My mother's love song

"Love song!"

Chapter 232: Pure Consciousness: The Realm of Emptiness

"It should be right here."

Standing in front of the door of room 504, Ryougi Shiki was fully focused.

Rhodes touched his lips and then nodded.

"There's no doubt about it. This room has the highest density of spirit particles. It seems to be the center of this apartment.

Although dozens of rooms had been investigated, a completely incomparable response was detected here.

The madman in room 404 also said that he was first summoned in the room upstairs, so it seems to be here.

This room is the core of this singularity, the soul of this area, and can be called the spiritual foundation of the apartment. "

"Okay, let's move forward. Fujino, you follow Rod."

"Yes."

After pushing open the door of the room, what came into everyone's sight was endless darkness.

"……This is."

Although they had seen many strange rooms before.

For example, in Room 501, Karen's room, Japanese yen was piled up into small mountains, but this room was far beyond imagination.

The words "different world" and "devil's land" are the most appropriate to describe it.

Then, in this realm of darkness, there was a man waiting silently.

Araya Soren, dressed in a black coat, seemed to blend into the darkness of the apartment.

"..."

The mood of the outing so far was completely gone, and Ryougi Shiki stared at Araya Souren with a frown on her face.

This guy...I can't see it?

The death of all things would be reflected in his eyes even if he didn't want to see it, but this man didn't have this problem. This was the first time other than Rhode had encountered this.

She suppressed her inner surprise and stared at him.

The human body has a line that can be stopped if it is crossed.

Is it the flaw of life or the weakest part between the molecular binding points? The formula is not clear, it can only be seen.

Everyone who had lived until now had a thread of death without exception. However, for this man, that thread was extremely weak.

Ryougi Shiki stared at the man with an extremely strong willpower that she had never had before.

Perhaps my brain was overheated, and I was mostly unconscious. I tried so hard to observe my opponent that I finally saw him.

…You can see the hole in the center of the body, in the middle of the chest. The lines are like a child's scribble, making a circle in the same place, and the result looks like a hole.

So that's it. This is the guy that Rod mentioned to me before, the one who had his eyes on me.

The girl understood.

Remember Rod said he had buried Buddha's relics in his hands.

Because the sarira itself is the product of the holy monk's nirvana, it is itself between life and death, thus disrupting the boundary between life and death, so I cannot see clearly the line of his death.

"……Mode."

Rhodes saw the fatigue on her face, and just when he was about to take the initiative and kill Araya Soren.

"Wait, Rod, give this guy to me."

Ryougi Shiki said with a firm look in her eyes.

She actually already knew what Rhode had done secretly to protect her over the past year without telling her.

And the man in front of him is the culprit of everything.

I can't leave it to Rhodes, I have to kill him!

As Ryougi Shiki spoke, he reached into the pocket of his leather jacket.

"I know, I know. I'll let you hit me. Humph, you're so hard to please."

Rhode muttered something under his breath and threw the Nine-Character Kanesada at her.

"……what?"

Ryougi Shiki stretched out her hand in surprise and caught the ancient sword that Rhodes threw over.

She doesn't understand.

This Nine-Character Sword was a promise that Rhodes and Shi had made.

Rhodes will use this knife instead of weaving to protect the

That's what he told her at the beginning.

Although I said I would fight this opponent, why did you return the knife to me?

Is he angry?

A moment of uneasiness flashed through Ryougi Shiki's mind, and then she grabbed Kyuji Kanesada in her hand.

She stopped thinking.

"She" said immediately.

"Rod. I've been wondering for a while, are you a little overprotective of that kid?"

Completely different from Ryougi Shiki's, a voice as gentle as flowers echoed in the room.

"There's nothing I can do. Shi is just as troublesome as you." Rhodes shrugged helplessly.

"!?"

Fujino's eyes widened.

The girl standing next to her changed into a pure white kimono in the blink of an eye.

Not only that, from his temperament to his expression, it was as if he was a completely different person.

Natural steps, elegant posture, steady breathing.

There was a smile on her face that could not be more feminine.

Although Asagami Fujino had no martial arts skills, she also noticed something unusual about Ryougi Shiki.

She now looks exactly like Rhodes whom I met in the dojo yesterday.

"Is this... magic? Is this the effect of [self-suggestion]?"

It is said that in ancient times, excellent swordsmen would awaken the moment they grasped the hilt of a sword.

A body that exists only to kill, and a mind that exists only to survive.

This was not the level of concentration before a match. They were switching the brain's functions by drawing their swords. They were not switching the physical body for combat, but rather changing the brain and body for combat.

At this time, the muscles move in a way that is not used by biological beings, the blood vessels change the direction of blood flow, and even breathing is no longer necessary... the "human" parts that are useless in combat are completely eliminated, and everything is replaced with combat parts.

Rod said, "Watch out, Shiki. This guy looks a little weird."

Araya Soren should usually be a guy who likes to preach like a monk, but today he was unexpectedly silent and hasn't said a word from just now until now.

I'm afraid this guy has already...

"I know."

Ryougi Shiki smiled a peaceful and beautiful smile and took a step forward.

There wasn't even a hint of murderous intent leaking out from that elegant posture, and his steps were as natural as a late-night stroll.

"Although I originally planned to not take action as much as possible, but since it is the request of my lovely son, I have no choice but to come out."

Clang.

The sword in the kimono girl's hand made a sound, that was the sound of the handle of the sword that she had been holding lightly until now being tightly gripped again.

As Shiki walked towards Araya Souren, he slowly raised his sword in front of him... to about waist level.

The magician also slowly raised one hand.

"Not all,"

The air changed.

Ryougi Shiki stopped moving and looked at the changes in front of her with interest.

"King Kong,"

She lowered her head and stared at the lines emerging on the floor.

"Scorpion,

Around Araya Sōren, all flow gradually stopped.

All the phenomena of atmospheric flow were sealed up, and three circular patterns extended from under his feet.

"...Hmm? I feel so heavy."

The girl in pure white raised an eyebrow.

The three circles that guard the magician overlap each other, and a pattern resembling the trajectory of a planet appears between the ground and the air.

As soon as she stepped onto the outermost line of the ring, the girl's body strength was taken away, like a fragile butterfly entangled in a spider web.

This is the triple-circle defensive barrier that Araya Soren carries with him, which has the ability to make things stand still.

Anyone standing in front of him would feel a heavy pressure that made them want to vomit.

"I see. I know about barriers, too. In the mountains that are considered sacred places in Shugendo, there are barriers that prohibit women from entering.

It is said that women who enter will be turned to stone, but the barrier is just a boundary at best.

The circle is not a barrier, only the boundary is a wall of magic that blocks others.

If the line disappears, its power disappears too."

Ryougi Shiki carelessly thrust the ancient sword into the ground.

Afterwards, three of the six realms of the barrier that Araya Soren had just released disappeared completely.

In "The Contradictory Spiral", Ryougi Shiki killed the outermost layer of the triple circle possessed by the magician by poking the floor.

but

With just one strike of her sword, she killed the three enemies in the barrier at the same time.

“How amazing…!” Fujino exclaimed.

"What are you dawdling about, Shi." Rhodes crossed his arms impatiently.

"You really don't understand romance...please understand that a girl wants to show off in front of you for a while."

She smiled gracefully, and suddenly, Galan's eyes, which were filled with rainbow light, opened with a snap.

Sensing the coming crisis, Araya Souren raised his arm again.

"Su!"

Araya's roar is the devil's hand that instantly destroys space.

The entire apartment is connected to Araya's body, so even something close to magic like [manipulating space] can be done.

He looked at the space around him, and then crushed the space itself without any delay.

However, Ryougi Shiki's speed was faster than his voice.

The girl took action later than the cry, but acted one step earlier than the cry.

The hands holding the knife were raised up at such a speed that it looked like a flash of light, and the knife, which was raised high, was swung down at a divine speed.

The magician's spell "Su" was cut in two by the sword.

The space that should have been crushed was distorted, and he was easily killed by "Ryougi Shiki".

Araya Soren injected strength into his hands again.