At an altitude of 20,000 meters in the air, a Hercules plane flies in the night sky.
Inside the aircraft cabin, there are only two people sitting, Kamiki Eiji and Ichijo Akihiro.
Eiji closes his eyes, keeping himself at his peak condition. He will face a formidable enemy, and he dares not underestimate the enemy like his careless cousin.
Beside him, Akihiro appears restless. Even though he's not the one facing Saori, it doesn't stop him from worrying. Moreover, if Eiji loses, Japan will be forced to launch a nuclear bomb.
"The plane will soon reach its destination, please prepare to descend."
The pilot's announcement is heard through the speaker.
Upon hearing that, Eiji opens his eyes, unfastens his seatbelt, and walks to the opening hatch.
"May you emerge victorious, Kamiki-sama."
Akihiro salutes as he watches Eiji's back.
Eiji just waves his hand without uttering any heroic words. He doesn't want to signal death's flag.
After waiting for a while, the red light changes to green, indicating that the parachutists can now jump.
Without a parachute, Eiji runs forward and jumps from the Hercules plane.
*Whoosh*
He falls at a speed of 626.65 meters per second. It takes him 63.84 seconds to land on the ground.
Exactly 3 seconds after landing, he seems unaffected by gravity and floats several meters above the ground. Thus, he avoids the fate of being minced meat.
"...Huft."
Exhaling white mist from his mouth, Eiji ignores the cold temperature hitting his body and begins to observe the surrounding environment.
It's a hill filled with trees now covered in snow. This place is far from settlements, making it safe to cause a disturbance without attracting civilian attention.
Eiji is not surprised that the government chose this location as his landing site.
In addition to the safety of civilians, the government wants to keep Saori's whereabouts as secret as possible.
"They're very dishonest..."
Eiji looks up at the starry night sky while squinting his eyes.
Feeling like he's being watched, he estimates that the Japanese and American governments are monitoring his movements through spy satellites orbiting the Earth.
Why is America involved?
The answer is simple, Japan is America's lackey!
There are many American agents occupying key positions in the government and military in Japan.
How could Saori's actions, which defy human sanity, not be reported to American officials through their lackeys?
Moreover, America has long been obsessed with super soldiers. Eiji is sure that if he or Saori were to die in this battle, their bodies would be taken by the Americans for research.
"Never mind. All I need to do is burn Saori's corpse to ashes. That way, America won't get what they want. When they try to capture me, it's futile. Once this matter is settled, I will never return to this world."
Eiji scoffs at America's scheme against him.
Ignoring satellite surveillance, he waits in the middle of the road.
10 minutes later, he is still standing firm without taking a single step. Snow piles up on his head and shoulders, but he doesn't care.
Thanks to Six Eyes providing super vision, Eiji sees a car speeding towards him.
"She's here."
The Japanese government has blocked vehicles traveling on this route to Otaru City. In other words, only one person will take this route, Saori!
Inside the car, Saori also sees a young man standing in the middle of the road.
"A man? Whatever, since he's also Japanese, he deserves to die."
Not only does she not brake, she also steps on the gas pedal, making the car accelerate.
"So cruel... She wants to ram me to death, huh."
Realizing the other party's intention, Eiji does not evade.
"Is he mentally retarded? Hmph! Japanese people are indeed foolish!"
Saori sneers as she sees the young man raise his right hand as if to stop her car.
*BAM*
Seconds later, a collision occurs. However, it's not Eiji who's injured, but Saori inside the car.
Eiji stops the car approaching him with just one hand. On the other hand, Saori did not expect this to happen; the car's airbag inflates to reduce the impact of the collision. However, her forehead bleeds from hitting the steering wheel.
"Bastard! What the hell is this?! Is this something humans can do?"
Forgetting she has similar powers, Saori gets out of the car while cursing.
"Boy, because you dare to obstruct my path, accept your death!"
With deep hatred in her eyes, she directs her punch at Eiji.
"Eh? Why didn't my attack hit you?"
Saori's eyes widen in surprise as her punch stops several meters away from her opponent. She clearly feels her punch still moving, but as if there is an immeasurable distance separating them, her punch will never reach the other side.
"Watanabe Saori, what is the reason behind your actions of destroying Bonyari City and Sapporo... No, should I ask why you want to destroy Japan?"
"Don't mention me with that filthy name!"
Anger fills Saori's heart, her hands emit white light, space cracks like spider webs, and her previously stagnant punch suddenly hits the opponent.
"!!!"
Eiji didn't anticipate that Infinity would shatter. The distance between the two of them was too close, so he didn't have time to dodge. As a result, he was hit hard in the chest.
*Crack*
The sound of bones breaking is heard, he spits out a lot of blood from his mouth, and his figure is thrown backward.
*Whoosh*
*BAM*
In the process, he crashes and destroys dozens of trees. He only stops after falling into an ice lake and sinking into the water.
(So that's it... Gura Gura no Mi can destroy space... No wonder Infinity failed to withstand its attack... This is a valuable experience for me, don't rely too much on Infinity)
Lying at the bottom of the lake, Eiji feels his internal organs like his liver and lungs crushed into powder, while his heart has several tears. He quickly uses the Reverse Curse Technique on himself to heal the injuries he suffered.
In just the first confrontation, he almost died because of his blind faith in Infinity.
On the other hand, Saori pulls her hand while spraying her palm with 70% alcohol.
"Tsk, I touched something disgusting. It makes my hands dirty."
As she intends to get into the car, the lake water explodes, and the young man she thought was killed by her single punch rushes towards her at an astonishing speed.
"Eh, he's not dead yet?"
Due to her surprise, Saori doesn't respond in time. Instead of adopting a defensive posture or counterattacking, she just stands and stares with a dumbfounded expression on her face.
"This is payback for your previous punch."
"Black Flash."
The Cursed Energy in Eiji's hand flickers black due to the distortion in space that occurred 0.000001 seconds after the physical attack.
*BAM*
The punch hits Saori's beautiful face.
*Whoosh*
This time it's Saori who's thrown far away.