Shirou Takatou

The white virtual space turned into a forest with lush trees and was very dark, relying on the moonlight in the sky for lighting.

A man with black hair, wearing a white shirt with a Wakizashi in his hand was seen standing still 6 steps away from where Riwan was standing, bowing his head.

Riwan continued to look at the man seriously. Slowly, the man raised his head, indicating that his Life and Death Perception had activated.

The iris of the man's right eye is sky blue with a green circle surrounding the pupil. Meanwhile, the iris of his left eye was red like freshly spilled blood with black sclera.

A cold and extremely dark aura of death seemed to emit from the man's body. When the man looked at Riwan, his left eye seemed to tear Riwan to pieces.

Riwan trembled with fear, accidentally remembering the realm of death. The extremely cold breath of death seemed to blow his spirit away from his physical body. For others it is a nightmare come true.

"Damn, so this is what it feels like to be stared at by Life and Death Perception? I really hate this feeling of nostalgia!" Riwan muttered.

This is the first time Riwan has faced an opponent who has Life And Death Perception, making his understanding of the realm of death better than before.

"Come on-"

Slash!

Without waiting for Riwan to finish his sentence.

The sound of the slash was clearly heard, Riwan's point of view was floating in the air upside down.

Riwan saw his body kneeling on the ground without a head, with blood spurting like a fountain. Right beside his body, the man stood with a Wakizashi in his hand which reflected the cold rays of moonlight.

Instantly, the dark, lush forest where Riwan died returned to white space. Shiro Takatou also disappeared.

Riwan stood in the middle of the room, holding his neck, looking shocked and out of breath, saying, "I haven't even started, but he already killed me first? So this is what is meant by a quick kill."

"Even though I deliberately set Shiro Takatou's attribute status to half my strength attribute, Shiro Takatou was still able to kill me so quickly?"

Riwan was silent for a moment. "How far is my ability from Shiro Takatou?"

Previously, Riwan had deliberately set Shirou Takatou's attribute value below Riwan's attribute value. In other words, Shiro Takatou's physical strength in this virtual space is half of Riwan's physical strength.

"Is it because of technique?" Riwan recalled Shiro Takatou's profile in the anime series Red Moon of Sinner.

Shirou Takatou, has an older sister named Kirai Takatou. Kirai sacrifices himself to resurrect his younger brother Shiro who died due to a demon attack. Finally Shirou's 'Death' left eye rose.

Apart from that, Shirou Takatou has a killing technique inspired by his older brother's movements. This technique makes ordinary people use their bodies beyond their limits.

Utilizing speed, reflexes, instincts beyond common sense can make them use the surrounding environment to carry out various movements that deviate from common sense.

Speeds that can exceed the peak human speed limit, can accelerate suddenly from rest, and can make sudden turns at high speed.

Reflexes exceed the limits of common sense being able to dodge linear attacks such as bullets and lasers by simply quickly positioning oneself away from the path of attack before the bullet is fired.

An extraordinary instinct capable of processing the world in the most sophisticated, optimal and efficient way possible. Finding the right decisions in any situation, doubles their survivability and success rate, allowing them to overcome any difficulties with minimal damage and achieve victory despite overwhelming odds.

"As I recall, wasn't his technique inspired by his older brother's technique? This technique isn't perfect either?" Riwan was silent for a moment. "Damn, this is just an imperfect technique and a copy of the original technique can kill me in less than 1 second? I can hardly imagine how strong Kirai is."

"Haaah~ okay, I will definitely learn Shirou's imitation technique." Riwan then operated the virtual space system panel again. Riwan again set Shiro Takatou as his opponent.

This time, Riwan prepared Sinner Slayer in his hand. Then activate Life and Death Perception. "Start!"

Riwan again uses a lush dark forest setting as a simulation location. In the same place as before, Shiro Takatou stood with a Wakizashi in hand.

Riwan concentrated fully on paying attention to all the movements of Shirou who was still standing still in front of him. Riwan's goal is to learn Shiro's technique and then he will try to learn Kirai's.

In this situation, Riwan realized that Shiro could move at high speed while standing still. This is a self-created imitation technique inspired by Kirai.

In his technique, there are 2 movements, namely a stepping movement and a technique that channels death into the weapon. The foot movement is called Water Mirror (Mizukagami) and is a technique that focuses the nature of death into the blade of the Wakizashi Instant Death (Sakoshi).

At first, Shirou's movements looked normal. But suddenly, Shiro's movements changed to become like a spider. At that time, his feet looked like they were against the wall, and sometimes they advanced quickly. All the movements that Shirou did were very efficient and optimal.

Clank!

Riwan finally managed to block Shirou's movements once with full concentration. However, due to instinct and speed, Shiro can easily change his movement strategy. Making Riwan easily killed again.

Slash!

When the sound of the slash was heard clearly. Blood spurted from his right hand.

Riwan's eyes widened when he saw that his right hand was lying on the ground. However, suddenly Wakizashi was right at his neck.

Craat!

Riwan's head fell to the ground, rolling as he saw the blood from his neck gush out like a fountain.

With Riwan's death, the dark and lush forest returned to white space.

"Finally I can block 1 attack." After that, Riwan told about the movements he saw and studied them.

Then Riwan started the battle simulation with Shirou again.

***

On the second day, Riwan was still in the virtual room. Riwan poured all his sweat and energy into studying Shiro's techniques. Apart from eating, drinking and sleeping, Riwan doesn't stop practicing at all.

Every time he was killed by Shirou, he always deduced his techniques and movements. Then try to practice it.

"Ho, so that's the concept. I'm starting to get the hang of it, but it's really hard to get used to it." Riwan is currently trying to put it into practice.

Who knows how many hundreds of times Riwan was killed by Shirou. However, Riwan did not give up on continuing to study it.

***

On the third day, Riwan was still in the virtual room. Riwan continues to be killed by Shirou. However, now his movements are getting better.

Clank! Clank!

Riwan managed to repel both of Shiro's attacks because he was getting used to it. However, once again Shirou's movements became a little stranger and different. The white Wakizashi blade in his hand turned black.

At that time, Riwan's instincts had become sharper to detect danger. Riwan immediately tried to block Shirou's attack with the Sinner Slayer in his hand.

Craat!

However, his efforts were in vain. Because the Wakizashi in Shiro's hand can easily cut Sinner Slayer and his body like a piece of paper.

Unsurprisingly, his body was split into two and lying on the ground. Instantly the room turned white again.

"What the hell was that!" Riwan, who was sitting in the middle of the virtual room, was shocked. "The Wakizashi blade that turns black using the Instant Death (Sakoshi) technique is cool!" Receiving defeat this time, Riwan became happy.

Riwan is very happy because he can finally force Shirou to use his second technique, Instant Death (Sakoshi), which means Riwan's abilities have developed.

"Let's start again!"

***

On the fourth day, Riwan and Shirou's fight became intense. Riwan can now imitate Shirou's technique better than yesterday.

Clank!

The sound of two pieces of iron colliding with each other, Riwan and Shirou appeared simultaneously in the middle of a dark and lush forest. The collision of Riwan's Sinner Slayer and Shirou's Wakizashi sparked sparks.

Not long after, Riwan and Shirou's bodies disappeared like water rippling in a pond. Disappears as if it merges with the air.

Swhosh!

A gentle breeze in the middle of a dark and lush forest might feel cool. However, this cool place has become an arena for Shiro and Riwan's fight.

The two of them moved at a speed beyond reason, and their shadows seemed to merge with the shadows of the dark forest. Riwan and Shirou move very fast, no matter where they fight.

Until not long after, the Wakizashi blade turned black. Riwan's head flew through the air and fell to the ground.

Fresh blood spurted like a fountain from Riwan's neck. Suddenly the room turned white with Riwan lying down while deducing Shiro's Instant Death (Sakoshi) technique.

"The Instant Death Technique (Sakoshi) is very difficult to learn." Riwan then got up and returned to operating the virtual room settings to continue his training.