With long arms and legs, the monster swung its stone hammer straight for the head of Nagatomo Masao.
Though the buzz-cut guy was a baseball player, he was still an ordinary person. In theory, he shouldn't have been able to react in time to avoid the attack from the Strange Tale.
But the development of the situation was a bit eerie.
"To the left!"
The very moment the stone hammer descended, Nagatomo once again heard a roaring maxim in his ear.
His body inexplicably lightened, as if someone had suddenly lifted his limbs, or as if another soul inside his body helped him respond in that instant.
He dove quickly to his left rear.
Bang!
The stone hammer brushed past Nagatomo's head and smashed into a tree trunk about as thick as a bowl.
The blow cracked the trunk, causing the entire tree to collapse.
"You managed to dodge?" "Again!"
