DanMachi: Unlimited Blade Works

"Hey, hey, hey, why did I just suddenly die?" Hearing Stella's wail, Shirou commented helplessly, "I think I can still be saved!"

Standing up and dusting himself off, Shirou smiled at the three people in front of him: "Long time no see, everyone!"

"It certainly has been a while!" Recalling the time Shirou had been gone, Stella immediately raised a finger and began to count on it. "Shirou's been gone for almost a month, hasn't he? If we hadn't been able to contact you, we probably would have called the police!" Clearly, Stella wasn't the only one dissatisfied with Shirou's disappearance.

"Haha, well, I've been very busy!" "But I'm here now, so let's not talk about me. Isn't the duel between Ikki and War God Nangou more important right now?" At Shirou's reminder, the few who had just remembered the duel between Ikki and War God Nangou quickly looked towards them. They then found that the two were still standing there, motionless. This scene left the onlookers extremely confused. But only Shirou, unlike the others, was filled with joy.

"What a spectacular duel!"

"Huh? Shirou, can you understand this battle?"

"Of course!" Looking at the two continuously confronting each other on the field, Shirou said seriously, "They are not motionless; it's just that their movements are very subtle, and you won't notice them if you don't pay close attention." "The two of them have been clashing the whole time: gazes, sword energy, or various subtle actions. Ikki continuously tries to approach War God Nangou, but without success."

"After all, for a swordsman of War God Nangou's caliber, his attack range is almost equivalent to the opponent's death zone. As long as you step in by just one inch, War God Nangou's sword can instantly sever the enemy's consciousness." "Therefore, Ikki gave up on penetrating deep into the enemy lines, simply standing on the starting line, creating various feints of advancing, and exhausting all his efforts to challenge Nangou's sword barrier."

"I never thought it would be like this?" After hearing Shirou's explanation, both Stella and the others, as well as the Hachishin Komiyama and his group who had been following Shirou, were extremely surprised. They never expected that the two, who seemed motionless in their eyes, were actually constantly clashing. Is this the realm of masters?

"Should I say, as expected of War God Nangou Torajiro?

He made Ikki unable to advance an inch, even though Ikki's strongest point as a swordsman is close-quarters Cross Field!" To Arisu Nagi's lament, Hachishin, who was beside him, nodded in agreement and said, "After all, you said it yourself, that's War God Nangou Torajiro! He is the only Japanese person to win the top-tier Chinese War God Cup League in this world."

China in this world also stands at the pinnacle of the world. As a member of the Alliance, China in this world is an extremely powerful nation. This can be seen from War God Nangou Torajiro's honor. As one of Japan's legends, his greatest recognition was winning the War God Cup in China. This is almost like the legendary honor of a real-life Japanese table tennis player winning the table tennis championship at the Chinese Asian Games.

"No, Ikki is not without the ability to fight back; he has even, to some extent, suppressed the War God!"

"What?"

"How could that be!"

"That's War God Nangou!" Listening to everyone's exclamations, Shirou said calmly, "There's nothing incredible about it. Facing Ikki, even War God Nangou is firmly pinned in place, unable to move!" "Even if Nangou repeatedly threatened with sword energy or made feints, Ikki remained as calm as still water, completely unaffected, and even seized opportunities to break through Nangou's defenses."

"The two of them can be completely called evenly matched at this moment!"

"Evenly matched?" The shocked crowd looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

But Shirou ignored the sentiments of the surrounding crowd. He was already immersed in this spectacular duel.

Although Shirou couldn't yet catch up to Ikki in swordsmanship, the gap between them was no longer large. After all, his continuous sparring with Ikki and Edelweiss during this time was no joke. Under their influence, Shirou's progress in swordsmanship had rapidly increased. Therefore, the duel between Ikki and War God Nangou was truly magnificent to Shirou!

Thus, their battle continued for a full twenty minutes before ending. After the match, War God Nangou left.

After all, for an elderly person nearing a hundred years old, such a duel was too exhausting. At this moment, he needed to rest.

"Not bad, Ikki! You can even fight War God Nangou to a standstill!"

"Shirou, why are you here!" Startled by Shirou's sudden appearance, Ikki then responded with a wry smile to his teasing. "That was just a normal swordsmanship duel; if it were a real battle, I would have died long ago!"

"But even if it's a swordsman's duel, that's still Nangou!" Seeing Ikki still not satisfied, Stella, who was nearby, complained discontentedly.

"Looks like Ikki isn't very satisfied with his swordsmanship, so how about I introduce you to a stronger opponent next time?" Shirou, equally displeased, patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Huh, Shirou knows other swordsmen with superb skills?"

"Of course, what do you think of Twin-Winged?"

"..."

"Can you please not joke, Shirou! You're scaring me!"

Twin-Winged Edelweiss, the culmination of all swordsmanship. In front of her, his own swordsmanship would probably be at the level of a child playing with a sword. Ikki thought so.

"Heh, if you don't believe me, then fine. By the way, I'm here now, aren't you going to entertain me?"

"Hey, hey, hey, we're going back today already!"

"Huh, so early?"

"It's not early, Shirou; you just came too late!" And so, amidst their casual chat, the students of Hagun Academy finally gathered together.

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"So why exactly did I come here?"

"I just arrived a moment ago, and now I have to go back already? How can that be!" Hearing Shirou's complaint, Stella, who was beside him, also said discontentedly. "It's your fault for coming late, Brother! If you had come earlier, none of this would have happened!" Remembering that she hadn't even had a chance to explore Yamagata with her brother before leaving, Stella's mood grew even

more sour.

"Speaking of which, why isn't Kusakabe-kun on the bus?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shirou quickly changed the subject and brought up Kusakabe Kagami.

"Hmm, she heard that Rokuzon Academy started their training camp three days ago, so she left early this morning to go to Hokkaido for an interview."

"Is that so? That's really diligent of her!" Shirou trusted Arisu Nagi's answer, after all, they were good friends!

And just then, the bus they were riding suddenly stopped.

This caused everyone inside who wasn't sitting firmly to almost fall to the ground.

"What's wrong, Rai-kun!" Hearing Toudou Touka's question from beside him, Sugata Rai, the driver, pointed forward in horror and trembled, "Is that smoke ahead coming from our school!?"

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