Chapter 76: Explosion (1/2)
Travelling about ten meters in less than a second, Kato waved the nunchaku at Yoichi. Although the strike was accurate and fast, the young tamer moved sideways, dodging it.
The Kuwatako appeared in his field of view. Kato's demon pet was a long way from the two fighters, controlling its tamer's body as if he were a lifeless puppet.
A second low blow from the nunchaku caught Yoichi off guard, hitting him on the leg and forcing him to kneel. With a quick twist of the body, made even faster by the lack of gravity that enveloped him, Kato tried to strike the coup de grace.
He directed the nunchaku's blunt force towards Yoichi's temple, knowing that it would risk causing him some severe head trauma if his shot got a hit.
Against the odds of all those present, Ichiro took a step forward, getting in the way of the two warriors. The nunchaku, which had already been moved, hit the neck full of scars of the horse.
The Inoshuma's hard skin dispersed the weapon's energy, but the horse was slightly unbalanced laterally.
In the act of true love for its tamer, Ichiro exploited the backlash to lower the neck towards Yoichi, allowing him to jump on its back.
Slamming the hind hooves onto the floor, it snapped forward, exiting Kato's range. ”Where do you think you're going? Running away like a coward will only slow down your defeat! Sooner or later, I will catch you,” the blue-haired warrior screamed, following Ichiro in flight.
Avoiding at all costs that his enemies approached his Kuwatako, Kato reached them quick as lightning, launching yet another blow, this time directed to the horse's flanks.
Returning the favour, Yoichi slipped from Ichiro's back and grabbed the nunchaku with both hands. Clumsily, he hit Kato's chest with a kick and used the lever of his arms to disarm him.
Taking the nunchaku with him, he fell to the ground and rolled on it for several meters, suffering further damage. Suddenly, Kato's winning situation was turned upside down: on one side of the tatami, his opponent lay helpless with his weapon in his hands; on the other hand, the Inoshuma was charging its demon pet at great speed, ready to interrupt its skill.
”Aaargh, fuck!” he grunted, using the power of the Kuwatako to fly to Ichiro, trying to stop its run.
Yoichi looked up, pointing his clouded gaze in the direction of his opponent. The fear that Ichiro might be blindsided generated a shiver of fear that ran through his body.
Stretching out his arm towards his demon and not knowing exactly what to do, he screamed with all the breath he could find. ”Ichirooo!”
After his scream, just when Kato's hand touched the horse's golden coat, the unthinkable happened: making a big leap and exhaling hot air from its nostrils, Ichiro stomped its hooves on the tatami for the umpteenth time.
The blow was so violent that it quickly spread underground. In front of the horse, in the direction of its fangs, the heavy stone blocks of the floor became glowing, swelling slightly along the edges.