鬼切りと鬼
The Oni Slayer and the Oni


Uzuki: ---Tama Kezuri!

The long step shortens the distance between Uzuki-san and Kei-kun to striking range, in the blink of an eye.
The blade enters the shoulder to sever the collar bone, and is then carried near to the heart where it quivers like a loosed bow string.

Nushi: What the......?

From the left of the neck to the shoulder at the blade's point of entry, a red power had formed into scales to cover the area, as before.
However, Tama Kezuri is the ougi of Senba Myouken-Ryuu, which shaves away at power itself.

Nushi: How dare you!

With Ito buried in his body, Nushi raises his arm. If she releases Ito and jumps back, it would be possible to avoid.
Then, more quickly than his lowering arm...
With an ear-splitting yell, her spirit bursts forth, and a shaft of light, the same blue of her iris, pours from the wound.

Nushi: Ghu!......

The heart is where the blood of all the body flows, and from which it scatters... the vital organ that can also be called "the blood's terminus."
If blood is the power of spirit itself, then the center of Nushi's wakemitama, with no substantial form, can only be there...
Driving in another blast of power to seal his movement, Uzuki-san then delivers her leg to his abdomen.
Using enough force to knock him back, she removes the deeply buried blade and takes her distance.

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