Loud clashes of tals and explosion rang throughout the world subrged in blood-like water. Kisuke and Benihi have been battling for about an hour now and there's yet clear winner from the two.
'It really feels like fighting my own doppelganger. I'm better when it cos to energy manipulation, but she can always use her blade more versatile than .' Kisuke thought to himself as he takes a breather to analyze his situation, 'I hate fights like this.' He added in his mind.
"What? Thinking of a way out again?" Benihi smiled at him and spoke.
"Isn't that obvious? You know that I'm not a big fan of situations like this." Kisuke refocused on Benihi, "Are you trying to kill for 'progress' again?"
"Yep~. If only you would use that head of yours to reach that state." Benihi dashed towards Kisuke and resud slashing at him.
Kisuke continued to parry and return her attacks, "Progress. What a vague word. Isn't it about ti you tell what you want?"
After being sent flying away by Kisuke's parry, Benihi flipped in the air and reorient herself and sent waves and waves of crimson-colored energy to Kisuke attempting to drown him with her attacks, "You should already know."
Kisuke used Flash Steps to repeatedly dodge the crimson-colored destructions, "The most stupid thing to do is to guess what a woman wants."
"You see as a woman? How funny." Benihi didn't let up even after she landed on the ground.
"It's true that I shaped you with my soul, but you're still a separate entity from . If you took the form of a woman, then you're a woman, as simple as that." Kisuke used Flash Step to close their distance and the two engage in another sword fight.
"Heh… Fair enough. Since you didn't want to guess, let ask you this. What is the most important thing for you? Of course, this is disregarding other people." Benihi's sword dance is so graceful that her sword is like another finger in her hand as opposed to Kisuke's very practical sword style that leaves his opponents in distress because of his apparent precognition.
"Hmmm… That would obviously self-preservation." Kisuke spoke in between their clashes as he thinks and calculate the way to end this battle without exposing himself to danger.
"Are you kidding ? That only cos as second. You would even use your own body to pursue knowledge." Benihi tried to pierce Kisuke's head with her sword. Kisuke tilted his head to the side to dodge and do a counter-attack but he felt sothing wrong.
From the tip of Benihi's sword, a crimson-colored energy blade in the shape of a scythe suddenly extended. Benihi pulled her sword back and tried to lop off Kisuke's head. Kisuke was able to dodge by ducking and flipping forward to drop an ax kick on her.
Benihi blocked it with her arm, but another leg ca towards her stomach. She managed to block it with her sword but was sent flying away again.
'That was close! I didn't know she can do that. She really has so tricks on her sleeves.' Kisuke has cold sweat flowing down on his back, "Benihi-chan, teach that one. It looks cool and convenient."
"Since you already saw it once, you can learn it yourself." Benihi landed gracefully at the distance and didn't continue attacking.
Kisuke smiled and said, "You're right."
Kisuke relaxed for a bit to recover his ntal fortitude, "So? What does it have to do with what you want in my pursuit of knowledge?"
"As you said, you shaped with your soul and I inherited that trait from you. But instead of knowledge, I only want the next level." Benihi also didn't move and just talk.
"I see. But you know that I won't be able to achieve that just by myself." Kisuke is already sure of want she really wants.
"Fufufu~. I'm helping you right now. By pushing you to the brink of death, you may be able to show it to ." Benihi slowly walks towards Kisuke.
Kisuke mouth's twitches and asks, "I do need your help with that, but don't you have any other way? And besides, If you successfully kill , then you would also perish."
Benihi nodded in agreent, "Right if I kill you, I'll also disappear. But as I just said, I'm like you and only put my self-preservation second. If you can pull out my 'True Blade' with this, then I would be happy. Although if you fail and die, I can just call it bad luck. And I don't have any other way than to do this. You don't actively pursue it after all."
Kisuke let out a derisive laugh, "How radical." And readied his sword for another clash.
"Are you sure that you still want to waste ti?" Benihi slowly sped up her walking pace turning it into a run.
"What do you an?" Kisuke's expression turned serious as he has a bad feeling taking over him.
"As we are fighting, the 'Hollow' you are also rampaging." Benihi is just 15 ters away from Kisuke now, "Your precious cat is already quite beaten up."
When Kisuke heard this, his mind went blank for an instant and an unquenchable rage fill him. Kisuke didn't say anything else used Flash Step to close the distance between him and Benihi. Benihi already expected that he would lose his cool at her statent so she slashes down her sword even before Kisuke appeared in front of her.
But what she didn't expect is that he wouldn't make any effort to dodge and just let the sword cleave from his right shoulder to his solar plexus. Because of this unexpected outco, Benihi blanked out for a mont, but that mont is enough for Kisuke to pierce her heart.
Benihi stared at 'Benihi' that is impaling her with a complicated expression, "You've changed. To think that you would resolve yourself to die just because soone else is in danger of being killed. I couldn't have expected it from soone as unfeeling as you."
"It's a welco change. I regret nothing." Kisuke replied with a tranquil smile.
Benihi also smiled at him and closed her eyes, "Is that so? To be perfectly honest, I'm jealous."
"You don't have to. You'll be connected to forever even if you want it or not."
"You have a point." At this ti, Benihi is slowly turning into ash starting from her feet. "Rember this, if you don't actively reach that state, I won't stop doing this. At least propose a plan for ." Before she completely disappeared, she left such words.
'A have to rush my research on Sacred Gears.' Kisuke has such thoughts before the entire world collapsed and he returned to his body.
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