Spectator vs Sharingan

*Clang* *Clang* Sparks were flying in the air as Valdis and Zank began fighting each other. It was quite a bizarre fight since when one of them attempted to make a feint, the other easily encountered it.

"H-How is this possible?! I refuse to believe that nobody like you is able to fight against my Spectator on equal footing!" Zank shouted and swung both his daggers down with great force.

*Crack!* The ground where Valdis has been standing just a few seconds ago has been smashed into debris.

The moment smoke got cleared up by the wind, the first thing Zank saw was bloody eyes staring through his eyes right into his soul. Valdis thrust the dagger in his right hand at Zank's neck while his opponent was stunned.

"GAAH!" Zank suddenly shouted through his clenched teeth and retracted his arms, blocking the blade with both of his daggers.

'What was that?!' Zank was visibly shaken by the primal fear he felt for that instance, if he was just a fraction of a second late, his neck could have been pierced.

Seeing, Zank's mind being in turmoil, Valdis's eyes widened for a split second. Zank anticipated another kind of trick so he jumped back from Valdis, however, nothing special happened which slightly confused him.

"Heh" Seeing his confusion, Valdis chuckled with a slightly tilted head to the side.

"Enough! Illusion Sight!" Zank activated one his Teigu's abilities which made his opponent see their most loved one in his stead.

"?!" Valdis's crazy expression instantly disappeared and his eyes widened in shock.

"Kuku" Zank laughed, thinking that he has already won thus he kicked off the ground, appearing in front of Valdis in a split second.

At the same moment, Zank was about to slash his katar blades at Valdis's neck, Valdis's dagger suddenly struck out aiming for his heart.

*Splash!* Zank poured his entire strength into stopping his momentum and actually managed to parry Valdis's dagger to the side but its blade still slightly cut his shoulder, coating it in Zank's blood.

"W-What?! How?! This is impossible, you should have seen the most precious person to you!!!" Zank shouted with panic painted all over his face.

Zank's illusion actually worked on Valdis, however, that was only thanks to Valdis not resisting it, the reason for that was his desire to confirm a thing he was wondering about and when Zank used his illusion and Akame appeared in front of him, he finally confirmed it.

"Thank you for confirming there is no one precious I hold in my heart." Valdis put his hand on his heart and said with a gentle and genuinely grateful smile which only scared Zank even further.

'When even the most precious person I hold in my heart is from this world, I can confidently say I didn't like anyone in my old world.' Akame might have appeared in his illusion, however, that didn't mean he loved her or whatever, it only meant she was "the most likable" person he has met till now which in itself isn't such a great achievement.

"...whatever, I can still read your movements. Even if you are able to somehow exchange blows with me, with your speed, you won't be able to catch me off guard. At that time, it will be the battle of stamina, however, you already look like you could take a breather, haha"

Hearing Zank's words, Valdis frowned which only confirmed Zank's thoughts.

They continued clashing with their daggers and as Zank predicted, Valdis started slowing down a bit which caused him to panic a little, resulting in making premature moves. He sustained a few cuts while Zank was able to block all of his attacks without any problem.

"This is the end!" Zank aimed at Valdis's neck with a cross-slash of both his daggers, in the end, Zank still wanted to decapitate his opponent.

Valdis who had already thrown his daggers away drew his short sword and assumed a defensive stance.

"It's useless, you are too exhausted!" Zank shouted with an excited expression as his blades were nearing Valdis's sword.

*Clang* *Crack!* However something unbelievable happen right in front of Zank's eyes, both of his blades suddenly broke in half out of nowhere, and before he could recover from his shock, a blade already found its way into his body, spilling the blood on the ground.

"...H-How?" Zank collapsed on his knees and questioned while looking at the ground with blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth.

"I aimed at the same spot on both of your daggers at our every single exchange over and over again. They were too damaged to resist the pressure of a larger weapon."

"Wha-? How could you have aimed at the same spot over and over again when both of us could predict each other's moves?!"

"I guess that's where the difference between your thingy and Sharingan lies. You indeed predicted my moves, however, I never aimed to actually seriously injure you, instead, I focused on predicting the position of your daggers. You could say I was predicting your response to my predicted moves. Sounds kinda confusing when said aloud, doesn't it? haha" Valdis explained in a quiet voice with a faint smile plastered over his pale face illuminated by the moonlight.

'I would have noticed any damage on my daggers if-' Zank's thoughts were interrupted by Valdis' voice once again.

"*You must be wondering how come your daggers broke in half like that out of nowhere...You aren't the only one who can cast illusions.*" Valdis bent forward and whispered into Zank's ear with a particularly evil sounding tone.

"?! Back then-!" Zank's eyes widened when he remembered the moment he retreated from Valdis, expecting him to produce another trick after paralyzing him with fear for a second, however before he could say more, his head already went flying in the air.

"I like such attentive enemies" Valdis muttered with a smile as he wiped his cheek off the blood that spurt on him.

[You had a battle with Minor Villain and managed to kill them, calculating the reward...]

[Reward: 300 Villain Points]

[You have completed an important mission tasked by Night Raid]

[Reward: 120 Villain Points]

'Nice...now, what to do with this idiot?' Valdis thought as he looked at unconscious Tatsumi.

In the end, he put Zank's severed head into a bag and put Tatsumi over his shoulders to carry him.