The knife light up.

Fleeting.

The battle is over.

Yes, it's over, in the stunned eyes of all.

It was expected that this battle would last for a long time - the killer was born from Shiki's killing impulse, and the two of them had exactly the same skill and physical ability. And because it is to yourself, you can accurately predict each step of the other party. If you really want to decide the winner or loser, I'm afraid you have to wait until which side makes a mistake.

However, they never expected that the battle would end so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the winner is already divided, and life and death are also divided.

Two figures in white clothes and black pants staggered by, bringing two knife lights without the slightest hesitation to cross each other's chests.

Blood flowers bloom, blood gushes like springs.

Blood Flower Bloom is Shiki.

Blood gushes like a fountain of murder.

The killer's dagger plunged into Shiki's chest first.

Although Shiki's knife was a little slower and half a beat, it wiped directly from the murderer's left chest to his right chest, directly splitting him in two.

It's just a knife, cut in two.

The murderer, whose upper body slid downward, looked at his lower body, which was still standing, and said in disbelief:

"This, how is this possible? You, how did you do it?"

"Nothing is impossible, you and I see the world completely different. ”

The dagger was inserted into his chest, injuring the lobes of his lungs, making it difficult for Shiki to breathe, but his voice was still extremely calm, like a pool of stagnant water.

"The world is different?" the killer's body began to dissipate, turning into pitch-black, mist-like particles.

"What you see is a normal world, maybe a little peculiar, but still complete. And what I saw was a shattered death. ”

Shiki's voice grew lower and lower, and by the end, only the two of them could hear it. He seems to be explaining to the murderer, and he seems to be just talking to himself.

"If you can see death, you will not be able to be rational. If you can see death, you will not be able to regain your strength. To be able to see death means to be forced to accept the fact that this world is so ambiguous and fragile. The ground was as if it didn't exist, and the sky seemed like it could collapse at any moment. You'll never get the illusion that the whole world seems to end in a second. ”

"Hu, nonsense. ”

Hearing this, the lower half of the body had already dissipated, and the upper body was also constantly collapsing, and the killer suddenly became hysterical.

"What if...... What you're saying is the truth, how can you still be human, you, what did you see?"

Shiki turned around and glanced indifferently at the murderer with the same dots and lines that could see death, eyes that could destroy things with a single stroke.

The latter seemed to have seen an evil spirit, and he let out a terrible scream that he had not even cared about being severely wounded by Lizzy Bayfield, and he disappeared.

Shiki lowered his head, put back the knife, and took out his glasses from his pocket again, carefully placing them on the bridge of his nose and ears.

The fragile, fragmented world is restored, and everything is so beautiful again. No, it's more beautiful, because I see death, I cherish the normal scenery more.

You're right, I was terrified of walking at that time. If it hadn't been for that person, it would have become abnormal. Even so, I was afraid of myself, of the impulse in my heart to turn the world into that shattered state, and that's why you were born.

Not in the future, though. Because I will no longer be afraid of such a self, and I will not give you a chance to come out again.

Thank you, Aoko-sensei.

You told me that the gods don't give away their power for no reason, and that there must be some point for me to have this ability.

You taught me to be honest about my mistakes and to say I'm sorry.

You taught me how to be an upright adult.

And—

Raising his head, he said sincerely to the eyeball in the sky.

"Thank you, Mr. Orange. Thank you for the tip, I didn't lose to myself and I won't in the future. ”

For such a noble, Orange does not appreciate it.

"Also, you think of that stupid person of Aoko again, hmph, it's unpleasant to fall behind her again. ”

"......" Zhigui's expression suddenly froze.

"Alright, don't stand there stupidly, your wounds are still bleeding. ”

"Ahh Only then did Zhigui cover his wound with hindsight, and his face turned pale.

"Brother, bear with me for a while, and I'll help you treat it right away. ”

Akiba rushed over in three steps and two steps, pressed Shiki's chest with his hand, and activated his ability, which is also the ability inherited by the Tono family, "communion".

"Communion" is the penetration of one's own consciousness into the consciousness of others, so as to achieve a certain transformation, including life force.

What she is doing at this time is life force sharing, exchanging my life for his life.

May's movements are a little slower and she has no ability, so she can only stand by and watch Akiba dedicate herself to Shiki.

At that moment, she understood why Akiba's transfer of schools made her feel threatened, because the emotions contained in those cyan pupils were not just brother and sister love, but emotions that were far above them.

Family, friendship, and love are all fused into one, converging on the man in front of him, like an invisible hood, shielding all distractions.

Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling!

May didn't want to be so passive anymore, she wanted to take the initiative to do something.

I want to – step into your world.

……

Orange, who was located on the balcony of the living room of the Tono house, looked at this scene, and a shallow smile curled into the corner of her mouth.

"A bunch of fools! I obviously gave the rune stone for healing, and I also used 'communion' to treat it, aren't I afraid of falling into weakness and turning around?"

In the courtyard under the platform, a burly man in a suit is wreaking havoc.

Every punch, every kick contained a huge amount of power, and the mere aftermath caused the walls to collapse and the earth to crack.

The style of the punches and kicks is familiar to everyone in the family, it is the fighting technique that Akiba practices every day, and it is the physical technique passed down from the Tono family.

On the roof of the main building of the bungalow, the red hair extends outward, bright like a maple leaf, and the demon is like a fire, and the figure is the "female ghost of the red leaves" that has been rumored recently.

Orange casually glanced at the female ghost on the roof, and casually picked up an eye.

"It's recovered so quickly, the vitality of the blood of Tono is indeed very strong, and it is also suitable as a target for manifestation. However, it is too bad to use the master's phantom to destroy the master's home. And every time I see that long red hair, I think of my stupid sister, which is really unpleasant...... Just let me vent a little bit, as a substitute for him!!"

The runes outline the flames, light the cigarettes, and activate the mechanisms that have already been set up.

They were four stone tablets with mystical powers, carved with simple but ancient characters.

"Primordial Rune unleash !! destruction, Phantom. ”