NOVEL WEB Chapter 29 – Senjutsu Training 2
“Haa… Haa… Ha… Onee-chan…”
Shirone has a ragged breath as she sprawls over the dirt with her clothes battered in someplace.
“Haa...haa… you never said… that you will hit me with Senjutsu aura… onee-chan… I thought … that I will do meditation or something…”
Kuroka’s ear perked in response and said.
“Nya? I said that you will need to get used to the aura first. The best way to do that is getting hit by my aura nya! That’s what Magari said.”
Looking at their training, I remembered my training day.
As Kuroka said, when I asked Magari to train me for the first time, she hit me with a lot, I mean lots of times with Aura bullet before I go to meditation to feel the Ki and energy around me.
That method certainly worked, it worked but it’s painful. Even I asked for Magari to end the training at some time and directly attempted a meditation. Fortunately, or rather unfortunately because I go through torture for a few days already, I could feel the life energy within my body and my surrounding rather easily.
That’s why I will support Kuroka in Shirone training for now. Because that is the fastest way for Shirone to learn Senjutsu.
I stood up from the tree trunks and approached Shirone. I stopped beside Kuroka that looked on Shirone on her left and peered towards her bruised face.
“Yo!” I raised my right hand beside my face. “How are you?”
Shirone looked at me and with a ragged breath said. “Haa… bad. Is this… the correct way to learn Senjutsu?”
I shook my head at her question and answered. “It’s not the correct way. It’s the fastest way. Do you want to learn Senjutsu slowly? I can teach you the correct method.”
“What are you saying Riku-sama!” Kuroka shouted at me from my left.
I turned to look at her and tilted my head. “What?”
Kuroka pointed at Shirone with her index finger. “Shirone told me her situation! She at least wanted to learn Senjutsu in a few days because Rias has some trouble that needs her help. After that, she promised me that she will exit Rias’s peerage to go with us nya!”
I touched my chin and thinking about her reason and said. “So it’s like that. Fine, I will allow you to use Magari's method to train her.”
So that’s the reason why Kuroka train Shirone like that. But, why did Shirone want to help Rias? Is it because Shirone was about to get executed and saved by Rias’s brother when Kuroka killed her master?
But, Shirone wanted to exit her peerage after helping her. I wanted that to happen, but to think that she will decide about it this soon.
I predicted that Shirone would exit Rias’s peerage on her own afford after Kokabiel’s attack. Or at least I will force her to exit Rias’s peerage after Kokabiel’s attack.
This is truly a good thing that she wanted to exit Rias’s peerage after paying her life debt. Although Kuroka was not at fault, the Devils would still execute Shirone if not for Sirzechs’s help. So I understand that Shirone at least wanted to help Rias once.
I looked at Shirone and faced a smirk on her. Kuroka who saw my face also faced Shirone and smiled.
“Both of you are crueler than devils.” Muttered Shirone.
“Well well, you wanted to help Rias, but how? If some devil entered Kuoh Town without telling me beforehand, I would be forced to move, you know? At best, the devil would suffer a wound, and at worst I will kill him.” I said to Shirone while hinting something at her.
If some devils other than the Gremory or Sitri family entered the town without telling me, I would make sure that they didn’t leave with full health.
I couldn’t do anything to the fallen angel as Raynare was not declared as stray yet by Azazel, but devils are different. We have contracts with each other. And it was stated that only the Gremory and Sitri family with some of their guests were allowed to visit without telling the watcher.
If some devils entered the territory without the permission of the watcher, or in this case me, I would be allowed to hurt them.
Also, if the devil in the question is doing something to a family member of the watcher, or in this case Shirone, I would be allowed to retaliate with all my strength.
Yes, I considered Shirone as my family member because she’s Kuroka’s sister. All the youkai that followed me are my family, my friend, as well as my comrade.
So I will not allow anyone to touch them, not in my watch.
“Even so…” Shirone raised her body and stood up unstable. She looked at me straight in my eyes and declared.
“…I will get stronger. I wanted to help Onee-chan if she need me. I don’t want to become her burden again.”
“Shirone…” Muttered Kuroka.
“Hahahaha, fine! I expect no less from you, Shirone-chan! How about we change the training a little? Try to hit me one time.” I said to Shirone as I raised my index finger.
“Hit you one time? Isn’t that too easy?” Asked Shirone as she dusted her tattered clothes.
“Shirone, even I can’t hit him if Riku-sama is serious nya.” Kuroka's words have made Shirone surprised.
If Kuroka, who in Shirone's eyes was strong, admitted that she can’t hit me even once, then what’s her chance of hitting me?
“I will hold myself back, of course. If I didn’t hold back, then it’s not training for Shirone, it would be me bullying her.” I said while smiling at Shirone. I did this to provoke her and make her do her best in the training.
‘As the future third member of my Hyakki Yakkou, I will make you stronger, Shirone.’ I thought as I smirked at Shirone.
My plan worked wonders. Shirone’s cat ear perked up as her tail stiffened in anger. She glared at me and said.
“I will hit you, I will definitely hit you until I am satisfied.”
“Then try it, try to hit me! You can sta –“ As I was about to say start, Shirone launched her body at me.
In an instant, she reached me and punched my face. She smiled as she saw that her punch connected to my face and she definitely felt that she had hit me.
Unfortunately for her though, that’s only a fake that I created using Kyouka Suigetsu. I spread my fear as soon as I proposed to train her, so I was prepared for all kinds of surprise attacks.
I appeared again behind Shirone and give her my family's signature move, Flying Yakuza Kick, on her back.
She stumbles and collapsed on the ground because of my kick. Without delay, she jumped back up with her hands and glared at me.
“How?”
I just smiled at her question and said.
“Try to hit me if you want to know.”
