The Crisis World XX

Chap. 115: Iraya vs Oukami (Again)

Right now I am in the underground arena right under White Cloud's office, conducting a useless duel with Oukami. He still did not accept the previous match when in the One tournament.

At that moment he won against me. There's-there's this guy. Moreover, from the aura I could feel and the form of aura in his current body, I was sure that he had progressed considerably compared to the time of The One Tournament.

Zwuush... Braakh...

Oukami darted back and thrust his spear straight many times, while I still tried to dodge and fend it off and his last attack I again jumped forward past the top of his head.

I managed to land perfectly and turned around to be alert to his movements again.

The movement of the spear is so elastic and flexible because the tip that can move freely makes it difficult to guess the direction of the next spear.

Besides, if you don't remember wrong, the weapon he used when fighting with me was not a mace, huh? Why was he suddenly able to wear a spear so well. Argha! It was so fast that I was confused myself.

"You finally realize that your development is slow, huh?" cecilia.

"Whispering. Anyway I have to think of a way to pierce through that aura armor of hers."

"Damn. Why do you keep avoiding?! Are you seriously fighting me?!"

"Eitherway. You were the one who originally determined everything by yourself. I'm also confused as to what exactly this duel is for, so I'm confused as to whether or not I should attack you."

"Eatya I told you—"

"Yes, yes, I understand. You want a rematch, right? All right, all right."

I then stabbed the floor until Tetsu's sword could stand up and I held the end of the handle with both hands. The thing I did certainly made Oukami confused.

"What are you doing?"

"Ah, no, just a little show that makes this room a little brighter."

This basement only provides a large lamp right in the middle of the arena that is the main lighting of this place, but in other parts there is almost no lighting at all that makes it quite dark.

Bzzt... Bzzt...

Although slow, but I am also growing. I closed my eyes for a while and then a few seconds later my eyes opened and sharply focused on Oukami.

"Hanasaku no Tenrai!"

The Tetsu sword that was the conductor was now streaming my electric aura into the concrete floor and spreading throughout the arena.

"What?!"

Oukami was of course surprised to see the new style that I had just learned in the past few months. And since Oukami was surprised, he naturally jumped up reflexively to dodge my attack and I had already predicted that as well.

I also jumped and equated my height with his height. "Yo~" I greeted him casually and he replied quite well in the form of a stab in the direction of my body.

Triiin... Triiin... Triiin...

But I can still withstand all of his attacks quite well. When talking about the advantages, at this time I am superior about speed compared to Oukami. But that's all I have.

Craash...

One of Oukami's spear strikes escaped my sword's defense and hit me right in the abdomen. But not only did Oukami hit his big shield on my head and made me fall down hard.

Without a pause, Oukami directly landed her foot on my head and intended to step on it, lucky I could still shift a little so that her legs and the crushed concrete she stepped on were beside me.

This guy seriously wants to kill me, I swear! He really wasn't playing around in the duel this time.

Before he could do anything, I did a back roller while kicking him several times that hit his chest armour. But it's like it doesn't have any effect and it just makes him back off. But it also gave me a chance to stand up.

"Huh ...." I sighed and held the pierced part of my stomach. It seemed like it had already regenerated perfectly thanks to the power of Cecilia.

He looked at me warily and it still seemed like there was no intention to stop this fight. So I thought of another way to attack him.

"Tetsu, do you hear me?"

"What's wrong?"

"There's something I want to try, but it needs your help. So ...."

I told him the plan that came to mind at the moment and it seemed like Tetsu agreed to the plan.

"Well! I don't know why it feels nostalgic!"

"Nostalgic?"

"Herlin did the same thing you would do. It was when he fought Delta while I was in his body."

"So Herlin used it too, huh?" It turns out that I shared the same thought with him. Maybe I think I'm on par with Herlin from the thought pattern, even if the power is still far away, anyway.

"No. You're still losing away from him in any way" Cecilia's chiming broke my confidence. "You don't have to say it out loud, fucking Cecilia" I said flatly.

"Why are you silent?! What wounds am I giving too deep?!"

"Hn? Ah, you don't have to worry about that. But I have one question for you, Oukami."

"Questions?"

"You think ... What kind of exception am I?"

After giving a question, without waiting for an answer from him I directly threw Tetsu's sword at him. But Oukami easily fended it off with his shield and made the sword move spin wildly before finally falling into the ground right behind Oukami.

Triiin...

"You ... it's great, huh?"

Though I threw my sword to distract him, but he quickly held back my artificial aura sword with his shield. Although it is slower than me but its speed I cannot take for granted.

"I remember that you had two swords when you fought me first. But I don't know where you're hiding it. Then your lightning also confused me." Oukami continued talking while slowly pushing my sword with his shield.

"Dam. Where's all your power from, anyway?!"

"Elemental. Transformation. Then the speed is above average. Actually ... Who are you?"

Triiin...

But the force of the thrust from his shield was stronger so that my defense was wide open. Oukami had also prepared with his spear and stabbed into my defense.

"This is my victory."

Craash...

"Akhs! What is—?!"

When Oukami wanted to stab me, suddenly an impromptu attack hit him and made a diagonal wound that left his aura open. Oukami looked back but there was only a sword that was falling and no one was wearing it.

"It's over."

When I wanted to swing my sword vertically into Oukami's head, someone's voice made me reflexively stop my swing just before I could hit it.

"Enough get there."

"?!!" Oukami and I simultaneously looked towards the source of the sound.

"Mushino-san?!" The one who stopped me was none other than the head of the White Cloud Organization, Mushino Aoda. "W-what are you doing here?"

"Shouldn't I have said that? I don't remember anyone renting this place at this hour."

"Eh? Isn't ...." I looked towards Oukami. But he threw his face away from me and Mushino-san. "Ja-don't say ...."

"Mrs! Damn right! You use the White Cloud facility without permission and of course you will get penalties and fines."

"You're a fool, aren't you?!"

"Huh?! What did you say?!"

My aura sword slowly disappeared along with Oukami's spear, shield, and armor assuming that this match had been completed because Mushino-san had forcibly stopped it.

"I thought you'd rented this place or something, but it turns out we fought without permission! And look at all the damage you've done!"

"Me?! Most of it is you and you blame me?! You're fighting, huh?!"

"I almost won if Mushino-san doesn't stop us! Remember that's fine!"

"You two."

"Y-yeah!" The two of us instantly stopped our quarrel when Mushino-san called out to us.

"What the hell are you two thinking?"

"I-this is not my fault, Mushino-san. He came to my room and brought me here. I swear!"

"Hmm?" Mushino-san looked at Oukami and he immediately threw his face in the other direction. "Do you have a defense?" But no words came out of Oukami's mouth.

"Guk!"

Oh yeah, I heard about that. He's this really stupid, huh? I don't understand his mindset.

"Then Satou Iraya."

"D-yeah?!"

"I also don't think of you taking Oukami's invitation for granted." I could only be silent on hearing that, at first I did not want to come, but Cecilia forced me and of course I could not say that in front of her. "I-I'm sorry!" All I can do right now is bow down and apologize.

"Yes, then is the Spirit over there yours?"

My eyes widened as Mushino-san talked about it. He pointed to a dark corner of the room and then someone walked out of it. Oukami also seemed surprised to hear that.

"Ehehehe .. I got caught, huh?" Tetsu came out from there with a grinning face and rubbed his head.

"So you're really Iraya's Spirit?"

"I'm only staying in his sword, so I'm helping him if he's fighting." Tetsu then took my sword lying on the ground and then threw it at me which I caught perfectly.

"Then I will return to the sword. Your business is done, isn't it, Iraya?"

"More or less so."

Tetsu then smiled and his body shone while slowly disappearing back into the sword. But my problem with Mushino-san is still not finished.

"Well, what's the right punishment for you two, huh?"

"Eh?! I got it too?!" my spoken.

"Of course, this punishment is beyond the fine you have to bear later."

"Damn-Damn!"

**

Although I have protested in various ways, but it is all useless. And when my Black Rain friends found out about this, they also ran out of words to me—especially Herlin.

He really didn't say anything. But his eyes seemed to be talking to me. 'Stupid, useless, you could do something so stupid.' It was roughly all I could read from the condescending gaze given by him.

And now I am serving the sentence given by Mushino-san, which is the patrol around the White Cloud office together with Oukami.

"Hah ... My precious break time."

I looked towards Oukami who was walking in front of me. He still seems to be angry with me even though this is more towards his fault, anyway. But I was also curious about the previous punishment.

"Oi, Oukami."

"Huh?"

"Before you were punished for what?"

"...." - ".He was silent for a while and his steps stopped as well. Then the atmosphere became a little awkward, it seemed like he really did not want to tell me.

"I ...."

"Eh?"

"... Destroyed some buildings by accident."

I was also silent when I heard that. The reason I was silent was to choose the words I would give him next and I had already found them.

"Oh, so."

"Huh?! Why is your reaction like that?! No fight, huh?!"

"What do you really want me to do, anyway?"

"I don't have any other choice." Lah. He still wants to talk to me, anyway. "I was looking at someone who was being bullied, so inevitably I helped him. But the power I put out is too excessive" he continued.

It turns out he still has that kind of sense of help. I think he's an indifferent person with the surroundings.

"Now change I ask you, Satou Iraya. Who are you really? And why does the ability you have feel mysterious and strange to me?"

He immediately asked something dangerous and arguably a secret. But I feel like it's okay to tell him this. I guess, anyway.

"Hmm ... How do I get started, huh? Oh right, do you know about Ayakashi Corp.?"

"Of course I know, he said he was the mastermind of all problems. Especially the appearance of the three great monsters in three different cities."

"really. If you look carefully, the ones attacking the three cities are The Beast and The Unseen. Actually they have four tools to attack and the last tool to attack Kyoto."

"Fourth tool?"

"really. He is a Spirit. Not ordinary Spirits, but artificial Spirits made from hundreds of thousands of other Spirits because they did indeed make something much stronger than ordinary Spirits."

"Where is his spirit?"

My lips lifted a little and then I pointed at myself. "The spirit is inside me."

A gust of wind was waving a bit of our hair together when Oukami was shocked in disbelief at the moment. And when the wind stopped, he just started talking.

"So that's why I feel like you're a little different." Oukami then clenched her hands and placed them on my chest. "What are you doing?" many confused.

"I've lost twice to you, Iraya."

"No, you only lost once actually." Officially he just lost once, but why did he suddenly become so familiar like this to me.

"Whatever you say. But I know that taming a spirit is not easy. Therefore from now on I promise, that I will grow stronger and one day I will defeat you. Remember that all right, Iraya!"

Somehow the atmosphere became so heartwarming that it made me unable to hold back my smile. I then removed Oukami's fist from my chest and then accepted the challenge.

"I'm still confused by this sudden change in your attitude, anyway. But if you want to challenge me .... Try it if you can."

"ah! Finally met!"

And the heartwarming moment was instantly lost when we were both surprised that someone called and came to us. His breath gasped and he held his knee down indicating that he looked quite exhausted.

"What are you doing here, Arisu?" ask Oukami.

"Eh?! Isu?!" I watched this exhausted man. He wears a sweater, sunglasses, and a mask that makes him almost unrecognizable. "You can tell who he is with just one look?" But Oukami could figure it out easily.

"As for that, I'm familiar with her voice and if a person with a suspicious appearance like this comes up to me, she must be Arisu."

"Who did you say was suspicious?! Hah .. By the way, Aoda said that you were on patrol so I was looking for you, I didn't think you were patrolling far enough."

"You can wait for me at the office, right?"

"I'm a busy man, you know! After this I have to rehearse for the concert the day after tomorrow."

"So what made you look for me like this?"

"So ...."

They continued to chat about topics that I did not understand. But if I notice from the gestures of the two of them, it seems like they are both quite close. I listened to their conversation until it was over.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Then I go first, yeah. And you also become a useful bodyguard at our concert later," Arisu told me as she ran away. While I just wave my hand.

"Nee, Oukami."

"What's wrong?"

"Are you two dating?"

"Well what were you talking about?! Of course I'm not dating him or anything like that! He only asked me to be a bodyguard and nothing more, although he often asked me for other things, but, but we're not dating!"

"I-I understand. I'm just asking, 'ok." His nature immediately changed and he suddenly panicked. I was a little surprised by his change in nature and realized something.

"Of course he likes it" said Cecilia.

I smiled hearing that from Cecilia. "Nee, Oukami." I also immediately thought of a good idea.

"A-what's up?"

"Do you want to listen to the advice of the man who beat you twice?"

Oukami was a little curious and he put his ear close to my mouth and I told him this good plan.

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