Chapter 199 Sato Shinichi’s Choice
A huge lightning strike hit where the young man was. Before he could even make a sound, Sato Shinichi’s figure was swallowed by the pillar of thunder descending from the sky.
“Ah, that made quite a commotion…”
Masashi Sakuraba frowned, looking at the dark clouds slowly dispersing in the sky, he couldn’t help but sigh.
Although he had long deviated from his original path as a psychic, the method of releasing spells was almost ingrained in Masashi Sakuraba’s bones. The price of using lightning techniques of this level was just a bit more spiritual energy.
Originally, for a user like Sato Shinichi, whose physical combat abilities had always given him a headache, the highly corrosive venom of the giant python would have been more than enough.
But he didn’t expect that this young man, who was still attending school, had already trained his abilities to such a powerful extent. In fact, even the venom pool couldn’t directly melt him. It should be known that even professional heroes with physical abilities wouldn’t dare to run through a pool filled with venom.
Moreover, the speed and combat abilities displayed by the opponent were also something a user of his style was unwilling to encounter. In order to deal with this troublesome young fellow more quickly, and also in adherence to the organization’s policy of recruiting or eliminating “potential quality quasi-heroes who could grow,”
Masashi Sakuraba had already made a plan the moment he identified Sato Shinichi coming out of the venom pool. He left spiritual energy formations under his feet and simultaneously activated the talismans left on the tree trunks nearby, intending to lure the opponent into the center of the formations when they attacked him.
Although there was a slight accident under the opponent’s ingenious attack, the outcome was the same. Sato Shinichi, who had sent himself flying, stepped into the already prepared trap. This large-scale thunder spell should be particularly effective for users with strong physical abilities.
emmmm Besides the commotion being a bit too loud…
Of course, Masashi Sakuraba wouldn’t care too much about the commotion now. In his estimation, those annoying heroes would be coming soon, so it didn’t matter how he did it. Relatively speaking, his casual outing this time seemed to have been quite rewarding!
The spiritual artifact inherited by the Shinomiyai family, plus the elimination of a new quasi-hero whose abilities seemed to pose a threat to the organization as he grew, this way, even if some troublesome old guys came, it would be worth it for him to escape by paying a price.
Looking at the huge cloud of smoke and dust kicked up by the lightning strike in front of him, Masashi Sakuraba’s right hand transformed into a giant python, coiling around Mai Shinomiyai beside him. He was very willing to collect the corpses of such high-quality psychics, as they would be of great help whether for refining or suppressing the snake spirit within his body.
The giant python stopped halfway through its coiling in the air and soon returned to its original form. The body that was originally turned sideways suddenly froze. He raised his eyebrows in surprise and slowly turned his head, looking towards the place enveloped by thick smoke directly in front of him.
As the thick smoke and dust slowly dissipated with the breeze, the air was filled with scattered specks of burnt smell. A black human figure gradually appeared as the smoke and dust cleared.
The originally golden short hair had lost its luster, stained with a layer of gray-black char. The thin clothes were all torn apart, revealing the young man’s perfect, robust muscles carved like marble. However, the originally full surface had become patches of charcoal. Brown keratin covered the young man’s upper body, and one could even see crimson flames like burning embers.
But even so, the young man’s figure remained incredibly upright. In the dark smoke, a pair of dark blue eyes emitted an extremely sharp gleam, staring fixedly at Masashi Sakuraba in front of him.
Wiping the dried blood from his face, Sato Shinichi slowly raised his hands, clenched his fists, and assumed a fighting stance. He seemed indifferent to the torn, charred skin and flowing blood caused by the movement, and his dry lips slowly parted.
“Your lightning is still far from enough!”
“Oh?”
Sato Shinichi surviving Masashi Sakuraba’s lightning technique was truly unexpected. Although the lethality of spiritual energy was not as great as that of abilities, this was only relative. Even ordinary professional heroes would not feel good after taking a hit of this level.
“Good fighting spirit, I think I’m starting to take a liking to you.”
Looking at the blond young man charging at him again, a hint of seriousness flashed in Masashi Sakuraba’s eyes. With this level of fighting spirit and good abilities, if he could capture him and have Kirie brainwash him a bit, he would be a very good force for the organization in the future.
However…
[It’s still more satisfying to kill a genius!]
Innumerable poisonous snakes made of purple energy appeared on Sato Shinichi’s path. Even with such severe injuries, the young man’s movements were still swift and precise. He dodged the snake attacks with a few side hops and charged towards Masashi Sakuraba’s position. He leaped high and swung a powerful fist towards his chest.
In the young man’s mind, if the head didn’t work, then he would try all the other vital points!!
“Slap—”
But things went contrary to his wishes. A thick snake tail extended from Masashi Sakuraba’s abdomen and whipped fiercely into Sato Shinichi’s stomach at an extremely fast speed, sending him flying away.
[No, the power gap is too big. I can’t fight him head-on in this state!]
The young man’s body slid a long distance on the ground, the burnt skin on his back tearing away, leaving a long bloodstain on the ground.
He flipped over and stood up, only to find Masashi Sakuraba in front of him smiling and pointing at him, with purple energy constantly gathering on his index finger.
Although Sato Shinichi couldn’t quite understand why the opponent would use such a charging strong move when he had the advantage, it seemed to be his only chance. By forcefully overdrawing his “qi,” he could unleash immense power. This was the trump card the young man had been hiding, wanting to kill Masashi Sakuraba at a critical moment.
And now, the opponent’s charging was an excellent opportunity. As long as he could dodge the powerful attack that might come, it meant he had a chance to get close to him. Judging by the close-combat abilities shown by Masashi Sakuraba, as long as he could drag him into his own fighting rhythm, he would have a chance to defeat him.
In just a moment of thought, Sato Shinichi spat out the blood foam in his mouth and clenched his right foot, turning into an afterimage and darting out again.
At the same time, Masashi Sakuraba’s charging was also completed. Two giant poisonous snakes with gaping mouths intertwined and shot out from his index finger, rushing straight forward.
Sato Shinichi, who was prepared in advance, also exerted force with his legs, dodging this deadly attack without losing speed. The dangerous aura above it, if it had hit him, he would likely have been unable to fight.
He bent down, gathering momentum, and charged forward. But in Sato Shinichi’s vision, the playful smile on the lean man’s face in front of him did not seem like someone who would be frustrated and flustered after exhausting their abilities. In fact, along with the smile, there was even a hint of pity.
[Damn it! Could it be!!!]
A bad feeling flashed in his heart, but in the next moment, his worries grew like weeds. He forcefully stopped his forward progress, his panicked expression turning around, and he saw a scene that made his eyes split apart.
Just as the young man had thought in the end, the true targets of those two poisonous snakes carrying terrifying energy were not himself, but Mai Shinomiyai, who was slowly getting up from the ground not far away!!
Pain, boundless pain, permeated Mai Shinomiyai’s surroundings.
The sound of breaking air in her ears seemed to indicate that some battle was going on around her. The dizziness from regaining consciousness made Mai Shinomiyai a little dazed, but soon, the young girl dragged her consciousness out of the darkness.
She seemed to be fighting, fighting with… that man with dangerous heterochromia!!
All the memories before she fainted returned to the young girl’s mind. Dragging her limp body, the young girl raised her head, wanting to identify her surroundings.
But what appeared before the young girl’s eyes was an environment full of potholes and scorched earth. Two familiar figures stood in the distance, and in her field of vision, intertwined evil giant pythons carrying terrifying auras were rapidly enlarging!!
Mai Shinomiyai, who had just woken up, didn’t even have a chance to react. Her brain, which was already a mess, could only dream of thinking under that terrifying pressure. She could only close her eyes in a physiological reaction, indicating her current helplessness.
“Mmm—”
In the boundless darkness, the imagined pain did not appear. There was only the scorching wind and a low groan.
She opened her eyes with some surprise, and what appeared before her again was not a tall but a very robust figure.
The dazzling blond hair had long lost its former luster, but those azure eyes were still emitting a faint glow. His robust body was completely covered in bloodstains, with terrifying wounds all over that made one’s skin crawl.
But what was even more eye-catching was the huge hole directly penetrated by energy in his left chest.
The young man’s hands were on the ground, firmly blocking in front of the young girl, and the position attacked by those two poisonous snakes seemed to be calculated precisely, piercing the young man’s left chest where his heart was located without any deviation.
Blood slowly flowed from Sato Shinichi’s mouth, but those azure eyes were still full of life. His cracked lips forced a very ugly smile.
“Are you okay, Shinomiyai?”
