(If he really has the ability to nullify all damage, he wouldn’t have chosen this day to attack
me. He could have revealed his real name to Academy City, snuck back in and killed all
the Kiharas. There must be some special characteristics to Kihara Kagun’s defense. It
should be possible to deduce this from his actions.)

Kihara Byouri used the assumption that magic itself was a supernatural power that
contrasted the ones made in Academy City to build her thoughts according to an esper
who could take on Academy City.

(Kihara Kagun deliberately used his vitals to take my attack. In that case...)

“...”

Kihara Byouri changed her right hand to a skyfish, and shot out a thick nail.

However, this wasn’t aimed at Kihara Kagun’s vitals, but his shoulder. To create a little
graze that would normally be ignored, this nail flew at a very high speed as it peeled off
part of Kihara Kagun’s skin

It was just like what she thought.

This time, he was injured. Blood came out of his shoulders.

“I don’t understand the composition, but it’s true that you can nullify fatal attacks. That’s
your defense! In that case...!!”

“So you’re trying to kill me by creating lots of non-fatal wounds and let me bleed out a lot,
aren’t you?”

His weaknesses were completely exposed, but Kihara Kagun’s expression still remained
dry.

“In Norse mythology, there are a lot of stories about putting gemstones on the hilt of the
sword. It seemed that it could become some sort of talisman, and it had the effect of
healing the damage sustained in battle... But for me who is not well-versed in that, I can’t
do anything other than dodging all fatal attacks.”

As he was a derivative of science, Kihara Kagun could understand this thing that couldn’t
be justified and continued.

“But this could still be useful. Let’s talk about a dueling sword called Whitting. When in
battle, this sword will scatter when its owner is at a disadvantage, and amongst them, a
miracle would occur...it’s a spell that can accurately avoid damage and cause the sword to
be sharper. When both are assembled, the sword’s destructive power will increase
exponentially.”

He pointed his right index and middle finger, and raised that several meter long sword
horizontally.

“...If you want to kill me by non-fatal attacks, you will need a minimum of twelve hits.
That would be enough. I can kill you 52 times. What I got in battle wasn’t a guess, but a
belief. Why don’t you normally use such a power? Or is it that if you had only this level of
freedom, you would have to rely on your persona as the woman Kihara Byouri...? It may
be a threat, but even so, you should be losing yourself already, aren’t you?”

“Ugh!?”

“The proof is that you’re increasingly unable to get rid of the #2. You continue to
command the electric signals. However, the things created by the #2 still have his own
presence. And then, this is just like a rejection in a transplant. Kihara Byouri’s
consciousness is being chased away by an artificial body. Is the limit one hundred
seconds? Five hundred seconds? I don’t think it’s that long. If I continue to kill you during
this time, you still won’t be able to do anything in the end even if you understand all sorts
of danger, as you’re still relying on the #2. As time goes by, you will wait on and crumble
to a certain extent. After that, you will end up destroying yourself. Your so-called physical
body may not be killed, but your spirit will be worn out.”

-Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 4 Main.31