I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

The sword light lit up.

A fleeting moment.

The battle is over.

Yes, it's over, in everyone's stunned eyes.

As expected, this battle will last for a long time - the murderous ghost was born from Shiki's murderous impulse, and the two men's skills and physical abilities are exactly the same. And because it’s oneself versus oneself, one can accurately predict each other’s moves. If we really want to decide the winner, I'm afraid we have to wait until one side makes a mistake.

However, they never expected that the battle would end so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the winner has been decided, as well as life and death.

Two figures, both in white clothes and black trousers, passed by each other and slashed across each other's chests with two sword lights without any hesitation.

Blood flowers bloom and blood flows like a fountain.

The blooming blood flower is Shiki.

Blood gushing like a fountain is a murderer.

The murderer's dagger plunged into Zhiki's chest first.

Although Zhiki's knife was a little slower, it was directly wiped from the murderer's left chest to his right chest, directly cutting him in two.

It's just a knife, cut in two.

The killer ghost whose upper body was sliding down looked at the lower body that was still standing and said in disbelief:

"How is this possible? How did you do it?"

"Nothing is impossible. The world you and I see are completely different."

The dagger penetrated his chest, damaging his lungs and making it difficult for Zhiki to breathe, but his voice was still extremely calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

"The world is different?" The murderer's body began to dissipate, turning into dark, mist-like particles.

"What you see is a normal world, maybe a little strange, but it is still complete. But what I see is a fragmented death."

Shiki's voice became lower and lower, until finally, only two people could hear it. He seemed to be explaining to the murderer, but also seemed to be just talking to himself.

"If you can see death, you won't be able to remain rational. If you can see death, you won't be able to get back on your feet. Being able to see death means you will be forced to accept the fact of how ambiguous and fragile this world is. It’s like the ground doesn’t exist, and the sky seems like it might collapse at any time. You can never understand the illusion that the whole world will end in just one second.”

"Hu, nonsense."

Hearing these words, the murderer, whose lower body had already dissipated and whose upper body was constantly collapsing, suddenly became hysterical.

"If... what you said is true, how can you still maintain your human appearance? You, what on earth did you see?"

Zhiki turned around and glanced at the murderer indifferently with his eyes that could see the dots and lines of death and could destroy things with just a slight stroke.

The latter seemed to have seen an evil ghost. He didn't even care about being severely injured by Liz Baifei. He let out a shrill scream and disappeared into ashes.

Shiki lowered his head, replaced the knife, took out his glasses from his pocket, and carefully placed them on the bridge of his nose and ears.

The fragile and fragmented world is restored to its original state, and everything is so beautiful again. No, it is more beautiful, because after seeing death, I cherish the normal scenery more.

You are right, at that time I felt scared even walking. If I hadn't met that person, I might have become abnormal long ago. Even so, I am still afraid of myself and the impulse in my heart to turn the world into such a fragmented state, so you were born.

But not anymore. Because I will no longer be afraid of myself like this, let alone give you a chance to come out again.

Thank you, Teacher Aoko.

It was you who told me that gods will not give away their power without any reason. There must be some meaning for me to have this ability.

You taught me to admit my mistakes frankly and to say sorry.

You taught me how to be an upright adult.

besides--

He raised his head and said sincerely to the eye in the sky.

"Thank you too, Teacher Chengzi. Thank you for your reminder. I have not lost to myself, and I will never lose in the future."

Orange didn't appreciate such Zhiki.

"Also? Are you thinking of that idiot Qingzi again? Hmph, it's really unpleasant to fall behind her again."

"..." Zhiki's expression suddenly froze.

"Okay, don't stand there stupidly, your wound is still bleeding."

"Ah." Zhiki belatedly covered the wound, his face pale.

"Brother! Be patient for a while and I will help you treat it right away."

Qiuye rushed over in three steps, pressed his hand on Shiki's chest, and activated his own ability, which was also a power inherited from the Tono family - "Community".

"Communication" allows one's own consciousness to penetrate into the consciousness of others, thereby achieving some kind of transformation, including vitality.

What she was doing at this time was sharing her life force, exchanging my life for his.

May's movements were a little slower and she didn't have the ability, so she could only stand aside and watch Qiuye devote herself to Shiki.

At that moment, she understood why Qiuye's transfer of schools made her feel threatened, because the emotion contained in those cyan pupils was not just the love between brother and sister, but an emotion that was far superior to that.

Family, friendship, and love all merge into one, converging on the man in front of you, like an invisible cover, blocking out all the disturbances.

Not willing, not willing, not willing!

May doesn't want to be so passive anymore, she wants to take the initiative to do something.

I want to enter your world.

…

Orange, who was sitting on the balcony of Tono's living room, watched this scene with a slight smile on his lips.

"A bunch of idiots! I clearly gave you rune stones for healing, and I still used 'Communion' to treat you. Aren't you afraid of falling into weakness and getting worse?"

In the courtyard under the platform, a burly man in a suit was wreaking havoc.

Every punch and every kick contained huge power. Just the aftermath caused the walls to collapse and the earth to crack.

The style revealed in the fists and kicks is familiar to everyone in the family. It is a fighting skill that Akiba practices every day, and it is a taijutsu passed down from the Tono family.

On the roof of the bungalow, red hair extends outward, as bright as maple leaves, and as seductive as blazing fire. That figure is the recently rumored "Red Leaves Female Ghost."

Cheng Zi glanced at the female ghost on the roof casually and picked up a stick in her mouth casually.

"Recovering so quickly. The vitality of Tono's blood is indeed very strong, and it is very suitable as a materialized target. However, using the master's phantom to destroy the master's home is a bit too funny. Moreover, every time Seeing that long red hair reminds me of my idiot sister, which is really unpleasant... Just let me vent my anger as his substitute!!!"

The runes outlined the flames and lit the cigarette, but also activated the mechanisms that had been arranged.

They were four stone slabs containing mysterious power, with simple but ancient words engraved on them.

"Primal Rune activates!!! Destroy, Phantom."