Shatei Kyokufuri Yumi-Ojisan

etty sure it was being done deliberately.

Hatake clearly wanted to use Death Flag again.

His main ability was with buffs, but he was abandoning that to rely on his luck.

And so Cymba was buying some time so they could calm down.

Because he was strong, he could win if some buffs were cast on him… That was probably the idea behind this.

At the end of the day, Hatake was popular.

And so everyone naturally started to fight with him in the center.

After all that, perhaps Hatake would finally change the way that he fought.

Maybe we didnt need to worry about Death Flag any…

“Death Flag!”

“…Huh?”

Perhaps I was hearing things… No!

A small golden flag had appeared on Garbows head!

I thought that I was starting to understand the way Hatake thought, but I was wrong…!

“But, Garbow can… Kurokogairu!”

Cymba had said it earlier.

You could touch someone and move the flag to them. And it didnt matter if it was a dummy!

So I could move the flag to a clone with Kurokogairu, and then we could use Blue Ocean Sphere to move away.

Perhaps the enemy has already unleashed their attacks.

We had to move quickly…!

“There you are!”

“What!?”

Petta was targeting us.

She must have predicted that the target would try and rub the flag onto someone else!

But even if she did that, all of the attacks would go to the dummy now that the flag had appeared…

“High Attack Enhance!”

Hatake cast a buff on Petta.

Did she really mean to attack…!?

“Sonic Blast… Woah!?”

A sticky iron ball hit Pettas body.

This…was Annes Sticky Star!

“Shit! What is this disgusting thing!”

“Why are you able to use a skill so quickly!? As the Death Flag was on the dummy a moment ago, there would have been a danger of all the attacks being pulled over there…!”

…Ah!

Indeed, the dummy was gone!

The plan was likely to use a small skill to find the position of the enemy with the flag, and then destroy it, obstacle and all, with a large skill.

The good thing about this plan was that even if it was on Garbow, the attacks wouldnt be wasted.

They already knew about Garbows clones because of the fight with Mad Slime CORE, and it would be possible to kill a dummy even with the small skill.

Because it would be a waste to kill a dummy with a charge attack after being buffed…

Still, Annes attack had been quick.

You would have to unleash the skill at the same time that Hatake and the others used small attacks to destroy the dummy, or it would be difficult to stop Pettas attack like that.

However, it should also have meant that there was a risk of attacking your own comrades…

“Sticky Star is just a skill that sticks to enemies! Even if it hits them hard, the stickiness absorbs the impact and there is no damage! In other words, it has no attack ability at all! It isnt affected by the Death Flag!

I see…!

Just like with the effect of defense abilities, no-damage effects also go right past Death Flag.

Thats why Anne had been quick to move.

Because she wouldnt be affected by Death Flag either way…!

“And now I will swing it around and hit it against the ground! It should also be impossible for impact or fall damage from hitting something to be pulled by Death Flag!”

And so Anne began to swing the iron ball while Petta was still stuck to it.

It was a cruel but sure way to kill…!

“Pe-chan! How terrible…! I will help you!”

“Your opponent is me!”

Necoco moved in front of Cymba.

Anne would defeat Petta.

In that case, I had to…

“E-everyone! What should I do…!”

Ill take down…Hatake.