The Absolute Godspeed of Infinite Worlds

Chapter 709 - 709

"Junior, where did you go?"Touka immediately approached Eiji as soon as he returned to the spectator stands.

"Just went for a short walk."

Eiji simply smiled.

He didn't mention that he had given Kurogane Ikki some support.

His expression remained completely calm, as if his earlier bad mood had been fake all along.

At the same time, his gaze fixed on another person.

"Why is this guy here?"

His eyes narrowed slightly.

At Hagun Academy's rest area, the figure of a young man stood there.

"Is the Sword God not welcoming me?"

Soft golden short hair, an androgynous face that could be mistaken for a girl's, and an innocent smile gracing his features.

Everyone present looked at him with deep wariness, and even Saikyo Nene unconsciously swayed her iron fan.

No one would forget his name.

The most terrifying and bizarre opponent from Akatsuki Academy!

Amane Shinomiya!

"What do you think?"

Eiji's expression was indifferent.

"Hahaha, don't be like that! I genuinely came to congratulate you all!"

Amane Shinomiya waved his hands repeatedly, his face full of innocence as if completely sincere.

But everyone remained tense, not letting their guard down at all.

This guy was extremely dangerous - one careless moment and you could fall into his trap!

"He came over to our side right after the second round ended."

Touka quietly explained to Eiji.

"We have no idea what he wants to do."

Even Touka sounded nervous when facing a monster like Amane Shinomiya.

"Leave it to me."

Eiji patted his senior sister's hand to comfort her.

"What business do you have here?"

Immediately after, Eiji stepped forward, staring coldly at Amane Shinomiya.

"Didn't I say? I came to congratulate you."

Amane Shinomiya seemed completely unfazed by his cold attitude, continuing to smile on his own.

"My, who would have thought the Failed Knight would survive against the One-Armed Swordsman! How incredibly lucky!"

He smiled with pure innocence.

Seeming to genuinely admire Kurogane Ikki's survival from the bottom of his heart.

Like a compassionate saint.

"You actually have the nerve to say that."

Eiji's lips twisted.

His eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

"Wait! Could it be that because of this guy...?!"

At that moment, Stella, who had been sitting nearby, suddenly stood up.

She seemed to have guessed something, her expression turning fiercely hostile as she glared at Amane Shinomiya, her entire body shimmering with crimson phosphorescence.

The air temperature suddenly rose dramatically!

"So scary, so scary!"

Amane Shinomiya blinked, looking completely clueless.

"Why are you so angry? I was sincerely praying for him! I absolutely, absolutely, absolutely—love hard workers like him!"

He loved hard workers the most.

When he said these words, Amane Shinomiya's smile instantly warped.

Thick malice overflowed from his face.

Darkness, turbidity, madness... various forms of pitch-black malice spilled from his abyss-like eyes.

That was definitely not a smile a normal person would make!

It was exactly like a demon who had crawled through the bottomless hell for countless years, making people shrink back in fear!

At that moment.

Everyone understood.

This guy was behind everything that had happened before!

Everyone glared at him furiously.

"Report him! This bastard is using underhanded tricks outside the match!"

Renren Tomaru and the others became instantly enraged, clamoring to report him to the committee.

"Wait."

But Eiji suddenly reached out to stop them.

"Sit back down."

"Huh? Are you serious? That guy killed Kurogane once!"

Renren Tomaru looked at him in astonishment.

"I said sit back down."

Eiji glanced back at her.

His eyes were filled with warning.

As if he would physically force her back into her seat if she didn't comply.

Renren Tomaru immediately fell silent.

That look made her heart skip a beat.

"Renren."

Touka tugged at Renren Tomaru's sleeve.

She signaled to her, then pulled her back to her seat.

"..."

Stella remained silent beside them, but the pressure emanating from her grew increasingly terrifying, giving Eiji the illusion that Nidhogg had been reborn.

Yet she suddenly withdrew her aura and, as Eiji had instructed, turned and sat back in her chair.

"...How boring."

The dark smile on Amane Shinomiya's face faltered slightly.

Then he sighed, completely losing interest in playing around.

"Your reactions are too dull. Whatever, the third round is about to start anyway."

He turned and walked toward Akatsuki Academy's rest area.

"I look forward to our final showdown. Show me the full power of the Sword God—though at best, it'll just be paving the way for me. Hahaha..."

With a light laugh, Amane Shinomiya disappeared from everyone's sight.

His words indicated that he had permitted Eiji to stand before him.

Unlike the first two rounds, where opponents vanished due to various "accidents" leading to his effortless victories.

But in another sense, it also meant Amane Shinomiya truly saw Eiji as prey, intending to completely crush him in a direct confrontation!

"Why didn't we report him?"

Renren Tomaru muttered quietly as she sat there.

How could we let someone who uses such dirty tricks act so arrogantly?

"It's useless."

Kanata Totokubara hadn't wavered in the slightest from beginning to end.

"We have no evidence."

Exactly.

That was the biggest problem.

Everything so far could only be considered coincidence at best.

Who would believe that Amane Shinomiya's ability manipulated all of this?

And who could prove that his ability truly was "wish fulfillment," or that he was really behind those incidents?

There was simply no evidence!

Without evidence, even if they reported it to the committee, they couldn't punish Amane Shinomiya in any way.

"But we should at least annoy him a little!"

Renren Tomaru still seemed unconvinced.

"We already did."

Kagami Kusakabe spread her hands helplessly.

"I reported it to the committee yesterday, explaining Amane Shinomiya's ability in detail, but there's been no response."

Renren Tomaru immediately fell silent.

"If you had rushed to the officials' platform just now, can you imagine what might have happened, Renren?"

Touka scolded her sternly.

"Eiji was saving you. You were too impulsive—if you weren't careful, you could have died!"

"Uh... I'm sorry."

Renren Tomaru's face flushed with heat as she embarrassedly lowered her head, shrinking into a quail egg.

"But such an opponent is no ordinary cheater—how exactly do we deal with them?"

Saikyo Nene glanced at Eiji.

"Do you have any strategies, little junior brother?"

"Just wait."

Eiji returned to the spectator seats.

His face showed no trace of joy or anger, as if he had suppressed all emotions deep within his heart.

"I will carry out what I said."

Eiji remained expressionless.

Only a flicker of icy coldness flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Make him regret ever being born in this world!