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Chapter 44 - The End of Spring Leaves

Mogi makes a quick attack towards Rianon, who blocks it with difficulty but not impossibly. Rianon then turns his body and, with one movement, almost cuts off Mogi's head, but Mogi manages to dodge it thanks to his lightning-fast reactions.

Mogi steps aside and throws his katana, which Rianon dodges, but surprisingly, Mogi gets ahead of him and kicks him below the head, causing him to fall back. Mogi grabs his katana and smiles maliciously, then with a crazy look in his eyes, launches another attack against Rianon.

Rianon intercepts him and then hits him with the hilt of the katana, making a slight cut on his left shoulder. Mogi is not far behind and, reacting at the same time, also makes a slight cut on Rianon's shoulder, but on the right side.

Rianon uses more spring leaves that appear and lunges at Mogi, who receives several cuts from the spring leaves, causing him to stagger for a second and then get back up. In that same second, he attacks Rianon, who receives another cut to the front of her torso.

Mogi quickly stabs Rianon in the chest, piercing some vital organs, but Rianon only spits and then stabs Mogi in the ribs, piercing his liver.

But Mogi does not give up. Blood pours from his mouth and every part of his wounds, dripping blood. Mogi uses his electricity ability, but this time he uses a technique by raising his hand and pointing his index and middle fingers.

He points his fingers like a gun, then gathers a amount of electricity there to concentrate it. Mogi is in a good position, aiming at Rianon's body, who wonders what is happening now.

"Electric pressure shot," whispers Mogi, seeing how a quantity of electricity gathers in his fingers.

Suddenly, all that electricity is expelled in the form of a bullet, as if from a gun. The attack hits Rianon in the body, leaving his abdomen badly damaged by the attack. That part looks black from the burns.

But Rianon doesn't give up and tries to attack Mogi by surprise, going behind him with the help of his spring leaves. Rianon attacks but is blocked by Mogi, who has a deranged smile on his face and then manages to make two cuts on Rianon, one on his chest and another on his neck, almost killing him.

"Well, Rianon, it looks like you're way behind now," said Mogi with that smile.

"I'm not, let's just say you're making it very difficult for me," said Rianon.

"You'll see, Rianon. Okay, don't you have another name?" said Mogi.

"What do you mean?" asked Rianon.

"I can't keep calling you Rianon all the time without it sounding like 'ano' (asshole). Didn't they give you another name?" replied Mogi.

"My friends call me Rian, nothing else," said Rianon.

"Then why the hell didn't you say so before, so I wouldn't keep saying Rianon!" said Mogi.

"Well, I don't use the nicknames people give me very often," said Rianon.

"You should always use them," said Mogi, then attacked again.

There was a clash of swords between Mogi and Rianon, who were concentrating on their next move. In one movement, Rianon managed to unbalance Mogi, and Rianon took advantage of this and aimed at Mogi's head, right in the face.

Luckily, Mogi dodges, but the blade of Rianon's katana grazes his cheek, leaving a small wound. Mogi spins around and kicks Rianon in the head, who falls back, leaving her katana behind.

"Looks like you're out of weapons," said Mogi, approaching her.

"Who said I can't fight without one?" said Rianon.

Rianon grabs one of the spring leaves from his ability and then uses it as a blade to cut Mogi's body a little. Then Rianon approaches him and throws the spring leaf, piercing his left shoulder completely, causing Mogi to drop his katana.

But Mogi does not give up, and before his katana falls to the ground, Mogi grabs the hilt with his right hand and then makes a horizontal cut to Rianon's body, but Rianon already has his spring leaves behind Mogi, and they pierce his entire back.

Mogi spits blood from his wounds, but he stands in front of Rianon, preventing him from falling to the ground, and smiles. Mogi quickly makes another X-shaped cut to Rianon's body, leaving him with a large wound.

"Khh... looks like it's my time, ha ha ha..." said Rianon, spitting blood as he leaned over the wound.

"In the end, you were a great opponent. Thanks to you, I was able to evolve, ha ha ha..." said Mogi.

"Goodbye. Maybe in the next life, I'll win," said Rianon, falling lifeless to the ground.

"It looks like the battle is finally over. We won," said Fukuze, watching everything.

"And it's all thanks to me, since I was the one they attacked first," said Rebecca, bragging.

"You didn't do anything," said Fukuze, Draken, and Shakion.

Note: They arrived before the fight ended, just as Rianon transformed.

Mogi climbs down from his perch and reaches the others. He walks a little, but staggers. Mogi almost falls to the ground, but Fukuze catches him and passes him to Rebecca, who catches him.

"Hey, don't throw him like that," said Rebecca.

"Yes, but we can't take too long. We have to rest now," said Fukuze.

"Hey, at least treat us to some food. You didn't do much," said Draken.

"Let's see, I defeated the leader, then I spent the whole time watching Akutagawa's fight with Rebecca," said Fukuze.

"And besides, I was the one who attracted those men here in the first place, and we defeated them all," said Fukuze.

"Then what do I have to do?" said Fukuze.

"Those aren't solid proofs," said Draken.

"Well, our souls and bodies have come together in these battles, and our friendships have grown stronger," said Shakion.

"Hey, don't say it like that, it sounds really weird," said Draken.

"No way, everything that comes out of this proud guy's mouth always has to be dirty," said Fukuze.

"Well, anyway, I hope the boss doesn't reward them for this," said Draken.

Elsewhere in the city, at the mercenary agency, everyone was in a basement parking lot. Three surveyed the place and went to the car where he would go with Seven, Nine, Five, and Shinusen.

"Hey, listen, we're going to take a truck with a mobile home attached to the back by a chain," said Three.

"Two and the others will go in a normal car. We'll take this because we're going on a long trip through an area that's almost like a desert," said Seven, smoking.

"Well, that makes more sense," said Three.

"Hey, I don't see Two," said Three.

"Two already left with Four, Six, and Tsutako. They left a while ago. They don't have as many problems leaving," said Seven.

"Well, it's something," said Three.

"What the hell, you bastard, he just told you they left," said Five.

Everyone got into the van, Seven got behind the wheel, Five in the passenger seat, and Three and Six in the back with Nine.

"Wait, listen, Shinusen, we have to go get him," said Three.

"I'm already here, asshole," said Shinusen, sitting in the middle seat.

"OW! Son of a bitch, you scared me," said Three.

"Don't exaggerate, I've only been here 10 minutes," said Shinusen.

"Wait 10 minutes, you were waiting here for 10 minutes just to scare me," said Three.

"Everyone, not just you," said Shinusen with a smile.

"Well, son of a bitch, you better just shut up so we can get the map and go to the Shogan district," said Five.

"You're not good at that," said Nine.

"Shut up, shit!" shouted Five.

Everyone leaves the basement, driving down the street, and Seven thinks about something while driving, but then just keeps driving with Five's guidance.

Everyone is already separated—Two, Seven, and Ikuren are all on different roads—while Seven is driving, they accidentally get lost because Five got the directions wrong, but in the end, they changed a lot because Five had the map upside down.

"I thought only Three had accidents like that," said Seven.

"You better shut up," said Five bitterly.

Seven drives through the right place, crossing several districts and cities, but then they go through several streets, day after day, then he switches places with Nine to rest while Nine drives.

He sits in the back, and as the car moves forward, Seven thinks about something in his mind, with some people coming to mind, but especially two people, but he only remembers the first one and something about him.

In his mind, he sees the image of a man who says words that cannot be heard, but at that moment, Seven falls asleep as that memory passes through his mind.

While Seven sleeps, everyone lets him sleep because they see that something is going through his mind, and it seems that he is reliving something, a memory or something. Seven remains in a deep sleep where he remembers some words or that person from his memory of that man he was thinking about.

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