A College Student's Bizarre Life...

Clearly, even though its opponent had come alone with a single blade, the one being overwhelmed by a flurry of slashes and thrusts almost too fast for the naked eye to follow was the Ghoul—the one that should theoretically have enjoyed the advantage of four limbs against two!

—Their attack patterns were similar, but there was a gap in their speed!

More precisely, if its opponent hadn't had just one "blade," while the Ghoul had a full four "tails" that could take turns parrying, the fight would probably already have been decided!

Keep defending long enough, and something would slip through. It was a simple enough principle!

Amid the repeated high-speed blocks and counters, one dark red tendril finally seized a rare opening and struck like a venomous snake at the temple on the still-intact half of the "blade wielder's" head.

But at the very last moment, the head went as limp as if it had no bones, showing not the slightest regard for the limitations of a cervical spine. It twisted aside at an impossibly flexible angle, letting the tendril skim its skin and plunge deep into the brick wall behind it, gouging out a large chunk of concrete on the spot!

—Rather than a head, it was more like a soft-bodied creature such as a snail!

Almost simultaneously, the bone blade snapped back and sliced downward, precisely severing a small section from the tip of the tendril.

A little liquid sprayed from the severed dark red tissue, looking like a mixture of blood and black oil.

The Red-Eyed Ghoul couldn't help letting out a howl of pain and fury. Its remaining three tendrils lashed wildly in a reckless assault, forcing the human Parasite to retreat several steps, almost backing up against the wall, to keep its body from