The Reincarnation Room
Training With Tohno Shiki

When the pair of blue eyes looked at Ryan, he felt a very strong pressure. 

Ryan's body suddenly cold and trembling. It was as if the God of death was breathing in his ears. To ordinary people, this was truly like a nightmare.

"Ryan, calm down ... I have to get used to it.." After taking a deep breath, Ryan has calmed down.

Facing an opponent who possessed the Mystic Eye of Death Perception, made Ryan understand how others felt when he activated his Mystic Eye.

"Let's get started, Tohno Shiki .." said Ryan, holding onto Moon Blade.

Slash

The sound of slashing sounded clear. Blood also spilled into the air. 

Ryan's eyes were wide, seeing that his right hand was already lying on the ground. The knife in Tohno Shiki's hand was covered in blood. "This is impossible! In just one second, I …"

Unable to react, the knife in Shiki's hand pierced Ryan's heart easily.

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Instantly, this dark alley where Ryan died returned to white space. Tohno Shiki has also disappeared.

Ryan stood bowed in the middle of the room while holding Moon Blade. He was surprised by the results of this simulation. "Even for 2 seconds, I couldn't hold on at all. Is this how far away I am from Tohno Shiki?"

Ryan has set the value of the Tohno Shiki attribute equal to the value of the Ryan attribute. In other words, Tohno Shiki's physical strength in this simulation is the same as Ryan's physical strength. Ryan and Shiki both have the Mystic Eye of Death Perception. But still, Ryan died in just 2 seconds.

"Is it because of technique?" Ryan recalled Tohno Shiki's profile from the Tsukihime anime.

Tohno Shiki, whose real name is Nanaya Shiki. He is a descendant of the Nanaya family, one of the four great families of demon exterminators in the Type-MOON world.

As a family of exterminators, the Nanaya family is famous for its killing techniques. The techniques belonging to the demon exterminating family had always been made to train ordinary humans to use their bodies to exceed their limits.

Utilize the surrounding environment to perform various movements with motion methods that deviate from common sense. The peak speed exceeds that of a human, which can suddenly accelerate from a stationary state, turning abruptly at a very high speed. Then making use of the space to capture and observe the surrounding objects, that was the Nanaya Killing Technique.

Nanaya's Killing technique, combined with the Mystic Eye of Death Perception, allows Tohno Shiki to kill many Vampires as well as humans.

"Look, didn't Tohno Shiki just learn the most basic techniques of the Nanaya Killing Technique?" Ryan was silent for a moment. "The ant! Just the basic technique alone has made me die in 2 seconds! What if he has mastered all his techniques? Not even 1 second will I die!"

"Haah~ alright, I'll try to learn Tohno Shiki's techniques." Ryan then re-operated the home training system panel. Ryan re-organizes Tohno Shiki as his opponent.

"Start!"

Ryan again used the dark alley setting as a simulated location. In the same place as earlier, Tohno Shiki stood with a knife in his hand.

Ryan concentrated to pay attention to all the movements of Tohno Shiki who was still standing quietly in front of him. Ryan's goal this time was to learn the basics of the Nanaya Killing Technique.

In this situation, Ryan realizes that Tohno Shiki can suddenly run at maximum speed from a stationary state. This was one of the basic techniques of Killing Nanaya.

In the Nanaya Killing Technique, there are 2 types of movements, namely hand movements and foot movements. The movement that uses the hands is called Flashing Sheath (Sensa), while the movement that uses the feet is called Flashing Dash (Senso).

At first, Shiki's movements look ordinary and unattractive. But suddenly, Shiki's movements turned out to be like a spider. At one time, he stuck to the ground, then he jumped against the wall, and sometimes he also stepped forward quickly. All the moves Shiki makes are very flexible. He can really take advantage of the existing space conditions.

Clang Clangs

Ryan managed to fend off two Tohno Shiki attacks with full concentration conditions. However, Shiki's hand movements started to turn a little strange. The speed of his hands was also increasing faster than before. Ryan was no longer able to withstand Tohno Shiki's attacks.

Slash

Ryan's neck was cut off. No doubt, blood spurted out like a fountain from his neck.

"At least, this time I can last a few seconds longer." After digesting what he learned earlier, Ryan restarted the simulation.

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On the second day, Ryan was still at home training. He devoted all his strength to training. Other than eating, drinking, and sleeping, he did not stop practicing at all.

Every time Ryan started the simulation, he always noticed all of Tohno Shiki's movements and analyzed them.

“This move is quite difficult. But if Tohno Shiki can do it, then I can too. Especially at this time the attributes we both the same.”

Ryan was killed many times by Shiki. Yet he still did not give up on learning the Nanaya Killing Technique.

“So yes .. so my rhythm should be more flexible.”

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“This time, I can't just follow instinct and reflexes. I need to be able to control my body well and efficiently!”

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“It should be my movement like this .. okay, I try again ..”

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“Well, here it is!”

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Ryan was completely immersed in his seriousness. But, effort really did not betray the result. Slowly, Ryan got used to Tohno shiki's fighting style. Ryan's movements and acrobatic actions began to be honed.

On the third day, Ryan finally managed to kill Tohno Shiki. 

“Finally ... I finally managed to learn the basic techniques of Killing Nanaya! I also managed to kill Tohno Shiki.” Ryan said as he lay in the middle of the white room.

After resting for approximately 1 hour, Ryan restarted his training. However, this time Ryan changed his training opponent.

In front of Ryan, now stood a woman in a red jacket with shoulder-length hair. She also has blue eyes like Ryan and Tohno Shiki.

“This time, you will be my practicing opponent, Ryougi Shiki. Please work together!” ryan's Smile. And of course, Ryougi Shiki did not respond at all to Ryan's remarks, as he was merely a projection that generated the training house system.

Unlike Tohno Shiki, who only learned basic killing techniques, Ryougi Shiki has received training in various types of martial arts since childhood.

While doing the simulation, Ryan can last a few seconds when Ryougi Shiki uses his knife. But when Ryougi Shiki changed his weapon into a sword, there was not a single second Ryan was immediately killed.

Ryan continued to simulate against Ryougi shiki, but he could never win at all. Until finally, the rental period of training houses was up. The expiration of the lease, also signifies the end of his rest time as a Reincarnator. Inevitably, Ryan must soon accept a new mission. Otherwise, Ryan's body would be destroyed.

“Again, even to the end I still can't beat Ryougi Shiki!” With a slight grumble, Ryan walked out of the training house. As soon as Ryan walked out, the door of the training house he had just used turned back to grey.

“Okay, I can't keep getting depressed. After all, it was all just an exercise. Next time, I can definitely kill him!” yell Ryan. No doubt, the Reincarnators who happened to be there looked all over at Ryan with strange gazes.

“Ugh ..” Seeing the gazes of many people, Ryan immediately stepped away from the place.

“Alright, now is the time to accept a new mission ..” muttered Ryan with a grinning smile. He was curious about the world he was going to visit this time. Ryan's steps continued to move towards the Sky Pillar.