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Chapter 84 - ‘Destroyer’ Yuri

"Come on, hurry up and get ready. We’re finally in the city, are you planning on staying cooped up in the mansion the whole time?"

"Aww..."

"You got a lot of money from selling the Greed Wolves, right? Money is meant to be used where it should be. There’s no point in hoarding it."

"Aww..."

The opening scene is of Dona, who wants to see the sights of Laurenzen, trying to drag out Yuri, who is hesitant about crowds due to his social anxiety from his past life. Dona’s true intention was likely just to sightsee, but her point about not staying cooped up after coming to the city was a valid one, making it difficult for Yuri to argue. Well, he had actually intended to go out and see the sights... until he realized that the bustle of Laurenzen exceeded his expectations. Originally, Yuri was a reincarnator from modern Japan. He knew of crowds far more immense than this, but for someone who had been living as a recluse since his reincarnation, being suddenly thrown into such a dense crowd was a bit of a high hurdle. Old Man Audel and Adon vaguely understood this situation, aside from the whole reincarnation part, but Dona alone would not accept it.

"What’s a fine young man like you doing being so withdrawn? Show some guts and come along."

"Aww..."

And so, under the guise of a caring older sister dragging along her lazy younger brother, Yuri’s first-ever city sightseeing tour began.



Both Yuri and Dona had brought a decent amount of spending money for shopping. Well, in Yuri’s case, he would have been almost penniless without the money from the Greed Wolves. In any case, the two children with relatively full pockets looked around here and there, mostly Dona, and spent their money.

Now, how would these three appear to someone who knew nothing about them?

The answer would be something like a well-off old man with his two naive grandchildren in tow, and the granddaughter was quite a beauty. It was like a duck coming with green onions, or even a flask of sake and appetizers. ...In reality, it was more like having the Grim Reaper along as a guard dog.

Pickpockets who saw them as easy marks immediately approached, but Yuri, who detected them with Perception, Appraisal, and Investigation, intimidated them with dark magic before they could even get close. Suddenly struck by a severe chill, the pickpockets lost their nerve and beat a full retreat. But... among them were some who were slow, or foolish...

"Whoa!? Ooooh!?"

"Huh? What was that?"

"Dona, be careful, it’s dangerous if you’re not paying attention."

"Huh? I wasn’t spacing out..."

"Hey, hey, hey! Where are you looking!"

"""Huh?"""

A ruffian who made a living as a con man tried to bump into Dona and start trouble... but Yuri, who had noticed him beforehand, pulled Dona’s hand, causing the man to miss wildly and end up taking a spectacular tumble on his own, a disgraceful sight. This alone was more than enough of a spectacle, but whether he went mad or just flew into a rage, he made the baseless accusation of "where are you looking." It was only natural that the three of them were dumbfounded, and that some of the onlookers couldn’t help but snicker. If he had just backed down in shame, it would have been fine, but enraged by the laughter, he became even more agitated and started shouting. Old Man Audel and Dona were at a loss as to what to do, but...

"Oh, I’m so sorry. Are you all right?"

"Huh? Oh... No! Do I look all right to you!"

("...He looks perfectly fine from any angle.") ("What a pathetic display...") ("He’s a disgrace to con men everywhere...")

"Oh, that’s terrible. Does it hurt around here?"

"Huh? *☆!&~~%仝＠♭—eγζ—!!"

"Oh dear, not just the elbow, but the shoulder too..."

"—!—θ!≠∈◇⇔★~ゑ∬⊥~??£II—!?"

"My, my, it seems your hip is out of sorts as well."

"~~>_<—∀!☆☆☆m(_ _)m...!!#$%!!"

("Hey... that kid...") ("He’s dislocating... all his bones...") ("N-no... would that alone make him roll around like that? There’s... something else.")

As expected of the merchant city of Laurenzen, the eyes of the villains were sharp. Yuri was not only dislocating and relocating the con man’s joints one after another, but also using the dark magic Phantom Pain to inflict the utmost agony upon him.

It was with an intensity that would make even the royal torturers cringe.

Perhaps as a reaction to his weak body, Yuri, or rather Isarai Yuuri in his previous life, had admired martial arts and combat sports. He was particularly interested in Aikibujutsu and joint locks, and would buy instruction manuals and imitate the forms, just the forms. Perhaps influenced by that past life, his Anti-Monster Tactics skill contained various techniques similar to ancient martial arts as a way to deal with humanoid monsters, or humans. An ecstatic Yuri had immediately practiced and mastered them, it goes without saying. On top of that, there was monster hunting. If you hunted and dismantled monsters, you would inevitably become familiar with the structure of the body. It was only natural that he would know exactly where and how to apply force to effectively break joints.

"Could it be that this part hurts too?"

"—仝γ∈☆%!—θ!"

He was screaming in agony and convulsing, but Yuri had no intention of holding back. The man had approached them with malicious intent. He would receive his due punishment. And if he could serve as an example, it would reduce future trouble.

"...This is... I wonder if his neck bones are done for too..."

At the moment Yuri’s hand reached for his neck along with those ominous words, the con man’s spirit broke first. He passed out with tears, drool, and urine streaming down, his eyes rolling back into his head.

"Oh, dear... could someone please call a doctor? This seems to be beyond my abilities."

Yuri said this to no one in particular and stood up. He had said to call a doctor, but he had no intention of paying for it. He had made sure to put the bones back in place. There would be ligament damage and phantom pain, but no doctor here would be able to prove what had happened.

"Yu-Yuri-kun... what just happened?"

"I don’t know... it looked like some kind of seizure?"

Yuri stated this with a blank face. Old Man Audel seemed to have guessed that the man was a ruffian who had approached them with ill intent, but he decided to go along with Yuri’s statement. There was no need to worry his innocent granddaughter.

"A seizure... how terrible."

"Right?"

"???"

The three of them made a quiet exit, taking Dona, who still didn’t quite grasp the situation, with them. Left behind were the con man, convulsing with his eyes rolled back, and the thoroughly intimidated villains. And...

("Hey... a real ‘Destroyer’ has shown up.") ("Yeah... we should warn the others. Don’t get near the ‘Destroyer’.") ("Right. ...And whatever you do, don’t be fooled by the ‘Destroyer’s’ appearance.")

Thus was born the nickname, "Merciless Crusher."