Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

(No, absolutely not, how could I be a jerk?)

"Qiang Qiang Qiang——"

Just like the sound of bullets spitting from a gun barrel, three crisp collision sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

"Bah-"

Then, a large number of sparks rained down. Haramura Makoto's moonlit figure, which traced a crescent moon trajectory, was easily caught between the ribs of an iron fan, and the one holding the iron fan was a girl.

A loli dressed in a Japanese kimono, with her jet-black hair styled in a bun and a fiery red haori coat draped over her shoulders, easily deflected Makoto Iehara's attack by opening an iron fan with one hand.

"——Earth Binding Formation!"

A sharp shout rang out from the little girl's mouth.

In that instant, an extremely terrifying gravity suddenly descended upon Makoto Haramura, making his body instantly incredibly heavy, as if his internal organs were being squeezed together, and his blood circulation had become disordered.

Between breaths, Makoto Haramura could no longer move. All the pressure was directed at his lower body, as if trying to completely suppress him to the ground, causing his legs to tremble uncontrollably.

"Yes, the progress is indeed quite significant. It can now withstand forty times my gravity."

"How dare you lose focus during my combat training? What are you thinking?"

The little girl's voice was cute and had a certain intellectual quality, but it was also mixed with a strong sense of displeasure.

"What, do you think you're ready to graduate already?"

"No, my gun-fighting skills are far from mature. I was just thinking about some other things."

Haramura Makoto widened his eyes, mobilizing all his strength to resist the pressure from the next level, and shook his head vigorously.

When it comes to physical exercise, nothing is more effective than exercising under gravity.

However, Nishikyo Ningyin is able to achieve this, since her sword-wielding ability is a natural interference system that manipulates gravity.

For so many days, his training with Xijing Ningyin has been conducted in a gravity environment, and the gravity multiplier has to be adjusted every two or three days on average.

He started at twenty times the pressure and can now move completely under forty times the pressure.

The so-called "gun-body technique" is also something he is developing. It's a close-combat technique that combines gun and sword skills once he closes the distance with the enemy.

"what is the problem."

With a fierce expression, the kimono-clad loli waved her fan, doubling the gravity, and continued to question Haramura Makoto.

"Teacher Xijing, you seem to have a lot of fun usually, so you must have quite a bit of experience."

Haramura Makoto felt a sudden weight on his shoulders and looked up to ask the guy to resolve his doubts.

"of course."

"I really like handsome young men."

Nishikyo Ningyin answered Haramura Makoto without batting an eye.

"In that case, I have a question I'd like to ask you. It's a question my friend wanted to ask, and I'll ask it on his behalf."

The somewhat comical topic of trying to adapt to gravity unfolds in this way.

"Hoo hoo, go ahead and ask. Anyway, all that's left is gravity training."

While Haramura Makoto was left to withstand the gravity on his own, Nishikyo Ningyin walked on flat ground under forty times the gravity, and in the blink of an eye, she was already sitting down on the chair next to her.

"Here's the thing, my friend has two girls who like him and have feelings for him. He also likes both of them, and now he has no idea which one to choose or what to do."

"Teacher, what would you do in this situation?"

"Is that all the problem?"

Xijing Ningyin tilted her head, and then burst out laughing.

"So kids are just kids, still agonizing over who to choose, while adults always want them all."

"I never miss out on any handsome young man; what I want is mine."

"..."

"and many more."

Seeing Haramura Makoto lost in thought, Nishikyo Nene suddenly felt something was wrong. She stood up from the bench and went to Haramura Makoto again, glaring fiercely at the still unable-to-move Haramura Makoto.

"The friend you were talking about must be yourself, right?"

"You've been attracting a lot of attention lately, two of them, you're the one I arranged to meet in advance..."

"Dangdang..."

Suddenly, a text message notification sounded in Makoto Haramura's student handbook pocket.

"I expect..."

"Teacher, could you please get my student handbook for me? It seems to be my opponent's information, but I can't spare the time right now."

The anger that had just been directed at Nishikyo Ningyin vanished instantly. She reached into Haramura Makoto's pocket and even touched him briefly.

"You're fine now, you're definitely okay."

As she said this, Nishikyo Ningyin held up Haramura Makoto's student handbook and showed it to him.

"Makoto Haramura, your first opponent in the selection battle is Renren Usamaru from Class 2, Grade 2."

Chapter 070 The Domain of Time Slowing Down

"It's begun, it's begun."

"The first round and the first match of this school selection competition have officially begun."

"Today's arena commentator is Tsukuyomi. So without further ado, let's introduce the players that everyone has been waiting for."

The vast arena was packed with people, a stark contrast to the few scattered people that Haramura Makoto had used the training ground a few days earlier.

Teachers and students from almost all schools gathered here, and some even unfurled banners and glow sticks, turning what was supposed to be a serious selection process into something resembling a concert.

"The first to emerge from the blue gate is the strong candidate representing the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival, Class 2, Year 2—'Runner High' Rabbit Playful Lover."

"In last year's school rankings, Tuwan Lianlian ranked third! That means she was once the third strongest knight in the school."

With short brown hair, gym shorts, a healthy tan, and a bright, sunny smile, a girl who looked every bit the athletic type walked out of the gate, waving her hand.

The stands immediately responded with enthusiastic applause to the girl who was waving, which was enough to show how well-known she was at the school.

"Next, next."

"It is the freshman who everyone has been waiting for, who walked out of the red gate this year, and is also the mysterious A-rank student knight among the freshmen, a strong candidate representing the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival, the knight of Class 3, first year - 'Spatiotemporal freezing' Haramura Makoto."

"Suddenly appearing in the freshman information, one of only two A-rank student knights in the entire campus. Although there is no combat record, she defeated Princess Stella Familion, who is also an A-rank knight, the day before enrollment."

"What kind of combat performance will these two bring us now? Let's all look forward to it."

Even more enthusiastic and passionate applause erupted.

This was far more enthusiastic than when Rabbit Play Love entered the venue before; at this moment, all eyes were focused on Makoto Haramura.

Inside the battle circle on the arena.

Makoto Haramura stood there quietly, holding a long sword and a pistol-shaped spirit suit.

The opponent's Rabbit Playful Love is equipped with its inherent spirit dress in the form of a knuckle duster, and is constantly performing repeated stomping and jumping in place.

"Haramura-kun, I saw your battle with Princess Stella. It was a really troublesome ability. I was really unlucky."

Rabbit Wanlian's face still wore a lively and cheerful smile, with her small tiger teeth showing, revealing a fierce fighting spirit.

To this, Makoto Haramura responded with a faint smile.

"No, senior's superpower is definitely not bad either."

"And aren't I here waiting for you to get ready, senior?"

"Boom——"

In that instant, Rabbit Playful Love suddenly lifted her foot, which was being trampled and broken.

Amidst the deafening sonic boom, she sped off at an extraordinary speed, leaving behind a trail of afterimages and creating waves of wind along the way.

"Honestly, you're already this strong, yet you still need to investigate your senior's information. Junior, aren't you being a bit too cautious?"

quickly!

very fast!

Extraordinarily fast!

And this speed is even increasing.

“I think this is the only way to show respect to you, senior.”

Makoto Haramura's pupils followed the afterimage closely, and his previously relaxed posture tensed up.

"Hehe, junior, you really know how to talk."

Laughter, its direction blurred, spread from all directions, and as the sound carried, Rabbit Playful Love's speed increased.

This is her signature sword-wielding technique, "Extreme Desire"!

It can continuously increase its speed, completely ignoring the laws of physics in the process, and its top speed can even reach twice the speed of sound.

This is the strength of the former third-ranked academy in Academy City.

If it were Makoto Haramura before he acquired the Blade-Cutting Ability, he would have been completely helpless against such an opponent.

After all, in a sense, this is the opponent who best restrains him.

"Mr. Xijing, what are your thoughts on this battle?"

On the podium, Tsukuyomi asked Nishikyo Ningon, who was sitting beside her, yawning and wearing a flashy kimono.

A-rank knight versus C-rank knight.

Most people would think it was a one-sided battle, but it's not impossible for a C-rank knight to win against a stronger opponent.

After all, in battles between Blade Masters, the counter-attribute of supernatural abilities is also very important.

"This."

Xijing Ningyin yawned boredly, forcing herself to lift her drooping eyelids.

"Open your eyes and look carefully, it may be over in an instant."

Surrounding Haramura Makoto, Usagi Koishi's rapid movement almost formed a circle of afterimages, and her panting could be heard amidst the surrounding wind.

"A very strong ability. If it weren't for the limitations of a fixed range, your combat abilities would probably be even more fully utilized, senior."

He slowly raised his knife, assuming a starting stance.

"So, junior, I'm going to go now."

“Rumble, rumble—!”

It roared up with a huge blast of air.

"Take this, my supersonic strike, Blackbird."

A sonic boom erupted behind Haramura Makoto, and a supersonic punch was delivered straight towards Haramura Makoto's back.

There is no doubt that her speed has surpassed Mach 2.

This attack is so fast that it is impossible for the naked eye to catch it, making it an absolute killing move that cannot miss.

Now that things have come to this, after she has accelerated to her maximum speed.

Unless the opponent possesses a domain skill that absolutely prevents her from getting close, or the opponent's physique is strong enough to withstand her Mach 2 speed attack, all other opponents have been defeated by her.

Fortunately, she witnessed Makoto Haramura's battle that day.

After returning home and having my friend analyze the situation, I realized that my junior actually possessed a similar power to the chairman—the ability to stop time.

And they figured out roughly the area that this time stop could cover.

That is the area with a radius of fifty meters.

Therefore, she maintained a safe distance throughout the acceleration, fearing that Makoto Haramura might suddenly use his time-freezing technique.

Once she accelerates to her maximum speed, closing in on her junior from fifty meters away in an instant, she is confident that he won't even have time to pull the trigger.

"Junior, your defeat can only be blamed on your initial leniency towards me."