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"Whoosh!!!"
The sound of something tearing through the air shook the atmosphere, piercingly sharp as though it wanted to rupture eardrums as it rang through the courtyard.
The incoming fist, transformed into a streak of green light, rapidly enlarged in Mikoto's brown eyes. Her beautiful pupils constricted as she gritted her teeth.
"I won't let you hit me that easily!"
Amid a chaotic crackle of electricity, blue-white lightning burst forth. Pillars formed from iron sand shot violently out of the ground, contracting together to form a wall that shielded Mikoto behind it.
Threads of electricity flickered across the iron-sand pillars, making them resemble pitch-black utility poles charged with power. If anyone had dared touch them barehanded, it would have been no less devastating than being struck by lightning.
Yet Bazett's expression remained cold and indifferent. She appeared before the iron-sand pillars coursing with blue-white current, clenched her green-glowing fist, and smashed it forward like a cannonball.
"Bang!!!"
Her green fist crashed heavily into the iron-sand pillars flowing with blue-white electricity. In an instant, the currents seemed to cling to her bones, crawling up from her fist and over Bazett's body.
"BiliBili—"
Blue-white electricity surged madly across Bazett's body, causing wisps of smoke to rise from her skin as pain flashed through her eyes.
But it lasted only an instant!
"Hah!" Ignoring the electricity still ravaging her body, Bazett's expression turned vicious. With a low cry, her green fist seemed to take on scorching heat, instantly melting a hole through the iron-sand pillar before her.
"Wha—" Before Mikoto could even react in shock, the green-glowing fist burst through the other side of the iron-sand pillar with a bang, piercing through it and striking her squarely in