Chapter 134 - #133 Escaping 2 (1/2)

”And I was already about to deny you being my daughter but only my daughter would be able to succeed in attacking me despite me knowing about that bait. I have made a very dangerous ȧssassin out of you, Akame” Gozuki said with a proud smile while looking at Akame who was ready to attack at any time.

”However...you can't win against me! Not as long as I have this blade with me!” Gozuki said and his entire arm extended itself and started acting as a whip while holding Murasame in hand.

Gozuki performed overhead slash at Akame from great distance.

'...I better dodge it instead of blocking it, the momentum is too great when his entire arm is acting as a whip.' Akame looked up and thought before she jumped to the side narrowly dodging his attack. His unsuccessful attack caused a cloud of smoke to rise up.

And before Akame was able to regain her footing, she was hit by his foot that came from the cloud of dust.

”Gah!” *Thud* Akame ġrȯȧnėd and was blown to one of many trees.

'Confronting him at the open field is too dangerous, not to mention his weapon can kill me in just one scratch. I have to be extra careful around that weapon which means that I don't have enough energy to focus on his troublesome body manipulation.' Akame thought with a pained expression while getting up and holding the area under her ribs.

”You blocked it wonderfully, I meant to break your ribs but you were able to shift your body to evade it despite having so little time to respond...” Gozuki praised Akame with a smile, he was now really regretting the fact that he has to kill her because she could grow up to be the best ȧssassin in the entire Empire.

Akame didn't say anything while looking straight at Gozuki for a few moments before she suddenly jumped at the branch of the tree she just hit and turned around to run inside the forest.

'Trying to run away? She is good, if I lose her now, I won't have any other chance to find her!' Gozuki thought with narrowed dull eyes before he hurriedly jumped after her, his speed was even greater than Akame's speed but she still started first.

'I know this area very well thanks to performing exterminating missions here. She won't run away from me!' Gozuki thought while following slightly swaying branches as if someone just jumped from them.

However, when he was chasing after Akame, the next turn he made he suddenly saw Akame with her knees and upper body bent down lower to the ground.

”?!” Gozuki eyes widened the moment Akame burst forward with all her might while slashing her katana at him.

”HAAA!” Akame shouted while putting all her strength into this attack.

'Shit! I can't stop and she is in an advantageous position!' Gozuki thought and could only put his weapon in front of him to slow down Akame's attack and reduce its strength.

*Clang!* *Splash* The moment two katanas met each other, Akame's katana repelled the other one to the side while sustaining a little crack on it but she was successful in injuring Gozuki once again and this time it was much deeper than the previous wound.

After the attack, both passed each other in the air but Gozuki used this chance to snap his head behind. He opened his mouth and his tongue extended, aiming to skewer Akame in the air.

”Tch!” She noticed his attack and couldn't do anything else other than completely twisting her body to dodge his attack. She was successful but she still completely lost balance and her body hit the tree with full force before she started falling down and hitting branches in the process. When she has finally dropped on the ground, she quickly rolled away from Gozuki and stood up with a pained expression and blood coming out of her nose and corners of her mouth.

Gozuki's state wasn't any better, in truth, he was much worse than Akame. He already sustained 2 relatively deep cuts on his body that will never ever heal and he can only stop bleeding with the support of bandages. Despite Akame's Kiriichimonji being only Shingu and it has no right to be called Teigu, it is still very dangerous weapon and practically a dream of any swordsman. Having a weapon that can inflict unhealable wounds is still wonderful ability in itself.

Therefore, even if Gozuki lives through this battle and he will stop bleeding with the help of bandages, if he performs any highly strenuous movements, his bleeding won't be stopped even by those bandages. Maybe there is a way to stop bleeding by completely sealing the wound with something, however, that would make his entire body-manipulating skills useless, at least in the areas where his wounds are. And burning the wound itself doesn't help much since it is a solution only for a short while.

Akame slowly approached Gozuki who was sitting and leaning against the tree while holding the area under her ribs with one hand.