How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 13

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 13

I thought it was pointless to continue the whole super exorcist routine, so I decided to come clean to my friends. I already felt bad about lying to Shuro and everyone at school, so the least I could do was be honest with the people who actually knew about monsters. Mana and Nina looked a little taken back, Kurumi was as impassive as always, but Taisei and Kiyori just stared at me in awe like I was a brand new toy.

"It talks," said Kiyori as he poked me with a stick like I was an exotic insect.

"Hey stop it!" I said while trying to fend of his assault with my arm.

"You guys don't hate me?"

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Differences between “How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster” and “The Monster Exorcist”

Recently I’ve been receiving a lot of downloads for my free story The Monster Exorcist so I thought that I better clear up the differences between it and How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster.

I originally wrote How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster back in 2012. I wanted to write a story about hero, who is actually a monster, and a bunch of his friends. I live in central Japan, so I based it mostly off my own life and things and people that I encountered while living in here.

It took about six months to write (I was single with plenty of time) and like most self-published stories it didn’t really get anywhere. I didn’t feel confident enough to put any money behind it, so I decided to just offered it up for free on a bunch of sites. Some of you may have even downloaded the book for free.  

Somewhere in 2014 I decided that perhaps my book was too Japanese for English speaking audiences, so I decided to try rewriting it with more Western Style names. Set in some random English speaking place with I never specify. I also decided that the name was a little long and confusing, so I renamed my new version The Monster Exorcist. I didn’t make too many changes to the story, other than removing some Japanese references. There is also an extra chapter to the end of the story, which really wasn’t that well written, so I decided not to add it to How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster.

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 12

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 12

"Daisuke!" Yelled Akito as he knocked on the door. "I know you're in there. You can't keep hiding forever!"

"Yes I can!" I yelled back.

"No you can't, we all have to use the bathroom eventually!"

"No you don't!" I said. "You can just all go outside. It's better for the environment, and just think about the money you can save on power and water."

"Do you really think the girls would agree to that?"

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 11

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 11

Akito was trapped between a rock and a hard place, or more precisely trapped between my sister, Nina's brother, and the exorcist organization. The organization still called on a weekly basis to check up on me, and Nina's brother often made threats about telling Shinta the truth. Sis in return often made threats about smothering Nina's brother in his sleep, but Akito refused to follow through with her plan. Having to pacify all three of them was taking its toll on my teacher. He'd also been wearing the same clothes for a week and grown an inch long beard.

To make matters worse, most of his scriptures and materials had been shredded by the fox monster, so he had to painstakingly tape them back together one page at a time.

I decided that the best way to help Akito reassemble all his stuff (and uncover the origins of my awesome powers) would be to ask "are you finished yet" every time I saw him. I thought it was a great way to motivate him to finish faster, until Akito snapped and slammed his study door in my face.

Sis suggested that it would be better to sit down and help him, but I was too busy hanging out with my friends and testing my new powers. Akito also seemed to be doing fine on his own. He'd taken to multi-tasking, and could be seen taping his files back together while watching everyone train, while holding meetings, and while eating breakfast. Sure his face looked tired and joyless, but Akito was always stern so I couldn't see much of a difference.

I watched him tiredly tape a page back together at lunch, and I took a seat at the kitchen table opposite him. Akito liked to eat sugar with his cereal, but that afternoon he reached for the sugar bowl and poured the whole thing into his cornflakes without noticing. He then began to slowly munch on it without any reaction.

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 10

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 10

"Despite spending over three weeks in isolation for Ebola, local high school student Daisuke Matsumoto, has made a miraculous recovery and gone on to come first in the local high school three hundred meter sprint. He also broke the record set by ex-Olympic gold medalist Charles Thomas in 1961. Daisuke always sleeps in class and sits out during P.E, so I didn't even know that he could run, said one student. He ran fast, almost too fast, said another. Daisuke is a great example of what you can achieve by just having a go, said his homeroom teacher. I hope his effort will motivate other students to participate more. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP!" Screamed my sister as she threw the newspaper down on the table in front of me.

Despite my best efforts to conceal the truth from my sister, I had forgotten that the local paper had decided to run an article on my spectacular victory. They even printed a photo of me receiving my trophy at the school assembly. I was probably the only kid at school who had to lie to their family about doing well at sports.

"I've never won anything in my life!" I said while hugging my trophy to my chest like a teddy bear. "You can't take this away from me!"

Shuro wanted to take me out for hamburgers to celebrate, so he was a little taken back by my sister's furious attitude.

"What's with you Kanako?" Asked Shuro. "He won a race, you should be congratulating him, not laying into him."

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 9

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 9

After much internal debate I decided to take Kurumi's advice seriously. If I was going to give up on Mana, than what better way to forget her than to pursue another girl immediately. Nina was my first choice. I had been considering her as a backup girlfriend all year, and now that Taisei was dating Kurumi it was the perfect opportunity for me to swoop in and sweep her off her feet. Unfortunately Nina was taller than me so I decided to borrow Taisei's metal pole in an attempt to make me look cooler. I also shoved tones of charms into my pockets to give myself a more serious exorcist look.

I dashed around headquarters looking for Nina until I found her flipping through an old textbook in the library.

"Nina," I said in the doorway while holding Taisei's pole casually over my shoulders. Nina seemed to have a thing for Taisei, so I figured impersonating him would be the fastest way to make her like me too.

"Would you consider going out with me?" I asked.

Nina looked up from her textbook and stared at me for a moment before closing the book. "Sure, why not," she said. "I think that it would be good for the both of us."

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HIWMBAFM Special Chapter: Shiki and the S-Chop

This is a bonus chapter, that I wrote from the point of view of Shiki Moriyama about three years ago. It didn't really turn out as well as I wanted, so it became lost on my computer, but I decided to post it only on this website. I may edit it again later on, but until then, please enjoy!

Bonus Chapter

By Shiki Moriyama

Special exorcist Agent Shiki Moriyama here. You may remember me from back when that kid Daisuke got himself kidnapped by a bunch of wolf Obake. I immediately dropped my lunch and heroically rushed halfway across the country to save the day, but Aki's student Itsuki had already dusted them by the time I arrived.

That kid Itsuki never ceases to amaze me. His quick thinking and impressive skills remind me of my old teacher, and it's almost like he can mysteriously sense where the Obake are lurking.

Until now you've unfortunately been forced to listen to the insane ramblings of young Daisuke Matsumoto, but luckily for you guys, I've come to save you from his teenage angst, miserable love life, terrible exorcist skills, and give you a more mature insight into the exorcist world. I'm here to tell you about the real hero of this story.

Me.

You may not hear much about the great Shiki Moriyama because I'm busy traveling the world on dangerous secret missions. That I'm banned from talking about. But I've got plenty of exciting stories to keep you on the edge of your seat. I even started writing my own book, until that killjoy Shinta Watanabe got his wrinkly hands on my drafts and made his underlings rip them up in my face. I'll always remember his look of joy as they tossed the pieces up into the air like an explosion.

After a three hour argument (where Shinta threatened to give that suckup Arashi Ueda my job) he finally agreed to let me tell you this one story which isn't highly classified information. Or at least I think he did. He never sent my request back with a rejection stamp, so I assume that I'm good to go.

Today I will gift you with the tale of how I ingeniously invented my famous special attack, the S-Chop.

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 8

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 8

Thanks to Shuro's tutoring I managed to scrape by with a C on my next math test. Sis stuck it on the refrigerator next to Hikaru's finger painting in an attempt to encourage me. She used to do the same thing when I was in elementary school.

"And look, Dai-chan got a C on his math test, isn't that amazing," she announced to everyone during dinner in the same babyish voice she used when talking to Hikaru.

I stared at her blankly and then returned to eating my food. Sometimes I suspected that Sis hadn't fully comprehended that I wasn't seven anymore.

My school sports day was a few days later. Akito warned me not to use my new found powers at school. He said that I might draw unnecessary attention to myself which could be difficult to hide from the organization.

Whatever. It was the perfect opportunity to look cool. I was only going to be in high school once, so the last thing I wanted was to regret not making the most of it. Unfortunately Sis also knew what I was thinking and banned me from participating in any of the events.

"Come on Sis, javelin, please let me enter the javelin," I begged the day before.

"No," she said while shaking her head.

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How I was Murdered by a Monster King Chapter 7

Daisuke here. Last time we met I joined a secret organization of exorcists who hunt down evil monsters which are disguised as regular animals. My training was going great until a super powerful fox monster attacked and my teacher tried to kill me. Now my friends and the organization are accusing me of being a monster in human form, but that can’t be possible, can it?

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Chapter 7

Life returned to normal once I started going back to school again. I was hanging out with my friends, training to be an exorcist, Itsuki had gone back to being my arch nemesis, and I was failing math. The whole monster thing had almost been forgotten, and against my sister's expectations Shinta didn't returned to dissect me. I was a little worried that Nina's brother would eventually figure out a way to outsmart my sister, but he instead gave up and spent most of his time trying to win the other exorcists over to his side.

"Souta my friend," he said while throwing an arm around Souta's shoulders in the hallway at headquarters. "Is it true that your uncle was best friends with the current head of the organization?"

"He was back in high school," said Souta. "Before he was eaten alive by a shark monster on a school trip, but everyone thinks it might have been a regular shark."

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How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster Chapter 24

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The Final Chapter

In case you've already forgotten, Akito, Nina, and I were all hiding in the study until the fox monster broke the door down. I didn't think things could get any worse, until Akito decided to back-stab me by holding a knife to my throat. I'm still uncertain if he intends to hand me over, or do the deed himself, but the sight of that blade caused my entire life to flash before my eyes.

I was busy contemplating whether I should call the tale of my demise How I was Murdered by a Fox Monster, or How I was Murdered by my Backstabbing Lame Teacher, when Nina's panicked voice suddenly interrupted my thoughts.

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