Sou-!
Sou-!
Sou-!
When Aleph went to the training room, he saw the lengthy silver bde dang midair. Her strikes were naturally ected, utilizing her wrist to ect each strike smoothly.
The impact of the subsequent strikes became strohe momentum made her swing the bde faster.
Sou-!
Hum-!
The sound of cutting air resounded in the room.
“You’ve lear.”
“Sir.”
Mei deftly sheathed the bde befiving him a bow.
‘Well… She’s still doing it.’
Aleph thought of the times he stopped her from giving the seniority to him, but to no avail. She always bowed whenever she greeted him. It was a pletely different vibe from his Mei.
He walked over the training room and picked up one of the bdes on the shelf.
“After this training, we’ll deal with the things we put off.”
His words elicited a surprised look from her.
“We’ll head over to the five families.”
*****
Aleph wasn’t a mountain to be quered.
That was what Mei learned duriime with him. Each time their bdes cshed, she felt how big the chasm separating them was. Her progress, no matter how fast it was, didn’t mean anything in the face of his strength.
Fag him, nobody should have the thoughts of winning. The best they could do, bar none, was to think of the best escape pn.
trary to her chaotic thoughts, her face remaihe same. She was following Aleph five footsteps behind.
They were walking through a silver corridor made entirely of metals.
Soon, they reached their destination: a rge dome-shaped area.
Its floor was made of dense bck metals. Its hardness was one of the best throughout Izumo.
What faced them was a group of people led by a white-haired man. A bck-blue sheath resent on his waist. It has to be hat the group of people wore formal clothing, spanning from coats to kimonos.
“What a pity. I take it that this was everyone’s decision?”
Aleph’s clear voice rang ihe wide dome. It caused everyoo jolt in surprise.
“His presence…”
“No, that’s not it. Why do I feel nothing in front of him?”
“The person who obliterated a sn irike…”
“Don’t fet that he’s also involved in the disappearance of that city.”
Their voices were low—low enough to resound as thin frequencies. It could easily be inferred that the people with formal clothing were no pushovers. They possessed the ability to trol divine power, at the very least.
“The other chairmen could not e. My apologies, sir.”
The person who spoke was Kevin’s expy. From the clear yet slightly murky blue eyes, Aleph could tell numerous striking simirities.
“It does not matter.” He replied. “It’s just that… you might not be able to aplish yoals.”
““...””
The opposite group fell silent. Only Mei, who was standing behind him, khe meaning behind his words.
It was simple: The holders of the other five Sentinels wao test Aleph’s strength.
What they could not imagine was that…
‘Will he end it in an instant?’
She had a vague feeling that he wouldn’t.
Kevin’s look-a-like, Hakuhatsu Ki, broke the awkward silence.
“Shall we begin?”
“Sure.”
The people behind him began to disperse. They all went to the sidelines, intending to watch this ‘spar’ seriously.
After all, they were the most surprised when they received a message from the Raiden lineage—ohat asked them for a ‘spar’. The one who they would be fighting was her than the unknown person who killed a sn ihan a minute.
They were skeptical at first, but they decided to accept it. They were presewo options, however. That was to either fight Aleph in a duel ht him with all five of them.
The tter part was absurd, yes, but they thought it was the fidence held by someoh an unpreted feat.
In the end, they pushed the Hakuhatsu Lio be the first oo fight against him. As for the matter of all five Sentinel Holders ganging up against Aleph, they did not even sider it.
If they won, it would be unfair.
If they lost, it would damage their prestige.
There’s no knowing as to what the Raiden Lineage might do. If it bees a full-blown knowledge to the general public, it would be a huge trouble appearing out of nowhere.
“Before you ask anything, I will be fighting barehanded.”
“...I uand.”
Aleph began stepping back. His gaze met with Mei’s who was heading towards the sidelines.
‘I ’t stay for loablishing Mei's authority is the best I do... for now.' He thought. ‘If something bad happened while I was gone…’
These worries existed. It was just that the bes he got while analyzing the Bck Sun, up to his enter on the Horizon of Existence, was enough to offset it.
Flutter.
His kimono fluttered as he walked. The tapping sounds of his geta made everyone pay attention to him.
“I will only use Star Rage during this fight’s duration. In turn…”
His soft mumbles did not reayone. Only he knew of the Binding Vow he made.
A mier, the fight officially began. Kevin’s expy took the first move.
Shiing-!
An arc made of translut blue ice headed straight to Aleph.
Bam-!
Uhe surprised gazes of everyo was easily broken… with a single punch. Waves of shockwave inated from his punch alone.
trary to their expectations, Aleph’s movements were slightly visible to their eyes. They half-expected to see afterimages, but their eyes mao see his blurry figure.
Even Hakuhatsu Ki was surprised.
However, it did not st for long.
From the distance, he already sah’s impending punch. It could be a jab or a hook. He was fully prepared to dodge it.
Yet…
‘Huh..?!’
The sense of crisis on the back of his mind never disappeared. His eyes could folloh’s movements. It was pletely indescribable. It moved slowly and inexplicably. Some of Aleph’s movements were useless in his opinion. When the enemy k was a fluke and readied for it, the feints he threw would be useless.
That wasn’t the case with Aleph.
‘Ah—!’
Before Hakuhatsu Ki k, Aleph was already in front of him, readying to throunch. His existence briefly disappeared, prompting him to even fet what he was doing now.
The tter had predicted his position at least fifty moves in advand intercepted him!
BAM-!
The rest saw Ki’s body being thrown to the ceiling of the dome. His figure became deeply embedded in its metallic ceiling.
g-!
When his Sentinel dropped to the ground, the training venue became deathly silent.
