Chapter 31 – Tatsumi
Mercury kicks in the air towards Tatsumi. A blast of wind comes out the bottom on his boot. Tatsumi blocks the attack with ease as he deflects it with his spear. He then charges at his opponent. The Night Raid member swings his spear horizontally when he gets close to Mercury. The gray haired assassin jumps to evade the attack at kicks Tatsumi in the head, midair.
Mercury smile for a second until Tatsumi grabs his leg. The Night Raid member slams Mercury against the roof. He then tosses the Gray haired assassin to the other side of the roof. Mercury recovers from the toss and gets on his feet, he snarls as he looks back a Tatsumi.
The Night Raid member throws his spear at high velocity. It jettisons towards Mercury. He dodges at the last second, only having the head of the spear grace his arm. The spear imbeds in the wall of a nearby building.
"You have really bad aim." Mercury says in a cocky tone as turns to Tatsumi. However, once he turns around, he sees the Night Raid member right in front of his face, one arm with his fist clenched. He punches the gray haired assassin the gut, sending him into the adjacent building.
Mercury lays in the damage of the building, a few feet from the spear. His aura broken and clothes tattered. Tatsumi jumps to the building and grabs his spear. He walks over to Mercury and ready for a downward strike. As he swings, Mercury blocks the blade of the spear with his legs. Tatsumi looks to realize his opponent's legs were robotic. Mercury kicks the spear away from him and jumps back to gain distance. He breathes heavily as Tatsumi stares at him.
"I am not going to die here. I will kill you now and get away from the Grimm." Mercury says as he kicks in the area around him. Multiple balls of wind from a tornado around him. Tatsumi stops to look at the spectacle in slight concern. All of the blast converge around Tatsumi and attack every part of his body. The impact creates a cloud of dust were Tatsumi stood.
Mercury lets out a sigh of relief, hoping the attack work. His expression changed to confusion when the smoke cleared to reveal nobody was in the area. "Where did he go?" He says as he looks closely at where he last saw the man in armor stood. He then see small ripples in his vision and take a defensive stance.
Tatsumi comes into focus and swings his spear horizontally at Mercury. The gray haired assassin tries to intercept the spear with a side kick from his left leg. As the two collide with the spear wins the struggle and turns Mercury's leg into pieces of scrap. Frightened of the Night Raid member, Mercury tries to hop back as Tatsumi swings his spear, cutting off the gray haired assassin other metal leg. Mercury falls on his back, he pushes himself back with his hands as Tatsumi aims his spear over the center of his legless foe.
"You said you would not be killed by me. You were wrong." The Night Raid member says before he run the spear through the gray haired assassin chest. He screams in agony as Tatsumi stares into his eyes. He removes his weapon as Mercury's lifeless body. Tatsumi looks towards the Beacon tower.
"I need to get back there now before the Grimm reach It. Hopefully everyone else is doing the same." He says before jumping from rooftop to rooftop towards his destination. Tatsumi turns to see Grimm creatures surround the corpse of Mercury. He then turns back to where he is going towards and thinks to himself, "Lubbock. I am sorry I was not there with you until the end. Rest in peace friend."
