything, but in Shinichis case, he had no talent at all, and all he had was his exceptional rank in Skill.

Because of that he already had an answer, an answer he came up with a long time ago.

One suggestion I could give you that would solve your problem now is to use a complex weapon. Ive never actually used it myself, but you guys have that Swiss-knife-like weapon, right?

The weapons of the students are generally sourced from one of two places. Either they themselves provide it or the school provides it.

Grasping the ability of the former is a bit difficult, but as for the latter, all information on them has been revealed.

Of those weapons, there is a special weapon that combines the function of different weapons.

From the side, it looks like a rectangular box, but it could change its form and change itself into any weapon.

It could become a sword, a spear, a cannon, a sniper rifle, it could even become a blunt weapon.

Umm Ah, there is one. Its not very popular, so Id already forgotten about it until you mentioned it.

The girl looked through her memories, and she was indeed able to confirm the existence of such a weapon, but immediately after, she frowned.

The reason no one used that weapon was because it was too complicated.

Ive used it before during my training before enrollment, but if you dont know the pattern of its transformations, youll just end up holding it in a weird way.

For example, if one doesnt let go of the handle when transforming it from its sword form, one will end up holding a gun from its muzzle.

Things like that were common, and the weapon just ended up impeding the movement of its wielder.

Unfortunately, that trait was necessary in order to allow the weapon to possess all the functions it possessed.

Huh, that sounds like a really interesting weapon. I want to try it! Ah, but now isnt really the time for that. We were talking about your weapon, right? Sorry.

For a moment, Shinichis face seemed like it was about to sparkle, but he immediately controlled himself and apologized.

The girl made a strange face when she saw that, but Shinichi ignored her.

In that case, you have no choice but to just have all your weapons with you. Normally, that would be impossible, but fortunately, the weapons around here can make that possible.

Since the fosters can store things to a certain degree, carrying things and performing maintenance wasnt a problem.

Its also because of that that its possible to carry multiple weapons.

Since I cant specialize in just one weapon, I should just take them all with me! I see! So this is the concept of thinking with open defiance!

No, no. Its the concept of how thinking in reverse can help you find a solution.

For some reason, when the girl smiled, Shinichi couldnt help but throw a tsukkomi at her.

Absorbing knowledge was good and all, but she should really pick a better person to learn from.

Nothing good could possibly come out of her absorbing knowledge from Shinichi, or at least thats what Shinichi thinks.

But of course, as far as the girl is concerned, its precisely because its Shinichi that shes trying to learn so much.