This is a Boss?! # 7
This is a Boss?! # 7
What the hell is going on?
A Doppelganger Slime just appeared out of nowhere?
No...! That's an otherworldly being too! There's a high chance it's connected to the bastards that just showed up here!
"Wh-What are you talking about, Doppelganger Slime?! Geun-cheol, you...! Knock it off!"
Was that a sign of an incoming attack?
The slime bastard's face flushed red as it screamed. It's mimicking Si-hoo's words, but seeing its face go red, it must be getting ready to spew some kind of breath attack!
"Don't talk to me, you wicked demon scum!"
I instantly snap into a defensive stance.
"You can't fool me! You damn slime! How dare you take my friend's body—"
"Shut up!!!"
Swish!
In that instant, the slime looking like Si-hoo swung its palm at me. I tried to dodge it nimbly, but this bastard's fast!
Crash!
"Agh!"
A direct hit to the shoulder!
A scream tears out of me!
This is insane. Did it even copy Si-hoo's physical specs? If so, this isn't an opponent I can beat...!
"Snap out of it, quick! Are you trying to get yourself killed? What Doppelganger Slime? Stop spouting that crazy nonsense!"
"Th-Then what do you call that thing jiggling right in front of my eyes...!"
Long ago, there was a man they called the enemy of ten thousand.
His name was Xiang Yu.
He was a superhuman with strength to uproot mountains and the mightiest warrior of his time, but he was defeated by another hero.
And right now, that hero is attached to the chest area of the slime that's borrowing Si-hoo's form.
It's dangling and swaying... messing with my vision. It's so big, and it looks so soft... It's attached to something the exact shade of pink a female Power Ranger would wear... pink!
This doesn't feel real!
"What? Jiggling?"
The slime reacted to the word "jiggling."
The moment its gaze drops down.
"Kya, kyaaaaaaaaah!"
Lee Si-hoo lets out a girlish scream and covers the heroic visage with her arms!
"Don't look!!"
"You bastard! You're a slime, and you dare—!"
"I said I'm not a slime! You crazy Kim Geun-cheol! What's this about a slime?!"
"You think I can believe that?!"
She said no, but I was mad suspicious!
Is this really Si-hoo?
Unless he's got gynecomastia, there's no way the real Si-hoo has these things. And if it were gynecomastia, at this level he'd have definitely had surgery by now.
So of course, I'm confused!
Honestly, at the start of the semester, I did think Si-hoo looked a bit feminine, but that didn't mean he was actually a girl, right?
We've slept together in a hotel, slept together at the training camp, and now we're even sharing my room! There's no way I wouldn't know about Si-hoo. I can say with absolute certainty, the guy doesn't have gynecomastia or some secret thing like 'actually, he was a woman all along.'
There's only one reason his chest could be so big!
Because the bastard is a Doppelganger Slime!
His chest is supposed to be flat as a board, just like mine!
"Anyway, does that really matter right now?! There are some kind of monsters right over there!"
"Ah!"
The moment the being—whether it's Si-hoo or a slime—lets out a yell, my sanity comes rushing back. This is incredibly confusing, but now's not the time.
Wooooooooo...
I had to go all-out just to barely take down one of them. And now a whole pack of exactly the same bastards are flying around.
Thankfully, Si-hoo showed up and one of them is dead... wait. This guy definitely killed one with his own hands just now. So that means he's unrelated to those things, at least?
"Anyway! Geun-cheol! More of them are coming! We have to run and find a proper place to make a stand!"
"You. You seem friendly right now. Don't tell me you're a slime that partially copied Si-hoo's appearance and personality?"
"I told you, I'm not! Just get your ass moving!"
Grip!
The slime, her sword arm covering her own voluptuous chest, grabs my wrist tight with her other hand and sprints.
Gah, this is driving me crazy!
What do you mean, "chest"...!
"Guhhh!"
"Agh! Don't make weird noises with Lee Si-hoo's face, monster!"
"Please, shut up! They're all chasing us!"
I looked back to see the monsters, having regained their focus, starting to chase us again. One of them charged in at high speed to test the waters, and I had to dodge that!
"Geun-cheol! Just keep running!"
Suddenly, the slime braked hard and spun her body around. And then she was properly gripping her sword, ready to fight the thing—holy shit!
"Hey, you crazy pervert bastard! Slime bastard, cover up your tits first!"
"What?! T-Tits...! Hik!"
Her top is torn.
So the slime in Lee Si-hoo's form is holding her sword with her bare chest completely exposed. As Si-hoo's friend... that sight was deeply uncomfortable. And at the same time, strangely addictive.
How can they be like that?
Truly, the hero who fought Xiang Yu...!
Whooooooosh!
A monster flies in.
"For real! What is going on here?!"
Simultaneously, an intensely powerful sword aura bursts from the slime's blade. Insane! A slime can wield sword aura of that level? This is a crisis that could end humanity!
And her actual skill is incredible too!
Flash!
The moment the slime took a single step forward, a restrained sword trajectory blossomed like moonlight. That was it. She unleashed a Flash Slash while advancing. And the conclusion drawn from it was...
Shatter.
The monster's obliteration.
She precisely cleaved the jewel atop its head.
"Hrgh...!"
Having dealt with one, Slahu turns back to me, covering her chest with her arm. Her face had gone completely red, like a ripe persimmon.
Embarrassment... did she even copy that emotion?
No helping it. Slahu and I are currently in a sort of alliance. If she's copied the emotion of shame, I should help her not feel it.
Whisk!
I immediately took off my top and tossed it to her.
"Catch, Slahu!"
"Slahu?!"
"I just slapped a name on you, so just go with it! Use that to cover your chest first, you bastard!"
"Ch-Chest?!"
"Cover up, damn it! And let's fight together! On me!"
"Okay!"
Looking like she accepted my proposal, Slahu snatched my top and ran with me. She tried to pull my top on while running, good god!
They won't compress!
"Grr...! This thing!"
Slahu tried to force the large, uncooperative breasts down by pressing and squeezing them all over, trying to get the clothes on somehow. But there was no way they'd be covered like that! That was just tormenting a pair of massive breasts!
The flesh kept spilling out...!
"Wh-What are you looking at?! I told you not to look!"
"Hey, hey! You think those are ever gonna compress?! You bastard really doesn't know much about the human body! Just take the shirt and, uh, wrap it around your chest! Tie it!"
"Tie it...? Ah! Right!"
Slahu immediately took off the top and...
Grip!
...pulled the shirt taut and started wrapping it around her chest. The shape it made was basically a daring swimsuit. Still, she somehow managed to tie it and cover up the pink.
"Now you can fight, right!"
"I could fight the whole time...!"
Her face is flushed.
Her mouth is set in an awkward smile, but there are tears welling up in her eyes. She couldn't properly mimic human expression.
"Anyway, Geun-cheol, you...! Just run for now! I'll hear you out later! Just focus on staying alive until I've killed them all!"
Since she copied Si-hoo, she's definitely confident in her skills.
"No! I'll take one of them! I can handle it somehow, so let's just go and fight!"
"Right! I'll do that!"
With that cry, Slahu...
Boom!
...kicks off the ground, jumps into the air, scales a nearby building, and rapidly climbs to the rooftop.
Whoooosh!
Gwooooooooh!
Two monsters charged at her. Slahu skillfully kicked off the wall, launching her body at high speed, then landed lightly on the things' back plates and sprinted right for their jewels.
Slash.
And then she simply sliced through their jewels.
"Whoa."
She's really at that level? Honestly, these monsters are easily dozens of meters long. They're colossal, and she's just slaughtering them so simply.
"Kuworrrrrr!"
Anyway, I'd better lend a hand too!
"You picked the wrong guy to mess with!"
I shove my chaotic thoughts to one side and start a staring contest with the monster that's charging straight at me, its maw wide open.
I've already killed one of these bastards.
So what does that mean?
If I fight again, I'll fuck it up!
Wham!
Just before the bastard pounces on me, I time it, kick off the ground, and leap high. Crash! It savagely chomps down on the spot where I was standing just a moment ago. But I'm already on top of its head.
"You're no match for me now!"
If it fires an energy blast, dodging is a bit of a pain, but that's not its only trick. It also frequently uses this attack, flying as if swimming through water and chomping with its jaws.
Once you've read that pattern, taking it out is simple.
"Hap!"
I landed on its back plate and tried to smash the jewel, but in that instant, I felt a sharp burst of acceleration. The bastard shot into the air, accelerating rapidly with me on its back.
Swishhhh!
"Shit!"
It's fast. And it's flying straight up. But I deal with it. Just before I fall, I grab onto the edge of its back plate.
"Kraaaaaaah!"
Letting out a war cry, I climb up its back plate like scaling a rock face. And the moment I get close to the jewel...!
"Die!"
I thrust my sword straight into the jewel!
Boom!
That shatters the jewel.
"Gwooooh...!"
The moment the jewel was destroyed, the creature's body plummeted as if its power had been cut. I held tight to the edge of its back plate and fell with it, and at the right moment, I released mana from my palm and launched myself off.
Kaboom!
A truly excellent breakfall.
"Khah!"
The breath is knocked out of me. My stats went up, but right now I'm so goddamn exhausted it's just painful, not joyful. And mentally, the situation's terrible too.
"Still, it's over now."
Slahu burst the jewel of the last monster.
Tap.
She landed lightly, glanced around, and then ran toward me.