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Chapter 549: Their Backs!
The biting Cold Wind blowing from the north swirled and raged within this small town, which wasn't very large in Scale, like invisible Ice Blades attempting to penetrate every crevice.
However, the few people on the Rooftop paid no mind to the bone-chilling low temperature, still maintaining a tense confrontation Posture.
Between them, a man wearing gray-white Winter Clothes lay in the snow, desperately clutching the neck Wound that was constantly bleeding, letting out painful groans.
"What are you doing? It's just a cut, hurry and stop the Blood!"
Fukui, the current Chunin of the Sea Ninja Village, urged his companion on the ground loudly while keeping a close eye on the red-eyed Girl who had suddenly appeared opposite him.
He had seen it clearly just now; that Girl had merely lightly grazed the opponent's neck with her Blade.
Injuries of this degree might have been a fatal problem in the past, but now that they had mastered 'Total Concentration Breathing', they could completely stop the bleeding by quickly ligating the damaged Blood Vessel.
"Cough cough, stop... cough cough... can't stop..."
Kamehei felt the Blood flowing more and more, staring at the Katana in the Girl's hand with a face full of Despair. Subconsciously, he felt there was something wrong with that Blade, but his Throat was already blocked by Blood, and he couldn't speak anymore.
"Can't stop the Blood?!"
Fukui's Heart sank. Just as he was pondering what kind of Ability this could be, the Girl opposite him seemed unwilling to delay any longer and instantly vanished from her spot.
This made the hairs on his Body stand on end. Under the intense sense of crisis, his Body automatically unleashed a Defense Technique.
"Second Form, Water Wheel!"
Fukui used the Kunai in his hand, combined with his body flipping in a circle, to draw a circle of clear Water flow around himself.
With a 'Clanging Sound', the Kunai timely blocked the Sharpness attacking from his rear right. This caused the red-eyed Girl who launched the attack to raise an eyebrow in surprise.
"Imperial Arms? Or Ministerial Arms?"
Akame quickly retreated a Distance. The Water flow that appeared out of nowhere was clearly a Supernatural phenomenon.
That meant the opponent could be an Imperial Arms user or a Ministerial Arms user. Regardless of which, she had to treat them cautiously and observe them.
Just as the two sides engaged in their first exchange, Kamehei's Corpse on the ground was gradually stiffening in the snowmelt stained red, but none of the people present could spare a thought for him.
Pais, whose life had been saved earlier, had already jumped off the Rooftop to check on Litney's Situation.
Therefore, only Fukui and Akame remained on the Rooftop, confronting each other in the Cold Wind.
Right.
There was also the small Transponder Snail sitting on the former's Shoulder, also wearing miniature Winter Clothes. It was staring with its two eyeballs, carefully examining the red-eyed Girl before it, who seemed too old to be called a young girl, yet too young to be called a mature woman, appearing to be around twenty years old.
But to Akame.
She just thought it was a low-level Danger Beast Pet in the shape of a Snail.
"Is it that strange black Dagger?"
Akame narrowed her beautiful eyes, examining the Kunai in Fukui's hand. However, the completely dead Kamehei on the ground also held an identical Kunai in his hand.
"Perhaps it's some kind of Ministerial Arms that can be mass-produced..."
[Swish! Swish! Swish!]
Just then, Chunin Fukui, who had blocked one strike, counterattacked without hesitation. In his opinion, Kamehei's death was purely because of the opponent's Sneak Attack.
Besides, even if the opponent was stronger than himself, so what? If he wanted to survive, he still had to fight!
He first threw five Sharpness Shuriken, forcing Akame to block with the Long Saber in her hand.
At the same time, he took out a second Kunai and held it in his left hand, transforming into a continuous, winding blue Water flow and charging forward.
"Third Form, Flowing Dance!"
Fukui's Speed became exceptionally fast, even leaving an Afterimage in the cold Air. Coupled with the Water flow Special Effect for concealment, it made it difficult for the naked eye to distinguish which was the Main Body.
For a Time.
The Commotion of the two sides clashing during High-Speed Movement was something even the constantly howling north Wind couldn't cover up. The Clanging Sound echoed throughout the town in the wind and snow.
"Fourth Form, Striking Tide!"
"Eighth Form, Waterfall Basin!"
As Fukui repeatedly unleashed various Techniques from 'Water Breathing', Akame quickly discovered that the Water flows were not physical objects at all, but purely illusions of light and shadow, whose purpose was merely to deceive her eyes.
This caused her to simply close her eyes.
Indeed.
In the Aura World within her mind, the opponent's Blade path and movements became clearer, and the Killing Intent on his Body was as bright as a torch.
[Splurt----]
"Ugh!"
A few minutes later, Akame used a simple, clean diagonal slash without any specific name, cutting through both the Kunai and Fukui's chest amidst his Screams.
Immediately, warm Blood gushed out, steaming into wisps of Heat in the low-temperature Air.
"So... so that's how it is... You! Your Blade has a problem..."
Fukui collapsed in a Pool of Blood on the Rooftop. At the brink of death, he felt a strange Strength preventing his Wound from healing. As a professional Ninja, he subconsciously wanted to relay this Intelligence.
Because he knew the Transponder Snail on his Shoulder would transmit everything happening here back to the command Hall of the Otherworld Strategy Committee on the Sea Star Mainland.
However, just like Chunin Kamehei before him, the large amount of Blood surging up desperately prevented him from speaking.
"Phew, what a formidable guy. If I hadn't taken care of one first, it would have been troublesome if they had teamed up..."
Akame also relaxed as she watched Chunin Fukui gradually lose Vitality. The Strength he displayed gave her the Feeling of encountering an Elite Assassin.
Especially in terms of Strength, every time their Blades clashed, it would make her tiger's mouth tremble.
"But the Techniques he used felt more like some kind of Sword Technique. Why didn't he use a Long Saber?"
Just as Akame was muttering to herself, another beautiful Girl suddenly leaped up behind her.
She looked about the same Age as Akame, with two pink Long Braids, a pink Long Dress, and holding a strange-looking large Firearms with a Blade at the front.
"Hmph~ What's this? I didn't even get a chance to act. I was thinking of giving him a shot if this guy tried to escape!"
The pink Girl said with a somewhat willful and spoiled tone.
"This person was very confident in his Strength. When we fought, he showed no Fear or Nervousness at all. I even saw a Gaze in his eyes similar to how a Superior looks at a subordinate."
Akame heard Mine's words and looked at Fukui's Corpse, deep in thought.
"Even before he died, that last look he gave me was the same. This confidence of his seemed to come from deep within his Heart, incredibly firm."
"Didn't the Intelligence say they might be from the 'Alchemy Kingdom' or the 'Divine Harmony Island Nation'? Perhaps they are Elites from there, or maybe even from the Nobility class, so they naturally like to look down on others."
Mine glanced at the two Corpses in the Pool of Blood with a look of disgust.
She had suffered discrimination since childhood because she was a mixed-race minority from the west.
It wasn't until an Official from The Empire inexplicably found her one day that she was freed from that difficult Environment.
Therefore, she naturally disliked the group known as Nobility.
"Maybe."
Akame nodded. After all, she couldn't think of a more reasonable Explanation. She then walked to the Rooftop Edge and looked down at Pais.
"How is he?"
Pais knelt in the cold Snowy Ground, looking at List in his arms, who had Blood at the corner of his mouth and his eyes closed, crying. He sobbed, "His... his ribs were broken by that kick, and then... then they pierced his lungs..."
"Is that so..."
Akame and Mine both fell silent, letting the Cold Wind and flying snow howl around them.
And that little Transponder Snail was still silently staring at their Backs.
Thank you very much to Sunset Steward for the 500 Qidian Coin Tip! Bow! Thank you for your Support and Encouragement!
(End of this chapter)
The biting Cold Wind blowing from the north swirled and raged within this small town, which wasn't very large in Scale, like invisible Ice Blades attempting to penetrate every crevice.
However, the few people on the Rooftop paid no mind to the bone-chilling low temperature, still maintaining a tense confrontation Posture.
Between them, a man wearing gray-white Winter Clothes lay in the snow, desperately clutching the neck Wound that was constantly bleeding, letting out painful groans.
"What are you doing? It's just a cut, hurry and stop the Blood!"
Fukui, the current Chunin of the Sea Ninja Village, urged his companion on the ground loudly while keeping a close eye on the red-eyed Girl who had suddenly appeared opposite him.
He had seen it clearly just now; that Girl had merely lightly grazed the opponent's neck with her Blade.
Injuries of this degree might have been a fatal problem in the past, but now that they had mastered 'Total Concentration Breathing', they could completely stop the bleeding by quickly ligating the damaged Blood Vessel.
"Cough cough, stop... cough cough... can't stop..."
Kamehei felt the Blood flowing more and more, staring at the Katana in the Girl's hand with a face full of Despair. Subconsciously, he felt there was something wrong with that Blade, but his Throat was already blocked by Blood, and he couldn't speak anymore.
"Can't stop the Blood?!"
Fukui's Heart sank. Just as he was pondering what kind of Ability this could be, the Girl opposite him seemed unwilling to delay any longer and instantly vanished from her spot.
This made the hairs on his Body stand on end. Under the intense sense of crisis, his Body automatically unleashed a Defense Technique.
"Second Form, Water Wheel!"
Fukui used the Kunai in his hand, combined with his body flipping in a circle, to draw a circle of clear Water flow around himself.
With a 'Clanging Sound', the Kunai timely blocked the Sharpness attacking from his rear right. This caused the red-eyed Girl who launched the attack to raise an eyebrow in surprise.
"Imperial Arms? Or Ministerial Arms?"
Akame quickly retreated a Distance. The Water flow that appeared out of nowhere was clearly a Supernatural phenomenon.
That meant the opponent could be an Imperial Arms user or a Ministerial Arms user. Regardless of which, she had to treat them cautiously and observe them.
Just as the two sides engaged in their first exchange, Kamehei's Corpse on the ground was gradually stiffening in the snowmelt stained red, but none of the people present could spare a thought for him.
Pais, whose life had been saved earlier, had already jumped off the Rooftop to check on Litney's Situation.
Therefore, only Fukui and Akame remained on the Rooftop, confronting each other in the Cold Wind.
Right.
There was also the small Transponder Snail sitting on the former's Shoulder, also wearing miniature Winter Clothes. It was staring with its two eyeballs, carefully examining the red-eyed Girl before it, who seemed too old to be called a young girl, yet too young to be called a mature woman, appearing to be around twenty years old.
But to Akame.
She just thought it was a low-level Danger Beast Pet in the shape of a Snail.
"Is it that strange black Dagger?"
Akame narrowed her beautiful eyes, examining the Kunai in Fukui's hand. However, the completely dead Kamehei on the ground also held an identical Kunai in his hand.
"Perhaps it's some kind of Ministerial Arms that can be mass-produced..."
[Swish! Swish! Swish!]
Just then, Chunin Fukui, who had blocked one strike, counterattacked without hesitation. In his opinion, Kamehei's death was purely because of the opponent's Sneak Attack.
Besides, even if the opponent was stronger than himself, so what? If he wanted to survive, he still had to fight!
He first threw five Sharpness Shuriken, forcing Akame to block with the Long Saber in her hand.
At the same time, he took out a second Kunai and held it in his left hand, transforming into a continuous, winding blue Water flow and charging forward.
"Third Form, Flowing Dance!"
Fukui's Speed became exceptionally fast, even leaving an Afterimage in the cold Air. Coupled with the Water flow Special Effect for concealment, it made it difficult for the naked eye to distinguish which was the Main Body.
For a Time.
The Commotion of the two sides clashing during High-Speed Movement was something even the constantly howling north Wind couldn't cover up. The Clanging Sound echoed throughout the town in the wind and snow.
"Fourth Form, Striking Tide!"
"Eighth Form, Waterfall Basin!"
As Fukui repeatedly unleashed various Techniques from 'Water Breathing', Akame quickly discovered that the Water flows were not physical objects at all, but purely illusions of light and shadow, whose purpose was merely to deceive her eyes.
This caused her to simply close her eyes.
Indeed.
In the Aura World within her mind, the opponent's Blade path and movements became clearer, and the Killing Intent on his Body was as bright as a torch.
[Splurt----]
"Ugh!"
A few minutes later, Akame used a simple, clean diagonal slash without any specific name, cutting through both the Kunai and Fukui's chest amidst his Screams.
Immediately, warm Blood gushed out, steaming into wisps of Heat in the low-temperature Air.
"So... so that's how it is... You! Your Blade has a problem..."
Fukui collapsed in a Pool of Blood on the Rooftop. At the brink of death, he felt a strange Strength preventing his Wound from healing. As a professional Ninja, he subconsciously wanted to relay this Intelligence.
Because he knew the Transponder Snail on his Shoulder would transmit everything happening here back to the command Hall of the Otherworld Strategy Committee on the Sea Star Mainland.
However, just like Chunin Kamehei before him, the large amount of Blood surging up desperately prevented him from speaking.
"Phew, what a formidable guy. If I hadn't taken care of one first, it would have been troublesome if they had teamed up..."
Akame also relaxed as she watched Chunin Fukui gradually lose Vitality. The Strength he displayed gave her the Feeling of encountering an Elite Assassin.
Especially in terms of Strength, every time their Blades clashed, it would make her tiger's mouth tremble.
"But the Techniques he used felt more like some kind of Sword Technique. Why didn't he use a Long Saber?"
Just as Akame was muttering to herself, another beautiful Girl suddenly leaped up behind her.
She looked about the same Age as Akame, with two pink Long Braids, a pink Long Dress, and holding a strange-looking large Firearms with a Blade at the front.
"Hmph~ What's this? I didn't even get a chance to act. I was thinking of giving him a shot if this guy tried to escape!"
The pink Girl said with a somewhat willful and spoiled tone.
"This person was very confident in his Strength. When we fought, he showed no Fear or Nervousness at all. I even saw a Gaze in his eyes similar to how a Superior looks at a subordinate."
Akame heard Mine's words and looked at Fukui's Corpse, deep in thought.
"Even before he died, that last look he gave me was the same. This confidence of his seemed to come from deep within his Heart, incredibly firm."
"Didn't the Intelligence say they might be from the 'Alchemy Kingdom' or the 'Divine Harmony Island Nation'? Perhaps they are Elites from there, or maybe even from the Nobility class, so they naturally like to look down on others."
Mine glanced at the two Corpses in the Pool of Blood with a look of disgust.
She had suffered discrimination since childhood because she was a mixed-race minority from the west.
It wasn't until an Official from The Empire inexplicably found her one day that she was freed from that difficult Environment.
Therefore, she naturally disliked the group known as Nobility.
"Maybe."
Akame nodded. After all, she couldn't think of a more reasonable Explanation. She then walked to the Rooftop Edge and looked down at Pais.
"How is he?"
Pais knelt in the cold Snowy Ground, looking at List in his arms, who had Blood at the corner of his mouth and his eyes closed, crying. He sobbed, "His... his ribs were broken by that kick, and then... then they pierced his lungs..."
"Is that so..."
Akame and Mine both fell silent, letting the Cold Wind and flying snow howl around them.
And that little Transponder Snail was still silently staring at their Backs.
Thank you very much to Sunset Steward for the 500 Qidian Coin Tip! Bow! Thank you for your Support and Encouragement!
(End of this chapter)
