Famous Blade Kikuchiyo

"Master Suwa, take this strike."

Fujino maintained his stance as transparent sword aura flashed around him. He spoke in a low voice, "I came up with this move after comprehending sword aura. When used, the illusory sword aura creates cherry blossoms like snow filling the sky, so I named it Cherry Blossom Blizzard."

"So it's a sword aura technique. Go ahead and—"

Suwa Yuji held his sword with a calm expression, but halfway through his sentence, he suddenly froze. "Wait, what kind of aura did you say?"

Before he could finish, Fujino's figure suddenly blurred. His presence surged, faintly becoming visible to the naked eye.

Then, a pinkish-white gleam flashed across the edge of the wooden sword, drifting behind him like a cleaved gale...

Petal after petal began to scatter from the wooden sword, dancing throughout the sky.

"..."

Suwa Yuji stared blankly at the falling petals.

One side of this courtyard had a big tree, and the other side also had a big tree. The point was, there weren't any cherry trees in the courtyard.

Where had these cherry blossoms come from?

Had this brat secretly slipped him some hallucinogen?

But that was only a fleeting thought. Fujino's character might still be questionable, but Suwa Yuji didn't think he was capable of doing something as lousy as drugging him.

Then an absurd thought surfaced in his mind: Could this damn thing actually be sword aura?

If it was sword aura, then condensing it into cherry blossoms made sense.

Yeah, perfectly reasonable... my ass!

"Rampant Cherry Blossom Flash!"

At that moment, a loud shout rang out.

Suwa Yuji looked over and saw Fujino, who had been standing some distance away, suddenly vanish, transforming into cherry blossoms that scattered among the petals filling the sky.

*Damn it, this brat really cultivated