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To be honest, compared to the original sword-drawing slash of the Toudou style, Kirin added some of her own original elements to it, so simply calling it a sword-drawing slash might not be appropriate.

So let's give it a more fitting name...

—A flash of lightning!

Every time a flash of light appears, it is time to unleash the sword draw slash.

Ding!

"Just as I thought, there's an invisible shield of stellar energy around the morphoid?"

In a flash, Kirin indeed discovered the special shield shimmering with starlight beside Pronia. Her attack was completely blocked by the shield, leaving only a small hole in it.

If we want to break the deadlock, we must keep attacking!

However, Kirin had already expended a lot of energy, and now she could probably only perform six more sword-drawing slashes...

"If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!"

"I'm betting everything on these six attacks!"

"A flash of lightning..."

A chilling sword intent swirled around Qi Lin. At this moment, she had long forgotten her identity as a young girl, and in its place was a sharp blade!

For no other reason than to eliminate the enemy before us!

"Sixth Company!"

If one attack cannot break the shield, then combine all six attacks together, and nothing will be immune to its power!

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding…

Click—!

Six sword strikes had already been unleashed, and Kirin was about to assume a defensive stance, sheathing her katana, but…

Click click click!

As the clear sound of shattering rang out, Kirin realized that her physical sword probably couldn't withstand the pressure of the initial draw slash and had been destroyed on the final strike...

"Well!"

This knife was one that Kirin cherished dearly, and it had been with her for a long time. She never imagined it would break in a place like this…

But what about the result?

A feeling of powerlessness welled up from the depths of her body. Kirin Toudou had clearly exhausted all her strength and was about to fall into a coma.

It was at this final moment that the girl forced herself to move her nearly exhausted body and looked behind her…

"As expected, that level of shield is impossible for me to break with my current strength..."

Kirin is still too young. Even though her skills are almost on par with those of sword masters, her strength is still only at the level of a child. It would be too difficult for her to break through a shield made of pure energy.

"But... hehe, your sword is broken too!"

Although she couldn't kill Pronia outright, Kirin still managed to smile in the end. After all... as a swordsman, being able to shatter the sword in the opponent's hand isn't shameful!

Boom!

As the girl's consciousness completely faded, her petite body collapsed to the ground. Sandone, who was in the rankings, walked over, and the final verdict was announced over the loudspeaker.

"Kirin Toudou, unconscious!"

"In the end, Sandone was indeed the victor!"

"Our Xingdao Hall is number one in the series!"

As the match officially ended, cheers erupted from all directions, all expressing admiration for Sandone's strength and recognition of Kirin's abilities.

"I knew it! How could that junior high freshman possibly be a match for Sandone?"

"As expected of Wang Long's runner-up, the mimicry she developed is so powerful... If it could be mass-produced directly, her strength would probably be even more terrifying, right? Maybe she could even take Wang Long's championship in two years!"

"I can't wait! But that Toudou is really strong too! To have that kind of strength in junior high school, he has a bright future!"

However, Sandone didn't care what the people around her thought; it had nothing to do with her. But since Qilin hadn't won, her elder's plan probably couldn't be implemented, right?

Sure enough, when Sandone turned his head to look towards the passageway, the middle-aged man's expression had already turned furious, and he was even clenching his teeth and cursing something...

"This is something only a nobody could do... Luckily I couldn't hear what he was saying, otherwise I might have done something unladylike."

"Thank you so much! Mr. Toudou survived because of this!"

Claudia's voice came from beside her, and the blonde girl also turned her gaze to the passageway to the side.

"But even so, it is unforgivable that he did such a thing because of his own selfishness and ambition... The higher-ups of the conglomerate already know about these things."

"Oh? So what? What are the conglomerates' practices?"

Although Sandone had already determined Mr. Toudou's future fate through her calculations, she still asked a question just in case, and in order to make her calculations more accurate.

"Of course, we must eliminate this destabilizing factor!"

"Do you know less about the ways of conglomerates than I do, Sandorne?"

"I was just thinking about other things... But since that guy is going to die anyway, I won't do anything unnecessary."

As the girl finished speaking, Sandone turned to leave, but as he left the venue, he turned back to Claudia and left her with one last sentence.

"By the way, that little girl named Qilin is quite nice. After she wakes up, have her come to my lab!"

"I'll instruct her in some advanced sword techniques later..."

After listening to Sandone's words, Claudia glanced tenderly at Kirin Toudou on the ground, then smiled and left with the paramedics.

"Of course, no problem!"

Moreover, judging from Sandone's attitude, it seems that the Fools are about to make a move as well.

I wonder if Ayato can withstand this period of trials...

As the information about the Fools flashed through her mind, Claudia instinctively held her forehead.

"Hopefully, Miss Rosalyn will tone it down, or the academy might catch fire!"

Columbia & Sandoni/Student City: Chapter 82 The Arsonist, Julis?

On the path of Seidoukan Academy, a man and a woman, one tall and one short, were strolling in this small park, looking quite relaxed.

"Hmph! I told you Seidokan Academy was beautiful, but you wouldn't believe me, Ayato..."

"Haha, but Saya... weren't we planning to go to the shopping street? But here?"

"Hmph! Don't worry about such details. Just tell me if it's pretty or not?"

"pretty…"

The two people strolling in the park are none other than Ayato Amagiri, the protagonist of the game "Academic War City," and his childhood friend, Saya Sasamiya.

Judging from their conversation, they seemed to be heading to the shopping street, but Saya didn't seem to know the way, so she brought Ayato to this small park.

"Sayonara, didn't you come to Seidoukan back in junior high? Why don't you know the way?"

Ayato naturally had doubts about this.

Even if the academy is larger than you imagine, after a year, you should know where the store is, right?

But Saya…

"...I forgot."

The petite blue-haired girl showed no shyness whatsoever; in fact, she even made a peace sign with both hands, displaying her pride.

If it were anyone else seeing Saya like this, they probably would have already started beating up this little girl. But Ayato obviously knew what kind of person Saya was, so besides sighing and holding his forehead, he could only open the map and find his way.

"Never mind, I'll do it myself..."

However, just as Ayato was about to press the button on the map, a whooshing sound suddenly came from afar, immediately putting Ayato on alert.

"Watch out, Saya!"

As a typical Japanese "gentlemanly" male protagonist, Ayato naturally pounced on his childhood friend immediately, helping her dodge the attack aimed straight at her head.

"An arrow of fire?"

The moment he dodged, Ayato looked at the spot where the attack had just occurred, where an arrow made of burning flames was slowly dissipating on the ground…

"What kind of power is this? It seems like ordinary Blazing Armor couldn't create a weapon like this, right?"

Ayato naturally made a judgment immediately upon receiving such an attack, after all, he had learned about the technology here before coming to this floating city.

"It's not weaponry, it's the witch's power!"

As the daughter of a top researcher, and one who specializes in weapons research, Saya naturally draws more conclusions than Ayato, a complete novice in science and technology.

"But why us?"

"Or perhaps...Ayato?"

Saya was incredibly confused. She had joined the Seidoukan a year ago, and during that time she was practically invisible. She rarely went out for a walk, and even her classmates rarely knew her.

Therefore, it's impossible that they came here specifically to attack Saya. The problem must lie with Ayato, since he has only just arrived in this floating city, and there might be someone waiting here to attack him!

"Oh no! The attack is coming again!"

When the crimson flames flickered again in the distant forest, Ayato instinctively sensed something was wrong and prepared to leave this barren land with Saya immediately.

But the person hiding in the forest had already seen through their thoughts!

raging--!

Instead of directly attacking Ayato and Saya, the flames quickly ignited the surrounding plants, creating an area completely engulfed in flames. This prevented the two from escaping while also allowing for the next step of their extermination.

"Oh no, we're surrounded!"

Feeling the rapidly rising temperature around him, Ayato was already sweating. He wanted to break through the encircling fire barrier, but found that he couldn't do it with his own Blazing Armor alone.

Because he had just arrived in the floating city, Ayato only received a basic weapon and did not get the Black Furnace Demon Sword like in the original work. Therefore, he could not make use of his technical advantage when dealing with this kind of fire ability.

But just because Ayato can't do it doesn't mean Saya can't!

"Get down right now, Ayato!"

While Ayato was preparing, Saya took out the weapon her father had developed and aimed it at the spot where the flames had just erupted.

If the enemy doesn't move, he'll stay in that position... but how could he possibly stay in the same place?

So Saya's method is very simple!

Since I can't determine which direction you're in, why don't I just sweep around the whole area?

Just like Mine in "Akame ga Kill!" uses the Pumpkin Cannon, as long as you let the laser sweep around, the enemy will be hit no matter which direction they are in!

"Although I don't know who you are, since you dared to attack me and Ayato, you must be prepared to pay the price, right?"

"Burst!"

As Saya gave the order, the white aurora broke through the barrier of flames, and as Saya turned, all the burning trees around her disappeared from the world!

However, after losing these cover, Ayato and Saya did not see the attacker from before, who had obviously already left.

"Who on earth would launch an attack inside the academy?"

After confirming their safety, the two immediately began to think about the problem. Although they couldn't confirm who it was for the time being, the direction wasn't actually that hard to find.

As mentioned earlier, that kind of flame cannot be created by ordinary weapons; it is clearly the ability of a magician or witch.

Within the Seidakan Academy, there is actually only one witch possessing such powerful fire abilities…

"Is it Princess Yulis of Lezetania?"

Although Saya knew the person, she couldn't remember the name, because for them, Yulis's name was simply too long.

So let's call her "Julis" for now.

"But why would she attack you? There doesn't seem to be a reason."

Aya was naturally puzzled after hearing Saya's words.

But soon, Ayato suddenly remembered what had happened while he was still in the dojo, the "young master" who could easily fight him, and the "captain" who was completely unfathomable...

"If you want to save your sister, become stronger, young man..."