Not a gentleman

   "If you ask questions that have already been asked, you will get answers you've already heard"

   "I find myself having to give answers to a question that has been asked many times"

   "A question with many answers"

   "An whatever action I take"

   "I would just be chosing amongst the multitudes of answers that have already been given"

   "What would you do if someone you love turned her blade against you?"

  "Do you strike back?"

  "Do you let them strike you?"

  "Do you find fault in them?"

  "Do you find fault yourself?"

  "Do you blame an enemy?"

  "Do you blame yourself?"

   "Many answers are given to this question"

   "But the only true answers are given by those who already made their choice"

   "Some would say that a gentleman would first try to initiate dialogue before drawing his sword"

  "But I am not a gentleman"

   "There is a creed i stand by for all situations"

   "If you want the story to go in your favor"

   "If you want to stand high at the end"

   "If you ever find yourself in battle"

   "Before you dialogue"

   "Before you uncover the whole story"

   "Before you discover whatever is behind it"

   "Even before you find out what the f**k is going on"

   "WIN!!"

   "Because there's no good name for those who lose"

   Mia kept Shiro running around the underground hall as she swung endlessly. Each strike was lethal, fast and was intended for killing but Shiro was faster and more levelheaded, he kept evading with finesse and watched for openings.

   Mia's swings were perfect but the moment she tried to thrust, Shiro dodged and caught her by the arm then threw her to floor. Immediately after, swords came flying at Shiro from both sides and he was forced out of the way.

   "She's finally getting serious eh" Shiro said with a little smile

  "The I'll do the same" he said as lightning started crackling around him. Swords came flying at him from all angles but none could hit him. Anyone that saw the way he moved would think he was dancing to a tune that controlled the entire battlefield. Every step he took had a spark and his feet only touched the ground for a very short instant before he took off.

   The blades started moving faster and so did Shiro but he started to notice something. The first set of swords that flew at him were longer and heavier than the ones that were currently flying at him, he could tell by how they looked and the sound they made as they flew past him.

   "This feels familiar" he said as one of the blades managed to narrowly cut him on the left cheek. Not long after, a few more blades were able to cut him.

   "Oh wait" he said in realization

   "I know this move" he said as Mia suddenly appeared in front of him and swung the sword in her hand with full force. The weight of the strike sent him flying through some of the pillars and crashing into the wall at the end.

   "Why would someone buid such a spacious hall underground?" Shiro wondered, not minding the deep cut on his abdomen.

   "Just how many pillars did I crash into?" He thought.

   Not much time passed before Mia came rushing at Shiro again.

   "Oh, come on" Shiro said as he vanished out of sight just before her strike could get to him.

   "I mean, it was quite obvious but this confirms my suspicions" Shiro said

   "This is not how Mia fights" he added

   "You're viewing memories of the times she won against me and using the move that took me down most of the time"

   "It's not a bad tactic but the thing is..." He said as blades started flying at him again and he began evading.

   "...she was much stronger back then than now" 

   The ominous figure in the hidden place could not hold in his anger. He stretched forth his and Shiro began feeling some headache.

   Along with the headaches, Shiro could feel his sense of self slipping away from him. In the process of trying to recover, he lost focus on the blades that were flying towards him and one of them pierced through his left shoulder.

   Shiro closed his eyes in pain and when he opened them, they were glowing with pure light. 

   "Enough of this" he said he vanished out of sight. All that could be seen of him was the trail of light he left behind when he passed by. Wind suddenly began to blow in the underground hall and it could be felt in the wind as he got faster.

   He moved around the hall at unpercievable speed then suddenly stopped and yelled "OVERSHADOW!!"

   SHIN SEKAI SECRET: Orie is always shirtless and barefoot when using the power of the gods as they are connected with the forces of nature that dwell in the sky and in the soil.

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