Chapter 28: Volume 1, Chapter 27: Fireblade

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1645 hours, 25 June 0145…

Me, Joshua, Scott, Veronica, Axel, and Christine are suspended in the middle of this dark warehouse, when we're saw Florent standing in front of us, menacingly. Afterwards, I approached him casually and said to him.

"So it was you, all along, Florent,"

Florent smirked sinisterly and replied.

"Well, I'm just doing my job as a Crescent loyal asset, under the command of my dearest majesty,"

Suddenly, Scott interfere my conversation with Florent by asking.

"Wait, Tsuyuki, you recognized him?"

However, I replied by giving him a hand to restrain him from getting in my way when dealing with Florent. Because of that, Scott was silenced and backing up. After that, I asked Florent.

"What does your majesty command you to do? Kill all of us?"

Suddenly, Florent smirked, clenched his dual butcher blades, made an engagement pose slowly, and answered.

"What if the answer was yes?"

I smirked back, drew my Nakajima, made an engagement pose too, and replied.

"Heh! Bring it on, dumbass!"

After that, I stab my Nakajima into the ground, and revving it three times.

*BRAAP BRAAP BRAAAAAAAAPAPAPAPAPAP*

My Nakajima exhaust spitting flames after I rev it into the limit. However, Florent was standing still and didn't flinch at all, despite the threat I've given to him.

When I'm about to fight against Florent, suddenly, Joshua approached my back and said to me.

"We'll cover your back!"

However, Florent replied to Joshua sinisterly.

"Unfortunately, none of you shall interfere my affair with Tsuyuki,"

Suddenly, Florent releasing his secret power by moving his right hand. And afterwards, the shrilling robotic sounds echoed through the distant of this half-darkened warehouse. And in each second, it's getting closer, as they're about to surround all of us.

"Wait… what?" Axel asked as the rest of my friends bunching up to for an engagement.

Suddenly, one Infectoid startled Scott to death by shouting in his behind.

"KILL… KILL… KILL!!!"

"HAUGH?!"

Scott flinched, and so did the rest. Tons of Infectoid encircling surrounding all of us. As Florent watching us like we're trapped into his stupid game.

"Infectoids?! Where the hell they're coming from?!" Christine asked confusedly as she pointed her Lancepear toward the surrounding Infectoids.

"Hahahahahaha, welcome to the hell, everyone! Enjoy it till the last of your breath!" Said Florent to all of us sinisterly, and it followed with a psychotic laugh.

Feeling threatened, my friends drew their weapons for an engagement. And then, Axel said to everyone as he's drew his Hammer.

"Shit! We're surrounded! Hang in there, everyone! We will break through real quick!"

"Now, what are you going to do in this situation, where all of you are vulnerable and surrounded by these mindless Infectoids?" Florent asked to all of us sinisterly, while he's crossing his arms.

However, I stay silent. Because I have a plan to fight against Florent and leaving my friends taking care of those Infectoids first.

"I'm sorry that I have to take care of him first. You guys need to hang in there instead!" I said to them while I secretly drew my Stun Grenade to blinding them all to get away from my friends, and the surrounding Infectoids.

Because I wanted to fight against Florent with no intervention.

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Joshua asked confusedly yet angrily.

I don't elaborate any further, pulling the pin from my stun grenade and throwing the stun grenade toward my friends and the surrounding Infectoids. When the stun grenade was about to be dropped into the ground and exploded, I said to everyone.

"It has to be done right now!"

And suddenly...

*BANG*

The blinding light from the explosion of the stun grenade blinded both my friends and the surrounding Infectoids. When my friends were blinded, I quickly lure Florent to fighting against him in somewhere else empty.

Afterwards, both of us dashed while parrying each of our blades harshly.

*DJING DJING DJING DJING DJING DJING DJING*

"Ha! Leaving your friends vulnerable while taking care of me? How pathetic you have to be, Tsuyuki?!" Said Florent sinisterly while he's parrying my blade.

However, I smirked and replied sardonically.

"Aren't you realizing you're nothing but just your majesty's tool that'll ended up scraped whenever she's bored in using you?"

When I'm parrying his blade harshly with my Nakajima and also avoiding his butcher blade slashes, I added to him.

"And don't you also realize that a dimwit like you will die prematurely?"

Suddenly, Florent backing down for a second, and replied, sardonically.

"Oooohhhh, you're getting tenacious, aren't you?"

I smirked, pointing at him, and said to him.

"Ha! Quit being a pussy and fight me like a man!"

Furthermore, both of us dashed and parried our blade again, harshly. The spark of the blade enlightened this darkened warehouse of abandoned sugar factory, temporarily. And afterwards, I draw my Kiryu and shoot several rounds toward Florent.

*BANG BANG BANG BANG*

However, Florent drew his revolver in a lightning speed, and parried my rounds with his rounds. Despite that, I dashed him in a lightning speed, and continuing the fight.

*JSHING JSHING JSHING JSHING JSHING JSHING JSHING JSHING*

My heart is beating so fast, my mind is completely empty, and my body can't feel anything. Because all I care about is whoever dares to get in my way must die!

Suddenly, Florent grappling into the pillar of this warehouse from above and said to me while pointing at me.

"Say, Tsuyuki! How many times you've sacrificed your friends? And how many times you've rebelled against your organization that you're swore to protect on, just to achieve your bullshit goal?"

I stood still and listened to him, to take a quick break.

"Isn't that contradict your main achievement to get rid of trash like me?"

"Don't you ever realized that you're being the trash that you swore to dispose?"

"Even if you tried so hard to get stronger and better, you're just keep making a tomfoolery of yourself by plunging into the abyss 24/7, and expecting yourself to getting out alive,"

After he's done talking, it's my time to respond to him.

"Then let me ask you something. What's your main motives in joining Crescent? And what do you want to achieve in there??" I asked him assertively by pointing at him.

Florent silenced for a second and looked the other way for thinking of an answer. After a few seconds, he answered.

"Hmmm… I wanted to get rid of the trash, like you, for example!"

Hearing his reply makes me want to laugh at how many bullshits he's spouted on my face. And then, I replied to him, sardonically.

"Well, sucks on you. I joined Minerva just to vent my lust in torturing a trash like you, for example,"

"Why is that? I don't give a fuck about humanity and peace. Because every time I defended these ideas, these ideas keep ravaging my life, every single fucking time," I continued.

Suddenly Florent silenced for a second, chuckled a bit, and it followed with a psychotic laugh.

"Pfft… hahahahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

"Fucking… funny… FUCKING… FUNNY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

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His psychotic laugh annoys me to death. So I shot some bullets from my Kiryu to shut him up.

*BANG BANG*

However, he teleported into my back in a lightning speed, and about to slash me from behind.

"TOO SLOW DUMBASS!!!" He said to me, sinisterly.

I flinched, and quickly parrying his blade. Afterwards, both of our blades gritting each other.

"Yes… that's what I want to see… anger… vengeance… and egoism!" He said to me as he releasing his flame element through his blade, and pushing me further back.

Furthermore, he continued sinisterly.

"Because the moment you face against her for the second time, you'll ended up like a walking rusty steel that will die rot in time by time. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Despite that, I don't back down, smirked back, and replied.

"Even if you've accomplished your goal, Gina will end up disappointed in looking at you,"

Suddenly, he stopped for a second, as if something bugs him whenever I've mentioned the word "Gina".

The reason for that, Gina is Florent younger sister, where she's also helping Florent to setting up the theater. Unfortunately, she's kidnapped by the terrorists and still missing recently. That makes me feel bad for him but also wanted to give him a lesson, from his recent situation where he ended up went into the dark path.

"G-Gina?!"

And that gives me a chance of turning back the tide of this battle. I revved my blade three times to pushing him back further.

*BRAAP BRAAP BRAAAAPAPAPAPAPAP*

*TSRANG*

I've made him backing down. And after that, he said to me by asking.

"Just spit it out, Tsuyuki! You said the word 'Gina' just to manipulate my psychology, to stop me from fighting against you any further, aren't you?!"

"No, I just want to say your younger sister, Gina, ever told me you're the most successful actor in the entire of Galea," I replied to him straightforwardly.

"Heh! Was that a lie?" Florent asked while smirked.

And then, I replied to him again while raised my eyebrows and my shoulders.

"Always has been,"

The reason I replied this is that Florent used to be a failed actor, despite his fantastic performance. The reason he's kept rejected by tons of theater company, is because he's too overacting and getting too involved with the character he's taking a role on.

Florent panted in frustration. He clenched his butcher blades tightly. And then, he said to me, growling.

"Fine… then… give… me… your… FUCKING TENACITY INSTEAD!!!"

He dashed in front of me in a lightning speed while swinging his butcher blades as fast as possible, while tries so hard to at least wound myself.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! KILL… KILL… KILL… KILL… KILL… FUCKING… KILL!!!!" He shouted as he followed with a psychotic laugh.

*SWONG SWONG SWONG SWONG SWONG SWONG SWONG SWONG*

It doesn't matter how fast and strong his slashing technique is, because whenever he's pissed, he messed his technique up. And because of that, I could evade his slashing technique like breaking a toothpick.

And when one of his blade is about to slit my left arm, I quickly countered it with my Nakajima, and my claw.

*DJSHING*

My blade and my claw are gritting against his butcher blades. However, he's becoming frightful and brutal whenever he's angry. So, to turning back the tide of this fight, I revved my blade and changing my blade into an Axe-mode.

*BRAAAAAAP BRAAAAAAAAP BRAAAAAAAAP BRAAAAAAAAAP BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAPAP*

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

And then, I pushed Florent further with my blade and breaking his butcher blades into pieces.

*BWOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHHH*

Florent backing down for the third time because he knows I broke his blades, and he's completely vulnerable to his weapons, besides his revolver. But luckily, that gave me a chance to take a minor break after a harsh battle against him.

"Oooohhhh… I see…" Said Florent while he's nodded, looking at me.

"About what, dumbass?!" I asked him back, sardonically.

And then Florent replied while crossing his arms.

"Seeing you fighting against me reminded me of you, as a brainy brawn,"

"Brainy brawn?!" I asked him while raised my eyebrows.

"Yes, I said it loud and clear, brainy brawn," He replied while nodded.

"Would you mind explaining to me what that is?" I asked him while pointing at him.

Afterwards, he explained.

"It's simple. You're strong, but smart as hell. Just like how a balanced being should be,"

"As the old saying goes; a healthy mind can make a healthy body,"

"While an unhealthy mind can harm your body any further,"

"Just like what you always spouted in the past. You're weak not because of your lack of power, it's because of your lack of gratitude,"

"Unfortunately, in time by time, you're contradicting your motivation, and your keep engulfing yourself with your ego,"

Suddenly, he drew his revolver and pointing at me. And then he continued.

"So, the best way you can do is just stand still and contemplate your life choice instead!" After that, he followed with a psychotic chuckle that infuriate me.

Moreover, I drew my Kiryu and pointing at him too.

"You love being a piece of shit, aren't you, Florent?" I replied to him while smirked.

"Well, what you expect from a piece of shit like me?"

"Now, die!" He said to me as he's about to pulling his revolver trigger and ready to shoot me.

When me and Florent about to shoot each other, someone interrupted this fight by bashing the ground with a large weapon, in a sudden.

*BSRYAK*

The ground was shaking and crumbled into pieces, where it makes a mini earthquake because of the massive impact. And the havoc that caused by the unknown person creates a massive dust that's covering this place.

"What the?!" I asked in a surprise.

"Hmm?!" Florent raised his left eyebrow confusedly.

Suddenly, the unknown person swinging his Greatsword toward Florent.

"HIYAH!!!"

*SWOOOOSH*

However, Florent evaded it like breaking a toothpick. When the dust is slowly faded and my vision was clear enough, I saw Scott standing in front of Florent. That gave me a massive frustration because I've ever told my friends to not interfere with my fight against Florent. Unfortunately, Scott never stops being a massive dickhead, where he always interfere other affair.

"Scott?! What the hell are you doing in here?!" I asked him in frustration.

However, Scott stays silent and staring at Florent.

"Oooohhh… interesting!" Said Florent, smirked while looking at Scott.

"Florent… you fucking fool!" He said to Florent, as he clenched his Greatsword even tighter.

I'm stood still in the middle of this place while staring at Scott, where he's about to joining my fight against Florent. And I dare to predict Scott is walking into an incinerator. Because Florent could easily burn him to death with just a snap of a finger.

And how do I know Florent well than everyone else in Minerva? Because I've ever talked to him and fighting against him, back in the day. To me, he was like a frenemy. Which means we're chilling and chatting with each other and fighting against each other whenever we wanted to.

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