Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki

“Ha!”

The golden clock phantom appeared behind him, its hands having already turned to the Ⅵ position at some point.

“——『Sixth Hour·Boundary of Carbon and Gold』!”

Once the hands were completely set, golden light showered down.

“Clang——!”

A layer of silver film instantly coated the blood-red blade, and the sound of metal clashing resonated in the next second.

What seemed like an overwhelming, world-cleaving strike was blocked by Haramura Makoto.

And he blocked it without paying any price.

Kanzaki Kaori’s pupils constricted sharply.

But immediately, she stepped forward, closing the distance, and swung the oversized nodachi in her hand, mercilessly slashing towards Haramura Makoto’s chest.

“Not bad, was that sword-light your full power in this state?”

The silver substance receded like a tide from the blade and Haramura Makoto’s wrist, and his arm moved accordingly, directly blocking Kanzaki Kaori’s attack.

“No.”

As if sparing words, Kanzaki Kaori only uttered these two words, but her arms exerted even more force.

“I thought so.”

“If you swung with your current strength, you could probably unleash an even stronger sword-light.”

Haramura Makoto chuckled, but then his expression changed, becoming playful.

“But, to dare close the distance to within three meters, do you think your weapon is longer than mine, so you believe you have the advantage at this range?”

The sword used by Haramura Makoto is of the standard Japanese katana length, about 90cm.

Kanzaki Kaori uses a type of sword that is rarely used in Japan, the nodachi.

This type of sword is generally used in Shinto rain-calling ceremonies, and its length is usually over two meters.

In close combat, the length of a weapon does provide an advantage.

After all, the difference in attack range is simply that I can hit you, but you can’t hit me.

“Let me show you.”

Accompanied by Haramura Makoto’s cold shout.

Haramura Makoto’s wrist flipped, changing from blocking to grazing, and while brushing against Kanzaki Kaori’s long sword, he suddenly leaped forward, instantly closing the distance.

“Basara Slash!”

A technique that hasn’t been used for a long time reappeared in Haramura Makoto’s hands at this moment.

Kanzaki Kaori’s reaction speed was also extremely fast, and the hand holding the scabbard instantly swung towards the empty space below her.

Whoosh!

The sound of the wind caused by the flying body abruptly stopped, and the blurred figure quickly changed the trajectory of the sword.

The changing move of 『Basara Slash』, 『Reverse Basara』, was swung upwards from below, and the sharp blade instantly tore through Kanzaki Kaori’s short-sleeved jacket.

“Let me show you, Infinite Combo Style, Origami Crane.”

The magical power within Haramura Makoto flowed towards his limbs at a rapid pace.

“Aha——”

Yuudachi maintained this angle, and as Haramura Makoto’s legs exerted force again, the blade slid down Kanzaki Kaori’s hastily defended sword, and a large number of sparks fell between the blade and the sword.

Blinding red light quickly enveloped the entire battlefield.

The sounds of clanging continuously came from within.

No gaps!

No, no, it can’t be described as airtight anymore.

Kanzaki Kaori used almost all of her strength, wielding her oversized nodachi, constantly blocking the tricky attacks coming from Haramura Makoto from various angles.

“『Seigaiha』!”

“『Imoseyama』!”

“『Hiyoku』!”

“『Hanakitsu』!”

While using Yuudachi to draw all kinds of exquisite arcs in the air, Haramura Makoto whispered the names of his moves.

Speaking of which, he clearly didn’t have the habit of shouting out the names of his moves when fighting anymore, but he could only say that he had been assimilated by the people in the World of the Fallen.

Countless sword lights landed on Kanzaki Kaori’s body.

An extremely fierce offensive and defensive battle was being staged here.

If ordinary people were to come to the scene of the battle now, they would probably only see a confusing mess.

Even cameras without slow-motion playback probably wouldn’t be able to see the blades.

After all, the speed of these two people was too fast.

Take Kanzaki Kaori as an example, she would be considered normal under normal circumstances, but after releasing her stigma, her movement speed could reach one-hundredth of a second.

How terrifying is such a movement speed?

It means that every movement and every offensive and defensive battle of Kanzaki Kaori is breaking the sound barrier.

Note that this is not her burst, but her normal speed after activating her stigma and becoming a God Splitter.

But even with such speed, the man opposite her kept up with her.

Moreover, he didn’t use the so-called superpowers of Academy City, but actually caught up with her speed using his physical body like her.

And, what’s going on with this guy’s move changes?

Why can his moves connect seamlessly no matter what? She has never seen such sword techniques.

“What’s going on? Could it be that you are also a Saint?”

Kanzaki Kaori gnashed her silver teeth, her mind filled with confusion.

Unlike those magicians who don’t know anything about Academy City, she has been frequently traveling to Academy City recently, so she specifically learned about the espers of Academy City.

First of all, an esper can only possess one ability that they developed themselves.

It is impossible for multiple ability users to appear.

Secondly, even if it is a physical enhancement ability user, even if they can reach the highest level of esper, it is absolutely impossible to move at the speed of sound.

Excluding all the impossibilities, even if the truth is more outrageous and unbelievable, that is the only truth.

The only explanation now is that Haramura Makoto is a Saint.

A Saint is mixed in Academy City, and that space movement ability is his special magic technique.

“However, I am not.”

“I’m just an ordinary human.”

“But Miss Kanzaki, how long can you maintain this state?”

Haramura Makoto’s breathing was also slightly rapid.

This kind of ultra-high-intensity offensive and defensive battle is also a test for his physical strength.

After all, moving at the speed of sound once is completely different from moving at the speed of sound continuously.

Of course, this level of consumption is still okay for him.

Who told him that his speed has already broken the sound barrier level?

To say nothing more, it would be no problem for him to fight Kanzaki Kaori for another half an hour.

The scene was filled with the glint and shadow of swords, and the scattered sword lights had even cut the surrounding environment into a molecular state.

“There are nine minutes left, so I will use a special move.”

“I can only do this against you.”

“Tear!”

The sound of tearing flesh rang out in the next moment after Kanzaki Kaori’s voice fell, and Kanzaki Kaori, who was originally enveloped in Haramura Makoto’s sword moves, instantly appeared far away from Haramura Makoto.

“Even if she is injured, she will take the opportunity to break away from my offensive.”

His right arm hung down naturally, and bright red blood beads slid down the sharp red blade, dripping onto the ground one by one.

Haramura Makoto looked at the wound that ran through the left and right sides of Kanzaki Kaori’s abdomen and said with some emotion.

“Very decisive.”

This is preferring to be temporarily injured in order to distance herself from him.

After all, if this continues, Kanzaki Kaori’s stigma usage time will definitely not be able to compare to his.

When she exits the stigma state, she will be completely finished.

“Take this move, this is a move I can only use in this state.”

Calming her rapid breathing, she poured all the power of her body into her hands.

Now Kanzaki Kaori’s understanding of herself is very clear.

That is, she is weaker than this man in swordsmanship by more than one level.

Speaking of which, although she uses a long sword, she essentially studies more on magic and techniques.

Holding a sword, but more relying on her strong physical strength, directly suppressing people with force, without any skills to speak of.

But she found that this man’s swordsmanship was so exquisite that it was simply indescribable.

Or rather, she had never seen such superb swordsmanship.

Various tricky angles, seamlessly connected, breathless swordsmanship.

So she can only use the strongest move she has mastered so far.

“Sorry.”

As soon as the voice fell.

A blade cry that broke through the clouds resounded completely in this space.

The soaring sword light directly cut open the sky and the earth.

Explosions followed one after another.

A stunning sword light directly plowed through the soil, tearing the earth, making the earth look as if it had been plowed out of a gully.

In an instant, gravel flew, sand and dust filled the air, and a shocking scar was plowed on the ground.

This is a killing sword.

This is a fatal strike.

In terms of speed alone, this has far exceeded the speed of sound, and is a slash that is close to reaching the divine realm.

Any life, under this sword, would probably be cut in half.

To put it more simply, Kanzaki Kaori’s sword just now was fast enough to be comparable to Ikki Kurogane using Secret Sword: Shadow Steal.

The only difference is that Ikki Kurogane, as a Demon, has the power of fate.

“Again, Flash.”

With a loud shout, the lightning-fast slash was released again.

“Clang——!”

The blade cry resounded through the sky.

The slash that even the nerves could not keep up with directly cut through the atmosphere in the blink of an eye, passed through space, and directly caught up with the vertical slash that had already traveled most of the distance and was about to slash Haramura Makoto.

The horizontal slash and the vertical slash overlapped, creating a cross-shaped attack in the sky.