Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

"Then I am responsible for this as well."

While holding the handle of the staff tightly with both hands, Lan Ke narrowed his eyes unconsciously, as if all his energy was concentrated in his palms.

"As compensation, let me destroy you here!"

The death of my uncle

As the slightly low voice fell, Lan Ke rushed towards him with his feet on the ground like a beast out of a cage, and the cane was raised high above his head, like a 'Sword of Damocles' hanging high in the air, which was terrifying.

Seeing this, Busujima Saeko's shadow was not afraid at all, and even the smile on her lips seemed to become even more wanton.

"That's right! That's it!! Let's fight with all our might!!"

As the sound seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, Busujima Saeko continued to press her body down, and her whole body was compressed to the limit like a spring!

Even the blood mist that was originally overflowing seemed to be compressed into his body, and the crystal blood-colored ice flowers slowly fell again.

But just when it was about to fall on her, there was a "pop" sound and the ground under his feet was instantly broken, and he appeared in front of Lan Ke in an instant like an arrow.

The only difference from her thunder-like movements was that her blade moved almost silently from bottom to top towards Lan Ke's throat.

No matter how deified it is, it cannot be changed that 'Iai' was originally developed as an assassination technique, which focuses more on speed than strength, because no matter how powerful a person is, they cannot change the fragility of their weaknesses, and no matter how small the lethality of the blade is, as long as it can touch the target's weakness, it can kill it.

Therefore, "Iai" pursues extreme speed, and its lethality is often a by-product of its speed.

But in the face of this terrifying attack, Lan Ke was not moved at all.

One reason is that he knew very well that it was meaningless to retreat in such a situation. Even if he avoided the first attack, he would be defeated by the second and third attacks. When both sides chose to confront each other head-on, he would have no way to retreat.

Secondly, although the opponent's attack seems terrifying, it cannot change the fact that the opponent has been weakened in the previous battle.

With his current strength, there is no need to be afraid!

With his hands clenched, Lan Ke tightened the handle of the staff and put almost all his strength and energy into this attack!

Although both Fujimura Taiga and Busujima Saeko herself reminded Lan Ke that he must leave some room for maneuver at all times and in all places during the battle.

But at the same time, they also said that they must give their all at critical moments!

These two sentences seem to contradict each other, but how to choose and balance the two is the quality that a true swordsman must possess.

And in Lan Ke's opinion, it is now!!

The 'Sword of Damocles' will eventually fall, and the spring stretched to its limit will burst!

The vertical slash that descended with unmatched force and the horizontal slash that blossomed in the air like a ghost finally collided! !

"Ding~~"

The two men passed each other with a sharp sound of metal clashing.

The originally violent snowstorm seemed to have stopped because of the fight between the two.

Not to mention 'Jack Frost' who was Lan Ke's helper, even Busujima Saeko who was a bystander couldn't help but feel her heart in her throat.

She had no idea what was going on. Theoretically, she should support the one who looked like her, but the problem was that the other person had horns on his head and was covered in blood. He didn't look like a normal person no matter how you looked at him. As for the other party, the 'Phantom Thief of Hearts', his identity was mysterious and his good and evil nature was unclear.

So she simply placed herself in the position of a third party who was a pure bystander.

This pure spectatorship gave her an indescribable sense of pleasure when the two swords clashed.

But it was this feeling of pleasure that made her feel even more unsatisfied.

in case……

How great would it be if it were you who was fighting against any of them?

It's a pity that one of them is destined to be defeated today...

Almost at the same time as she sighed, he stood up straight, having lowered his cane due to chopping, and his originally bent body straightened up as well.

“Pah~~!”

The tip of the stick tapped the ground lightly, and this light sound seemed to restore time that had been paused.

"Kacha~Kacha~"

The blade, made entirely of blood, shattered into pieces and melted into the ground, while 'Bukujima Saeko (Shadow)' collapsed to the ground with her legs weakening.

But unlike ordinary losers, even though she had already been defeated, 'Bukujima Saeko (Shadow)' was smiling, as if she was the winner just now.

At this moment, Lan Ke no longer cared about posing to relieve the intense pain caused by having 1/2 of his health bar cut off even with the protection of the Phantom Thief Suit, and walked straight towards the other party.

"I won."

"Yeah~ You win, I'll keep my promise. This body is yours, you can do whatever you want..."

Lan Ke, whose mind was originally full of the question of 'the reason why the opponent's shadow suddenly became violent', instinctively looked at the opponent's curvy body because of the opponent's words, and then quickly looked away, secretly thanking his lucky stare that he was wearing a mask and a thief suit, otherwise the trajectory would be uncontrollable.

He also quickly changed the subject.

"We'll talk about this later. Right now, I just want to know one thing: have you met any strange people recently, or received any strange things?"

In response to Lan Ke's question, 'Bujima Saeko (Shadow)', who was lying on the ground with an expression of 'Do whatever you want', immediately revealed a strange expression.

"You can not?"

These three simple words almost broke Lan Ke's concentration.

But he had no doubt about his own function. After all, thanks to his young body, he had to go to the toilet almost every morning when he got up. How could his function be abnormal?

But explaining at this time would really destroy his image as a "Phantom Thief". You know, in order to maintain his "cold" image, Lan Ke did not even explain himself when he was misunderstood, but chose to hand it over to Kudo Shinichi.

Simply because it looks more classy!

"Let's get down to business!!"

She didn't care at all about Lan Ke's unconsciously lowered voice "Bujima Saeko (Shadow)", and even the smile on her face seemed to become more charming.

"Men who are persistent and stalkerish are not popular with girls~"

Lan Ke suddenly felt that his senior, who always looked like a Yamato Nadeshiko, didn't seem to be like that in his heart.

"I'm so sorry, I don't know anything about this. I only know the trick of 'persisting'."

Reserve Junyang 9①㈡6②

Although he said sorry, there was no sense of apology in Lan Ke's voice.

However, the other party kept his word and stopped teasing Lan Ke. Instead, he thought for a while before speaking again.

"If there's anyone strange lately... it's probably that junior from my school, right? I've always been curious about his strange growth. After all, while techniques can be mastered through training, combat intuition can only be improved through actual combat..."

Hearing this, Lan Ke was almost confused. Why did he mention himself?

He interrupted the other party decisively.

"This one isn't it, next one!"

Although I don't know how Lan Ke made the judgment, "Bujima Saeko (Shadow)" did what he said and continued to think without any nonsense.

"If there's nothing wrong with that junior student at my school, then maybe it's the priest who came to the dojo over a month ago..."

"More than a month ago? Father?"

Lan Ke had only been traveling through time for about ten days, or even less than half a month. He thought that this priest should have nothing to do with him. Since he was remembered by Busujima Saeko, there must be something special about him.

"Why do you say that?"

The meaning of the old wife

In response to Lan Ke's question, 'Busujima Saeko (Shadow)' thought for a moment before speaking again.

"Because neither I nor my father, nor anyone else in the dojo knew the priest, but because he seemed easy to talk to, my father didn't refuse his visit, and we had a pretty pleasant chat at the time. The reason I felt strange was that he didn't know the 'Bushima family', had no intention of 'missionary work', and hadn't appeared since then. It wasn't even the cross he left behind before leaving. I even suspected that everything that happened before was an illusion..."

But compared to the previous "junior", "Bujima Saeko (Shadow)" was obviously recalling while speaking, and it was obvious that she really had no memory of this incident, after all, she was not the person involved.

However, Lan Ke's eyes lit up after hearing what the other party said. After all, it sounded very suspicious.

Maybe it can be a clue!

It just so happened that he had established connections with the 'church' before, so he could ask them directly.

"What's the other person's name? What are his characteristics?"

"I don't know his name, but as for his characteristics... he's young, has dark skin, and white hair..."

Faced with Lan Ke's questioning, Busujima Saeko did not hesitate this time. After all, once she remembered the existence of such a person, it would be impossible to forget the other person's appearance which was very different from that of ordinary people.

But Lan Ke's brows twitched after hearing this.

After all, there were very few "priest" characters in the ACG works he knew of. Coupled with the skin and hair color, he almost immediately thought of a name - Father Pucci?!

As the boss with the most glorious record in all the bosses in JOJO, Father Pucci's presence is unquestionable.

But the only problem is that in Lan Ke's impression, the reason why Father Pucci became the BOSS was because DIO cured his congenital disease, so he decided to regard him as his "master", and in the process, the relationship between the two also changed from simple superiors and subordinates to both teacher and friend.

But at least for now, this world should not have any supernatural powers. DIO cannot be a vampire, and naturally he cannot live to the time of Father Pucci.

So...will the other party really become the BOSS?

Not to mention why the other party appeared in Neon?

Isn’t the opponent’s home ground just across the sea?

And more importantly, is that priest really the other party?

With just a few words from Busujima Saeko, Lan Ke felt like his head was about to burst with the huge amount of information.

Just as Lan Ke was thinking, perhaps because the mission had been completed, the 'Bujima Saeko (shadow)' in front of him gradually turned into a point of light and slowly dissipated.

Obviously, when the twisted desire is defeated, the other party should return to his original heart...

Chapter 19: "To see such a wonderful duel, even if I die, I will have no regrets"

As the shadow of Busujima Saeko gradually dissipated, Lan Ke couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Whoo~"

Although he did hope to get information from Busujima Saeko, he did not expect to get this kind of information.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn’t seem too surprising. After all, we have already met Jotaro Kujo and Josuke Higashikata, so the appearance of the boss in the sixth part doesn’t seem to be a problem?

The only question is, in this world where 'Stands' don't exist, who did Jotaro Kujo and his companions defeat all those years ago?

This question is about the difficulty of the enemy this time!

In addition, there is another problem, which is the age of Jotaro Kujo and the age of his daughter Jolyne, which is related to how long it will take for a head-on collision with "Father Pucci".

But the former is easy to answer, he can just ask directly, although he doesn't know whether the other party will answer him, but because his nominal father has also been involved, it is not too strange for him to ask, but the latter question is more subtle.

As for Jotaro's age alone, due to the fusion of the worlds, it is impossible to be 100% sure of Jolyne's age. If you ask him directly about Jolyne... he doesn't think he can be more resilient than the 'Emperor'.

"I can only ask indirectly."

While expressing such emotion, Lan Ke walked towards the strange space that disappeared with the collapse of the "shadow". It had now returned to a normal impression space, and at the place where the strange space disappeared was lying a long knife.

Equipment dropped?

This obviously surprised Lan Ke. After all, he had been killing monsters for so long that he had noticed that the most common drops from defeating shadows were gold coins. In addition, there were some "materials". According to his assistant, although she could not handle them for the time being, she might need them someday. The next most common drops were various consumables.

Because Lan Ke does not have his own "God of Death", the medicines purchased from the pharmacy cannot be converted into medicines within the impression space, so Lan Ke basically saves as much as possible when killing monsters.

This is also the reason why he likes guns so much. Before finding a fixed way to restore SP, even if the damage caused by the gun is low, it is useless!

In particular, according to Lan Ke's observation, SP seems to be related to his own spirit. Once it is too low, although he will not fall into a coma, his consciousness will fall into a trance. This is also the difference between reality and games.

The rarest ones are the 'Skill Cards'. Generally speaking, very few monsters drop them. So far, Lan Ke has only had one dropped once, which was the 'Hypnosis' obtained from the 'Male Nightmare'. But at least he can obtain it through the 'Execution' personality mask.

In addition to this, the even rarer item is 'equipment'. Lan Ke's only equipment with special effects also comes from the strange panties dropped by 'Male Nightmare'.

I didn't expect that this time not only equipment dropped, but also weapons that had never appeared before.

Lan Ke saw the name after he picked it up.

"Demon Sword Muramasa"

But unfortunately, there is nothing except the name. It is obvious that no matter whether it is weapons or armor, it seems that I need to ask my assistant to help deal with it. After all, the equipment dropped in the "cognitive world" is strictly speaking a "polymer of spiritual energy". When it is born, it is more of a "raw stone" and must be processed before it can be used normally.

He glanced at his cell phone which had no signal, and to his surprise, it seemed that not much time had passed.

It was not until then that Lan Ke realized that although he was very tired at this time, it was more due to the mental exhaustion caused by the high-intensity offensive and defensive battle between him and "Bujima Saeko (Shadow)", and not much time was consumed.

"But if I had a choice, I'd rather fight a boss like the Slime. It might be a little more troublesome, but at least it's not this dangerous..."

From a certain perspective, Lan Ke was lucky. If Busujima Saeko's 'shadow' had continued to develop, perhaps a new palace would have been formed, and the difficulty of conquering it would have been greater. After all, compared to Ze Yuezhi's surging vitality born from 'lust', which could be dealt with through a war of attrition, Busujima Saeko, the 'palace owner' born from 'violence', which can also be understood as 'anger', might not have all kinds of abilities, but her combat capability would definitely be stronger than imagined.