"Something over there?" Hearing Kurono Shinguuji's slightly off tone, Stella and the others were somewhat confused. But this confusion was quickly resolved by the host in the arena.
"Oh, look what I've found! It's Shirou-kun! Shirou-kun, who should be dueling Kidouin Kanata-kun in Training Arena 7, is actually here!" From the commentary box, with an excellent vantage point, the host immediately spotted Shirou. At the same time, news of the outcome of Shirou and Kidouin Kanata's duel had already reached here.
"Wow, no way! Everyone, according to news from Training Arena 7, our Hagun Academy's second-ranked Kidouin Kanata-kun was actually instantly defeated by Shirou-kun and is still unconscious!"
"Not only that, even the wall of Training Arena 7 was completely shattered by Shirou-kun, and many students were injured!" Listening to the voice from the commentary box, the spectators in Training Arena 7, who had been engrossed in the high-level duel between Touka Toudou and Shizuku, couldn't help but feel regret.
At this moment, they really wanted to know how Shirou had instantly defeated Kidouin Kanata. You know, even the student council president, Touka Toudou, couldn't instantly defeat Kidouin Kanata. So, did that mean Shirou's strength was above Touka Toudou's? Wouldn't that make him truly the strongest at Hagun? A freshman who is the strongest at Hagun Academy in his first year, such a prodigy has never appeared before!
And Ikki and the others, who also heard the host's commentary, couldn't help but be surprised.
"Instant kill?" Pondering this word repeatedly, both Ikki and Stella couldn't help but feel their hearts heavy. You know, both of them were striving with Shirou as their goal. And now, Shirou had become so strong that they could barely see his back anymore.
"Truly powerful, big brother (Shirou)!" Looking at Shirou's figure beside them, Ikki and Stella thought so.
"Kanata was instantly defeated?" Touka Toudou, who also heard the conversation from the commentary box, couldn't help but stop her suppression of Shizuku. This allowed Shizuku, who was already in a precarious situation, a chance to finally catch her breath.
"Shizuku!" Looking at Shizuku gasping for breath and the scars all over her body, Stella, as her roommate, couldn't help but sigh. "What on earth happened? Why did Shizuku suddenly become unable to keep up with the other person's reactions?"
"It's because of Sokushin!"
"Sokushin? What's that?!" Stella, suddenly remembering Shirou's words when he first appeared, quickly asked.
"So it's Sokushin, no wonder!" Ikki, prompted by Shirou, looked enlightened. When he had previously confirmed his participation in the Seven Stars Sword-Art Festival representative selection, he had encountered Saikyo Nene-sensei and seen this technique from her.
"Saikyo Nene-sensei also knows this technique!"
"Oh my, I just arrived and hear someone discussing me!"
A childish voice suddenly came from behind Ikki. It was Saikyo Nene-sensei, who was supposed to be commentating the match, appearing here instead.
"Saikyo Nene-sensei, what about the hosting of the event if you're here?"
"Who knows!" Listening to the host's frantic voice after realizing Saikyo Nene was absent, everyone present couldn't help but feel sympathy for her predicament. How unlucky!
"You again, you ran away again?"
"Don't be like that, Kuro-chan, it's not as interesting over there as it is here!" Seeing Saikyo Nene being caught and chastised by Kurono Shinguuji, Shirou and the others shared a knowing smile.
"So, what exactly is Sokushin?!" Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Stella couldn't help but get frustrated. Seeing this, Ikki quickly explained, "How should I explain it? As long as humans are considered biological, it's impossible for them to meticulously identify everything they see and hear, like a machine.
Even if the brain truly sees and hears those things, human consciousness cannot meticulously identify them."
"If everything received by the eyes and ears were to be identified and analyzed by the brain one by one, the brain would overheat from the overload. Therefore, the human brain shoves low-priority information into the 'subconscious in conscious awareness,' reducing the brain's processing load by abandoning the identification of this information."
"And Sokushin, this physical technique, uses a special breathing method and footwork to slide one's presence into the opponent's 'subconscious.' And the effect is as you see: Shizuku clearly sees Touka-senpai, but she can't perceive her."
"Shizuku's brain and eyes did indeed capture Touka-senpai's movements, but her consciousness categorized them as unnecessary information, thus unable to identify them. She only barely reacted at the last moment before her life was threatened."
"Correct answer, it's impressive you understand it so thoroughly." Kurono Shinguuji exclaimed in admiration.
"Because I've already seen this physical technique once."
Moreover, Touka Toudou's Sokushin was cruder than Saikyo Nene-sensei's. That's why Ikki was able to see through its structure.
"But I also didn't expect that a student would use the same technique as Yakshahime." Yakshahime was Saikyo Nene's current title, while Kurono Shinguuji was known as the World Clock before her retirement.
"It's only natural for her to know the same technique. Nene and Touka both studied under the same Blazer. Sokushin was originally that Blazer's most specialized technique."
"I see. By the way, what's the name of that master?"
"Torajiro Nango."
"Is it the Fighting God Nango?!" Ikki's face immediately showed unconcealed surprise upon hearing that name.
Fighting God Torajiro Nango. His great-grandfather, the great hero Ryoma Kurogane's lifelong rival, a ninety-year-old active veteran Blazer, a living legend in every sense of the word.
"Speaking of which, Emiya-kun reacted quickly when he first faced Nene's Sokushin!" Saying this, Kurono Shinguuji's gaze returned to Shirou. Noticing everyone's eyes, Shirou said casually, "I won't be deceived by such a small trick!"
As Ikki said, this move would be extremely effective when the enemy was still within the human realm. But Shirou at this point was already close to transcending humanity. In the Rakudai world, although amplified by magical power, the high-end combatants in this world were not inferior in combat power to the First-Class Adventurers in the DanMachi world.
However, the paths they took were completely different. This world's physical training was merely the training of physical functions; no matter how strong, it was still a mortal body. But the DanMachi world was different.
Under the continuous sublimation of the Falcata, adventurers were undergoing all-around sublimation.
Especially LV.6! Although he and LV.5 were both First-Class Adventurers, they were in completely different domains. If LV.10 was becoming a god-like existence, then starting from LV.6, all adventurers were no longer mortal bodies but similar to demigods.
Therefore, LV.6 was the beginning of an adventurer's complete transformation. Shirou, being only one step away from LV.6 and under the continuous sublimation of the Falcata, had long since transcended the human realm.
Therefore, Sokushin could not deceive him at all.
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