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Kirimuri snaps out of his rage and becomes calm again. "Oh." He sits down on a pile of debris nearby and lets out a sigh. "Listen... When people calls me worthless, they aren't completely wrong. Since I was a kid, I was extremely dependant on my parents... I never really excelled nor failed at anything. When my family was killed, I just simply ran away without looking back." "Sometimes I thought to myself... What would have happened if I never got this power? What would I have become today? If luck never smiled at me, I would have never become what I am right now. Maybe I wouldn't be alive at this point." "The only way I coped with the past is to ignore it. I didn't forget it and I never will. I just simply ignore it and move on. What's happened has happened. Time is indifferent but it can be ultimately generous as well." "When you told me of your past, I didn't give two damns or a fuck. I prefer judging people by their present actions rather than judging them by what they did in the past." Kirimuri stands up and stretches his back for a bit. "Anyways, we should be heading back now. I'd love to have a nice back massage after this."

Kirimuri panics as soon as Melina appears on top of him, but that word echoed in his ear. It reminded of his tragic past... ???: "You worthless piece of shit! You can't even protect your family. Now they're all dead... Hahaha!" ???: "Worthless animal. You have no right to stay on the same land like us! If you're willing to lick my shoes then smash your head with this rock, I might be considerate enough to give you a few pennies..." ???: "I might find some use for you worthless trash. Perhaps your fine physique and your decent face can be valuable... in the brothel." Those harsh sentences were a part of his emotional scars... "Say that again." Being already tired and dizzy, that single word completely enraged him. Kirimuri took off his coat, mask and hat and prepares for his ultimate attack... "This is the final straw..." The assassin is prepared to bring Melina down with him; he didn't care whether she had 15 knives or a million knives flying straight at him. The only thing in his mind right now is to bring her down. "SAY. THAT. AGAIN. I DARE YOU." His rational, reasonable and logical self is still there... But the anger has pushed him off his limits, and he's going to take risks...

"Did I got her? ...Nice. Hehehe." Kirimuri approaches the debris where Melina is sent flying to and pulls her out from the carcasses of the collapsed house. He holds her back-to-belly, lifts her carefully... then does a back-crushing suplex on her. "Take that, you spoiled brat. That's for gazing knives past my face multiple times and poking my cheek with a sharp knife while I was asleep. Pss."

"...You fell into my trap." Kirimuri throws a Smokescreen at Melina which completely covers the princess and her knives, then uses Sublimation to transform into a cloud of smoke right before the shielding knives hit him, which allows the duelist to go through the cloud of smoke covering Melina without getting any physical contact. He reappears behind her and prepares his smoke-infused twin batons... "Two smoked wieners coming at ya..." Next, he throws his twin batons, infused with smoke and ready to explode, at the cloud of smoke. Without a clear vision, the ex-Bariuran assassin will not be able to know where the attack is coming from. Kirimuri takes his snubbed revolver out, aims it at the princess and shoots 6 rounds of stun-ammos in 6 different directions, all heading at the cloud of Smokescreen. "...Accompanied with 6 exquisite olives. And that's all for the main dish." Suddenly, the assassin in black becomes a bit dizzy and loses his balance. He sits down and tries to rest. (Dammit, I'm starting to become a bit dehydrated...)

"Whoa, that was louder than I thought." Kirimuri appears on the debris, with his e-cig on his hand. "Looks like the building didn't fall on you... What a shame. This was nicely planned..." "...I'll fight you directly." He charges smoke into his twin batons and starts charging at Melina. However, this isn't attack he is planning to use. This is merely a feint...

As soon as Kirimuri enters the building, Melina's knives follow him and bounce off the walls in the house. This proved tricky for the duelist as the house is particularly small, which makes the knives rebounce and change directions faster. One of the knives flashes by the top of his head and makes his hat fall down. He quickly picks it up and heads to the second floor of the building. (Oh shit, oh shit, don't ruin my hair you brat...) The man in black tried to come up with a backup plan. (Now, if I can blow a big and nice cloud of smoke which connects to the other cloud of smoke outside I used for distraction...) Kirimuri takes his e-cig out, proceeds to vape and then blows a big cloud of smoke downstairs, attempting to use Kumomi. He removes the battery and heads to the balcony of the second floor. He jumps outside and lands on a wider alley. He prepares the battery of his e-cig... "A little boom wouldn't hurt..." ...and throws it into the house. It triggers the cloud in the first floor and causes a massive explosion which collapsed the abandoned house. The explosion chains with the other cloud of smoke in the dead end and causes a bigger explosion.

The knives quickly fly at Kirimuri and graze past his head and shoulder. "This is horrifying..." However, his plan is working as Melina is chasing him from behind. If he could lure her into a smaller area he would be able to use his power in the most efficient way. He arrives at a dead end of the backstreet. A broken window of a nearby abandoned house piqued his eyes. He thought of a strategy to go behind Melina by the house and put her to sleep before suplexing her. "Come faster, goddammit! Are all assassins from Bariura like this?" He throws another Smokescreen at the dead end, which also covers the window of the house. He uses Sublimation again and slowly goes into the building by the window, in attempt to sneak behind the princess' back and launch a surprise attack.

The flying staff misses Melina and ends up crashing on a pile of debris before exploding. Seeing that going forward to face her attack would be suicide, while moving backward would force him to flee from the attack and tire himself faster, Kirimuri decided to pull out his twin batons and proceeds to use Sublimation to dodge the attack and move into a torn-down building on his left in order to come up with a plan. (Knives... ranged attacks... high mobility... I can either play safe by going south and camp or just lure her into my narrow places and gently put her to sleep...) After a few seconds of reflecting, the black duelist decided to go with the latter and go into a small alley in attempt to lure her into narrow places. *whistles* "HEY, PURPLE LOLI!" He uses Smokescreen and leaves behind a cloud of smoke before fleeing to a more narrow street, near a dead end.

Kirimuri deflects the knives without any problem. He channels smoke into his staff and prepares for his attack. "You threw knives... I'll throw this!" He spins his smoked staff and unexpectedly flings it at the princess, attempting to force the princess to make physical contact with it in order to make it explode. The staff flies straight at Melina like the rotors of a copter.

"Thanks." Kirimuri heads to the lower level of the hangout and enters the arena where he and Melina are going to have a fight. He prepares his staff as soon as he enters the place and points it at Melina. "... I can't think of anything badass to say. Oh well let's just start the fight then. Good luck."

Kirimuri approaches one of the Mech-Hisui. "Excuse us... We reserved one of of the arenas before. We'd like to use it now." @Darkflare

"This is getting annoying..." Kirimuri approaches the counter and hands over all of his remaining money to pay for Melina's registration. "I'd hat-...like to sign this spoiled kid up too. Here's 67.49 Pompadillions. 40 for her registration for this month and 27,49 for repairing the couch. I'll come back with more money if it's not enough." Kirimuri glares irritatedly at Melina. "Pss..."

"Oopsy daisy, my tongue slipped. I blame this pale midget for this."

Kirimuri's slumber is suddenly disrupted by the cold, sharp edge of the knife poking at his cheek. He immediately wakes up and jumps from his seat in a startled manner. "Whoa what the fuck...?"

"Good luck then. I'm waiting for a certain someone..." He sits on a chair in the lobby and listens to music from his MP3 while resting. "Zzz..." Now playing from Kirimuri's MP3:

"Ah... I remember now. Oh well, it's nice to meet you guys. You might need to send more people with better combat ability to the slums, apparently there's a bit of a conflict there."

"Hey, my fellow robot friend... How did you know my name?"

"Uh... I'd like to reserve one for the next hour then. I'm still waiting for a friend..."

@Darkflare "I think I'll sign up for this month only. Thanks." Kirimuri goes to a changing room and wears back his clothes. He comes out just a few minutes later and proceeds to approach a Mech-Hisui: "Excuse me... Do you have any free arenas at the moment? I'd like to reserve one place for later."

"I haven't registered yet... guess I'll do it now. 40 Pompadillions I reckon?"

"See you later then..." Kirimuri passes by the bank and exchanges 40 silver coins for 100 Pompadillions before heading to the hangout a moment later. He approaches the counter and asks: "Excuse me... I'd like to reserve one arena for a duel." @Darkflare

"I'm starting to feel concerned of my privacy zone here... Oh well, I can't back off right now. Challenge accepted."

Kirimuri laughs hysterically after seeing Flare getting blown away by Emilia. "Heheheheheheh..." *Wipes tears from his eyes* Kirimuri approaches Flare and pulls him up from the debris. He turns to Hinamori and expresses his gratitude. "Anyways, I'd like to thank you for helping us free the spirit from the nun... And allowing me to watch that guy fly... Heheheheheheh..." "I'm gonna head back to the hangout first then. Maybe I'll join a fight to blow off some steam..."

Kirimuri stands up after falling down from getting punched in the face, then he proceeds to charge at Darkflare and do a clean, solid dropkick at his chest. "DID I ASK YOU TO DRAG ME BACK HERE AFTER PASSING OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN?"

A few moments later, Kirimuri and Hinamori arrive at the church by the sewers. The former goes inside first and finds Darkflare and Melina, still looking for the magatama to free the spirit from the nun. "...You guys still haven't found the magatama yet? I brought the spirit whisperer in the meantime. Beat that."