Nighttime neon colors everywhere shone down on the city street as two figures walked slowly by. Because of their attire, passersby often cast a glance at them. Cosplay had been very popular lately. Because of this, they didn’t seem particularly strange. Several times young girls came to them for photos but were turned down.
“So, are we close yet?” asked one of the figures. He wore colorful clothes, jeans, and a jacket in several colors with a sword around his waist. But because of their outfit, you’d think it was just part of a cosplay. His hair was indigo, while his eyes were covered by futuristic square glasses. He turned his head toward his companion who was doing some operations on her phone.
Unlike him, the other party was dressed all in pink – a pink T-shirt and jeans. The phone in her hand was also pink. Adding to that was her pink hair and eyes as well. Her adorable face puffed up, and then she lifted her head from her phone, turning her gaze to her partner. Her cheeks puffed up before she spoke. “Stop saying the same thing, you idiot. I told you when we get there I’d tell you.” Immediately after that, she returned her gaze to her phone, and the other side stood dumbly sullen. He didn’t like being told he was an idiot, but at the same time, he couldn’t be angry with her. Taking a deep breath in and out with an extremely annoyed face, he stopped and sat down on the ground. Resting one elbow on his knee and supporting his jaw with a clenched fist, he pouted, “No, I won’t go unless you tell me how far we have to go. I’m dying of boredom!” He shouted the last part though he did not change his posture.
The girl looked at him again, a swollen vein clearly visible on her forehead. Lately, this dude hadn’t been shouting and running back and forth, which made her annoyed. She really liked to piss people off on purpose, but this man seemed to have learned to resist it. In other words, he began to develop antibodies to her antics. With a click of her tongue, her gaze went back to her phone. It showed a map very similar to the street in this area. According to some reports, the intruder who had been in town lately without supervision was in the area. But their scouting was having trouble finding traces of the other party. And so they had to check one place after another, where the target of the surveillance might have been. Although they were on a mission, they also had to take care of the demons found nearby.
As soon as she focused on the map on her phone, suddenly she and her partner flinched simultaneously. In the next moment, a terrifying sense of oppression fell over them. Not even a second later, there was a rumbling sound and tremor not far from them, the point of origin some 300 meters away.
They both looked into each other’s eyes, their looks immediately serious. The man jumped up from his seat, and together with the girl, they ran towards the rumble. While on the move, the girl tapped her phone and then held it to her ear.
“Probable target location found, asking for support. We sensed high mana levels and heard a loud explosion, most likely the effects of magic.”
“Understood.” A voice came over the phone and then the call was over.
It took them only a few seconds to accelerate and jump from the street to the streetlight and from the streetlight to the buildings. They were both nimble and fast. A few seconds later, they arrived at the scene. It was a fairly secluded street, with a two-story house at the end. But the scene was quite frightening. There was a huge crevice in the street, half a meter wide, and its length stretched from the beginning of the street to the end. In addition to this, there was destruction all along the street. And the worst damage was to the two-story house, as half of the house looked like it literally disappeared.
The two stood on the roof of the building and looked at the place with dumb shock. Then they looked at each other again, the girl raising her phone again while simultaneously giving her partner a sign with her hand. They continued to back away, a connection sound was heard, after which the girl spoke.
“Presumed situation level Yellow!”
====FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLIER==== Aria watched the flying bullet without changing her expression, as she was often subjected to such quick attacks. Such a weak firearm wouldn’t do her any harm. Her movements seemed slow, but before the bullet hit her, she raised a thin katana in front of her, splitting the bullet in two. Focusing all her attention on the girl, she waited to see what the other side would do.
Seeing that the surprise attack failed, the other side tilted her head to the side. Aria read a slight doubt in her eyes. But she came to her senses immediately, and again–like before, Aria didn’t understand how–another gun appeared in the girl’s other hand, followed by a pause for moments before the strange girl began furiously pulling the trigger of both guns.
The furious fire from the two pistols continued, but as before, it was too easy for Aria. Realizing that the girl had no intention of using her personal strength to fight, Aria’s figure swung to the side, slashing several bullets as she dashed forward.
Manipulating her speed with her mana, she ran swiftly waving her katana. From the other side’s vantage point, she accelerated sharply in her direction. The girl also understood Arya’s movements and hid one of her pistols. Her movements were quick too but not faster than Aria’s. She had to quickly bend her waist to the side relying on her martial intuition.
The tip of the katana almost hit her, but at the same time, a smirk appeared on the strange girl’s face. Her waist curved to the point of overdoing it, allowing her arms to touch the ground. Then, leaning on it, her legs began to rotate toward Arya. It was something akin to dancing.
Taking a step to the side, Arya easily avoided such an attack. But before she could make a move, a black muzzle was already pointed where she had dodged. The exhaust violently pushed the bullet where the muzzle was aimed, with a whistle, the bullet widened in her beautiful blue eyes. Two pairs of eyes watched the bullet, and the world around them seemed to slow down, allowing her to see clearly what was happening.
Before Aria could think, her instincts made her body curve backward. But both pairs of eyes were focused on each other the whole time. One side showed a smirk, the other unemotional with hidden hope.
As the bullet continued to fly, creating shock waves, Aria kept this pose and pushed her foot against the ground, causing her to spin. The strange girl did not have time to get to her feet because of her position. She only had time to stop supporting herself, fall to the ground, and block with two hands in the air. With the next moment came a great force and a sharp pain in her arms.
Her body gained tremendous momentum, being thrown toward the wall. The wall was pretty solid, but the force was probably greater, making a rumbling sound before the strange girl disappeared from Aria’s view. Moments later, there was the sound of a collision with the ground outside.
Keeping her expression intact, Arya walked step by step toward the open part of the wall. Her figure appeared in the broken wall, the bright moonlight falling on her, covering the top of her face, making everything ominous. Her blue eyes glowed in the darkness as she stared at the figure standing outside under the streetlights. There was some doubt in Aria’s eyes as, for somehow, the other party had changed their attire.
Now, though the top was still the same black clothes, the underside was a black skirt. A red glove also appeared in her hand. In addition to this, she could clearly see how the girl’s eyes had some hint of madness in them, and mana with a subtle violet hue was floating around her. It was clearly different than before, a smirk still playing on her face. But in Aria’s opinion, the smirk had become more manic.
There was no time to dwell on this, so she stopped paying attention and tensed her legs slightly. Mana began to flow through her body before she jumped several feet upward, leaving cracks in the floor behind her. Her figure obscured the moon, making it appear as if it were a shadow before rushing down towards the strange girl, holding her katana.
As Aria rushed towards her, the other side also braced herself, pointing her pistol at her at the same time. At first, Aria thought that the girl wanted to use the gun once more, but for a moment, she felt threatened and looked at the gun more closely. There was clearly a slight mana disturbance on the gun, which caused her to narrow her eyes and get ready.
This time the place rumbled, a distinctive sound as if one piece of metal had struck another. In the next instant, Aria saw a violet glow fly out of the gun’s muzzle. While in the air, she swung her katana without hesitation. But unlike before, there was a glow on the katana. The clot of energy was quite fast, but still not enough to stop her.
As she landed, she saw the strange girl put the gun away. On an afterthought, she assumed that the magical object could not be used consistently. Continuing to manipulate her mana, Aria rushed toward the girl quickly. All the while, she was gradually increasing her power so that the other side would show what she was capable of at her maximum.
However, every time the other side pulled ordinary items out of nowhere, and now magic items. This was starting to annoy her more and more. At this point, she just wanted to destroy it all so the girl would start fighting with her fists. Although, in her mind, it was probably the girl’s sword that the girl was hiding too, and Aria also realized that for the other side to start fighting all the way to the end, she needed to increase the load.
Due to this, she began to use more strength, and her speed increased again. This time she reached the girl very quickly. Under Aria’s gaze, the girl seemed to finally understand what she wanted and put the gun away.
Reaching for the other party quickly, Aria deliberately slowed down a bit and swung, giving the girl a chance to dodge. Just as Aria intended it to happen, the girl arched her waist and dodged. Afterward, she saw that the girl finally had a katana in her hands.
The other side swung at her, and Aria instinctively went to block the katana. Which was a huge mistake. Under her enhanced gaze, the other side’s katana didn’t stop. On impact, her katana was torn in half like a flimsy sheet of plain paper. From the acceleration of her mana-influenced reflexes, she saw very clearly how the other side’s katana went right through her katana. There wasn’t anything resembling a collision or resistance. Her mana furiously began to fill her entire body, forcing her to accelerate even more. She turned to one side, avoiding the unreasonable katana.
But because of the whole situation, her initial advantage was slightly disrupted. She didn’t have time to react when the other side finished swinging her katana and lifted one of her legs. In a standard stance, the other side’s leg swung toward her face. She only noticed it after the foot was already a few centimeters from her face.
Even if it was late, she could have easily dodged it because of the mana. Such thoughts swirled in her mind until, without understanding why, her gaze went to her opponent’s skirt.
Before her eyes revealed a black underbelly with a clear outline tracing the strange girl’s delicate secrets. For moments, her mind went blank, and then a violent jolt caused her head to turn to the side. It was also followed by a burning heat on her face.
At this point, she didn’t understand what was going on, why she was looking at such a place. Her thoughts were spinning very quickly, and at the same time, she was confused. But the other side didn’t give her a chance to come to her senses. Letting go of one leg, she lifted the other very quickly.
Aria, who finally emerged from her strange state, turned her head to see exactly the same picture, only this time it was a different reaction. Her eyes wandered over the intimate area of the girl, who was unaware that Aria’s eyes were gliding across her delicate thighs and black panties.
Her head turned in the opposite direction, receiving another batch of scalding heat. When her gaze turned around, her wanting thoughts came quickly. Subconsciously, her head turned toward the opponent, questioning what the hell was going on.
Only to find herself in the same situation again, but this time there was a difference from before. The other side had seemed to make a U-turn on the spot and threw her leg in a different posture. Because of this, Aria did not see the same picture this time, but a different one. A firm ass was outlined more visibly by the same black panties.
As she received another portion of confusion, she felt a foot strike her face. The force in her leg was greater, adding to her confusion. She was beat like a training dummy, only it wasn’t anchored to the ground. The impact threw her nearly ten meters away. Falling to the ground and tumbling further a few meters, the cut half of the katana also fell beside her.
Lying there on her stomach, her gaze was fixed on the figure in the distance the whole time. Finally, her mind began to return to normal, and she began to feel panic, shame, and anger. She panicked that something had managed to influence her, thereby changing her mentality. She felt embarrassment at the other party’s methods and her own actions, finally anger at the burning heat on her face. Her face became impassive as frost, but the two red marks made her look different. With a slight movement, she rose from the ground grasping her katana’s remaining half.
Inside her, mana was boiling furiously, flowing from her entire body into her hand and then into her katana. Under the girl’s doubtful gaze, the piece of blade beside her flew swiftly toward Aria. Then, as if to find its place, it glued itself to the other part. Aria continued to pour mana into her katana, causing the blade to glow a deep blue color and vibrate.
In the next second, Aria gripped the mana-filled katana with both hands and swung it toward the strange girl.
