Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

"Yeah!"

"That really makes me look forward to it. I hope someone can really beat me."

I walked into the training ground and stood opposite Shinguji Kurono. It was very spacious and had a large area with stands around it for people to watch.

"But right now, we still need to beat you first, don't we?"

Chapter 051 Inherent Spirit Armor, Void Rift

"That's right. Only by defeating me can you have the energy to think about other things."

Unbuttoning her cuffs and then the top two buttons of her shirt, Shinguji Kurono now held two guns, one black and one white, in her hands.

"Come, summon your unique spirit armor."

"To be honest, Principal Shinguji, you're a bit too hasty."

Makoto Haramura slowly raised his left hand, naturally placing it parallel to his chest.

"Twist everything! Void Rift!"

With black as the main color and red to emphasize its streamlined body, it looks about two sizes larger than a standard pistol.

"Oh my, this is really something interesting!"

Just when the atmosphere was tense on both sides, and war seemed imminent.

A voice brimming with laughter suddenly rang out on the empty platform, uttering these words with a cheerful smile.

She was a petite little girl, but she was dressed like a Japanese Yamato Nadeshiko, with long, black hair reaching her waist, wearing a Japanese kimono with cherry blossom patterns, and an outer layer of dazzling fiery red haori.

Despite this, it doesn't feel immature; instead, it gives off a mature impression.

"You're like a shark, you can always smell the fish, Nishikyo Ningyin."

Clearly, Shinomiya Kurono is quite familiar with the little girl who wandered in uninvited, and it's evident that she doesn't harbor any hostility towards her.

Makoto Haramura learned the loli's true identity the moment Kurono Shinguji called out to her.

"So it's 'Yashahime', Principal Shinguji. There's actually someone like her at Hagun Academy. It's truly a place where hidden talents reside."

——Xijing Ningyin!

Codenamed "Yashahime", she is a Level A Blade Master with the ability to manipulate gravity, a natural interference type. She is an active KOK League player and ranked third in the world.

He is a rather dangerous person.

"Oh my!"

"What exactly is going on, Xiao Hei?"

"Where did this handsome guy come from? He has such a great face and a great body."

Makoto Haramura shuddered.

That's right, it felt like being targeted by a female hooligan. For some reason, Makoto Haramura only felt a chill that irritated his skin.

That hungry, burning gaze seemed to want to devour him whole.

“We are preparing for a duel now. I need to test his aptitude. Tell me your thoughts later.”

"Hooho-"

Nishikyo Ningyin's eyebrows suddenly curved into a smile, and her gaze swept over Haramura Makoto more blatantly. Then, the expression on her face became interesting.

"I see, it's a situation similar to Kurogane-kun's."

"In that case, I'll wait a little while."

The kimono-clad loli, Nishikyo Ningyin, stopped talking and sat down on the chair behind her. A metal fan had appeared in her hand at some point, which she held in front of her mouth, revealing a smile that was hard to decipher.

"Alright, he's an annoying guy, but he won't interfere with our battle."

"Or what?"

"Do you want me to help you get her out of here?"

Makoto Haramura slowly aimed the gun at Kurono Shinguji, his fingertip resting on the trigger.

"Alright, since Princess Yasha is in such a good mood, watching the battle won't hurt. Let's begin."

The enemy in front of them suddenly vanished.

An ominous feeling surged into his heart, and Haramura Makoto instinctively reached out and flung his hand backward. The entire moment lasted less than 0.1 seconds.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Bang bang bang-"

Two gunshots rang out from different locations.

Like fireworks, three bursts of flame bloomed in the air.

"As expected, such a simple attack won't work."

The voice of Shinomiya Kurono, who was just in front of Haramura Makoto, suddenly rang out behind him.

“Principal Shinguji, after all, our abilities are roughly the same type.”

"I can still perceive this level very easily."

Makoto Haramura turned around and pulled the trigger again, several jet-black magic bullets gushing out of the muzzle.

These are bullets formed from magic.

Carrying the power of Makoto Haramura's original essence, the bullet distorted space along its path, and in the blink of an eye, it had already approached the position where Kuro Shinguji was standing.

Furthermore, the trajectory of its bullets completely blocked Shinguji Kurono's escape route.

Whether it was the bullet that directly took Shinomiya Kurono's life, or the bullets planted around her, it was all the same.

"—'Freeze Time'"

Makoto Haramura's body suddenly stiffened, and the finger that was pulling the trigger stopped.

That's not all.

Even the magic bullets fired by Makoto Haramura, who was already very close to Kurono Shinguji, all stopped in place.

Normally, all the bullets fired by Makoto Haramura carry the ability to interfere with space.

Just like the bullets that Shinomiya Kurono fired at Haramura Makoto at the very beginning, every bullet that Haramura Makoto fires now carries the power to distort space.

With its barrage-like attacks, it completely distorted the space in front of it.

However, time is frozen here.

That's right, Shinomiya Kurono can change more than just her own time.

This time, she wasn't manipulating her own time, but rather the time of Makoto Haramura and the flow of time around him.

Shinguji Kurono completely froze time around her.

She carefully navigated through the barrage of bullets set up by Makoto Haramura in a very difficult posture, as if walking a tightrope, and finally arrived at a position about ten meters away from Makoto Haramura.

Then, wielding two guns, one black and one white, he fired continuously.

Ten bullets were fired from each side, a total of twenty bullets, which flew towards Makoto Haramura and stopped between the two men.

This place becomes the boundary between normal space and static space.

"—『Clock Painting』"

"Actually, we are still different. You only have the g-force of spatial interference, but you don't have the power to interfere with time."

A fleeting moment of pity flashed in his eyes as the black gun 'Origin Father God' fired its eleventh bullet.

With a sound like shattering glass, time, which had been frozen in time, began to turn again.

"The power of time to interfere."

The familiar voice rang out directly from Shinguji Kuro's side, and her years of battlefield experience allowed her to instantly make the most reasonable move.

“How do you know I didn’t, Principal Shinguji?”

"Bloom in dazzling splendor! Rain Moon!"

Chapter 052: Innate Spiritual Equipment, Yuyue

"Snapped--"

A crisp sound of impact rang out.

The blood-red blade traced a path in the air like a crimson moon, finally meeting the intersection of the intersecting black and white twin pistols, creating countless sparks that scattered to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Shinguji Kuro had already retreated ten meters.

"I see."

"Did you still hold back something for me here?"

Having regained her balance, Shinomiya Kurono stared intently at Haramura Makoto opposite her.

No, to be more precise, what she was staring at was the long sword that Haramura Makoto was holding in his right hand.

It is about 1.5 meters long, with a tsuba (handguard) that looks like two intersecting trapezoids. The entire blade is the color of blood jade, and the sharpened part has black patterns that look like ocean waves.

"Is this your hidden, inherent spiritual armor?"

"That's right, Time Blade 'Rain Moon', I originally thought I could catch you off guard and seize the victory directly."

"But it seems like it was all for nothing."

Makoto Haramura sighed softly.

He's been scheming about this ever since he came to this academy.

He had anticipated that there would definitely be a testing facility to detect such procedures.

Therefore, after he awakened this power, he only demonstrated the spatial ability of "Void Rift" at that time.

The purpose was to reinforce this impression in Shinomiya Kurono, making her truly believe that her only ability was a gun.

The ability is merely a conceptual ability related to spatial interference.

When the crucial moment arrives, he will unleash his trump card, the Time Blade "Rain Moon," and exploit the information asymmetry to secure victory.

"Idiot, it worked."

"How much power do you think I used just now?"

Shinguji Kurono rolled her eyes at Haramura Makoto, clearly annoyed.

"Your time manipulation power can also be applied to yourself, otherwise your attack speed just now wouldn't have been so fast."

What is your maximum speed boost?

"I'm not entirely sure, but it's currently about seven times faster."

After thinking for a moment, Makoto Haramura did not hide anything and told Kurono Shinguji the truth.

"In that case, your basic physical strength is very strong."

Shinomiya Kurono was genuinely surprised this time.

Or rather, this time the surprise was even greater than Haramura Makoto's previous concealment of his inherent spirit dress.

Haramura Makoto's attack speed just now, the instant he swung his sword, should have been around 0.03 seconds.

Even if an ordinary person's strength were increased tenfold, it would be far from being able to reach this level.

Even with her A-level physical abilities as a Blade Master, even with a seven-fold increase, her strength wouldn't reach this level.

"So-so, my strength does seem to be a bit stronger than the average person."

Makoto Haramura shrugged, then continued to ask:

"So does this mean I've passed the test?"

"So be it."

"Although we haven't found anything more, this should be about right for now."

Shinguji Kurono even dispelled her inherent spirit form to indicate that she didn't need to continue.