Chapter 36

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Boom!

With his palm, Yuji was able to manipulate Setsuna's flow at the last second, causing the man to strike the trunk of a tree and shatter it with his force. Immediately the boy stepped back, a serious expression on his face as he watched Setsuna withdraw his arm from inside the tree.

'All right, I can keep up with your speed. I just need to find a gap for a counter-attack-'

Yuji's thoughts were abruptly interrupted when Setsuna disappeared again, the boy barely reacting when a shadow hovered over his back, his eyes going wide as he propelled himself away at the last instant, escaping his palm.

'Shit, if I were touched by him, my muscles would be twisting in a spiral right now.' Yuji felt the icy sweat build up on his forehead, the boy breathing rapidly as he kept his eyes fixed on Setsuna. 'Of anyone who could be out to kill me, why does it have to be this bastard? Unlike Ohma with his Niko style, or Agito with his formless style, my knowledge of this Setsuna's techniques are non-existent.'

Regulating his breathing, Yuji quickly relaxed while keeping his thoughts straight.

'Damn... How I wish I had the knowledge of those anime-addicted kids right now.'

"You escaped my blows twice? That's wonderful!" With his face flushed, Setsuna slowly started walking towards Yuji, a dangerous smile on his lips. "But it's a pity... I can't make this test last much longer... That might disappoint my Ohma."

Yuji seeing this, raised his fists in anticipation.

'My current goal against this monster is to survive, and I won't stay alive for long if I keep running away. I need to find a way to attack.'

The moment Yuji squinted his eyes with intent to blink, Setsuna advanced towards him, catching up to him at a speed he was only able to perceive due to his ocular skill working to its maximum.

'He-' Watching his palm advancing towards his chest, Yuji used all the speed he had to raise his hand. 'He got faster!'

For reacting fast enough, Yuji grabbed Setsuna's wrist with the man's fingers inches from his chest, this surprising the one who was trying to kill him, making him twitch his eyebrows in frustration.

'You gave me a chance like this, I can't waste it!'

With a quick strike, Yuji kicked Setsuna's foot hard enough to push him backwards, causing him to lose his balance as he immediately continued the attack with a knee strike, hitting the man in the face and causing him to take a few steps backwards.

"Oh, I love things that hurt me, if you keep teasing me like this, I might go mad-"

The moment Setsuna looked at Yuji, he was surprised when he watched the boy advance towards him in a zig-zag pattern, his movements so fluid that even for someone like Setsuna, who was a martial arts prodigy, it became difficult to understand his movements. In his vision, it was as if Yuji was gliding at high speed toward him.

When the teenager caught up with him, Setsuna immediately realized that the boy would try to hit him with a punch to his right rib, but before he could touch his arm to twist his flesh, he was shocked when, instead of a blow to his right, Yuji hit him in his left rib.

'That's Baritsu, you bitch.'

"Gah!"

Setsuna choked, and before he could have a chance to recover, Yuji hit him with a kick to his sack, making his eyes go wide with pain as he held the spot in an attempt to ease it.

No matter how tough you are, a full kick to the sack would always cause intense pain. Yuji knows this very well, and took advantage of the fact that Setsuna was clearly underestimating him to use everything he had in his arsenal.

'Baritsu is an ancient martial art, where warriors needed to give their all to survive. Strikes to the eye or testicles were completely valid if you were fighting for your life. I don't care about honor when the son of a bitch I hit is trying to kill me.'

With Setsuna still agonizing in pain, Yuji sent his fingers towards his eyes in an attempt to pierce them, but Setsuna immediately sensed the attack coming and pulled away with ease.

"That was good... That was magnificent!" Trembling with excitement, all sign of the pain Setsuna felt disappeared, his long hair covering his face as he stared at Yuji with intensity. "You are truly worthy to be a test of my Ohma!"

The trembling of his body increased frantically, a completely mad smile emerging from behind his hair as his killing intent became strong enough to even cause problems for Yuji's breathing.

'What the fuck is that? Why does he look so much more dangerous?!'

Taking a step back, even though he could see the man's movements due to his eye skill, his body was not quick enough to react when Setsuna came up in front of him and hit the palm on his shoulder, his body being pushed back a few feet before Yuji came to an abrupt stop as he collided with a tree.

Not taking his eyes off Setsuna, but feeling the worst pain he had ever felt in his life coming from his shoulder, he knew that his flesh was now twisted into a spiral. The technique used by the man rendered his right arm useless, this causing a vein to pop out on Yuji's forehead as his hatred completely suppressed the fear he felt for Setsuna.

'I refuse to die here. I'm not even close to completing my goals! Then I refuse to die in this place!' Yuji shouted in his mind, his teeth clenched as he stared at Setsuna with the deepest hatred he had ever felt in his entire life. 'Even if I have to sacrifice everything I believe in for this, I will not die for someone like you!'

The boy's heart began to race frantically, a maniacal smile appearing on his lips as the veins in his body expanded enough to become visible on his skin.

"If I'm going to need to rip your head off, I'll gladly do it." With a distorted voice, Yuji spoke as his entire body trembled due to the new energy coursing through his body.

Setsuna, who watched Yuji's change closely, could not stop the mad look from appearing on his face.

"You dare to use the divine god form? You impostor... I will make you pay for such profanity!"

Setsuna exploded toward Yuji, the boy's maniacal grin stretching even wider as he watched the man approach.

"You may come, you little whore!"

The moment Setsuna reached him, he immediately tried to attack him with his palm directly at his heart, but his wrist was grabbed halfway by Yuji, who at the same instant tried to pierce him in the neck with his two fingers, only to have Setsuna throw his body down and kick his stomach, pushing him backwards.

Recovering from the kick almost instantly, Yuji had to duck as Setsuna's palm passed over his head, the man passing him and landing on the ground as he slowly turned towards him.

'I get it. He uses the moment I blink to move with his tremendous speed, giving me the impression that he has disappeared.' Although his emotions were chaotic due to [Advance], thanks to [Combat Genius], he could still think logically about his combat-related actions, so while he looked out of control on the outside, on the inside he was trying to find the best way to fight Setsuna by understanding the details behind his style.

'I need to keep him over my field of vision, I can't afford to lose sight of him.'

Setsuna advanced again, Yuji manipulating the force flow of his attacks as he tried to touch him with his palm, clearly struggling as his arms received several cuts due to Setsuna's strange ability to twist flesh.

With an idea in mind, Yuji blinked, that single moment enough for Setsuna to move to his back and attempt to twist the flesh of his neck, only for Yuji to duck at the last second, a large cut extending across the back of his neck.

Setsuna's eyes widened as he felt a grip on his arm, Yuji's hands holding him tightly enough to cause him a small twinge of pain.

'Baritsu's technique: full shoulder throw!'

Throwing Setsuna over his shoulder, using his body's own acceleration to do even more damage, Yuji smashed the man's body into the ground hard enough to cause a small jolt all around.

'What?'

Spitting blood, Yuji slowly turned his gaze back to his chest, clearly seeing his flesh twisted into a spiral.

"You move too much, I narrowly missed the heart." Setsuna's distorted voice sounded.

Yuji staggered backwards, something rising in his throat as he fell to his knees on the ground and began vomiting blood. Slowly, his body began to return to normal, the traces that the [Advance] caused in his appearance disappearing in a short time.

'When did he touch me? I paid full attention to his arms the moment I threw him.' Resting his head on the ground, Yuji found himself unable to make any sudden movements due to the damage caused by the [Advance] and his injuries.

"That was fun! You were very interesting to play with, beautiful thing." Setsuna crouched down in front of Yuji, his expression returning to its usual one, a fake smile on his face as he looked at the boy on the ground. "But now, you need to fulfill your destiny, while I need to fulfill mine."

Moving his hand slowly towards Yuji's head with the intention of killing him in a quick manner since he had done enough to please him, Setsuna sketched an expression of happiness at having been able to complete Ohma's test.

'Fate?' The boy gritted his teeth in frustration, his eyes red from the anger he felt at losing to Setsuna. 'My fate is to die by your hands? No... I won't let that happen.'

The boy's body shook, his arm that was still functional moving slowly as he used the last remnant of energy left in his body.

'I will abandon my humanity, before I surrender my life to a mentally ill person like you!'

In one last desperate move, Yuji sent his palm towards Setsuna's chest, his arm rotating slightly as the man reacted by only moving his torso to the side, his palm not reaching his chest but still being able to touch his shoulder.

"Uh?" The sound of twisting flesh rang in Setsuna's ears, the man slowly moving his eyes to where the boy touched, only to see a spiral formed by his own flesh. "How... How did you do that?"

Yuji's completely bruised body fell unconscious soon after, leaving a genuinely shocked Setsuna staring at him.

Boom!

Before he could make any other movement, a kick hit him hard enough to send him flying back a few feet, him spinning in the air as he landed gracefully even with the flesh of his shoulder twisted.

"Thank you sir, we made it in time." The one responsible for attacking Setsuna crouched down beside Yuji, revealed to be Mokichi Robinson, who was looking at his disciple with extreme concern on his features. "He doesn't seem in danger of death, that's good, very good."

His expression softened as he confirmed Yuji's condition, the man standing up as he stared at Setsuna with an intense gaze.

"You were responsible for doing that?"

Setsuna did not answer, an irritated expression on his handsome features.

"Why do you ask, descendant of Shigenosuke? What happened is not clear?" A second voice sounded from Mokichi's back, a stout figure coming out of the trees and stopping beside the blond man.

"Oh, Mr. Prey, I am thankful that you followed me." Mokichi spoke without turning to the man, his eyes fixed on Setsuna, who was watching this situation with frustration growing more and more in his heart.

"What is it, boy? You want to fight us to try to kill this child?" Surprising Mokichi, Agito asked as he took a few steps forward, his usual dull expression on his face. "Come if you want, I've been a while without a fight."

Setsuna stared at the man with murderous intent escaping his body, him closing his eyes for a few seconds before turning and walking away as if nothing had happened, an annoyed expression being drawn from Mokichi due to these actions.

"I'm taking him to the hospital." Mokichi lifted Yuji up in his arms, Agito nodding in agreement as he looked in the direction Setsuna was heading for some before turning and walking away with Mokichi.

'Yuji... It may not be today, but I will definitely complete our destiny one day and make my Ohma proud.' With a maniacal smile, Setsuna disappeared after walking away for a few minutes.