Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Even though Busujima Saeko dodged with all her might, the blade of the staff still slashed across her forehead, leaving a deep wound at the corner of her eyebrow.

Bright red blood slowly dripped down the wound and was then licked directly into Busujima Saeko's mouth.

Although her attack had just failed, she looked as if she was savoring the experience and had an expression of enjoyment on her face.

"What a beautiful sword, but that alone is not enough, please give me more pleasure!"

After saying that, Busujima Saeko rushed forward with her sword in hand, but just when she focused her attention on the 'Skeleton Warrior' who blocked her attack, she didn't expect that Lan Ke actually accelerated and rushed over, slashing at her with a sword, which forced Busujima Saeko to draw her sword in advance.

"Click~"

The two of them clashed swords again!

The force was even more violent than before and even directly pressed Lan Ke over.

But Busujima Saeko was not happy about this, instead she frowned.

After the previous two rounds of fighting, they had a certain understanding of each other's strength. She didn't believe that Lan Ke didn't know that the opponent was not at an advantage in simple wrestling, but he still took the initiative to do so. There must be a trap.

It's a pity that she had no choice.

The meaning of the word is to correct the old wife

Traps that might be triggered at any time were extremely dangerous, but the opponent's returning staff blade also posed a threat to her.

So she decisively chose to fight back. After all, Lan Ke might be able to dodge the attack later, but if she was not careful with the attack first, it would definitely cause trouble.

But at this moment, the wind suddenly blew.

How can there be wind?

This is the depth of the impression space!!

At this moment, she noticed an unknown creature like a balloon floating behind Lan Ke. It was obviously the same helper as the "skeleton" before, but the other party did not attack her?

What are you doing?

And soon, the other party found out.

At first it was just windy, but soon the wind turned into rain, and then snowflakes began to fall.

The other party changed... no, should I say, created the weather?!

When Busujima Saeko reacted, the strange balloon-like creature slowly landed on Lan Ke's shoulder.

"Sorry to bother you, Mountain Spirit."

That’s right, this is the second “personality mask” that Lan Ke prepared for this strategy.

The first personality mask is the 'Skeleton Warrior' who specializes in defending against physical attacks, while the second personality mask is a mountain spirit with the unique characteristic of 'Bad Weather Darling'.

This is a personality mask that does not appear frequently even in the original game.

After all, its characteristics are somewhat subtle, its own strength is not high, and its skills tend to be auxiliary. In addition, it takes some time to level up after obtaining it, so under normal circumstances, even if you get it, you will not care about it, but directly use the previous "Personality Mask" until you get a higher level and more desired Personality Mask.

However, the reason why Lan Ke brought 'Shan Ling' with him to level up was not just because it looked cute, but for the next plan.

Now it’s time to reveal the third card, which is also his real trump card!!

"The venue has been prepared for you! Let the enemy see your strength!"

"Jack Frost!!"

"hiho~~"

Accompanied by a cheerful voice, a snowman-shaped 'personality mask' wearing a two-horned hat appeared behind Lan Ke while dancing a strange dance as the 'mountain spirit' disappeared.

At the same time, the voice of the mountain spirit came to Lan Ke's ears.

"My Lord, I'll leave the rest to you..."

At the last moment before leaving, Shan Ling used his remaining strength to cast 'Tarkaga' to strengthen Lan Ke's attack power and then disappeared.

Suddenly, Lan Ke felt a surge of power surging in his body again!

With the help of the mountain spirit's final enhancement, Lan Ke, who was originally at a disadvantage in the wrestling, also exerted force suddenly and pushed back the sword that was about to press down!

But these are not the key points!

"I'm here to help~"

With a child-like voice, 'Jack Frost' waved his hands, and a cold current passed Lan Ke and swept towards 'Bujima Saeko (Shadow)'.

And this cold current was actually intensified after it came into contact with the snowflakes falling from the air!

Facing Lan Ke's slashing attack, the opponent could still rely on "seeing through" to dodge or catch it, but facing the invasion of the cold current, even she was helpless.

However, she knew that if she continued to stalemate with Lan Ke, she would become a sitting duck, so she retreated decisively and distanced herself from Lan Ke, risking the possibility of being hit by Lan Ke.

Looking at 'Jack Frost' who was performing a strange and funny dance, Busujima Saeko couldn't laugh, and even frowned unconsciously, because she found that these ice and snow seemed to be more than just lethal.

She found that her movements seemed to slow down?

Although it was only a very subtle change, it undoubtedly affected her!

"So, this is your plan?"

Facing Busujima Saeko who seemed to have seen through his plan, Lan Ke seemed quite calm. After all, the plan had already been implemented and it was too late for the other party to know.

In fact, during the previous battle, Lan Ke noticed that the "negative state" in the real world was not the same as in the game.

Firstly, Lan Ke's most commonly used skill, 'Burn', not only causes damage but also causes pain. However, unlike the percentage damage in the game, it is also related to the range covered by the burn. Otherwise, the previous battle with 'Ze Yuezhi (Shadow)' would not have lasted so long.

The second is the "ice attribute attack" that Lan Ke has identified as the "core of tactics" this time.

In addition to simply causing damage, low temperatures will also affect the enemy's movements, and once "freeze" is triggered, it will go a step further. In addition to affecting the movements, the frozen area will also increase its physical damage.

But there are pros and cons. It is only effective when hitting the frozen area, unlike in the game where you can just attack once it is triggered.

As for the ice and snow weather summoned by the 'Mountain Spirit', it will further strengthen ice attribute attacks. It can be understood as a special battlefield, just like fire attribute attacks will be strengthened in a volcano.

But if it is completely based on reality, why is only 'Bukujima Saeko (Shadow)' affected?

In fact, it is very simple. Because Lan Ke drives the 'Jack Frost Spirit', he also obtains some of the other party's power. He has a strong resistance to freezing and naturally will not be affected by the cold current.

These are things that were not in the original game.

But there are pros and cons. In this cold current, the effect of "burning" will be weakened, and at the same time, the effect of "freezing air" will also be weakened due to the burning of the flames.

Compared to the weakening effect of 'Freezing Air', Lan Ke had no choice but to give up 'Burn'.

As for why Lan Ke didn't just form a team with the 'wind attribute' as the core to fight against Rakshasa who was restrained by the 'wind attribute'?

In fact, the reason is very simple. There are too few low-level personality masks that are good at "wind attribute", and the debuff that the wind attribute may cause is defense reduction. It's a pity that the personality masks are relatively weak, and the fault tolerance rate is not as good as the "ice attribute team" that Lan Ke is preparing now.

The only drawback is that it takes a little longer, but the characteristic of 'Jack Frost Essence' is that it uses moves that cause 'freezing' to reduce consumption.

10①2二八з零㈨⑧

"Don't blame me~"

In the face of Lan Ke's teasing, Busujima Saeko was not afraid at all. Instead, she put the knife back to her waist again, lowered her body and showed a provocative expression.

"A true swordsman doesn't complain about who his enemy is, or whether he's a mean person or not."

"I didn't expect you to be so good at talking, did you?"

Busujima Saeko seemed to be just responding innocently, but there were only two people at the scene. Who else could the other party refer to as "despicable or not" except him?

Maybe it’s just because of his personality, even when he is scolding someone, he is so polite.

However, Lan Ke is neither a knight nor a warrior. He is a doctor. As long as he can eliminate the patient's "disease focus" and does not violate his bottom line, then he doesn't care.

From a certain perspective, Busujima Saeko's words actually made him feel good, as at least it proved that his plan was effective!

Then all he needs to do next is to mechanically repeat the previous actions!

"Let me help you 'remove the lesion' right here!"

Facing the long staff pointed at her by Lan Ke, 'Bujima Saeko (Shadow)' was not afraid at all, but instead smiled happily.

“Hahaha!! If you’ve got what it takes, come on!!”

Even though Lan Ke knew that Busujima Saeko was just a 'shadow', he could not deny that his blood was boiling at that moment!

The staff blade and the long sword collided in the air, making a crisp sound, and a silent cold current swept over the two of them.

The blood dripping from Busujima Saeko's wound also turned into ice crystals. As the two weapons clashed, the blood-colored ice crystals flew all over the sky, making the battlefield between the two even more tragic.

As the battle in the "Impression Space" became increasingly intense, Saeko Busujima, who was outside, was also affected.

It was already late at night, and she went to bed early after completing her meditation.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes in her sleep.

Feeling the chill coming from her limbs, Busujima Saeko couldn't help but touch her forehead, but to her surprise, there seemed to be little difference in temperature?

'Why does it feel so cold if the temperature difference is not that big?'

Busujima Saeko didn't know what had happened, but she thought it might be because she had been under too much pressure recently and had hallucinations.

"Has the situation worsened again?"

It was obvious to her that although she had nightmares in the past two days, she was at least able to sleep well. But today's situation was obviously worse, and she was even woken up in the middle of the night.

She was worried that if she continued like this, her mental state would deteriorate further and further. If one day she couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams...

She felt a chill at the thought, because if such a thing really happened, then reality might turn into a sea of ​​blood and corpses just like in her dream?

But at this moment, she suddenly felt a palpitation.

“Woo~!!”

She covered her chest with one hand and knelt down on the tatami. At the same time, her breathing seemed to become heavier...

Chapter 18 I will take responsibility for this!

Saeko Busujima, holding her heart, felt her breathing becoming more rapid and her consciousness becoming blurred. She even felt that her consciousness was gradually being pulled out of her body.

He tried to wave his body around as if drowning, but received no response.

ㄚi○﹄⒉②汃３0⑨/

"What's wrong with me? Am I going to die? What an ironic way to die! Even if I die, at least, let me die by the sword..."

In her trance, she seemed to hear some sound.

She was almost unconscious in her trance when she suddenly woke up because it was the sound of swords and halberds clashing! !

It was this faint sound that made her almost instinctively open her eyes and try to find the source of the sound.

She didn't know how long it had been, but she finally lifted her heavy eyelids and saw an incredible scene.

I saw myself with two horns on my head, brandishing a long sword and fighting with the 'Phantom Thief of Heart' who I had just had a brief encounter with in a strange place.

For some reason, light snow was falling in the place that seemed to be inside the monster's body, but she soon stopped paying attention to the strange environment because she found that the "swordsmanship" of the "Phantom Thief of Heart" seemed somewhat familiar?

But before she could think any further, the horned version of herself let out a roar! !

"Not enough! Not enough!! What's the difference between this sword and the previous one?!"

"Crack~!"

The cane was pushed away, and the voice of 'Bushima Saeko (Shadow)', who was wearing a blood crystal armor because of the frost, was no longer as powerful as before, but she seemed to have become more violent.

"Is that all?! Is that all you have?! Show me the strength you showed me that night! Carve unforgettable scars on my body!"

Along with the opponent's roar, the blood-colored ice crystals originally attached to the opponent's body were also shaken away, but the strange thing was that the blood-colored ice crystals did not disappear. Instead, they floated quietly beside her, and even gathered more and more, as if condensing into blood mist again.

Looking at the increasingly crazy 'Bujima Saeko (Shadow)' in front of him, Lan Ke's brows under the mask became deeper and deeper.

Because he vaguely realized that the reason why Busujima Saeko's 'shadow' evolved so quickly seemed to be related to him.

Could it be that my previous attempts have only made the other party's "desire" even greater?

No, the other person himself should not be able to know about the "cognitive world". Even if he has any feelings, they are at most similar to a "dream".

So, was it because that night, in order to prevent his identity from being exposed, his act of relying on pure force to suppress the other party actually provoked the other party?

Lan Ke didn't know either. After all, compared to surgery, he was just a newcomer in psychology.

But he knew at least one thing, that at this moment, the only person who could give the other person "relief" was himself!

"So the reason you became like this is because of my 'feeding'..."

As he spoke, Lan Ke raised the cane high above his head.