Infinity Throne

Chapter 592: There is...the natural god of sword skills in my heart!

I have killed many people,

Killed many monsters,

But,

I have never tried to cut "myself".

In front of Oda Mai.

It is a pure black space.

Underfoot is a black water lake without any waves.

Stepping on the lake, Oda Mai can neither sink nor cause too much water. Walking slowly, circles of black ripples appeared behind Oda Mai.

As far as the eye can see, about a hundred meters away, a black-haired girl wearing a white dress quietly steps on the black water lake, becoming the only pure white in the black. It seems that the girl's existence is like an indestructible white lotus in the mud.

The irony is that Oda Mai knows very well that that "white lotus" is the most evil being in the entire trial and should be killed.

Cut her to death and everything should be over.

You can go back.

"Cough cough cough."

Oda Mai opened her mouth and coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

It adds a touch of bright red to this pure black space.

But when she was coughing up blood, Oda Mai's mind flashed to that shelter in the snowy mountains, where the sky was full of heavy snow and crystal clear. The scene that flashed through her mind made Oda Mai's mouth slightly raise, as if she was smiling.

A dark-skinned figure stood opposite Oda Mai.

Face to face.

That figure was wearing a samurai uniform from Japan that was exactly the same as what Mai Oda remembered. The black color blended into the background. The facial features were almost indistinguishable from those of Mai Oda, except that the skin was a bit darker.

In the hands of another Oda Mai, she held two swords, one long and one short, in a posture familiar to Oda Mai, as tall and motionless as Mount Fuji.

Not long ago.

Oda Mai fought with the opponent.

She was covered in scars.

But Mai Oda didn't touch even a single hair of the opponent's head.

She was obviously familiar with every move the opponent used, but the effect she exerted from the opponent's hands was a level higher than Oda Mai's. In addition, Oda Mai now only has one arm and cannot perform her best "Two Ten First Class".

yes.

That was obviously her most familiar and standard "two-day first-class" stance.

But why can't he kill her?

Not scientific.

Oda Mai was confused.

There were hideous knife marks, and the bones were visible deep inside. Oda Mai's health was approaching the edge of danger.

But none of this was taken seriously by Oda Mai.

There was only one thought left in her mind.

An innocent thought, very much like childhood thoughts.

——Kick her to death, then chop to death the BOSS behind, and call it a day.

【You are too weak. 】

[Your knife can cut through everything. 】

【Yeah? 】

[Why do you keep cutting? 】

【I am not at all confused. 】

【I am moving forward bravely. 】

【I give up my life and forget about death. 】

【Nine mountains and eight seas, there is no such thing as self. 】

【But,】

【I keep cutting myself. 】

Strange voices have been whispering in Oda Mai's ears from the beginning.

Her only remaining right arm held a strange knife.

She was very familiar with this knife.

It was a knife made by her master when she started her apprenticeship.

——[Sakura Mai Ichimonji].

However, the master's knife was stained with something.

Not pure anymore.

Oda Mai originally wanted to change it to [Onimaru Kunitsuna], which is a family heirloom sword. But there is nothing we can do.

[Sakura Mai Ichimonji] The densely packed eyeballs on the handle of the knife and the protruding pseudopods pierced deeply into Oda Mai's flesh and could not be separated or cut. After arriving at this place, I don’t know when, [Sakura Mai Ichimonji] and Oda Mai’s hands “grew” together.

"It's so noisy."

Small murmurs seemed to come from the knife.

It's like it's coming from the back of my mind.

"It's so noisy."

Oda Mai gritted her teeth and took a step.

Ripples came out.

She was lying low, low, low.

It is said that the lower a swordsman lies down when making a move, the more powerful the move will be.

Her slash was very low and very fast.

But the opponent, "Black Oda Mai", is faster, higher and stronger than her.

"Two heavens' first-class secrets, all the ten directions will be destroyed."

The familiar secret was revealed from the opponent's hands. It was also the first time that Mai Oda tasted her ultimate move.

laugh!

The sharp cross-shaped sword light came from a distance as soon as Oda Mai started to move, and struck Oda Mai fiercely.

From the chest to the back.

Oda Mai's body seemed to be torn in half, and with a "PIA" sound, more than a dozen fountains of blood spurted out from the cross-shaped wound on her chest. If there was an audience for this weird duel at this time, no matter who it was, they would subconsciously feel that such an exaggerated amount of bleeding would definitely mean death.

【Lost. 】

Oda Mai had no expression on her face, and with a flash of sword light, she knelt limply on the ground, and these two words flashed before her eyes.

【die? 】

After a while.

Another word flashed before her eyes, as well as a question mark.

…She didn’t believe it.

She didn't believe she would die.

Never believed it.

But the revolving door has started to float.

She had heard that once you get out of the revolving door, death is not far away.

What to do.

The past, the present, the past, bit by bit, her life flashed quickly before her eyes.

"..."

The scene finally freezes before Oda Mai's eyes.

At this moment, Oda Mai felt like she was floating in front of a revolving door.

She chose one of the scenes and walked in.

It was a garden full of cherry blossom trees.

"Little Oda Mai", who is a few years younger than the current Oda Mai, is practicing swordsmanship.

Yes, it seems that in her life, besides knives, she has knives.

An old man with gray hair and neatly dressed clothes was squatting with a smile on his face, eating grapes and spitting out grape skins.

"spit."

The sound of spitting out grape skins was connected with the sound of Ko Oda dancing his sword through the air.

"Xiao Wu, your knife is wrong."

Xiao Oda Mai had no expression on her face and slowly typed a question mark.

She felt that what the master said was wrong.

The master took Mai Oda's sword with a smile.

"Now, Wu, do you know? There are two types of strongest swords in the world: swords with no distractions, and swords with distractions."

"What's the meaning."

Oda Mai flat-mouthed.

When she was a child, she subconsciously didn't believe whatever her master said.

Because in her impression, the master always likes to lie. do not know why.

Later Oda Mai knew why.

Because the master, in the year when the satellite fell, suddenly turned into a strange creature called an "apostle". From that day on, the master became fond of lying. He kept telling lies and was extremely insidious.

"Look, master, let me show you."

The master raised the knife and swung it gently.

Uh-huh.

The knife seemed to tremble in an ordinary way.

The falling cherry blossoms were cut in half.

Wow!

The next second, a cherry blossom tree not far away broke diagonally, and the fracture was as smooth as a mirror.

The master cut off the cherry blossom tree with one stroke, his expression a bit proud: "You see, in the eyes of the master, there is no difference between cherry blossoms and cherry blossom trees. There is only this knife in the master's hands, eyes, and heart. So, master, It's so easy to cut down the cherry blossom tree. This is a knife that is focused on nothing."

"A knife with no distractions can cut through all things."

Xiao Oda Mai was not convinced, so she snatched the knife from her master's hand.

"Batou style: a flash."

Uh-huh.

Another tree also suffered.

"I can chop, too."

"..."

The master finally snatched the knife back.

The tree Oda Mai cut down just now seemed to have been planted when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming the year before last, which made her feel a little sad.

If I had known better, I would not have used the cherry blossom tree in the yard as an example. The cherry blossom tree is obviously innocent.

"Anyway,"

The master gave another example.

have no choice.

I can only use cherry blossom trees.

After all, the head has already been opened and it is not good to give up halfway.

"Look,"

The master raised his knife again and pointed towards another thriving cherry blossom tree.

Xiao Oda Mai was hesitant to speak, but in the end she said nothing more to see what the master wanted to do.

Uh-huh.

The master's wrist flicked again.

Xiao Oda Mai felt at that time that when the master cut this knife. Something seems different.

But at that time, little Oda Mai didn't have time to notice the difference between the two swords.

Crash--

The tree fell again.

But this time, none of the cherry blossoms falling along the way were disturbed by the sword energy, and even the falling speed of five centimeters per second did not change. It feels like a master's knife quietly touched a handful of cherry blossoms and finally chopped down the tree.

"This is the knife with a distracted mind." The master said while closing his eyes: "For the first time, in the master's eyes, hands, and heart, there is no difference between cherry blossoms and cherry blossom trees. They are both existences that can be cut. So the master is not distracted. But the second time, master... By the way, do you see any difference?"

When he was about to tell the answer, the master suddenly woke up. He was teaching people now, not pretending, so he randomly asked the test questions.

"Cherry blossoms."

Oda Mai said calmly.

"That's right." The master softly praised Oda Mai's high understanding, sheathed the long sword, and said with a slight smile: "The second time, the master had cherry blossoms in his heart, hands, and eyes. So in order to protect the cherry blossoms, the master In order to become Sakura's sword, I cut a sword that is faster than a sword that is not focused on anything else. This is a sword that is focused on something else."

"..."

"A knife with a distracted mind can cut off what I want to cut, but it can also cut off what I don't want to cut."

"..."

Oda Mai looked at the broken cherry blossom tree and fell into a long silence.

"understand?"

"master."

"Um?"

"That tree."

"What's wrong?"

"I planted it with my own hands for my birthday last year."

"..."

…

That year.

Oda Mai didn't understand what a knife with "something else in mind" meant.

At that time, she only noticed that there was a slight difference when the master cut the two swords, but Oda Mai could not see the difference or see through it.

But now,

At this moment, her time seemed to freeze, a flash of lightning in her life. Oda Mai "entered" that scene again, and she stared at her master's face carefully. Finally got it.

turn out to be,

When the master cut out the knife that said "Heart is distracted\

,"Laughing.

The master made this cut with a smile.

"I have other things on my mind."

Kuro Oda Mai walked towards him step by step.

Behind Kuro Oda Mai, Gayageumimi stared at Mai Oda, who was covered in blood and kneeling on the lake, with a sly smile on her lips.

Looking at Mai Kuro Oda walking towards her, she seemed to see her former self.

Regardless of everything, move forward without any distractions.

This is her "obsession".

Cut off the obsession of all things.

Because her obsession is too strong, "she" is so strong.