Aoto did not choose to clash head-on with him. By "See Through" he pierced through the attack range, sidestepped half a step, and avoided Kikuchi's incoming sword edge.
At this moment, another bamboo sword, along with a broad black shadow, rushed at Aoto from the left.
Aoto glanced aside, confirmed the intruder's position and the surrounding situation, then turned left and swung his blade towards the incoming shadow—these two actions of turning and swinging were almost completed simultaneously.
The shadow's reaction speed was extremely fast, and his technique was quite delicate. In a flash, his attack turned to defense, raising the sword held overhead back to his chest, blocking Aoto's slash, and retreating to widen his distance from Aoto.
Always defensive and taking hits... This is not Aoto's style of fighting.
Aoto always felt that Natural Reasoning Heart Stream suited him well.
