"You sure this'll work?" Shobu asked, holding the rare ore in his hand, glancing at Okami, before hesitantly looking over at Esdeath, who was waiting patiently for them.
"Yes." Okami responded, taking a heavy breath as he held up his own ore.
"Alrig...
Shobu was quiet as he submerged himself in darkness, creeping up towards Tatsumi and the unknown larger figure.
Was that, Zank?
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"It's no use, I can read your entire mind." Zank exclaimed with a grin, pointing at the object on his head.
A Teigu, clearly.
"Aaaah! Zank!" Tatsumi shouted out, angry.
"A bold step forward with a slash from above." Zank commented, his grin everlasting as he dodged back.
"Followed by an upward cut." He then said, using his swords to block the attack.
"Then you go low, for a fake, and strike for the throat!" Zank dodged below the strike, slicing at Tatsumi's stomach. "That's, what you were thinking, right?" He asked rhetorically.
Zank just watched as Tatsumi dropped down on his hands and knees, clutching at the new wound in his stomach.
"The look people make when their heads are cut off, is unbelievably pleasurable. A surprising number of them just have this sort of blank stare, like they don't know what hit 'em." Zank bragged, tatsumi's face growing in hatred as he stood back up.
"I wonder what kind of face you'll make, how delightful~" Zank further commented.
"My neck's not so weak, as to be cut by the likes of you!" Tatsumi shouted coldly, raising his sword.
Shobu kept low, believing in Tatsumi, as Zank pummelled him with strikes, needing an opportunity to jump on the large man.
He needed to wait, for now, and just hope.
"How delightful, I cut you just as deep as I wanted." Zank commented.
"What?" Tatsumi asked angrily, still hurt.
"I love when people with such eyes plead for their lives, so I'm taking my time with you~" Zank informed, reaching out a hand. "Now, beg, it might buy you some time before your friends come." He ordered.
Tatsumi's breathing was hard, but he brought it in him to spit blood down at the ground. "Don't be stupid. I'd never plead my life to some rotten gutter rat! Who can't do anything but take people's heads!" He shouted back.
Zank quieted at that, for the first time since he had seen the larger man, he was not grinning.
If he can read my mind, then I might as well keep it simple, and put everything, on this one attack! Tatsumi thought, an aura erupting around him, his intent clear as he readied his sword.
"Huh, how courageous." Zank started, his grin back. "Your wounds must be hurting you, I'm an expert at beheading, so I can help you end the pain." He said.
Tatsumi grit his teeth. "Here... I... Come!" He announced.
In an instant, he was in front of Zank, the speed slightly throwing him off guard as Tatsumi swung.
