Date a Live:This is not the date I wanted! Chapter 388 388: Henshin

Little by little, from the depths of the earth, ca a deep, low rumble.

It was as if so unknown entity hidden deep underground was slowly waking up. Shido felt the earth beneath his feet trembling constantly, as if it were crying out in pain.

An earthquake? No, Itsuka Shido's instincts told him that the consequences of that black key were far from as simple as what he was seeing now.

[I will use the power of Michael to stop the rotation of the planet.]

(Could it be, she is stopping Earth's rotation right now?!)

Recalling Mukuro's threat from before, Shido widened his eyes in disbelief.

"Mukuro! It's ! Itsuka Shido! Snap out of it!"

Desperate to stop Mukuro, Shido tried to run toward her. However, because of the pain and weakness from his injury, he hadn't taken more than a few steps before he lost his balance due to the earthquake and stumbled to the ground.

"Itsuka-kun!"

"Shido!"

Yutsuki and Origami quickly caught him. Looking at Shido, who had lost his entire right arm, their eyes were full of worry.

"I told you not to push yourself. Origami, help treat Shido's wound! Kotori, teleport Shido back to the airship for treatnt imdiately!"

"O-Okay!"

"W-Wait a minute... I... am staying."

Grabbing Yutsuki with his remaining left hand, Shido grit his teeth and shook his head.

"What are you saying? With an injury this severe, even Kotori's healing ability might not be able to fix it!"

"Please!" Shido looked at Yutsuki and bowed his head deeply. "I am the cause of all this. If I leave now, Mukuro... will absolutely not be saved... And I will regret it for the rest of my life."

"Itsuka-kun..."

Hearing Shido's plea, Origami glanced at Yutsuki, looking like she wanted to say sothing but held back.

"Hmph, boring."

Just then, a cold snort caught everyone's attention. Turning their heads, they saw Tohka, who Shido had pushed away earlier, walking step by step toward the mindless Mukuro.

"—Nahemah."

With Tohka's call, the giant pitch black sword appeared in her hand again, giving off a deadly and rciless killing intent.

"Wait! Tohka!"

Suddenly realizing Tohka's intent, Shido hurriedly tried to stop her. However, the inverted Tohka turned a completely deaf ear to him and walked straight toward Mukuro.

"...Origami, I leave Shido to you."

"Eh? Yutsuki-san, are you going to...?"

"Shido, since you've made your decision, do not regret it. Prove to with facts that your choice was right."

Leaving this piece of advice behind, Yutsuki let go of Shido, ran past Tohka, and blocked her path.

"What is the aning of this?"

Seeing Yutsuki, Tohka stopped and frowned in confusion.

"That is what I want to ask. What are you planning to do with all that killing intent, Tohka?."

Yutsuki asked back with a smile.

"Do you even need to ask? I am going to kill that key Spirit."

Glancing at Mukuro behind Yutsuki, Tohka answered as a matter of course.

"She is broken. If we let her live, this planet will collapse sooner or later. Naturally, I have to kill her as soon as possible."

"Hoh? I didn't realize you could make such sharp and decisive judgnts, Tohka."

"Hmph! Move!"

Tohka snorted coldly and stepped around Yutsuki to continue forward.

However, Yutsuki sidestepped and blocked Tohka again.

This ti, Tohka narrowed her eyes slightly, a hint of killing intent in her gaze toward Yutsuki.

"What exactly are you planning? Do not tell you are going to stop from killing her."

"That is exactly right."

Yutsuki nodded with a smile, put her hands together, and pleaded with Tohka.

"So,Tohka-san~, could you please show rcy one more ti and wait a little longer?"

"I refuse."

"Consider it returning a favor. Shido risked his life to take a hit for you, you know!"

"Tch!"

Seemingly hit where it hurts, Tohka clicked her tongue in annoyance. She glanced back at Shido, then raised Nahemah and pointed it right at Yutsuki's face.

"Do not get the wrong idea. Even if that guy hadn't done sothing so unnecessary, I would not have been hit by that key Spirit's sneak attack. I do not owe him any favors! This is my final warning—move! Otherwise, I will treat you as an enemy and eliminate you."

"Good grief~ Persuasion failed."

Seeing Tohka's actions, Yutsuki sighed helplessly.

"You know~ Tohka. Boring adults, after seeing that soone has lost their usefulness, will self-righteously make the choice they think is most logical and abandon them without hesitation. However, truly excellent adults will choose to give the child one more chance."

"What are you trying to say?"

A hint of confusion appeared in Tohka's eyes.

"Stalling for ti with nonsense~"

Answering Tohka's question in a light tone, Yutsuki clapped her hands together under Tohka's surprised gaze, making a crisp sound.

The next mont, several leaf like tal machines suddenly appeared around them, enclosing Tohka and Yutsuki like a birdcage.

"—!?"

Noticing the abnormality around her, Tohka swung Nahemah at the machines without hesitation.

However, to Tohka's shock, the slash swung by the Demon King was blocked by a curtain of light flowing with silver fire the mont it touched the leaf devices.

Tohka quickly realized that the light curtain was a high-density Spirit energy barrier.

At the sa ti, an airship also wrapped in silver fire appeared in the sky above Tohka.

"Kotori, Plan A persuasion failed. Please proceed to Plan B."

[Hah—understood.]

With a helpless sigh, Kotori's decisive voice ca through the earpiece.

[Everyone, attention! Activate System Blót!]

With Kotori's command, the Fraxinus EX in mid-air turned into a silver bullet, disappearing from Tengu City along with Tohka and Yutsuki.

In less than a second, the unpleasant feeling of restraint vanished, and the "Leaves of Yggdrasil" surrounding them slowly scattered. Tohka looked around; the scenery before her had changed from a modern city to a lush forest suburb.

"...I see. Using Spirit energy to amplify an object? I am not sure how you did it, but this is quite an amazing toy."

Looking at the Fraxinus EX floating in the sky, Tohka was slightly surprised.

"And then? What do you plan to do? Team up with that ship in the sky to attack ?"

"Well, not exactly."

Yutsuki shrugged. Looking into Tohka's eyes, she spoke in a calm and firm tone.

"Yatogami Tohka, since you want to fight soone so badly, how about a one on one duel with ?"

"What?"

Hearing Yutsuki's challenge, Tohka raised an eyebrow in surprise.

[Yutsuki-nee!? What are you saying?!]

Kotori's shocked voice ca through the earpiece, which was not surprising. According to what they had discussed earlier, if Yutsuki and Shido could not convince Tohka and Mukuro to stop fighting, Kotori would use the airship to forcefully move Tohka out of the city, then team up with Yutsuki to stall the inverted Tohka, giving Shido ti to seal Mukuro's Spirit energy.

"There has been a change of plans~ Shido's situation is a bit complicated right now, so you guys go help him stop Mukuro! I can handle Tohka on my own."

[Are you joking! How could I do that! Even if it is you, Yutsuki-nee, it is impossible for you to hold off an inverted Spirit by yourself!]

"Don't worry, I have a plan. I never planned to risk my life like that idiot Shido."

With a bright smile on her lips, Yutsuki gave a thumbs-up and said.

"Rest assured. When have I ever lied to you, Kotori-chan?"

[...I understand.]

After a brief silence, Kotori on the other end of the line finally grit her teeth and compromised.

[Let make this clear. If you are lying to , I will hate you for the rest of my life, Yutsuki-nee!]

"Mhm, don't worry. You won't have to."

Leaving this threat behind, the airship above Yutsuki turned around and flew quickly toward the city.

"Thanks for kindly letting it go."

"Hmph. Although I really wanted to slice that ship in half, your words were just too interesting. I decided to be nice for once and let it off the hook."

Tohka snorted lightly and looked at Yutsuki with interest.

"Are you truly prepared? Prepared to die by my sword?"

Yutsuki shrugged and answered helplessly.

"Well, I am the type who absolutely refuses to fight if I can avoid it. But if a problem truly has to be solved with strength, I absolutely will not hesitate."

"Hmph. Good. I hope you do not disappoint ."

Hearing Yutsuki's answer, a smile curled on Tohka's lips.

The woman before her was not lying. Tohka's sixth sense told her clearly that this woman nad Ryougi Yutsuki was seriously planning to fight her one on one.

"Ratziel!"

With Yutsuki's call, blue white lightning materialized in her hand into a dark blue chanical bow. At the sa ti, her clothes changed into a partial Astral Dress.

Tohka was not in a hurry to attack. If this was all of Yutsuki's strength, then her so called one on one duel was no different from throwing her life away.

Sure enough, after summoning her Astral Dress and Angel, Yutsuki took a blue tal naplate out of her pocket and inserted it into a slot on Ratziel.

[External patch detected—Combat Realizer Unit—Verification code AW214—Wizard system connection complete—Are you ready?]

The magic light flashing from Ratziel in her hand draped over Yutsuki like a curtain, turning into pieces of tal armor flowing with deep light.

Raising her right hand high, then dropping it down sharply, striking a classic Kan Rider transformation pose, Yutsuki said coolly.

"Henshin!"

Shoulder armor, chest armor, waist armor, as well as arm and leg guards—the pieces of armor floating around Yutsuki attached seamlessly to her body like tal drawn by a magnet.

"Ratziel—Dual Blade Mode!"

Next, the chanical bow in Yutsuki's hand split in two down the middle, transforming into two sharp short swords.(TL:she truly is an archer)

Fully ard, Yutsuki instantly transford into a cool and mighty close-combat warrior.

[Ard complete! Magical Rider—Th! Th! Th! Th! Thor~~~~](TL:lol, rider belt sound is crazyyy)

By the way, the chanical voice above was completely played inside Yutsuki's head at her command; no one else could hear it.

But Yutsuki was still very satisfied.

"Are you ready?"

Watching Yutsuki's performance with interest, Tohka asked.

"Mhm. Sorry to keep you waiting, Tohka."

Yutsuki nodded, gripping her twin swords tightly. She placed one on her shoulder and held the other across her chest, getting into a fighting stance.

"Hmph, no matter! Use whatever moves you have, I will rcilessly destroy them all, crushing your pride completely with absolute power!"

While saying such domineering words, Tohka put her hands together in front of her chest, flipped them around, and made a heart shape.

And then—

"Granting you!! The power of magic!!! Beco delicious!!!Moe Moe Kyun!!!!!!"

She forcefully recited the lines Yutsuki taught her when she was playing maid at the cafe. It seed she mistook those words for so kind of ultimate move.

"...Tohka."

After hesitating for a mont, Yutsuki spoke with a strange expression.

"Hm?"

"Maybe we really shouldn't fight. Let's just say I lost this duel, okay?"

The next instant, a pitch-black slash filled Yutsuki's vision.

Original Author's PS: Please don't complain about the text above. I just finished watching two Kan Rider series recently, and I just let loose!!!!!