The two were startled by the aura emanating from Yoshino the moment they saw her. Both swallowed hard as they looked at Yoshino's serious face. Although they were angry at this person who had intruded on their duel, they sensed that her strength was immense, and they felt pressured by her aura alone.
"Who exactly are you? How dare you interfere with this shrine maiden's sacred duel? What are your intentions?" Yuzuru Yamai shouted at Yoshino.
"Shut up! You guys have caused a lot of trouble for others, so I'm going to give you a good lesson. It might hurt a little, but that's the only way to make a lasting impression." Yoshino said, extending her hand towards Yuzuru Yamai. A faint black magic circle appeared around her. Just as Yuzuru Yamai was looking puzzled, multiple chains with runes appeared from the magic circle and tightly bound her limbs, as if in a bondage play.
"What's going on? What is this? Why can't this shrine maiden use her strength?" Yuzuru Yamai tried to break free from the chains, but the power emanating from the runes on the chains prevented her from concentrating her spirit power. She could only try to break free from the chains using physical methods.
"Angry! You! Let Yuzuru Yamai go!" Seeing Yuzuru Yamai's situation, Shiina Yamai's usually unchanging poker face finally showed a very obvious change in expression: panic, alertness, and anger.
Although they always said they wanted to defeat each other and become the sole Yamai, the truth was that both Yuzuru Yamai and Shiina Yamai cared most about each other, to the point where they would give their lives for the other.
Dark chains appeared around Shiina Yamai's body, with rhombic blades at both ends of the pendulum. This was Shiina Yamai's spirit dress, Hurricane Knight -- Binder!
The chains spun around her body and then shot towards Yoshino, the rhombic blades aimed directly at Yoshino's neck. This was an attack so fast that it was impossible to see its trajectory, but that was to be expected. As spirits of the hurricane, speed was their specialty!
However, things were not that simple. Although Shiina Yamai's blades seemed too fast to track, Yoshino was no longer the naive Fourth Spirit. She now possessed the power of three worlds. Yoshino didn't move at all against the incoming attack. A small magic circle appeared at her neck, causing the rhombic blades to clash with the magic circle upon impact.
Then, a second Yoshino suddenly appeared next to Shiina Yamai. As Shiina Yamai looked on in alarm, that Yoshino hugged her tightly. Just as Shiina Yamai was feeling confused, that Yoshino suddenly turned into an ice statue. By the time Shiina Yamai reacted and tried to escape, she was gradually being frozen, and in an instant, Shiina Yamai's limbs were frozen. The ice on her limbs slowly began to spread to the rest of her body.
"Uwa!?" Even the two interjections that she habitually used to express her attitude were omitted. Shiina Yamai let out an extremely strange sound. Just as she was about to say something, Shiina Yamai was completely encased in ice, turning into an ice statue.
"Damn it! You damn fellow! Don't you bully Shiina!" Seeing Shiina Yamai completely frozen by Yoshino, Yuzuru Yamai no longer maintained her strange way of speaking and didn't bother to hide her true feelings for Shiina Yamai. Her pair of beautiful silver eyes looked at Yoshino, burning with the flames of anger. Suddenly, a violent wind rose around her, and to Yoshino's surprise, she actually broke free from the chains. The backlash from the magic circle made Yoshino take a step back.
"She actually made the power on her body stronger. It seems the other party is really important to her." Shiina said with some emotion as she looked at Yuzuru Yamai, who was surrounded by a violent wind. They clearly cared so much about each other, so why were they so duplicitous?
After breaking free from the chains, Yuzuru Yamai went to Shiina Yamai's side and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the other was unharmed. But the next moment, she turned around and glared at Yoshino with a face full of anger. A flash of light appeared in her hand, and she grasped the huge assault spear at both ends, pointing it directly at Yoshino. Surrounded by a raging wind, Yuzuru Yamai's aura was undeniably intimidating. But looking at Yuzuru Yamai, who was venting her maximum power in a fit of rage, Yoshino shook her head. Evading this attack would render it completely ineffective.
With just a small step to the side, Yoshino dodged Yuzuru Yamai's attack, which was launched in a fit of pique. Then, she placed her hands on Yuzuru Yamai's body, and multiple magic circles appeared around her. Soon, these magic circles turned into transparent walls, trapping Yuzuru Yamai inside and causing the assault spear in her hand to turn into motes of light and disappear into the air.
"Let me out, you! Why are you doing this! What have we done wrong to make you treat us like this?" Yuzuru Yamai angrily slapped the transparent wall, questioning Yoshino with a face full of anger. This fellow had already intruded on her sacred duel, and now she was treating her like this. What exactly did she want to do?
"Don't joke around! You haven't done anything wrong? Do you know what Mikutama Island has become because you didn't care about your surroundings and recklessly dueled there! Take a look for yourself!" Yoshino said angrily to Yuzuru Yamai, then used magic to conjure a mirror in front of her.
The mirror showed Mikutama Island being ravaged by the hurricane. The wind was blowing trash into the air, scattering it across the island. Then, the scene showed classmates in the hotel hiding in their rooms, nervously watching their rickety windows, worried that they would be blown away. At the same time, there were also people who hadn't had time to take shelter, huddled in some corner, hoping that the hurricane would pass quickly.
"This... this was all caused by our duel?" Yuzuru Yamai looked at the scenes flashing before her eyes, and the anger on her face slowly turned into guilt. After all, their nature was still very kind. Seeing that they had caused so much trouble for Mikutama Island because of their actions, she finally realized where she had gone wrong.
"So, because of your actions, I'm going to punish you properly. So that next time, you won't cause trouble for others without checking the surrounding situation." After saying that, a magic circle appeared on both Yuzuru Yamai and the frozen Shiina Yamai. A faint aura of danger emanated from it, but this was just a punishment for their own willfulness, so Yuzuru Yamai didn't say anything. However... "Wait! Please spare Shiina! This is all my fault, so just punish me alone!" She slapped the wall in front of her, pleading with Yoshino.
"Are you really willing to take it all on yourself?" Yoshino's eyes lit up with a blue light, making Shiina swallow. But Shiina still nodded firmly.
"I don't want to see Yuzuru Yamai get hurt, so it's better for me to take it all on myself!" Then Shiina knelt down and sincerely begged Yoshino. This feeling couldn't be mistaken for fake.
"If that's the case, then I can rest assured." The blue light in Yoshino's eyes disappeared, replaced by a gentle smile. Then all the transparent walls around Yuzuru Yamai disappeared, leaving her a little confused. What exactly is going on?
"I could feel your feelings very well. And not just me, she seems to have felt it too. Don't you think so? Sister Yuzuru Yamai." Yoshino said with a smile. But hearing Yoshino's words, Yuzuru Yamai turned her head stiffly and saw Yuzuru Yamai standing next to her. She immediately felt like finding a crack in the ground to crawl into! What did Shiina just say!
"Apologies! It was indeed our fault just now. Thank you for stopping our duel before more people were affected by us. And thank you for letting me know idiot Yuzuru Yamai's feelings for me, thank you very much." After saying that, a hint of a smile appeared on Yuzuru Yamai's poker face, and Yuzuru Yamai bowed to Yoshino.
"Wait! Who are you calling idiot! Yuzuru Yamai! And weren't you frozen just now? Why do you know what happened just now?" Yuzuru Yamai's face turned red with embarrassment. But thinking of what happened just now, Yuzuru Yamai asked a little puzzled.
"Answer. Shiina only froze me, but Shiina didn't make me lose consciousness, and I could hear the movements outside very clearly. Originally, I could break through that ice, but after seeing idiot Yuzuru Yamai's reaction, I gave up that idea. As a result, I saw a precious scene." After saying that, Yuzuru Yamai looked at Yuzuru Yamai, whose face was already red, with a faint smile. Shiina felt full of emotion in her heart for Shiina's actions just now, wanting to accept the punishment for Shiina.
"Ahhhhh!!!!! Forget all about those things just now!!!" Yuzuru Yamai covered her face in shame and indignation, and said to them. Why did it become like this! What shameful things did I say! Ah! I want to die!
Looking at their happy conversation, Yoshino couldn't help but smile. But thinking of something, Yoshino looked at them with a helpless expression. According to their relationship, if one of them disappears, the other person who survives shouldn't live long. This time, their competition was not a duel to win, but to lose.
Because both of them wanted the other to live. The two beauties tried their best, just to let themselves die, and then let the other be able to live. This is simply too cruel to describe easily. Even just thinking about it makes people feel very distressed. Now, in addition to letting Itsuka Shido seal their spirit power, the only way is to let them make a contract with Yoshino. This will prevent the situation where only one of them can live.
However, signing a contract requires the consent of both parties and a high degree of favorability. They just met now and cannot sign a contract. So Yoshino feels very helpless.
"That's right! I thought of it! Since you stopped our duel, then let you be the competition character between our hundredth duels." Suddenly, as if thinking of something, Yuzuru Yamai, who was still feeling very shy, jumped up directly and said loudly.
"Hmph! Hmph! This queen has thought of a project in which we have not yet decided the winner."
"Question, a project that has not yet been decided? Yuzuru Yamai, what do you mean?"
Yuzuru Yamai tilted her head, not understanding what Shiina was talking about. Only Yuzuru Yamai eliminated the sound with a chuckle, turned around and looked at Yoshino, making Yoshino's heart skip a beat.
'It seems things are getting interesting.' Shiina thought in her heart.
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