Rubber Pretty Boy Sparkled!

(Bai Ziye)

Until just now, the opponent had not truly entered a combat state.

The four thorns inside the Golden Witch's Oil Monster body are actually data cables used for debugging some kind of machine; she has been tampering with the Monster's Simulacrum Factor.

"Aww!"

This Monster was unable to express his thoughts, but his howls revealed obvious pain.

Inside the writhing black oil, something began to condense, then gradually solidified and lost all signs of activity...

It resembles a stone statue.

I took the opportunity to help the injured Heat Haze to the side.

"Is that thing dead?"

A white arm burst out of the oil-man-like creature and punched the stone statue.

Beneath the shattered stone statue lay a faceless, slender, clean, and naked figure...

A handsome young man with white hair!

Yes, I carefully checked the lower half of the stone that had fallen off, and it was indeed a "boy".

However, its eyes remained lifeless, making it uncertain whether it possessed self-awareness.

"This... this is so different from the beginning!"

Ceruno stared wide-eyed, looking incredulous.

"Hey, Aldebaran! How did you end up creating a human?"

I posed a question to the Golden Witch, who had chosen to stand aside and observe, knowing that given her current personality, she would surely be happy to answer it for us.

"You just kicked someone from behind, and now you have the nerve to ask questions as if nothing happened? Morning Star, is your lack of expression because your skin is too thick to move?!"

Tsk, I actually got insulted by the enemy.

"However, I am a magnanimous witch. Although we are on opposing sides, I don't mind answering your questions in a language you can understand. Ask whatever you want! But I will not stop his actions."

Just as she said, the Oil Monster who had turned into a beautiful boy pounced on me like a beast. He was incredibly fast, and if I hadn't reacted quickly enough to dodge, I might have been the next one to fall flat on my face.

Ceruno placed a protective layer around me to fend off the relentless onslaught from this beautiful young man who seemed untouched by the mud.

This thing seems to be sparkling, as if it has a built-in filter?

"Awoooooo!!"

But her mad dog-like behavior doesn't match her gorgeous appearance at all.

Most importantly... it's too slow!

Finding the right opportunity, I kicked the Oil Monster in the side, where he was weak. He was very light, and I thought I could kick him far away. But he adjusted his posture in mid-air and pounced on me on all fours after landing, giving me no chance to breathe.

"Men who are persistent and clingy are never popular!"

Moreover, the feeling when kicking it is indescribably strange, as if kicking a soft lump of rubber.

"How's the performance of my product, Morning Star?"

Aldebaran looked quite relaxed, but I really didn't have the time to deal with her.

"Annoying, but he's just a sticky leech. Besides, you've already done all that work, why don't you fix his brain too!"

"Huh? You still have the nerve to say that? You interrupted me while I was thinking."

So it's my fault?

Aldebaran, however, continued speaking to himself.

"Besides, he hasn't even shown his true power yet. I advise you not to underestimate your enemy... He's not on the same level as any of the Monster you've encountered before!"

Boom--

The Oil Monster was kicked into the condensed Fire Phosphor of the Heat Haze, and the violent explosion blasted the glittering, beautiful boy into the sky.

However, he landed without any major problems, even landing steadily on both feet, and then continued his journey.

"You're too tough! And why are you only targeting me?"

The explosion just now almost made me deaf.

"Miluno, it's not oil anymore, it's rubber!"

It's made of rubber, so it has high resistance to impacts and blows. Therefore...

"So what about this move!"

The Oil Monster who didn't care how much he was beaten was now cut in half at the waist by my short sword.

As expected, the cutting was effective.

But there was no flesh or bone visible in the cross-section of his waist; he was a complete rubber man.

"Puff--"

Aldebaran laughed out loud when his "product" fell to the ground in two pieces.

"I told you long ago, he hasn't shown his true strength yet..."

After a brief pause, a new torso began to rapidly grow from the severed part of the Monster's body.

"... That's his true nature!"

The Monster turned into two.

If it continues to be cut, it can continue to regenerate, thus becoming even more numerous.

"Heat Haze, can you burn him to ashes?"

Heat Haze had a scar on her throat, clearly indicating that her throat had been injured, but Falcon explained for her, "No! That thing can't be burned. We tried it before you came!"

"Back then it was oil, but its nature has changed now."

However...

One of the parts that split apart miraculously reverted to its original black and sticky petroleum form.

It crawled Past Heat Haze in a bizarre posture, startling the latter so much that a gust of wind blew it into the air.

As Heat Haze once said, petroleum is very durable in its petroleum form.

Although it acts like a mad dog, it still retains some combat intelligence.

The Golden Witch smiled smugly to herself.

After covering Heat Haze with a protective film, Ceruno reminded him, "This guy has nothing inside him, not even a brain. I doubt even blowing his head off would be fatal."

Is it essentially something like a slime?

"Tsk, wouldn't that make you invincible?"

Ceruno, however, disagreed. "No! Miluno, every Monster has an absolute weakness!"

Although the answer was not given.

But I also understood what she meant.

"... Simulacrum Factor?"

"That's right, he definitely has Simulacrum Factor inside him, which is the source of the Monster's power. Once that's destroyed, he's finished!"

"But how can I..."

"Fighting back against the canine-like (rabid) rubber boy's counterattack," I asked.

"... Find his Simulacrum Factor?"

It's not Sirius, which can see through things with a blink of an eye. Finding the Simulacrum Factor without being able to cut into the other party is simply a pipe dream.

Besides, Aldebaran she still seemed completely at ease; perhaps there was some kind of insurance involved.

"I have a way to find... no, I should say sense the Simulacrum Factor ... Miluno, please come over here!"

She reached out her hand to me with her uninjured arm.

I stomped the handsome boy to the ground, pinned him to the park's stone pavement from behind with my short sword, and then swiftly flashed back to Ceruno's side.

What are you going to do?

She took my hand and wrapped us in Bubble Membrane.

"Accelerate, thirty times."

I did it before she even said a word.

The view outside the Bubble Membrane began to freeze. Ceruno gripped my hand tightly and carefully approached the Oil Monster, who was also slowed down. With the slowdown, his struggles were negligible and posed no great threat; he couldn't even make contact with us.

"As expected, the Simulacrum Factor also contains that energy; I can feel it..."

Ceruno muttered to herself, her brows furrowed.

"However, this Monster actually has... two Simulacrum Factor inside?"