Chapter 55 : Battered

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Souji who unleashed a hundred Yokai on him, those hundred diverse Yokai attacked the Yuuya Clone ferociously.

The clone didn't stand still either, he jumped back while avoiding the claws and bites of the monkey and fox Yokai.

Not only that, there is even a Yokai figure who looks like an Oni swinging his club at the clone.

The Clone who was staring at the Mace that was approaching her couldn't dodge because of how big the Mace was, all the Clone could do was hold it with all her might.

*Thumps!* *BAM!*

The ground the Clone was standing on cracked and a crater were created, Yuuya's clone still held on with his [Omni-Sword] holding the Mace that weighed more than 10 Tons.

While Okita was running under the big mace towards the clone aiming to slash it.

As planned by Okita beforehand, and it was a plan that almost worked otherwise Yuuya's clone did the 'Moon Light Sword Style' Technique.

[13th Dance: Twister]

This is a technique where the user rotates his body towards the opponent's attack to simultaneously guard him and take advantage of the gap to attack immediately.

Turning the direction of the sword so that the large mace that weighs more than 10 tons to the side made the Yokai shaped like a blue Oni stumble due to its sudden loss of power and the clone immediately counterattacked Okita's attack that almost reached his body.

*CLANG!*

As the two swords collided, sparks began to form... in a state that kept their strength together... The clone praised Okita's prowess.

"Very good...to have your comrades simultaneously attack me to create a gap between them...you may be very fast and clever but smart people are easier to read than fools," The clone said, making Okita smile instantly at the clone's ramblings.

"I see... maybe I'm too proud of my abilities to not see that the younger generation has already surpassed me," Okita said, then the force of pressure on Okita's Katana was stronger.

Looks like Okita gave all his strength to push the Clone's Sword so that the Clone's position faltered for a moment.

"But... even though I may be old, I still have the pride of being a SAMURAI!" while shouting Okita managed to push his sword so the Clone really faltered and.

*CLANG!*

The clone's sword rose to give Okita an opportunity to strike his body which was not awake for a moment...that moment was a split second where Okita poured his speed into his sword by slashing the Iai Technique.

And.

*SPLASH!*

From the left shoulder and continued slicing down to the waist, and in an instant the slash was finished with blood gushing out adorning the Clone's dark red armor.

The blood that came out wasn't red but white because the Clones were made of magic energy instead of flesh and blood.

"Amazing… if only your sword hadn't been eroded earlier… you would have sliced ​​me apart" Yuuya's clone said in awe.

And just as the Clone said. Okita's Katana has been eroded so the sharpness of his Katana is greatly reduced.

Okita knew that the attack wouldn't injure Yuuya's clone, not to the point of serious injury but judging by his gaze he managed to pierce through the armor.

Even though he had managed to eliminate some of the clones earlier, it's just that the clones weren't moving because The Original ordered them to be displays first.

And also the Katana for slashing the Clone before this, still hasn't been eroded like this where the sharpness of the katana is still at its best.

"I see... I see, your determination may have kept you up to this point... Okita Souji, the first Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi... when you were still active you were a very talented person and was called a child genius... I admire your story when you were a human first, even now I admire you as an influential figure in human history" said the clone, the clone has feelings and knowledge of the original is not half as strong but all the memories and experiences as well.

Unlike Mori's Clone which was created only to fight, Yuuya's clone was created very similar to the original...from speech, thoughts to habits, not just a matter of skill.

They could be said to be part of Yuuya himself.

Okita was confused as to why the clone suddenly told his story.

"Maybe so, you yourself suffered a lot not long after your heyday, human life can't be guessed by logic...maybe someone says you will live the next day but in fact he died the next day...so do you and me, you get hit diseases that can't be cured in that era medical technology has not developed as it is now, and will suffer greatly for the rest of your life...you can only silently think about how you can live the next day...you can't even do anything and just sit there when someone who very precious to you, just die"

Okita heard that story, and became sad...truly what this person said was an undeniable fact.

He became very weak at that time, day after day he went through the thought of wanting to die at any moment… he was such a pain to the people closest to him, taking care of him who was dying, he thought it was better to leave a dying person like he was dead.

But it can't be like that, the people closest to him are also fighting for him..because those people already consider Okita like a brother.

Unfortunately, the affection of those closest to him makes Okita suffer even more because he thinks how useless he is.

"Kondo Isami...you can't even do anything when the person you think is your father, is executed and you can only lie on the bed on the day of his death...ah don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to badmouth you but that's how it was told by history" said the clone, because he told stories like this not to vilify a valuable figure for Okita.

"No..I don't mind, the past can't be changed even though I really want to...you're right, humans can't predict what will happen to them later...whether it's death...all that humans can't do something, on the day Kondo-san died, I was so frustrated that I couldn't do anything about being able to just lie on my bed all day during his execution...but all of that was not meaningless...all life has meaning in it where only people The person understands that...I also knew that when I became a demon, I don't regret what I did at that time but everyone has their own choice...thank you for reminding me of my story told by human history" Okita said, as he started to tell his story he loosened his guard against Yuuya's clone.

He even thanked her for reminding him of his sad story when he was a human.

"Well, that's the short life of humans...sorry for this long talk but...I can't continue this fight with your Katana like that" Said the clone as he took out two Katana blades out of thin air.

Then Yuuya's clone threw one Katana at Okita and another for him to use.

"It would be very cheating to use the Sword just now, let's do this fairly" The clone said with determination contained in his words.

Okita subconsciously smiled throwing away his old Katana and, pulling the new Katana that Yuuya had given him.

The Clone's actions were based on how the Original felt, he received a new feeling coming from the Original and decided to fight fairly against a Swordsman like Okita.

This decision is directly from the Original.