Chapter 3: Enchanted Blade Enten

 "Enten" 

The blade was unsheathed an in an instant the queen was caught off guard. The speed at which the boy had arrived was so fast that if she hadn't accidentally moved away, her arm would have been missing. 

The queen glared at Chihiro who was caught mid-air. "Stupid, how will you dodge mid-air?" Chihiro stared at the lightning blast coming straight towards him as he fell down. "I won't need to dodge." 

"Aka" 

The surging red goldfish took the blast of lightning head on while Nishiki dispersed whatever remaining damage couldn't be absorbed. In that instant that Aka made contact with the lightning. The queen felt that her control had vanished. 

That was the power of Aka, it wasn't just for defense but also to absorb and seize ownership rendering almost energy based attack useless within Chihiro's personal limits. Nishiki ensured that the remaining damage was dispersed through the scattered cloak of mini nishiki. 

Chihiro himself still took a bit of damage but nothing that Nishiki itself couldn't handle. 

Mei continued to chase the falling Chihiro only for the blade to be pointed back at her. The same surge of lightning she released had been launched right back at her. "You dare use my own attacks?" 

Chihiro simply glanced as darkness emerged from his back. In an instant everything was covered in darkness. Only a small glimpse of crimson eyes could be seen, 

"Kuro, Shred" 

An omni-directional attack made with tiny schools of Kuro fish. Preventing escape and launching attacks. Anywhere she moved she'd be attacked. Her hands raised in an attempt to launch more lightning only for a small spark to appear. The seizing of ownership using Enten doesn't last long hence this small interval that allowed Nishiki to reach Mei. In that instant he threw his shorter katana causing the flinch and lapse of judgement.

Nishiki cloaked Chihiro unsheathed in an instant, the speed surpassed the regular Iai White Purity Style. 

A thin drip of blood appeared on Mei's neck before Chihiro switched targets to the strange wings that had appeared on her arm. "A mere human wants to cut down my wings?" 

"Kuro" 

A surge of black slashed down as the wings instantly shattered. In that moment, the sound of a lock breaking was heard. A new enchanted blade had arrived. 

"Kuregumo" A near pure white katana with a cloud like hilt soon materialised on his waist holster. Instantly a connection was formed. However a more concerning fact soon hit from the system reminder panel. 

[No Enchanted Blades Remaining] 

Chihiro's brows furrowed, how could there be no enchanted blades remaining to be unlocked? 

This would have to be investigated further. However just as he was about to rest, some people came down from the huge battleship. "Chihiro Rokuhira, would you please release Raiden Mei into our custody? We'll take care of her and Kiana from here."

"Who are you?" Chihiro inquired with caution. 

"I'm Major Himeko, and this falls under our jurisdiction. You are holding the third herrscher in your hands right now. She's responsible for the death of millions of people." The lady continued to come closer. 

"That was not Mei's fault, one can not fault her for something someone else did using her body." Chihiro retorted. Himeko sighed "Look brat, she's still a liability, although we can make it work." 

Her senses warned her as she heard the sound of the katana unsheathing. Even though only the hilt was lifted, she could physically see. The analysis on the katana during the fight showed that it was far more than just a few abilities. The gold fish that were summoned when the katana was drawn were concluded to be pure energy. 

However that was what was concerning, as far as they knew it was exceptionally hard to give energy form. Even attacks had to be transformed, such as the elemental attacks. The current hypothesis was outlandish but the analysts believed the katana to amplify energy to the point that the human body could no longer contain it and hence it takes on a form external of the body. 

And here they were surrounded by what seemed to be cute but many deadly razor manifestations of energy. They had seen what the black fish could do, the ground around them was proof as the earth was torn asunder with a cut. 

"Calm down, we promise we wont do anything, if you want you can come with. We'll have to explain it to them as well. This is the honkai a disaster aiming to destroy humanity."

Chihiro nodded as the Enten was sheathed with a click. He carried Mei onto the aircraft while handing Kiana to her so called aunt. 

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"Here's the data~" Himeko handed over a small drive out of her bosom much to Theresa's distaste. Himeko gave a quick recap as Theresa fawned over her, "You probably shouldn't use the nexus system anymore. You're body can't handle it." 

Himeko glanced at the video as the profiles of three people appeared. "The third herrscher turned out to be the heiress of ME Corp. And your niece is close friends, which likely explains why she isn't dead yet. However, the next one comes to be the strangest. The one who took down the herrscher singlehandedly. Chihiro Rokuhira, an orphan." 

Theresa furrowed her brows as she watched the video. "An orphan? No relatives?" Himeko shook her head. "I've had everyone researching on the katana and Chihiro himself. There are theories but non conclusive. Maybe perhaps only one theory has some substance. He could be the descendant of the Sword Master back in ancient times. The katana he holds matches other historical records in one unique trait." 

Theresa glanced up and guessed, "I suppose it's the physical manifestation of energy?" Himeko nodded, "That's correct, the Sword Master in ancient times was recorded to have many creatures around him." Although now upon further analysis on the video of the battle we can indeed conclude that the katana amplifies energy to the point it takes on a shape outside of the body. That single fish alone contains more energy and output than at least an A rank valkyrie." 

Theresa nodded "Let's try get him enrolled with Saint Freya with the other two girls." 

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Theresa stood in the medical room as Chihiro was holding out a cold slice of apple. Mei who had woken up and retained vague memories had soon asked about it. And that was how Enten and Kuro were used to cut slices of apples while Kiana and Mei watched in wonder. 

Kiana lacking a brain cell and forgetting that Kuro was a mass of energy meant to cut decided to poke Kuro leaving her almost splitting her finger in half. 

Chihiro glanced at Theresa as she asked, "What's your relationship with the Sword Master? Where are the rest of the blades?" 

Kiana tilted her head while Mei looked confused. "Sword Master?" 

Theresa put up ancient texts that labeled and described swords of unimaginable power and creatures summoned by the swords. The pictures drawn labeled the fights as hell on earth with lightning striking down, meteors being blasted away. 

In an instant Chihiro recognised what they were, "The Enchanted Blades." 

Theresa glared "So you are related and you know what they are. Enchanted blades huh? Good name, sounds like something from a Homu comic. So are you looking for the enchanted blades?"

Chihiro vaguely figured out why the system said there were no more enchanted blades to be unlocked, because they needed to be found. Lost in history, Kuregumo must have had some reason to unlocked and not found. 

He nodded realising that using this organisation could accelerate the efforts to find the enchanted blades. "I am." Himeko as sharp as usual immediately questioned the elephant in the room.

"So you found another one? You didn't have. that white cloud hilt before on the other katana." 

Chihiro nodded preferring to be transparent while Mei and Kiana were still filtering the information. 

"Kuregumo, the Cloud Gouger."