Part 3 Directly purifying him was meaningless. He had to capture him. It was extremely difficult to catch a shikigami against its will. But it wasn't impossible. Amidst the blood-red sunset, night and day exchanged places and yin and yang revolved. Omagatoki [10] . "You must already understand my intentions." Kogure said. "Mostly." Kumomaru answered. "You don't need to reply. I don't have so much time that I'd debate with a shikigami." "......You're not asking anything? Exactly how much do you know?" "I basically know nothing. But with my personality, I can't rest unless I see for myself. Mutobe - no, it's better to call you Kumomaru. Let me properly confirm how much was hiding behind your appearance of a terrorist and Yakou fanatic." Right as the words left his mouth, a huge spiritual energy burst from Kogure's body. He stepped forth, moving close, drawing his sword, and readying himself for a straight slash at lightning speed. Kumomaru crossed his arms in front of him to block. The mighty sword strike and torrent of magical energy entirely engulfed Kumomaru and raged inside the room. An incredibly overpowering hurricane instantly smashed the hotel's decorations into fragments, and the window in front of the sword strike was blown away along with the outer wall. In the next moment, Kogure cut open the dust storm and rushed straight through, jumping down from the window to pursue. This was the twenty-second floor. Without paying any heed to the dusk scenery or perturbed by the shockwaves, he swung his blade again straight towards Kumomaru below. The second slash. Without time to even dodge, Kumomaru took the strike head-on and hurtled to the ground like a meteor, sending up another wave of dust. "You're stronger than I anticipated." Kogure uttered coldly. The materialized Kumomaru stood steadily on the rubble of his landing point. He knew with one 'look' that the damage he had done was far lighter than he had expected. To capture a shikigami, one first had to whittle away their spiritual power bit by bit and then bind them with magic. Naturally, the stronger a shikigami's spiritual power, the more difficult capturing it would be. "It looks like this will take some effort." He murmured as he raised his blade and continued attacking. But Kumomaru didn't flee. Instead, he dodged the blade head-on-- "Haaaaaaahhh!" The sword danced. As sword techniques split the air, Kumomaru's speed became faster and faster, dodging every slash. More and more slashes cut nothing but air. Kogure inadvertently clicked his tongue.
A human's speed couldn't possibly catch up to a shikigami's in the first place, which was why he needed to discharge magical energy into his surroundings and increase the spiritual pressure, slowing down the shikigami's actions as if the force of gravity had increased. But Kogure had been constantly putting out a great deal of magical energy, yet in contrast, Kumomaru seemed completely unaffected. His expressions didn't change as he confronted Kogure's blade amidst the shockwaves of his slashes. It was unexpected for him to have this much power. The moment after Kogure thought this, Kumomaru deflected Kogure's attack and struck out with his leg. This was a blow filled with spiritual power, just like Kogure’s slashes. Kogure also gathered his spiritual power and parried the kick. Bang. The impact went straight to his bones, and he inadvertently backed up a step. As expected, he was no pushover. Powerful strength, with keen and calm movements. But...... ...Could it be? "I'm surprised myself." Kumomaru suddenly said. Kogure took a stance and guarded. "I experienced the power of the 'Divine Blade' two years ago. To be able to fight until now...... I might not have been able a few days ago." "......What does that mean?" "Look forward to it. Look forward to what I'll show you next." His suspicion became reality. "What are you trying? You should know without me having to tell you, buying time will just be disadvantageous for you." He had to escape or defeat Kogure. Since he didn't intend to escape, then it could be seen that he wanted to defeat Kogure. But he had just been defending and dodging the whole time before and hadn't taken the initiative to attack. It would be even harder for him to get away when reinforcements arrived. Was he going to use someone from the reinforcements as a hostage? It was still suspicious. This guy had avoided showing himself in front of others as much as possible, so why was there suddenly no more reason for him to hide himself? As if seeing through Kogure's suspicions, Kumomaru leisurely gathered magical energy. "......It's starting. 嗡 牛头 谛哵 誓愿 随喜 延命 娑嗢呿!" "......! You!?" Yin magical energy poured from the earth and the balance of the five elements fell apart. Phase Two...... Phase Three...... Twisted bestial spiritual disasters appeared alongside the third phase. And there were four of them. "'Type-Chimera'!?" Nue. The same kind as Kumomaru had used in the spiritual disaster terrorist attack two years ago. But this time, Kumomaru had created Phase Threes right here without any kind of preparation beforehand......!? "Go!" At Kumomaru's order, the Nue opened their maws and rushed forward.
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