Hogo No Yujin (Protective Friend)
Episode 62– Oni in City (2)

"GROOAHAR!!" The little girl opened her mouth very wide and large with her pointed teeth until it was seen. He wanted to directly devour Tanaka's body. But because the man's reflexes were faster, Tanaka held the creature's mouth with a broom handle, then punched it out of the food stall.

The people around including the shop owner were shocked to see the monster. Tanaka asked everyone to leave. But to be even safer, Tanaka wanted to take care of the Oni somewhere free so that no other human would be hurt.

It woke up again, then smashed the broom handle holding its mouth. After that, he glanced at Tanaka, but suddenly a hard kick hit his face again until finally the monster's body was thrown into the air.

"I'll change it for you later. Now excuse me!" tanaka said before he went after Oni Itu to beat him up somewhere. He jumped over several houses and trees. Then he chose a quiet area to face the Oni girl who has now changed shape into a figure that Tanaka knows.

It fell on an empty yard. Then shortly, Tanaka came and landed in front of him. He saw Oni It was groaning in pain on the floor with severe injuries on its head. But that was a small force that Tanaka had unleashed.

Tanaka noticed the Oni's physique in more detail. He was really sure he had seen his form and he had fought first. But a little forgot. To the extent that he suspected that the creature was a human possessed by Oni. Therefore for now, Tanaka hesitated to kill him directly.

"Hey, hey, alive, right?" Tanaka touched Oni's body. Since there was no response other than the vibration of the creature's body, he turned the Oni's body and was surprised to see his head again transformed into the figure of a child.

That was the girl that was. Tanaka doesn't understand what happened to him. But as he looked, the girl cried from the pain. Then accidentally, he heard the voice of the creature muttering, "T–please .. help me ...."

Tanaka did not have the heart to attack her again. It seemed like this Oni was a weaker species than the others.

"A–ada can I help you with?" Tanaka offered himself. He was really sorry for the creature as long as the Oni did not attack him again.

But before long Tanaka offered to help, suddenly he heard a rumbling sound from the Oni's big belly. Then before long, the creature glanced at Tanaka and again spoke in a soft tone. "I'm .. hungry."

"Did?"

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In the hospital building, the Oniroshi were still hunting the Oni that roamed there. While Dylan and Takana are still busy looking for the whereabouts of her brother who is out of nowhere. Dylan continued to search while shouting his name, while Tanaka and Zai would protect him if any Oni attacked. But despite being yelled at, Dylan still had not heard the answer from his brother.

Dylan stopped in front of a second-floor hallway. There he saw three rooms and the hallway was a dead end. "Let's check out the one here." Dylan pointed towards the passageway and invited Takana and Zai to come with him.

Each of them will check the door in the hallway. As Dylan checked in the corner, he was surprised that an Oni came out from inside and attacked him.

Dylan retreated backwards. But because it was too sudden, he tripped on his own feet and fell. Fortunately Takana had come and finish the creature with his fireball. After that he helped Dylan stand up again.

"Ma–mac." Dylan said to Takana after he stood up. Then he went back to check the room that had Oni earlier. Inside there was no one else but a few blood spots on the floor.

Dylan exhaled heavily. Her sister never met. That made him more worried. He turned back his body. "Is there nothing in the other room, Brother Fely?"

"Hmm .. If there's any, I've pulled it out." Zai replied, then touched his forehead while closing his eyes. "It looks like everything on the floor here. There's no Oni anymore."

"How are things?" ask Takana quickly. "Is all of the Oni settled?"

"Stay, halt ... There's nowhere but there's still one on the top floor."

"On the roof of the building?" ask Dylan.

"Yes .. That seems like Lea's part." Zai re-opened his eyes, then crouched down on the spot. "Well, now we can rest here."

"Eh, rest? How's brother?!"

"That's your business. Try to go to the third floor and meet Lea there." Zai shook his hands, then pushed Dylan's body out of the patient room before him. Then he approached a bed there. "Sleeping fast, ah~"

"Tch," Dylan screeched at his behavior, then without saying anything more, he ran out of the hall and approached the stairs towards the third floor. Takana also followed him from behind. Until they finally arrived at the intended floor.

Zai said, there is no Oni anymore than on the roof. Then for the rooms on the third floor Dylan will check one-on-one. He was afraid that the Oniroshi girl who was in that place earlier could not search properly.

Dylan started to check the quiet room there. Takana also wants to help. But suddenly his steps came to a halt as he felt a great power from above him. Soon, he heard Leah's voice in his mind. It seemed to be a distress signal that could be sent to the Oniroshi through their brains. So that they can know where their members are in need of help.

This time, the signal came from Lea. Takana has no idea what happened to her little friend. He called out to Dylan, then pulled his hand to go to the roof. They went back to the stairs and there was also Zai who wanted to go to the top floor. The outside roof of the hospital building.

"Sir Zai! Leah ...."

"Yes I know. Now let's hurry." Zai must have gotten the same signal. So he immediately went to see the state of his friend. Dylan who knew nothing could only follow them.

Upon arriving at the highest point of the building, Zai opened the roof door. The three of them were surprised to see Lea drenched in blood in the middle of the place. The girl was still standing. Only, his power was almost exhausted. Everyone came up to him, then glanced at an Oni with a height of two meters standing not far from there.

Not only that. They also saw Fely's body lying unconscious behind the creature. Fortunately, the roof of the building was given a high guardrail. They will not fall from heights easily.

"I–it's sister!" Dylan pointed. He wanted to save her immediately. But Takana had gone first to pick up the woman and attack the Oni.

"Tama Aoi!" Takana threw some of his fireballs towards the Oni. Felt his attack was successful, Takana immediately darted quickly to Fely and would take him to safety. But somehow, a sudden attack hit Takana's body until the man bounced off in the other direction.

Instantly after the attack, Dylan directly touched his chest. The pain Takana received could also be felt in his heart. But since the pain Dylan received was half that of Takana, for that attack, the pain he received was only a few seconds.

Takana woke up again and was surprised to see the Oni was still able to stand without any injury. "Se– my attack is not hit, is it not damage?" his inner.

While the two Oniroshi were fighting, Dylan helped Lea up and went to safety. They were standing in front of the roof door. There, Lea can breathe regularly and she can recover her energy there. While resting, the girl asked, "You're darling, right? Give him support!"

"Huh? How's it?" Dylan had only first used the Remote Merging technique. So he didn't know what to do when Takana was fighting. She plays an important role for Takana. But he himself still did not know his duties.

"You can give Brave Aura to your Master. That skill adds your Master's ATK. Then if your master is dying, you can give first aid quickly. If it is not wrong there is also the name of the skill ...." Obviously Lea on Dylan.

The man just shook his head slowly, then muttered inwardly, "It's really like in the game. But ... how do I use that skill, huh?" Dylan looked at both of his hands. Then suddenly he felt pain in his heart. He slowly glanced at Takana.

Turns out his master had to attack again. Seeing Dylan in pain, Lea spoke to him again. "Check, right? Yes that is .. but you should be quick to help your master finish quickly."

"Ah noisy! I don't know how. At least you teach me, dong!" snapped Dylan growled. He will think of a way. But it turns out that Oni was already defeated by Zai first.

BRUK!

Oni's body was knocked into the guardrail due to a hard blow from Zai. Then to end it, he used the main attack, which was a horde of fine soil that emerged from his hand, then formed a pointed stone that he would fire directly into the Oni's heart.

"Now feel the sensation!" Zai fired the pointed stone before Oni It rose again. But a green shield light had blocked him. More precisely blocking the attack so that the Oni is protected.

Instantly after that light appeared, all eyes were instantly fixed on the corner of the building. They saw Fely standing there touching his stomach. He looked in pain at that part, but he was still trying to stand up. "Ja–don't kill him!"

"Whatchu mean? He's an Oni and you want to protect him?" ask Zai in disbelief.

Fely shook his head quickly. "He's not Oni. I'll finish this." Fely is back to unleashing his powers. A few red threads came out from each fingertip, then quickly the threads grabbed the Oni and wrapped around it. Then shortly, Fely drained an electric shock through the threads to paralyze his opponent. Maybe if exposed to ordinary humans can be deadly.

Shortly after the sting, Oni's skin was peeled off until a human body was seen. Fely immediately ran up to him and grabbed the person's body and hugged him. He glanced back at Zai and said, "See? He's not an Oni. She ..."

Fely couldn't say in front of everyone about the person's relationship status with him. The human body is Ethan.

"Oh, sorry. I don't know." Zai deactivated his powers, then touched his back neck and threw away his face.

When things were completely safe, Dylan ran over to his brother. "Basic! Where have you been, you?!" snapped Dylan growled.

"And I'm going to the hospital. That was permission." Fely replied casually.

"Bu–that's not what I mean!"

"It's ... already ... The important thing is now that everything is safe, right?" Asuka's voice sounded. As Dylan searched his figure, he finally found the woman sitting on the guardrail.

"You're late again! What's the point of you being a teacher?! We're in danger here!" snarled the annoyed Dylan. Dylan never saw the woman fight and he always came when the fight was over. "Luckily, the strongest Oniroshi, you should have helped the others as well!"

"Dylan-san! That's polite as sensei!" takana.

"Ah stop! Meningan tambur–"

The moment Dylan stepped forward, suddenly before him appeared a huge ice wall. Soon an explosion occurred in front of him. The explosion sent people around bouncing several meters away. Parts of the building also began to crack. Somehow the situation around the explosion. Possibly destroyed?

"Ugh .. double pain!" Dylan only realized that he was still doing the Merger Technique with Takaka. Hence the wounds his master received he could feel, coupled with his own wounds.

"What exploded?!"

The Oniroshi are back. In front of them, everyone saw the ice wall that Asuka made was still standing firmly. Then before long, the wall disappeared and can be seen the figure of the sinister Tanaka along with its tentacles wriggling. He stepped on the roof that almost collapsed due to the explosion earlier.

The man's face looked even more sinister than usual. His eyes turned yellow and veins shot out around his hollow eyes. Zai who was a close friend of his tried to check on her condition. But just as it moved a little, Tanaka's head immediately pointed at the person then with lightning speed he disappeared and appeared behind Zai suddenly.

Tanaka hit Zai's body from behind until the man bounced and hit the guardrail until it cracked. Then after that, Tanaka stuck out two tentacles towards his friend to attack him again. But luckily an ice wall appears before Zai to protect him. Asuka jumped from her spot and landed onto her artificial ice wall. He stared intently at Tanaka who looked like he wasn't.

Divan approached Zai to check on her condition. The man was injured in the head due to the hard impact earlier. He admitted that he was fine and could still fight. But Asuka insists on not taking out her power again because the enemy this time is at the level of the woman.

Dylan and Takana move away from the rampaging Tanaka. So is Fely who still carries Ethan's body in his arms. Then Lea pulls Fely and Ethan with the vines and takes them both to safety. The Oniroshi gathered together and were wary of the monstrous figure of Tanaka.

"O–Onii-chan!" Takana could not believe the presence of her sister who had injured her friends. Asuka asked everyone to stay away and not to fight. Because this time he will show his strength to protect his disciples.

On the roof of another building opposite the hospital building there was someone observing the Oniroshi there. The man sat on the edge of the building swinging his legs. He smiles.

"It's show time!"

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To be continued–