Academy City's Puppet Master

After all, under normal circumstances, Kamijou Touma is at best a high school student who is good at fighting, and it is a bit difficult to expect him to knock down a strong man in his prime with one punch.

What's even more unfortunate is that even without magic or other abilities, Mizu 0 of the Rear Area can beat Kamijou Touma just by relying on physical fitness and fighting skills.

After receiving a punch, Water 0 swung out "Ascalon" reflexively.

Kamijou Touma exclaimed suddenly, and quickly fell to the ground, dodging the vicious slash.

The huge steel sword blade was blowing overhead with a golden wind, causing goose bumps all over Kamijou Touma's body.

He didn't dare to stay longer, and instinctively rolled to the side.

Sure enough, there was the sound of metal falling from the position just now.

"If you suffer this, you will definitely die!"

Kamijou got up with his hands and feet numb, and faced the enemy again.

But it was impossible for flesh and blood to stand against a steel giant sword - at least he couldn't do it.

Clenching his fists, Kamijou Touma felt that the giant sword in the enemy's hand really didn't look like a product of magic or superpowers. I'm afraid it wouldn't fall apart if he touched it?

Kamijou Touma stared at the enemy's movements, and dodged before his movements - the only way to save his life.

In this regard, Kamijou Touma, who has experienced a series of purgatory-like battles, has a lot of experience, and successfully dodged several times in succession.

Finally, Mizu0 from the back became impatient, and the "Ascalon" flashed a yellow light——the jigsaw drew an arc, and attacked Touma Jojou from the side.

Kamijou Touma didn't expect this move, and when he came to his senses, it was too late to dodge it!

Zheng!

Suddenly sparks splashed, and the wire saw stopped one meter away from him.

The steel wire extending from the side blocked the trajectory of the jigsaw—Kanzaki Kaori reached out in time.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the yellow light on the jigsaw soar, cut off the steel wire and continued to attack him!

Kanzaki Kaori hurriedly deployed more steel wires to stop them, but all of them were cut by the wire saw.

Kamijou Touma finally realized that he was about to run away, but just as he took the first step, he felt that his feet were empty, and he stepped on a small pit on the ground, and his center of gravity lost his balance, and he fell forward.

At this time, the enemy's jigsaw had already broken through all the lines of defense and slashed towards him.

"Unfortunate!!!" In desperation, Kamijou Touma wailed.

Just then, the jigsaw was blocked again.Another kind of wire, which is different from steel wire, joins the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, two figures galloped towards from afar.

Although he still hasn't been able to see who is coming, Kamijou Touma has already guessed it.

"Starry night!" Kamijou Touma shouted emotionally, "Great, I'm finally going to change my luck!"

Among the people Kamijou Touma knew, Ling Xingye was definitely the most powerful and reliable one.More importantly, every time Ling Xingye was present, his bad luck of seeing a ghost would be dissipated a lot.

Although it's not enough to become good luck, just "normal luck" already makes him very satisfied.

Kamijou Touma couldn't help thinking, if Ling Xingye was there in England before, maybe he wouldn't have worked so hard, right?

Although strictly speaking, his crisis has not been resolved, but just seeing Ling Xingye appearing on stage, he is already at ease enough to think about other things.

In fact, Mizuno Zero in the back did not continue to entangle, and simply abandoned Kamijou Touma and turned around.

"Ling Xingye!!!" As if his whole body was on fire, Zhishui 0 from behind rushed forward with a roar.

The clown was the first to meet him, holding up a cannon barrel removed from an abandoned tank by the side of the road.

The two heavy weapons collided in the air, making a thunderous bang.

After a night of rest, Ling Xingye recovered to a full state, and immediately opened fire.

Countless silk threads were released from the hands, tightly entangled with the wire saw, completely sealing this function.

"Come on, let's have a showdown!" Ling Xingye also responded loudly.

After a lapse of one day, Ling Xingye and the Water 0 in the back fought again.

===Chapter 33 Performer===

The clown rounded the barrel of the tank, jumped high, and smashed down on the enemy like Monkey King in Journey to the West.

Boom!

The screech of metal clashes shakes off the snow in the distance.

The iron rod used as the barrel of the tank was bounced high, and the clown followed the force of the shock and turned back a series of somersaults.

Then it didn't land, but counterattacked back with the help of silk threads erected in the air, which looked like flying through the clouds.

Ling Xingye stood firmly on the ground, her hands and fingers dancing rhythmically.

From the point of view of bystanders, his appearance is a bit ridiculous in a tense battlefield, like a conductor who ran off the wrong set and didn't know the so-called conductor.

But no one laughed at him at the scene—because under his manipulation, the rear water 0, who was still invincible just now, was actually suppressed!

Of course, Water 0 in the back knew that Ling Xingye was the real enemy, and tried to bypass the clown and attack him directly.

However, it can't be done anyway!

Protecting oneself in battle and allowing the enemy to fight only with puppets is a compulsory course for silver puppet masters.

Whenever Water from the Back 0 tried to attack Ling Xingye directly, he would be slapped by the puppet buffoon because of his distraction.

After repeating this several times, he finally realized that it would be difficult to hit Ling Xingye himself if he didn't get rid of the puppet first.

"but……"

"Ascalon" changed into the form of the chopping axe, emitting red light, and the water 0 behind was ready to cut off the annoying barrel and the clown together.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ling Xingye standing a little far away.

"...It always feels a little strange."

A trace of doubt appeared in the back of the water 0 mind.

Although facing Ling Xingye, he would fall into a manic and irrational state, but he still had some basic thinking ability.

Not long ago, he had only fought 0 rounds with him, and earlier it was a fierce battle and then lost. The water behind [-] knew Ling Xingye's fighting style very well.

That's why it feels "weird".

Ling Xingye's usual tactic is "Puppet Double Dance" - a technique in which the puppet master and the puppet cover each other and attack at the same time.

In battle, Ling Xingye would never stand obediently in one place to manipulate the puppet, but rushed forward in person, wishing that the puppet could manipulate him from behind.

But what happened to Ling Xingye today?

Because he was very concerned about the puppeteer who was standing still over there, Water Zero's attack from the back didn't work, and was pushed away by the clown cleverly.

Water 0 in the back didn't care too much, but looked at Ling Xingye and Harlequin alternately—could it be that these two identities have been switched?Or are both puppets?

Having played against Ling Xingye many times, it is inevitable that such doubts will arise.

As if realizing that the first round of fighting had come to an end, Ling Xingye also slowed down his movements. The clown descended from the sky and landed with a bang on his shoulders.

Water 0 in the rear didn't take advantage of the situation to attack, but looked at them carefully.

Then, he asked with some uncertainty: "Are you really Ling Xingye?"

"Of course." Ling Xingye nodded, "Puppeteer Ling Xingye, it's true."

I saw that he was full of energy, his eyes were piercing, and his whole body seemed to be fully activated, exuding a spirit of excitement.

It is not the same as the image in the impression of the water behind 0, so it leads to such a question - did you encounter a fake Ling Xingye?

"Different?" Ling Xingye seemed to be very patient, and seriously responded to the enemy's question, "Maybe it's because there are audiences."

He looked at Kamijou Touma and others on the other side, and said with a smile: "It's rare to have a suitable audience. For a performer, having an audience is a very crucial factor."

With an audience watching, the performer is more excited and in better shape.

Even without this performative personality, professionals perform better under the pressure of an audience because they are more focused.

The previous battles were just battles, because there were no "spectators"—those who were watching in the dark, and no performer on stage would enjoy peeping.

Because the battle between Ling Xingye and Rear Water is too advanced, most people are not even qualified to watch.After all, Ling Xingye can't let his audience get injured or even die because of "watching the show".

But at this moment, except for Water 0 in the back, the few people present are all strong enough to protect themselves, and they couldn't be more suitable as spectators.

So Ling Xingye doesn't need to take care of other things, as long as he focuses on fighting, it is enough to "perform" boldly and confidently.

Ling Xingye straightened his collar, and bowed to the opposite "audience seat" together with the clown.

"Thank you for your support, everyone, please look forward to it—the next one is a limited-edition performance!"

After bowing, Ling Xingye, who straightened his body again, seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person, exuding a powerful aura, showing his sharpness.

The clown also became agile, not like a puppet, but more like a living person.

The clown wiped his face with his hand, and changed into a thick and colorful facial makeup just like changing faces in Sichuan opera.

——Monkey King Sun Wukong.

As if being possessed by a monkey, the clown danced the iron rod that the gun barrel acted as loudly.Then he rushed towards the water 0 behind him.

Pretend to be a ghost!

Water 0 in the back felt disdainful, and after figuring out the reason, he was somewhat disappointed.I thought Ling Xingye had something to kill, but it turned out to be like this.

But soon, he felt something was wrong again.

With Ling Xingye announcing "the show begins", the atmosphere lingering over the battlefield suddenly changed!

Although the surrounding scenes have not changed, it feels like being in another world.

Not only Mizuno 0 in the back, but even Kanzaki Kaori and the others who were watching the battle behind were also affected and let out exclamations of admiration.

Among them, Kanzaki Kaori, who was most familiar with Ling Xingye, immediately guessed the correct answer.

"This is... Starry Night's Pot Realm?"

The environment around her hasn't changed, but she knows that this place has become Ling Xingye's pot in the world - the puppet theater.

"Starry Night's Realm?" Kamijou Touma heard this, quickly hid his right hand behind his back, and stepped back, for fear of destroying Ling Xingye's Realm because of himself.