56 Night Parade of One Hundred Oni Every Four Days Part 6 ? (1/2)
AN: Its 3k words again.
-Evening, Random clearing of the Forest-
-My POV-
Despite my tired feeling, I start searching for certain someone that throws the knife, and I found her.
She's leaning her back behind the tree while closing her eyes and crossing her arms. That someone is Sakuya.
”Isn't it quite rude to greet someone by throwing a knife at them?” I asked as I throw the knife back at her, and yes, the knife that she thrown is a real knife, not the Danmaku one.
She smoothly catches the knife back and make it disappeared by flipping it on her hand.
”Show off.” I said.
My remark got me a small smile from Sakuya. ”Back to business.” she opened her eyes and her face goes back to serious again. ”By the order of my Mistress, I'm investigating the incident that has been occurred right now, the strange feast incident.”
”Hou~” They already named the incident.
”For some reason, every four days people will gather at certain area to start a feast, it doesn't matter if you like it or not because you'll think that you need to go to the feast no matter what. From the list of suspects that I have, you are one of the most suspicious individual.”
I raised one of my eyebrows.
”When an unexplainable happened, you must look at the biggest possible culprit in the scene but then I spotted you with them, you were sitting with the Gap Youkai in the recent feast.”
”...” I stay silent.
When I arrived at the feast location yesterday, a Gap that's leading to Yukari's spot was opened up in front of us. I guess they saw what happened.
'…Is this planned by Yukari? Is Yukari preparing me further for my confrontation with Suika? Or was it all just coincidence? Its Yukari after all, anything could happen, everything could be her fault if you trace everything to where it comes from. …Wait, if that's really a sample of Yukari's calculative thinking, then was Yuyuko also make a plan to confirmed her suspicion while also obtaining large amount of food?! …Dude, I don't know if I'm over thinking or not with high IQ people.' I thought.
”Then I'll ask you now, are you behind this incident?”
”No.” I immediately answer.
”I see, so you really are the one behind it.”
”…Wait, what?”
”I don't need any more explanation about the incident, it probably will stop once I kill you.” she summons her Danmaku knife between all of her fingers.
”W-wait, wait a moment, 'kill' me?!” I hurriedly take out my Light Jewel.
”Prepare yourself!” She throws her knifes.
”O-OI!” I deflect them all with my Light Saber.
Sakuya's figure disappeared and then a lot of knifes suddenly appear and coming from all direction.
”Tch.” I surround myself momentarily with a barrier to block all the knives. I know I could just use my Vector Change, but that's cheating. I feel that I'm insulting their technique, their effort that they put out to c create their very own technique.
Sakuya appeared in front of me and then she throws another set of knifes.
I deflect the one in front of me again. ”This is because of 'that', right?! Your embarrassing story!” I place the Light Saber behind my head to block the knife that I sense coming from behind me.
Silver Sign ”Silver Bound”
A handful of Danmaku knifes appeared in Sakuya's hands, and they all are emitting a blue light around each of them.
Sakuya throw them all. Not at me, but to my surrounding. Of course, since its Sakuya, she didn't throw her knife without any meaning, so when the knives hit something, they immediately bounced to my position. All of the bounced knifes are coming from weird angle, but thankfully they come to me in orderly fashion.
Thought Acceleration
'That's the 1st knife that'll reach me, that's the 2nd knife, 3rd knife, both of those are 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th,8th,…'
By calculating the knife speed and distance, and use of Thought Acceleration, I easily repelled and dodge every one of them.
”Just because I knew about your embarrassing past, it doesn't mean you have to kill me! ” I said to Sakuya.
But she ignored me and continuing what she's doing, which is killing me.
Speed Sign ”Luminous Ricochet”
Instead of multiple knifes that appeared, now only a single knife that come out and starts shining, and I've a feeling that one knife is gonna be more deadly than the other.
”?!”
Soundlessly many knifes suddenly appear around me again, they're not flying toward me, but instead they all just staying still in the air, surrounding me from all direction and all possible angle.
'…Hmm, I feel like I've seen this before, isn't this her finishing move in 'DIO VS Sakuya' video…shit.'
”Be gone!” Sakuya shouted as she throws the glowing knife.
”You really want me dead aren't you?!”
Thought Acceleration
Since I don't think I could deflect the knife, I opted to go full dodge mode.
I move my waist to dodge the knife, the knife got reflected back by the frozen knife in the air, I did a spin to dodge it, it comes back again, I did a small hop to the side, it comes back again, with Vector Change I forcefully change the direction of my body going, it comes back again, I did a somersault on the spot, it comes back again...
…
You knew that old meme, the ”geddan move” or ”get down move” meme, yeah, you can just imagine what I'm doing can be considered to be the live action of that meme.
”Argh! I don't know if I got hit with something or I pulled something just now!” I complain while still dodging the glowing knife.
”…Disgusting.” said Sakuya coldly.
”Oi! At least praise me while I dodge the impossible!”
”…Your movement is like a dying cockroach.”
”She actually did the opposite!”
After I ”dance” for a full minute, all the knives are dropped on to the ground, and I also dropped on the ground. I did an ”orz” pose.
”…I think I just trade all of my dignity to dodge that one.” I gloomily said.
”Really? I don't think you have one in the first place.” Sakuya quipped.
I look at her with tired expression.
'I don't even have the willpower to banter with her anymore.' I thought.
I start standing up from the ground.
”I really I'm not the one behind this incident you know.” I said to Sakuya as she prepared another handful of Danmaku knife. ”In the first place, why do I want to gather everyone to have a feast? Please think about it, what benefit do I get by creating this incident?”
She didn't answer, she just readying her weapon, not attacking with it yet, I guess she's thinking.
”I got nothing. The reason as to why I'm there yesterday was to apologized to one of them. Please believe me.” I continue.
”…I understand.” She said calmly.
”Thank goodness, but, why…” I'm curious as to why even thought she said that word, she still didn't put her knives down.
”I did understand what you were saying, and it did make sense, but just to be safe, I'll have to put you down.” she said without change of expression.
”So talking was useless after all!!” I start readying myself again to anticipate the upcoming knives.
Just as we're about to restart our fight, something suddenly comes down from the sky between the two of us.
It has wings, it has red eyes, it has blue hair, and it has a smug expression plastered all over its face.
It's Remilia.
Sakuya make the knives in her hands disappeared before teleporting to Remilia side. She done all that action smoothly in a hearth beat.
”I'm the strongest!” shouted Remilia out of nowhere.
”Yes, you are indeed the strongest, my Mistress.” followed Sakuya as she act like a perfect maid beside Remilia.
I blink.
My brain needs a second to process what just happened. I also start rubbing my eyes and reconfirm that the one who said that line is indeed Remilia and not Cirno in disguise.
”You're just gonna rolled with it?! You're not even gonna ask why she unexpectedly appeared and said that kind of line?!” I asked Sakuya.
”Of course, I'll absolutely trust and support every decision that my Mistress makes.” said Sakuya confidently.
”I'm the Strongest!” shouted Remilia again.
…Let's just deal with the abnormal one first.
”If I may ask, why are you suddenly proclaim yourself to being the strongest?” I ask Remilia.
”Fufu, it's because I'm taking interest in solving this incident myself. I heard that only the strongest individual have the qualification to solve an incident! So I'm here declaring to everyone that I'm the strongest one of you all!” said Remilia proudly.
”Ah, I see.” I nod understandingly. ”So, where did you hear that kind of information?” I asked.
”The Gap Youkai told me about it.” said Remilia nonchalantly.
…
'…Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??? Question mark everywhereeeeeeeeeee. Is this bullying? I know that Remilia will eventually move just like in the original timeline, but still, is Yukari actively bullying me right now?' I thought.
”Of course, I knew that only declaring oneself to be the strongest is useless, so I decided to beat them all up too.”
”And you believe to what Yukari-san said?”
”Honestly, I don't care. I merely thinking that this is an opportunity to show everyone that I'm stronger than them, and since I also want the incident to stop, I might as well took the opportunity to do it all in one swoop.”
”I see, but what about your last fight with Reimu? Aren't you lost to her back then?”
”She won because I let her, soon we will have a rematch and the result will be different.”
”…I see. Good luck then. So what are you gonna do now? ”
”Of course, it's beating all the people and proof that I'm the strongest, including you. Sakuya!”
”Affirmative, my Mistress.” said Sakuya as she prepare to fight again.
I look between the Maid and the Vampire.
”…You want to fight me? Sure, I already predict it based on what you were saying, but 2 VS 1?” I said with irritated expression.
”Sakuya is one of my weapons. I see nothing wrong using my weapon in a battle.” Remilia said with a smug smile.
'…This Loli Vampire…'