The flash of the blade swept through the air, followed by a startled "Huh?"
The attacker seemed not to have expected Tetsu no Sosuke to dodge under these circumstances.
But he did not pause. He sprang forward, his blade slashing and chopping in a dazzling flurry.
Tetsu no Sosuke frowned. He ducked and dodged, occasionally flicking the blade aside with a fingertip.
Once he had seen through every move, he caught the back of the blade between two fingers and stared coldly at his attacker. "Human?"
They had exchanged several flurries of blows beneath the sunlight.
Yet the attacker had not been destroyed by it. If he was not human, that meant Kibutsuji Muzan had eliminated all his own weaknesses.
But judging by his breathing, his movements, and the obvious toll the fight was taking on him, he was definitely human.
What Tetsu no Sosuke could not understand was why a human would attack him here.
The man fought with savage, bloody strikes, his every move steeped in bloodlust.
And yet... as long as he was human and wielded a blade, he posed no threat to Tetsu no Sosuke.
Tetsu no Sosuke held the back of the blade between two fingers as firmly as if it were locked in an iron vise.
No matter how the man struggled, he could not pull it free!
After trying for a while, the man suddenly smiled. "You're strong."
With that, he pulled a short knife from his waist and stabbed viciously at Tetsu no Sosuke's stomach.
Tetsu no Sosuke did not flinch. He snapped a leg up and kicked the short knife away, then released the man's blade. Stepping forward, he seized the man by the head, lunged, and slammed him into the nearby wall like a rag doll.
Thud!
Blood poured from