[10th/C] Week 157: Adjuchas Round 1: Hashira Riki vs. Kimura Katsumi

[K3]

Riki stepped onto the firm soil of Soukyoku Hill, a cigarette shoved between his lips and in full gear. A flak jacket clung loosely to his form, clearly not his size, and his white doctor’s coat flapped uselessly in the breeze. As he awaited his opponent on the far side of the hill, he absent-mindedly sighed. Why had he gotten himself into this so-called tournament again?

Oh yeah, Ciro had ordered him to. Jerk. He let HYDRA’s poisons filter through his veins as he checked over the small gauge on the side of the PL6-X, before he absent-mindedly loaded the first two vials into the loader. He took a quick survey of the small scrolls tied around his waist like some old-style bandito might tie bullets, before nodding. Taking another long drag, he stood, letting himself prepare both mentally and physically. Immediately, an olive green and pitch black armour layered itself atop his skin, signifying the manifestation of Acheron. A moment later he had placed a sum of his energy away, ready for later use. He contemplated using Phlegethon for a moment, before disregarding it.

There was no need to go so far so early.

[195/195]
Oushurin Reiatsu: 2000

References + Stats

Stats:
Stats effective as of Week 156
Hashira Riki - Vice-Chairman, Cerberus Corporation
Grade: 91 x 1.1(Consec) = 100 + 25(Div) + 100(Staff) = 225
Reiatsu: 15,146
~HYDRA ~ 19,690~
Combat: 2000
Agility: 3146
Resistance: 10,000
Harmony: 12,339
Items:
Plague of Lerna
-Pyrozac C
-Percizoid C [2]
-Singula C [2]
-Hainawa D [4]
-Bansoukou D [2]
-Mujuuryou D
-Blue Mist D
-Big Bang B
[Feat][Rei Genkai]
[Feat][HYDRA: Phlegethon]
[Feat][HYDRA: Mnemosyne]
Credits: 65
Nexus: Hiren (Ciro Martelli)

Item:
[Name: Plague of Lerna]
[Tier: B-Tier (10,000~20,000 Reiatsu)]

[Appearance] A rather odd-looking piece of equipment, the Lernaean Fang (PL6-X as a reference to its make and model) looks less like a glove and more like a pauldron mixed with a gauntlet. Its bulky forearm has a pair of capsules mounted on the top of it. A small chamber seems to be located inside the hand-segment, roughly the same volume as two capsules.

The entire monstrosity is made in an unknown Kevlar mix to ensure it’s durability in the field is to standard. The whole arm-segment is dyed in a deep navy colour, though the hand-segment itself remains a dull brown.

[Abilities] Though bulky, the PL6-X has a rather obvious purpose: to automatically load and inject drugs upon the user’s desire. Up to three drugs can be held in the PL6-X at any time, one in the hand-chamber and two in the slotted capsules. At any point, the drug in the hand-chamber may be activated by the user. The two in the slotted capsules can then be loaded into the hand-chamber for use. Extra capsules are available to be loaded into the PL6-X more easily upon expending the loaded drugs.

True Awakening:
[HYDRA: Acheron] By compressing HYDRA around his body and then solidifying it, Riki dons a toxic armour. Creating this armour costs Riki 15% of his reiatsu, with it lasting until destroyed or dismissed by him. The poisonous effects of HYDRA: Acheron are far less subtle than its counterparts.

Once injected into the bloodstream via physical contact with the armour, the agent sets itself upon the target’s cognitive functions, resulting in their movements becoming more sluggish, their senses becoming dulled, and their reaction times slowing. This manifests as a decrease to the target’s respective speed stat for every injection made, starting at 5% of Riki’s Resistance per injection and capping at 25%.

Division Tech:
[ Oushurin ] - "Controlled Response"
Cerberus operatives know the value of reiatsu allocation during and battle and are adept at its usage. At the beginning of any battle, a Cerberus member may put up to 20% of his or her reiatsu away into storage. This reiatsu pool grows by 10% of that amount per round, up to +50% of the stored reiatsu.

This reiatsu must all be used in the round it is reclaimed.

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

Sorry I'm late, Raph!

Clouds of dust arose as Katsumi purposefully stepped towards what would be the beginning of the battle. In all the times he had gazed at the Sou Kyoku hill in wonder, he'd never felt its majesty as much as he was now. This was where powerful entities had lost their lives... and others had been born. This was the place a prisoner resting in the Senzaikyuu would lower his sorrowful gaze upon. This was where the Sou Kyoku, the Million Zanpakutou, was housed...

The Thirteenth Seat's gaze climbed the giant, halberd-like zanpakutou standing in all its glory. Distance had fooled him – it seemed so small from the Tenth, he had underestimated its size. He didn't know much about the Sou Kyoku, but he'd always wondered why it was called a 'zanpakutou'. Did it actually belong to someone? Someone who'd died long ago, but left his soul cutter behind? Was that even possible?

Katsumi's vision fell to be met by a gaunt man. "So you're Hashira Riki?" he asked, somewhat taken aback. He had expected the man to be either authoritarian-like, because of his name's meaning, or quirky-like, because of how his name sounded. He was neither. But then again, before Tsutadora could say so, the Arcane Specialist told himself, His looks don't matter. He's an opponent.

Halting in his tracks, Katsumi pulled his sword out. There was a kind of uncertainty in his hands when he did so because he had no skill whatsoever in handling a sword now. If his zanpakutou had been true, the tiger had really tampered with with its master's soul so that he would grow more proficient in kidou at the cost of his hohou and zanjutsu skills... there always had to be a cost for everything.

In a flash of light, a karambit – a weapon Katsumi was far more comfortable with – replaced the katana. "Let's begin, then."

[313/313]

Stats and shiz~

Kimura Katsumi - 10th Division, 13th Seat
Reiatsu: 12,993
~ Tsutadora ~ 15,592 ~
~ Hanoko Tsutadora ~ 18,190 ~ (5 Turns//55%)
Zanjutsu: 0
Hakuda: 2,000
Hohou: 1,000
Kidou: 9,993 (Threshold: 14,989)

Hitotsu: Shouaku - Bakudou #15, 50 Kidou
Futatsu: Kaishou - Hadou #10, 40 Kidou
Mitsu: Tsuzuri Raiden - Hadou #11, 40 Kidou


-Bansoukou - Bakudou #24, 150 Kidou
--Ginshinrin - Bakudou #50, 750 Kidou
---Black Tide - Bakudou #54, 775 Kidou
---Kaiousei No Tate - Bakudou #59, 780 Kidou
---Rikujoukourou - Bakudou #61, 900 Kidou
---Radiant Run - Bakudou #65, 1,350

-Byakurai - Hadou #4, 25 Kidou
-Breaking Palm - Hadou #25, 220 Kidou
--Daishou - Hadou #38, 460 Kidou
--Aisu - Hadou #35, 350 Kidou (Extension: Aisu Wave, 350 Kidou)
---Reaving Wind - Hadou #57, 1,250 Kidou
---Tenran - Hadou #58, 1,300 Kidou
----Kurohitsugi - Hadou #90, 6,500 Kidou

Connection: 11,630
Items:
10th Division Item Pack
Danketsu
Feats:
Tongue of the Wild
Spell Diversity
500 Kan

You know what Spell Diversity does (it gives me 9 more kidou slots -- just in case you didn't know... well, then you shouldn't be here. You should be in a mental hospital if you didn't know even that)

Here's my UNIQUE FEAT:
[Tongue of the Wild]
Katsumi has always had a great affinity to all of nature, whether it be animals or plants. Actually, it is so much that even his zanpakutou, a part of his soul, is themed around it. As the days passed by, Katsumi found himself in the forest more and more as his bond with nature grew more.

As of such, he is now able to understand animals and communicate with them. This ability comes from his soul itself and partially from his zanpakutou, too. Because of this, this ability is not so good at a lower connection -- Katsumi will not be able to understand animals that well. But as the connection between him and his zanpakutou grows, he will be able to understand them better.

Here's my UNIQUE ITEM:
[Item Name] Danketsu

[Item Tier] B-Tier

[Item Physical description] Danketsu can't exactly be seen since it's under the skin of Katsumi's left arm and hand. In fact, nothing but Danketsu is inside the arm. It is a combination of sturdy plants, roots and vines that act as a replacement for Katsumi's muscles and bones. The vines replicate his muscles down to the very last cell, so the overall appearance of the boy's left arm doesn't look different... save, perhaps, that the limb will have a green tinge to it and that the skin will have three equidistant holes near to the wrist that will reveal the inner vegetation.

One vine is loose enough to act as a separate limb. The length of this vine is a flat 6 feet.

[Item abilities] Katsumi can summon this vine by paying 1050 reiatsu via one of his holes. Since the boy's nerves are directly connected to it, manipulating it will be as easy as manipulating his own hand. The tendril's strength and reflexes will be comparable to Katsumi's own, and reiatsu also runs through it like the rest of Katsumi's body, so he will be able to cast kidou through it -- it is flexible enough to bend into the required gestures and postures. However, because the shinigami's nerves are connected to the vine, he will experience pain if it is cut, although it will not bleed. It can be destroyed but, unlike his arm, can be regrown if Katsumi pays the cost for it.

The vine is thorny and has one, large thorn at its tip, so it can be used to stab people.

[Acquisition of item] After getting his right arm, abdomen and left leg seriously injured in a fight with a relatively strong hollow, with his left arm being entirely incinerated, Katsumi's injured/missing bodyparts were replaced by plant-counterparts by his zanpakutou, Tsutadora. The process used up almost all of Katsumi's remaining reiatsu, but, in the end, the boy was left with a body devoid of pain, almost as good as new. However, only the vegetation in his left arm can actually be manipulated.

 

[K3]

He breathed deep, taking in the pressure of the boy’s energy before unleashing his own. He’d need to be quick about this then. Spitting the cigarette from his lips as he took his last drag, he felt his armoured skin cement itself firmly. Maybe he would need Phlegethon after all…

He let his doctor’s coat fly from his shoulders as he dashed forwards, HYDRA’s toxins expunging themselves in full force as his palms immediately became slick with a light blue poison. The poison left a trail of vapours behind it as it constantly liquefied and evaporated, engulfing his fists in a blue mist. Closing the distance between the two he let a barrage of fists do his speaking for him as he took swipes at the boy’s legs.

[128/323]
Oushurin Reiatsu: 2200

Attack Reference

[HYDRA: Styx] By paying 5% of his reiatsu, HYDRA takes on a deceptive sky blue shade, the gas-like state shifting to something similar to constantly evaporating water. He can coat any point on his body with the liquid part of HYDRA: Styx. Upon contact with this form of the toxin, the poison latches onto the target’s skin like an adhesive, unable to be removed before its time save by reiatsu-induced healing effects. This state lasts until Riki deactivates it, at which point all afflicted poison is removed.

While in it's Styx form, HYDRA causes a numbness in the affected location within a 1 inch diameter upon physical contact. The next round, the poison shuts down the nerve endings within the affected area, resulting in loss of control of the corresponding limb. This can only be applied to 2 limbs at any one time, with the effects lasting 3 rounds before fading completely, at which point physical contact is required again.

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

No hi nor hello?

Katsumi stepped back, leaving one of Riki's fists hanging in the air, albeit the other one had successfully unleashed the liquid onto his hakama, which soaked it in. In the space of a second, however, both of his opponent's hands were tied together firmly by a vine whose origin was Katsumi's wrist.

Letting more of the vine ooze out of the opening, the Thirteenth Seat jumped backwards, out of the reach of the agent's legs. Katsumi lifted his free hand up to the heavens, his reiatsu surging around in turmoil. He was about to cast the spell a second time, and he doubted it would be any better than the first.

"The crest of turbidity, seeping out. An insolent vessel of madness." The boy rapidly intoned, reiryoku plundering through his body. "Boiling up, denying numbness, blinking, obstructing slumber." A black orb of highly concentrated energy appeared in his hands… he felt an intense tingling run through his arm as one of strongest Hadou in existence was being prepared to be unleashed upon the victim. "The steel princess who creeps, the mud doll ever disintegrating. Unite! Oppose!" Riki was moving towards him, but the boy kept his extra limb firm and turgid… Katsumi was sure the living human was unaware of what was about to hit him.

Malevolent black walls appeared around the gaunt man. "Filling the earth know your impotence." The energy reached breaking point… but the emerald-eyed shinigami had trained. This time, no bones would be shattering. However, immense pain leaped through his body as his azure-green reiatsu turned to violet-raven. Riki's kick was left impending as a final black wall of doom barred his leg.

It was the first of the ten most powerful Hadou after all.

"Hadou number ninety, Kurohitsugi!"​

Immediately withdrawing Danketsu, Katsumi witnessed the coffin enlarge. The blue goo was on right leg and his vine, but he couldn't care less about them.

As spears worthy only of a death god took birth, the sky overhead grew inky black

…the sun stopped shining.

[342/655]

D= If you want this changed, please tell me! Also, the vine is Danketsu, my unique item. It is basically an extra limb, and since it came into contact with Styx, it will also be subject to the ability's effects.

 

[Nargles]

The sudden arrival of dust and debris caused Ciro to actually pay attention to what was going on. The gigantic black box of death only served to make him even more interested. Sure he was his Vice-Chairman, the person who held the second most powerful position in Cerberus Tokyo, but that didn’t mean he had to like the guy. It was probably for some sadistic desire to see the agent get beaten up some more that he decided to watch his fight.

Standing near the edges of the battlefield, he squinted trying to pick out what was happening from far away. Thankfully, the unnatural hair colors of both competitors made it much easier. Advice, advice, advice, he looked down at the match name which was given to him on a small piece of paper, "Katsumi! Kick his ass!”

[138]

 

[K3]

The world became dark around him, and in an instant he had yanked backwards on the vine that bound his arms. Katsumi’s world was ripped sideways as the darkness began to envelop him. Thickening his armour, he further layered himself in energy to dampen the attack. Yanking the vine one last time, he sent his opponent soaring towards the nearby cliff before focusing entirely on the attack he was threatened with.

He wasted no time, immediately flooding Acheron’s form with the first drug loaded into the PS3-X. His body lit up in a pyre as Pyrozac C transformed his body from Acheron to Phlegethon, and another moment later he had flooded his body with Lethe to transform it into Mnemosyne. The spears flooded into him, smashing through his armour and crushing past his defences.

As the darkness slithered away, it revealed a crouching figure. He grit his teeth as he forced the pain downwards, unwilling to let such an opponent defeat him in the first round. He forced himself upright, drowning his wounds in energy as he turned and faced the direction he had tossed the man. Instantly, his energy redoubled its efforts as Oushurin’s effects took hold.

As his thanatoresonance restored, so too did his armour. Its holes and cracks resealed, plugging the wounds he had until they could be healed too. Every step was torture…but he had dealt with torture.

“Now that…wasn’t nice…” he huffed, his lifeless eyes holding a spark of annoyance. His hands flickered to his belt, snapping up one of the scrolls before he unleashed it. “Hainawa!”

The yellow rope lashed outwards to wrap around Katsumi’s other arm as a trail of fire began to crawl along it, accompanied by a string of text that marked Seigai-Nin.

[293/616]

More References

[HYDRA: Phlegethon]
[Type: Unique]
Through extensive testing and many failed trials, Riki has forced HYDRA to acclimate to other drugs, allowing for limited mixing with the drugs in the Cerberus Apothecary. By paying 1.2x the cost of the drug used, he may infuse its effects into the form of Acheron. This enhanced form of HYDRA lasts as long as the drug’s turn duration allows, and upon ending it reverts to the standard form of the ability.

[HYDRA: Mnemosyne]
[Type: Unique]
Having become more at ease with utilizing HYDRA, Riki has discovered a way to acclimate the energies of HYDRA: Lethe to his own body. By paying 5% of his reiatsu to circulate the poison through his body, Riki’s immunized body gains an unusual benefit as a result.

Instead of making it harder to pull upon reiatsu, it becomes easier, reducing the cost of abilities used over the next 2 turns to be lowered by 25%. Riki must wait 3 additional turns before paying the cost and activating the ability once more.

[ Seigainin ] - "Extra -Terrestrial"
As agents seek to further human evolution, they may find that some particular abilities of other races are impossible to match, and therefore learn to negate those threats. The user pays 5% of their reiatsu to warp the reiatsu in their next attack. The warped reiatsu takes the form of dozens of runes circling the chosen attack.

Once the attack hits the target, the poisonous signature infects the target, appearing as a circle of runes around the site of impact. While dormant initially, the effects of the virulent signature can be activated at anytime within the following two turns. When activated, they glow brightly and copy the color of the user's reiatsu.

When activated, the next ability the target carries out will have its cost increased by the amount the user paid in initially. This increased cost does not affect the strength of the attack. The user must wait two turns before activating this technique again.

If you want the full breakdown of how I survived a first-round Kuro (classy, btw) I'll give it.

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

As the familiar yellow rope latched onto his arms, the fire touched his clothing, instantly grabbing it. Katsumi immediately dismissed the question forming in his mind as to how a human could cast a kidou spell – he'd met a hollow that was really good at the demon arts, after all. Before the mysterious text that was circling around him hit him, though, he immediately caught hold of the rope and yelled, "Mitsu!"

At that point, the kidou-specialist fell onto the ground. His leg felt numb, and so did his vine-arm. They were hanging on like useless deadweights... The fire was still scorching him, but he couldn't feel it on one leg. As the glyphs of the unknown ability came into contact with him, Katsumi shouted, "Reaving Wind!" A child tornado circled around the human, taking the fire of the drug with it. Katsumi saw bright red flesh peeking through his burnt hakama as the fire went away.

As the wind grew stronger, the boy chanted, "Gods of wind grace your humble servant with your presence. Destroy the infidel which speaks lowly of you and restore you titles as the true kings!" And the effect of the wind became amplified. It revolved around the electrical charge that had reached its destination. Due to the ample amount of oxygen, the fire was slowly growing inside it... the whirlwind had trapped Riki...

[229/884]

Thanks for the compliment, Raph! ;D And yes, I used Mahoubai.

 

[K3]

As the heat continued to arise, he felt a shocking sensation begin to well up in his arm. He looked back to the boy, annoyed by his persistence. He let the reddish-glow fade from Phlegethon, temporarily allowing it to revert into Acheron. A moment later, a different colour sparked in the toxic armour: a navy blue. Sparks of energy danced around him as his first shot of Percizoid C surged from his veins into his toxins.

Flooding his body once more with energy, he stockpiled more of it away for further use. His arms weren’t trapped, however, and he quickly swiped another scroll from his belt. “Hainawa!”

A second rope swung forwards, lashing itself around Katsumi’s only mobile leg as he coursed his own brand of electricity through the twin chords along with another marking of text. The winds continued to cut at him, overheating him as the fire continued to swirl around him as well, but he endured even as his armour began to melt against him like wax.

He would not lose this battle of wills.

[178/794]
Oushurin Reiatsu: 1500

I'm using Bulwark, so you know.

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

An electrifying shock seared through his leg, causing him to scream in agony. Flooding reiatsu in both of the places where the ropes were binding him, Katsumi released a single wave of azure-green energy, and hainawa fell limp. The boy felt some sense returning to his leg, but it was still asleep. He looked desperately at the human, who had fallen down as the wind had stopped spinning. Anger and frustration boiled up within him… what should he do?

"Ban Kai," he quietly stated.

"Hanoko Tsutadora!"​

And bright, emerald reiatsu surged around him, awakening his spirit. Two insect-like arms sprouted out of his back. The karambit he held grew in size and gained peculiar looking slots. His garments transformed, changing to a raven-black overcoat. "Alright…" the boy said, raising the blade up. Closing his eyes, he engraved a long red line onto his chest, leaving two seeds behind. He didn’t like it, but if he wanted to survive the fight, it was something that had to be done.

[207/1,091]

 

[K3]

As Riki once more forced his body to function against its will, he rose on shaky legs to take in his opponent’s new appearance. The amount of energy the boy seemed to be putting out had increased marginally, exceeding his own. He frowned, taking the moment of respite the two had taken in each other to make a new plan of action. His glance flickered from his opponent, to his belt, to the cliff-side, and to his opponent again. Would it work?

Swiftly plucking another scroll from his belt, another rope came to life as he muttered its name under his laboured breath. “Hainawa...” He looked at his opponent, deciding he owed him at least one compliment before one of them keeled over. “One hell of a fight kid…shame it was so short…”

Without another word he had dashed forwards, vaulting over the boy’s head to have the new rope loop under the boy’s arms as he raised them in defence. As the electricity once more coursed through the rope, breaking any concentration the boy might’ve had at the moment, he continued his actions without hesitation. Dragging the rope’s slack with him towards the cliff’s edge, he wasted no time in hauling the rope in the direction of the cliff-side, dragging the still-paralyzed boy along towards the thousand foot drop.

Even as these actions occurred, cracks in his armour began to show from exhaustion. Blood seeped from between them, even as he desperately fed his wounds energy, hoping to satiate their hunger before he could pass out from blood loss.

[260/1054]

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

Katsumi's eyes widened as he felt the flowers blossoming under the rope. "NO!" he shrieked, pressing his hands against the solid rock behind him and yelling, "Bansoukou!" As the flowers ate hainawa and the electrical charge away, Katsumi was still hanging against the cliff. Crawling upwards like a spider, he jumped when he reached the top, quickly getting to his feet... which was not an entirely good action.

He knelt on his knees, feeling tiredness running rampant through his leg. With a gasp of effort, however, he determinedly commanded his limb to make him stand... and it obliged unwillingly.

[99/1,190]

 

[K3]

Riki wasted no time in taking advantage of the boy’s apparent exhaustion. Dashing forwards, the blue haze of Styx began to trail behind him once more. He cleared the distance swiftly, feinting sideways to grab the first mantis arm that swung at him. He began to course more electricity through it, but that only lasted a few scarce moments before he felt the other arm slam into his side.

He recovered a few short feet back, not letting up as he once more laid down a barrage of flying fists towards his opponent. As each one was blocked or dodged minorly, he quickly switched the ever-evaporating liquid to his foot. Slipping into a roundhouse, he ducked under the next swing of the man’s miniature blade and moved to sweep his feet from underneath him. As he recovered, he didn’t take in the results as his hands immediately sought the only spot on his belt that held an offensive attack.

Throwing the scroll out in front of both his and his opponent’s faces, he yelled out the command. “Big Bang!” The conflagration rocketed towards Katsumi at point blank, the mere couple feet between them giving the boy only a few split seconds to react.

[203/1257]
Oushurin Reiatsu (yes it's still there, I forgot it last round): 1800

 

[Nargles]

"Hmm,” muttered Ciro, gazing at what was happening before him, "Huh, I never realized that this annoying little brat could actually put up a fight.” He remembered back to their earlier... promotion meeting, which in turn caused him to remember the bloodstains on half of the hallways in the Annex.

Is attacking with that such a good idea at such a close distance? thought the cloaked man, How knows what damage this will do to him. Even if he has a superhuman pain resistance, a broken arm and leg are still broken... This apparent lack of care for his own well being amused Ciro as he realized it was the exact same thing he would do.

Maybe I am a bad influence...

[122/260]

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

Before he knew it, he was falling through air… as the blinding sun's light filled his eyes, it reminded him of… "Radiant Run!"

The light flew out from his body, illuminating the top of the cliff… and in a second, he was there, sitting atop the mountain.

[47/1,237]

 

[K3]

As the explosion rocked the cliff-side, sending pieces of rubble every which way, Riki found himself rolling more than a few times across the hill before he finally impacted against the massive cross erected nearby. Coughing a few times to rid himself of the smoke and taking a few deep breaths, he tenderly picked himself up to survey the damage.

Probably a broken rib in there somewhere, just great. He continued to feed his wounds thanatoresonance, before spreading more of the energy throughout his body. Even as the broken and destroyed piece of equipment groaned, it was forced to move at its owners will. As he took in the exhausted state of his opponent, he grunted as he forced himself to step forward. His hand flew outwards, another scroll held in it as he activated it. “Hainawa.”

The rope wrapped itself against the boy’s left leg, the one he had struck with his earlier sweep. Yanking backwards, he quickly tied the rope off against the cross before charging forwards, the bluish glow fading from his body. Without a moment to lose, he quickly slotted two more capsules into the PS3-X after withdrawing them from his pocket. A moment later his green-streaked armour was fading into a pitch black, as a pair of thick cables of wire exploded outwards from his back.

Flexing them noncommittally, he dragged them behind him as his armour began to writhe, looking as though snakes were coiling themselves around him. Yanking backwards on the slack of the rope, he threw the first cable of razor-sharp wire forwards to wrap around the only mobile mantis arm the boy still had control of. Another moment later, he had reeled the boy in further, Styx’s blue glow streaming from his fist as he threw it forwards in another brutal assault.

[301/1558]
Oushurin Reiatsu: 1950

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

"Daishou!" Katsumi cried as Riki neared him. Just below the gaunt human, pointing towards the edge of the cliff, a black arrow appeared, shooting Riki violently in the direction it pointed at. "In furor my enemy cries!" the boy chanted, simultaneously destroying Hainawa with a single wave of green reiatsu, "May the earth god accelerate his ruin and bring me victory!"

Riki flew a great distance away from the mountain, vanishing below it as the earth swallowed him up. There's no way he can survive that. Katsumi thought, waiting for the human's spiritual pressure to disappear.

So had he won the battle?

[102/1,339]

 

[K3]

Riki clung to the side of the cliff, the pair of cables digging into it as he tapped a scroll on his belt and muttered to himself. “Bansoukou.”

There was no sense in simply going up there into a face-full of fire or lightning or whatever the fuck the boy felt like throwing at him, so he settled for suspending himself just below the lip of the cliff and waiting.

The cables flexed themselves readily as he prepared for the boy to check for his own victory. That is, if he hadn’t felt the flare of energy he had made when activating the scroll.

[104/1662]

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

"…the fuck?!" the Thirteenth Seat thought, "How persistent can someone be?" Painfully, he dragged himself to edge of the cliff, catching sight of the human's head. Instantly, he raised his arm and called out, "Byakurai!" A bolt of lightning left his finger, its destination the man's head.

[47/1,386]

 

[K3]

Riki’s head bent backwards from the force of the spell, smoke rising from it as his entire body began to lean backwards. However, as the smoke cleared Riki’s face stared back un-amused by the gesture. “Yeah, no more of that thank you.”

With the prospect of taking another bolt of lightning to the face clear in his mind, the first bladed cable lashed outwards, grabbing the man by the arm and yanking him off the edge of the cliff. The blade bit into the green-tinted arm, tightening its grip as the boy’s other arm was grasped by the other bladed cable.

Without a hint of mercy, Riki let himself and his prisoner fall, placing the boy’s body below his own to ensure that the boy would die on impact. As the ground soared ever closer, he began to finger the last scroll in his belt.

He wondered how much of the boy would be reduced to jelly on impact…

[159/1821]
Oushurin Reiatsu: 2250 (MAX)

 

[A Blibbering Humdinger]

As unrelenting throbbing bit into both of his arms behind him, and the land of death faced him, Katsumi frantically dug through his brain for ideas. And suddenly, his vine-arm, which had been dangling by his side, sprung to life, letting both of the wires dig into it, causing Katsumi additional pain, but… "Mitsu!"

As the jolt of electricity shocked the cables and, in turn, Riki himself, Katsumi activated Tsutadora's second ability. Soon, leaves from all the trees below him wove themselves into an object most akin to a magic carpet. With that, the boy safely landed into the forest, sending the leaves back to join their branches.

However, a shadow was still upon him. Immediately looking up, the boy pushed himself away before realizing that both his hands were severely injured and one of his legs was numb. He waited for the human to near him until the tentacles could just touch him, and cast, "Tenran!"

As the octopus-like monstrosity was sent away, the shinigami, to strengthen the spell, chanted, " Disrupt flight, motions of the air, let them fall to the ground, in failure."


[186/1,570]