Single Target
"Who in the world are those other two guys? I've never seen them before. Are they L.T.O. members?" Unknown asks himself as he rushes toward the dagger while looking at Butch and Ketsu.
"Butch, hurry up and grab that dagger. I'll back you up with my clones," Ketsu exclaims.
"Right, not messing this up!" Butch responds as he uses the accelerate technique to run toward the dagger.
Ketsu sends all five of his clones alongside Butch.
"Damn it! All these damn enemies, I got to get there first!" Seth exclaims as he freezes the ground below him to slide across the ice to the dagger.
"Ego! Killer! Get that dagger no matter what; kill anyone who gets in the way!" Nisugi orders in a commanding tone.
"You don't have to tell me twice; I'm the fastest on the battlefield. Just leave it to me!" Ego remarks.
Ego vanishes, but at the same time, on the sidelines, Jason deactivates his Geogaltic form, going back to his regular form.
"I don't know if I'll ever adapt to such great power again, but my parents always told me to be tactical!"
As Jason speaks, he puts his hand on the ground and adapts to the material of the rock he's standing on.
"Now this is tactical!" Jason exclaims as his skin turns an earthy grayish color.
Ego appears next to the dagger, but before he can grab it, the earth under the dagger bounces up, bouncing the dagger into the sky.
"What the hell!" Ego exclaims.
"Kage!" Jason shouts out.
Kage flies through the sky with energy jet and grabs the dagger with his right hand while it's midair.
"Let's go!" Kage and Jason scream.
"That upper-class fake actually did it," Seth thinks to himself.
"Kage, remember what Mr.Mink said! Fly away from here and get to the stadium, hurry!" Unknown yelps from down below.
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" Kage yells back as he flies away as fast as he can.
Down below, Butch looks over to one of Ketsu's clones.
"Ketsu, you know what to do!" Butch exclaims.
Butch gets on one knee and clamps his hands together while lowering them. The clone rushes at Butch and jumps on his clamped-together hands with one foot.
"Get up there!" Butch shouts as he launches Ketsu into the sky heading toward Kage.
"Time to drop the dagger, kid!" Ketsu remarks as he pulls out 4 kunai from his waist.
Ketsu throws the kunai at Kage but is blocked by a burst of energy.
"I'm not that easy to hit, dumbass!" Kage responds.
Kage blasts a hole through Ketsu's chest, destroying the clone.
"What the hell was that?" Kage asks himself.
"That is what we call a distraction, dumbass," the real Ketsu remarks from behind Kage.
"Shit!"
Kage tries to turn around but is instantly met with a knee to the face, knocking the dagger out of his hand.
As the two of them fall, Ketsu uses Kage's body to bounce off and goes to grab the dagger out of the sky.
"Watching you people do all the work for me is so entertaining I could just giggle," Ego remarks as he appears next to the dagger, grabs the dagger, and vanishes once again.
"Damn it!"
Ego appears next to Nisugi and Killer with the level three dagger in hand.
"Dagger acquired. Should I haul this bad boy over to the boss already?" Ego asks Nisugi.
"Yes, hurry! The Grava Academy students are closing in on us," Nisugi says as she sees Unknown, Jason, and Seth closing in on them.
"No Ego is the worst person to get the dagger; with his movement speed, he'll escape with it in an instant," Unknown thinks to himself with a desperate expression on his face.
Jason slams his fist into the ground and sends multiple ground spikes toward the L.T.O. trio, which all of them dodge.
"Hurry it up, Ego!" Nisugi exclaims as she shoots at Jason.
"Yeah, I know. I just wish I could have a little more fun," Ego remarks.
Suddenly the level three daggers vanish from Ego's hand.
"Not again!" Ego exclaims.
"You've got to be kidding me; you have one job," Nisugi says in an annoyed tone as she activates the sense technique.
The three L.T.O. members land back on the ground.
"Over there!"
After hearing Nisugi yell, everyone looks down the destroyed road and sees Alexander holding the level-three dagger.
"Can't believe you brokies were reluctant to tell me about this gathering," Alexander remarks.
"Oh yeah, that's right, Alexander has a visual on the dagger now, which means it costs less money to bring into his hand," Unknown says with a relieved tone.
"Yeah, and it only cost 30 mill—"
"We don't care; just fucking run, idiot!" Seth shouts.
"Oh right! Later, brokies!" Alexander says as he begins to run away.
When everyone sees Alexander start running with the dagger, everyone rushes after him while the Grava Academy students go to defend him. While everyone starts running, Butch begins to glow with intensity.
"I think the time for stealthiness is up; it's time to get big!"
Butch begins to grow in size until he's 50 feet tall.
"Drop the damn dagger!" Butch shouts out as he slams both his fists onto the ground under him, destroying the ground, knocking everyone into disarray, and filling the air with dust.
With everyone blinded by the dust in the air, nobody knows where Alexander and the dagger are.
On the left of the dust field, Alexander gets up and instantly grabs the dagger off of the ground.
"Ok, no one mentioned a giant titan being here," Alexander remarks as he continues running.
Alexander runs through the dust and debris while holding his mouth.
"My top priority is this stupid dagger. This dust is perfect. I can escape without anyone noticing," Alexander thinks to himself.
Alexander clears through the dust and debris and quickly starts rushing toward the stadium.
"Yes, I can get out of he—"
Suddenly Ketsu jumps off some tall rubble and drop-kicks Alexander, knocking the dagger out of his hand.
"Anyone could have guessed you were going to run out of the dust; it just depends on where. Looks like I got lucky! Now to get out of here and get back to Exploiter," Ketsu says as he catches the dagger.
Before he can even move, Ketsu gets tackled from behind by Unknown.
"A brat!" Ketsu exclaims.
Both of them fall to the ground as the dagger hits the ground once again.
"Move, you damn annoying kid!" Ketsu shouts in an angry tone.
"No!" Unknown screams as he holds Ketsu down.
"While you two boys roll on the ground, I'll just take this back," Ego says as he appears in front of Unknown and Ketsu.
Ego picks up the dagger, but out of nowhere, Kage comes down from the sky and slams both of his knees onto the back of Ego's neck.
"Fuck! I've used up too much OGI; my sense technique is lacking," Ego thinks to himself as he feels something crack in his neck.
"You should watch your back better, bitch!" Kage remarks as he tears the dagger out of Ego's hand.
Kage jumps off of Ego's neck, but before he can use energy jet, he gets smacked on the side by a bomb that came from Killer, who's on the other side of the street.
"His aim is too good," Kage thinks to himself as he goes flying into some rubble.
Nisugi rushes out of the dust cloud and grabs the dagger. Without wasting any time, she begins to use the accelerate technique to run away as fast as she can.
"You can let go now, annoying kid!" Ketsu shouts as he kicks Unknown off of him.
Ketsu creates a clone while applying the flex technique to his arms. Ketsu grabs the clone's hand with both hands and, with one spin, tosses the clone down the road, flying toward Nisugi.
"Go!"
Ketsu's clone goes flying toward the back of Nisugi.
"There's no way he can catch me. I'm moving too fast; he will be at least a few centimeters off; that's guaranteed," Nisugi thinks to herself.
"Now!" both Ketsu's exclaim.
The clone Ketsu stabs itself in the stomach with a kunai, causing it to blow up.
"So that was your plan!" Nisugi whispers with a shocked expression.
The explosion hits Nisugi, knocking her to the ground while severely injuring her. Once Nisugi hits the ground, the dagger goes flying down the street.
"Everyone who's going after the dagger right now has been fighting for hours nonstop. Their OGI tanks are running low for sure, unlike me and Butch, who haven't been fighting at all. These guys are easy pickings," Ketsu thinks to himself as he rushes after the dagger.
Suddenly from the dust cloud, Butch, who reverted back to his regular height, finally appeared, and he is currently in hand-to-hand combat with Jason.
"Would you stop talking about your girlfriend!" Jason exclaims.
"Well, stop talking about your parents," Butch shouts back.
At the same time, Ketsu looks to his left and sees Killer closing in on the dagger as well.
"..."
"Butch focus!" Ketsu demands in a serious tone.
When Butch and Jason hear Ketsu, both of them notice the dagger on the ground.
Both of them activate the accelerate technique and begin rushing toward the dagger as well.
Ketsu and Killer make it to the dagger first.
"A battle with a feared legend isn't what I wanted, but fuck it, the dagger is literally a sniff away," Ketsu thinks to himself as he creates seven clones.
All the clones rush at Killer with prepared looks on their faces. Killer pulls out dual pistols, shoots every clone down, and then jumps over them to avoid the explosions.
"I knew they wouldn't stop you, but it gives me an extra second to grab this dagger!" Ketsu thinks to himself as he goes to pick the dagger off of the ground.
Suddenly, giant earth spikes come out of the ground and cut up Ketsu's arm as he tries to grab the dagger.
"Ahh fuck!" Ketsu whispers in pain.
The very next second, the earth under the dagger starts to move it away from Ketsu.
"It's that kid!"
Ketsu looks back and sees Jason running beside Butch.
"Butch, knock that kid out! He's controlling the ground we're standing on!" Ketsu commands.
The second Butch hears this, he turns around and swings his fist at Jason but gets evaded.
"Damn, they found me out!" Jason thinks to himself.
At the same time, Killer drops his dual pistols and pulls out his double-pointed staff.
"You're not getting that dagger, Killer!" Ketsu declares as he sends three clones after the dagger.
Ketsu jumps in the way of Killer and blocks his staff with two kunai, but while the two of them clash, a shadow goes over their head. The person they see jumping over them is Unknown, who has a determined expression on his face.
"That kid again!" Ketsu remarks as all three of his clones turn to him.
"..."
Unknown lands his right foot on one clone and then his left on another, then with all his strength pushes off of the clones, propelling him forward.
While in the air heading toward the third clone, Unknown applies the charged flex technique to his right fist.
"Rahhh!" Unknown screams at the top of his lungs as he punches the clone's lights out.
As the clones explode, Unknown lands on the ground, rolls forward onto his feet while at the same time grabbing the dagger.
"Kage won't admit it, but I will: when you're fighting with us instead of against us, you're one of the strongest people we've ever fought alongside..." Unknown thinks to himself as he cocks his arm.
"Where the hell is he throwing it to?" everyone watching asks with shocked expressions while Killer just looks in awe.
"That's why I put my trust in you to take us to victory," Unknown mutters as he throws the dagger with all his might like it's a baseball.
The dagger goes speeding down the destroyed road all the way to a person sitting in wait.
"Seth!" Unknown yells out.
Seth, who is standing far down the street, prepares to catch the dagger while remembering the words Unknown said to him while everyone was lost in the dust created by Butch's attack.
"Hey, Seth, you need to take a different route from the rest of us and get as far down the street as possible. Make sure to lay out your ice on the ground as well so you can slide your way out of here the second the dagger is in your possession. If you do that, I promise I will get the dagger to you. I'll even chuck it full speed at you if I have to! I trust you, so trust me!" Unknown says frantically.
After remembering these words, Seth smirks.
"Unlike that upper-class fake, I've always respected you, Unknown," Seth remarks with a cocky smile as he catches the dagger with both hands.
Seth instantly turns around and begins sliding down his premade path of ice.
Unknown falls to his knees out of exhaustion while breathing heavily.
"Everyone... Protect Seth!" Unknown screams at the top of his lungs.
"Rahhh! You got it, Unknown! I had a long enough nap!" Kage shouts as he flies out of the rubble he was trapped in.
"Damn it, the kid is moving so fast across that ice! Butch, come on, move!" Ketsu orders as he jumps back from Killer.
"Yes, on my—"
Jason jumps up and kicks Butch in the mouth.
"Sorry, but you're staying your ass here. Haven't your parents taught you to finish what you started?" Jason says in a serious tone.
As Killer and Ketsu begin to chase after Seth Nisugi begins to finally get up.
"I can still move I will not fail the boss!" Nisugi declares.
A few seconds later, Alexander finally looks up after Ketsu dropkicked him and sees all the people going after Seth.
"I only have enough OGI to get two of them. Hey, auctioneer, make the business bitch and ninja-looking guy fall into quicksand that can't be escaped without help. I don't care how much it costs; just save the brokie," Alexander demands with no hesitation.
Suddenly Ketsu and Nsiugi fall into quicksand.
"No! Recovering from injuries took too much OGi for me to use my power, damn it!" Nisugi shouts angrily.
"Where the hell did quicksand come from?" Ketsu asks in an annoyed tone.
At the same time, Ego stands up from Kage's last attack and cracks his neck.
"This should be a piece of cake. I don't need a whole bunch of OGI to catch up with that brat."
Before Ego can even move, suddenly he gets hit by something that sends him into a broken house.
"Hunter!" Ego exclaims as he sees Hunter knocked out on top of him.
"Your sense technique is lacking, Ego."
"That voice!" Ego says in a jittery tone.
Ego looks over to a tall building where Hunter was thrown from and sees Mr.Mink standing at the top.
"Of course, I should have expected nothing less from the man of chaos," Ego remarks.
Finally, in the sky, Kage is flying at top speed, and he instantly notices the only one chasing after Seth is Killer.
"Of course, it had to be Killer," Kage says in a disappointed tone.
Kage begins to remember his encounters with Killer so far.
"Well, it looks like the only attack that will slow him down is this one," Kage says as he begins to fly downward toward Killer.
"Hey, Seth!"
"I'm bust right now; don't you see upper-class fake!" Seth responds.
"I only have one of these in me right now, so when I do it, I'm going to need you to slide on that ice like your life depends on it," Kage demands.
"Don't you think I'm already sliding like my life depends on it?" Seth asks.
Kage stops using energy jet and starts free-falling.
"No! I know you're faster than that! Do you know how many times we battled haul ass motherfucker!" Kage says as he falls directly in front of Killer.
Seth smirks a little after hearing Kage's words.
"Energy manipulation: Energy release!"
Kage releases every ounce of energy he's absorbed throughout the entire day and releases it all at once, making his biggest energy release yet. The explosion is so big it can be seen throughout the city.
"..."
Killer not only gets tears sent throughout his clothes even further but also gets knocked far back from Seth's tracks.
Kage hits the ground after releasing all his energy.
"Run, Seth! Get that dagger out of here!" Kae shouts passionately.
"I heard you the first time," Seth remarks as he slides at his fastest toward Grava Academy stadium.
Seth pushes himself to the very limit of his power to the point where all his blood vessels are bulging.
"Keep moving those legs, Seth! It's a long way from here, but your path has been cleared, and there's no longer a threat behind you. don't waste their efforts dam—"
Suddenly it went quiet for a split second, and Seth stopped moving.
"Huh? Why did I stop sliding?" Seth asks himself as feels his body get hot.
"No, Seth!" Kage screams in the background, unable to move.
Seth looks down and sees a hand going straight through his abdomen.
"Wh— Ahhhh!" Seth screams in sheer pain as he throws up blood.
Seth takes a look behind him and sees Cyrus Blackwood standing behind him with his right hand through Seth's abdomen and a serious look in his eyes.
"Where do you think you're going with my dagger?"
Chapter 194 end