Chapter 48: Battle

"...I suddenly don't want to save you anymore."

"Wait wait wait, just kidding!"

Tsk! You're thinking of this kind of joke even when you're joking. You're obviously a scumbag.

"Flame, Nine Pure Flames?"

I looked up and saw the person standing in front of Dong Shilang, who seemed to have injured Black Rose and called out my name.

He looked very young, no more than fourteen, with a head of soft, flowing blond hair. His features were so delicate that it was hard to tell his gender; he looked like a girl. However, because his clothes were so revealing, his body was exposed, and his features made him look like an undeveloped teenager.

"Do you know me?"

The girl, or boy, smiled. He had a mole under the left corner of his mouth, and when he smiled, his golden eyes looked like honey.

"I've only heard your name, but Lian'er-jun just called your name, right?"

He was talking as if he was chatting while tying up his long hair.

"Nine Pure Flames, another shackle that maintains the existence of Nine Pure Saburo."

At this point, it would be unacceptable if I still didn't know whether the other party was an enemy or a friend.

"Should I say Red is incredibly lucky? He originally intended to kill the knight and revive the ghost, but ended up discovering another key figure. Big Brother will definitely be delighted to know." He tilted his head, an innocent expression on his face. "So, can you give way, little brother?"

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The scene suddenly became quiet.

Little brother!

"Pfft...! Cough cough cough I'm sorry I shouldn't have laughed, I apologize! I plead guilty!"

I slid down to my knees very quickly, but Toshiro's spiritual pressure continued to surge, and the temperature around me dropped.

"Calm down! The other party is a monster, so it's possible that they're bigger than you! Right, Black Rose?!"

"Huh? Why are you asking me?"

However, the boy didn't even turn his head, but just threw a sentence at me.

"I'm not angry about that. Shut up."

The blond boy put his index finger on his lips and began to look at Dong Shilang carefully: "Huh? You look so cute when I look at you closely. You are the type that Hong likes."

?????!!!!!!!!!

"Substitution! I request a substitution!"

What the hell! What do you mean he's your type?! He's my boyfriend! I'm mad! No matter how cute he is, I'm going to hit him!

"No." However, just like before, the boy coldly rejected me. "The opponent is not someone you can handle without being able to control your Shikai." He reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword behind him. "I'm not good at replying, so I'll leave the injured to you, Homura."

Nhhhhh! Damn it, he's right.

I pouted and began to lower my head to treat Black Rose's wound. Wow, when I looked closely, I found that he had lost an arm.

Fortunately, Master Tessai taught me the emergency healing technique, but monsters heal faster than normal humans and Shinigami. At least he looked quite miserable just now, but now his complexion is much better.

"Is it really okay not to help your boyfriend?"

He even had the energy to talk to me.

Huh? Wait!

"Is he your boyfriend, or are you just dating?" the man sat up, even finding the strength to pull out a cigarette. "Don't look at me like that. Your two scents are mixed together, so of course it's going to make people think too much. But, you like younger men, huh?"

"Which eye of yours could tell that he's smaller than me?" Gathering my spiritual power in my palm, I used Hui Dao to stop the bleeding of Black Rose. "No need, after all—"

"Toshiro is very strong."

"Sit in the frost sky, Hyorinmaru."

In an instant, the sky was covered by dark clouds, and the rising water vapor was frozen by the cold, turning into a huge ice dragon!

"I'm sorry, although I have no grudge against you, I can't give way."

The young man stood in the air, the dragon merged with his body, and icy wings spread out behind him.

"This is a warning. Back off, monster."

However, the beautiful blond boy laughed, and two ring-shaped weapons appeared in his slender hands.

"What will you do if Hong says no? Kill Hong?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud explosion like a crackling sound filled the air! The Ice Dragon and the Gale instantly engaged in a battle in the sky.

Dark clouds obscured the moon today. Even though we were about to enter the hot summer, the temperature around us was so low.

If Black Rose and I weren't fire-type, we'd probably be covered in frost by the condensed water vapor.

Black Rose's expression was no longer as nonchalant as before; instead, he was watching the fierce battlefield in the sky seriously.

"See, I told you he was strong."

However, unlike the young man, I was a little discouraged: "In the past, I practiced very hard." I wanted to protect others and stand with him.

Black Rose didn't respond, and of course I didn't want him to respond.

A gigantic ice dragon roared high in the sky, and I was immersed in Toushirou's cold and vast spiritual pressure.

"After just a short break, I was left far behind... I'm a little, a little unwilling to accept this."

"Hey!! Black Rose! Are you okay-?"

Huh? That sound?

A dark shadow suddenly rushed over and turned into a tall figure with conspicuous pink hair.

It’s Qianliangjun, the cat demon who was quite friendly to me.

"Eh? Eh? Why is my sister here? Wait, who is that person fighting with Jixiang in the air right now?!"

"Are you an idiot? There's no sign of any other monsters here right now." Black Rose's bleeding stopped, and she immediately began to lash out at the cat, lighting the cigarette she was holding in her mouth. "We're so lucky, Qianliang-kun! We've actually alerted the messengers of the underworld who travel between the realms of life and death."

"Varied--?!"

The black-haired young man looked at me, and the eye under his eyepatch was actually intact.

"You are the gods of death."

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"Is this really okay?"

High in the sky where the clouds did not obscure the moon, the wind monster soared like an angel with blood-red wings, fighting with the giant dragon transformed from ice and the young man.

"You're not protecting the princess, you're focusing on fighting me."

He danced in the air wearing shoes that bound his feet like ballet slippers, and the wind that followed his dance carried bursts of murderous intent.

"If you're not careful, she'll be stolen."

Faced with this provocation with strong implications, the silver-haired boy did not waver. Instead, he frowned, and for a few minutes, his expression became somewhat puzzled.

"I think you've made some mistakes." After a few exchanges, the boy feinted and retreated from the monster's attack range. "First of all, she is not a princess."

Moisture filled the sky, chilling the wind's sharp edge. The monster's arm had been frozen from the previous clash. He felt no pain, but the smile on his face had vanished.

The power of ice reduced the regenerative ability given to him by the medicine.

However, the young man who controlled the ice and became one with the dragon was unharmed.

"Secondly, she, Yan, is very strong, stronger than you think."

The boy raised his knife, pointing the tip of the knife at the monster in front of him.

"Underestimating her is the cause of your defeat."

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"The God of Death? Is that the God of Death I'm thinking of?! The underworld messenger?" Qian Liang pointed at me, speechless. "But aren't you the sister of that Sanlang kid?"

This is a long story.

"It's a long story..."

If I were to explain it here, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish explaining the winner, so I'd better skip it.

Before he could finish his words, several violent auras suddenly appeared around him.

“Hmm!”

"Tsk, that Jixiang guy really has a backup plan."

As non-humanoid monsters suddenly appeared in the sky and around, Qian Zhou's body flashed with lightning, and Black Rose also staggered to her feet, igniting black flames.

"Be careful, the enemy is targeting you!"

Huh? Are you trying to protect me? Well, I'm actually quite flattered when I think about it, but—

"I know, don't worry."

I spread my spiritual power throughout my body, and the moment the first monster launched an attack, I used Shunpo and drew my Zanpakutō without hesitation!

Although I can't control my Shikai freely yet, Toushirou didn't tell me not to fight!

The blade slashed through the winged monster in the sky. I gripped the hilt tightly and cleanly cleaved the monstrous body in front of me.

Well, it’s much softer than hollow ones, and it’s very convenient to cut.

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Accompanied by the muffled sound of flesh and bones being chopped apart, in the blink of an eye, the monsters transformed into demons by Zone-00 were cut into pieces by a silver light.

A red-haired girl suddenly appeared not far away, with the Japanese sword in her hand already unsheathed.

"These guys are too weak."

That's what I said, that's what I said...but weren't you too decisive in chopping it off?!

Swallowing the grumble in his mouth, Qian Liang looked at the monster whose fatal part had been precisely cut, with no possibility of regeneration. He silently turned his head and said to the man in black beside him, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before."

It turns out you weren't exaggerating, I really was almost split in half last time!

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"By the way, why does that monster called Jixiang know me?" After clearing out the monsters, I kept my guard around while glaring at the two tall men. "What do you mean by 'another shackle'?"

"Literally." It was Black Rose, who was missing an arm, who answered. He had pulled out a capsule from somewhere and was examining it carefully. "For some reason, Jixiang and the mastermind behind these events believe that you are crucial to maintaining Kyujo Saburo's human heart."

As he spoke, he swallowed the capsule. Instantly, something miraculous happened. The broken arm suddenly grew back within seconds. At the same time, the wound on Black Rose's body, which had stopped bleeding, also healed.

"If you don't exist, he'll probably be more easily devoured by ghosts."

But just now, those things clearly wanted to capture me alive.

"Oh yeah, one more thing."

"Hey, Black Rose, shut up!"

The young man in black casually moved his arms: "As a woman of the Jiujing family, you also have the possibility of giving birth to a ghost."

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