My mother's love song

Shi asked, was that you, the black fog that night?

"I didn't kill Ori."

Rhodes said this, but the expression on his face made people feel that this lie couldn't even deceive himself.

"Shiki, if I hadn't killed Ori, would you have no reason to kill me?"

""

Ryougi Shiki was stunned.

She tightly gripped the short knife in her hand, and her slender body trembled slightly.

That's not the case at all. Even if you're not the murderer of Zhi, I

I'm going crazy thinking about killing you.

Rhodes must be killed by himself. Shi had such a premonition the moment he saw him.

She was convinced that she had to kill the man in front of her.

When she told herself this, she was surprised to find

The Zhi that no longer existed in her body was smiling at her.

"I just want to know what I'm going to kill next."

Even though his chest was almost crushed by the urge to kill, Shi still calmly asked the boring question.

"Rod, who are you?"

Rhodes met her gaze and tilted his head slightly to think about it.

"In that case, I'll give you a reason to kill me."

The boy showed an expression that did not contain any kindness.

Messy black bangs.

Bright black eyes.

On that neutral and upright face, a ferocious smile like only a wild beast could be seen

"Liang Yi Zhi, he... was eaten by me."

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",."

With a buzzing sound, something in Ryougi Shiki's brain went dark.

She stared intently, her eyes fixed on Rhodes.

Completely ignoring her fiery gaze, Rhodes kept smiling.

That smile was exactly the same as the "Orori's smile" that Shiki had seen in the mirror.

A sunny, ordinary boy's smile.

"Ori-kun is really delicious."

The young man, standing in the snow, licked his fingers seductively.

“Whether it’s the important memories of being one, or the delicate touch of using a woman’s body.

And the despair when faced with an uncontrollable urge to kill.

Haha, Zhi-kun is really like a clown. Oh, right...

Of course, the most important thing is his desire to protect someone."

"Shut up, please!!!"

Acting faster than she thought, Ryougi Shiki leaped towards Rhodes.

As swift as an arrow shot from a bowstring stretched to its limit, his movements were accompanied by lightning speed and fiery murderous intent.

In just a moment, he reached in front of him and stabbed Rhodes' neck with the knife.

As expected of a girl from the demon-fighting clan who had practiced martial arts since childhood, the knife attack from the blind spot was impeccable in both power and trajectory.

He didn't think about defense at all, and just stabbed with absolute concentration.

Before that, Rhodes quickly raised his hand.

"I've always thought that no matter how powerful the [Mystic Eyes of Death Perception] is, if it can't hit anyone, isn't it meaningless?"

He did not draw out his evil sword as he did against Beor, but simply blocked the girl's dagger with his hand.

Perhaps the word "block" is not appropriate.

After all, even if Rhodes wanted to pay tribute to his mother and use his fingers to block the sharp weapon, the result would probably just be his fingers being cut off.

so he

Thumb, index finger, and middle finger.

He held the short knife with three fingers.

Rhodes named it the Bare-handed Blade Mini Version.

"!!!"

The girl's body, which was moving like a rabbit, was forcibly stopped.

A chill ran down Ryougi Shiki's back.

She decisively let go of the dagger that was in her grasp.

He jumped up from the ground nimbly, stepped on Rhodes' chest, and used the reaction force to escape from the boy.

"Don't want it anymore?"

Rhodes threw away the stolen blade.

Ryougi Shiki re-positioned herself, half-crouching in the snow, staring intently at the enemy while reaching her hands behind her back.

There are also spare weapons in the belt that holds the kimono together.

Pulling two short swords from the belt on his back, Shiki threw them at one of the boys.

The wind was howling.

The dagger was thrown not with strength but with technique, and its speed was as fast as a bullet.

Rhodes dodged subconsciously.

The dagger brushed his cheek and disappeared at the end of the mountain path. The cold air whistling past could almost cut a person's skin.

But this is just a feint.

The moment she threw the dagger, Ryougi Shiki's knees, which had been bent to the limit, moved.

The red and blue shadow rushed straight towards Rhodes.

The fact that Zhi was insulted made the girl drive her body with anger, achieving a speed beyond human speed.

The entire distance was shortened in just a moment, which even Rhodes was caught off guard.

Ryougi Shiki poured strength into her hands that were holding the knife tightly, and aimed it at his chest.

"Could it be that……"

Just before the tip of the knife was about to pierce the boy's body, Rhodes spoke.

"You couldn't see me die?"

"!?"

There was a flaw in the girl's flawless movements.

Rhode's words relaxed Ryougi Shiki's concentrated nerves.

The knife has become dull.

"……snort."

Rhodes certainly did not miss this opportunity. He put on his red leather jacket and ruthlessly slapped the girl on the chest.

As a result, this single blow alone caused Ryougi Shiki's body to spin like a tornado, and then flew out in an exaggerated manner.

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“…cough, cough, cough.”

At the moment of falling, she managed to barely relieve the force of the ground impact and stood on the ground again.

She nonchalantly wiped away the blood that flowed from her throat due to broken ribs.

The girl ruminated on Rhode's words, her beautiful eyebrows slightly curved with emotion.

Rod is right.

I can't see it.

He suppressed his inner anger and stared at the boy who easily defeated the 3000-year-old mysterious fantasy.

In these eyes that were staring directly at "death" and were forced upon him even if he didn't want to, there was no image of Rhodes' death.

Orange said that no matter whether it is a human or an object, there is a line that can be stopped by crossing it.

Whether it was the flaw of all things or the weakest part between the molecular bonding points, Shi didn't know.

Just being able to see it.

She had seen death in everyone and everything she had seen so far.

However, Rhodes had no such thing.

Shiki stared at the boy with an extremely strong will that he had never had before.

She stared intently until her eyeballs and brain began to heat up and her consciousness gradually became hazy.

Even so, Ryougi Shiki couldn't see anything from him.

The girl thought of the werewolf boy who was traveling with her.

Beo's death line is also very, very, very thin, but it is still visible.

The black line as thin as a spider's silk is the "death" of the Golden Wolf who has reached the highest realm of life [materialization of the soul].

However, Rhodes had nothing like that.

Does he have a more advanced way of existence than Beor?

No, that's not right.

Shiki shook his head instinctively, rejecting the idea.

In fact, Rhodes, who had not yet emerged and was still in his infancy, was no more advanced than the third magic, nor did he have no concept of death like his mother.

The reason why Shi couldn't see Rod's death

Purely because of Rhodes's nature.

He is Beast VI.

The beast of prosperity that brings the final tsunami.

The beast of the apocalypse, whose very existence is equivalent to the end [death].

In modern times when religion and mythology are becoming increasingly entertaining, the name of the Beast of Apocalypse is always equated with concepts such as destruction and doomsday.

People also always like to use words like "Revelation" and "Apocalypse" as the names of their works. Generally, works with such names will have many deaths.

So even though Rhodes' spiritual base was still small, Ryougi Shiki still couldn't understand his death [end].

The beast of disaster that brings the end of the world is the greatest enemy of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

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