She was ready to end it then and there.
But she could see – that this would not be possible.
Nanami couldn’t help but see.
– Ahhhh.
The instant she had taken her first step, the foot that held her weight collapsed. And not only her foot – her whole body came apart.
Separating – unraveling.
The skin tore from her body, flaying her alive, exposing flesh that bled from every vein.
Blood sprayed.
With a body like hers.
– I saw this coming.
I knew my body – could never stand up to the full force of my strength.
It had been obvious.
That’s why – she’d tried to learn everyone’s moves.
Her father’s – and Shichika’s.
In order to be weak.
A weaker being.
That she may live –
Her mouth filled with the taste of blood.
She was collapsing on the inside, the same as on the outside.
Her veins had ruptured.
Her flat muscles went to tatters,[42] and her thin bones snapped.
Nanami Yasuri unbridled, her true self.
Incapable of taking – but a single step.
Neither plucked like a weed.
Nor scattered like a flower.
She tumbled – like a ripe fruit.
All on her own.
– Just one hit.
I thought I might last long enough to get in one hit, at least…
Was she paying for the ill-begotten energy that Akuto the Eel had afforded her? Even so –
“…”
As she collapsed, her vision blurred.

[42] 千切れ CHIGIRE break into “a thousand” pieces

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