A Stalemated Battle-Who Was Really Being Controlled?

Boom!

Water Strike Three Thousand.

The sea surface struck by the Yasaka Magatama immediately erupted into a towering column of water.

"Huh?"

"Despicable human, do you only know how to hide like a rat, sneaking around and dodging everywhere?!"

Concerned that the prey's disappearance had led to...

"I am a failure. I hardly ever notice whether the sunshine is bright or not, because I have no time.

"My parents cannot offer me any support, and I am not well educated. Alone in the city, I search for a future.

"I found many jobs, but none of them hired me. Perhaps no one liked someone who was bad at talking, disliked socializing, and had not shown enough ability.

"For three whole days, I ate only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Fortunately, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could continue living in that dark basement without having to go outside and endure the abnormally frigid winter wind.

"Finally, I found a job. I kept watch at a hospital at night, watching over the morgue.

"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The wall lamps in the corridors were not lit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the tiny bit of light leaking out from the rooms to see where I stepped.

"It smelled awful there. From time to time, dead people would be delivered in body bags, and we would work together to carry them into the morgue.

"It was not a very good job, but at least it let me afford bread. I could also use the free time at night to study. After all, few people were willing to come to the morgue unless a corpse needed to be delivered or taken away for