Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
Objective and Method.
These were the words that governed all of Taiyou"s actions. Once he had an objective firmly in his sights, he would stop at nothing to achieve it. That was the essence of the boy known as Taiyou Natsuno, and every one of his actions revolved around it.
「…」
Now was no different. Having firmly remembered what his objective was, he could now see the next action he should take.
He took a relaxed step.
「Natsuno?」
Kyousuke looked at him puzzledly. Ignoring him, he walked over to the two who were fighting.
Right now was his biggest chance. There was no telling when an opportunity like this would come again if he were to pa.s.s up a chance like this.
Thinking that, he clenched his fists as he walked over to them. He could see Shirokiyami"s face. Her expression was twisted, which was quite unusual for her. Doubtless she could guess at why Taiyou was currently walking their way.
Finally, Taiyou jumped and charged forward into the midst of the battle. He then raised his arm—-aiming for Rin.
「Wh…」
Shirokiyami was surprised. Unaffected, Taiyou launched an attack on Rin.
「Don"t get in my way, punk. I need to put an end to this wench right here.」
「Sorry, but no can do.」
「You insolent brat!」
Rin continued to shoot her gun at Taiyou while backing away. Weaving bullets, frozen bullets, burning bullets, bullets that gave off sound. She fired various types of bullets, but not a single one worked on Taiyou. By the time that she had probably run out of ammo, Taiyou charged forward, unleashing a body blow from his right hand. It was a simple uppercut that gouged into its target, and it was also one of Taiyou"s deadly techniques.
「I"m telling you, that isn"t going to work.」
「Hah-!」
Throwing in some extra moves, Taiyou launched a spinning kick, put both of his arms together for a downward slam, and even attempted to thrust his knee up into her face as she moved backward. Every movement of his flowed without mercy. An average opponent would have easily been sent to the hospital upon receiving such an attack.
However…
「I told you that wouldn"t work!」
Bang bang!
Bullets flew at him. He nullified them, returning the favor with a backhand. It didn"t work. This bizarre bout of bullets and fists did no damage to either side.
However…
「Ack…oi…Rin, give it a rest already.」
Taiyou and Rin had no wounds on either of them, but they heard the anguish of Kyosuke in the distance. Upon closer inspection, he was coughing up blood, more and more beat-up every second.
「Give what a rest, Big Brother?」
「Don"t play dumb with me. All the damage you took goes to me. It hurts like h.e.l.l. Make it so that you dodge and parry more.」
「It"s fine, Big Brother.」
She said briskly as she reloaded her bullets.
「It doesn"t hurt for me.」
「No frickin" duh!」
「And a great stream flows from my groin at the thought of seeing Big Brother in distress.」
「Just admit you"re a s.a.d.i.s.t already!」
「And as I imagine receiving punishment from said big brother, I feel a further flood.」
「Make it clear whether you"re an S or an M!」
「It"s not SM, it"s SN!」
「SN?」
「Sister and Nii-sama.」
「Don"t strain the meaning so much!」
Taiyou continued to launch attacks during this two-sibling comedy act. Every time he punched Rin, Kyosuke took damage. Rin would respond nonchalantly with a counterattack, and Taiyou with his bullet resistance would again hit her. This repeated itself numerous times. There was plenty of movement, but the battle results were stagnated.
As Taiyou was beginning to fret about what to do…
「Guhah!」
An attack of unprecedented scale flew at him from the side, launching him in the same direction. He saw that Rin had put rings on all of the fingers of her right hand, electrified.
「Interesting…so this one works.」
With her electrified hand, she had unleashed an uppercut that sliced through the heavens.
The attack pierced upward through his jaw. He wasn"t sure what the principles were behind it, but the attack unleashed from her movement was a.s.sailing him.
「How peculiar…」
「Big Brother"s Red-Hot Hand. It"s an item that can traverse s.p.a.ce and attack one"s opponent wherever and however the user wants. 」
Rin swung her fist like she was shadow boxing. Every time she did that, a shockwave would come flying at Taiyou, a.s.sailing him.
「Kuh-」
Unable to take it anymore, he kicked off the ground and leaped back.
「Pointless!」
Rin unleashed shadows from where she stood, and he felt an impact near his nose.
「It doesn"t matter how far away you are, physically. This Big Brother"s Red-Hot Hand traverses all dimensions and connects our love.」
「Don"t connect, hit him!」
Kyosuke b.u.t.ted in. So did Rin"s punch. Taiyou was irritated…but that was about it.
「So that"s it?」
「What is?」
「You had me there for a moment with your strange attack…but that was about it. It does hurt…but I guess only as much as a girl like you can manage.」
「Impossible! Its strength should have been amplified by my feelings toward Big brother—-Wait, I messed up.」
「Huh?」
「Not my feelings toward Big Brother. I had it set to Big Brother"s feelings for me.」
「The h.e.l.l you doing, girl!」
Kyosuke interjected. Taiyou paid this whole charade no heed, walking toward Rin. No point hitting her, as the damage would only get absorbed by Kyosuke. From what Taiyou could tell, Kyosuke had a toughness and regenerative power that surpa.s.sed human knowledge. There probably wouldn"t be any actual result no matter how many times he hit him.
Therefore—-
「Wait! What are you trying to dooooo!」
He picked up and threw Rin. She was fairly tall for a girl but flew off just the same, reaching the skies. Taiyou had concluded that if hitting her was no good, he may as well just throw her into the air.
「Whoa, she"s flying.」
Kyosuke remarked casually.
Taiyou shuddered at his reaction. Was this seriously not going to work either?
「I-I see that you"re fairly calm.」
「Well that"s cause this girl won"t go away just from something like this. She"ll just eventually come back saying something like "Huhahaha, I have revived by bathing in the love and l.u.s.t of my brother!".」
「Wow, that kinda sucks.」
It truly does. Taiyou muttered. If that were really the case, then he would have no choice but to settle things quickly. He clenched his knuckles before twisting his body around.
He saw Shirokiyami standing ahead, without a sword.
「Now then…」
Taiyou took a breath before lunging this time at Shirokiyami.