Ambush

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After spending two hours speaking with Hayato, Sora saw the world in a different way.

"Thank you for the guidance," said Sora with gratitude.

Being genuinely happy about the new information he got, Sora thanked Hayato with his utmost respect.

"Haha, don't mention it," chuckled Hayato as he scratched his beard.

"I will be coming here whenever I can Shigure," said Sora as he threw Shigure a sly smile.

Nodding, Shigure held the Bamboo Sword tighter. She looked at Sora for a minute before turning to face the forge.

"Do you have more amazing and beautiful techniques like that?!" asked Miu as she ran up to Sora with excitement.

"I do," nodded Sora.

"Can you show them to me next time you come by?" Miu looked at Sora expectantly with her eyes sparkling.

Sora chuckled, "Sure. I will show you one new technique every three days."

Sora could easily make new techniques with ease. He could theoretically show Miu a new technique every single hour for 100 years and not run out of techniques. Add in the Mental State and he could make any technique look visually appealing.

"Yay! It's amazing how you're my age and you can do so many amazing things," said Miu after remembering that Sora is only 15. She looked at Sora with bright eyes like if he was an idol, her aspirations as a martial artist blooming- wishing to be better.

Sora spent some time talking with Miu and Shigure, Hayato had left after Sora had thanked him. With Miu and Shigure, Sora just talked about some mundane things and martial arts.

The talk only lasted for a bit before Sora had to leave. He waved goodbye to Shigure and Miu and headed back home with a new understanding over martial arts.

Essence!

On the way back to Kayaba's house, Sora smacked his forehead as he realized that he failed to notice the essence in everything he did. The Gold Essence, the Wave Essence technique, the essence of every metal and crystal, the essence of herbs, plants, and fruits… the essence was everywhere.

Even in cultivation!

Gathering Qi in the air and in the surroundings before condensing it and making the Qi into a liquid form. Qi was the essence of a cultivator!

Sighing, Sora was sad that he hadn't noticed it millions of years sooner.

He shook his head and realized that there's no point in regretting something from the past.

"Ah!"

"Guh!"

"Kyaa!!"

"Run ojou-sama!"

"I can't leave you Claude! Let's run together!"

Hearing some yells, Sora ran to the source of the yells.

Arriving at the location, Sora found a blonde girl with a red ribbon on her head. She had tears on her face as she ran away from the fight behind her.

Bang!

Bang!

Sora heard the sound of gunshots and turned his attention over to the fight.

"Guh! *Sniff*... Don't run that way!" the girl bumped into Sora and fell to the ground. Tears streamed down her face as she stood up and grabbed Sora's hand. She didn't know who Sora was, but she had to run away with Sora since she believed he was an innocent bystander.

"What's going on?" asked Sora as he was pulled by the girl, who surprisingly had tremendous strength.

"An ambush!" cried the girl as she ran.

"By who?" asked Sora as he squinted his eyes.

"I don't know! There was only one person, yet he took down everyone!" cried the girl as she stumbled and fell down.

The girl struggled to get up but only failed. She began sobbing on the floor after not being able to get up, her cute face covered in tears.

"..." Sora looked at the girl for a short while before smiling. "I will deal with them for you."

"Huh?" The blonde girl lifted her head to look at Sora but found that he had already ran to the fight.

'A cute girl… it's possible to get her,' said Sora as he glanced back at the blonde girl that yelled at him to come back.

Sora focused back onto running to the fight and only found three men alive, still shooting at the man that appeared.

He's a very tall and large man with a muscular physique. He has long braided hair tied up in the back and a tight fighting outfit and suit. He wears a necklace of chained teeth around his neck.

Using his scimitar, the man had cut the bullets coming his way and deflected the rest. His face completely serious and his eyes filled with cruelty as he quickly reached another man.

Bang! Shii!

Without waiting for much, Sora dashed forward with his Hidden Blade in hand. He jumped over the three men that he needs to keep alive and performed a quick slash on their weapons, cutting them in half. This would prevent them from shooting at Sora and the man whilst they fought.

Once the weapons were cut in half, Sora continued running to the man

"Run!" Sora yelled to the three men before slashing his Hidden Blade at the man.

"... Tch..." one of the men clicked their tongues before running with the two remaining men.

"Damn! You let my prey escape! Fuck you!" cursed the man as his face warped into one of anger.

"That's a disgusting mouth you have there," said Sora as his eyes turned cold and a smile formed on his face. A red aura filled with the scent of blood and death emanated from Sora as he released his killing intent.

Clink!

Two swords clashed against each other with a loud bang, pushing each other back. Sora involuntarily took a step back whilst the man slid back 5 feet.

"Grr. Stop interfering!" yelled the man as he hacked down on Sora with his large scimitar.

Sora smiled like the devil as he pointed the sword to his back and held it at his waist. Tensing up his muscles, Sora waited for the perfect moment to strike back at the man.

Sora focused his senses onto the falling sword and the man whilst pushing the limits of his body to draw out as much strength as possible from his body.

Scorning Mantra!

Tapping into the full strength of his body, Sora's veins bulged and his muscles grew a bit. Even whilst Sora's body looked fierce and vicious, his mind and soul was as calm as can be.

The sword quickly fell down to Sora, cutting through the air violently. Sora's eyes glowed as he simply lifted the sword in his hand, effortlessly cutting through the sword and the man.

Iaido!

Shing…

Sora's Hidden Blade returned to it's sheath in an instant.

The man looked at Sora with wide eyes as he fell to his knees. His anger completely gone as he realized that he had died, "Damn…"

"What's your name?" asked Sora as he looked at the man.

"Bantou Master… Chuma Akenzua..." muttered the man before his head slid off his body and onto the floor.

"..." Sora looked at the dead man before turning to look at the dead bodies in the surrounding. He sighed and walked away thinking back to a technique he had just used, Scorning Mantra.

It was the first time Sora had ever used the technique and it had brought great results in just a few seconds. Scorning Mantra puts a load on the body, making the body work at 110% of it's strength.

Continuous use of this technique could let one draw out the hidden potential of the body. However, not receiving enough rest in between the use of this technique would lead to damage that can't be fixed unless special means are used.

However, it's effects are amazing and can help the body draw out more strength. If one grows used to using the technique and become proficient with it, not only could one last longer using it, but they could asle draw out 10% more strength.

Sora sighed and scratched the back of his head, he never saw any use in this technique, but now that he thinks about it, using 110% of one's strength is an amazing thing. Even better if he grows proficient in it.

There are other techniques like this, but they either burn the life force or cripple you in some way after you receive a permanent buff.

Sora calmly walked back to where he left the blonde girl and found no one there. He turned his head left and right before shrugging his shoulders and rushing back home.

***

Somewhere inside a black car, rushing through the streets back to their headquarters, a blonde girl was in the back of the seat yelling.

"We have to go back! That boy is in danger!" yelled the blonde girl.

"We can't go back there Chitoge Oujo-sama," yelled the driver with anger on his face.

"But that-"

"He will be fine! That boy cut through our weapons like if they were nothing," said Claude with a look of anger on his face. "He sliced my favorite gun..."

"..." Chitoge turned quiet at Claude's words before biting her lips and saying, "We could've just waited for him! To make sure he won't get hurt because of us! He might be in trouble right now."

Claude looked at Chitoge for a brief moment before turning calm. "He entered the fight by himself, if he gets hurt, that's his fault."

"But..." Chitoge tried to say something else before being cut off by Claude.

"Ojou-sama, you will return to your father's side. He has made a meeting with the Shuei Clan, we will be joining him," said Claude as he made the car go even faster.

The boy in question? Calmly whistling on his way back home.

***

"I'm home!" yelled Sora as he entered Kayaba's home.

"Ah… you're finally here," said Kayaba as he turned to look at Sora from the couch.

Kayaba stood up and grabbed a back before handing it over to Sora.

"This is your fighting clothes," he said.

"My fighting clothes?" Sora opened the bag and saw a black leather coat inside along with some black slip on skate shoes. There was also a black shirt with the logo of Sword Art Online on the front. There were also some black slim pants underneath everything.

"What's with the shoes and the coat? And why is everything in a black color?" Sora asked as he looked over to Kayaba.

"I thought the black color would greatly suit your pitch black eyes and hair," smiled Kayaba. "As for the coat and shoes, one of them is called the Coat of Midnight. We will be sponsoring one of the items someone can get from the game Sword Art Online. Maybe we can get the companies we defeat to sponsor our game in some way.

And the shoes? I thought they fit well with the rest of your clothes so I threw it in."

Sora sighed as he accepted the clothes, although not too happy from the pure black color it all has. He feels like he had returned to his days as an assassin when he would dress himself up in only black colors.

Thanking Kayaba for the clothes, Sora headed back to his room and set the clothes off to the side. Sora likes the color black, but he wouldn't make it his complete style, maybe only for assassinations.

If he could choose the color scheme, he would have made the shoes and shirt white and leave the rest black. Maybe even change it some other colors sometimes, but not much would go well with a black coat.

"The Coat of Midnight… I feel like playing this game already," said Sora as he looked at the coat with interest.

Sora entered his Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal and continued his training.

Nirvanic Taichi!

Nirvanic Taichi Art!

Scorning Mantra!

…

***

"Have you enrolled him into Ishiyama High School yet?" asked Kayaba as he talked with Rinko on the phone.

"Yes, but are we really letting him enter that school? It's filled with delinquents and some are even part of gangs. I'm pretty sure some are the children of conglomerates," said Rinko with slight worry in her voice.

Kayaba remained silent for a little while before smiling, "He will be able to deal with them all, so it won't be much of a problem. In fact, I think Sora might be able to put that school back on the right tracks."

"But what if that's not the case and instead starts causing trouble?" asked Rinko as she thought about Sora growing demon horns and terrorizing the whole delinquent school.

"He won't," said Kayaba with confidence. "Sora's mature, he won't be doing something like that."

"... Sigh… fine."

Beep~

Kayaba sighed as he tossed his phone to the side after he hung up on Rinko.

'I hope I'm not wrong.'