Summoned by a Goddess, the Strongest of Our Time Goes to Another World to Defeat Twisted and Corrupt

Chapter 1 Part 2

“Ah, this is the worst! Why are we in such a mess?”

“It’s because we’ve been summoned to another world.”

“I know it! That’s why I’m complaining! I don’t know why you keep repeating it…”

A complaining voice and an indifferent sounding voice became a duet and echoed in the forest.

The forest opened up, and the deep green that blocked the sun’s rays had disappeared, leaving a meadow-like space. Two girls stood there, back-to-back.

They were cornered. Men with weapons like swords, bows and other noisy weapons.

…But to say “cornered” was extreme. In fact, it was the men who seemed to be taking all the damage.

“They’re giving us a hard time…! What the hell is wrong with them…?”

“We’re just high school girls. …Well, the other girls are a little less pretty than us, aren’t they?”

“…It should only take a minute…”

“T-That’s because values vary from person to person, right?!”

“Even if you say ‘right’…”

At first glance, the situation appeared to be hopeless. In such a situation, the appearance of the two, who were having a lighthearted exchange without any sense of tension, was just as they said, they were ordinary high school girls wearing a shabby school uniform.

Yui Koikuzue. A second-year student in high school.

The large hoodie she wore with her school uniform, her short haircut, and the headphones she wore around her neck gave her the appearance of a high school girl with the sweetness of a Yamato Nadeshiko[1]… but her face was as cold and expressionless as that of a mechanical doll. At best, she was calm and serene, but at worst, she was a short girl with a gloomy impression.

And then there was Serika Hayami. Also a second-year student in high school.

She had a cardigan wrapped around her waist, a scrunchie tied to her arm. Her hair, dyed bright brown, was pulled back in a side ponytail, and if she had to describe herself, in one word, you’d say she was a “modern high school girl”. You might even say she was a “gal[2].” With her well-proportioned style, bright looks and personality, she was a girl with a pop star charm that you could easily imagine at the top of the school society caste.

Why were such extremely modern girls summoned to this world?

What Yui held with her eyes narrowed emotionlessly was two pistols. She held a pistol in each hand, with a brown barrel that shone with varnish. Serika, also staring with narrowed eyes, was crouched down, throwing her right leg back and her left leg forward. It was her combat stance.

The answer is that they were both, according to Serika, a bit different from the concept of “normal” high school girls.

“Tsk, deyaaaaaaaah!”

A strong man bellowed and rushed towards Yui. In his hand was a real sword, sharp and serious. However, Yui was undeterred and pointed the muzzle of the gun at him. Then, her cold eyes narrowed even more…

“…!”

Dang!

The sound of the gunshot roared through the forest.

The bullet she fired was aimed right at the hilt of the sword the man held and ricocheted off it.

“Nna…!? Gah…?!”

Another bullet was fired without delay, aimed at the man’s breastplate. The small piece of metal holding the breastplate came loose. With the barrel of the gun pointed at his chest, which was now empty after losing the breastplate, Yui muttered under her breath.

“…The next shot is going to go into your heart, not a piece of your armor.”

Yui joked with a nonchalant tone, while having airs of being a skilled sniper. …It should be noted that she only started shooting after coming to this world. She had never been in a war zone where bullets were flying, nor did she go through bloody shooting training in her previous world. …But even so, the bullets that came out when she pulled the trigger went precisely where she was aiming. It was hard to believe that she could even shoot in the dark.

“Wh-why a little girl like you…?”

“Because I’m not an ordinary little girl.”

As she said this, she turned around quickly.

There was another man who looked like he was going to jump at her from the forest behind. As she looked at the man in front of her, he was planning to attack her by surprise.

“It’s useless.”

However, Yui calmly muttered and stepped back to jump back. Pointing the barrels of her pistols at the man… she pulled the trigger.

The bullets hit the man’s thighs with precision. Fresh blood spurted from the wounds like a bottle of champagne on New Year’s Eve.

“Ughhhh!”

She stared at the man, who was screaming in pain and thrashing around on the floor, and exhaled.

“If you’re going to sneak attack, you should be quieter.”

“Eh…!?”

“The sound of your breathing, your heart beating nervously. …If I concentrate, I can hear it very loudly.”

“Huh…?!”

The man was sweating and his eyes widened in amazement. Needless to say, it was impossible for you to hear the heartbeat of a person who was far away from you. Yet Yui said, as if it was nothing, that she could hear it. She even said it was very loud.

She held the gun and lightly hugged her body.

“…It’s because I’m more sensitive…”

“…The way you say it can lead to misunderstandings…”

“…But it’s not badly put…” Yui furrowed her eyebrows slightly at Serika’s response beside her.

Yui was… a girl whose five senses had developed beyond human level.

She could see things the human eye couldn’t, hear things you couldn’t hear, and feel things you couldn’t feel normally. That was why she was no ordinary girl and could shoot accurately without training or a scope.

“Damn them, they’re freaks!”

Two men stood side by side, bows at the ready. They quickly pulled the arrows from their waist packs and pulled the strings. The arrows reached Serika like the wind. She clicked her tongue.

“Who are you calling a freak?!” Serika said those words and disappeared.

“…Eh?”

The two archers were stunned as the arrows they shot pierced the void. A swift wind blew past them.

“Well, that’s it, isn’t it?”

A voice suddenly rang out; before they knew it, Serika was behind them. In her arms, she held a large number of arrows.

“It can’t be possible…!”

The men rushed to check… there was not a single arrow left in their quivers they carried on their waists. She had taken them away. Serika scattered the arrows on the ground in pieces.

“Without arrows, you can’t fight anymore, can you?”

“Wh-When was it…?

“No, no, it isn’t when. But this very instant. Didn’t you see how fast I went?”

Serika stuck her tongue out at them mischievously and mocked them. The two men shuddered.

Serika, like Yui, was also a girl who had developed abilities beyond those of a human being in the process of growing up. What pushed her beyond her limits was her agility. She could run as fast as the wind, or even faster, being faster even than sound. It was no longer just high-speed movement, but instantaneous. She could not be called “normal” in any way.

Unlike fictional heroes, these girls did not acquire this kind of power due to some special event. Yui, in her daily life, listened and watched carefully. Serika was always sweating and running in the playground and on her way to school every day. Without realizing it, they had somehow exceeded human limits in their respective fields. That’s why they were both high school students who were discovered by Marielle and summoned into this world.

The two exchanged words matter-of-factly as they effortlessly fended off the ruffians who approached them.

“I wonder if they were able to summon the last one correctly.”

“Marielle’s voice is heard from the other side. Perhaps she is talking to the person she summoned.”

“I see, so we didn’t buy time in vain, huh?”

Yui was shooting and disarming the men, and Serika was giving high-speed spinning kicks to the jaw.

“In that case, why don’t we just get it over with and join them?”

“…Yeah, let’s do that.”

…The only one left was a hooded man with a sword.

The two rushed towards him to finish the battle.

[1] The term “Yamato nadeshiko” is often used to describe a demure young woman and, in a contemporary context, nostalgically of women with good traits which are perceived as being increasingly rare.

[2] The Gals are a Japanese subculture and/or urban tribe of young women who are mainly concerned about their beauty, taking care of their clothes, hair, makeup, nails, etc., down to the last detail. Their male counterpart are the Gyaruo.