Rudeus took a deep breath, trying to put up one last struggle.
"Listen to me. The Azure Death God has blue eyes, he's tall and handsome, and his smile makes you want to punch him..."
"Say no more!"
"I came here specifically to pit myself against you!"
"My sword sings only for the strong!"
"Come, Azure Death God! Let us settle who is superior!"
Alexander's eyes brimmed with fighting spirit when he heard that a young powerhouse with plenty of signature quotes had suddenly appeared on the Demon Continent.
Things like "Count up your sins!", "You're the challenger!", "You're holding your head too high!", and "In the 41 seconds before Purple activates..."
Something strange seemed to have slipped in there, but that wasn't important!
What mattered was that, when Alexander heard those lines, he actually thought he had found his long-lost brother!
That resonance of souls, that shared vibration of their inner edgelords, left him so excited he hadn't slept all night!
His soaring spirits back then and his look of yearning for those quotes all spoke of his desire to meet the Azure Death God.
Rudeus looked at the stubborn teenage edgelord before him, then at the passersby backing away for fear of getting caught up in things. A deep despair welled up inside him.
He shouldn't have gone out today.
No, he shouldn't have ignored Hitogami today.
Hitogami, you win!
"Can we not fight?"
"No!"
Faced with that categorical refusal, Rudeus had no options left. He knew he couldn't avoid this fight.
Rudeus's eyes darted as a plan came to him. With a new idea in mind, Rudeus the duel scheduler got to work.
"Then how about we set a time? Two days from now?"
"You showed up out of nowhere, and I haven't prepared anything. You wouldn't