The Crisis World XX

Chapter 127: The Path I Chose

I don't care anymore.

I really don't care.

He's not fair! His power is unfair! My thoughts at this moment are to escape from him, but deep down my heart says that I cannot escape from this person.

Even though I didn't even tell Baram to leave here, I myself wasn't sure that the two of us were enough to defeat him. He could fight continuously as this earth origin still existed!

But for now I have to calm down. I made five other clones to help me fight him, even though I didn't know this would help or not. But I won't lose that easily, at least my pride rejects it.

Aoda was still standing there vigilantly. Now in both hands were a magnum pistol and a medium-sized sword. I don't know how to fight yet, but what I've heard is that if the movement is fast enough and the tentacles of the rope play a big role in the fight.

Alright. I had to take my breath slowly and take it out, complaining at a time like this was completely pointless. I don't care about this fight and him, but if I don't win this fight or run away, then it means nothing to me.

I have to keep living.

There's still someone I want to meet and I want to teach him right in the face. I don't want myself to end up on this weird tentacle man, it's too despicable an end to my beautiful self. And for now I have to focus first on this fight.

As usual he did not attack first, I think he was the type who analyzed the strength of his enemy first before attacking. Hehe .... I'll make him regret that he wasted so much time!

In order not to bother, I will call my clones with the name clone 1 to clone 5. The six of us then advanced simultaneously and Aoda strengthened his defenses.

Clone 1 and Clone 2 will I focus on my defense and they can focus on the ground element. I think the two clones for defense are the right amount, considering that the speed of the movement is still standard. Just his reflexes are incredible.

Then there's Clone 3. He will be my long-distance fighter with the water and ice element. I'll make it as much as possible as his focus is divided and make it difficult for him. And moreover, the needles and ice spines earlier could pierce through his body in contrast to the thorns made from the ground.

Next is Clone 4. He will focus on the fire element. Martial arts coupled with a burning fire seemed to be overwhelming enough, besides that I was also confident in my fire abilities. It was the element I mastered the most besides water.

The last one is Clone 5. Together with Clone 4 I will use him as a melee fighter. Using that electrical element and the conductor that is the road signpost, I will try to fight against the sword that he will use.

This electrical element is the element I am least good at. If I use it without a conductor, then the electricity will travel all over my body and electrocute myself. So I still need to use a conductor if I want to use an electrical element, after all this is the strongest element to attack.

Yosh! Now I'm ready. I will not lose this fight!

He used a gun and a sword as his weapon. So I already knew what fighting technique he would use. Me, Clone 4, and Clone 5 then quickly shot towards Aoda. Clone 3 as a long-range fighter is ready to help me.

"Finally you're moving too!" Aoda started aiming her Magnum pistol at the movements of the three of us. He thought for a few seconds before shooting, so I felt that he did not know my real body.

"??!!"

My eyes widened a little because the Magnum bullet didn't lead to the three of us. But it leads straight to Clone 3 as a long-range attacker, even if it's free!

The ice wall appeared in front of his body lined with thick earthen walls of Clone 1 and Clone 2 and the resulting impact was large enough that it left only an ice wall. But even so, I managed to withstand his attack.

The bullet did not explode or fall to the ground, but simply disappeared. It seemed like the bullet was also made of his aura, so he would disappear if it was not needed.

I forgot that for a moment. Now it's time to attack him because our distance has been narrowed. Clone 5 attacked him with an electric-coated weapon. The sound of 'Triing!' echoed!' in the air because it hit Aoda's sword.

When the position of the two of them was locked, Aoda had cocked his Magnum gun and pointed it at the face of Clone 5 in a very close distance. But before he pulled the trigger, Clone 4 spewed out flames that made Aoda inevitably have to jump backwards.

While he was still floating in the air, I directly attacked him with my fist. He also tried to hold it and stop it. There was a blow in the air for a short period of time before I finally won that short fight and dropped the sword.

In terms of melee combat, I was superior to him. He seems to be a long-range fighter. From behind me, Clone 4 and Clone 5 had each prepared their own attacks and I got out of there.

Clone 5 slashed the wind with a pole and caused an electrical wave, while Clone 4 spewed out a huge flame with both hands. The flames that the Clone 4 was spewing out did not have good accuracy, but due to its large size it was enough.

Aoda's position is not ready, so I'm sure that he will be hit by the attack. The combination of fire attacks clad in electric sparks around him was a fairly powerful attack combo that could even leave Astaroth Boss injured.

Aoda also did not give up so easily. His gaze became more solemn and a rope of aura tentacles shot out from behind his body searching and grasping the sword that Aoda's body could not reach.

After catching it and giving it to his own left hand, he took aim with Magnum's pistol at the electric fire attack and shot it with a slightly different aura bullet.

The round bullet was quite large which shone and at a lower speed than before. The bullet slid smoothly towards the attack of the electric flame and before hitting it, Aoda split the air with his sword and his waves hit the bullet and created a huge explosive explosion.

The explosion caused a light that made the place of their fight both like daytime— even if it was just for a moment.

The explosion also left the asphalt of the road shattered and created a hole of about 5 meters. I could also see the underground water pipes being smashed and spitting water from there.

"Awe-inspiring attack."

Aoda's voice I could hear from behind the smoke that was slowly disappearing. We are now separated by the hole from the explosion. My body is starting to get tired. Astaroth's boss had once offered to learn a healing technique, but back then I rejected it because I thought more attacks were needed than that.

But after fighting him, my thoughts opened up and I was wrong. Now I can only make an all-out attack one more time, if that doesn't work out then I will retreat.

I saw Aoda's face, there were no injuries so significant on her body maybe because she had healed. Even though his jacket had been smashed and he had also let go of it from earlier, but other than that everything was fine.

"If I were to be likened, maybe your attack was almost as destructive as that of the dragon. Maybe even more." He started talking. I don't know if the compliment is real or not, but I'm going to start recovering my energy like that. "I've sucked up almost your entire attack and the effect is still this big." He pointed to the hole in front of him.

I get it now. So not only could he eat the stone to recover his energy, but such an attack could also be eaten by him. Talk about greed.

"Don't what Oita said about the fourth experimental creature be true, huh?" mumbling Aoda.

I'm sure he said something at the end but it was too small that I couldn't hear it clearly. But I'm sure it doesn't really matter.

"Ah, sorry to keep you waiting. But it looks like we have to end our fight. There's still something I need to take care of somewhere else."

He said that casually as if he could end the fight at will. My pride was completely destroyed by this person, but again there was nothing I could do.

Our strength might be on par and even I excel in terms of speed. But her Unique Skill 'Eater' was completely beyond my means, there was nothing in my head to think about how to deal with it.

Aoda started pointing the gun again. I also mounted the horses again even though they were weaker than before. He also shot twice.

The bullet passed beside my ear. His speed was faster than the bullet he used to block the previous electric fire attack until I had no time to react. And it quickly shot to Clone 1.

Clone 1 and Clone 2 who realized it instantly made a thick, layered earthen wall. But the first bullet was so small, fast, and sharp that it could pierce through the first-tier earthen wall with ease. And in the second layer, the bullet broke into explosive granules that stuck there.

Duaarr...

The last layer of the earth wall exploded. Clone 1 and Clone 2 were blown away by the explosion. They and I didn't think the bullet contained explosives.

Aoda then jumped from across the hole to my side and just walked past me. He pointed out his blind spot which made him so caught off guard to attack, so I tried to attack him.

"Don't move."

His words were like a command to me that made my body stop automatically. It's not due to the influence of any other skill or ability, it's purely because there's a bad feeling if I continue my attack. So I chose to stop.

"You can't beat me. Especially with your condition like that."

I hate to admit it, but he's right. Even when my condition is still fit my chance to win is not fifty percent, especially with my current condition.

But of course I don't want to just give up!

Aoda looked at the ground and noticed the strange ground tremors under her feet. For now I will limit his movements and run away from here, my Clones can also make a lot of time for me to escape.

"Bas stupid."

Aoda took two light steps backwards into the hole from the previous explosion. While my land continues to spread upwards to as high as 10 meters.

But my attention was instantly distracted when a fist slammed into my stomach. It looks like an ordinary human blow.

But I could feel the aura lining Aoda's fist and injuring at least some of the internal organs in my stomach resulting in internal bleeding there. Blood also came out of my mouth and was exposed to the inside of this mask

The ground I created instantly shattered into pieces as well as my Clones that instantly melted and turned into particles that flew and disappeared in the air.

And now it's just leaving myself to retreat a few meters back and fall to my knees holding my badly wounded stomach.

While Aoda was walking towards me and I looked up right at her face. We stared long enough as Aoda removed the Magnum Gun and his sword.

"I'm not going to kill you first, you know? You're too precious to die."

Aoda cut her four fingers in front of my face. Although I knew it was sharp but I felt no pain at all, because what he was after was my mask. Now I show my face, with the look of an angry face and mouth that previously drained blood.

"Hmm ...? You're younger than I thought. You're still Junior High? And you're a girl, too?" aoda asked confusedly.

"I'm in High School!" I don't know why I was angry when he thought I was still Junior High. So I straightened it out.

"It turns out you can talk. Then it'll be easier for me."

I don't know what's going to happen to me, but he said he's not going to kill me so I'm most likely just going to be arrested and interrogated.

"wait. I think I know you." He spoke again after watching my face for longer. "Are you not the son of the owner of Ayakashi Corp? Who is in Kyoto? I forgot your name, anyway."

I threw my face away. It's more embarrassing when he gets to know me just because of my dad. As if I can't do anything without it, after all, everyone has always been like me.

"I think I'm right." He created some kind of handcuff from his aura and placed it in my hand. It turns out my guess is right. I'll be detained somewhere. "Am I going to die?" my many.

"I can't answer it now. But the more cooperative you are, the less likely your punishment will be eased."

Lightened, huh? The only punishment I can think of is that other than the death penalty is life imprisonment and that is no better than the death penalty.

If I think about it again, it looks like I won't be able to hit him in the face. Suddenly the face of his friendly smile on the school roof of that time appeared in my head. I don't know why remembering it makes me more upset but also wants to cry.

Have I been on the right path all this time?

I had thought about it before, but lately I've been thinking about it all the time. I also never heard that I have to be strong if I want to be next to Satou-san.

I was walking beside Aoda. I don't know if asking this is the right thing or not, but I'm just curious.

"Nee ...."

"What's wrong?"

"Do you know Satou Iraya?"

"Nl? Ah ... The boy? I think I know him. Previously he caused trouble by using White Cloud's fighting arena without permission. Why why?"

That means he's near here, huh? I heard that Black Rain accidentally had a mission here as well so of course he came along.

"Do you think .. I'm stronger than him?" I asked without seeing Aoda's eyes but I knew that she stopped walking. I didn't expect the answer I wanted but still it made me nervous.

He thought for a while and then answered my question. "Yes. I think you can beat him." He said it honestly and without any intention.

That's a simple answer. But somehow my eyes could not hold back the tears that suddenly fell just like that. That answer somehow made me happy and relieved as all the burdens came out from inside my body.

"That's it, huh?" The two of us then walked back to where I was going to be detained.

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