Interlude 02: Toka Gets a Hidden Ring Blade

Interlude 02: Toka Gets a Hidden Ring Blade

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3rd POV | Toka Takanashi |

Today, Toka was roaming around weapons shops while in deep thought.

She wanted to get an alternative way to cut her hand to use her ability except than cutting herself in her palm with a knife.

She wanted a way to use her ability if she cannot use anything in her surroundings to cut herself easily

So, she thought of some ways to do that, she needed to be creative in order to follow the train of thoughts and the chuunibyou language of her little sister, so that's why her imagination is amazing!

She began thinking deeply for 4 minutes until she had an idea. Why not make a ring that has a hidden blade in it so she could cut herself anytime without bringing a knife everywhere and also not gather suspicion from the police while back in her world. Like, it was just a bad idea to carry a knife everywhere, she could get branded as a criminal for carrying that around carelessly in her world.

She took out her phone and opened up a digital map and found a weapon shop near her area. Toka just walked through a few streets and arrived in front of the shop.

Jingle-! Jingle-!

The bells of the shop's door being opened rang as Toka entered the shop. Toka saw the clerk, the clerk was a beautiful and busty woman with a D-cup wearing a professional suit.

The clerk gained a smile as she went near the front desk. The clerk stayed still and had a professional and confident look.

"Hello! Welcome to Suzuki Custom Arms Company, What can I do for you?"

"I would like to get a custom item made"

"Oh! Then please come with me"

"Okay"

The clerk clapped her hands and asked Toka to follow behind her. They passed through a series of doors until they arrived in front of a metal gate. The clerk pressed a button on a keypad as the metal gate opened with a hiss.

Hiisss-!

When the door opened, it revealed a room with futuristic technologies with pipes and air coolers on each wall, combined with the fact that a huge machine in the middle of the room stood out.

"What is that?" Toka asked, intrigued by the big machine.

The clerk quickly started explaining after Toka asked her. She wanted to awe a potential regular customer to cuff her into going to them to get custom items instead of other Weapon shops.

"That, is the most advanced blast furnace to forge and create the most excellent and best custom-made items available" The clerk smiled as she pointed her hand to the machine, or the blast furnace.

The huge machine in the middle of the room turned out to be a huge blast furnace to forge custom equipments with the advancements and the convenience of technology. It was filled with coolants and heat controllers along with mechanical arms installed in it's outer body with various tools and equipment. It has conveyor belts and casting tools to forge equipments.

"Welcome!"

A middle-aged man with a burly body, wearing a lab coat and a face shield.

"That is our "Blacksmith", Hiroshi Watanabe, He's the one making our products"

The blacksmith gave a wave and a smile, although it was hidden by the mask, as the clerk introduced him.

"So, Let's get started, Please describe what you want" The blacksmith crossed his arms.

"I'll leave you here for the process"

The blacksmith began taking notes of what Toka wanted as the clerk left to get back to her post.

"I would like to get a ring that has a hidden blade in it"

The blacksmith nodded as he listened carefully, once Toka was finished explaining what she had wanted, The blacksmith already had a design made in his head.

"And I would like it to have a little design there too" Toka followed up in the end

"Based on your order, this would be very quick and I would be finished in a few minutes, please wait in the waiting area, I'll make sure this thing is the best!" The blacksmith gave a nod and a thumbs up.

"Okay"

Toka nodded as she exited the room and sat on chairs on the side of the wall. Now, it's the waiting game.

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After 8 minutes, the blacksmith came out with a silver ring embroidered with 2 dragons circling and biting each others tails like the Ouroboros. The middle of the bodies of the dragons have a small slit in them that contains micro-parts that makes the mechanism of a hidden little blade in a ring.

"I named this ring, 'The Fang of Ouroboros', how is it?"

Toka marveled at the ring for a while, admiring it's finely carved details. Toka nodded in approval at the name too.

"It's great! I'll take it"

"That will be 20,000 Yen"

Toka handed bills two 10,000 Yen bills that she earned as a Promoter to the blacksmith as she took the ring. Toka slid the ring on her middle finger smoothly as she activated the mechanism that the blacksmith showed her. The ring fit her finger like a glove, it fit perfectly, without restricting her nor moving too much.

Shing-!

A small but sharp blade shining with a glint that exuded coldness, appeared through the small slit on the side of the ring. She was satisfied with the quality of the ring and went out of the room.

"Please come again!"

"For sure"

The clerk bowed as she welcomed Toka to come back again.

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Toka was excited to test her new baby out, so she immediately went to their practice room. She activated the mechanism again in front of a test dummy, The blade of the ring was curved like a Karambit so as to better cut her blood vessels and get more blood out.

"Here we go"

Toka readied herself and then flicked her thumb in a swift flick as blood spurted out and Toka controlled it to form a katana.

Whoooosh-! Swish-! Swish-! Swish-! Swish-! Swish-!

In one quick motion, Toka performed a quick strike in 5 successions with clean movements and footwork. If we look closer, we can see the preciseness of the strikes, her cuts sliced all the positions of the tendons, major blood vessels, and other important muscles.

Toka smiled in satisfaction from how quick she bled and how easy the blade cut through.

Now...The expedition is getting ready, she better get ready too..

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Word Count: 1098

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