Blade Technique

"So.. Where to now?" Pelkin asked now that they'd explained the situation to Gary who had hesitatingly accepted to do the intermediary work.

"I'm heading to the East.." He said entering his car, "Plus I'll be able to see how bad of a killer he really is.."

"Who?"

"The one who killed Equus"

"Oh he's in Occidentes?"

"Yeah..". The engine started with a whir and the car took off with the campus of Alba Porta fading into the distance. "Take me to the house of Oblito Lumina.." He pulled out the day's newspaper and began reading it. "I have to pick up my daughter first."

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"We're here.." Ice said. The stalk turned to dust just as the ones before it. The way Ice used stalks to travel was by using a new one every few minutes where the old one would then to dust. It was a safe to travel method which he used only in the countryside. Plus no one had tried to cut the stalk.

Ice got off and stretched his back. The sun was yet to touch the horizon but emitted a light orange color. The sun set opposite to the house of Oblito which itself was covered with all sorts of decorations. "Another mush of filth.." Ice muttered to himself.

"Should we do it the same way as before then?" Levia asked.

"Yep.. we're good to go.." He said observing the guards with a cloak on. Both of them sat atop a tree that was right opposite of the house and their bodies were nothing more than silhouettes to those who could see them, which was close to no one. They waited for half an hour and observed the guards who had a similar plan as that of Muta's. The only difference was that there were two for the gate and two for the door.

"I've been tryna' do this for a while now" Ice said breaking the silence. "Let's see if it works out.". He pointed his finger towards the guard at the door. He shedded his hand and formed the shape of a steel gun out of his blood. Levia still couldn't understand how he didn't feel the pain from that.

" Alright I have one shot at the guy near the door and then you'll have to burn the idiots at the gateway." He explained.

The trigger was pulled before Levia could say anything. A loud 'bang' sound was heard from the trees by the people which shoo'd away a few birds. The bullet though hit the guard's left foot. "Not where I was aiming for but acceptable nonetheless.." Ice said climbing out the tree. The guard let out a wild cry of agony and by the time the two of them could regain their senses, the two at the gateway had already been burnt to a crisp. He lifted his 'gun' hand aiming towards the guard who hadn't been shot and was yelling Aperire Porta. But by the time hu gate opened he'd already been shot. The other writhed in pain with a bullet stuck in his right foot. "Where're the slaves?" He asked the same way be had to Muta's guards. He pointed to a storage room that was just next to the house. It seemed like a normal hash but stored living humans for... 'Work'. The guards fate ended up the same way as the one at Muta's - dead.

"INTRUDERS!!" The guards shouted hoping to alarm the residents and guests in the home and it worked.

"Someone's here..." Oblito said to young woman around the age of 18. Her dress was well designed - something only a noble could wear. Her face screamed innocence and her hair was braided. "We must leave, Aria!" Oblito yelled.

The main door to the house opened and Ice entered. He spilled his blood, on purpose, at different spots randomly. "Time to get the bonus" He whispered to himself. Any guard who came his way had no future. Each were slain in the worst way possible.

Oblito waited in the corner of his bunker, waiting for some good news. He heard a knock on the bunker. "Sire! We got 'im!" A voice yelled. Oblito knew this voice. It was clearly that of a guard he remembered. Oblito grew ecstatic while the girl named Aria stood with a surprised look on her face. He ran to the door of the bunker to open the door but what greeted him on the other side was a steel arm that stretched out and grabbed his collar. "Hey buddy..." Ice said condescendingly. "Who else you have in there?". Streams of tears and sweat streaked down Oblito's face. He looked to his side to see a dead guard, Who'd been stabbed in the back, literally.

" What do you want..?" He asked with a shaky voice. "I'll give you anything.. Just-"

Ice slammed his fists into Oblito's face. One could see a tooth or two fall out. He stretched his head out to see the frock of a girl in the corner. "Then what about the girl in this room?" He said.

"y.." He thought for a moment "Yes.. take her.. just-" His face was punched again.

"Goddamn you are a pain in the ass.... I'll kill you in a worse way than I killed Equus." He said drawing his blade. He tossed Oblito jnto the air, suspending him for nearly ten seconds and that was enough. "Twin Dagger style! Torturous death!" He yelled slashing both his blades. All one could see however were after images and hundreds of them. Each cut on Oblito's body was shallow yet painful. By the time his was done Oblito could no longer breath without feeling pain. "Gomon sengiri" He muttered sheathing the daggers af his feet. The front of Oblito was blood red while his back had close to nothing. "Aperire Infurnum " He muttered. "You know I never use my blade techniques for anything.." He bit into his finger. "Be honored" Oblito's body lit up in flames. The pain was amplified due to the cuts on his body but be could only scream in agony as he burned to death.

The floor was littered with blood of Oblito. Ice scooped it up and wrote his signature on the wall - Blood Maiden.

The girl in bunker was horrified at the sight. But more importantly she was horrified at another fact.

"Anzu.. Is that you?"

"Aria!" Ice shouted. He was not expecting to see her here. "crap.." he muttered to himself.