DanMachi, My Members Are From Slice-of-Life Anime

"I've heard that you single-handedly defeated the enhanced Minotaur. Now that we're teammates, we need to understand your combat capabilities."

"They're just monsters on the ground."

Shaga emphasized, explaining:

"I have some talent in combat, and as for my ability stats... please measure them as A-rank or higher. As for my specific combat strength, please think of me as someone with excellent skills, like Lord Takemikazuchi."

Upon hearing Xia Jia's words, Ming immediately became interested: "Then could you give me a chance to spar with you?"

"Alright."

Shaga agreed: "This is the most direct method."

The group found a deserted alley, and the men gripped the hilts of their knives, assuming a fighting stance.

"Be careful."

"bring it on."

With a whoosh, he drew his sword and charged forward. Xia Jia stood upright. This was his first time fighting against a human, but he was not afraid at all. In fact, fighting against humans was his home turf.

The basketball court is a battlefield. In basketball, facing a wild beast unleashed is much more difficult than dealing with an adventurer. Not only do you have to dribble, but you also have to use all sorts of strange movements to dodge other people's bodies.

"Compared to them, your knife is too slow."

Shaga slightly shifted his body, the blade grazing his chest. After dodging the thrust, he slid back a small step in the direction of the blade's slash.

In the instant he dodged the horizontal slash, Xia Jia's body suddenly surged in front of Ming, demonstrating his exceptional control of distance on the court.

Before anyone could react, Xia Jia was right in front of him, their noses only three centimeters apart, and Xia Jia could feel the other's breath.

The next second, as Ming's pupils contracted, Xia Jia delivered an elbow strike towards Ming's chest. The distance was too close, and the knife was completely useless.

Ming pushed off with his back leg, trying to create distance, but Xia Jia did not use his full strength. Instead, he used a feint. After Ming reacted, Xia Jia instantly changed his move, jumped, and delivered a whip kick from top to bottom.

His life was taken aback by a series of attacks, causing him to lose his composure. In his panic, he dropped his katana and crossed his arms to block.

boom.

With a single strike, the attack struck hard, sending the attacker staggering back several steps. When he looked up again, the katana in his hand was already resting on Xia Jia's shoulder.

If Shaga had pressed his advantage and thrust his blade straight in, he would surely have been killed by a blow to the heart.

"How...how did you do that?!"

Ming looked incredulous. After all, she was a disciple of Takemikazuchi, and even though Shaka had an advantage in ability points, he couldn't defeat her so easily.

Xia Jia's lips curled up, revealing a warm smile:

"It's nothing, just a simple feint. You were careless, Miss Yamato."

That's the truth. With perfect control of distance and 100% body control in "zone", Shaka created a flaw in Ming's offense and defense with a simple feint.

all in all……

Basketball honed Shaka's ability to dodge close-quarters combat and move around effectively, while tennis gave him a powerful ability to dodge projectiles and counter them effectively.

After receiving the favor, Shaga's overall abilities improved to the point that he could judge the trajectory and landing point of flying objects even with his eyes closed.

For example, a shot that disappeared.

In Shaka's words...

"Labor and management have awakened to the power of perception and awareness."

After Xia Jia exposed his fate, he didn't admit defeat. Instead, he bit his lip and shouted:

"Come again!"

With that, he charged forward unarmed, this time to compare their fist and foot skills.

Shaka did not give up his advantage, relying on his agility to dodge Yamato's attacks.

By using Yamato's fist as a scooping hand when stealing the ball, Shaka can easily dodge attacks and maintain a safe distance.

Simply dodging won't solve the problem, but if you attack rashly against Yamato no Mikoto, you'll only expose your weaknesses.

Xia Jia's mind raced, and the image of an opponent flashed through his mind.

So he swayed his body, clenched his fists, and made a feinting attack with his left and right feet.

Ming had already gotten used to Shaga's evasions, and was now focused on Shaga's body.

"Left side? No, it's right side!"

Fate determined Shaga's location and anticipated the attack.

But just as he was about to throw a punch, Shaja swayed again, alternating the force of his left and right feet.

"Still on the left!"

Fate changes direction.

"Kneel down," a cold voice rang out.

Just as Ming was about to close in and deliver a fatal blow to Xia Jia, his lower body suddenly went limp, and his body involuntarily fell backward.

"Too hasty, Mikoto."

Xia Jia stood there, looking down at Ming who had fallen to the ground, and then flicked the girl's forehead with her finger.

"What happened?"

Ming looked up at Xia Jia, his face covered in cold sweat.

"Oh dear. Sorry, I got a little too into the role." Xia Jia covered her face and rubbed it vigorously.

In order to imitate the moves of his former opponent, he couldn't help but enter into the state of being an inhuman being like his opponent.

The Eye of the Heavenly Emperor.

Akashi Seijuro's techniques.

Utilizing absolute neural reflexes and dynamic vision, one can clearly see even the slightest movements of an opponent, including breathing, heartbeat, sweating, and muscle contractions, and thus take appropriate countermeasures.

It can even trick opponents into making the opposite of what they intend to do, causing them to lose their balance in an instant.

This is an operation that can only be performed when one has an absolute advantage in physical strength and observation skills over the opponent.

In Sakura's and the others' view, Shaka simply swayed slightly while standing and then collapsed on his own.

Crushing, blatant crushing, unrelated to strength, but purely a crushing of skill and reaction.

"Is everything okay?"

While Ming was still in a daze, a hand was extended to him.

She stared at the fair, delicate hands in front of her, remaining silent for a long time.

Chapter 35 Black Cat and Black Cat

Xia Jia pulled Ming up from the ground, patted the dust off her, and laughed, "What's wrong? I told you, my ability level is already above A. It's perfectly normal for you to lose."

“No normal person could raise their ability level to that extent in a week! Is it a skill?” Ming quickly realized.

Sakura, with a serious expression, reminded him: "It's fate! Don't ask any more questions."

Shaka shrugged: "It's nothing, but this is a clan secret."

These people are only temporary teammates, and most of their abilities are clan secrets. It would be presumptuous of me to say such a thing.

"In short, we have a pretty good understanding of each other's strengths, so let's pack up and get ready to set off."

"Then, please take good care of me from now on, Mr. Xia." Sakura bowed respectfully and asked for his help.

He knew very well that Shaga's strength far surpassed his own, and if he cultivated a good relationship with him, Shaga would lend a helping hand if he encountered danger.

The seven people, equipped with gear, headed towards the city gate. Because it was a guild's commission and the incident had escalated, the city guards had provided four batches of fine horses.

Shaga pointed at the snorting horses with a worried expression:

"Sorry, I've never ridden this thing before."

As if it understood, the horse snorted and stomped its hooves a little further away.

Hey? You're actually discriminating against me?

The members of the Takemikazuchi clan were already setting off in twos and threes on horseback.

Seeing Xia Jia's reaction, Ming took the initiative to extend his hand: "Come, sit behind me."

After a pause, seeing Ming's sincere attitude, Xia Jia did not refuse, took her hand, and turned over to climb on top of her.

Chigusa, who was free, secretly hid behind Sakura and followed her onto the horse.

The horse galloped towards the forest outside the city, and Xia Jia rested her head on Ming's shoulder, saying, "Sorry, I need to recover my mental strength."

Then, he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

……

Blacksmith shop.

Takemikazuchi, who remained behind, came to the backyard according to the contract.

The first thing he saw was Dekomori playing happily with a few goblins, but this was an internal secret of the Astrea Familia, so he didn't think much of it and directly reminded Dekomori how to train.