Chapter 136

【A violent wind trembled, and a snow-white figure was kicked away once more like a cannonball. Before the lingering force could dissipate, she was nailed firmly to the wall like a hanging scroll.】

【The white-haired mature woman walked over slowly and picked up the Kanshou and Bakuya projected by Yukino.】

【“Snap.”】

【She crushed them with her hand and said indifferently, “What is the use of such a projection that is all show and no substance? Without understanding its internal structure, it is nothing but a hollow shell.”】

【The young girl Yukino gritted her teeth.】

【She could not refute it; this was a total crushing, a difference in quality.】

【She furrowed her brows, thinking incessantly. In an instant, a flash of inspiration struck her mind like a thunderbolt. She stared fixedly at the Kanshou and Bakuya gripped by the white-haired Yukino, as if she had attained enlightenment…】

【Then, to verify her idea, the young girl Yukino pushed off with her feet and charged again.】

【“Clang!”】

【A crisp, melodious sound exploded once more. The white-haired mature woman was slightly startled and dodged to the Reverse Reverse Side.】

【In this collision, Yukino had deconstructed the structure of Red A’s Kanshou and Bakuya.】

【One blade tore through the air, forcing the white-haired Yukino to move for the first time!】

【Beside them, Luo Shu’s lips curled into a faint, ambiguous smile.】

In reality, many Earthlings felt their hearts tremble, and at the same time, a doubt arose in their minds.

“Hmm, why do I feel like Heroic Spirit Yukino is teaching her?”

Soon, someone provided the answer.

“Don’t doubt it, that’s exactly it.”

“Black A is like our past selves when we look at our dark history; although we want to get rid of it, it’s more about being frustrated that it hasn’t lived up to expectations.”

“Teaching her a lesson is instinct; otherwise, erasing dark history wouldn’t feel satisfying, would it?”

“Makes sense. Just look at Luo-kun, who is eating melon and watching the show on the Reverse Reverse Side.”

“He’s laughing so happily, hahaha~(▽)/~!”

“The two Yukinos are fighting, and Luo-kun is basically saying, ‘Let me have a snack first.’”

“Emmmm, it seems that no matter who wins, he gets to hold the beauty in his arms.”

“Envious, my eyes are turning red.”

……

【“You really are tenacious~.”】

【The white-haired Yukino raised her right arm, easily flicking away the incoming blade, and said indifferently, “Because a Heroic Spirit is the sublimation of a living being after death, and we were originally the same person.”】

【“Does that mean every time we collide, you gain a portion of my power?”】

【Yukino curled her lips into a smile, “Yeah, that’s how it is. So, do you want to run?”】

【“You really are…”】

【The white-haired Yukino surged forward. The instant her voice fell, her slender figure exerted force, and amidst a burst of explosive airflow, she suddenly vanished.】

【When she reappeared, she was already above Yukino, slashing down with a blade that tore through the violent airflow!】

【“You dare say that!!”】

【The cold voice fell. The white-haired Yukino’s blade cut into Yukino’s Kanshou and Bakuya, and the blue circuit magic patterns lit up. Yukino’s eyes widened abruptly.】

【She saw it.】

【She saw it all.】

【The ending of the person named Yukinoshita Yukino!】

【Boom!】

【A terrifying roar exploded within the castle, and the storm blew Yukino away.】

【Yukino collapsed on the ground, her pupils shrinking violently, her face stiff. She forgot to get up; every cell in her body was subconsciously trembling in fear.】

【“Did you see it?”】

【The white-haired Yukino appeared calm, “Then look at it one more time.”】

【With a roar, the biting wind blew at her clothes, and azure flames burned on her body.】

【The place I reached…】

【The ending!】

【Following the incantation, Yukino’s pale hair danced in the flames.】

【The ground cracked, and the blue flames expanded suddenly, changing the world in an instant.】

【Under the twilight, a lonely figure stood alone on a high hill.】

【Everywhere were the remains of swords, like a lonely graveyard.】

【The white-haired Yukino stood alone on the high hill and said calmly, “Understand? I am the ideal you realized; I am your final ending.”】

【Swish!】

【The young girl Yukino was more impulsive than ever, angrily wielding her twin blades as she charged up.】

【“Clang——!”】

【The white-haired Yukino caught it with one blade, her eyes calm as she looked at the young girl’s gritting reflection, “So that’s how it is… unable to admit it, unable to accept reality?”】

【“Then do you remember why you wanted to become an ally of justice?”】

【Clang!】

【With a flick of her arm, the young girl Yukino was thrown behind her, standing back-to-back with her.】

【The two slender, beautiful figures stood back-to-back on the high hill under the twilight, as if they had become one person.】

【A faint voice drifted from behind Yukino, “You remember… that figure you couldn’t forget, that woman named Yukinoshita Haruno, who was your own sister.”】

【“Yes, Yukinoshita Yukino, your ideal is hollow, it is fake.”】

【“Because…”】

【“It was borrowed to begin with!”】

【The young girl Yukino’s eyes were dazed for a moment, remembering her younger self, under the moonlight, asking that gentle woman about the past.】

【That woman curled her lips into a smile, “Me? I used to be an ally of justice!”】

【That smile was too brilliant, and too happy…】

【It made people yearn for it, made people want to reach it!】

【The young girl Yukino’s eyes became calm and firm, “Even so, this ideal will never be wrong!”】

Holy crap, Haruno would show this expression too?

Hiratsuka Shizuka’s eyes were so shocked they were about to pop out, as if she had seen a ghost.

If one were to say that the Yukinoshita Yukinos of the two worlds still had many similarities—one pursuing justice, the other pursuing correctness, and the heart wanting to help others being the same—then Haruno was purely possessed by a ghost.

She shivered, lit a cigarette, and felt a trace of melancholy amidst her confusion.

Sure enough, if there are enough parallel worlds, then everyone has almost infinite possibilities.

……

【“Still refusing to give up…?”】

【The white-haired Yukino’s voice gradually grew angry, “An ally of justice? Don’t make me laugh!”】

【“What can a woman like you help others with!!”】

【“Arrogant!”】

【She was furious, turned around, raised one arm, and stabbed a blade through Yukino’s thigh. Blood flowed in a steady stream, so fast that the young girl Yukino couldn’t react in time.】

【She casually followed up with another blade.】

【“Hypocrisy! It’s nothing but self-satisfaction!”】

【Puchi——!】

【Kanshou and Bakuya instantly tore through her calf, and another spray of blood erupted!】

【Each blade was fiercer than the last!】

【Completely different from before; every blade drew blood!】

【“Arrogance!”】

【One blade pierced Yukino’s abdomen, and even Luo Shu, who was watching from the Reverse Reverse Side, twitched his brow, wanting to stop it, but he held back.】

【“The adult world is about trade-offs, because the beautiful things in the world are limited!”】

【“If you have them, then I don’t!”】

【“An ideal where everyone is happy—how arrogant!”】

【The terrifying blade danced, the Noble Phantasm tore through the air, and the white-haired Yukino’s furious voice exploded, like an angry lioness.】