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Inside the Stargazer Navalia, the air was still vibrating from the aftershocks of Kenta's explosive entrance.
Kenta stared at Luocha, his expression a mix of suspicion and lingering adrenaline. He had indeed attacked with everything he had—a blow meant to end a threat once and for all. But the opponent's reaction had been preternaturally fast. Luocha had pivoted the massive white coffin he carried, using it as an improvised shield. Kenta's blade, Shard of the Void, had left a jagged, smoking scratch across the surface of the wood, but because of the blade's broken length, it hadn't reached the man himself.
Seriously, buddy? That reaction speed?
For the first time, Kenta felt a genuine sense of crisis regarding his own combat specs. His ambush had been near-instantaneous, yet the blonde man had parried it as if he'd seen the "script" beforehand.
As expected of Otto... he's just as slippery as the legends say.
Kenta clicked his tongue. He wasn't about to give his enemy a chance to breathe. He took a deep, centered breath, and a streak of pitch-black fire ignited in his palm, crawling up the hilt like a living shadow.
The broken blade hummed, a low-frequency roar that sounded like a starving beast. Kenta raised the sword high, and a pillar of Black Flame shot into the sky, warping the very air. The sheer pressure of the energy burst knocked Li Sushang flat onto the ground.
"Whoa! What is happening?!" she yelled, shielding her face from the blistering heat. The violent airflow made her Cloud Knight uniform flutter wildly as she struggled to stay grounded.
Kenta didn't have the luxury of answering "Big-Headed" Sushang. A trace of abyssal black flashed in his eyes as the temperature of the blade reached a critical point. He let out a roar that echoed through the docks:
"BURN TO ASHES!"
He brought the blade down in a devastating vertical cleave.
"!!!"
Luocha's eyes widened. He quickly raised the golden cross he held, his lips moving in a rapid, silent prayer.
BOOM!
The sound of the impact was deafening, a physical force that rattled the teeth of everyone present. The strike split the jade-tiled ground, creating a massive fissure that bled black flames.
As the smoke cleared, Kenta's eyes narrowed. Luocha was still standing. Aside from some dust on his shoulders and a slightly singed hem, he was completely unharmed.
Kenta: "..." I used seventy percent of my power. How are you not a pile of soot?
He felt a cold sweat prickle his neck. This "Otto" was proving impossible to kill. But just as Kenta prepared to ignite his remaining thirty percent of power, a voice cut through the tension.
"Wait!" Luocha spoke hurriedly, his hands raised in a peaceful gesture. "I have no grudge against you. Why are you so determined to take my life?"
He remained perfectly polite, but his emerald eyes were filled with genuine bewilderment. Kenta sneered. "Otto, are you still playing the saint? Have you forgotten the blood on your hands?"
Luocha's confusion only deepened. "Sir, I believe you have mistaken me for someone else. My name is Luocha. I am a traveling merchant, and I have never met you in my life."
"Huh?"
Kenta froze. He scrutinized the man's face again. Now that the red mist of rage was clearing, he noticed the subtle differences—the height, the way he carried himself, the specific shade of his eyes.
He suddenly remembered Bronya and Seele back in Belobog, and Himeko on the Express.
"Uh... did I... just commit a massive case of mistaken identity?"
Kenta looked at the scorched tiles and the massive canyon he'd carved into the Luofu's infrastructure. Hmm—a rough estimate suggests that's a repair bill I couldn't pay if I sold every antique in the Underworld for two lifetimes.
Dan Heng cast a worried look at Kenta. He knew Kenta wasn't a senseless killer. The fact that the man had fallen into a stunned, silent stupor was all the proof Dan Heng needed: Kenta had messed up. Big time.
A Little Later
Kenta, Dan Heng, Luocha, Li Sushang, and a woman with short brown hair named Xueyi walked out of the Stargazer Navalia together.
"Thank you for the escort, Judge Xueyi," Luocha said.
The woman, a high-ranking official of the Ten-Lords Commission, shook her head. "It is my duty. I am but a puppet mechanism. I should thank you, Mister Luocha, for the treatment. I do not understand how your healing works on a mechanical body, but it saved me a trip to the repair technicians."
Xueyi's plum-red eyes were emotionless, though her white tights were shredded from the previous battle. After a few more exchanges, she bid them farewell and vanished into the shadows.
The atmosphere among the remaining four was... awkward.
Kenta had initially wanted to use his Black Flame to teleport to the next galaxy out of pure shame. However, he was still lost, and Luocha was surprisingly forgiving about the "attempted murder." Along the way, he and Dan Heng realized their phones were back online.
As for the property damage? Kenta decided that since he was technically General Jing Yuan's "Grand-master," he'd just let the Seat of Divine Foresight handle the bill.
"Wait, Kenta," Dan Heng said, looking at his screen. "Communication is back."
Kenta raised an eyebrow and checked his own device. The red exclamation marks were gone.
[Astral Express Family]
Kenta: Signal's back. Where are you guys? Dan Heng and I are together. Dan Heng: Confirmed. We met up ahead of schedule. March 7th: WAAAH! Kenta! You jerk, why didn't you answer?! We were so worried! March 7th: Did you get hurt? Are you okay? Should we come get you? Stelle: Kenta, I missed you. Welt Yang: Meet us at the following coordinates. We have apprehended Kafka. (Location Shared)
Kenta's lips curved into a mischievous, slightly evil smile. If I have to live with the embarrassment of mistaking someone for Otto, I'm bringing Old Yang down with me.
Kenta: On our way. Oh, Old Yang, I found someone you might recognize. Welt Yang: ?
Kenta snapped a high-resolution, frontal photo of Luocha, who was currently smiling at a bird.
[Luocha_Frontal_Photo.jpg]
Welt Yang: ... Welt Yang: !!!! Welt Yang: WHERE DID YOU FIND HIM?! Kenta: He's right here on the Luofu. Why? Is something wrong? Welt Yang: ...
On the other side of the district, Welt Yang—the man who usually carried the weight of the world with a calm sigh—was currently gripping his cane so hard the wood groaned. His knuckles were white, and the gravity around him seemed to flicker.
"Old Yang? You look like you've seen a ghost," March 7th said, peeking at his screen.
Welt didn't answer. He just stared at the image of the blonde man, his heart rate spiking to levels usually reserved for cosmic battles.
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