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Momiji: Did you not understand what I said...Wha?!
The moment she smiled and said that, Momiji is assaulted by a sense of weightlessness, and a large loss of her sense of "self".
Momiji: Ku...No way, this is...
Jin: Leviathan. In other words, you've just lost your sense of proprioception.
Momiji: Na!
Once again unable to understand the situation, Momiji's voice leaks out in a shocked tone.
Impossible. Because she governs Sin, being in this kind of situation is one she fears the most!
...Yes.
Man's biggest fear is that of the "Unknown".
Being forced into a situation where she cannot comprehend what is happening, all the warning bells in her head go off, and she
becomes unsure of whether to attack or defend.
That reason, of whether to fight or flee, is one of the core instincts of humanity.
Jin: What's wrong, Satomura Momiji? Is this small sample of my power enough? Have you given up?
Jin: Have you forgotten who is behind you? Take a moment to remember. Have you? If you don't, she's going to be killed.
Momiji: Ku...Don't...Screw...With...ME!!
Having been woken up again by Jin's provocative words, Momiji forces her body forward, and fires another shot straight at Jin's
heart from behind him.
From such a blind spot, he won't be able to escape from this surprise attack.
Momiji had realized this from the moment her first attack failed, and so she pretended to play into Jin's hands, and at the
right moment she counterattacked, confident in her attack!
Momiji: (Pained gasp of surprise)
However, even that flash of light pauses just before hitting him, and shoots back and pierces her left leg!
Jin: Any further attack is useless, and dancing around so ungracefully bores me. Do you understand at last?
This is what it means to be a King.
Momiji: ...Ku...What kind of...trick did you use?!
Jin: It is no trick. It was an Oracle. Everything bows before the words of the King, and reality is no exception.
Jin: I can shape reality as I see fit. That is the power granted to me: Arcadia Jinx.
Momiji: Hah?!
Jin: I believe I told you. Your attacks will not reach me, and you would dance around unsightly
because you will not accept the result.
Jin: This means that without the King's permission, your attacks will do nothing.
Momiji: Ha...What is this, it's nothing but nonsense.
While she wears a proud smile, she's actually quite desperate, as she knows that his power transcends her own completely.
It sounds so much like nonsense, she can't help but feel that Jin is bluffing, at least that's what Momiji's intuition tells her.
Arcadia Jinx.
Jin's power is literally one that allows him to dominate anyone around him whenever he wishes.
At first glance, any opponent would see him as an easy target, but for Jin, that's just how he likes it.
...The overwhelming difference of Jin's power is too much, and between the two, it is evidence of just how powerful he truly is.
And at the same time, it is fact that this is the worst possible situation for her to be in.
Originally, Momiji had little experience in using her mind to fight, and is therefore close to being a normal person.
That is the reason why she does not have many combat maneuvers like Sayuki does.
Her ability to absorb her opponents combat capabilities and adjust quickly to them is rare and makes her a large threat...
In addition to her original calculating abilities makes her a perfect strategist.
However, she has no experience against a mage such as Jin who has such an unfair power by comparison, and any plans she could
come up with can be discarded immediately with one word, making him the worst possible opponent for her.
Momiji: ...
Her quick thinking while fighting is her best weapon, but she can't apply it now, what with her every move being countered.
Therefore, she had tried to end the fight before it had begun, and was careless. ...She has literally made a fatal miscalculation.
Her ego made Momiji underestimate Jin, and she now knows that she has made a gigantic strategic mistake.
Her compatability with him is extremely poor.
Even though Momiji's instincts tell her that too little too late, he really is the worst opponent she could ever hope to fight.
And yet, she knows that her own carelessness and lapse in judgment is the cause for her current situation.
Why else would this boy try and warn her? He knew that he could eliminate her at any time!
Momiji: ...Hah, crap...it's hard to stand up now...
She leaks those words without realizing it, and it shows just how weak she really is.
To speak like this during battle, it's further proof to the other side just how weak her strategy was.
She hadn't recovered the damage she suffered during her previous battle, and she jumped so easily into this trap he had devised
for her, and she made the further blunder of trying to fight with this handicap...
Thanks to her earlier fight with Sayuki, she's at a complete disadvantage.
Jin: ...
However, Jin closes his eyes as he sees Momiji's lack of response, and opens his mouth.
Jin: Give it up, Satomura Momiji. As long as you are within the range of my Words, every opponent can do nothing but die.
Although, I won't grant you 'death' that easily.
Momiji: What are you saying...Quit saying nonsense-
Jin: It is fact. The law of my Arcadia Jinx is absolute. Reality is shaped to how I see fit. That is a result that cannot be changed.
Jin: Of course, if I say you will drown, you will drown...
If I say you will burn to death, a conflagration from hell will disintegrate you.
Momiji: ...You don't sound like you're bluffing...Is this who you really are?
At that moment, Momiji understands just what kind of person Jin really is behind that arrogant attitude.
This power is far beyond this kid. He has way too much pride, and sees himself as the strongest.
Jin: Ah, I see. One's magical weapon is made in their own image...
and these weapons have specific skills that their owners keep hidden.
Jin: But, I'm not frightened. I told you before, Satomura Momiji...I am incapable of displaying such an emotion.
Jin: I am the King. Do you really think you can do anything the way you are?
Therefore it is foolish to even think of fighting me.
Jin: If the King were to kill his people without mercy, there would be no point to the hierarcy.
That will leave only piles of corpses.
Jin: That is why I showed you the King's power, so that I could crush your pathetic attempts of rebellion
and show the people just how foolish they really are.
Jin: Because the fools do not understand this, they are unworthy of becoming the King,
so I will gently teach them of the King's "True weapon".
Momiji: ...Ah, indeed. I thought you were just a stupid kid, so should I wake you up a little?
Even though she knows that if Jin gets serious he can probably take her out without batting an eye, she still spits in his face.
Of course, she's too egocentric to be able to sympathize with his arrogance.
In other words, when it comes to Momiji and Jin, she can't help but belittle him.
Jin: ...Most of the time, the King will not tolerate criticism made against him, so it seems you need to be taught a lesson.
With that, Jin turns his cruel gaze to Nagisa.
Nagisa: (Gasp)
Momiji: Sorry, but I won't hand Nagisa over to you even if I'm dead.
Jin: ...I see, so you still protect her. Well, this is a good chance. I don't even see the need to fight here.
After saying that, Jin turns to Hagane and smiles before opening his mouth.
Jin: Todoroki, sorry to make you wait. You're about ready to go ballistic right? Go ahead, rage to your heart's content.
Hagane: (Yawn) ...So, you're finally done talking? You're through? I can really go?
Having long since finished warming up, Hagane comes back over with a huge yawn and a wide smile.