"Leave it to me!"
Yukimura Rin immediately raised her hand, sending several fine wind blades precisely toward Shouya's eyes. She did not seek to injure him, only to disrupt his vision.
Shouya casually waved a hand, unleashing a surge of Chakra that easily shattered every wind blade. His tone was scornful.
"Trivial tricks."
But in that instant of delay, Kawaki Aoba suddenly lowered his body, abandoning all defense as he poured every last bit of Chakra into his legs. He burst forward at extreme speed, launching a fierce assault toward Shouya's blind spot!
"Speed?"
Shouya's expression shifted slightly. He had not expected this brat, driven into a corner, to erupt with such speed. A trace of surprise rose in his heart. "That is somewhat beyond my expectations."
He instantly discarded his contempt. With a twist of his wrist, the thunder-light short blade roared with lightning as he slashed backhandedly at Aoba.
The slash was incredibly fast. Lightning flashed, sealing off every route Aoba could use to evade.
Kawaki Aoba's pupils constricted sharply. There was nowhere to dodge!
"Aoba!"
Two anxious cries rang out at once.
But Kawaki Aoba did not retreat in the slightest. Instead, his gaze grew even firmer as he thrust his kunai forward with all his strength, meeting the blade head-on in a trade of injuries!
"You dare trade injury for injury?"
A flicker of surprise crossed Shouya's eyes, followed by even stronger killing intent. "If you want a quick death, I'll grant it to you!"
The short blade did not slow, still stabbing straight for Aoba's chest without any sign of withdrawing.
Just as the blade was about to touch Aoba's collar, a dazzling red light suddenly erupted from the sky beyond the forest!
The blazing glow of the sunset pierced through the thick smoke between