Chapter 22 - Rachel vs Tsukiyo
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"Heh, I didn't think that my opponent would be a child."
Rachel laughed mockingly at Tsukiyo.
“Hey, shouldn't you be looking at yourself? You're still a child too."
Tsukiyo replied to Rachel's taunt in a high-pitched tone.
"What did you say ?! My body is still small but I am a grown woman.”
Rachel said annoyed as her own words backfired on her.
“Heh you liar, no adult claims to be an adult.”
Tsukiyo replied in a disdainful tone.
When all the prisoners saw what Rachel and Tsukiyo were doing, the prisoners immediately thought the same.
'Somehow I feel like I'm watching a child fight.'
After seeing that two people had stepped into the arena, a virtual man in a Cerberus mask appeared in the center of the arena.
The man in the Cerberus mask stared at Rachel for a few seconds then he turned to Tsukiyo.
"Listen to this, the only way for you to win this battle is to beat your opponent unconscious."
“You can also make your enemies surrender, but I don't think that's possible. Because if you say the word 'I give up' maybe your own members will never forgive that."
After saying that, the man in the Cerberus mask immediately chuckled.
"Do you understand ?."
After seeing the two of them nodded their heads then he continued his speech.
"Well then, then we start today's first battle."
“My right side is Rachel from the D-Ex group, and to my left is Tsukiyo from the G-BF group.”
“With this, the first battle officially begins!.”
After introducing the two of them, the man in the Cerberus mask instantly disappeared from the center of the arena.
They both stared at each other.
Then Rachel ran towards Tsukiyo.
“He attacked head-on?! is his ability transforming?!”
Seeing Rachel rushing at him head-on, Tsukiyo immediately reacted backward to keep some distance.
Even so, Rachel was still faster than Tsukiyo.
Rachel managed to get close to Tsukiyo's body, then Rachel lifted her small knee forward to attack Tsukiyo's stomach.
When Tsukiyo saw that he couldn't dodge Rachel's knee strike, Tsukiyo then lowered his palms to block Rachel's attack.
Bam!
Tsukiyo was thrown backward due to Rachel's power.
'Heh, as I expected.'
Tsukiyo grinned happily.
Tsukiyo purposely made herself fall to the ground to make Rachel lower her guard.
With the position still falling to the ground, Tsukiyo's palms touched the ground of the arena.
The surface of the arena he touched grew a fairly large plant root, the root of the plant then suddenly extended towards Rachel.
Rachel, who was now lowering her guard, was immediately attacked by a plant root that appeared suddenly and slammed into her small stomach.
Dagh! *the sound of an attack being hit directly to the body*
Then Rachel bounced far back.
"Succeed !."
Tsukiyo exclaimed happily.
“Has he passed out?.”
Then Tsukiyo aimed the root of the plant that had hit Rachel's stomach at the place where Rachel had fallen.
"Tch, to think you didn't confirm it with your own eyes."
Rachel then stood up and jumped to the side to avoid the plant roots coming from in front of her.
But unexpectedly the roots of the plant at the front branched into two.
The roots of the plant that had just sprouted at the front immediately rushed towards Rachel.
"It seems I underestimated you too much, at your age you are smarter than your peers."
After saying that, Rachel then ducked down to avoid Tsukiyo's attack.
“Heh, you think my plant roots can only be like that?.”
Tsukiyo snorted then one by one the roots of the plants he controlled split into many.
One plant root can split into several more roots, but each time the plant roots become branched, the plant roots will become smaller.
Each of those roots continued to charge at Rachel in a different direction.
Even though Rachel was constantly attacked by Tsukiyo's plant roots, she was still able to dodge his attacks.
Rachel continued to dodge the continuous attacks from Tsukiyo's plant roots.
'Damn it, because of his small body like mine I'm having a hard time hitting him with my plant attacks.'
“Hey, why don't you just use your abilities? Aren't you already in a lot of trouble?"
Tsukiyo said that after seeing the beads of sweat falling from Rachel's face.
“Just with an attack like this wants to make me use an ability? no kidding."
Rachel said mockingly.
Because it takes a few milliseconds to grow the roots of a branching plant to grow and spread out.
Of course, Rachel was able to avoid it without getting hurt, even though it took a lot of physical energy but Rachel was still able to survive.
"Is that true ?."
Tsukiyo immediately smirked.
Rachel's battle instincts immediately felt a sense of crisis.
Unexpectedly, the arena ground behind Rachel suddenly cracked.
Then a large plant root appeared and it quickly tied Rachel's legs together.
"Unlucky !."
After Rachel's legs were tied, the roots of the plant then stretched all over her body and tied her whole body from head to toe.
“With this, your defeat is confirmed.”
Tsukiyo raised her hand forward then slowly clenched her fist.
When Tsukiyo's fist slowly closed, the plant roots that had bound Rachel's body became even tighter.
Cracks!
Then Tsukiyo heard a snapping sound from within the roots of the plant that had bound Rachel's body.
"I hope you forgive me, even though I didn't kill you but I will still disable your body so you can't fight anymore in group battles."
After saying that, Tsukiyo opened the root of the plant that had bound Rachel's body.
"Hmm? why isn't his body there?."
Tsukiyo was confused when she saw that there was no Rachel's body inside the root of her plant.
"I'm pretty sure that the roots of my plant have bound her body, so there's no way she can escape my attack."
“Is his ability an illusion?!”
After thinking of some reasons why Rachel's body wasn't inside, Tsukiyo immediately wrapped his body in plant roots to protect against Rachel's sudden attack.
Then Tsukiyo heard a female voice from his right.
"Too bad you're too late to act."
After saying that, Rachel hit with her palm from under Tsukiyo's chin.
Then Tsukiyo's body bounced up.
Before Tsukiyo fainted, he heard a voice coming from Rachel.
"I know a smart person like you wouldn't think that a fool would injure his own body instead of breaking free from your cage."
Rachel appeared with a broken wrist.
Blinks!
The man in the Cerberus mask then appeared in the middle of the arena.
Then he checked the condition of Tsukiyo who had fainted.
“Since prisoner Tsukiyo is unable to continue his battle, I hereby declare. The winner is Rachel from the D-Ex group!.”
The man in the Cerberus mask announced it in a loud voice.
"Let's give those two a round of applause for putting on such a great show."
Even though the man in the Cerberus mask was just a virtual one, for some reason when he clapped his hands it still had a sound like the applause of an ordinary human.
After hearing the words of the man in the Cerberus mask, the applause was heard from the prisoners around the arena.
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"Hey, what was that just now?"
The female prisoner with short purple hair asked her group.
"Yeah, why did that girl named Rachel suddenly appear beside Miss Tsukiyo?."
A prisoner who was more muscular than the other members asked in confusion.
“Looks like that woman named Rachel has the ability to dispel her existence.”
“Do you remember the moment before Tsukiyo untied the ties that covered Rachel's entire body? maybe at that time Rachel broke her arm so Tsukiyo thought she had managed to break Rachel's body."
A male prisoner who is not very burly but has a height of 2 meters answered his friend's confusion.
“Is she really a little girl of Miss Tsukiyo's age?!? he has a strong determination to break his own arm.”
A fat male prisoner is shocked to learn that Rachel sacrificed her hand just to win.
“So that's how it was, she instantly disappeared when Miss Tsukiyo let go of the plant roots that bound her. Then he immediately rushed towards Miss Tsukiyo who didn't know it."
A brown-haired prisoner with black google glasses on his head guessed correctly.
"Yep, that's why Tsukiyo lost before bringing out his true abilities."
Kyousuke answered by nodding his head at the brown-haired prisoner's guess.
“But even if Miss Tsukiyo manages to bring out her true abilities, it might still not be able to beat her.”
A prisoner with a wound to his ear interrupted Kyousuke's words.
'It's true that we can't judge a person by their appearance.'
Kyousuke's eyes narrowed at Rachel who was walking down from the arena.
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