They're All Here!

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At this very moment.

For some reason, as Sugawara Keisuke looked at Wang Anyi, who stood before him with both arms spread wide, his heart gave an inexplicable lurch.

An indescribable feeling shot from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head, leaving him momentarily dazed.

Sugawara Keisuke himself didn't notice that, alongside his shock, a trace of fear had quietly crept into his heart.

Yes.

Sugawara Keisuke was starting to feel afraid.

You see,

Before today, Sugawara Keisuke had considered himself to have a psychological advantage over Wang Anyi. Both were "World War II veterans" in more than name, and both had fought in the Battle of Songhu.

As far as their records went, Sugawara Keisuke did have fewer qualms than Wang Anyi.

Yet, unexpectedly, Wang Anyi showed no sign of carrying any burden today. He'd jumped straight into an evenly matched, life-or-death struggle.

At the start, both men had gritted their teeth. But at this moment, Sugawara Keisuke's jaw had loosened slightly.

He still held fast to his conviction that he would die fighting, with no thought of retreat. But his view of Wang Anyi had begun to waver.

This was an opponent he'd thought he could finish with a single stroke. Yet in a real fight, he could barely make him budge.

Sugawara Keisuke had been fresh while Wang Anyi was exhausted, and yet they'd fought to this point?

He'd even resorted to a few underhanded tricks, but Wang Anyi still hadn't fallen.

But how was that possible?

Wang Anyi was so exhausted he could barely lift his arms. Sugawara Keisuke could even hear him gasping, his lungs wheezing like a broken accordion.

When you fight an enemy with the resolve to die, only to discover that your enemy fears death even less than you