Continuing right from the last chapter...
Jinjine: Huh? That must be Waruwi's Attack!
But wait, Did he manage to take down Choza? Sure, that blast was outstanding but...No, If she's still alive. Then, I'll take her down myself!
Jinjine then got her hand back to its normal size but then
Jinjine: Ach!! They fought like hell in there. Thanks to that, My hand is now bruised. I can't use it for now. Anywa-...
Jinjine then was shook the moment he saw Waruwi laying on the ground with his Battered Body...
Jinjine: Wh-...What did you do...Waruwi?! His body..All of his muscles, what happened? How can your body shrinks from fighting?...
And this hole in the ground...Was it you or Choza who made this?!
All that time when you guys were fighting under My Palm...This is the Aftermath, huh...
Wait, Where's Choza?!
Meanwhile...
Zukkei: Hira! Are you sure that we'll make it out of here alive
Hira: Whatever happens, I'll keep you safe
Hira In Her Head: I promise you, Zukkei...
Tenni: Ekuto. Are you trying to take down-
Ekuto: Yes. & No, I don't need your help, Tenni.
Kids, would you do me a Favor & take your Friend here & get somewhere?
Zukkei: No, I refu-
Hira then shuts Zukkei's mouth with her hand
Hira: Alright, we'll do just as you ask us to
Zukkei: Huh?! Why?
Hira: Just follow my lead!- Huh?
Takahashi: Where do you think you're going?!
Ekuto: Let them go, they're not going to affect our fight whatsoever
Takahashi: My job is to destroy The 4A & To do that, I'll have to kill them first-
Ekuto then flicks his fingers towards all the Exit door in the basement
Ekuto: Now!!
Zukkei, Hira & Tenni then runs as soon as Ekuto flicked his finger
Takahashi: You're not getting away!!
Ekuto then rushes towards Zukkei & Hira to protect them from Takahashi's Sands
Ekuto: Do whatever you want now! It's futile!
Takahashi: You damn Traitor!!
Takahashi then attacks Ekuto with all the Sands that she had...Then
Ekuto In His Head: It's coming from every single direction, Alright then...
Feel The Wind...Sense It...Increase My Speed...Stop Her Attack
Takahashi In Her Head: What?
Takahashi saw Ekuto blocking & deflecting all Of Her Sands
Takahashi: Damn you!!!
Takahashi then attacked Ekuto with more Sands
Ekuto In His Head: Pure Air Movement...
Sacred Speed!!
Sacred Speed is a Technique that can only be use in A Short Fuse. In Ekuto's Case, he can only keep this up for less than A Minute.
Forcing his body to use it for longer than that Could possibly get his body handicapped...
Ekuto In His Head: But that doesn't matter! Because they've already managed to escape
Takahashi: Why did you let the two other guys go early but not let the kids go with them as well?
Ekuto: You'll see...That is If you can manage to stay alive
Takahashi: Tch!
Takahashi then attacks Ekuto with her Sands coming from every single direction
Ekuto In His Head: I have just stopped using Sacred Speed...I can't use it again after just a few seconds...But that wouldn't be too much of a problem. Because Takahashi is running out of Techniques herself. She can't land an Impactful Attack on me without Dividing her Sands into multiple different pieces...& By Dividing them to pieces, The weights will also be divided. Therefore, even if Her Sands manage to hit me, It wouldn't even manage to leave a scratch on me
Takahashi: *laughs*
Ekuto In His Head: However, I can guarantee that she already knows that that's the case.
She might be looking to attack me using her Physicality while I'm getting distracted. If that's the case. Then, I'll make an attack first!
Ekuto then goes out of his way whilst evading all Of Takahashi's Sands to ambush Her
Takahashi: *laughs*
Ekuto: Hmm?
Ekuto In His Head: She's laughing? Just as i thought, it would seem like it's a Trap...Or she could be laughing just to make me think that there are Traps around here. I'll make a guess
Ekuto then punches The Air consecutively towards Takahashi's Direction
Takahashi: What?
Takahashi then got send flying
Ekuto In His Head: Multiple Shockwaves...
& I was right, No traps
Ekuto managed to push Takahashi back in Her Sand Demon Form
Ekuto In His Head: It seems like it's possible to push her while she's in That Form
Takahashi: You think You were smart, huh
Ekuto: What? What do you mean?
Takahashi: I knew you would think that I'm waiting for you to leave an opening Thread just now. With that in mind. I knew you would go out of your way to Attack me way before I can manage to attack you first
Ekuto: What do you- Huh?!
Takahashi: Exactly. I managed to let some of My Sands to go after the Kids...While you were focused on taking me down before I could even make a move, I've already made a move. How about that for a Gambit? *laughs*
Ekuto In His Head: I made a mistake...
Takahashi: Now, You've to make a choice for yourself *laughs*...
If you decides to go after the kids, You know that you will lost sight of me & You can't do anything to me while I'm causing Chaos. Just like losing sight of the Cockroach in the house while trying to find The Pest Killing Spray
Ekuto: Tch!
Takahashi: If you decides to stay here to beat me. Those kids' lives will be on the line as My Sands are a lot faster now *laughs*.
Did I just put you in A Loophole? *laughs*
Ekuto In His Head: Tch! She's only saying this to make me think that that's all the possible scenario out of this. That two decisions is An Important Move that'll cause to make a branch of Possibilities. Or could it be that those two decisions are only a Minor Move that'll lead to the Real Important Move?
Ekuto: This is all going as planned in your case. Good job, Takahashi
Takahashi: *laughs* What's wrong? Too scared to make a move?
Ekuto: I've found something that might jeopardize your whole plan
Takahashi: *laughs* What is it then?
Ekuto: Few sentences you said just now proves that You're still sane in a way.
With that, You would only mention that you could kill the kids for a reason. You could've killed them silently without me knowing. Despite the fact that you might be saying that so that You could run away from me. I figure that might not be it
Takahashi: Hah, What makes you think so?
Ekuto In His Head: This wouldn't lead to the definite reasoning behind why She decided to tell me that she could kill the kids...But either way
Ekuto: Your main motivation is to Destroy The 4A & that would of course mean that you'll have to kill the Kids. However, I also know that you might only said that to led me to think that what you said was Your Main Motivation when in reality, You were trying to go the other way around
Takahashi: *laughs* You're still not getting the Answer you want, it seems.
Ran out of idea, huh? *laughs*
Ekuto then wasted no time & Ambush Takahashi by punching her Cheek while she was laughing
Takahashi: Karghh!!
Ekuto In His Head: Take that!
Takahashi In Her Head: You bastard!!!
Ekuto In His Head: I only said all that to make you feel the feeling of Superiority. Why should I worry over the kids?! Tenni can sense Your Aura & Evade them herself. You really thought The Kids are helpless?!
Ekuto has made the right move to Attack Takahashi while she's off guard. But Ekuto then realized
Ekuto In His Head: This is one of my only Chance to Attack her, isn't it? I have to take the full advantage of it! No matter what it would cost!...Sacred Speed, Attack!!
Ekuto then managed to land multiple consecutive punches & kicks on Takahashi
Ekuto In His Head: That was 22 heavy hits in a row. Along with this One Fatal Blow!
Ekuto: A-ghmmm
Ekuto covered his mouth before he could even scream so that Takahashi won't know that Sacred Speed could damage even his own body. While Ekuto was backing away
Ekuto In His Head: The Mask. The Sand that was covering the entire half of her face, I broke it. Her real face is made of Sand?!...Wait, is that an advantage for me or her?!
Takahashi: *laughs* Thank you, Traitor...
Ekuto: What?!
Takahashi: Demon's Paralysis!!
Ekuto: Huh?
Ekuto In His Head: What does this 'Demon Paralysis' means?
Takahashi: You might be confused. Nothing really changed about me in terms Of Aura or Raw Power. But, This is only to fool you, Traitor
Ekuto: What?!
Ekuto In His Head: What is she trying to do?!
Takahashi: Goodbye *laughs quietly*
Ekuto: Wait
Ekuto then realized...
Ekuto: I was a fool...I was a fool. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!
...
The Takahashi Ekuto was fighting was nothing but A Sand Formed together to fool Ekuto & to make he think that she was real. Ekuto's hits on her only helped her to break into multiple pieces so that Takahashi can send the Sands to her real body. The body that's chasing after Zukkei, Hira & Tenni...
To be continued...