Standing before me was a woman who had a child-like body which was wrapped in bandages, with a tattered maroon cloak with droopy ears attached to the hood. Alongside the cloak, she wore floral scarf around her neck which was covering her chin. But apart from her fashion sense and her being here at all, what was the most disturbing about her was the ear splitting grin that she was giving which spoke volumes of her sanity.
If her smile doesn't make you question her sanity, then her licking off some of the blood from Blackbeard that got to her face with her freaking tongue would definitely make you thinks so. Just the sight of her licking the blood on her cheek while she continued to give that eerie smile was sending off warning bells in my head with the chills I started getting when I saw her.
For those of you who are more acceptant of the slightly darker themed animes and mangas, you would definitely know her because of the sheer popularity the anime she resides in has. I for one didn't like darker themed animes and even then, I know of her. Although I have never watched the show, I do have some basic knowledge of the woman standing before me. And that makes the current situation a whole lot worse since I can't make a detailed plan against her.
Now, if you are wondering who this is, then let me give it to you straight. Standing before me is the founding leader of Aogiri Tree in the anime Tokyo Ghoul. Yeah, Eto Yoshimura, the woman who I recall had a rating of SSS in the anime. Now, I don't know much how they assigned the ratings, but SSS is usually reserved for those abnormally strong guys so I know what to expect from this fight. At least I hope so.
"Oya, oya, although you gave me such a wonderful gift, you are keeping quiet now that we have met. Isn't that rude? You should at least introduce yourself." Why is it that every time I am meeting one of these guys so far, I end up being shocked into silence? I should have already understood that the people I will be fighting is bound to be people I recognize and should at least give a few snarky remarks here and there. Granted, I definitely did not want to do so to the woman in front of me because I am not at all good with dealing with sadistic women. So this might come as a surprise but her words had slightly hurt my ego a bit.
"Instead of wasting time on useless words, how about we just get down to business and start the fight already." So it also shouldn't come as a surprise that I had opened my mouth. I just had to open my mouth didn't I?
"Oya, oya, now why would you think… we will be fighting?" Eto began to talk as her grin widened if that was possible before her voice underwent a slight change as she transformed herself. I know she has something called a kakuja that is in her eye and now her kakuja is formed as a mask-like head with four horns and a single eye in the center of the mask with three markings on the left and right cheek and the forehead, and a large mouth. She is however, able to alter its appearance, spawning extra appendages, such as eyes, mouths, and limbs at will if I recall correctly.
Now that we are slowly getting to the action part, I decided to seal my trap shut no matter what she says and started to formulate a plan. In a video that I had seen before dying, I once saw her character using some type of projectile, so I must keep an eye out for that. And her size itself is huge so that gives her a longer reach which she can use to her full advantage with those long extra limbs behind her. Apart from that, her defense should be very hard to break since her skin or hide in the current state is giving off a rough feeling.
But the most important thing to watch out for is those black spots Blackbeard had used in our fight. I don't know if it was just Blackbeard or the rest of this little group also uses it, but I am definitely not taking any chances. My main object should be to focus on dodging since I have to be careful in getting close to her. But at least I know that I am good at dodging. Or was it only so because I used my intangibility from my space powers.
Anyway, I didn't have the time to think about such things in detail since she started to swing her extra limbs at me which was easy to dodge since it seemed as if she was just testing the water. And for my part, just because my main focus was on dodging doesn't mean I will not attack.
While I was weaving through the battlefield, I was sending out lightning bolts at her which did no damage but was enough to annoy her overtime, making her attacks frantic and easy to read. Mind games are just as important as other factors in a fight, kids. Wait, should I be telling about how to fight to kids?
A bad habit made its appearance at the worst time as because I was having such useless thoughts, I ended up getting hit by one of those limbs. And surprise, surprise, her limbs had those black spots Blackbeard used as well. Only, her's seem more defined and there were more spots on her limbs meaning she has a better understanding of it than Blackbeard did and was also better at using it.
Because the whip like limb hit my ribs, I was gasping for breath after throwing up some blood as I held my chest. Thankfully, because she was still holding back, no bones were broken though it still hurt considering I had just puke blood.
"Oya, oya, did that hurt? Should I gently rub the spot that hurts? Should I give a massage to make the pain fly away?" As Eto withdrew her limb to her after seeing me hit and be sent flying which has already become the norm to me, she spoke with that creepy smile of hers as she watched me stand up after taking a few deep breaths.
"This isn't anything compared to what I am going to do to you," Well, what do you know, I couldn't hold my mouth shut for more than a few minutes. I really need to work on that. And also on that bad habit of coming up with useless thoughts in the midst of battle. But for now, I focused fully on Eto as I got ready to engage her in battle once more.
"Is that so? Well let's see if you can hold up to your end of those words then. I will make sure to stop you from doing so though, so be ready for more of what you just ate. Because my dear, that was just the appetizer." Again, her grin widened as she replied to my words before sending her limbs at me once more.
Ray vs Eto Yoshimura
I would just like to say that, I am not really a fan of animes that are a bit too dark in theme. So I have not watched Tokyo Ghoul. But I did do research on how Eto fought in the anime though I still don't have clear understaanding, so I hope you don't mind any mistakes I make and kindly point it out. This is also the case for the person who the MC will be fighting next, but as I have said I did do some research, although I have the feeling what will happen in that fight won't be to your liking. Anyways, Enjoy!