Hey yo! It's your friendly neighborhood bat here! Why a bat, you ask? Well, I’m pretty pale, and I might as well be a vampire right now, soaring through this scorching heat!

Seriously, what the hell? First, she tries to threaten me, and now she sends a newbie like me against a monster on a rampage?! What is she, a demon?!

(Achoo! Claire magically sneezes cutely at this time.)

But honestly, this is a pretty dangerous mission. I don’t know if she knows how strong I am, but the way she confidently recommended this mission to me says otherwise. Or maybe she’s trying to gather more data about me and my capabilities to create some contraption against me.

Which is annoying, but a good move on her part. After all, to fool your enemies, you have to fool your allies. One must not reveal one’s trump card to anyone, for they might be your enemy soon enough.

Is what I searched on the internet. Ooh, that’s another good quote.

However! It does make sense how she is both testing me and making me take care of some “chores.”

BUT—

Why does it have to be so freaking hot out?!

By the way, I’m currently flying, but that doesn’t mean she knows I have wings. Before we departed, I ran toward the target and jumped from building to building until now. But as hot as it is, I think I’d rather walk.

As I was complaining about the sun’s heat, I noticed something glimmering below, somewhere among the buildings. It was like someone flashing a flashlight into the sky at night. What the hell is that? It’s hurting my eyes!

Maybe it’s some kind of tech from Claire? I don’t really know, but as I kept looking, I also noticed our big boy anomaly just beside it. Well, that was fast; maybe it is some tech I don’t know.

Now that I found our little abnormality, maybe I should contact Claire for verification or something. Well, this is an official mission after all, so I guess I should.

I dialed the phone number she used to contact me, but—

...Why isn’t she picking up?

...

[Have you found it?]

Oh, thank God! I thought I was being ignored or something. Phew! Oh, I mean, ahem.

[Yes, it’s in some back alley somewhere in Okubo, near a Family Mart convenience store.]

That should suffice, right?

I mean, if you look at it closely, it’s not really that fast, but I can tell that it’s very dangerous.

[Good. Intercept the target and knock it out. Also, try not to garner too much attention, okay?]

[......]

[Well, that’s all—good luck... pi!]

Well, isn’t she carefree?

Whatever. What matters right now is how I should go about knocking this guy out and possibly looking into what that bright light was.

What? You mean the light? I did consider it as one of their technologies, but if you listen to what she asked me when I called her, she asked if I’ve already found the abnormality.

After all, they didn’t really tell me anything about where it is; they just drove in some direction, and I followed.

In short, that light was not theirs, and it is something completely different. Am I possibly dealing with multiple enemies?

Well, either way, I have to intercept them, sooooo...

Which one should I deal with first?

The bright light angel? Or the double-sized hungry monkey?

Hmmmmmm.

Well, I mean, the big guy is my priority target, so I guess I’ll just deal with the bright light angel later. But just in case, I’ll cast a barrier around me for any projectiles. And by barrier, I mean my pseudo aura.

My pseudo aura is also capable of stopping projectiles. I haven’t actually tested it against bullets, but I think it’ll be fine. Thankfully, I learned about magic through anime and such. Thank God I’m an otaku!

And I mean, technically, I wouldn’t call it magic—more like the manipulation of the air around me using heat and pressure and sciency stuff. Since I can manipulate such things with my energy, anyway, on my way to giant gorilla!

As I was falling, I began to see things more clearly down below. And what I mean is, the light was just some toy orb-like thing being held by an old man.

AW C’MON! I expected something cooler and more climactic than an old man priest holding an orb! And that old man is about to die!

I noticed I was still falling at a great speed while I was trying to figure out how to save the elderly man. As a result, I smacked our big boy in the chest quite hard with my head.

THUD!

The sound echoed like a drum, reverberating through the air as I collided with him.

Ow, my head!

Ow, my head... it’s not actually hurt, but still!

The big guy slammed into whatever was laying around—maybe the ground and buildings—creating a cacophony of shattering glass and splintering wood. The crash resonated through the alley, a chaotic symphony of destruction. But oh well! It wasn’t my fault he was so large and chunky! Plus, I can use this as an excuse to persuade Claire that it was unavoidable; after all, property damage is preferable to death!

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So, the old man I saw with big chungus here is still alive and well, with maybe only a few scrapes, but everything will be fine, right? I mean, his entire body is still fine and dandy, so he’s alright~~.

He looks a bit scared, though; I would be if I were in his situation. After all, I would be scarred for life if I saw a gigantic man battered in blood and pain charging at me for no reason. The man in question now stands up and becomes enraged!

The huge fellow gets up, struggling, and tries to rush at me. I catch the old man by the back of his shirt and fly up just before collision.

Well, someone’s angry, and quite possibly brain damaged!

As I gaze at our beast’s lovely buttocks, I hurl our priest onto the rooftops of some buildings, telling him to stay there in a regular, emotionless voice. Even though I’m like this, I still suck at conversations!

By the way, I haven’t seen the glowing orb anywhere around here. Now that I look closely, our would-be priest is actually holding the orb still. Excellent work, old man!

Now that he’s in a secure area, I proceed to inform Claire about our innocent bystander so that they might erase his memories, like in the popular film "Men in White."

As I make the call, I also get away from the building that I trapped—I mean, safely confined—our priest.

I mean, if I did stay, the other big boy pig would come after me and hit the building too, and that wouldn’t be pretty.

...

[...I see that we’ve got an innocent bystander on our hands.]

Wha—Is there anything she doesn’t know?! Well, whatever. I told her what happened before I got here, and by everything, I mean everything except anything about me.

I also told her about the orb that the priest was holding, and she just went silent for a few seconds or so.

By the way, while talking, I am also fighting our big boy here because, of course, this guy is not that dumb to just wait for my call to end for him to start clobbering me.

And also, I’m not actually fighting; I’m just evading his strikes because they’re so wide and predictable, while also making sure he doesn’t demolish any more buildings and create more collateral damage. If he does, I hit him ever so little while attempting not to kill him. Damn, I’m strong.

I think I now understand when some characters in anime say holding back is hard, especially when you’re as strong as me! (Says the cringe otaku.)

Anyway! As I dodged and parried blows like a gamer, she began talking again after a time. Maybe she needed to discuss something with her superiors? Or maybe she talked to her companions? I don’t know, but the way she reacted towards the orb means it’s something important after all.

[You have a new mission, or should I say another mission?]

Another one?

Does she want me to steal that orb from him or something? No, she doesn’t. That would be so cruel—

[Retrieve the orb along with the subject, then leave immediately. There is a nearby building southeast of there where you will drop them off. And don’t worry about not knowing which building it is; it may appear to be an average apartment to the public, but with the gadget you are wearing, it will be visible, and you won’t be able to miss it. Well, best of luck!]

...Haaaahhh, I can’t believe I’m stealing from an old man, let alone a priest!

I should bring offerings and prayers later—actually, just prayers because I don’t have much money, heh... what?

Well, I need to knock this guy out now, but how should I say this? Is he bigger? And—

As I was thinking about the difference between his current size and previous size like a rude person would, one of my legs gets grabbed, and I was lifted and thrown at high speeds!

...Wait, wha—

WHAM! CRASH!

I slammed onto the roof of a local convenience shop, the sound of splintering wood and cracking tiles echoing around me as I fell right through the roof to the ground floor. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t anticipating a rapid increase in speed, and I know people can’t see me until I touch them, but a sudden hole in the roof? People would be interested, I imagine.

I jump out as quickly as possible, the air rushing past me as I begin flying towards our huge dumb lord here, attempting to put him to sleep as soon as possible before I lose my cool!

I have the edge in the skies since I’m flying, and it’s not that I can’t knock him out in one hit; it’s just that I don’t know how to manage my strength yet, which is why I’m being careful.

As I say this, I strike him in the face, the impact resonating through my arm like a thunderclap, and then I run away, only to rush back and attack him again, and the cycle continues.

Also, when I say he became bigger, I mean that when I first noticed him while flying, he was approximately the size of three people, but now he is the size of a two-story building.

This also proves how good their barrier is because there are others around here, and no one can see him or me.

He also used to look like a big person, but now he looks like a big pig!

Yikes! Now he just looks like a massive orc, and not a humanoid orc at that.

As we fought, I strive to alter my strength so that I can hit harder but not so hard that I fully smash him and shatter him. The more I battle, the better I grasp how my power and magical energy function!

As I was fighting him, I suddenly felt a presence that was most certainly looking in our direction—a presence somewhere in a dark alleyway.

This, of course, got me distracted into getting grabbed by the leg yet again! Instead of being thrown off, he starts slamming me over and over to the ground and to the surrounding buildings.

THUD! CRUNCH!

He wasn’t letting go and kept on smashing me and slamming me all over the place, the sounds of destruction echoing around us like a chaotic symphony.

It doesn’t hurt as much, but being smashed to the ground again and again is—

[That freaking hurts, you little—!!]

As I lost my cool, I conjured up some magic to my gripped leg, heating it up enough to burn his palm for him to let go.

Letting me go because of the burn, I managed to kick him off while also getting ready for a charged attack!

After being kicked, he immediately stands up and rushes at me like a bull would.

I then punch the hell out of him in the face, the impact sending him flying into the sky and knocking him out in the process.

That was unexpected, does that mean i can lift a whole building?

Also, he’s about to fall, soooooo out of the way I go!

Right before he falls, I made sure to direct him somewhere flat, he then falls with a loud Crash following smokes of dust.

That was rough; I wasn’t actually harmed, but I had a few scratches that started to sting, so I felt a little irritated. Also, as he fell, he shrunk to the size of a normal person.

I mean comparing his size now to the crash site it is incredible, also how'd that happen?

But that's great! Because I didn’t want to bring a large orc with me who would even smell like a dirty pig!

All’s well that ends well, I guess.

Also, the presence that distracted me earlier is gone now, but still, I swear if I find out who that is, I’m going to give them a good smack!

Why were they there in the first place? Maybe they were just observing me and all that. Well, just to make sure that I wouldn’t be discovered, I wore a wide face mask that covers most of my face except my eyes.

I also changed the color of my eyes to crimson red, and yes, I can change the color of my eyes. I actually discovered this when using my heightened vision, and the more time I do so, the more it becomes like that of a demon.

Well then, I begin to pick up and drag our not-so-big-anymore boy towards the priest. The priest went back down when he saw me getting thrown, so at least I don’t have to fly to him and all that.

As I approached him, he immediately gave me the orb and said—

“I-I couldn’t do anything myself, and I really wanted to help, but I was scared. I was afraid, afraid of you, but I realized... not all manner of being has to be evil, and that’s why I will give this... to you. And I have a feeling that you will be the key to being able to use this orb.”

This orb resembles an animal’s eye while also resembling the eye of a dragon. I’m not sure what it is, but I grabbed the orb from his grasp, nodded, and soared away.

I knew I could’ve uttered something to him like “thank you” or “OK,” but I had a hunch that not saying anything at all would be best.

[......He’s a kind guy... that priest.]

Well, that was simple. At least I didn’t have to injure him in order for him to give me the orb and thank God I didn’t.

Flying through the sky without anything much to do other than carry this is quite relaxing.

Well, with the orb claimed and the abnormality retrieved, I guess this is a mission complete!

As I was flying towards the direction Claire told me to go, I didn’t realize how much trouble I’d be in by being watched by a stranger.

But until then, I know I wouldn’t be alone.