Chapter 275

"Hibiki, let me see your limit!"

"Ohhh——"

……

After an unknown amount of time, the middle school girl, who always looked full of energy and vitality, lay on the ground with a "wow."

Like a tired little dog, panting with its tongue out, sweat dripping into a stream.

"No… no more! Master, let me rest for a while!"

"I didn't have as good conditions as you back in the day."

"Ha… ha… really can't move anymore."

Hibiki kept panting, refusing the small blue bottle for rapid physical recovery that Jia Ji handed over for the fifth time. Even if her body could continue, her spirit couldn't take it anymore.

Throwing punches with all her might, her body like a drawn bow, accumulating strength time and time again, and then transmitting the accumulated strength of her whole body to her limbs to release it—the mental effort consumed was not just a little bit.

In that song "Treasure Pleasure," she seemed to have an illusion, as if the light and shadows of countless strong people and opponents fighting with all their might, risking their lives, were transmitted into her mind through the melody.

Without reason, she could just feel the burning fire of fighting spirit hidden behind this song, and resonate with it.

Under the bonus and guidance of the BGM, and with a strong person far beyond the norm acting as a target for casual attacks, allowing her to attack to her heart's content, Hibiki Tachibana was able to make progress a hundred times faster than usual before her physical strength was exhausted, progress that even she herself was astonished by.

Fist Art first emphasizes the Three Harmonies of Large and Small.

Strength rises from the feet, turns from the waist, and is issued from the shoulders, forming the Large Three Harmonies; sending the shoulders, shaking the elbows, and clenching the fists constitute the Small Three Harmonies.

The same principle applies to kicking; using this as a foundation, step by step, from Beng Fist, Heng Fist, Cannon Hammer, Whip, Knee and Elbow Wheel Chopping, Shoulder Striking, Spring Leg, etc., the basic fist frame fighting methods of the four limbs.

And in this short time, even though her physical fitness as a human hadn't risen much, Hibiki Tachibana was already able to achieve the one-in-ten-thousand "move like a drawn bow, issue like an exploding thunder" with an ordinary girl's body, as well as smooth-as-flowing-clouds combo skills.

Her evolution speed is simply a monster.

Within a day, she had almost mastered all ordinary combat skills and taken a big step forward. As long as she familiarized herself for another period of time, her combat skills would definitely not lose to the Hibiki Tachibana of the original world line.

"Just "not losing" is not enough…"

Jia Ji extended an index finger and pointed it toward the sky.

"Warrior Maiden girl Hibiki Tachibana, evolving every second!"

"You have already mastered ordinary martial arts; next, I am going to teach you characteristic fantasy martial arts…"

"It wouldn't be those Nanto something fists, would it?"

Hibiki knew he knew many special Fist Arts named after Nanto. With just a light wave, he could tear steel apart with a pair of flesh palms, which looked very strong.

"It's a pity… as far as I know, among the one thousand and twenty-four schools of Nanto, there is not yet a single Nanto Gun-Striking Fist that can perfectly adapt to your Warrior Maiden body…"

"Then what should we do?"

The young girl asked curiously. She also knew from others that although this cheap master she had just worshipped was very powerful, he didn't yet possess the qualification to teach that all-encompassing "Beidou Divine Fist."

Jia Ji smiled mysteriously, "I want you to comprehend it yourself, comprehend the Fist Art most suitable for yourself… through this!"

Then he took out a computer from an unknown corner and opened a very classic cartoon from the last century.

"Ah?"

——When the Second Division of the "Special Disaster Countermeasure Mobile Department" arrived at the scene.

The first thing they saw was the park that seemed to have turned into the center of a battlefield, blasted into tatters by countless cannonballs, and secondly, the two figures, one large and one small, sitting upright in the ruins, and the animation playing in front of them…

"Why is it… 'The Simpsons'?"

The commander of the Second Division of the Special Disaster Countermeasure Mobile Department, Genjuro Kazanari, read out the name of that animation with surprise and confusion.

And his voice seemed to disturb one of the people. The other party stood up slowly, patted the dust off his body, then turned around with his hands in his pockets. Upon seeing Genjuro Kazanari, he raised an eyebrow, revealing an interested expression.

Special Disaster Countermeasure Mobile Department——a government agency that mobilizes when the special disaster Noise appears.

For example, the purpose of the Kōha Meishū in "Ushio and Tora" is to deal with the White Face; in "Toriko," the association is to manage Gourmet Hunters and gourmet food; because of the existence of supernatural disasters, there is the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasure Room in "Ga-Rei"; and there are also organizations like the Black Clothes Agency, the General Supervision Department, the National Yin-Yang Bureau, etc., all of which appeared to deal with certain things.

And as a world where monsters like Noise exist, naturally there are agencies to deal with them.

Among them, it is divided into the First and Second Divisions.

The First Division mainly handles duties like evacuation guidance, changing the path of Noise, and dealing with damage situations. Usually, when people hear "Special Disaster Countermeasure Mobile Department," the impression that ordinary people have is of the First Division that appears in the media reports.

Relatively speaking, the Second Division——also serves as a countermeasure for Noise damage like the First Division, but there is one decisive difference, and that is the possession of the Symphogear system, possessing the world's leading effective means to expel Noise.

Another function is the handling of classified information.

Therefore, it is only natural that they found Jia Ji, who suddenly appeared here, kidnapped a certain girl from the hospital, and caused a huge commotion.

"I didn't expect the commander of the Second Division to come find me personally."

Jia Ji sized up the man who appeared in front of him, the strongest human in the Warrior Maiden world——Genjuro Kazanari.

He wore a deep red shirt, with his tie tucked into the pocket on the chest of his shirt. His shoulders were broad, his beard and hair were flamboyant, he had a square face with distinct features, his physique was refined, his skeleton was thick, and he was extremely mighty. His bronze-colored skin was like gold and stone, and he was over 1.9 meters tall, giving people an overall powerful feeling like a lion.

If the red shirt were changed to a black martial arts uniform, he would be completely another strongest creature on the surface of the earth.

At this moment, Hibiki couldn't help but turn her head to look at the two men confronting each other; equally sturdy, equally tall, equally art style… equally terrifyingly strong just by looking at their posture.

If the two of them were to fight, she would not be able to stop them no matter what——Hibiki Tachibana only took two seconds to understand this 【Fact】.

However, 【Fact】 is not 【Reality】. Just when Hibiki thought they were definitely going to fight——

"Thank you very much for stopping Kanade's swan song!"

The man called Genjuro Kazanari stared at this abnormal and dangerous human with a powerful gaze, but what came out of his mouth was a sincere expression of gratitude.

"Just human nature."

The next second, two large hands, equally sturdy and only slightly different in skin color, were tightly clasped together.

The air in their palms was squeezed and exploded by the powerful force, making a loud vibrating sound. A transparent sound cone released a violent ring-shaped shockwave between their hands, as if a small white tsunami had been lifted. The sand and dust rolled up by the strong wind made the young girl squint her eyes.

In Hibiki Tachibana's eyes, the figures of the two people simultaneously became incomparably huge, towering into the clouds, as if two giants standing between heaven and earth were wrestling.

The two people's gazes collided, and two seconds later, they let go together.

Subsequently, they couldn't help but laugh out loud together.

"Hahaha… let's go, Hibiki."

Jia Ji greeted the young girl who was still confused, and followed Genjuro Kazanari into the black high-end sedan provided by the government.

"It's time to go see the first end-of-level BOSS."

(End of chapter)