"Wait one minute here! We are not!" The others tried to protest only for a loud voice to interrupt.
"Enough!"
It was only when the others looked at that I realized I was the one who shouted that.
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"Listen to . Whatever Kokabiel and Galilei are planning, it has to be stopped. Having everyone dealing with one person is not the most ideal right now. In this case the trial-and-tested thod is to be used." I said it a calm manner. "Sacrifice one for ten. Ten for a hundred. A hundred for a thousand. You have to leave behind so that you can deal with Kokabiel." I noted their expressions of uneasiness when I said that, they were certainly unnerved by my thinking, but the one that got my attention was Lyle's. He seed to straighten his back and lightly nodded in a manner that suggested he agreed with my thoughts.
"We shall do that." Griselda once again took charge and shepherded the others to the area, not before giving a hard look that reminded of Fuji-nee when she was in her rare serious monts. "I don't think I need to tell you this young man, but you should return in one piece, and preferably alive."
"No promises." I said as I loosely got into position. Griselda rely herded the others away from and moved them to the courtyard, so of them taking the staves with them. Soon the sounds of their footsteps faded away.
"… Still sticking around?" I voiced out to the one staying by.
"Well, we already lost sight of one damn handso to these guys, last thing we need is to have another damn handso disappear on us." Ise said as he looked at the both of us.
"Hmm, I thought you would have preferred my and Kiba out of the way. If I recall, your dream is to have a harem?" I noted with a little disbelief in my tone. And from the looks of Lyle's tilting of his head, he too could not believe what was the boy's dream.
"Hah! It would be nice, but it would be better if I could take all the girls from under both your noses! MUHAHAHA!" If this were an ani, I think both the exorcist and I would be sporting a huge sweat drop on our heads at his declaration. I an, did he really have to say that out loud?
"But seriously Shirou, you better not lose this fight." Ise stopped his laugh and looked at in the eye. "I'm not lying when I say that you are at least soone I can count on for being the closest thing to being human while understanding all this supernatural stuff. I really need a lot of help for that."
"… Fine, I will do my best." I paused before projecting Rule Breaker and lightly tossing it to him. "I am not sure what type of situation Kiba might be in, but if he is under so type of mind control, this should deal with most of them."
"… It doesn't look that sturdy?" Ise looked at the knife while handling it gingerly.
"It isn't, but it is ant to break any type of magical construct, so this should help out. Just make sure you get it right the first ti." I looked at the exorcist who was still waiting patiently. My suspicions about him being on so other person's payroll or being rebellious were getting more positive by the second; he was doing absolutely nothing to prevent us from interfering with the job or trying to attack us, if anything he was encouraging it.
"Okay, first ti jam it in. Got it." Ise paused as he considered what he said before face-palming. "That could have been worded differently."
"You could have done that. Do a favor when you get to Kiba and released him from his control. Lay one punch for ." I let out a playful smirk.
"Will do!" Ise yelled back before he went after the others. Soon it was just and Lyle.
"Thank you for being patient with us." I spoke after making sure that the others were well and truly away from the area.
"It is of little concern. I rely wished to have a proper fight with you." Lyle took out two sword handles from his coat and attached them end to end. "As stated before, the both of us held back on our last encounter, and I would think that for your case, you would prefer no one to be around when you fight."
"The sa to you." I projected Kanshou and Bakuya and got into my stance. "So this should make both of us happy huh?"
"I believe so." With a quick motion, he threw the conjoined handles in the air while removing his coat, catching the handle and got into a loose combat stance as two crimson blades of light erupted from the handles.
"Flashy." I comnted, to which he shrugged.
It was ti.
"I am the bone of my sword."
I jumped forward at roughly the sa ti as him, intercepting his blades and pushing hard before jumping away from him and throwing Kanshou and Bakuya at him. Lyle spun his blades in quick succession to deflect them before flicking his arm to throw a knife straight at my face. I barely had enough ti to bend backwards to avoid the knife when he appeared in front of my face to swing the blades at . With a quick movent, I twisted my body to avoid the strike while using the montum to kick him. Without stopping he used that to actually reposition himself and got out his gun to shoot , leaving barely enough ti to project Kanshou and deflect all the bullets.
"Impressive coordination." Lyle twirled the sword a bit before bending down. "Let's kick it up a notch."
It was a good thing I was already moving as he sprinted towards at a speed that might make Lancer give an impressed whistle, aiming one of the sword like a spear and pushing it towards my neck. With a quick flick of my hand, Kanshou smacked the blade enough to deflect by an inch and barely grazed my eyebrow. With my free hand, I laid a solid punch into his stomach, briefly tensing my body to ensure the sudden hefting wasn't him pretending before I pushed him away, recreating a fresh sword in my hand as I did so. That did not deter him much as he recovered quickly and threw another hidden dagger for my leg, using that distraction to aim the gun at the lamppost next to and let off a volley of rounds to destroy the support and send it crashing on my head. I cursed inwardly as I barely dodged the lamppost and sent two of my swords at him, but he ended up parrying them at an angle to make them shoot past him and hit the building behind him.
Man, I was so not looking forward to the bill that ca after this mission.
"Hmm, from the looks of those attacks, you seem to be placing a lot of your magical energy into those swords as makeshift missiles before firing. My guess is that doing so with so such unconventional weaponry actually help in creating IEDs of sorts."
"That said." He turned to and stared with an intense eye. "If I am not mistaken, you would normally do that with a bow rather than shooting them off in such a manner. That much I gathered from our previous fight."
… This guy was good. We only fought for a few minutes back then and he already made a few detailed observations about my fighting style. This guy was a good fighter to be able to keep up with , just like Regeis but more controlled and less battle hungry. He was careful and ticulous, and at the sa ti possessing a morality that seed comndable.
Yet sothing did not add up.
"You are still holding back." Lyle got into position once more, but the tone he used was more energetic and sowhat more excited at the prospect of fighting . "Better fight a little more seriously."
"… One quick question if you would." I asked as I got into position and tightened my grip on Kanshou and Bakuya. "Twice you have seek out. First for passing information, then a request for this fight. You said you were seeking answers, but what is the question, and how will I give them to you?"
For a mont Lyle looked at , before replying in a calm tone. "You will have to find that out yourself."
This was a strong opponent, soone who could match my fighting style and clearly in his elent. His behavior reminded of myself and Kirei Kotomine. I should be wary of him…
Yet I could not help the grin that was spreading on my face as I faced my opponent.
Ti to do so real hunting.
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