Ch.273Ghost Shota (2)

“Sasith Platinum!!!”

I shouted at Sasith’s soul, which was awkwardly protruding from behind my back.

From now on, Sasith is my exclusive Stand. Yes. This is Sasith’s proper form. Yep. Absolutely.

“What are you so excited about?! My body!! My soul has been pulled out!! What am I supposed to do?!”

Sasith immediately got angry.

“Well… let’s leave your body for now. You know you won’t die.”

I touched Sasith’s body. As expected, he was still breathing. His body temperature was normal too.

“It would be weird to leave it here in the lobby, so let’s just put it in a corner somewhere.”

I crumpled Sasith’s body and placed it in a corner.

“Hey!! That’s my body! Handle it with care!!”

Sasith yelled angrily.

Geez. So fussy.

“Anyway, we need to deal with the root cause of all this.”

After saying that, I headed toward where the souls were gathering.

——-

The path to the lobby was not easy, as expected.

Translucent employees blocked my way.

“Student. You shouldn’t be wandering around at night. Isn’t it too early for nighttime activities?”

One of the employees smiled.

“You guys… so you were ghosts after all.”

I… tried to treat the paranormally-challenged without prejudice!! But when you do such blatantly ghostly things, even I can’t help but develop prejudices!!

“Hmph. Your yang energy is quite impressive. Is it protecting your soul from being extracted?”

The employee looked at me with an intrigued expression.

“I see the qualities of an exorcist who can handle living souls. However… that’s as far as you go.”

The employee smiled and waved his hand.

Fwooosh-!!

Souls emerged from behind the employee.

They were… our classmates.

“Shota… help… us…!”

My classmates cried out in anguish.

“You guys…!!”

I swallowed hard.

These bastards, they’ve hijacked their souls and turned them into familiars!

“Controlling souls isn’t your exclusive privilege, student. It’s something any medium like us can do.”

The employees surrounded me.

Whoooosh-!

At that moment, the fist of a familiar controlled by the employees shot toward me.

“Hup!!”

I quickly rolled to dodge the attack.

CRASH-!!!

The fist slammed into the ground where I had been standing.

CRACK-!!

The ground was cracked. It was an incredibly powerful punch.

Damn it. If only I had a weapon… with Tomato, I could tear these lowly spirits to shreds. That was my greatest regret.

“No choice then. Sasith, let’s fight together.”

I immediately brought out Sasith.

I quickly got the hang of controlling him to some extent. Sasith moved somewhat according to my will.

“W-wait! Shota!”

However, Sasith had a subtle sense of self. He tried to resist my movements, making him difficult to control.

“Ha! That ability is something you’ve only stumbled upon by chance! That means victory is mine!!”

At that moment, the crazed employees closed in on me.

Whoosh-! Whoosh-!

Fists came flying at me all at once.

“Really!! I have no choice!!”

Sasith finally jumped in front of me and swung his translucent fists.

BOOM-!

The two fists crossed, creating a shockwave.

BOOM-! BOOM-! BOOM-!

Sasith’s physical specs weren’t bad. He was somehow maintaining a defense by blocking fists with his own. Plus, Sasith was in ghost form. He didn’t feel pain from the impact of the fists.

“ORA ORA ORA ORA!!! HARURARA!!”

I added sound effects and battle cries as he threw punches.

“That’s annoying!!”

Sasith shouted loudly.

“Oh.”

I immediately crouched down.

BOOM-! CLANG-! CLANG-! BOOM-!!

Fists collided from all directions.

However, there were two employees. We were bound to be overwhelmed. We could defend, but we couldn’t land any effective hits.

“Ha!! This is your limit!! We are ghosts!! Physical attacks from humans can’t harm us except through spiritual bodies!!”

One of the employees laughed triumphantly.

“…You’ve never faced a swordsman before.”

I immediately glanced toward the wall.

There was a decorative sword hanging there. It didn’t seem well-maintained, but as long as I could grip it and swing it, that would be good enough.

“Sasith!! Keep defending!!”

After saying that, I ran toward the sword on the wall.

Shwiiik-!

The translucent string connecting me and Sasith stretched.

“Urgh! Shota! I can’t hold out much longer!!”

Sasith shouted.

FWOOSH-!!

I grabbed the sword hanging on the wall.

CREEEEAK-!

I tried to open the scabbard, but it was firmly stuck, perhaps due to rust.

“Tch.”

No choice. I could just swing it with the scabbard on.

“HNNNNGH!!”

I charged forward with the sword, charging up my breath for a single slash.

As expected, the employees’ weak points shone like glittering threads.

“Single Slash!!!”

I swung the sword.

SWOOOOSH-!!

The sword cleanly cut through both employees.

“GYAAAAH!!!”

“AAAAARGH!!!”

The employees’ bodies immediately turned to smoke and dispersed.

“Wh-what…!!”

“How… physical attacks…!!”

The employees seemed bewildered.

“You’ve never faced a strong opponent before. That’s your defeat.”

I shrugged as I spoke.

“Great!! Let’s keep going!! Sasith!!”

I shouted loudly.

That’s when it happened.

CLANG-!!

Even though I had cut through something without substance, the durability of the wall-mounted sword was apparently at its limit. The sword immediately crumbled to pieces.

“It’s troublesome without a weapon.”

I could create wind blades in my hand, but they didn’t last long. Plus, they had short reach.

Then, I came up with an ingenious idea.

It’s a characteristic of humans whose souls have been extracted. Their bodies become stiff, like they’ve caught a cold. They become fixed in one position. Like an action figure.

That’s where I got my inspiration.

THUD-!

I roughly straightened out Sasith’s body.

Sasith was now lying down in a standing posture. Yes. In the form of a long stick. I could use it as a weapon.

“Sasith Sword.”

I immediately picked up the sword. It was a bit big and long… but I could use it like a greatsword. Plus… Sasith had a sturdy body. Its durability was practically infinite. Being the protagonist, he wouldn’t die no matter what happened to him. The best weapon was Sasith.

“One of the transformation techniques created by Shikijaki Kiki… Chuuni Sasith…!!”

I immediately made up a setting on the spot.

A sword that causes those cut by it to develop chuunibyou syndrome, controlling their emotions.

“What nonsense are you spouting?!! Usually people just grab something nearby to use as a weapon! Why are you calmly picking up my body?!!”

Sasith shouted.

“Ghost Sasith at my back, and Physical Sasith protecting the front. This is a hit.”

I muttered.

“Put me down while I’m still asking nicely!!”

Sasith moved his translucent body, trying to stop me somehow.

However, Sasith’s hands just sliced through the air. I was the one who had consumed his soul. The control was mine.

“What can you do about it?”

I said with a smile.

“ARRRGH!!! SERIOUSLY!! Be careful with me! Got it?!!”

Sasith finally gave up.

“Yeah. I’ll handle you as carefully as I would a girlfriend.”

I said.

“Shit… I don’t trust you.”

Sasith sighed.

“Let’s go!! It’s the full Sasith set!!”

Gamer trait) Absolutely loves completing a full equipment set.

I sprinted toward the lobby, wielding the Sasith Sword.

———–

“You can’t pass through here!!”

“We can’t let you disturb the master’s consciousness!”

The employees immediately blocked my way.

“Sasith!! I’ll launch these guys! You finish them off!!”

I gripped both of Sasith’s legs and spun my body with tremendous momentum.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH-!!!

I spun like a top while wielding the Sasith Sword.

“HYAAAH!! Whirlwind!!”

A madman charging forward while wielding a living human as a weapon was terrifying even to ghosts.

Plus, I could use Single Slash. These ghosts seemed quite confident in their physical immunity, but their confidence seemed to waver after seeing their comrades ascend to the afterlife with just one sword strike.

I was literally a blender.

“Sasith… CYCLONE!!”

I shouted the technique name in the style of a famous straw hat wearer.

SWOOSH-!!

The bodies of the employees who were trying to block us in the front line were launched high into the air. This is a human fan.

“Shit! He’s insane!!”

“Block him!! Protect!!”

The employees shouted, but they couldn’t avoid the strike of my human fan. They all flew high into the sky.

“Now’s the time!!! Sasith… GATLING GUN!!!”

I gave instructions to Sasith.

“Shut your mouth!!”

Despite saying that, Sasith threw punches at an incredible speed.

RATATATATATATATA-!!!!

It was genuinely close to the speed of a real gatling gun, no exaggeration.

BABABABABABABAM-!!

The employees hit by the punches were annihilated one by one.

‘I see. Is it because ghosts have no weight in their bodies?’

They had no weight, but their physical specs remained the same, so they could throw punches at incredible speeds if they wanted to.

CRASH-!!

The last employee flew through the wall. In the process of flying through the wall, the employee immediately ascended to the afterlife.

“Phew… that was nothing.”

Sasith sighed and said.

“I… should I just ditch the Pinocchio Sword and use this instead?”

I seriously realized the feel of the Sasith Sword. There was a unique taste to using a greatsword. It reminded me of when I first played a Soulslike game. It was like realizing the thrill of a greatsword after completing the first playthrough with a straight sword. Anyway, that’s how it felt.

“SHUT UP!!!!”

Sasith immediately yelled at me.

“You hate it that much? That’s disappointing…”

I didn’t care about Sasith’s feelings; I was just disappointed about being rejected.

“Shota… you have no human heart. You’re just… a kind and harmless antisocial personality disorder.”

Sasith said those words while looking at me.

“That’s too harsh!!”

He’s been speaking too harshly to me lately!!

“Anyway! We need to work together to save everyone!”

The tip for when the atmosphere gets awkward is to wrap things up with a heartwarming story. With an emotional personality like Sasith, the effect is doubled!

“Let’s protect everyone. This school trip.”

I said with a smile.

“Yeah… I guess I have no choice.”

Sasith immediately put on a heartwarming expression. What an easy guy.

Anyway, we kicked open the doors to the lobby.