When he died for the second time, his consciousness blacked out.

...ah..........

--to come back to this world again.

Manashishiro Seiya died - and was revived.

"I'm alive...?

The consumptive resuscitation-based S-class cheat, the Doppelganger, has been activated--!

Doppelganger is a cheat that allows you to replace the result of death with your other self, also known as Double Body or Kageboshi, and pretend that the user's death didn't happen.

However, as expected, this is too foul, and Doppelganger is a consumption-type cheat.

Once you spend it, the stock will never recover.

In other words, it's a completely useless cheat.

That precious, precious, precious "just one time".

I had just spent it in vain.

No, it's not important that I've consumed a one-time cheat or anything like that.

If you consider that consuming the "Doppelganger" saved Naiya, it was rather more than worth it to spend it.

Yes, what was even more serious than that--

"I'm afraid ... no ... no ... I don't want to die ...

It was the fact that I was "dead" that was deeply ingrained in my mind.

Despair and fear of death ruled my mind.

Because it was, wasn't it?

"Since there's no way to win, if you come back from the dead, you'll only get killed once more--

No matter how one looks at it, the situation is completely packed now.

'No I don't want to die...'

This time, I'll be killed without coming back from the dead...!

...Really, what's the point?

Fear took control of my mind, and I couldn't help but complain about it.

Once it had fallen out, it was the weakness of my mind itself--the weakness of my heart.

'Wasn't this supposed to be a cross-world reincarnation with all the cheats fully equipped and easy mode?

'I thought you were popular with the girls in the romantic comedy S-class cheat 'but only if you're good-looking'?

Like a dam, the voices in their hearts poured out one after another without stopping.

''I thought you were going to be a warrior with the strongest S-class cheat 'Sword Saint'?

'So why are you dying early after four days of being reincarnated in another world?

What, I'm stuck in a hole in the ground?

Ever since she came to the other world, Manashilo Seya has been relying on cheats for everything.

As soon as he lost that cheat advantage, he reverted back to his original dull Manashiro Seiya, who had nothing to excel at.

''Why is the strongest cheat, 'Kensei', losing?'''

Why is my body throbbing so hard?

Why do you have to go through all this trouble?

What do you mean, you were born an S-class Chosen Dragon?

I tried not to think about it during the battle - the 'Sword Sage' didn't make me think about it - the 'divine Demon Dragon' in front of me was transforming into a form of despair and fear, clenching my heart.

''You can't even use the final profoundness of the 'Sword Sage', it's too much of a f*cking game, are you licking your pants?

Who asked you to reincarnate in this hard-mode other world?

"What is this, a package scam porno DVD?

It's funny, let's face it. It's so funny you'd laugh...

With a broken heart, I staggered up from the rubble - no, the "Sword Sage" made me wake up.

"So you want me to fight you to that extent?

Is this 'swordsman' cheat really not giving up or is he too proud?

Even if I completely lose the will to fight.

Even if I'm terrified of death in front of my desperate strength.

And yet, I still won't allow myself to rest.

He forces me to fight.

'Oh, I see--'

It suddenly occurred to me.

''The 'Sword Sage' is the strongest. As long as you bear the name of the strongest, can't you afford to be defeated--

It was just a guess, an unproven idea, but--

The company's perseverance in trying to do its job as the strongest person in the world, even in desperate situations, to the very end. Yeah, I have some sympathy for that. You must be having a hard time being a "swordsman"...

It all made sense to me in a strange way.

''Yeah, sure. As the owner of the strongest S-class cheat, the Sword Sage, I'm going to stay with you to the end. I'm sorry about your unwillingness to do it, but you can still use my body as much as you want--

Just like in the fairytale where the girl with the red shoes kept dancing, I, with the "Swordsman" in hand, will keep fighting until I die.

The image of the "Swordsman" struggling to achieve his quota as a company employee made me feel a little better.

d*mn it...

I raised my head and saw him again with the divine demon dragon.

Then, I noticed that the Shin Demon Dragon had a strange expression on its face.

''Well, is that so?''

You're pinned down by a direct hit from that powerful tail swing (tail smash).

You have a face like that. Maybe, surprisingly, we could understand each other if we talked--

Well, it doesn't matter now.

I re-holstered the broken Japanese sword (kusanagi).

"Now, let's have one last fight, shall we?