I don't want to be a heroic spirit

Souji Okita could see the blurry light and shadows and hear the birds singing one after another.

What caught Okita Souji's eye was a wall and a door.

It should have been a very solemn scene, but at this moment the walls and wooden doors were covered with a large amount of graffiti.

Ayatsuji Ayase's body began to tremble, and her eyes were filled with anger, as if something she had always believed in had been tarnished.

"Those people... have no dignity or honor as swordsmen. Their swords hold neither pride nor nobility, only bestial violence."

"Because of those guys... because of that guy, my father... Ayatsuji... Ayatsuji's sword was trampled."

Souji Okita listened quietly to what Ayase Ayase said, then retracted his gaze and looked at the back of the man named Kurashiki Kurato.

I'm sorry, senior, I can't understand how you feel.

Your father's sword, something you can be proud of... must be a very noble sword.

But for me, the sword should be more of a tool to take life, gain victory, gain dignity and pursue goals.

My sword is neither noble nor great.

But, occasionally... I would like to try it.

This sword that can only take away... can it actually protect anything?

A figure suddenly appeared in front of Okita Souji.

Very vague, yet very profound.

Her eyes seemed to be always burning with anger, war, and devilish fire that would never go out.

Behind her is destruction, war, and the devil, dyeing the sky red.

She laughed wantonly, sneering at the weak and mocking fate.

"Although he's extremely skilled at killing, he's not very good at protecting."

…………

After walking through the stone steps in the courtyard, they entered the gym.

The gym was a little dark, with only some sunlight coming in from the window barely illuminating the inside. Not only was it in disrepair and no one had cleaned it, but it was also full of holes, as if it had been smashed and vandalized. The hand of the innermost sculpture was even broken.

"Now that you're here, there shouldn't be any reason for you to keep dragging it out, right?"

"No, we can start anytime."

Okita Souji and Kurashiki Kurato stood in the middle of the dojo, while the others retreated to the door.

Okita Souji just stood there quietly, and it seemed that there were weaknesses everywhere, but Kurashiki Kōto's beast-like instinct told him that no matter where he launched his attack, he would not have a chance to hurt the opponent.

Realizing this did not frustrate Kurashiki Kōto, but only made him more determined to fight.

"Chew and bite! Orochimaru!"

As he shouted excitedly, a huge bone snake emerged from under his feet, opened its mouth wide and bit Kurashiki Kōto's head, but he dodged it by turning his head. Then he reached out and grabbed the bone snake's tail and slammed it to the ground.

The bone snake began to shrink and finally turned into a ferocious bone sword in Kurashiki Kōto's hand.

It is said that spirit suits are the embodiment of the swordsman's soul, but this is the first time that Souji Okita has seen a spirit suit that will actively attack its owner. It turns out that Kurashiki Kōto is a violent and dangerous guy in his soul.

Light particles like raindrops gathered in the palm of Okita Souji's hand, and Kikuichimonji Norimune appeared again and was held in Okita Souji's hand.

Unlike what Kurashiki Kōto had seen before, Okita Souji pulled it out of the scabbard, and a gentle light flowed down the blade.

It was the first time that Kurashiki Kōren saw the authentic form of Kikuichimon Norimune, and he could not take his eyes off it.

"I see. It's a fine sword."

His voice became deeper. "But you must have endured it for a long time, right?"

"Oh, was I found out?"

Because he was facing away from Ayatsuji Ayase and the others, only Kurashiki Kura could see the smile of excitement on Okita Souji's face.

"That's why I said..." Kurashiki Kōto brandished his huge bone sword and grinned, "Swordsmen will never let me down!"

Chapter 86 Swordsmen's Communication

The cold light is dancing violently.

The blade is playing the sonata.

Offense and defense change with the rhythm.

"Clang!"

The giant snake bone sword came slashing through the wind, but was blocked by Okita Souji who raised his sword and stuck it in the bone spurs on the sword. The flying sparks illuminated Okita Souji's cold face in the darkness.

"Watch this!"

Kurashiki Kōto raised his bone sword once more, without any skill, relying solely on brute force to continuously swing at the blade held up by Okita Souji.

After withstanding three more blows and about to face the fourth attack, Okita Souji concentrated his mind and calmed himself, moving half a step to the side while tilting the weapon in his hand slightly downward. When the snake-bone giant sword chopped down again, the brute force flowing into the sword was released to the side by Okita Souji, causing the snake-bone giant sword to finally fall heavily on the wooden floor.

"Bang!"

The fragile wooden floor was shattered as expected, and wood chips flew between the two men.

One of the fragments blocked Kurashiki Kōto's vision for a moment as it flew past. Just after that moment, a cold light flashed, and when Kurashiki Kōto noticed it, the tip of Okita Souji's sword was already just inches away from his eyeballs.

A heart-pounding cold light flashed and disappeared, and a few strands of brown hair slowly fell in the air.

Ayatsuji Ayase and the others at the door were completely frightened.

Kurashiki Kōto felt his face getting hot, so he reached out and touched it, and bright red blood flowed down his fingers.

"How dare you do that!"

The words sounded like an angry question, but Kurashiki Kōto couldn't suppress the excited smile on his face.

Okita Souji didn't reply, but just put on a calm and composed stance... This was the offensive stance she was best at.

In fact, Okita Souji could have ended the battle in just a few seconds.

In the past few years since she came to this world, she has fought with her perverted sister several times. Although she was beaten most of the time, the Kurashiki Kōto in front of her was far inferior to her sister.

Her sister once said that if we only talk about movement speed and agility, few people in the world can compare to her.

At the "Seven Star Sword Dance Representative Selection Competition" of Pojun Academy, Okita Souji always uses inhuman speed to decide the outcome in an instant. Even Xijing Ningyin, who has reached the demon level, cannot keep up with her speed.

Of course, this does not mean that she is qualified to fight with Xijing Ningyin. For people who have reached Xijing Ningyin's level, the so-called strength of ability is meaningless, because they have already jumped out of fate. The so-called direction of fate can be changed by a thought of them. When they reach that level, the only thing they compare is the ability to interfere with fate.

Souji Okita is not yet able to reach that level, or she doesn't know whether she can reach that level. After all, she is not a native of this world at all.

However, when dealing with Kurashiki Kōto, she didn't even need to be serious.

However, she still fought back and forth with the opponent, just barely gaining the upper hand.

Because she didn't use her A+ level agility, but just fought with a speed similar to Kurashiki Kōto.

because……

"If I don't use swordsmanship to defeat my opponent, I always feel like I've 'lost'."

This was what Okita Souji's intuition told her.

She had questions she wanted to ask Kurashiki Kōto, but she didn't intend to ask them out loud.

This sword is enough for communication between swordsmen.

Kurashiki Kōto pressed forward again, and the wind split by the sword light blew on his face, causing Okita Souji to feel a stinging sensation.

The giant snake bone sword slashed through Okita Souji's body unhindered, but Kurashiki Kōto was surprised to find that he didn't feel like he was hitting anyone.

It was not until "Okita Souji" disappeared like the moon in the water that Kurashiki Kura realized that the person in front of him was just an afterimage.

As for the real Okita Souji...

"Where do you want to go?"

Kurashiki Kōto raised his head, his sharp teeth exposed by his gaping mouth, and his eyes, filled with ferocity, clearly reflected the butterfly-like, light and graceful figure in the air.

Okita Souji held her beloved sword in both hands, the worn handle fitting perfectly into her palms.

The next moment, a simple yet almost perfect cassock slash fell silently.

Kurashiki Kōra had just delivered a powerful blow and was at a stage where his old strength had been exhausted and his new strength had not yet been generated. He should have been unable to resist this sword.

However, Okita Souji's attack still did not work.

Suddenly, Kurashiki Kurato's bone sword began to stretch, and the sword body flexibly circled in front of Kurashiki Kurato like a living snake, perfectly blocking Okita Souji's Kasaya Slash.

Not only that, the sword body was still stretching, and the tip of the sword turned into a snake skull, opening its mouth to bite down from the top of Okita Souji's head. Okita Souji could only use his arms to exert force from Kurashiki Kurato's bone sword, pull back, and avoid the ferocious snake head.

"Do you think you can avoid Orochimaru's bite by keeping your distance? How naive!"

In his hands, Kurashiki Kōto's spiritual outfit was like a flexible bone snake, and he was the controller holding the snake's tail.

Orochimaru kept attacking Okita Souji, eroding her defensive area. The sound of swords clashing was endless, and sparks kept flashing.

At this moment, Souji Okita felt as if he was facing a living giant python, which was trying to circle him bit by bit and strangle him to death.

It looks like a very bad situation.

A tiger trapped in a cage is nothing to be feared, no matter how ferocious it is.

but……

"Do you really think..."

He stepped back with his right foot and adopted the Ping Qingyan stance again.

"Can this cage hold me?"

When he saw the expression on Okita Souji's face, Kurashiki Kōto was slightly startled, and then burst into laughter.

"I see, are you excited too? Great! Then come and fight me!"

When he swung Orochimaru again, the snake bone split in front of everyone's eyes and became eight pieces.

This is Kurashiki's unique sword-cutting skill—

"Yama no Orochi!"

Eight giant white bone snakes almost blocked all the blind spots around Souji Okita.

However, facing this powerful fatal blow, Okita Souji slowly closed his eyes.

Kurashiki Kurato, I have seen your intention from your sword.

You came here to challenge Mr. Ayatsuji Kaito in order to become stronger.

You came here because you admired the "last samurai" and wanted to witness the secrets of the "Ayatsuji Ittoryu".

Unfortunately, I am not Mr. Ayatsuji Kaito, and I cannot show you the sword that I have been waiting for two years.

So... let me show you my own sword.

Okita Souji's Noble Phantasm is not a real weapon, but a sword that is the pinnacle of her life's experience and skills.

The center of gravity of his body shifted slightly downward, and Okita Souji took a slow step forward.

"One step beyond the sound..."

Eight snake heads came with the sound of breaking wind, but at the moment when they were about to bite Okita Souji, Okita Souji's figure disappeared, and all eight snake heads missed, leaving only a sound behind.

"Two steps without gaps..."

Kurashiki Kōto was shocked because he lost sight of Okita Souji, but the next moment, the scenery in his eyes changed.

The dilapidated walls, the light and shadow outside the window, the floor underfoot, the standing figure...all lost their color in this instant.

Time seemed to stand still and sounds seemed to lose their meaning.

It seemed like an eternity had passed, yet it seemed like only a moment had passed.

A... no, it should be three sword lights combined together, becoming the only bright color in this faded world.

"Three Steps of the Sword!"

Chapter 87 Taking Back Everything Lost

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