Crossover Anime: From DanMachi to Becoming a Garbage Scavenging Master

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The legend of "Nanami Maniwa Octopus" has quietly spread throughout Japan.

It is said that the ninja could transform into a ten-meter-tall, dark green giant.

It is said that she once cleaved the entire island in two with a single stroke.

It is also said that he killed Sabibai, the greatest samurai in Japan at the time, on the spot with just the aftershocks of his sword swing.

No one knows how much of these rumors are true. But one thing is certain—the shogunate has begun a serious investigation into this person.

Yasuri Shichika and Toga, who had just finished collecting the Thousand Blades, stopped what they were doing when they saw the intelligence sent by the shogunate.

"A ten-meter giant—" Toga looked at the page and tapped her fingertip lightly. "This is most likely an exaggerated report." She paused, "However, since it's information verified by the Shogunate... the story of splitting the island in two with a single sword strike is probably true."

Nanaka scratched her head. "Hey, isn't this a bit too much? There are people this powerful in the Maniwa Ninja Army? Togame, did you know?"

Toga pondered for a moment, a hint of confusion creeping into her expression. "I've cooperated with the Maniwa ninja army many times, but all I know about them are the twelve leaders." She glanced at the intelligence report again. "This name... sounds like someone from the Fish Group, but I've never heard of them before." After a pause, she added, "Of course, it's not impossible that they're hiding something from me."

Nana whispered the name over and over.

"Nanami..." He suddenly stopped, his brows furrowing slightly. "It feels like...something familiar."

The next instant, he jerked his head up. "No way. Could that be—my sister?"

After thinking for a moment, Toga suddenly clapped her hands.

"The trail for Thin Blade Needle has gone cold, and there's no information on any other blades." She stood up, as if drawing a conclusion. "In that case, it wouldn't hurt to go back with you and take a look."

She flashed that familiar smile, then, without any hesitation, punched Qihua in the face to encourage her:

"Cheri!"

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At the training grounds of Fushin Island, the place of exile for the Kyoto-ryu, Yasuri Nanami is teaching the Alphia sisters the swordsmanship of the White Soldiers.

The footwork is called "Explosive Shrinking Ground," the sword-drawing slash is called "Ikko-money," the mid-section thrust is called "Speed-Slow Sword," the counter-attack technique is called "Reversal Dream Slash," and the "Thin Blade Opening Eyes" touches the pinnacle of swordsmanship in this world.

The two girls were clearly very interested in this new sword technique.

On the open ground, Alphia made the first move—she stomped her foot and used Shrinking Strike to instantly compress her body into the gap left by Metria, following up with a mid-section thrust of Swiftness and Slowness, creating an afterimage that was difficult to discern as real or illusory. Metria parried with her sword, but was still forced back half a step by the thrust. She immediately countered with Reverse Dream Slash, forcefully turning the tide of the battle and barely managing to stabilize her position.

The two men, wielding wooden swords, engaged in a fierce and lively battle, exchanging blows and defending each other.

Qi Shi stood a little further away, holding a thin knife and needle, her eyes closed, as if sensing something.

What she was thinking about was not power, nor speed, but something more subtle—like a knife that, after being honed to its limit, begins to perceive the world in a different way.

At that moment, she opened her eyes, slowly raised her hand, and lightly swung her hand blade. The blade traced an almost imperceptible path in the air, thinner and deeper than yesterday.

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Another week passed, and Yasuri Shichika and Toga returned to Fusho Island.

As soon as she stepped onto the forest path, Nana saw two girls, about eight or nine years old, standing quietly in the middle of the path, holding wooden swords.

He stopped and sized up the two of them, saying, "A wooden sword—according to my father, it doesn't count as a knife, so it's not against the rules. But isn't it a bit strange that you're acting like the island lord is blocking our way?"

The girl with heterochromatic gray-green eyes, Alphia, stepped forward, her voice clear and calm: "Are you the fool who has come to challenge Lady Maniwa Octopus Nanami?" She slightly raised her wooden sword. "Seeing her won't be so easy—get past us first."

Before she finished speaking, Metalia also moved at the same time, attacking from the front and back, left and right, with wooden swords whistling through the air.

Nanaka immediately assumed the stance of the Phantom Blade Style.

Alphia slipped half a step and raised her sword to block the punch; Metalia cut in from the side, her wooden sword aimed straight at Shichika's ribs, but Shichika twisted her body at an extremely unnatural angle to dodge, and swung her palm at Metalia's shoulder—but she retreated with great skill, deftly deflecting the blow.

The three figures kept intersecting in the open space.

At first, Shichika just dealt with it casually, but before long her movements gradually became more serious. When she parried a slash, she couldn't help but say, "This is really troublesome. The two of you, one attacking and one defending, are practically flawless."

The battle lasted for quite some time before the two sisters gradually found themselves at a disadvantage.

Just then, a voice came from the woods, interrupting the inexplicable battle.

"The Phantom Blade Style... has become dull."

Qi Hua stopped moving almost immediately, looked at the figure that emerged from the forest, and hesitated for a moment.

"……elder sister?"

Nanami, whose current identity is Copy Ninja Nanami, neither confirmed nor denied it. She simply turned her head slightly, as if she had tacitly accepted the title, or as if she had no intention of responding to it at all.

Nana, however, already understood her meaning and said with some helplessness, "I don't understand, why do we have to fight each other?"

"Nanaka, don't say such discouraging things."

Nanami's tone remained calm and unhurried, as if this were just a matter of course.

"Miss Toga, and Alphia and the others are all watching."

Qi Hua scratched her head and said, "I haven't been wandering around outside these past two months. I've become much stronger—it wouldn't be good if I accidentally hurt my sister."

Nanami looked at him, her tone even colder than usual.

"Injured? Victory between swordsmen is always predicated on the resolve to kill the opponent!"

Nana frowned.

"Killing my sister and all that..."

"It's gotten duller after all."

Nanami sighed softly.

"I had this concern from the beginning—was it because of Lord Yulian Yinge, or Lord Tsuruga Camouflage, or perhaps, because of you, Miss Qiceshi Tomi?"

After a moment of silence, Qi Hua said, "Actually, things aren't that complicated. If you just hand over the Thin Knife and Needle, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Nanami said calmly:

"When swordsmen meet—is there any reason not to fight?"

Nanaka shook her head.

"My sister is not a swordsman."

He said.

"It's a sword."

Nanami paused slightly.

"That's not wrong."

She raised her hand and gently shook the knife in it.

"However, I am a sword—and you are a sword too. In order for you to truly fight, I specially brought a transforming sword."

She looked at Qihua.

"If you want it—then let's fight."

Nana was silent for a while, then sighed.

"Oh well."

Nana watched Nanami silently for a while, then slowly relaxed her body, letting her arms hang naturally and her shoulders slump slightly. She neither adopted an offensive nor a defensive stance, but simply stood there calmly and casually like an ordinary person—that was the Zero Style of the Void Blade School: Fig Tree, without any stance, in its natural state.

In the next instant, Qihua had already rushed out.

There was no testing, no foreshadowing; the secret was revealed from the very beginning.

The ultimate combo of the Phantom Blade style - Seven Flowers and Eight Splits.

"The First Secret Technique - A Flower in a Mirror and the Moon in Water."

Seven Flowers' figure vanished suddenly. It was the fastest move in the Void Blade Style. The fist shadow was almost just an afterimage in the air. Even the leaves falling in the forest didn't have time to be swept by the fist wind.

Nanami merely turned slightly to the side, and the fist grazed the hem of her clothes.

Seven flowers naturally moved closer.

"The Second Secret - Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon".

Elbow strikes, shoulder strikes, and palm strikes unfolded in quick succession, the offensive flowing like a never-ending stream, giving the opponent almost no breathing space.

Nanami raised her sword and gently deflected the force, thus neutralizing the impact.

Seven Flowers has already entered the third form.

"The Third Secret Technique - A Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom".

The force of the punches exploded suddenly in that instant, as if the air was torn apart by countless fist shadows, and the fallen leaves on the ground were swept up and scattered between the two.

Nanami's foot slipped slightly, and her punch missed its mark.

The fourth move of the Seven Flowers is ready.

"The Fourth Secret Technique - Green Willows and Red Flowers".

The force of the punch suddenly subsided.

This move is a Phantom Blade style armor-piercing technique that can shatter the interior of a defense, making it a special move for dealing with heavy armor and strong defenses.

There's only one problem—it needs to build up its power.

The time was extremely short, yet there was a brief pause.

Nanami's eyes lit up slightly at that moment, and she instantly pulled her hand out from under the hilt of the sword.

"Qiang Bai Bing Liu - a sword and money."

However, what was slashed out was not the blade; instead, the wrist transformed into the back of the blade.

The next instant, Qi Hua was sent flying by the slash, her body arcing through the air.

Just as he lost his balance, Nanami swung her sword again.

A slash passed by Qihua's ear, a second stopped in front of her throat, a third grazed her shoulder, and a fourth slashed across her chest.

More slashes appeared one after another, crisscrossing in mid-air, like a net of blades that opened instantly, surrounding Qi Hua completely, yet each one stopped just a hair's breadth away from her skin.

next moment.

Seven flowers crashed heavily to the ground.

Dust rose up, and the slashes slowly dissipated.

Nanami had already sheathed her sword. She walked up to Nana and calmly said, as if she were simply calculating something:

"Just now, you died two hundred and seventy-two times."

"That's great, Nanaka. The enemies we encountered before were all too weak; they couldn't see through the weaknesses in your techniques."

Nanami looked past Nanaka and at Toga, who was watching the battle not far away.

In the next instant, Nanami's figure had disappeared.

When he reappeared, he was already standing behind Touka, with one hand gently holding her shoulder.

Qihua then turned around abruptly.

"Wait—Sister!"

Nanami looked at him, her tone still calm.

"I'll borrow Miss Togae until you become stronger again."

As soon as she finished speaking, she stomped her foot.

The two figures disappeared together into the woods.

Only the leaves, blown by the wind, slowly fall.

Nana stood there, looking at the empty forest path, and after a long while, she slowly sighed.

"...This is really troublesome."