"You're quite strong! But that alone won't do." Even though her attack had been blocked, the red-haired girl showed no panic. She merely smiled casually and tugged back on the scythe Fate had pinned down, sweeping its blade toward the back of his neck.
That was why scythes were best for cutting off heads, right?
Letting out a breath, Fate reached back and grabbed the massive scythe. With his other hand, he swung his sword. Though the red-haired girl's attack had looked exceptionally fierce, she had shown no killing intent, so Fate held back as well. The transparent longsword struck toward her waist with the flat of its blade.
Then Fate's attack missed. The red-haired girl had once again, bizarrely, widened the distance between them—and even slipped free of the scythe Fate had been gripping tightly.
What kind of ability was that? A spatial type? It didn't seem like it at all.
But even if she could bizarrely alter the distance between them, Fate had nothing to worry about. It wasn't as though he was some short-legged warrior... It wasn't like he lacked ranged attacks. If he went all out, using a Gap for an ultra-long-range strike would be perfectly fine.
Fate scattered more than a dozen High-Energy Crystals. The transparent longsword in his hand swiftly swept across them. It was as if every High-Energy Crystal had been cut into by the transparent blade, lodging themselves along its length. Then, the crystals' colors rapidly faded, turning transparent.
The transparent sword's blade turned blue, and that blue soon faded as well due to "disappearing."
"Oh? What are you doing?"
Onozuka Komachi could not make heads or tails of Fate's superfluous action. Some special technique? Other than briefly exposing his weapon, what could it possibly accomplish?
"Charging up for a big move,