Chapter 423: A Clear Difference in Strength
Chapter 423: A Clear Difference in Strength
"Are they really going to fight..."
Fujiwara Chika crouched down, hiding behind Iwanaga Kotoko, looking nervous.
"They both look so serious..."
"Can you stop poking me with your evil mounds of fat?"
Feeling the weight and pressure on her shoulders, Iwanaga Kotoko looked speechless.
Kato Megumi, seeing the two standing one behind the other, said softly,
"Iwanaga Kotoko’s height is just right for Fujiwara Chika to rest those things on your shoulders. It’s like a custom made stand."
"Kato Megumi, you..."
Iwanaga Kotoko bit her lip, looking indignant.
After a soft huff, she turned her gaze back to Yuuki Asuna and Kaguya Shinomiya in the arena.
"Let’s get one thing straight. Yuuki Asuna can’t possibly lose."
"Hmph, that’s hard to say."
Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko’s words, Hayasaka Ai raised her hand and tucked back her long golden hair.
Although her tone was indifferent, her attitude was quite firm.
"Kaguya is very strong, after all."
Although the members of the two Player teams trusted each other because of Asagiri, and had even cleared the hidden main storyline in the previous Dungeon together, a sense of competition still remained.
While they always bickered with each other, Iwanaga Kotoko definitely supported Yuuki Asuna.
And as Kaguya Shinomiya’s close friend and personal maid, Hayasaka Ai naturally did not think Kaguya would lose to Yuuki Asuna.
Just as Asagiri had said before, if the members of these two teams were simply placed together in a Dungeon, there would definitely be disagreements, with no one willing to yield to the other.
However, because his strength was absurdly high, and Kaguya Shinomiya had become completely love struck, they simply defaulted to his command during the last joint operation.
There had been no disagreements or conflicts at all.
They had even deferred to each other when distributing the loot.
A harmonious harem, victory.
However, even so, Kaguya Shinomiya and Yuuki Asuna, who were both physical type classes, still harbored a desire not to lose to each other.
It could be considered healthy competition.
"Then..."
Seeing the incredibly serious look in Yuuki Asuna’s eyes, the short blade Shinso in Kaguya Shinomiya’s hand turned into a faint shimmer that covered her body.
"Let’s begin."
As soon as Kaguya Shinomiya finished speaking, Yuuki Asuna, who had been standing dozens of meters away, accelerated to full speed.
She held the artifact Shining Starlight high in her right hand, and a terrifying fluctuation of power erupted from her body, causing even the ground to tremble.
Blinding light condensed in her hand, wrapping around the blade of Shining Starlight, making it look as if she were wielding a sword of divine punishment capable of slicing through heaven and earth and delivering final judgment.
While Yuuki Asuna unleashed her ultimate killing move, Kaguya Shinomiya’s red eyes also shone with light.
Dark red and gold intertwined, followed by an astonishing aura that made even the air begin to tremble and ripple.
"Sky Severing Sword!"
"Oboro Flash!"
Seeing Kaguya Shinomiya’s figure, wrapped in dark red and gold light, about to collide with the Sky Severing Sword descending from Yuuki Asuna’s hand, Iwanaga Kotoko immediately manifested a thick barrier of Black Particles in front of everyone.
Even though she had already put over a hundred meters of distance between them and the two fighters before the battle started, she still did not dare to be careless.
The next second...
"BOOM!!!"
The fluctuation of power generated by the collision between Kaguya Shinomiya and Yuuki Asuna’s strongest techniques made the sturdy underground hall shake as if an earthquake had struck.
Even Iwanaga Kotoko and the others, who were more than a hundred meters away and were not the targets of the attack, could only struggle to hold on by relying on the Black Particles and the defensive barrier created by Fujiwara Chika.
Forget watching the battle.
Even standing was extremely difficult.
The blood in their bodies seemed to temporarily stop flowing under the pressure of that terrifying power.
After the terrifying fluctuation of power finally dissipated, Iwanaga Kotoko dispersed the barrier formed by the Black Particles.
What appeared before everyone’s eyes was a bottomless crater nearly a hundred meters wide, with Kaguya Shinomiya and Yuuki Asuna, the culprits behind it, standing on opposite edges of the crater.
"Haa... Haa..."
Although Kaguya Shinomiya remained standing, she felt obvious pain throughout her body, and her legs had begun to tremble slightly.
Yuuki Asuna was only gently rubbing her right wrist with her left hand.
Although she did not look to be in perfect condition either, she was clearly in much better shape than Kaguya Shinomiya.
"I lost."
Although Kaguya Shinomiya had a very proud personality, faced with such an obvious gap, she straightforwardly admitted defeat.
After all, she could feel that when Yuuki Asuna had unleashed the Sky Severing Sword just now, she had tried her best to control the power of the move because Iwanaga Kotoko and the others were still nearby.
Under these circumstances, her own full power Oboro Flash had only barely managed to cancel out the Sky Severing Sword.
There was no need to say more about who was stronger between her and Yuuki Asuna.
"No, it’s a draw."
Yuuki Asuna walked around the edge of the crater to Kaguya Shinomiya’s side and spoke in a soft tone.
"My Sky Severing Sword is a skill that requires charging, while your Oboro Flash is an instant move."
"In a head on duel with ample preparation time like this, my Sky Severing Sword definitely has more of an advantage."
"Besides, it’s just a spar. There’s no need to determine who is stronger or weaker."
"Let’s call it a draw, okay?"
Looking at the gentle smile on Yuuki Asuna’s face, Kaguya Shinomiya remained silent for a few seconds before sighing slightly.
"Yeah, it’s a draw."
"As expected... you are very strong."
"Actually, I’ve always had a thought in my mind."
"If, at the very beginning of the game, it hadn’t been you who entered a Dungeon with him, but me..."
"You should feel lucky instead."
Hearing Kaguya Shinomiya’s words, Iwanaga Kotoko, who had already walked up to the two of them, rolled her eyes and spoke bluntly.
"With the personality you had at the very beginning, if you had been matched into the same Dungeon as Asagiri, let alone teaming up, it would have been a miracle if he hadn’t refined you on the spot."
Kaguya Shinomiya did not get angry upon hearing this.
Instead, she showed a faint smile, raised her hand to tuck back her long black hair, and said calmly,
"Perhaps that’s true."
Kaguya Shinomiya recalled herself when she had just entered high school.
Then she imagined what it would be like if her past self had met Asagiri in a Dungeon.
Team up?
It would have been good enough if they had not started fighting immediately.
...
Twenty days later, at Iwanaga Kotoko’s home.
"Hmm, a four day, three night school trip... Is bringing only five outfits enough..."
Hearing Kato Megumi’s muttering, Asagiri, who was sitting on the sofa, could not help retorting,
"Changing once a day, no matter how you calculate it, that should be enough, right?"
"You can’t calculate it like that."
Kato Megumi carefully folded her clothes and placed them into her suitcase.
Then she looked up at Asagiri and emphasized with a serious face,
"What if it rains? If it rains, I’ll need to change into different clothes."
"And considering the clothes for when it doesn’t rain, even if I change once a day, I would need to bring eight outfits."
"Then there’s spare underwear, swimwear for playing at the beach, and..."
"Please, stop with the ands."
Asagiri looked at Yuuki Asuna, who was helping Iwanaga Kotoko pack her clothes like a guardian, and Yamauchi Sakura, who was eating snacks, then spoke in a relaxed tone.
"I’m just bringing two outfits anyway. I’ll buy more when I get there."
"But won’t you have to bring them back?"
"I just won’t bring them back."
"Ehh... that’s too wasteful, isn’t it?"
With her virtuous and frugal nature, Kato Megumi said this softly before continuing in a gentle tone.
"Still, I didn’t expect that our two schools would be going on the school trip together."
"That’s because the destination for Shuchiin Academy’s school trip this time is Hokkaido."
Hearing Kato Megumi’s words, Asagiri replied casually,
"Your Toyosaki is a well funded private school, after all. Having students fly to Hokkaido for a school trip isn’t difficult."
"If this time it were a place like Hawaii, I’m afraid you and Yamauchi Sakura wouldn’t be able to come with us."
"That’s true."
After zipping up her suitcase, Kato Megumi stood up, adjusted the hem of her JK skirt, walked over, and sat down next to Asagiri.
She took out her phone, her slender, fair index finger sliding lightly across the screen as she looked at the news displayed on it and spoke softly.
"Cabinet member Shido Masayoshi gave a speech on the theme of how to ensure the personal safety of citizens..."
"In his eyes, this death game is actually a rare opportunity to gain power."
"He talks so nicely on the surface, but in his heart, he must be hoping that the scale of the disaster brought by the death game becomes as large as possible, so that he has a chance to gain more power."
"What a disgusting guy."
"Doesn’t matter."
Asagiri glanced at the date on the phone and said in an indifferent tone.
"He won’t survive past the sixth stage anyway."
Meanwhile, in the mansion where Kaguya Shinomiya lived.
"Uh..."
Looking at Kaguya Shinomiya, who was wearing a black two piece swimsuit, and Hayasaka Ai, who was wearing a flashy swimsuit decorated with tulle, Fujiwara Chika, who was sitting in a chair munching on a donut, could not help freezing.
"You guys... this is a bit too..."
A blush appeared on Kaguya Shinomiya’s pretty face, and she stomped her foot in exasperation.
"I can’t help it!"
"I originally thought that wearing a one piece swimsuit wouldn’t make it look so flat... but if I wear a one piece swimsuit to the beach, I’ll definitely be mocked by that Kotoko!"
Hayasaka Ai took out two pads from the side, handed them to Kaguya Shinomiya, and said in an indifferent tone,
"How about using these?"
Noticing that Kaguya Shinomiya seemed tempted, Fujiwara Chika finished the donut in a few bites.
With some cream still left on her lips, she spoke with extreme seriousness.
"I suggest you don’t do that."
"If you rely on power that isn’t your own, Asagiri will be able to tell at a glance."
"Even if he doesn’t mock you two, Kotoko definitely will."
Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly upon hearing this and let out a soft tsk.
"Then what should Kaguya and I do?"
"Eh?"
To Hayasaka Ai’s surprise, after she said this, both Fujiwara Chika and Kaguya Shinomiya showed expressions of confusion.
Fujiwara Chika even asked a soul searching question.
"Kaguya is doing this to stun Asagiri, but you... what are you doing it for?"
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