Chapter 230

Chapter 129: Could It Be Destiny?

The Light Gun clashed with Kiss Lipstick, triggering an intense burst of energy.

Two girls, resigning to their fate, engaged in an unprecedentedly fierce battle.

They chose the battlefield on the outskirts of Daibei City; once a bare hill, now flattened, with rocks easily shattered, signs of explosions and tremors littering the ground as if a Godzilla had passed through.

“Even though you are younger, you always act like you know everything! I’ve been mad at you for a long time!” Regina dodged Ace’s high kick and spun her Light Gun around from under her armpit, thrusting it straight towards Akuri’s face. “If I can defeat you now, it will be the end of my grudge!”

“And I don’t appreciate you either, acting as if nothing happened while you, the daughter of the enemy leader, mingle with Mana’s team!”

Akuri somersaulted and evaded, countering with a fierce uppercut that burned with flames right to Regina’s chin, sending her flying.

“I’m the one who knows Mana and the others longer! You are the latecomer!”

Regina was equally merciless; a blast from her Light Gun struck near Akuri’s feet, causing a massive explosion that sent her soaring into the air.

“Does becoming friends with them erase all the bad things you did?!”

In mid-air, their gazes intensified almost to the point of sparking. While they continued their verbal sparring, their physical assaults showed no relent, two strong powers beyond their cute appearances. The continuous punches and the sounds of strikes breaking through the air barrier echoed deafeningly.

“I apologized and asked everyone’s forgiveness!”

Regina blocked a spinning kick with her gun rod and then lashed out like a dragon. This time, instead of aiming for the tip, she struck Akuri’s side repeatedly with the rod.

“Forgiven? Does that mean your past actions vanished?”

Repeated blows to her ribs brought Akuri close to vomiting. She seized an opportunity to tightly grip the rod with her arm and pulled Regina forward, smashing her face.

“You hit my face!” Crying, Regina clutched her swollen nose. “No one has ever hit my face, not even my father!”

“Silly princess, that’s exactly why you’re so selfish!”

Akuri was flung to the ground. The enraged princess unleashed powerful energy from her Light Gun, carpet bombing the area.

Due to being another version of herself, she held no reserves in striking each other ruthlessly.

“Waa——Waaaaaaa—!”

Ai-chan, placed in a safe area, began crying uncontrollably.

As an infant still, she didn’t understand the mission but felt something wrong, yearning not to lose either of these big sisters.

So, she cried, hoping her tears would draw their attention.

“Ai-chan…”

Their movements paused. Seeing Ai-chan cry far away, they were shaken by their resolve to eliminate the other. Whoever lost would cause immense pain to Mana.

Perhaps even Ash was feeling their pain.

Despite hesitating, they shook it off, rejoining the fight. They must settle it now, knowing the truth together!

Maybe this is destiny, they thought simultaneously.

Without intervention, perhaps only one would endure, but who could now stop them?

“This is the final blow!”

The two girls roared and readied their weapons to strike.

Water splashed skyward; a black shadow darted out from below to wedge itself between them. Water reflections showed a twisted visage.

“!”

Both widened their eyes.

The intruder, more distorted, wielded the weapons in clawed hands covered in scales, shoving them rudely to the ground.

“You didn’t invite me to play this game?!”

The twisted face of the Another Ryuga shook; this could only be Ash.

Lately in poor mental health, he nearly lost sight of Regina. Only hearing Ai’s cries in the mirror world kept him involved.

“This isn’t a game!” They yanked themselves up defiantly. “Ash, if you want to fight, wait until we have our showdown!”

“I don’t care,” Ash snorted. “I decide; I’m joining whether you like it or not!”

“You don’t understand, we were originally Princess An’s Spirit Hearts, one soul!”

The newcomer halted the fight. Both girls stood back-to-back.

“To reunite our Spirit Hearts, one of us must win!”

Fine, the winner gets stronger. Perfect for my—

No, that’s not right. Mutual destruction isn’t real strength. That’s not—

A mix of thoughts surged, the latter winning temporarily dismissing the option of merely watching.

“What is this, Battle Royale? Or do those rules say to self-destruct?”

Silent, the girls paused. If Princess An were here, she’d never wish such conflict.

“Why must you fight? Isn’t this more like a cruel game where the ultimate victor wins?”

But the ultimate victory was mere fabrication, engineered by GMs.

“Why… Is this, destiny?”

After considering, the tormenting outcome might just be fate.

“Destiny?”

Ash laughed.

“Do you know what the previous ones said about destiny?”

“If this is destiny, I’ll fight it and show everyone I’ll win!”