On the Eve of the Shinken Shiai: Prove You're the Strongest and Win It All! Dangerous Secret Technique

On the Eve of the True Sword Match, Proving His Strength by Defeating All! Dangerous Secret Technique (7k, Please Vote!)

Deep inside Moonlit Hall's dojo, Karasuma Shigure, wrapped in bandages from head to toe and sitting cross-legged against a black rock wall, was startled. Even the fingertips gripping his blade trembled slightly.

"Tut."

But only a moment later, he softly exhaled and calmed himself.

"Even ordinary crows' dynamic vision can't catch Uesugi Tetsu's speed... Forget it. This was within expectations."

"That lazy Akatsuki Ran wouldn't even come up here once."

Karasuma Shigure unhappily withdrew the dagger in his hand, opened his pitch-black, empty eyes, and looked toward Uesugi Tetsu, who was smiling as he held "himself."

—Though it was only an ordinary crow, it couldn't lose its life at the dojo entrance for such a ridiculous reason.

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the black crow that had been cawing in his hand. Before long, he noticed that its eyes had become lively, displaying remarkably human emotions.

He loosened his grip slightly, allowing the crow to spread its wings, and realized that the person on the other end had logged in.

Although he had privately clashed somewhat with Kuzuha Chihaya earlier, this crow fellow had done nothing beyond watching from a distance.

So Uesugi Tetsu remained quite polite.

He tapped the crow's short beak and asked, "Bro, could you please take me inside?"

"Caw."

The crow gave an annoyed cry, then flapped its wings and flew in front of Uesugi Tetsu, signaling for him to follow.

But before Uesugi Tetsu could take a step, he heard someone in the nearby parking lot calling his name.

The voices belonged to one adult and one child. The younger one was a boy whose voice was still clearly immature and had not yet gone through