40 Reverse London 2 (1/2)

”Yoruichi-Sama!!!”

Soi Fon tried running after Yoruichi but was interrupted as a shadow engulfed her.

* Bang *

It was Itsuki's gigai landing on top of her. Since it was abrupt, she didn't have time to react and was pushed onto the ground due to its weight. Regaining her bearings, she noticed a weight pressing down and the Gigai's face incomparable close to her.

'So Close'

Her faced suddenly flushed as she heard a cold voice interrupt her thoughts.

”Hentai”

She looked towards Itsuki only to see a disgusted look directed at her deepening her embarrassment as she hurriedly tried to get up. Some of the Onmitsukido members ignored this interaction and went to help Soi Fon.

'''We didn't hear anything'''

”Niihashi Noel, lead the way”

Itsuki ignored helping Soi Fon and turned towards Noel bringing her out of her thoughts. For some reason, Itsuki found some sort of pleasure in teasing Soi Fon. These weren't due to him having romantic feelings for her but she, in all fairness, did make for an easy target for someone to tease. It was similar to how you would irritate your little siblings. Now we know where Ryurai gets her personality from.

'Siblings, huh?'

This thought irritated Itsuki for some reason and an unpleasant feeling welled up in his chest. Itsuki was quite contradicted with what to do, on one hand there was Rangiku, a gentle girl who liked Itsuki back. On the other hand, there was a sense of loss, as if he wanted more. He never knew what to make of this feeling, indecisiveness filled his heart. It seemed like his past life's lack of interaction with the opposite gender while being a part otaku had come back to haunt him. Interacting with Rangiku may have helped Itsuki increase his confidence, but those deeply ingrained roots were hard to change. No matter who he was now or how cool he looked, it would be difficult for him to change his core personality, even with the changes brought from the mystic eyes. His mental abilities were also proving to be useless in this situation.

It wasn't a simple set of calculations or a new life new me situation.

'Seriously, killing is much more easier'

This thought shocked Itsuki, and a wry smile appeared on his face. It seemed his core personality was changing, but not in the way he hoped. The concept of death and slaughter felt familial as if he belonged to it, was moulded by it. This did however bring in a sense of decisiveness as he looked for a solution, before coming across a common saying

'Time will tell'

Everyone was occupied in helping SSWB, so no one saw Itsuki's subtle changes in expression. The unpleasant feeling didn't digress fully as he got irritated.

”Too slow”

The innocent Noel, who was riding a small dragon meant for the transport of witches, was suddenly lifted. Holding her in a princess carry Itsuki pushed his speed to his maximum and made a beeline towards the direction where the explosion occurred.

”eh?! eeeehhhhhh?!”

Noel couldn't process what was happening as her surroundings started to blur.

”Tch, showing off”

Soi Fon, now recovered, also increased her speed to catch up to Itsuki with the Onmitsukido members following suit. However, they failed to do so as Soi Fon started to lose ground against him.

This only meant one thing, Itsuki's Shunpo was superior to hers. Although she could tell that Itsuki was still inferior to her goddess, it was still superior to hers. This lit a fighting spirit within her as she refused to be outdone and pushed herself,

'I must not lose to him!'

Ninii was surprised by the turn of events as she brought up her speed while screaming

”Wait for me!!”

Noel didn't feel too well with the sudden change of speed and before she knew it, they were facing a dark dragon. It looked similar to what Itsuki encountered in the Rukongai but only larger.

The dragons roared with an expression saying, 'You shall not pass'. Itsuki felt amused by the look as he remembered a certain someone saying those lines. Noel, however, was beyond terrified as it was her first time encountering such a large dragon. Still terrified, she felt a push and a gust that forced her to close her eyes. Opening them, she noticed that the clouds looked especially large in Reverse London and were continuously growing.

'Eh?! Growing? Wait not growing, they feel like they're getting closer? They're not getting closer, I am?!!'