Chapter 32: Repeating

As Naoya was announced the victor of the tournament thirty minutes away. Inside a dense forest. Maki stood in fear. Staring at a potent killing intent admitted by Mute's sister. Maki's legs started to wobble as her hand twitched. She was trying to find the courage to answer her question. 

" I-I just wanted to find out who he was. He looked lonely. "

Maki said this in a shaky voice. Maki was telling a half-lie and a half-truth. She did want to find out who Mute was but she couldn't care less if he was lonely. Maki stares at the woman in front nervously fearing for her life. She watches the woman's right hand start to twitch as the killing intent engulfing her explodes reaching new heights. In pure panic, Maki dashes back. Until her body stops after someone touches her back. 

Maki glances back in horror at seeing the woman behind her. Mute's sister stares at Maki as the killing intent admitting from her eyes suddenly vanishes being replaced by a happy smile. Maki looks in shock as Mute's sister talks. 

" You could have just said this since the beginning. It's good to finally see someone checking up on him besides me. "

Mute's sister drops her palm off Maki's back as Maki takes a deep breath and the killing intent suffocating her body vanishes. Maki stares back at Mute's sister as thoughts run through her head...

I-I truly thought she was going to kill me. I stare at the woman trying to figure out what to do. From her mere killing intent alone I know beating her is impossible. I have so many more questions to figure out about Gen Zenin but I first need to find a way to escape from her. An awkward silence engulfs us as both of us stare at each other until she talks. 

" Don't worry about him being lonely. I'm his favorite person. I help him get stronger by mentally and physically torturing him 24/7. You should see his face when I peel back his nails using rustic nails. The poker face he makes is so cute. "

T-This woman is a complete psychopath. I stare at her as she laughs maniacally in my face. I start to step back slowly gaining distance away from her. I don't get it. Why doesn't Gen try to escape and flee to someone strong like Gojo? 

I keep walking back until she suddenly stops laughing and stares at me with a cold look. My heart starts rapidly beating. Did I do something to anger her? Only merely stepping back couldn't enrage her so much. She gives me a smug look before she scoffs yanking her head to the side before talking.

" I recognize you now. You got into an argument with my little brother. I watched you staring at him with piercing eyes during his battle with Hakuri. But I get it. You want to become as strong as my little brother. So let me put you through a taste of the training he has gone through. " 

" I-Im fine but thanks for offering. "

I say to her. Is she trying to find an excuse to kill me? I watch as she grabs onto her chin with a thoughtful look. She starts to tap her right foot repeatedly on the soil thinking to herself until a pleased look appears on her face. 

" Okay, that's fine you have a twin sister named Mai correct? How about I kill her instead- "

Before she could finish her sentence out of pure instinct I threw a right jab at her. My powerful punch warps the air around my fist. The woman looks at my approaching fist in surprise until her right arm flickers as my fist slams into something, completely stopping. 

I stared at my fist surprised, seeing that the woman had stopped my punch with a single finger. I drop my fist to my waist before I hear the woman talk. 

" Looks like you tried to get a jump on me. You know it's rude to attack strangers without warning. I'll never do something so cruel as that. But good looks like you wanted to train with me after all. So go, throw another punch. I won't block it. "

She leans over making her chin easily punchable. She starts to tap her chin with two fingers. I stare at her as thoughts run through my head. This might be my only chance to knock her out. I need to put all my strength into this punch. I bend my knees and shift my weight throwing a powerful right overhand. My punch inches closer until suddenly my overhand freezes in the air. I stare at my arm motionless in the air. I can't budge my right arm at all. 

I watch as the woman in front of me laughs and stops leaning over, standing tall. She towers over me with an evil grin on her face. 

" I know you were thinking why doesn't he just escape from such a cruel sister? So let me give you a demonstration that my sweet little brother hasn't seen yet. He believes my cursed technique involves tracking. But that simply isn't the case. My cursed technique is repetition. Everything I cause I can repeat as many times as I want. " 

She takes a deep breath before continuing to talk.

" But everything I repeat grows stronger. So for example the reason your arm is frozen in the air is that I stopped your right arm with my finger earlier. You might not have noticed it but the force stopping your arm was slightly stronger so if I kept on stopping your punch, eventually the force stopping your punch would get so strong that it would tear your arm completely off. But don't worry your arm isn't going to be frozen forever. Since your right fist was on my finger for about five to six seconds. It'll last about ten more seconds. "

After ten more seconds, I feel the force stopping my arm disappear as I can finally drop my arm to my waist. I watch as her right arm flickers before it grabs onto my chin. I stare into her eyes as she lightly taps her index finger on my chin before letting go. She takes a step back with a grin on her face. I stare at her confused until the tapping situation starts to repeat on my chin. The tapping slowly grows stronger until after the 15th tap. A sharp pain engulfs the right side of my face. It feels like someone has thrown a powerful punch into my chin. I drop to one knee as I hear the woman in front of me laughing at me. 

" HAHA, Sorry I forgot to mention that after the 15th repeat, the force increases tenfold. But I think my little demonstration is over. So let me ask you one more question before I wrap things up. Depending on your answer. It'll make me either kill you right now or I'll give you a small chance to live. "

I stare at her in fear as I quickly nod. She smirks at me before talking. 

" Do you like playing games?"

She said to me in a cruel voice. Hundreds of thoughts ran through my head as I quickly nodded my head. If I said no, she would have killed me in an instant. A massive evil grin appears on her face as she leans over before whispering in my ear. 

" I'll give you a minute. Run as far as you can north. After that one minute, I'll hunt you down like the filth you are. "...