The world suddenly had a shade of blue, the walls of the buildings, the street, and even the clouds were still white but there was a blue shade covering them.

Kazuma could feel his body screaming with pain, as he dodged the woman's attacks, every turn, twist-skip, jump, and step he made was followed by a surge of pain, that was immediately followed by the tingling sensation of his muscle, tendons, and nerves as they heald themselves over and over again.

He moved his head, left-right- back, as he dodged the woman's punches.

He threw himself to the ground so that he could avoid the kick that the woman surprised him with, but before he could land on the ground his hands moved forward and forced him back to a standing position.

He heard the sound of his wrists breaking, but the pain was nothing compared to when he was forced to dig with his bare hands.

He gasps for air and locks eyes with the flatchested woman, who smirks at him, he knows that she is enjoying his pain.

He smirks, maybe it's because he's older or maybe it's because he knows that the kids are watching, but he's stopped himself from doing what he normally does, but seeing the flat-chested woman smirk just rubbed him the wrong way.

The feeling of tiny spiders crawling inside his hands told him that his wrists were repairing themselves.

It's time for him to go on the attack and even if he's forced to run away, there's no rule that says that he can't use that to his advantage.

He lifts his hand and opens it before saying. "Steal."

His skills flare as the woman tries to stop him from using his skill but it's too late he's already holding on to something white.

The woman roars with rage and begins to speed up her attacks as she tries to either hurt him or take back what he stole from her.

That's okay because that suits him just fine.

He somehow manages to say "Steal." even as his body is tearing itself apart and he gasps for air ad his lungs burn and his entire body begins to shake after he pushed it well beyond what it is capable of.

He can't help but gasp for air as he looks into the woman's eyes, which silently tell him that she is preparing to attack him with everything she's got.

Just a little bit more, he needs to push her a little bit more and then he has a chance to end this before he dies from overusing his skills.

He feels the fabric in his hands and smiles as an idea enters his mind.

He can't even see what he stole from her but considering that he can still feel the fabric in his hands he knows what he stole from her.

He looks down at the two white pieces of clothing that he stole from her before lifting his hands to his nose and sniffs them.

It was not one of his best ideas, as not only was he covered by blinding pain, but he now had the smell of sweat in his nose.

"Yeah, not ladylike at all." he says to himself before he lets out a small cough.

His skill flare and he throws himself on his back as the woman flies at him with blind rage but he has his opening now and dam it if he's not going to let it pass him.

He raises his hand and activates his drain touch before activating the orbs and begins to fill them with the woman's power.

The woman screams in pain as her very essence is being stolen from her, and a burning-cold sensation that is followed by a boiling pain fills him as the woman punches a hole through his chest, but he just grins as he tightens his grip on her chest.

"It's okay you won." Kazuma hears Aqua's voice as he opens his eyes and finds that the woman that was trying to kill him is laying on the ground unconscious.

Kazuma can feel Aqua's warm arms wrapped around him as she's trying to protect him and as he looks down he sees that his clothes are covered in blood.

He can't help but laugh, Aqua must have resurrected him again.

Unfortunately, the good news ended there as his enemy detection skill activates and Kazuma is forced to turn his head and he sees someone walking towards him.

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Shino turns to look at Yuki who has his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open just like everyone else.

Everything had been a blur, unlike the last time when Kazuma and the ninja had appeared and disappeared during their fight, this time they only appeared when they were catching their breaths.

Lady Eris and Miss Wolbach turn into a pair of gray and red lights before they fly towards Kazuma who is being held by the glowing form of Aqua who is nothing but a blue version of herself that's made of blue light.

She gasps as Lady Eris appears on Kazuma's right but she's made of grey light.

In a burst of red light, Miss Wolbach appears on Kazuma's left side and she's made of red light.

The two spirits guard Kazuma from each side and even while Aqua is holding Kazuma from behind, Shino can't help but feel as if she's protecting him in her own way.

Everything around her has gone quiet, so quiet that she can even hear the footsteps of the man that's about to kill Kazuma again, but that's impossible because people can only die once.

Shino tries to understand what she just saw.

Kazuma had died, he had been killed by one of the captains, she had seen it, but then Aqua turned into an orb of light before flying to his side, and then Kazuma was alive again.

"Get up and fight me." the man that Shino was too scared to look at say's to Kazuma, as his presence begins to smother the area with blood lust.