Chapter 27: Martial Arts 2
Her Blade moved without pause, forcing Ash to retreat before the relentless succession of attacks.
The confrontation had begun with a one-sided offensive from Siren.
Nymph, one of the members of Witchcraft, gave a disdainful snort.
“That was to be expected. voyage What the hell is he doing? admire All he does is block.”
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“Don’t be so harsh. alert Thanks to this, we’re getting a huge number of views, don’t you think?”
And the higher those numbers climbed, the wider Lamia’s smile grew.
Beside her, Lamia watched her PDA with a satisfied smile.
Even at that moment, donations and chat messages were appearing at an explosive rate on her PDA screen.
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In other words, Ash’s team.
“These kinds of events aren’t bad at all, either. anxiety Although it’s a shame for them.”
Lamia gestured with her chin toward the people at the opposite end.
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Akina covered her mouth with trembling hands, while Jack and Dullahan shook their heads as though they could no longer bear to watch the scene.
“M-Mister……!”
Just as she had said, the atmosphere among its members was completely different.
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Without showing any particular change in her expression, she continued watching the duel with her heart-shaped illuminated eyes.
Ifrit.
However, there was one exception.
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Ash was ‘deflecting’ all of Siren’s attacks using only the strictly necessary sword movements and positions.
Thanks to her cybernetic eyes, customized for firearms combat, she could distinguish something the others could not see.
He was completely dominating his opponent.
‘No. accent Ash isn’t being overwhelmed. auction Rather……’
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‘How the hell is something like that possible……? All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com abstract How does he do it?’
The scene was so extraordinary that she could not even comprehend it while watching.
It was a technique comparable to altering the current of a gigantic river using a single pebble.
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For some reason, Ifrit felt goosebumps rise all over her body.
And indeed.
‘That guy is a fucking monster……!’
At one point, Siren lost her balance on her own and ended up falling to the ground.
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“……Huh? arrow What was that?”
It had happened just as Ash took a step forward.
The chat was also immediately flooded with question marks.
Nymph let out an exclamation of bewilderment.
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Lamia shouted hurriedly, but Siren seemed unable to hear her.
“Siren! adopt What are you doing?! canvas Get up already!”
Why had Siren fallen when, just moments earlier, she had seemed to be demonstrating overwhelming superiority?
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She remained seated on the ground, staring at Ash in a daze.
The situation was taking a strange turn.
Her face displayed an indescribable expression, a mixture of fear and admiration.
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That image was unworthy of the prestige of the Idol who occupied first place in the rankings.
“Damn it……!”
“Turn off the broadcast! anxiety Quickly!”
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“Jack! advance Start our broadcast! timber Right now!”
Following Nymph’s orders, Witchcraft’s channel was hurriedly shut down.
And at that very instant, a shout from Ifrit echoed from the other end.
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Ifrit met those glares and raised her middle finger.
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While Jack O’Lantern hurriedly deployed his drone, Nymph and Lamia directed furious glares toward the other team.
“What’s wrong, you fucking bitches? arcade Are you planning to keep something this entertaining all to yourselves? adjust An Idol shouldn’t behave like that.”
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“Exactly! advance Lower your eyes, idiots!”
[Turns out we’re the ones winning, hahahahaha.]
They were rather childish provocations.
“Hehe! antenna I told you! beacon My Mister is super strong!”
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Meanwhile, Jack O’Lantern finished preparing the broadcast.
However, given the circumstances, they proved extraordinarily effective.
One only had to observe how Nymph’s and Lamia’s expressions twisted.
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Ifrit thought for a few moments before snapping her fingers.
“Of course.”
“What should we call it? meadow We should use something pretty provocative!”
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A pumpkin-shaped drone, resembling Jack O’Lantern himself, began flying through the air.
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“Let’s call it ‘Siren Is Way Too Easy.’ Add the Witchcraft tag too. amber Since those idiots turned off their broadcast, all their viewers will end up coming to ours.”
“Kahahaha! canvas I love it!”
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Siren appeared from within the thick sea fog, uttering that exclamation in a voice resembling a song.
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“Here I come!”
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Clang, clang, clang!
Her body left a bluish trail as she lunged toward Ash.
Her speed was incomparably greater than before.
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Without a doubt, that offensive belonged to a completely different category.
The merciless slashes Ifrit had warned him could exceed ten attacks per second.
That was the true power of the number-one Idol in the Halloween rankings.
When the flashiness and strength of her movements were combined with overwhelming speed, the openings that had previously been so obvious began to disappear rapidly.
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He had been waiting for precisely that moment.
However, Ash.
A succession of attacks so devastating that blocking them seemed impossible, even when their trajectories were known in advance.
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Through the wager, he intended to limit her options and keep her behavior within boundaries he could anticipate.
His true intention was to avoid leaving someone as unpredictable and seemingly unstable as Siren behind him.
In truth, he had not proposed that strange wager-based duel simply to obtain credits.
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It was a reward far too important to risk in a simple duel.
And if, for some reason, she ended up accepting it, that would not be a problem either.
If she rejected the proposal, perfect.
That was why he had originally considered demanding Siren’s right arm as the condition of the wager.
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That had been his original plan.
However, after hearing Ifrit’s advice, he decided to modify it slightly.
After all, that way he could fulfill Ifrit’s wish.
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‘Wielding a sword using data stored in an arm? apron What kind of absurd method is that?’
To Ash, that revelation had been profoundly shocking.
They intended to speak of the art of the sword using such cheap tricks?
As someone who had spent his entire life alongside a sword, the idea of swordsmanship that depended solely on data and programs was practically an insult to martial arts.
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Did they truly dare?
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Martial arts.
Just as Halloween Society was blindly obsessed with a single value called ‘popularity’, Ash also had something he valued above everything else.
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He decided to destroy it all.
That was why he had changed his plans.
Crackle!
So that everyone could free themselves from the curse of that arm.
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The complete release of the Neuro Heart Technique.
Bluish sparks began repeatedly coursing across his steel body.
And that was not the only change.
A blue flash of lightning flickered in Ash’s optical sensors.
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CLANG!
Ash’s optical sensors, surrounded by electrical flashes, followed every one of those movements.
Even at that instant, Siren’s attacks continued falling like torrential rain.
The electrical energy circulating through his artificial neural network pushed his entire processing capacity and his body’s synchronization level to their absolute limits.
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The thunderous sound of that collision echoed throughout the chamber.
The Blade covered in white frost collided with the sword enveloped in electrical sparks.
Between the crossed blades, Ash and Siren looked directly into each other’s eyes.
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Ash replied.
“It is truly magnificent swordsmanship.” Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
“Hehehe……! arch What do you think? apple It’s a little better now, right!”
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“……What?”
“Without a doubt, Undine must have been an extraordinary swordswoman.”
“Hehe. antenna I knew it……!”
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Siren’s face slowly began to stiffen.
“Who am I really fighting?”
“However, where is your own will?”
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Siren’s expression immediately twisted.
Apparently, he had struck directly at her most sensitive point.
“……Don’t talk as if you know everything! ability Even if it’s you, Ash, that’s……!”
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“……Grr!”
Siren swung her sword again with extraordinary ferocity.
“Words have no strength. riddle Especially when they come from someone holding a sword.”
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CLANG, CLANG, CLANG, CLANG!
All her attacks still followed exactly the same trajectories as before, as though they had been drawn with a ruler.
The only difference was that they now possessed speed and strength of an entirely different magnitude.
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Amid that seemingly endless dance of swords, Siren’s eyes shone with overflowing madness.
Their movements were already practically impossible for an ordinary person’s eyes to follow.
The two swords collided and separated repeatedly at incredible speeds.
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Anger and the desire to prove her worth mingled in her gaze.
And, surprisingly, an unbreakable will emanated from his steel optical sensors, something that could be considered the very essence of life.
Ash also kept his eyes fixed on his opponent.
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It was Dragon Form Step, executed at close range.
The instant his turquoise optical sensors flashed……
Ash voluntarily advanced into the heart of that storm of swords.
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That extraordinarily unpredictable movement technique allowed him to glide in every direction, passing through the thick sea fog and rendering every one of Siren’s attacks useless.
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He evaded every slash by a margin as narrow as the thickness of a sheet of paper.
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She had never seen or heard of anything like it.
Siren’s eyes widened in astonishment.
“……!”
A demonstration that truly deserved to be called art.
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The pride she had begun to recover disappeared like a flame exposed to the wind.
The numerous combat processors that had supported her abilities until then stopped functioning correctly when confronted with Ash’s movements, which they had never recorded.
And its place was taken by countless error messages.
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They had never faced an enemy whose movements were so strange and impossible to anticipate.
Nor Undine.
Neither Siren.
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[UNIDENTIFIED MOVEMENT PATTERN]
[ERROR!]
That was why all her systems began experiencing errors simultaneously.
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[SYSTEM OVERLOAD. . .]
[SHUTTING DOWN. . .]
[COMBAT PROTOCOL NOT FOUND]
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At the same time, her sword’s offensive, which until then had seemed to split into dozens of simultaneous attacks, disappeared in an instant.
Amid the error messages flashing red, Siren’s entire body suddenly jerked.
Clack!
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“Huh? timber H-Huh? portal Why is this happening……?”
Because her systems had no data with which to interpret those movements, her combat protocols had stopped functioning.
And that failure had ended up paralyzing her entire body.
It was a ridiculous situation.
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After observing her for a few moments, Ash lowered his sword and spoke.
All because they had detected movements they had never encountered before.
Siren also seemed completely bewildered, as though she had never experienced anything like it.
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“This is truly absurd.”
“A-Ash! athlete Wait a moment! advance Why is it……?”
His deep electronic voice echoed through the air.
“Allow me to ask you once more.”
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Those softly spoken words became deeply engraved in her mind.
“Who am I really fighting?”
“You? abandon Or that arm?”
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But it was enough to shake every thought in Siren’s mind.
In truth, Siren sincerely loved the art of the sword.
A brief question.
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Until, by chance, she obtained Undine’s arm.
She had been a girl who dreamed of becoming a Pathfinder while watching Undine make her way through the ruins relying solely on a sword.
Moreover, she was an admirer of Elementary Girls.
To be precise, of Undine.
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Not only did it possess exceptional technical specifications, but it also contained an impressive amount of combat data and specialized programs.
The legacy of that extraordinarily popular Idol was superior in every respect.
She did not even need to make an effort or pay much attention.
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And afterward, she reached first place in the rankings.
The arm took care of everything on its own.
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— Who am I really fighting?
At least until just a few moments ago.
The irony was that Siren had regarded all those achievements as the result of her own abilities.
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A distant memory flashed through her mind.
And precisely now, Siren was beginning to understand that truth.
She had built her entire reputation using a power that did not belong to her.
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Nor did she have Cyberware.
A miserable alleyway in Sanctum.
Back then, she had no data.
There she was, swinging an old iron pipe as though it were a sword, trying to imitate Undine’s movements displayed in a hologram.
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“Do you wish to continue?”
Ash’s question pulled her from her thoughts.
Siren slowly raised her head.
The only thing she possessed was a pure and sincere admiration for the art of the sword.
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“Of course.”
“……May I?”
The turquoise optical sensors and the black eyes met.
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Ash raised his sword again.
“Isn’t the outcome already decided?”
“After all, this is a duel with a wager at stake, is it not? acid We must determine who the victor will be.”
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[ALL COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFLINE]
And then she completely shut down all the combat-related processors that had supported her abilities until then.
“Then do you admit defeat?”
Siren accessed her system.
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Siren took a deep breath, as though she were a person who had just learned to breathe for the first time.
The tattoo that had been glowing blue returned to its original appearance.
The jerky movements of her body also ceased.
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“Exactly.”
Siren raised her sword again.
“No. echo We haven’t even begun yet.”
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For the first time, Siren’s sword was beginning to contain her own will.
Then she ran toward Ash and launched an attack.
It was a crude and clumsy movement, completely devoid of the almost supernatural speed and precision she had demonstrated earlier.
However, Ash could understand it.
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As he watched that, a faint laugh escaped Ash’s voice module for the first time.
She was trying to alter its trajectories in her own way to penetrate Ash’s defense.
She adjusted her center of gravity.
And, even if only very slowly, she struggled desperately to advance a little farther.
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For the first time, Ash launched an attack.
The dance between the machine and the witch continued for a long time.
“That is precisely what I was looking for.”
His sword moved slowly, describing a gentle arc until it met Siren’s Blade.
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