Bsd meets beast Bsd

Chapter 23 (Chapter 2 part 6 in the novel)

The fabric blade and silver katana violently collided, creating a wall of lightin the air. The blades stretching from Akutagawa's overcoat assaultedKyouka like a shower of bullets.

"Dude, she's a kid." Tachihara said.

"A kid who has murdered 35 people." Beast Akutagawa said making Kyouka pout in sadness.

"Don't worry Kyouka-chan. You're better now." Atsushi said making the girl smile again.

 Demon Snow silently swung its sword atthe speed of sound, deflecting each attack, but Akutagawa's overcoat wasnever going to run out of ammo. Even with Demon Snow's superhumanspeed, there were far too many blades for Kyouka's skill to ever get achance to counterattack. 

"What's wrong, Port Mafia assassin?" Akutagawa calmly taunted as hecovered his mouth. "Were you not going to silence me? Your blade willnever reach me if you keep on defending like that." 

Kyouka quietly watched as the torrent of fabric blades filled the hallway.Her eyes harbored a darkness within.

 "You're right," she replied, expression unchanging. "But this is all Ihave. I am a flower born from darkness. Killing is all I know. That's why Iwill kill you no matter what it takes."

"kid, it feels like you're taunting me now." Chuuya said "I'm literally the Arahabbaki but killing is not the only thing I know. I know how to make Dazai miserable, how to call weird names for Dazai-"

"-How to be microscopically short, how to have the wort taste in fashion." Dazai finished. And of course he ended up on the other side of the room a second later. 

 She sprinted forward. 

"What?!"

 Pulling a dagger out of her pocket, she dashed forward headfirst, evenpassing Demon Snow's range of defense. Kyouka was met with a barrage ofcloth blades, but she deflected each one with her dagger, sending silverstreams of light shooting through the air. Nevertheless, Akutagawa's skillcould cut through metal and even space itself. There was no way a physicalobject such as her dagger could compete. Each hit chipped away at its bladebefore reducing it to mere ash. 

"What's wrong? Surely this is not all you've got." 

"I admit you're strong, but...he is far stronger. I should know, after all.He was the one sent to kill me when I tried to escape the Mafia." 

"Wait you tried to escape mafia there too?" Koyou asked

"What?" Akutagawa's eyes narrowed in rage. 

"Hmph. Then allow me toend this charade so I can move on to the main performance."His overcoat's blades began twisting together until they formed a largespear and shot forward. And yet, there wasn't even a ripple of change inKyouka's expression. The instant Akutagawa acknowledged the quietdarkness deep within her gaze, he instinctively threw his head back, andDemon Snow's silver blade immediately thrust right past where his headhad just been. 

"...?!"Demon Snow had blended into the wall next to Akutagawa and thrust itssword out in a surprise attack, cutting a few hairs off the top of his head andfaintly slicing open the bridge of his nose. Kyouka had used herself as adecoy while Demon Snow slipped behind the wall. Demon Snow would notmiss its chance to strike the moment Akutagawa lost his balance, so it keptclose enough to strike with its katana. 

"I'll give it too you kid, that's pretty smart." Chuuya commented. 

Its barrage of sword thrusts was fartoo dense for any human to slip by and escape. Akutagawa didn't even havea moment to cut through space itself and defend. He was managing todeflect the blows with Rashomon's fabric, but Demon Snow was simply tooclose.