Chapter 398: Successive Sortie (1/2)

A spacious room.

It was a square shape the size of a baseball field, its ceiling the height of a regular building.

It was covered by strange, pure-white materials.

It closely resembled the space that Taiyou had been trapped in, but it was even more spacious than that one.

That was where Taiyou and Ruri were facing each other.

Taiyou was wearing casual clothes with a jacket coordinating with his brides, while Ruri looked the same as she did when they first met, with a black-laced dress and holding her beloved sword, ‘Heaven Reversal’.

“We’re gonna do this for real, then?”

Taiyou asked, and then he heard a voice from the ceiling.

“Yes, please fight with all your strength if you can.”

He heard Sakura’s voice.

He heard her loud and clear despite the fact that there were no speakers, which was the same as last time. Taiyou felt nostalgic and a little weird at the same time.

“The byproduct of Blood Soul. This material absorbs the blood and soul from a heated clash and changes its properties. That’s what we found through our research.”

“And for some reason it shifts into something that Hera can touch.”

“Exactly.”

“But wouldn’t Hera end up going berserk again?”

“This time we’re using it in order to allow her to wear other clothing, right? It isn’t a weapon in this case, so if she does rampage then all we need do is stop her.”

“Yes, exactly.”

This time Youran’s voice came through the ceiling.

“C’mon, we can easily stop her if she goes out of control. Just zap her clothes off.”

“T-That sounds like a criminal offense…”

Aoba’s voice came through too.

There were also other people Taiyou heard breathing on the other side.

Apparently all his brides were there.

“Welp, I guess that’s true.”

Taiyou nodded after some thinking.

Logic dictated that this was the best course of action, even if some risk accompanied it.

“It’s fine…even if that somehow happens…”

Ruri opened her mouth in front of him.

“I’ll strip her…and hand her to you, Darling.”

“No, no, you don’t need to hand her to me.”

He waved his hands in a karate chop motion.

“Now, let’s begin.”

The minute he said that, everyone in the vicinity felt bloodlust.

“Freestyle. ‘Heaven Reversal’, come forth.”

A cool voice accompanied by an ancient name.

The next moment, Ruri disappeared with a poof.

Taiyou dealt with this calmly. He was accustomed to her moving at high speeds from the outset in order to strike his blind spots.

“I see you!”

Taiyou spun around with a backhand.

His fists ripped through the air with a roar, revealing Ruri.

Right before he hit her, she had taken a step back, dodging with the skin of her teeth.

“Sun Flare.”

Cold air assailed the tip of his nose, enveloping his face.

A thrust of pure light.

Taiyou reacted instinctively with his fist.

Bam!

They sliced through the air with a force enough to distort the environment.

After their head-on clash, would you believe it—-Ruri took a step back.

Pushed back for once, Ruri had a look of surprise on her face.

Taiyou clenched his fists, taking in a breath and narrowing his eyes.

He sharpened his senses, and the already-bare room further lost its scenery.

He swooped down on Ruri, pulling back his fist like a bow on a bow string and releasing it.

Ruri dodged. Anticipating her dodge, Taiyou had already moved ahead of her and unleashed a deadly attack.

The sound of air being ripped apart echoed again, and this time Ruri leaped backward.

“Serious…mode?”

“Yeah, pretty much.”

Taiyou answered.

Ruri nodded, narrowing her eyes as well.