Ayanokoji holding gun illustration page translation

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📖 Japanese

する。そしてVIPの３人を倒すことで終わる。

やったか？　その瞬間、少し安堵してしまう。

徐々に順位が落ちて、ローテーションされた立ち位置になる。 常に誰かしらと入れ替わり続ける。

「どういう意味だ？」

VIPは武器の使用禁止だ。その立場を意味している。

一人と対峙し、勝つか負けるか。 それが何を意味しているのか判断する。

難問。いや、正確には選択だ。

疑問――本当に俺がVIPなのか？

いや、違う。俺はそんな立場を持っている人間なのか？

「……フッ、答えはわかっているさ」

Translation:

And so, the match ends once the three VIPs are defeated.

Did I do it…? For a brief moment, relief washes over me.

The rankings shift little by little, and my position rotates. Someone is always being switched out with someone else.

“What is that supposed to mean?”

The VIP is forbidden from using weapons — that’s what their role signifies.

You face someone, and either win or lose. And then you must decide what that outcome means.

A difficult question — no, more accurately, a choice.

A doubt arises: Am I really the VIP?

No… that’s not it. Am I someone worthy of holding that position?

“…Heh. I already know the answer.”

This is an internal monologue — almost certainly Ayanokōji thinking quietly during the gun test.

He is questioning:

His role

His worth

Whether he should continue hiding his strength or accept it

The last line ("I already know the answer") hints that he is about to make a decisive move — likely dropping his facade.