Tsukuyomi.

The tall guy who stood infront of Nephis, attacked her without any hesitation. His muscles bulged showing his unscientific muscle mass, then he sent a thunderous kick.

A second later, he was lying on the floor with dumbstruck look. Nephis didn't even changed her positions.

(Well she's fast.... not as fast as me but she was able redirect the hit and stood there. A natural in Aikido and trained too.) With Sharingan and Time Dilation, I was able to deduce her moves in slow motion.

[Aikido demonstrates this philosophy in its emphasis on mastering martial arts so that one may receive an attack and harmlessly redirect it.]

Instructor Rock gave her a cheerful look and grinned.

"Next".

One after another Nephis started defeating every sleeper who challenged her. They would end up thrown or being planted inside ground.

Nephis moved with precision her technique was clean, graceful & ruthless. Her martial art revolved around redirecting attacks and turning them against the attacker. Watching her seemed like, I was in art class. It helped me to learn her moves from footsteps, to movements of muscles ending with perfect balance of her centre of gravity.

Sharingan cheat, sigh Madara would be proud of me. Well there's still one of my favourite persons I admire Josh MF Malum(1)*, the menace who can use his killing intent as a weapon. Having control of Killing intent while killing someone. I have to reach that milestone one day.

Anyways now only two opponents remained Caster and me. While Nephis just stood in the ring..... menacingly.

Caster eyed me trying to discern about my character. I shrugged while basking in sun. He didn't seem perturbed by my reaction and stood up. With a smile on his face caster

stepped inside the ring.

"Lady Nephis. Please excuse me in advance."

Caster disappeared from sleepers eyes well for me I could see him in slow motion. I needed some legacy clans moves too. Caster had become B-Rated Flash™ and was moving so fast that sleeper eyes couldn't even pinpoint whether he was around or not.

Within a fraction of second Caster covered the distance between Nephis and him delivering a heavy blow. However despite the speed she reacted and redirected the hit while stepping away.

But this wasn't enough as the hit was aimed at her centre of gravity with deflection, caster blow hit her shoulder sending her to spin in mid-air.

While Caster disappeared again he planned to attack her from back when she wouldn't be aware of it. A classic assassination move.... he's good.

He appeared at her back ready to finish her with one move. But it didn't seem Nephis was naive she had planned for this moment, as it's oblivious someone would attack her from blindspot. She pulled her elbow to front before releasing it backwards.

Caster jaw dropped as this was all faint. He couldn't stop because of Inertia but he was able to avoid the approaching elbow with hair's breadth. He then proceeded to trip & push her making her fly to ground.

But at the end he grabbed her collar making her land on ground without making any impact. The battle continued for only two seconds and the results were out.

Instructor Rock gave a nod towards him while Nephis stood up from ground.

The rest of sleepers were gawking at him, whispering about him with hush tone. While Nephis went to her seat without making any fuss to observe a certain someone who she got interested.

I stood up and walked towards the ring. I was still wearing my blindfold. Caster smiled but his eyes told that he was annoyed getting a victory when he couldn't deduce Nephis aspect.

"Now for the last round of battle. Hàorán would you wear your blindfold?" Rock asked with concern as blindfold cloth could produce many fouls. Because if opponent wanted to disturb his balance, he had to just pull the blindfold.

I nodded taking off my black blindfold and handed it to instructor Rock. Everyone gaped with shock as they haven't seen such eyes. Crimson eyes with runes over it, every sleeper got interested in battle as it was against first rank and third rank.

I stepped inside waiting for the signal, while Caster had different thoughts, he was still busy, thinking about his last battle.

But with instructor signal he disappeared. This time his tactic was different as he knew, I was very strong according to physical strength. He might get pummel down with a graze.

Caster than appeared at bottom trying to hit my knees but suddenly his direction changed aiming at two places back of my achilles heel and frontal thigh, middle of my femur bone.

Obviously for me it was slow-mo, through time dilation and Sharingan I could easily pinpoint his sudden micro spasms in nerve endings. I just sidestep and aimed a kick at abdomen, he was too occupied in making me trip.

But his reaction was faster he was able to grab my foot at perfect interval, redirect it to his side. Then he flipped back to gain distance and composure. Now Caster had serious expression, finding this opponent hard to read.

Two seconds had already passed, the sleepers couldn't see Caster with their eyes. And they couldn't understand Hàorán actions why he suddenly lifted his right leg forward. But with Caster sudden appearance they understood his attack had failed.

"Not gonna continue?" I taunted him to make silky mistakes.

"How can I when you're so good." He 'smiled' with annoyance in his eyes. Caster think of finding other gaps in Hàorán defence, as he only had knowledge about assassination than frontal fight which was limited.

But he didn't wanted to admit that a nobody could last his attacks for longer time. He disappeared again, he appear at top of Kyou's head but Kyou was able to predict his steps earlier and dodged those attacks.

Caster appeared again infront of him with eyes full of contempt. There was nothing in Caster, without his speed so I pointed my two fingers towards towards Nephis. His gaze followed my fingers and halted down finding himself in different place. It was filled with a crimson ocean which had ruby like structures reaching the skies.

[Tsukuyomi] He heard Hàorán chilling voice but he couldn't find him in this illogical streched space.

Everywhere he looked he could only see red.... blood red. He couldn't help but get chilled in his back looking at this otherworldly carnage filled with structures made of blood.

"Oh Hey Caster. You must be wondering where you're right? Don't worry this is my mindscape, here time works under my will. It means I can lock you up for eternity and only one second would pass out.

Quite a catch right? Now what you will do? Here you're just a puppet in my domain. And no one can help you other than me. So act like a hostage as I don't like torturing now please cooperate okay..... I will extract and review your memories." I appeared out of his back and smiled at his face making him paler by paler by each second. He couldn't even activate his ability.

Caster couldn't even process what was happening here before his vision blackened.

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1)* Josh MF Malum the protagonist of Classless Ascension by author Classless Ascension.

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