Kuragami and Kiyoshi are back in the forest. There's a river near them.
"First, do you know how aura works?"
"Not really."
"For people who have aura, it's in a separate system in our body. Normal people have just a blood circulatory system. We have a blood circulatory system and aura circulatory system."
"Oh."
"Normally, if all of someone's blood gets drained from our body, they will die. It's not the same with the aura circulatory system though. If all our aura is drained we wouldn't die but instead, we would just be a normal human."
"So we won't be able to use techniques and all of that?"
"Yeah. Just like blood, aura circles through our body. Aura won't leak out our body like blood unless we make it."
"By raising our aura and using techniques."
"Exactly. So that's pretty much all you need to know. Aura control is when we make our aura circle through our body and release from our body smoothly. Currently, you force the aura out which wastes a lot of unnecessary aura.
"So if I control how my aura moves, I'll be able to use Coating for longer. Got it."
"So we will be doing some aura control drills for a week. The first one is making water float."
"What?"
Kiyoshi goes to the river near them. He crouches down a picks up a handful of water.
"Watch this."
He gently raises the aura in his hand. It causes the water to float up and form together as a clear blob.
"What?! That's magic!"
"It's simple once you get used to it. Just raise your aura with full control and make the water float."
"Let me try!"
Kuragami runs to the river and swiftly picks up a handful of water.
"Raise my aura with full control huh?"
Kuragami raises his aura and the water splatters everywhere.
"What the hell?! What did I do wrong?"
"You didn't have any control. You just raises it. Have control."
Kuragami sighs. He picks up more water and tries again.
It's been hours now. It's dark outside and both Kuragami and Kiyoshi are tired.
"I've made no progress! Kiyoshi help me man!"
"Sorry Kuragami. I can't really help. You're on your own."
They both suddenly hear movement in the bushes. They quickly look back.
"Who's there?"
"Oh it's Jericho and his gang again."
They all appear.
"How the hell do you know?"
"Why are you here? Give us a break."
"Nah. If I find you guys we're going to fight. So come here Kuragami, you and me!"
Kuragami gets irritated.
"Fine!"
They both run towards each other. Kiyoshi and the gang just watch them have at it.
Kuragami attempts to punch Jericho but he dodges.
"It's just gonna be a repeat of last time."
Jericho slams Kuragami to the ground. Kuragami quickly gets up and steps back.
"Let my soul be one with yours!"
He starts to get coated by his Ice Aura. He dashes to Jericho at insane speeds and punches him.
The punch flings Jericho away.
"I didn't expect you to be that fast. Now I know your capabilities."
Jericho grabs his gun and shoots several bullets. Kuragami dodges them and goes to punch Jericho again.
Jericho blocks the punch and pushes Kuragami back.
"Now it's time to get serious."
Jericho uses light dash to dash behind Kuragami. Kuragami still can't see his movements. Jericho uses light kick and kicks Kuragami's back which sends him flying. But before Kuragami touches the ground, Jericho uses light dash to appear on top of him and slam him to the ground once more.
His coating fades away. Jericho stands on top of him.
"I'll give you this Kuragami, you used coating for quite a long time. People your age can't even use coating."
Jericho looks at Kiyoshi.
"I know you're after me. The only reason why I'm still here is because I'll never run from a fight, no matter who you are."
"Even though you know you have no chance of beating me?"
"I might not-"
Jericho taps his chest.
"But the demon inside me does."
He walks off.
"See you in a bit Kizoku."
Kiyoshi picks up Kuragami.
"You're making progress. We have to leave this area though. Otherwise he'll come back."
"I will beat him next time we fight!"
"I doubt it."
"I don't know if this is weird to say but-"
"What?"
Kuragami smiles enlightens Kiyoshi.
"I have so much fun when I'm fighting Jericho! If he wasn't a rouge we could've been friends."
Kiyoshi looks to the sky.
"You can still be friends. Don't let your status or other people's status stop you from doing anything."
"Kiyoshi."
"Yes?"
"I think the fatigue from the coating is kicking in. I'm so tired."
"Let's find a place and get some rest then."
They go back to a different city and find a hotel to stay in.