Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 227 — Nagato's Fire Sword Technique!
Gyuki mentioned the names of the two participants who will compete next, “Himuro Kirigiri and Kitakaze Renji. Two names I'm calling please come forward!”
Along with Himuro and Renji who were walking to the middle of the field, on the special bench of participants who qualified for the round of 16, Nagato was talking with Iris and Litha.
“Iris, your sword technique is similar to mine.” Litha snorted in annoyance as she pinched Iris' cheek, “Happy for you to qualify for the round of 8, my twin.”.
Iris replied to Litha's pinch, “You should also qualify for the last 8, Litha..”.
“I will also try your sword technique, Litha. I'll play it with my sword game.” Nagato smiled faintly while holding his sword sheath.
“I can also imitate your movements Nagato. It's just that my strength to try your sword technique's movements is quite exhausting.” Litha responded to Nagato's words.
“Litha, do you sometimes remember the movements of other people's sword techniques that interest you? Then you try to make it into your own movement?” Nagato seemed very enthusiastic about Litha's words.
”Nagato, we are both like siblings. Later when Grandpa Hyogoro comes home, I will tell you about my true identity.” Litha pushed Nagato's body and looked at the young man with a weaving face.
Then Litha and Iris chatted together, Nagato neither praised Iris's swordplay nor gave the beautiful girl advice.
His eyes stared at the match that caught his attention. Seen in the middle of the field Gyuki Tiger Circle Arena will start the match.
“Alright, the third match of the last 16 of the Tiger Tournament of Kai between Himuro Kirigiri against Kitakaze Renji begins!” Gyuki jumped back and observed the match that had just started.
Just as Gyuki had started the match cue, Renji instantly slashed his sword starting the opening attack.
“Wind Blowing In Incision!”
Renji's sword slash formed a dense wind slash that Himuro could deflect casually.
Renji gritted his teeth and ran over to Himuro who remained standing quietly and did not budge a bit from his place.
The clash of Renji's sword and Himuro's Fire Axe occurs. After the two exchanged attacks for ten minutes, Himuro flowed the Fire Axe with his inner power, then swung even faster.
Although he managed to read Himuro's movements, but the power of the Fire Axe exceeded Renji's estimate so that his body bounced far back.
The audience was surprised to see Renji who looked overwhelmed against Himuro. Even Nagato who was watching from above the stands was a little curious about Himuro's strength.
Before long Renji again slashed his sword with his fast swordplay, “Big Wind Splitter!” His sword slash clashed with Himuro's Fire Axe.
The two stared at each other for two seconds, before Himuro clenched his hands and aimed his hand at Renji.
Renji's body burned and bounced back because it was difficult to react against Himuro. His eyes widened and his body grinded on the ground.
“This person!” Renji stared at Himuro's face which showed no expression other than that flat face.
Himuro's left hand pointed at Renji who was on the ground and released small balls of fire from his index finger.
Soon Renji tried to attack from various directions but none of his attacks injured Himuro's body.
Himuro swung the Fire Axe he held in his hand even faster. Although able to withstand it, Renji realized the big difference between himself and Himuro, so Renji was forced into a defensive position and pressed.
Shortly Renji's hand that fended off the swing of Himuro's Fire Axe felt pain. His defense began to weaken and his swordplay was no longer as fast as before.
In one swing of the Fire Axe that he was fed with his inner energy, Himuro landed a crushing attack on Renji's chest.
Renji's sword precisely held in his chest, but being unable to withstand the swing of Himuro's Fire Axe, Renji's body bounced far back and fell on the ground.
It was seen that Renji was already lying on the ground with a bruised body right on his chest. Before long the small fireballs hit Renji's body when Himuro attacked him from afar.
“Enough!” Gyuki raised her hand so that Himuro would not go any further to injure Renji.
After Gyuki raised her hand, Himuro walked back to the spectator bench. Meanwhile Gyuki ends the match and signals the medical personnel to immediately treat Renji's wounds.
“Winner Himuro Kirigiri!” Gyuki ended the match and shook his head looking at Himuro who had returned before he ended the match.
After Renji's body was lifted on a stretcher to the treatment room in the Tiger Circle Arena, Gyuki immediately called out the next two participants' names.
“Alright, we move on to the next game. Fuyumi Nagato and Ashiya Giyumaru please come forward!” Gyuki was still staring at Himuro who was already sitting on top of the stands sharply.
Nagato who was sitting on the audience bench smiled faintly, “I didn't expect it to be this fast..” Litha and Iris looked at Nagato who had already contributed to the middle of the field without the slightest hesitation.
“What Dragon will be fine, Litha?” Iris looked worried because the first time she saw Nagato looked impatient to fight.
Litha smiled faintly looking at the worry implied on Iris's face, “Take it easy, Nagato will definitely be fine. He is currently in his best condition.”.
Iris looked at Litha who remained calm, so she felt that Litha knew Nagato better than she did.
In the middle of the field of the Tiger Circle Arena, Gyuki looked at Nagato and Ashiya who were already staring intently at each other.
While on the bleachers where Masayu and the others were sitting, they talked about Nagato who was going to fight against Ashiya.
“Fuyumi Nagato looks confident once he is,” Yuri said as he stared intently at Nagato who was standing in the middle of the field.
“Nagato, just be careful if you lose before fighting against me!” Hanabi encouraged Nagato not to lose. I don't know why Hanabi is so obsessed with fighting Nagato.
“Fight Nagato..” Masayu said very quietly while covering his mouth with his palm.
“Masayu turned out to be shy..” Tika actually laughed giggling because she heard Masayu's words.
“Hehe..” Masayu smiled awkwardly while looking at Tika's face.
Before long the voice of the cue from Gyuki sounded very loud and echoed in the Tiger Circle Arena.
“Alright, the fourth match of the last 16 of the Tiger Tournament Kai between Fuyumi Nagato and Ashiya Giyumaru begins!” Gyuki immediately jumped backwards after starting the match cue.
All the spectators rumbled to see the match between Nagato and Ashiya in the last 16 of the Tiger Kai Tournament.
No one made any movement, Nagato and Ashiya observed each other for ten seconds. And after that Ashiya played his sword while moving quickly towards Nagato.
“Hei, Fuyumi Nagato! I'll show you how tough this rotten competition is!” Ashiya smashed his sword very quickly. All the spectators were silent for a moment when they saw the slash of Ashiya's sword.
But the audience again rumbled as Nagato was able to fend off Ashiya's sword slash with ease.
“Breathing Sirih.”
Nagato took a deep breath and channeled it into his body. In one breath, Nagato made dozens of consecutive moves and attacks on Ashiya.
Nagato and Ashiya exchanged attacks for ten minutes. Nagato moves faster than Ashiya so Nagato dominates the attack.
“This child!” Ashiya stared intently at Nagato who kept swinging his sword. Nagato's swordplay was also difficult for Ashiya to digest due to the variation in movement from his boundless footsteps.
Even Nagato seemed to think of Ashiya as the wood where he practiced shaving his sword to cut the wood.
Ashiya's left hand squeezed quickly and was about to do something, “Two Earth Clamps!” Suddenly the ground around Nagato swayed. It was seen that the two lands on the left and right side of Nagato were about to squeeze his body.
Nagato smiled faintly and cut off the two lands that were about to squeeze his body with his sword slash that was coated in flames.
“Rain A Thousand Needles Ground!”
Ashiya again launched an attack on Nagato while retreating two steps back to control his body aura.
Nagato stared intently at that needle-shaped piece of earth, “Fire Needle Round!” Then Nagato slashed his sword in response to Ashiya's attack.
The audience gave a standing ovation as Nagato and Ashiya continued to reply to the attacks. Before long, Ashiya's face is not too good because Nagato can destroy every attack easily.
Shortly Ashiya came forward to attack Nagato and exchange attacks for twenty minutes. Ashiya's swordplay begins to compensate for Nagato's swordplay, but after Nagato is more serious than ever, Ashiya's swordplay is far below Nagato's.
“Dance Water Fairy!”
Nagato instantly launched his sword slash attack which formed a smoldering flame trajectory in the air and gave Ashiya an incision wound to the chest.
“Argh!” Ashiya himself was surprised to see Nagato's sword ability far above him.
Nagato's attack had not stopped until there, his sword slash that was coated with fire was still burning continuously targeting Ashiya's body.
“Split In Endless Exposure!”
Then Ashiya tried to compensate for Nagato's swordplay but his sword slash which was coated in a brown aura was easily avoided by Nagato.
“Organic Trajectory!” Nagato slashed his sword which formed a flame trajectory towards Ashiya.
“Inflatation Soil In Incision!” Ashiya fended off Nagato's sword slash with his sword technique, yet Nagato had already moved step by step faster than himself.
“Ombak Fire!”
The eyes of everyone within the Tiger Circle Arena were dumbstruck at Nagato's swordplay. Even Ashiya was unable to keep up with Nagato's movements.
A wave of fire that formed a wave burned Ashiya's body. Although he managed to mount his attack, Nagato again did a sweep over aiming for the hand of Ashiya who was holding the sword.
Nagato let out a long sigh as he unsheathed his sword which was coated in the aura of his body beside Ashiya's neck.
“Fire..” Nagato manipulated his aura into fire, so that Ashiya's body sprawled on the ground surrounded by blazing flames.
Gyuki never thought of seeing Nagato fight which he thought was still not how much. Considering Nagato had not used his full strength yet, Gyuki raised her hand signaling to Nagato and Ashiya that the match had ended.
“Winner Fuyumi Nagato!” Gyuki appointed Nagato as the winner. Before Nagato returned to the audience bench, Ashiya threw Nagato's back with a stone, so Nagato turned his head back.
“Fuyumi Nagato.... Please defeat Himuro!” There were tears streaming down Ashiya's face.
Nagato just nodded slowly and did not understand the hidden intent of Ashiya, after which Nagato extended his hand to Ashiya to help the young man get back on his feet.
All the spectators applauded Nagato who was walking back to the bleachers after helping Ashiya stand up.