Chapter 15: Hand to hand.
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"W-What do you mean w-want to join you?"
"Exactly as it's mean. Join me in my adventure, Mashura. You've been waiting for me, and I've been searching for you... What else should we do other than go together once we get back together?"
It's just common sense. Both of us has been wanting to meet each other... So, why should we stop there? Surely... Our bond as Childhood friend are far stronger than this. We can't just meet and then go on for the rest of our day...
"... Well... Of course... Let's do it... Sorry if it's take too long for me to answer... I still can't believe that all of this is real..."
Ah... I see... Well, it's all real... I stand up from the ground and then slowly raise her up...
"Let's eat first."
She stated while pointing at her food... Of course you do... You're always hungry... No wonder your body reach the perfect proportion known to mankind...
I sit down beside her and then as she's slurping her noodles... She lean on me... Of course... I let her lean on me because. I have no one to care! No one will get jealous!
"Speaking of which... What are you doing currently Mashura? What are your occupation?"
"What do I do for living you mean? Hmm... I'm a Knight... Well... Former Commander of a Knight Ordo of Engineas at least... I've decided to quit being a Knight two years ago because of my Trauma of Losing you..."
... You make me feel bad now... Being a Knight huh... It's definitely not the fun Job that mentioned...
"I see... But hey! At least I'm here now with you... Forever... I will never leave you now..."
"... Right... I wonder if it will cure it in an instant... I hope so... I don't want to dream about you burning again... It's still painful..."
I rub her head once again and then... Pinch her left cheek.
"Stop making it depressing! Anyway. Don't you want to know what I do for a living?"
"Uhn... I'm wondering about that too... What are you doing with your life nowadays to the point that you FORGET about ME!"
Uh oh... She's raging once again... Holy shit... This effect is far more dangerous than when a beast touch my Rod of Lyssa!
"W-Well... I'm an Adventurer and Treasure Hunter... Here's my Identification Card if you still don't believe that I'm the Real Alfredo Hagane."
I give her my Gold Identification Card and she was... A bit shock. But quickly hide that shock and turn it into excitement... She put her bowl down and then stand up...
That's really quick. I'm still enjoying my noodles...
"Gold Rank huh? It seems like my cheeky younger partner has become stronger~ Come on Alfredo. Show me what you got!"
Her eyes turn... I see... So you manage to let out both Infinity inside your eyes... Good then... Back when we're little. She can only let out one Infinity on her Right eyes. And even that is enough to be the strongest...
Essentially, Mashura with two Infinity is the Strongest in the Entire City... Well... I don't know how she unlock that second Infinity though...
"Hey Mashura. Just know, I'm mainly a Treasure Hunter and also, I fight mostly with my Brain... So, can you not hurt me so much?"
"No excuses Alfredo. I've been wanting to fight you for a while now! I'm always imagining how long you can hold on my power!"
"Haaah... Alright."
I take my stance... Mashura is what you call the Physical Genius... It's hard to beat her in anyway... She can definitely s***h me with her Sword. But she decided to play with only her fist...
People say that Hard work beat Talent... And I do agree with that... But no one is going to be able to beat Mashura... She's the epitome of Talent and Hard work.
No one is as talented as her. And no one works harder than her... So I can imagine how harsh this battle going to be...
"Ready Alfredo?"
"... Anytime..."
But no matter what... She can't hurt me that bad... She's always been a gentle lady... And I don't think it changes that much...
But then... As I thought of that... After image appear right in front of me... Her knee is going straight for my nose...
This is... Her Phantom Movement.
Phantom Movement is her Ability. I'm the one that name her Ability as Phantom Movement... Because before she actually move... She set a Phantom Path that she can perfectly follow...
The reason how she do that lies within the Infinity. She can absolutely see any route to the perfect attacks.
But of course... Phantom Movement is the perfect ability... Even if you can see the attack... It doesn't mean that she's going to use that attack definitely...
Her Infinity is a World Breaking ability... The moment we reacted to her Phantom Movement... Her Infinity changes the attack to another route...
And with her Physical Gift... She can absolutely change trajectory...
Actually... I have a perfect project for her... Let's see if she wanted to test it later...
Anyway... This is already a bad decision that I made... Jumping straight into battle without activating my buffs is a big mistake...
But that doesn't mean I can't dodge her Infinity.
"What's wrong Alfredo, Staying silent is not going to make me stop!"
I see her knees flying straight toward me... This is it...
Instantaneous movement is the only counter that I know of... The moment her Knee touch my nose slightly... I make my body Falls...
And in that split moment of me falling down, Mashura stomp her foot straight toward my stomach.
Of course, I know full well that's going to happen. Let's force her to kick me away then...
As I'm falling down... I started rolling to the side... Please, kick me away!
"Not going to happen~"
Shit...
She realize my plan... Seems like she know full well of my ability to Buffs myself...
The moment I reveal to her that I'm more of a brain type fighter... She deducts that I will be using her attacks to help me...
So she decided to go against the grain when I'm in the most vulnerable position...
She slither down to the ground toward me and then Choke me down...
"GggGGGHHH!!!"
I try to resist her choke... Fuck... It's too strong!! I can't even bulge her slender arm or finger... GgGGh.... Is this... How weak I truly am without my brain?
My body limps down... I tap Mashura and then she release me...
"Haaaah... Haaah..."
"Well... You're better than I though Alfredo. Everyone falls in the first move. But you manage to survive two. Good job!"
I just sigh in relief and then said.
"You should know that I can't fight that well."
"I know that fact really well! Ever since a kid, you're not the type of physical fighter... You break people mental and then use your equipment. Right?"
"Right... Well... I don't have my equipment with me right now. So you're lucky!"
"Ahahaha! I will consider myself Lucky then. Should we go back to the city?"
"Yeah. Let's go. I want to spend more leisure time with you... I hope you're not going to smash my chest again."
"Don't worry... I'm not going to."
We walk toward the City side to side and continue our conversation. It's not a useful conversation... But it's enough to make us think that we truly are fit for each other...
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