Noble Arts 4 Volume 4

Touka took a step back and got some distance from Ouma, and leveling the point of Narukami at him, she held her sword horizontally.

And with her ability, she formed a magnetic field in the air before her. Cladding her flesh with the energy of Shippu Jinrai—


"Takemikazuchi—!"[2]


Plunging into a tunnel of electromagnetic force. In that instant. Touka's flesh that had entered the tunnel of lightning accelerated to a devastating speed. Namely, this was a railgun that turned her body into a bullet.

It was an excessively incompletely, excessively defenseless, excessively hazardous technique. A special move without much practical use. However, Raikiri had no power that could match the penetrating force of that accelerated thrust.

Carrying that offensive power, Touka made her last attack—and clashed.

Blood gushed out.

However, the blood flying through the air was not from Ouma. The blood was coming from Touka's right shoulder, from where she had stabbed forward.

Her blade had pierced Ouma, and where Ouma's body had been hit by Takemikazuchi, a small drop of blood escaped the just barely torn skin. He was unmistakably standing there motionlessly, like a mountain.

"…What are… you…."

Due to Takemikazuchi's backlash, her broken right shoulder was hanging uselessly, and Touka asked with a tremoring voice. Her eyes widened in shock. However, even with all of her strength, her body could not make the slightest movement.

Ouma's naked chest that had been struck by Takemikazuchi. She could see that it had been crisscrossed with countless scars.