Before the battle, Hiyorimar had thought it might not win so easily. It might even end up in a hard fight.
But Hiyorimar, who thought it had long been prepared, had completely failed to anticipate one thing.
Right now, as it fought Gu Yu...
—It was actually being one-sidedly beaten up???
Wasn't it a Herrscher???
Shouldn't it have been among the strongest combat forces in this world???
Wasn't its opponent supposed to be weakened in Yae Sakura's inner world???
Why was this man still so strong, pinning it to the ground and crushing it beneath him????
Even that white-haired woman with the enormous cross back then hadn't been this terrifying, okay?
Why had it provoked this monster? What had it even been thinking at the time?!
After its body was directly struck by [Ongekki Slash Thunder Shock], a thought suddenly surfaced in Hiyorimar's mind.
No. It really wanted to kill its past self.
Why had it done something so stupid?!
"Hmm, the feel isn't very good."
After piercing through Hiyorimar's claw in one blow and nailing it firmly to the ground, Gu Yu began playing a melody of destruction.
Whether it was [Ongekki Shoot Gale Flash], the finishing move Gu Yu had unleashed earlier in Ibuki form, or [Ongekki Slash Thunder Shock], the finishing move he was now using in Hong Oni form, both were essentially forms of the martial art [Ongekki Strike].
As the signature technique of the Kamen Rider Hibiki series, the martial art [Ongekki Strike] naturally existed to kill the Oni-corrupted monsters, enemies of the Oni Knights.
In the original work, Hibiki and the others could use the [Pure Sound] unleashed by Ongekki Strike to easily wreak havoc inside an Oni-corrupted monster's body.
Forget human-sized enemies—even giant Oni-corrupted monsters more than ten times their size could be easily killed with Ongekki Strike, a move that virtually ignored defense.
After being struck by Lightning Shockwave, Hiyorimar felt the Honkai Energy inside its body completely fall into chaos as sound waves blasted into it.
Under the chaotic negative effects of the Honkai Energy, it could not even swing its other claw to attack.
No, its body felt as though it had been immobilized. It could not move even an inch.
"Stop struggling. Ongekki Strike inherently has an immobilizing effect. Not only is the Honkai Energy in your body in disarray, your body has been restrained as well."
After plucking the strings one final time, Gu Yu pulled out the guitar greatsword and flung it straight at Hiyorimar's face.
"Crawl."
"You bastard!"
Once its body could move again, Hiyorimar felt a sudden stabbing pain in its nearly healed left eye.
The greatsword that had injured it badly earlier struck Hiyorimar's left eye with perfect accuracy, even embedding itself directly in its eye socket.
"Beating an enemy's old wounds? How can a human like you be so despicable?!"
"Give me a break. It's still better than letting a disaster like you out."
After lightly jumping onto the claw Hiyorimar had slammed down, Gu Yu swiped two more cards.
[KamenRide Hibiki]
"It's time for the finale."
[Final Attack Ride HHHH Hibiki]
After lightly jumping onto Hiyorimar's back, Gu Yu placed the Ongekki Drum that materialized in his hand directly onto Hiyorimar's back.
The moment the Ongekki Drum was placed on its back, Hiyorimar, which had just regained its freedom, lost the ability to move once more.
"That awful feeling again!"
"Ongekki Strike..."
Grabbing the two Ongekki sticks that appeared from the void, [Rekka Un] and [Rekka A], Gu Yu raised them high and began wildly striking the drumhead before him, which had expanded more than tenfold.
"Great Fire Dance!"
As intense pain erupted from its back, Hiyorimar completely gave up resisting.
At that moment, Pure Sound coursed wildly through Hiyorimar's body via Ongekki Strike.
Not only that, [Gale Flash], which had been filled with Wind Power, and [Lightning Shockwave], which had been filled with the power of lightning, both erupted once more under the bombardment of [Great Fire Dance], which was filled with the Power of Flame.
Unable to move, Hiyorimar gathered all its Honkai Energy together and endured the pain as it waited...
Waited...
Waited...
Until Gu Yu brought both Ongekki sticks down heavily at once, blasting a massive gash open in Hiyorimar's back.
"I admit it. I really underestimated you..."
Yet Hiyorimar, which had been waiting for this moment, completely forgot the pain in its back.
After solidifying the Honkai Energy it had finished gathering, it sent it surging directly toward Gu Yu.
"—But I haven't lost yet!"
"Get in here!"
"Oh, sure."
After completing the Ongekki Strike, Gu Yu fell from the air and looked at that mass of Honkai Energy, completely abandoning the option of escape.
Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging straight into the Honkai Energy.
"You've already lost your fighting ability. It seems you only have one trump card left, right?"
Seeing Gu Yu enter the Honkai Energy Barrier, Hiyorimar, which had thought it was turning the tables in desperation, suddenly froze with a smile on its face.
It had clearly laid a trap, and its enemy had successfully stepped into it.
But why...
—Why did it still feel so panicked???
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