"Your ultimate move? It wouldn't happen to be that causality reversal Noble Phantasm, would it? Can this even be learned?"
Hearing Scáthach's words, Takumi naturally understood what the other party was referring to and couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.
"It is a Noble Phantasm, but also a technique. Otherwise, why would my disgraceful disciple Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm be similar to mine?"
Scáthach seemed to have regained her confidence, saying with a smile on her lips.
"Enough talk. If you want to learn, I'm starting!"
Saying this, Scáthach twirled her spear, holding a demonic spear with both hands, and assumed a stance.
A touch of madness appeared in her jewel-like red eyes, and the demonic spear in her hand was almost instantly covered by an ominous red magical energy.
"Hey, you're not planning to teach in this way, are you?"
Seeing this, Li Shuwen couldn't help frowning.
Looking at Scáthach like this, she clearly wanted to hit Takumi directly with her Noble Phantasm!
"How else? This kind of technique isn't something one can learn casually. Is there anything faster to understand than experiencing it personally a few times?"
Scáthach said matter-of-factly.
"But are your and my ultimate moves that simple? What if there's a slip..."
Li Shuwen stared at Scáthach, still having concerns in his heart.
His worry wasn't unreasonable. After all, both of their ultimate moves were one-hit-kill types. If they slipped up and killed Takumi, wouldn't that be a disaster?
"So, my beloved disciple, what is your opinion?"
Scáthach chose not to argue with Li Shuwen but looked at Takumi aside.
"Let me say in advance, Cú Chulainn, who tentatively counts as your senior brother, was trained this way too."
Saying this, the smile on Scáthach's face grew wider.
At this moment, both gazes shifted to Takumi.
No matter what, the choice now depended on Takumi alone. Only he could decide how he should learn.
And Takumi naturally didn't disappoint Scáthach.
Almost without thinking, he grinned and said:
"Since Master Scáthach has put it this way, how can I refuse?"
"Good! Your courage is much greater than I imagined!"
"—However, after removing the curse of causality reversal, what remains of my move is just an ordinary thrust. With that Noble Phantasm in your hand, blocking it is not impossible."
Saying this, Scáthach was also somewhat helpless. Even the red magical energy on the spear in her hand dimmed a lot.
She had never seen a combination of running so fast and possessing almost impeccable defense!
Even Achilles had the weak point of his heel.
But what about Takumi? To break through his defense, probably only by attacking before he unfurled the flag, or by overwhelming him frontally with an attack stronger than his defense.
But was this possible?
Is this shady or not!
Noticing Scáthach's gaze staring at the flag fluttering in the wind in his hand, Takumi felt rather awkward.
Although his abilities were basically manifestations responding to his heart's prayers, to be honest, he didn't expect the final combination to be like this either...
Seeing the atmosphere between the two suddenly become subtle, Li Shuwen couldn't help sighing.
It seemed he overthought it.
These two didn't need his blind worrying at all!
Realizing it wasn't as dangerous as he imagined, Li Shuwen decisively gave the two enough space.
After all, Scáthach had kept her Noble Phantasm out for a while, clearly wanting to teach Takumi once more before him.
Lamenting that people nowadays were really impatient, Li Shuwen returned to his original sitting position.
Seeing the hindrance leave, Scáthach's gaze instantly returned to sharpness.
"Then it's really coming next! If you can't crack it until the end, I will try my best to deflect the strike aimed at your heart!"
Regarding the teaching of this move, she actually had quite a bit of experience. Even if Takumi wasn't this strong, it wouldn't go as far as GG on the spot.
Voice just fell.
The demonic spear in Scáthach's hand revealed a stronger magical aura than at the beginning. Red magical energy rose on it like blood flames.
Seeing this, Takumi looked solemn, observing Scáthach's movements and the Noble Phantasm in her hand extremely seriously.
Because at the moment Scáthach got serious, he felt something vague locking onto him. Its target was exactly his heart.
This was of the same type as Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm. Its normal weaknesses were naturally the same.
Generally, there were five ways to crack it.
First, a method that wasn't a method for most Servants: don't give the opponent a chance to release the Noble Phantasm.
Second, the release range of the Noble Phantasm is limited. Don't give the opponent a chance to get close, choosing long-range attrition warfare.
Third, possess super strong immortality or high-level Battle Continuation. Even if the heart is destroyed, one can continue to move and fight. Representative figures: Rama, Cú Chulainn, Heracles.
Fourth, possess strong luck enough to twist fate like Drake, or terrifying intuition like Artoria.
Fifth, clash with a Noble Phantasm of the same type, causing bugs in both Noble Phantasms to fight each other, similar to [Gáe Bolg] or [Fragarach].
And besides these, just as Scáthach said, Takumi had strong confidence in his Noble Phantasm.
[Mon Coeur] was a true omni-directional defense. Even internal organs inside the body could be fully protected.
As early as when the Golden Hind fell from the sky in the Third Singularity, this was demonstrated. If it couldn't protect internal organs, those ordinary pirates falling from such a height would have died long ago. Even if lucky ones didn't die, they would have severe internal injuries no matter what.
So facing this strike which only remained an ordinary thrust apart from the unavoidable causality curse, Takumi only needed to do one thing—activate the Noble Phantasm with full power to protect his internal organs!
With a thought, golden light flickered on the flag and poured over Takumi's whole body.
If someone could see inside Takumi's body at this time, they would find the internal organs within were already firmly wrapped by golden light. Just looking at it gave a full sense of security.
After doing all this, Takumi relaxed a bit in his heart, but didn't dare to relax too much, still looking seriously at Scáthach's movements and the Noble Phantasm in her hand.
The closer to the time Scáthach released the Noble Phantasm, the more he could feel that "thing" locking onto him.
The next instant.
"[Gáe Bolg Alternative]!"
Finally, Scáthach shouted sharply, releasing the Noble Phantasm she had been charging in her hand for some time.
It was also at this instant that Takumi saw it. Saw a twisted red line connecting the tip of the demonic spear to his heart.
—Can I break free from "Causality"?
Such a sentence suddenly flashed in Takumi's mind.
It was also at the same time this thought appeared that Takumi smiled. Smiled a bit wildly.
The answer was—Of course!
Without giving [Mon Coeur] a chance to perform, the "red line" was snapped the moment the answer appeared!
And the demonic spear still in mid-air was confused, flickering in the air for a while, finally shooting towards Scáthach's hand.
Scáthach reached out to catch the demonic spear, looking at Takumi with complex eyes, unknown whether it was depression, entanglement, or something else.
"Actually really broke free... my Noble Phantasm..."
Now it was great. Her only Noble Phantasm that could threaten Takumi was less threatening than throwing the spear directly.