"Hehe, no need for introductions, the name alone suggests an incredible move."
The old scholar on the ground shook his right hand; the stone slab beneath him was cracked open by his finger jab. He darted into the sky in a few steps, smiling as he looked at Perona floating in the air: "In that case, it'll be a fair 'aerial battle game.' I love 'games,' especially 'fair games.' That's right! I am one of Master Moria's Four Freaks, named Tai..."
"What you're called isn't important! I need to quickly defeat you and go help my Onii-chan, you're in the way, old geezer!" Perona put her hands on her slender waist, annoyed, interrupting the old scholar's self-introduction.
The old man almost choked, his goatee twitching in anger: "Impolite! Impolite! Are all the little girls in West Blue so impolite?"
Their bickering hadn't ended when a violent roar suddenly came from the distant church!
The entire ruined Bell-Ringing Village battlefield trembled violently. Stones rolled on the ground, and the earth seemed to be flipping over.
"Onii-chan!" Perona shrieked, and the old scholar also raised his glasses in surprise. This level of battle was too terrifying...
Immediately after, a second, even more violent tremor struck! This time, the entire church completely collapsed, and then, from the church ruins as the epicenter, the ground suddenly split open, lifting huge, tilting chunks of rock with large amounts of dirt and shattered stones, as if it were the end of the world!
Amidst the deafening roar, smoke and dust, mixed with large amounts of debris and wood chips, erupted into the sky!
"What in the world is this... hmm? Cunning! Rankyaku: Great Hercules Beetle!"
The old scholar suddenly snapped back to reality, kicking out a fierce, powerful gust of wind, smashing a large ghost that was silently approaching him from behind.
"Hmph hmph... You little girl, you want to jump the gun before I even say 'game on'?
What an unruly brat!" The old scholar muttered to himself. The smoke and dust were too chaotic, and he couldn't see where that ghost girl had flown.
"No matter, Geppo!" The old man ascended into the sky using Geppo.
Just then, hundreds of mini-ghosts formed two columns, blocking the old scholar's ascent path!
The old man stopped short and darted to the side, only to suddenly find that the smoke directly in front of him was abruptly scattered, and an incredibly huge ghost fist, like a full-speed train, slammed fiercely into him!
The old scholar only had time to raise his arms to protect himself before being directly struck by the ghost's giant fist! Then, a huge impact wave instantly detonated, and a loud bang erupted in the sky! Even the swirling smoke was dispersed by this shockwave.
"Yes! Just like that, hit him hard! Go, go~ Giant Ghost!" Perona cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone, cheering happily for the giant ghost, and the giant ghost turned back and gave Perona a thumbs up.
"Idiot! Turn around! Turn around!" Perona suddenly shrieked in alarm, flailing her arms as she directed the large ghost.
"Rankyaku: Great Hornet!!"
With a roar, a huge cone-shaped air blade directly opened a hole in the giant ghost's shoulder, and then the air blade continued forward, flying straight into the sky.
The old scholar's white lab coat was tattered, and his gray hair was a mess like a chicken coop. He took off his thick-bottomed glasses, looked at the several cracks on them, and looked up at Perona in annoyance: "These were my late wife's glasses! Back then, she..."
"Old man, aren't you annoying! We're fighting! Who wants to hear your ancient, dusty stories! Giant Ghost, hit him!" Perona shrieked, directing the giant ghost to continue attacking the old scholar, and the number of mini-ghosts around her rapidly increased.
"...You, you little brat..." The old scholar, who barely dodged the giant ghost's attack, was so enraged that he crushed his glasses in his hand.
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"..."
"Oh no! You crushed them yourself, didn't you! Your old aunt's memento, crushed by your own hands!" Perona exaggeratedly fanned the flames, a skill she had clearly learned from Victor.
"...You little rascal!!" The old scholar's hunchback let out a series of grating, muffled cracks, then he suddenly straightened up, appearing taller, and with a sweep of his right hand, he slicked his gray hair back. His eyes were firm and steady, and his voice became deep and powerful:
"Since feigning death and leaving the Marines to join Master Moria, I have never suffered such a great humiliation! You little shrew, I will tear you to pieces!!"
"Whoa... changing your self-address, trying to forcibly change your persona? Old man, even if you're not hunchbacked, you're still an old geezer! Giant Ghost, hit him!" Perona wasn't buying it at all.
The giant ghost howled and swung a heavy punch, but the old scholar easily avoided it with two Geppo steps.
He was in mid-air, stepping with one foot while curling the other to gather strength, his entire body like an erupting volcano, roaring in a deep voice: "This old man has been immersed in the Six Styles for many years, and besides the nearly infinite Geppo, I am most proud of my 'Rankyaku'! Today, I will let you, you damnable girl, witness my ultimate technique!"
"Rankyaku: Red... hmm?"
Before the name of the technique was even finished, and before the old scholar could unleash this ultimate Rankyaku, he suddenly found two incredibly huge milky-white arms appearing in front of him. He himself wasn't even as big as their palms.
No, they weren't the arms of the silly, scratching large ghost opposite him, but... reaching out from behind?
He stiffly raised his head and saw an impossibly Giggantic ghost face appear directly above him, staring at him!
This was another incredibly large ghost, appearing silently. It enveloped the old scholar from behind, and the old scholar, horrified, found that not only was all his escape space sealed, but the large ghost facing him, with a shoulder injury, also howled and lunged towards him.
"Who told you my large ghosts could only exist one at a time? Bye-bye, old man~"
Perona playfully winked, retreating rapidly surrounded by hundreds of mini-ghosts, and then snapped her fingers crisply.
Snap!
"Giant Ghost: Planet Waves!"
The two giant ghosts merged into a super-Giggantic hollow sphere, trapping the enraged old scholar inside. Then, it suddenly expanded!
Boom—!!!
An extremely violent shockwave erupted in the sky!! The thick cloud cover in the sky was dispersed by this incomparably massive explosion, and the bright, huge full moon hung over the battlefield, silently observing the desolate ruins of the battle.
Perona, who had long since retreated to a safe area in the air, stood with her hands on her hips for a while, then quickly flew towards Victor's battlefield.
Battle above the Western Residential Area of the Ruined Bell-Ringing Village—
—Victor, Perona.
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