Chapter 379: The Power to Sever All Future Possibilities
The moment the bloodstained bell rang crisply, a massive monster composed of pure Cursed attribute energy blocked Human Asura's path.
It had the head of an ox, yet its body resembled that of a spider.
Ushi-oni.
"Boom!"
Human Asura threw a punch and blew apart Ushi-oni's massive head.
But another blood vessel extended from the surface of Sakurakawa Dan's body and connected to Ushi-oni. As the vessel pulsed, Ushi-oni's injuries recovered in less than a breath.
"Everything is within my grasp."
Sakurakawa Dan watched Asagiri dodge the blood vessel attacks and charge toward him. A blatantly arrogant smile curled across his lips.
In his eyes, the future was composed of countless threads.
Each thread represented a possible path the future might take.
In a future where Sakurakawa Dan fought Asagiri one on one, he could see hundreds of possibilities. In more than thirty of them, he fell into a disadvantage, but in all the remaining futures, he held the upper hand from the very beginning.
And the current development was one of the futures where he had the advantage.
"Bang!"
Asagiri's astonishing speed and terrifying strength compressed the air as he threw a punch, creating a violent sonic boom.
However, it was dodged.
While avoiding Asagiri's punch, Sakurakawa Dan even had the leisure to taunt him.
"Your attacks are meaningless to me."
"Putting on an act again."
Asagiri would not lose his composure because of a few taunts from the enemy.
He simply continued his attacks methodically, using constant, high intensity offensives to search for a flaw in Sakurakawa Dan.
However, from Sakurakawa Dan's perspective, he already knew every one of Asagiri's moves in advance.
Furthermore, after fusing with the Cursed Heart, although his physical capabilities were still far inferior to Asagiri's, under the premise of already knowing the future, he could perfectly dodge Asagiri's offensives.
And...
"Now!"
Facing the Rope Dart swung by Asagiri, Sakurakawa Dan did not choose to dodge this time.
Instead, he met it head on, allowing the Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance to pierce his neck.
At the same time, the tip of the dark green long blade in his hand bloomed with light, forming a materialized Cursed attribute blade aura that slashed fiercely toward Asagiri's abdomen.
Asagiri's reaction speed was extremely fast.
He immediately lifted the hem of his Hunter's Windbreaker with his left hand to block his abdomen.
The dark green light pierced through the Hunter's Windbreaker and struck his abdomen, but because the Hunter's Windbreaker possessed the property of sharing Asagiri's own resistances, it blocked most of the pure Cursed attribute damage.
The remaining power only left a shallow wound on Asagiri's abdomen, about as deep as an accidental cut from a fruit knife.
"Tsk. So it can only cause this level of damage, huh..."
The wound on Sakurakawa Dan's neck recovered instantly.
Seeing that his attack had not caused any serious injury to Asagiri, he did not have any particular reaction.
After all, he had already known in advance that this would be the result.
As for why he traded his life for an injury?
It was because Sakurakawa Dan had no other choice.
There was a clear gap between his physical capabilities and Asagiri's, and Asagiri was not a reckless brute who would make mistakes in battle.
Therefore, among all the futures Sakurakawa Dan could see, there was no possibility where he could injure Asagiri without being injured himself.
There was not even an option to trade injury for injury.
Even with the premise of being able to predict the future, the best choice he could make was to use the nature of his immortal body and trade his own life to inflict damage on Asagiri.
"However..."
Sakurakawa Dan looked at Asagiri, who stood there, and laughed wildly as he taunted,
"Is the so-called strongest only at this level?"
"How boring."
To Sakurakawa Dan's surprise, Asagiri merely looked down at the shallow wound on his abdomen.
Then, as if he found everything utterly boring, he sighed softly.
"The ability to predict the future is indeed strong, but..."
As he said this, golden light bloomed within Asagiri's black eyes.
The hem of his long black windbreaker began to flutter without wind.
He stared straight into Sakurakawa Dan's eyes and spoke slowly.
"In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, you don't even have the qualifications to choose your own future."
"Human Asura Mode."
The moment Asagiri entered Human Asura Mode, illusions appeared before Sakurakawa Dan's eyes.
The bright red threads that represented future paths were suddenly seized tightly by a pitch black hand.
At that moment, hundreds of threads were forcibly squeezed into one.
And in front of this future, where only one path remained, he could only see pure darkness and nothingness.
"De... death..."
Sakurakawa Dan's pupils dilated in shock.
An expression of disbelief appeared on his face, as if he could not believe the scene before his eyes.
How could this be!?
Why did all future possibilities converge at this moment?
And why was the only remaining future ahead of him his own death!?
In the next second, Sakurakawa Dan felt a sharp pain in his chest.
When he looked down, he discovered that Asagiri's hand had already pierced through his chest and forcibly ripped out his still beating heart.
"How is it possible..."
"From the very beginning, I knew your ability to predict the future had limitations."
Asagiri directly used the Rope Dart of Deathly Grievance in his hand to sever Sakurakawa Dan's limbs.
Then he glanced at Ushi-oni, who was preparing to pounce and attack.
With just that one glance, the terrifying and grotesque great yokai Ushi-oni stopped in its tracks.
Its whole body trembled like a sieve, and it did not dare take another step forward.
"If your future observation ability had no limitations, and you could see all future developments..."
Asagiri gripped Sakurakawa Dan's neck with one hand and lifted him up.
Sakurakawa Dan had lost his limbs and had not yet had time to use the Mermaid's power to recover.
Asagiri looked at him and said word by word,
"Then you wouldn't have dared to appear before me from the very start."
At this moment, Sakurakawa Dan fell into deep despair.
He finally realized how naive he had been to think he could defeat Shadow.
The opponent's power was already terrifying enough to converge all possibilities of the future, leaving only the path of death for him.
Even with the ability to foresee the future, with Sakurakawa Dan's strength, he still could not change anything.
"Supreme Magic Bullet."
Pitch black light bloomed in Asagiri's palm, quickly covering Sakurakawa Dan's entire body.
Silently, Sakurakawa Dan, who had consumed the Mermaid's flesh and blood and possessed an immortal body, vanished as if he had never existed.
...
One hour later, in the Hotel suite.
"Woohoo, woohoo, time to pop the champagne~"
Seeing Iwanaga Kotoko fiddling with more than thirty mobile phones, her eyes shining, Yuuki Asuna could not help smiling as she teased,
"Why are you acting like a money grubber?"
"Money grubber? No, no, no~"
The corners of Iwanaga Kotoko's lips curled into a subtle arc.
With a slightly dark smile, she spoke softly.
"Every mobile phone here represents a life from those guys in Laughing Coffin and the Sakurakawa Family."
"Laughing Coffin once tried to attack my lover, and the people from the Sakurakawa Family not only tried to kill me, but even did something as disgusting as consuming the flesh and blood of yokai."
"Every time I see these phones, I remember their miserable appearance as they wailed and struggled before the Pale Ghost Hand, only to be crushed into powder."
She narrowed her eyes in satisfaction.
"I can only say... it feels so good~"
"Eww..."
Seeing Iwanaga Kotoko's expression, Fujiwara Chika moved a little closer and reached out to tug on Asagiri's sleeve.
"Utsunomiya-san, Kotoko's expression is so scary..."
Upon hearing this, Asagiri merely smiled.
"I actually think you're scarier."
"Eh? How am I scary?"
Seeing Fujiwara Chika's confused expression, Asagiri pointed to the sofa space beside her, which had nearly a full meter left empty.
Then he pointed at Fujiwara Chika, who was sitting very close to him, almost sticking to his side, and said somewhat speechlessly,
"You're almost sticking to me."
Fujiwara Chika's little scheme was exposed by Asagiri, and she could not help blushing.
Immediately afterward, she steeled herself and spoke righteously.
"So what? The air conditioning is set too low. I feel a bit cold."
Hearing Fujiwara Chika's words, Hayasaka Ai frowned slightly.
Is this finally starting?
The love detective has already launched an attack.
Thinking of this, Hayasaka Ai gently nudged Kaguya Shinomiya beside her with her elbow, signaling with her eyes that Kaguya should quickly sit next to Asagiri and not let the evil Earth Cancer take the initiative.
However...
"What's wrong? Ai?"
Kaguya Shinomiya was slightly stunned at first.
Then she hurriedly held Hayasaka Ai's hand and asked with concern,
"Were you injured in the battle just now? Do you want Yamauchi to treat you?"
Hayasaka Ai rolled her eyes in speechlessness and sighed softly while holding her forehead.
"I'm not injured."
Seeing this scene, Asagiri suddenly smiled at Hayasaka Ai and said,
"Hayasaka, you've really worked hard all these years."
Hayasaka Ai was stunned for a moment.
Then, appearing as if she had finally found a kindred spirit, she nodded in deep agreement.
"Yeah... Utsunomiya-san, it's good that you can understand how I feel."
"Hmm?"
Kaguya Shinomiya tilted her head in confusion and asked curiously,
"What are you two talking about?"
"Nothing."
Asagiri waved his hand and replied indifferently.
"Just questioning whether you are actually a carbon based lifeform or not."
Hearing these profound words, Kaguya Shinomiya could not help frowning slightly.
Dissatisfaction appeared in her red eyes, and she subconsciously used her usual cold tone.
"Utsunomiya-san, are you insulting me?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Kaguya Shinomiya regretted it.
Because of the education she had received since childhood, she valued dignity and face more than the average person.
Hearing Asagiri's teasing words, she had subconsciously made an unfriendly inquiry.
Simply put, she had overreacted.
Just as Kaguya Shinomiya was thinking about how to ease the atmosphere, she forgot that Asagiri was different from ordinary students at Shuchiin Academy.
He would not become frightened or timid because of hostility from her, the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya Family.
On the contrary, Asagiri even nodded without concealment and spoke in a matter of fact tone.
"Yeah. Otherwise, could I be complimenting you?"
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