"The person in the coffin is the source of what truly made you lose your will to fight, isn't that right?" Apophis asked coldly.
"Yes! I couldn't protect a single person I wanted to protect." Koshiro gave a self-mocking laugh. "Then what meaning is there in picking up that sword?"
Just as Koshiro was sinking into sorrow, Apophis strode forward and kicked the coffin lid away.
Boom!
"Are you trying to provoke me into attacking? It won't work." Koshiro stood up with a cold expression. "I am indeed furious, but anger cannot become the source of my strength."
"Being weak isn't frightening. What's frightening is ignorance!"
"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to humiliate me?"
"How did she die?" Apophis asked indifferently.
"Kuina fell down the stairs in the storage room and died." Koshiro answered while forcing down his anger.
Apophis approached the coffin and pressed his right hand several times in various places on Kuina's body.
This time, Koshiro could no longer restrain the rage in his heart.
"Bastard, what are you trying to do to Kuina?" Koshiro grabbed a wooden sword used for training in the dojo and violently slashed at Apophis.
"You're full of openings!" Apophis merely tilted his head to evade Koshiro's attack, then cleanly struck him with a hand blade and sent him crashing into the wall.
With Koshiro's physique, he naturally suffered little harm.
But his heart trembled uncontrollably.
This guy is probably even stronger than I imagined. He isn't using a weapon, yet every part of his body can be a weapon. It's as if he has fused blades into his body.
Even if I hadn't already lost the ability to use swordsmanship, I might not have been his opponent at my absolute peak! Koshiro thought bitterly.
Then he made