With the duel finally done, Yon and Sasuke found themselves face to face in the dueling stage.
There was actually an instructor in charge. Based on Yon's senses, he was a 5th level Exorcist. He just doesn't know what rank he is. Their level determines their strength, while their rank determines their social status as an exorcist. Something Yon learned from talking with Hanabi.
"Are you both ready?"
With a confirmation from both, the ref announced the start of the duel.
"Begin!"
Yon immediately pulled out 2 inscription tags on each hand. One for attack and one for defense. He waited for the enemy to make a move first but.
The enemy seems to have a dumbfounded expression. Actually, it's not just him but also the audience as Yon tried to look left and right.
Not a moment later every one of them burst out laughing!
"Ahahahahaha !"
"Hahahahaha"
"Kekekekeke!"
"Shishishishishi!"
"Arororororo"
Okay, basically everyone around him was laughing at him.
"Truly a country bumpkin!"
"Where the heck was the cave he lived in?"
"Even the country bumpkin before him can be considered decent!"
"What a fool!"
"Idiot!"
"Weak!"
"Monkey!"
"Moron!!"
Almost all kind of insults were hurled towards him by the audience but. He wasn't aware why they were laughing at him, or why they were insulting him.
'YON!!!!! I've had enough!!! They can be arrogant anytime they want, but to dare insult you. I will do everything in my power to f****** manifest and slaughter these foolish weaklings!!!'
'You're a cultivator damn it! Where is your pride as one!' Kuryujin's voice reverberated inside of him, he could feel his Zanpakuto's animosity towards these so called exorcists.
'Calm down black dragon, I know and understand how you feel. But we must not do that, yet. I need to gather information first. Afterwards, I can let you take control of my familiars and do what you want to these plebians. Sigh, can't believe I called them that.'
'Hahaha,, as expected of my wielder. You've even took a reference from Narberal Gamma of Overlord.' Kuryujin answered in approval
Yon's attention was attracted by Sasuke's voice.
"Hahaha, you're truly the definition of a country bumpkin. As I have told you before, I will go ahead and teach you some manners!" Sasuke lifted both his arms sideward, and it immediately lit up.
Afterwards, a gauntlet was already on his hands. It looked metallic and black in color. The back of the hand has a circle frame that looked like glass. It almost looked like, the gloves of Tsuna from kateikyoushi hitman reborn. Except the designs on it's frame looked like inscription patterns.
"Welcome to the 21st Century! Country bumpkin! Take this!" Sasuke's gauntlet sparked with electricity!
Yon was surprised. 'Hoh, so that's why they were laughing at me, they found a way to activate the inscriptions without using paper tags. Those frames on the backhand, I saw it show an inscription before the electricity came out of his hands.'
"Lightning strike!" Sasuke immediately gestured both his hands towards Yon. Lightning tendrils shot out from his hands and targeted Yon.
With the defensive inscription tag prepared on his left hand, Yon activated it immediately.
"Wind sphere!"
A sphere of wind enveloped Yon to protect him from the lightning. The lightning was unable to pierce through Yon's defense.
"Okay, you're good. Then how about this!" Sasuke cancelled the attack and was about to deliver another but Yon didn't gave him a chance.
As soon as the attack was cancelled, while Sasuke did his monologue, Yon already sent his attack using the inscription on his right.
"Wind Blade!"
A wind blade that looked like the lunar moon was sent towards Sasuke who was just done with his monologue.
"Tsk!" Sasuke's feet lit up and boots immediately appeared. Sasuke flew to the air to dodge the wind blade. His boots were expelling bursts of air that made him fly.
He lifted his arms overhead while in the sky, so that both his palms were facing each other. Electricity came out and was forming between his palms.
"Lightning ball!"
But Yon was also prepared, as soon as he dodged that wind blade, Yon took out another set of inscriptions.
"Wind blast!"
A ball of lightning was sent down towards Yon, but he dispersed it using a strong gust of wind. As he was about to prepare another attack, he heard Kuryujin's voice again.
'What are you doing?!!!' scowled his Zanpakuto.
'Well if it's not obvious to you, I'm clearly playing with him'
'I know that, that's why I'm asking what are you doing? shouldn't you have won by now so you can take the entrance exam? You can't possibly be expecting more besides their new way of using those gloves instead of an inscription paper?'
'Right, right. My bad'
"Wind tornado!" Yon sent vortex of wind towards Sasuke, which surprised the audience.
"Woah! That's a high level spell."
"Yes, and he only used an inscription tag to do it."
"Is he really from outside?"
"I wonder who taught him that."
"Not bad for a country bumpkin." an angelic voice was heard by the crowd and they all went silent. Yon was already aware that she came, but he remained focused in the duel.
"Humph! I'm not a reserve disciple just for show! Wind tornado!" Sasuke sent the same attack but with different rotation. This cancelled both attacks. Sasuke then came back down to the dueling stage.
'I thought I can finish this easily, but this country bumpkin still managed to match me. I will have to do it the hard way then.'
Sasuke then gestured his right hand to his side as a spear appeared. He flexed it a little and went into a stance with the tip of the blade pointed at Yon.
'heh, it seems we get to have fun black dragon.'
'whether he gives us a challenge or not remains a question until we clash. If he isn't even skilled enough to entertain us, I want his head!' was Kuryujin's reply.
'Uhh, what have you been doing to have come to such a decision? this isn't a life and death duel.' Yon answered as he also gestured his right and his Zanpakuto appeared. He unsheated Kuryujin and returned the sheath to the storage ring.
'Ive been recalling the wuxia novels you've read. There might be some martial arts techniques with precise details we can practice.'
'No wonder you've been craving to kill somebody.' Yon deadpanned
'Focus on the enemy!' Kuryujin warned as a spear point was already in front of Yon's face. Yon tilted his head to avoid the attack just in time.
But Sasuke wasn't done and continued stabbing him. To which he evaded or blocked all of it. Both of them almost went in circle in the dueling stage but Yon still hasn't initiated an attack.
Sasuke became frustrated since he cant land a strike. He coated his spear with lightning then stab again. This time Yon jumped far away from Sasuke.
"what's wrong, scaredy cat?" Sasuke tried to provoke him. Yon didn't answer and just smiled at him.
He took a familiar stance. His feet were apart with the left foot a bit forward and the right a bit behind. His sword's blade was pointed at the enemy. He breathes out and relaxed. Then he focused. All of this took only a second to happen, then he disappeared from his spot.
No one was able to follow his speed, not the ref, not hanabi, not the audience and not even the enemy in front of him. He reappeared behind Sasuke a few distance away.
"2nd Kendo no Kata: Kote-uchi" Yon spoke as he slowly sheathes his sword back to its sheath but not completely.
"Disabling Cut" He finished as he completed the sheathing of his sword, with a clear sound of a katana locked in it's sheath. At the same time Sasuke's spear split in two parts.
"woooooaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!" the audience came into an uproar and everyone had their own comments.
"Did you see that? he was too fast I couldn't even see him move."
"Amazing, he was able to cut the 1st reserve head disciples' spear!"
"Is he even a country bumpkin?"
"I wonder how he got so strong?"
The audience's words fell deaf in Sasuke's ears. He was still unable to believe the fact, that a country bumpkin defeated him. If the country bumpkin wanted to, the one on the stage split in two might have been his body.
"It was a good match!" Yon initiated seeing that the opponent was still in a daze.
'It was boring!' Kuryujin differs.
'Well at least we have some stones'
Sasuke didn't respond so Yon made himself scarce from the audience. Hanabi tried to follow him but was unable to catch up.
'Where are you going now?' Kuryujin asked.
'Eat! I'm hungry!'
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Kurosaki Yon
After having my breakfast, I went to the gymnasium building to take the entrance exam. It wasn't that hard to find since Hanabi was kind enough to show it to me yesterday.
"Hey Yon!" speak of the devil.
"Mis- I mean Hanabi.! Good morning!" I greeted her with a big smile on my face.
"Good morning! Are you going to take the entrance exam now?"
"Yeah."
"Can I come with you?"
"Sure, why not."
Yon and Hanabi started walking towards the venue for the entrance exam.
'you're not falling for this pipsqueak are you?' Kuryujin asked
'no, I'm not a pedo. In case you forgot. I'm no longer a normal Human, I'll outlive any mortal. And also, mentally I'm already an adult since coming to this world.'
'just asking. jeez, did you prepare all that?'
'yep.'
a few moments later
"Welcome. It has been awhile since someone came to register from the outside. Just put your hands on the stone tablet and we will sort you out. Afterwards we will test your battle strength by having you battle a 1st rate demon." Says the Examiner in charge.
"Okay." Yon looked at the stone tablet. It was like a wall with 12 different crystals embedded on it. Probably the ones used to measure. Yon put his hands and the stone tablet immediately shined brightly.
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by this time Hanabi was already surprised. She herself has opened up 12 zeniths before turning 8. And she considered that since Yon defeated Sasuke, who has opened 11 zeniths, Yon would either have the same number of opened zeniths as her.
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the next crystal shined again
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12 Crystals!
At the same time, as if triggered by the 12th crystal's brightness. A red signal light was fired into the sky from the venue. Everyone inside the gymnasium was able to see it. And by the same trigger, another signal was fired again. This time it was from the gymnasium so that everyone in the Academy could see.
"Look! Another genius has been born!" A student from a stall inside the gymnasium pointed his finger to the red signal light.
"The last time that signal was fire was 5 years ago. It was when the head disciple was tested and taken in the clan head."
"I thought it was because he was the daughter of the current clan head that she was appointed?"
"You're an idiot. Such gossips are not reliable. Didn't Miss Hanabi showed her talent when
Back at the Exam
"Congratulations! This immediately earns you the right to be a disciple candidate of an elder. Why don't we wait at the next location for the elders to come before you showcase your strength. I'm sure a signal has been sent by now."
"If you say so." Yon replied.
"Then follow me. I will be giving you instructions regarding the elders and the different departments they are in charge of." Yon and Hanabi followed the Examiner as they listened to his explanation.
They waited just at the next location which is just beside the testing site. Yon didn't have to wait long until he sensed seven 10th Order of Human warrior Level Spirit Energies.
'So I was right. Their strongest is only at the peak of Human warrior realm. Which only grants 100 years of life span, which is why Jisan died upon reaching it.' Yon thought for a moment.
'And that also means you can bring this Clan to the ground should you want to. You are afterall, the strongest in here.' Black Dragon commented next.
'Why do you entice me to end on bringing the clan down? What did they ever do to you anyway?'
'I don't know. It just a feeling. And that feeling is telling me to beat them all down our knees.' Black dragon answered honestly.
'you're serious?'
'Yes but I'm not a killer nor a prisoner in Azkaban'
'Sigh. Stop recalling my memories. It's like you keep on picking up a habit in every memory you watch back..
'There's a difference in knowing by memory alone and recalling said memories by literally watching it unfold. Its just like dumbledore's Pensive. I might just find what I've been looking for.'
'And what is it exactly that your looking for?'
'Martial Arts Techniques that we may need. Afterall, not all fights include sword fighting. What if you were unable to use me for some reason one of these days?'
'Well I still have some of the techniques I developed before I sorta created you by accident.'
'But what if those won't be enough?' That question had Yon thinking in deep thougt that he missed some of the explanation of the examiners and the 7 Elders were now in front of him.
'I'll ask you again later. Focus on them first.'
'Okay.' Yon agreed silently inside his mind but Black dragon did his job.
End of chapter 3
Volume 3: Academy Arc