From the very beginning, this D-rank competition was strange. And after the reduction of the territory, it became even stranger.

Peter made the decision to split up and go around the island. And since there were five of you, someone had to go alone.

Again. And it's you again.

You grumble around the forest, cursing everything and everyone. But it's better than listening to whining from everyone else. So now you can only rely on your own strength.

But the strange feeling of persecution does not leave you. At that moment, you already wanted to go with someone, but not alone. And the approaching rustling sounds made you walk faster and faster, almost jumping over bushes and bumps on a confusing road in the forest.

There was no limit to your happiness when you came to the edge of the forest, but tripped over a tree root and fell into a hole that was hidden behind bushes. You were about to crawl out when you heard footsteps, you look through the foliage of a bush and see a B-rank killer. You try not to make a sound and keep him in sight.

But your heart almost jumps out of your chest when you hear a voice next to you

"And... who are we hiding from?"

Your gaze is squinting towards the voice. That jerk, what's his name... Tiger Swallowtail, is sitting shoulder to shoulder with you? Okay, but now you're not the only one against B-rank.

But why doesn't he look at least a bit scared?