I'm having fun in Tokyo

He landed and stood firm, looked around, and saw another afterimage before his eyes.

Her cat tail had already pierced through him, wrapped around his body, and slammed him directly to the top floor. It then forcefully pierced through the ceiling, bringing him up there, where it held him tightly in mid-air.

"Heh, you came from the illusion to reality, you don't actually think you can fight me, do you, Sword Master?"

She looked at him, gave a cold smile, and suddenly curled her tail tightly.

Morikawa Yu held Tsurumaru in one hand, while her other hand was wrapped inside his tail, rendering her speechless.

He sensed that Asaka was acting strangely.

It was just a pre-arranged competition, but it seemed to have ignited her anger, giving her an outlet to vent her frustration on him.

Was it because he disturbed her while she was trying to sleep?

That shouldn't be the case, since she said she hated him even more now, which means she already hated him to begin with.

He tried to push her tail open, but he couldn't, and it didn't even budge.

"Still trying to struggle?" Asaka frowned.

"That's why I hate you."

"He is just a human being, yet he possesses power that ordinary people do not have, and he always does things beyond his status."

"Wouldn't it be better if you just obediently did nothing? Since you've been chosen by Lady Ryoko, why don't you just wait to inherit her status and power?"

"But you ended up doing so many things."

"Killed the Uesugi family, slew the Isshiki family's guardian spirit, discovered that bastard's plot, and even killed Mitsuko-sama in his mind's eye."

"If it weren't for that, how could you, a mere human, possibly have moved Lady Mitsuko's heart, made her care, and forced her to stay and face reality?"

"If she leaves, she won't have to face the pain anymore, nor will she have to clean up that mess in that chaotic place, Kyoto."

"It's all because of you, because of you, you bastard."

"I don't know what happened back then, all I know is that you were the only one with her at the time."

"But you, you don't even dare to answer my questions, nor do you dare to admit your relationship with her."

"Since you dare not do anything, why did you stop her in the first place? Was it to make her face the pain of being left alone in the world?"

She grew angrier as she spoke, and black mist rose from her body, spreading outwards.

Morikawa Yu's eyes were solemn.

It wasn't just her aura; the determination to "atone for her sins" above her head also seemed to be burning.

Suddenly, Morikawa Yu felt her body lose weight and fall.

Asaka's tail released him, letting him land on the top floor, but she turned and flew upwards, quickly disappearing from his sight.

Morikawa Yu was a little confused and had no idea what had happened.

He looked up and saw a black dot in his field of vision, which grew larger and larger, accompanied by a rumbling sound of something breaking through the air.

That's... the antenna at the top of the tower!

She actually broke off the antenna at the top of the tower!?

Morikawa Yu's eyelids twitched wildly. He jumped back suddenly, and the next moment he saw a white afterimage flashing past his eyes. He could even feel the shockwave rushing towards his face.

He didn't even have time to think about what would happen if he was hit before he felt his feet sinking.

The antenna pole, several tens of meters long, smashed through half of the large watchtower, causing the entire structure of the watchtower to twist, break, and collapse downwards.

"Didn't you want to fencing with me?"

"I'll grant your wish!"

Asaka's figure reappeared, one of her tails coiling around the giant antenna and swinging towards him, sweeping the tower in half mid-strike, accompanied by a deafening rumble of steel.

Damn, this is really turning into fencing.

A thought suddenly flashed through Morikawa Yu's mind, and the next thing he did, he was hit directly, thrown out, and fell towards the ground.

No, this isn't fencing, it's baseball.

A voice suddenly surfaced in his mind, as if mocking him.

He struggled to open his eyes, and amidst the sense of weightlessness and the dim light, he saw Asaka's figure hovering in mid-air.

He gritted his teeth and gripped the Tsurumaru tightly in his hand.

—Gale-force Slash!

Amidst the whistling wind, his body came to a stop, and the next moment, he rushed towards Asaka, arriving in front of her.

He didn't expect to be able to attack her this time; he just wanted to regain his rhythm for counterattack.

Now he understood that the big cat's determination lay entirely with the big fox, and her atonement was simply to free the big fox.

She had rekindled the great fox's desire to live, but in her eyes, it was nothing more than harm to the great fox.

She took my failure to answer her question yesterday as a sign of weakness.

This challenge, which she initiated herself, became an outlet for her anger.

He took a deep breath, his figure flashing and slashing horizontally, crashing into her cat tail, forcibly stopping him, and leaving him floating in mid-air.

"You say I wouldn't dare, but how do you know I wouldn't dare?"

He glared at Asaka and growled in a low voice.

"I just don't know what the big fox really thinks about me, or how she views me."

"If she's not like you say, and I still express my feelings for her, wouldn't that just cause her more trouble?"

"If that's how you think, then you're really slow-witted." Asaka looked at him with a mocking gaze.

"Who do you think Lady Mitsuko can rely on?"

"Ryouko-sama?"

"No, the only one who has ever been familiar with Lady Ryoko is that damned god. Lady Mitsuko can only influence His mind temporarily; He hasn't really become friends with Lady Ryoko."

“Your wife, though she used to be her friend, now only sees her as an intruder you must be wary of.”

"She has been sealed away for over nine hundred years. No one who truly knows her is long gone. Only I, who once made a grave mistake and hurt her, am still by her side."

"Who else can she rely on? She can only rely on you!"

"Although you are weak now, you are not willing to be weak. You are constantly growing, and you are not relying on Ryoko's power to inherit it."

"Even without Ryoko, you will eventually be able to stand by her side."

"Human, I hate you! I hate that you, an ordinary human, have such a possibility, and yet you don't cherish it and don't care!"

Chapter 194 Upgrade, Great Swordsman! (Fourth Update)

"If it weren't for her concern for you, I would have killed you just now!"

She growled and slammed the antenna pole that was wrapped around her down.

Morikawa Yu raised her head, her figure flashed, and she moved away from her original spot, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Not only that, his aura was also rising steadily, and he pointed the knife in his hand at her from afar.

"Asaka! Since you put it that way, then I'll tell you!"

"It's not that I don't care about those things."

"If what you say is true, I will take responsibility for her!"

"And I also want to tell you, if you hate me, then hate me all you want!"

"I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do, trying to become stronger, and helping the people around me, that's all."

"Anyway, you just feel like you're burdened with sins, worthless, and only want to atone for your sins, making the big fox your everything."

"You don't live for yourself, so why should I care about your opinion?!"

"I am responsible for myself, for her, and for the people around me. That is enough!"

He growled in a low voice, gripped the Tsurumaru in his hand, drew the Mikazuki sword from his robes with his left hand, and a restless wind-like sword aura surged from his body.

All the experience he had accumulated was poured into his experience bar, leveling up continuously, raising his sword aura higher and stronger, climbing upwards, and even becoming tangible, his entire figure enveloped by the raging wind.

Asaka stared at him, her eyes wide.

She had seen realms beyond sword mastery before, so she knew very well that the young man before her had already reached that realm.

This made her feel somewhat dazed.

Since the Edo period, no great swordsman has appeared, but now, a great swordsman who surpasses even the greatest swordsman has appeared before her.

"...Great Swordsman, you actually broke through?"

She stared blankly at him not far away, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

His words still echoed in her ears, leaving her with mixed feelings.

Does living for yourself mean that no one will care about your opinions?

What's the point of all that I've done?

Morikawa Yu noticed her hesitation, and also saw the wavering resolve of "atonement" above her head.

He held his twin swords horizontally, and both Tsurumaru and Mikazuki emitted melodious sword cries, their swordplay poised to strike.

"Asaka! I pulled the great fox out of his resolve to break free, and today, I'll make you understand!"

"The desire to atone is commendable, but it is foolish to place your atonement on others! What you should do is repay your own mistakes, live for yourself, and not become a shadow of the past!"

"Come on, watch me, and see how I shatter your obsession and defeat your shadow!"

"Give you a new life!"

Morikawa Yu's figure vanished suddenly, and the next moment he appeared in front of Asaka. Tsurumaru, Mikazuki, the twin swords slashed in succession, the blades shining brightly, and the sword aura bursting forth.

He didn't look at the system, but he knew that a new determination had definitely emerged within him.

This determination, along with his level increase, made him stronger, while Asaka's determination weakened.

that's enough!

As expected, Asaka began to retreat, falling towards the large observation tower. But then, feeling uneasy, she rushed towards the ground below.

Morikawa Yu chased after her, still slashing with his twin swords.

She swung the antenna pole at Morikawa Yu, which she had wrapped her tail around, but he easily dodged it, stepping on the pole as he charged forward, the knife he was dragging behind him cleaving her in two.

"Face me, Asaka!"

"Weren't you acting all high and mighty just now? Why are you running away now?"

"Or do you know that what you did was wrong?"

"You know I wield my sword because I do things with a clear conscience, but you don't, so you hate me?"

"Do you really hate me? Or do you hate the past mistakes you made?"

"Answer me, Asaka!"

"answer me!"

He roared angrily, having already cut through the entire antenna at the top of the tower, and approached Asaka from behind, severing one of her tails.

Asaka shuddered violently, and the black mist around her body rippled.

She sped up again, landed on the ground, and fled in the opposite direction from where she came from.

Morikawa Yu did not give her a chance to escape.

He had reached level eleven. When he broke through level ten, he saw two new Summoner Spells appear: Flash and Ignite.

He switched teleportation to blink and purification to weakness, releasing both. In an instant, he appeared behind Asaka, whose body was also enveloped in weakness, causing her to freeze.

"what have you done!?"

She turned back to glare at him angrily, but all she received in return was a flash of light from a falling blade.

—Flash!

It wasn't the Forward Slash or the Steel-Slicing Flash, but rather the Falling Flash that Odajima, whom he had saved before, had used.