The skateboards slid toward a mass of platforms and red liquid unaffected by gravity.
Murder jumped several times in midair, even managing to wall-jump off those obstacles.
The skateboard seemed glued to his feet.
Killer, meanwhile, cleared the course by dutifully following the skateboard's designated route.
She jumped where she was supposed to and stayed grounded where she wasn't.
They had to admit, these skateboard attacks were painfully drawn-out, tedious, and exhausting.
After skating for ages, the two finally reached the finish line again.
Bzzzt-!
A mass of glasses-shaped shock waves appeared in the air, as though they had been prepared in advance.
They had deliberately been held back until the two finished skating.
Killer, who still had plenty of stamina left, stood in front of Murder and unleashed an equal number of large shock waves.
BOOM!!!!!!
The two sides launched straight into a clash of waves, its force reaching over a hundred meters away.
By the time the smoke cleared, a cigar had appeared in Murder's hand at some point.
"Murder... how do you even have cigars..."
Killer was pretty surprised to see it, too.
"That lady only smoked to make herself look more [hip], but that's not why I smoke."
Murder said nothing more. He simply lit the cigar and began smoking.
Smelling smoke again, Xx_FRESHSANS_xX's body began to tremble slightly.
"Seriously... don't do this... drugs aren't cool at all..."
[It] gave off the scent of deodorizer, clearly hating the smell of smoke very, very much.
A mass of obstacles rose again. This time, their challenge was high jumping.
The terrifying red liquid filled the space below. If they fell, they would dissolve without so much as a bone left.
The two went through yet another utterly pointless round of skateboard parkour.
This time, many orange light screens appeared in the air. They certainly did a good job of blocking the view.
Unfortunately, both of them reacted very quickly. Even 0.1 seconds was enough for them to analyze the scene before them.
Then they immediately took the best course of action.
The two made it through this round of skateboard attacks with a few scares but no real danger. Notably, this round was shorter than the previous two.
Was the smoke taking effect? Murder wondered.
Meanwhile, a line of text appeared in front of Killer's panel.
"In this world... you only live once."
"Huh?"
Killer felt that statement didn't apply to her. She had lived more than once.
Murder took out another cigar-he was actually smoking two at once! After his earlier cigarette had been extinguished by the aftermath of an attack, he had taken out a cigar. Who would have thought he had another one!
With both going at once, even Xx_FRESHSANS_xX-the hip prince of nightmares-had to back off a little.
Oh, look at [it]. Perhaps it was backing off more than just a little.
"Heh heh heh..."
The words "YO-LO" vanished from [its] glasses, replaced by bottomless hollows.
"Ha ha ha..."
"You two..."
Several cracks appeared on Xx_FRESHSANS_xX's head.
"...really want to see my true form, don't you?"
Xx_FRESHSANS_xX chuckled a few times in a low voice. Its damaged vocal tract made the laughter harsh and grating.
"...but... I have to warn you..."
Crack.
Crack.
The cracking still hadn't stopped.
"...it isn't fun at all."
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