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Chapter 122 - Chapter 122: The Echo of Pain

Yosa: *Think* This guy is not someone like the ones I've faced before, he doesn't look anything like a human

*A terrifying aura is shown behind the unknown 59*

Yosa: Four eyes, you'd better leave, this battle is too dangerous, I can't assure you that we'll both make it out alive

Juana: What the hell are you talking about? I came here knowing it

Yosa: Yes, but...

Juana: Shut your mouth, and don't get in my way. If anyone has to go away it's you, you won't last long if you use your power

Yosa: Shut up, I won't lose to you, four eyes

*Juana and Yosa begin to expel a great aura*

Juana: You'd better not die, Koala

*Both go on the attack, but the unknown 59 blocks them with one hand each*

Unknown 59: More and more, surprise me more, humans

*The stranger makes them both collide their heads and then sends them flying*

*The stranger concentrates a large amount of energy in both hands and throws them at Yosa and Juana*

*Yosa and Juana manage to react in time and cut the attack in half*

*Two arrows of blood appear next to Juana and Yosa, impacting them and generating a wound*

Yosa: *Think* What the hell is this guy? Shoot? Blood? What else can you use and how is it possible?

Juana: *Think* We have to use everything we have, if we keep it up, it will kill us before we do anything

Stranger 59: Come on, come on, they're boring me

Juana: Koala

Yosa: Okay!

*Yosa's body begins to expel a lot of green energy*

*Yosa's body begins to grow a gray coat and grows a small claw*

Yosa: Lack: Koala

*Yosa becomes a human combination with Koala features*

Yosa: How lazy...

Juana: *Think* Right now, we have the best defense, if he can think of it

*Stranger 59 appears in front of Juana with a disturbing smile*

*Yosa hits the stranger with impressive force and sends him flying, causing him to impact all the nearby trees*

Yosa: What a dream...

*The stranger is shown with claw marks on his face*

Stranger 59: yes, yes, that, that's what I want

Juana: *Think* We need a fight of attrition, in this mode, we have all the advantage, it's only a matter of time before the captain ends this, we have to endure until that moment

*The stranger attacks Yosa through his blind spot, but he manages to react, launching a counterattack on the stranger*

*Both begin to exchange a flurry of consecutive punches*

*Yosa lands a big punch in the stranger's stomach, leaving him without strength*

*Yosa uses her claws again, tearing and wounding the stranger's chest*

*The stranger recoils due to the wounds and spits blood*

Unknown 59: *Think* Yes... This emotion, I had forgotten... This feeling

*The stranger is shown smiling while his body is full of wounds and a formidable opponent is shown*

Unknown 59: How funny, really funny.

*The stranger exudes a crushing, dark aura while laughing uncontrollably*

*The stranger begins to expel a sword from his mouth*

Juana: What the hell?

*Yosa's shocked look at the sight of the sword is shown*

Unknown 59: *Smiles* Dies

Juana: Yosa!

*Juana gets in the middle of the attack receiving a great cut*

Stranger 59: Wow, wow, it looks like I won't stop being surprised by the two of you

*Yosa is shown with a lost look, while Juana is lying on the floor bleeding*

Yosa: *Think* That sword...

*Flashback*

Shun: I'm sorry...

Yosa: It has to be a lie, that's not it...

Shun: I'm sorry, we couldn't find his body after the battle, even though he survived, he couldn't get very far, because that place...

*A cave full of blood is shown everywhere*

Yosa: It can't be... the teacher... he couldn't...

Tiresias: We will send more expeditions to the site, we will make sure to find him, dead or alive

Yosa: Yes...

*Tiresias and Shun are shown standing apart and talking*

Tiresias: Is it really possible for someone to disappear like this without leaving a trace?

Shun: The only way, is to use an attack that was too powerful, but, there wasn't, if there was an attack of that magnitude, that cave should have fallen instantly

Tiresias: already...

Shun: I knew it was a dangerous mission, since at the end of the day we are talking about Black Lights, but I didn't expect something like this...

Shun: The entire group that Kagutsuchi commanded died, including him. and not only that, was he really human?

*Special force soldiers are shown without some limbs, or with their bodies with a large bite*

Shun: That...

Tiresias: The only thing we can do is wait until we find the bastard who did this, and beat him up

Shun: yes...

Shun: What do you think of the boy? I don't think I can get through this alone

*Yosa is shown full of tears*

Tiresias: I'm surprised you care about anyone other than you

Shun: *Lets out a little smile* Who knows why...

Tiresias: I'll take care of it, kagutsuchi said many good things about him, I think he will have great power

Shun: Thank you, Tiresias, I trust you

Tiresias: Okay

Yosa: *Think* At that moment I didn't know what to do, I lost my teacher, the one who was a father to me, the one who took care of me since I was a child and taught me everything I know

Yosa: *Think* After that, I went into the care of Tiresias, who taught me how to exploit my qualities, I also owe him everything, he even saved my life when I was close to dying by using my power

Yosa: *Think* But, still, there was only one thing in my head: "Who was the damn one who took away the person I loved the most?"

Yosa: *Think* Day, after day, training, after training, tears, after tears, that idea was still there, the day I find that damn one, I would make him pay, for everything

Yosa: *Think* Although 7 years have passed, since then, there was never an answer, there was never a body or a culprit, he just disappeared, but...

Yosa: *Think* That sword would be recognized wherever I see it... that sword... It's from Kagutsuchi

*Back to the present*

Unknown 59: *With a wry smile* What's going on? Why do you have that face? Have you given up?

Yosa: Where did you get that sword?

Unknown 59: Wow, it looks like you met its previous bearer, doesn't it?

Yosa: Shut up, I've asked you a question

Unknown 59: Yes... I still remember their screams of suffering, they were really beautiful...

*The stranger begins to tear the skin on his face while his body trembles with excitement*

Unknown 59: His bones breaking... that crunch... the sound of her skin tearing... yes... yes... I remember

*The stranger remembers the tear-filled suffering face of kagutsuchi*

Unknown 59: *With a satisfied face* Yes... It was a rival worth devouring

*The stranger removes his hand from his face, and on it appears the face of kagutsuchi*

*Yosa is shocked to see kagutsuchi's gaze*

Stranger 59: yes, that, that's what I wanted, to see that look again, I like it, I like it

Yosa: Master, old man, four eyes, sorry

Juana: Yosa...

Yosa: *With a cold look* Damn monster, I'll kill you

*From Yosa's body comes a gigantic amount of energy*

Yosa: *Think* I promised never to use this power again, but I have no other choice... Juana won't survive much longer, besides, I have the damn one who ended up with my teacher right in front of me

Yosa: *Think* I don't care if I don't get out of here alive, I'm going to eliminate that wretch

Yosa: *Think* I'm sorry, Juana, I could never tell you the truth of what I feel, I'm sorry

*Yosa's body begins to expel more and more energy, while her body begins to transform: it becomes larger, her nose takes on a flattened shape*

Unknown 59: Yes, yes Have more fun!

*Tiresias is shown surprised at the amount of energy he is sensing*

Tiresias: Don't tell me that

*Stranger 39 appears in front of him*

Unknown 39: Don't Look Away, Elder

*Tiresias blocks the attack and retreats*

Tiresias: *Think* Hold on a little longer, Yosa, please

*The unknown 59 goes all out against Yosa at high speed*

Unknown 59: *thinks* It's gotten bigger, but that slows it down, so I just have to...

*Yosa with a blow buries the stranger in the ground, leaving him very injured*

*Yosa screams so loud that the whole place starts shaking*

*Yosa begins to beat the stranger again and again leaving him more and more buried in the ground*

Juana: *Think* It's really strong... but, there is something wrong, I don't know what it is, but there is something here that does not add up...

*Yosa stops throwing punches, and the stranger is shown completely crushed and the place full of liters of blood*

Yosa: *Think* I won

*The stranger begins to laugh which baffles Yosa*

*Yosa feeling insecure throws a big punch again, but is stopped by the stranger*

*The body of the stranger is shown all disfigured and with parts of his body broken*

Unknown 59: I wasn't wrong, you're really interesting, although I think I underestimated you a bit, human

Unknown 59: Therefore

*The body of the stranger begins to reconstruct itself*

Unknown 59: I'll Give You the Honor

*The stranger's skin begins to fall off, while long black limbs are born from his body*

Unknown 59: My True Power

*Unknown 59 is shown, as a monster without human form, with long and skinny limbs and two completely white eyes and no irises*

Unknown 59: I'll devour every inch of you, human

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