Translator: Reflet
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Editor: ryunakama
At last, they reached the building at the back alleyway of the business district . As soon as he got out of the van, Enya walked briskly to the entrance .
“The hell are–ugyahh!”
Taiyou heard a scream . Enya must have attacked someone .
“Now then–”
“Let’s go, Taiyou . ”
Akiha was even more ready than Taiyou was, pulling him by the arm as soon as he got out to the vehicle .
“Well aren’t you the eager one . ”
“Cause it’s fantastic man!”
“Is it now?”
They entered the building together, noticing the bodies of yakuza lying down along the way like signposts .
“Wow, no mercy . ”
The fallen men on the ground groaned as blood flowed from their bodies . Enya must have cut and stabbed them .
“Should we finish them off to be sure?”
“Yeesh, you’re pretty brutal in your own way . ”
“Young man, if you let your enemy live, they may very well come back to hurt your loved ones . ”
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Akiha said in a dramatic voice .
“The heck was that from?”
“Got it from Hera . Did it come from something?”
“You really understand her, I see . ”
Taiyou grinned .
Sure, she probably got it slightly off memory-wise, but that was definitely the sort of phrasing that Hera would come up with . Plus this was a very appropriate situation to bring it up .
Contemplating it a moment, Taiyou went up to each of the men and struck their vital points, knocking them out . It wouldn’t have been necessary if it were just him and Enya, but right now Akiha was here too . He didn’t think of her as being anything close to a weak girl, but he didn’t see her as much of a fighter either . It was best to do this .
“Uhh, like this! I guess…”
“What are you doing?”
“Just doing what Taiyou would do! Knockin’ their skulls off . ”
“Guhagh…”
The man she had hit groaned, clearly in pain . She hadn’t quite knocked him unconscious, so he was probably in even more pain now .
“Nah, this is how you do it . ”
“What?”
Taiyou taught Akiha how to do it properly . After some practice, she finally got the hang of it . All of a sudden she was now a master in hitting vital points .
“Yo, can you do that one thing?”
“What thing?”
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“The thing where you chop their neck . ”
“Well yeah, sure…”
“Teach me that too!”
“A bit later . ”
“Ehhh, why?”
“That’s because you have to first be able to either move really fast or move backward . No point just teaching you the angle and location of the karate chop, right?”
“Ah, you do have a point . ”
Akiha easily gave in .
This was a type of building that Taiyou had experienced numerous times: extravagantly long hallways, no windows . It was especially made to slow down attackers .
They advanced together up the stairs, attempting to stay a certain distance away from the screams and sounds of battle . Of course he didn’t want to expose Akiha to danger .
“Hey Taiyou, can’t we go faster? They’ll all be defeated at this rate, y’know . ”
“Enysan wants to deal with them alone . He has a reputation to uphold, so we’d best leave it to him . ”
Taiyou simply thought that if Enya was fine by himself then there was no need to try and assist .
“But then you won’t be able to shine . ”
“True . ”
“Hey, c’mon, let’s go . Just a little bit won’t hurt . ”
“Were you even listening to what I—watch out!”
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Suddenly, one man jumped up and assailed Akiha .
“Yaah!”
Faster than Taiyou could respond, Akiha had grabbed the man’s head, slamming him into the wall . She didn’t have all that much power or speed in the motion, but her reaction was simply amazing .
“…”
“What?”
“Wow, you’re amazing . ”
“That’s cause I did lots of studying . ”
“Studying?”
“Ah-”
Akiha covered her mouth . Apparently, she had said something that she hadn’t meant to .
“What kind of studying, hm?”
“Mm, ah, who even cares . ”
Akiha made a slight grimace and answered .
“I just had someone teach me skills that I could use to protect myself . ”
“Self-defense, right?”
“It’s a bit different, though . But anyhow, lots of different stuff . ”
“…Wow, I’m surprised . ”
“Huh?”
“At first I thought you just had a passing interest in all this, but just now…I could tell that you had rehearsed that movement very well . I didn’t think of you as that type of person so I was surprised . ”
“What did you think I was?”
“Mm, a natural-born genius?”
“The heck is that?”
“Overcoming all challenges in your path with emotion, talent, and going with the flow . ”
“That’s horrible, haha . ”
Akiha cackled despite saying that . She didn’t seem to be fazed in the slightest .
“Well, I also have something I’m aiming for . ”
“Such as?”
“You wanna know?”
“Sure do . ”
Taiyou nodded, simply interested in the reason why she had put effort into this sort of thing .
“You may have forgotten, but I like Aoba . ”
“I haven’t though . ”
Taiyou said .
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