Chapter 193: The Attacks Pattern (2)

I searched for a solution in my brain after feeling anxious as if it were my own fault.

「Tha…That’s right, Seiya! You have Joker’s imitation skill! 」

「You’re right! Mister Seiya can just copy Leon’s prediction skill, like he did with Mash. 」

Celseus agreed with my idea, but Seiya shook his head.

「That’s not an option. I can’t imitate plug-ins. As long as there is no measure to counter the Thunder Beast Artema, I’ll end up just sticking my right hand into the fire. 」

「…!? That means you’ll die! Hey, Listarte! Do you have any other options? 」

Celseus shouted in a panic, and I replied in the same panic.

「I don’t know! How can we counter that prediction skill!? 」

Seiya himself was far calmer than us, who were in a state of chaos.

「Calm down. I had a premonition that a monstrous enemy that could read minds, like the youkai Satori*, might appear someday. I thought of a countermeasure. 」

「…!! Seiya, you predicted such a monster!? 」

I shouted, admiring Seiya’s cautiousness. This hero had anticipated a difficult situation where his mind could be read! As expected, Seiya was incredibly cautious!

「So, Mister Seiya! What countermeasure did you think about!? 」

「It’s the advantage I gained from meditating in Tarmine. I was meditating so that Princess Tiana wouldn’t disturb my mind, and at the same time, I was thinking of a different way to use my mind. 」

I didn’t really understand what he was saying, but Celseus, who was a Swordsmanship God, slapped his knee.

「In other words…getting “mindless”!! It seems you were trying to master that state!! 」

「Mindless!? What do you mean, Celseus!? 」

「Summing up! The enemy won’t be able to read your attack if you attack with your mind empty! You should know that without this explanation, stupid goddess! 」

「Ah, I see! So he needs to empty his mind! Hey, don’t call me stupid, you muscle cake idiot! 」

Seiya spoke quietly in contrast to our noisy behavior.

「It’s not “mindless”. Usually, I attack while thinking of a dozen different attack patterns. But what I’ve learned from meditation is that I can instantly think of hundreds more ways to attack. It requires concentration to the point of brain explosion. 」

It…It was dangerous if he concentrated to the point of brain exploding…Bu…But, in other words, by having too many attack patterns, Leon could have difficulty in reading them all!?

「…Here I go. 」

This time, Seiya launched an attack. The scene from earlier unfolded before my eyes again.

I clenched my hands as I watched the crimson aura and lightning intersect each other.

…Leon would have hundreds of different attack patterns from Seiya in his mind right now! There was no way he’d be able to predict which one Seiya would choose!

The battle between the two, which my kinetic vision couldn’t detect, ended. And then…my hopes were ruined.

Leon looked normal. In contrast, Seiya’s camouflage suit was thinly sliced ​​in several places and looked charred!

「Seiya!? 」

「His attack only grazed my equipment. It didn’t hit me directly. But…it was no good. He managed to read my attack again. 」

「No way!! I thought you had hundreds of different attacks in your mind!! 」

Then, Leon said nonchalantly.

「No matter how many different attack patterns you can imagine instantly, there is only one final conclusion. Volt Prediction predicts your final attack pattern. 」

Leon’s words made both me and Celseus tremble in fear.

「Wha…what, what a cheat skill! 」

Celseus gritted his teeth. I glanced at Seiya. To the average person, Seiya seemed calm, but having known him for a long time, I realized that Seiya was cornered.

…Even Seiya was more cautious than usual when fighting Leon! But who could have anticipated that he would use such a skill!? No! Even if Seiya had anticipated it, how could he have prevented it?

Leon laughed, as if he had predicted even my thoughts.

「I wanted to win completely in order to put an end to this nightmare. But…this is enough. I have completely overcome the fear I had of you. 」

Leon pulled his Electro Blade back. I was scared to the bone as the lightning aura surrounding Leon’s body was concentrated into the Electro Blade. Leon truly looked like a lion stalking its prey.

「Take this… “Killer Volt”. 」

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*In Japanese folklore, Satori are strange, intelligent ape-men found in the mountains of Gifu. The are roughly man-sized and appear similar to larger versions of the native monkeys.

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