Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

……

The battle proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

Thanks to the girls' near-perfect, seamless teamwork, Kurumi's seemingly endless shadow army was firmly blocked outside the department store, unable to advance an inch.

It was as if they could really exhaust all of Kurumi's power with this small fortress.

However, just when everyone thought this battle to defend the position would continue indefinitely.

Kurumi Tokisaki, the hunter who had been hiding behind the scenes, watching all of this like a cat playing with a mouse, finally lost her last bit of patience.

……

roof.

Michiru Hyodo continued playing with complete absorption.

Her singing and her music were like the brightest sun in this grand event, attracting the attention of all the moths and creating the most valuable environment for her companions downstairs to generate their own music.

However, she did not notice.

Right behind her, in the thickest shadow cast by that huge loudspeaker, a shadow that even sunlight could not penetrate.

A petite, stunningly beautiful figure dressed in red and black spirit attire emerged silently, as if from another dimension.

This is Kurumi's true form.

She was like a master assassin, silently slipping through all the defenses and reaching the heart of this grand feast.

She looked at the bait before her, oblivious to her impending death, still burning her own life for her companions, and a graceful, cruel smile appeared on her face, a smile as delightful as a gourmet savoring a top-grade dessert.

She slowly raised the ancient flintlock pistol that represented death in her hand, and precisely aimed the cold, dark muzzle at Michiru's unsuspecting back.

“Alaaa…”

“This lady’s 'time'.”

She gently inhaled the vibrant scent in the air and squinted her eyes in ecstasy.

"It looks delicious."

Chapter 160 The Waltz of Swords and Spears

"It looks delicious."

The moment Kurumi's predatory whisper, like the whisper of death, echoed on the rooftop, she pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation.

In her eyes, the rock girl in front of her, who was still playing the piano with abandon, was already a snack that she was about to take into her possession.

A dead man.

however--

Just 0.01 seconds before that deadly bullet, imbued with the power of time, was about to leave the barrel.

A silver streak, like moonlight pouring down from the heavens, cold yet deadly, ripped through the night sky without warning.

The last come first.

It descended from the sky with a terrifying speed that completely defied the laws of distance and physics, as if it had directly crossed the barriers of space.

Clang——

A deafening, gunpowder-smelling metallic clang exploded with a deafening roar.

Kurumi Tokisaki's supposedly sure-fire killing blow was actually deflected from the side by a silver blade of light that appeared out of nowhere.

The deadly bullet whizzed past Michiru Hyodo's ear, instantly turning the high-powered megaphone behind her into a pile of smoking parts.

"!"

Kurumi's pupils suddenly contracted, and shock appeared on her usually elegant and composed face.

She looked up abruptly in disbelief.

Between the two of them, a tall, slender figure dressed in a purple kendo uniform had appeared.

It's Saeko Busujima.

She held the Murata in one hand, maintaining the same upward slashing stance. Sparks, from the intense friction with the bullet, still flickered on the blade's tip.

Her face held a cold smile, radiating the absolute confidence and arrogance of a swordsman.

“The back of my companions,” her voice was calm, yet filled with an undeniable warning, “is not a place where a petty person like you, who only knows how to stab someone in the back, has the right to touch.

……

"Ms. Saeko...?"

Michiru Hyodo finally recovered from the shock of the deafening gunshots and the interruption of the music.

She looked at the tall, reassuring figure blocking her way, then at the Time Witch opposite her, whose face was filled with surprise and solemnity. Finally, she belatedly realized that she had just narrowly escaped death.

A chilling sensation shot up her spine and instantly to the top of her head.

Downstairs, Yukino Yukinoshita, who had been directing the entire scene from a god-like perspective, let out a long, long sigh of relief after seeing Saeko's stunning strike. Her knuckles, which were gripping the tactical tablet tightly, turned white from the excessive force.

'I made it.'

This is their real killer move.

Michiru Hyodo, the brightest sun, draws all the enemy's attention in the open, while Saeko Busujima, the sharpest moonlight, remains hidden in the deepest shadow, like the most patient viper, waiting for Kurumi, the arrogant hunter, to reveal a weakness, and then delivering the most fatal counterattack.

In retrospect, this plan, which risked the lives of his companions... succeeded.

……

“Hehe…hehehe…”

In mid-air, Kurumi Tokisaki looked at the unexpected obstacle that had suddenly appeared and ruined her perfect hunt. After a brief moment of shock, she smiled.

His laughter was filled with the excitement and fervor of someone who had spotted an even more delicious treat.

"A swordsman?"

"interesting."

"That's really interesting."

"I'm also getting a bit tired of those boring shooting games that just involve 'biubiubiu'."

"So……"

Her figure slowly descended from mid-air, landing at the other end of the rooftop, facing Saeko Busujima across the distance, creating a confrontation full of classical rivalry.

She put away the long spear in her hand, leaving only the small short gun that represented the hour hand, which she casually twirled between her fingers, like a magician about to take the stage.

"Let me experience it for myself."

"Your proud sword."

"Just how fast is it?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she moved.

【Zfkfk - Aleph】Activated.

Her figure instantly transformed into a black lightning bolt almost invisible to the naked eye, without any superfluous movements, and with a pure pursuit of ultimate speed, she pounced towards Saeko.

However, what awaited her was a faster and more deadly purple sword light.

Saeko Busujima's reaction was incredibly fast.

She didn't even look; the moment Kurumi activated her power, she had already closed her eyes.

She relied solely on her honed, deeply ingrained, and absolute intuition as a swordsman to accurately predict Kurumi's attack trajectory, and then unleashed a counterattack that had been brewing for a long time, almost instinctively.

Clang, clang, clang—

next second.

Swords and spears clashed on this narrow rooftop, creating a waltz that was both magnificent and extremely dangerous.

Saeko's swordsmanship is fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Each of her strikes was like a gazelle leaping over a cliff, leaving no trace, yet each move was aimed at Kurumi's vitals, filled with the purest, deadly killing intent that existed solely to sever life.

The flashes of blades wove into an impenetrable purple net before her, keeping all incoming attacks at bay.

Kurumi, on the other hand, used the extreme acceleration of the "First Bullet" and the unreasonable forced rewind of the "Fourth Bullet" to move around with ease in the impenetrable sword light and shadow.

She was like a proud and elegant dancer.

Sometimes, he would use his short gun at an incredible (good good) angle to precisely parry the deadly blade coming at him, sending sparks flying.

At times, she would turn around like a phantom, narrowly dodging the incredibly tricky slash, the snow-white blade almost grazing her nose.

She even had the leisure to mentally harass this opponent who brought her immense pleasure.

“…Ara ara…Sister, your sword is very fast.”

"but……"

"It seems like you haven't bumped into me even once, Xing?"

"..."

Saeko Busujima did not answer. She simply focused all her heart, spirit, and energy on the Murata sword in her hand, bringing her swordsmanship to an unprecedented peak.

She knew that this battle was no longer simply a contest of speed and strength.

Rather, it's about whose will is stronger.

Whose belief is more advantageous?

Chapter 161 The Ubiquitous Sage

On the rooftop.

The waltz of swords and spears continues.

Saeko Busujima has completely entered that peak state of having all her wits about her.

Her senses were heightened to an unprecedented level; the sound of the wind, the sound of her heartbeat, and even the slightest sway of Kurumi's spirit dress were all constructed in her mind into an incredibly clear, dynamic three-dimensional image.

Her sword became faster and more ruthless.

Each strike seemed to cleave through space, leaving behind faint purple sword marks in the air that lingered for a long time.

Without a doubt, Saeko holds an absolute advantage in pure melee combat skills.

However, her rival, Kurumi Tokisaki, is like a slippery mermaid of time.

Her eyes, capable of foreseeing the future, always allowed her to see the trajectory of Saeko's sword blade half a second in advance.

Every time Saeko's blade was about to touch her body, she would use the unreasonable acceleration of "First Bullet" to dodge it by a hair's breadth, leaving behind a strand of black hair that had been cut off.

Even if there are occasional slashes that she can't dodge because Saeko's sword techniques are too amazing, she will use the even more unreasonable time reversal of the [Fourth Bullet] at the last second before she is hit, to make her body and her wounds flow back to 313 seconds ago, to that unharmed state.

The two women, both possessing abilities that were practically bug-like, were strangely caught in a highly intense state of equilibrium, where neither could gain the upper hand over the other.

The battle turned into a bloody war of attrition.

"Tsk."

In the command center at the rear.

Yukino Yukinoshita watched the battle on the screen, which had become a stalemate, and her beautiful brows furrowed tightly.

"No... If this continues, it will be very disadvantageous for us."

Her voice was icy, as if she were reading a death sentence.

“Miss Saeko’s stamina is limited. Every swing of her sword and every dodge consumes her physical energy as a human being. But that woman, as long as the nest beneath her feet continues to supply her with ‘time,’ her energy is almost limitless.”

"With this shift in power, Ms. Saeko is bound to lose."

"Then we'll have to execute 'Plan B'."

Beside her, Kasumigaoka Utaha wore a fox-like smile.

She knew that when the battle devolved into a pure contest of "attributes," it was time for cunning strategists like them to step in.

She picked up the communicator and gave a brief instruction to the girl who had vanished like a ghost since the start of the battle.