"Die, human!"
The two officers had no intention of talking to Ash at all. The tall, skinny officer, Levi, took off his top hat and flung it at Ash. Spinning through the air at an unscientific speed, the hat even sliced through the surrounding air, its terrifyingly sharp edge aimed straight for Ash's neck.
But Ash reacted even faster. Faster than thought was the automatic reflex his body had forged through endless bloody battles. He leaned backward almost a step ahead of time and landed a bicycle kick beneath the top hat, knocking it from its original course. The spinning brim sliced effortlessly through a row of old trees in the greenery behind Ash like a hot knife through butter, leaving neatly smooth-cut trunks to topple over in all directions.
"Seriously, getting hit by that would've killed me. I'm your new colleague, you know. Is this how you greet people?"
"Colleague? Ha, what kind of joke is that?!" Levi, who looked like a grotesque drag queen, twisted his limbs exaggeratedly like a clown. To him, humans like Ash were primitive creatures no better than apes. A monkey like him actually had the nerve to call himself a colleague?
I've just helped King of Jikochu invade several worlds. What the hell are you? Do you think you're worthy?
"Hehehe, Levi, you're taking far too long. Just let me eat him!"
The shark-like teeth clacked sharply like metal as Gula, the enormous fat man, lunged at Ash with speed completely at odds with his size. Yet Ash slipped away like an eel. Turning around, he deliberately rolled back within Gula's reach. As he dove forward, he crossed his hands against the ground for support, then fired both legs upward with the force of a double-barreled shotgun blasting from its chamber, slamming them