Parrying both Keomi and Lisandra’s punches, Shiro stepped back a little before redirecting all of their force to each other.

  *BANG BANG!

  Colliding into one another, Keomi couldn’t help but rub her chin.

  "Damn, big sis, isn’t your martial arts a little too powerful? Even though I am holding back a little, it’s almost impossible for anyone your level to beat you since you can just redirect most things. Unless they brute force it and overcome the limit on the amount of force you can redirect, they’re sitting ducks for you." Keomi complained.

  "Well it’s not like yours is any better. You have so much brute force that you can even rip open my rift forcefully just to track me down." Shiro rolled her eyes.

  "That’s a little different to this." Keomi pouted while looking over to Lisandra.

  "Though I have to say, your talent for learning is monstrous Lisa. In just two weeks, you’ve already mastered the first few stages of the Asakura family martial arts. If mum and dad were to see you, they would no doubt be surprised and have the best trainers teach you." Keomi praised.

  "Thank you, but in terms of talent, mum’s better than me." Lisandra blushed.

  "Ai don’t bother about your mum. She’s clearly abnormal." Keomi waved.

  "Oi, I’m right here you know?" Shiro’s smile twitched.

  "Anyways, how about we go serious for our final spar? There’s only two weeks left until the orange grade equipment event so me and Lisandra are going to be setting off soon." Shiro suggested.

  "Sure. Limiting power to level 100 and no third phantom usage for you." Keomi replied instantly.

  "No problem. I’ll use the Takemikazuchi technique then." Shiro smiled.

  Setting themselves equal distances apart, Shiro got into a rather relaxed stance.

  Breathing out lightly, lightning started to flicker around her arms.

  While this was happening, Keiko was looking down from the only room connected to this hall as they made sure to spar without anyone unwanted peeking at the fight.

  From what she had seen during this past few weeks, there was a good chance for both Keomi and Lisandra to land a few good hits but Shiro would still win in the end. After all, her reaction, technique and experience was just simply inhuman.

  Waiting for a short moment, they looked at each other and nodded their heads.

  *BANG!

  Dashing forward in an instant, Shiro used her Takemikazuchi technique and increased her speed dramatically.

  Since Shiro had demonstrated this move several times during their training sessions, neither Lisandra nor Keomi were taken off guard.

  Stepping back a little, Keomi dodged the punch since there was only so much Shiro can do at that speed.

  They tried to fix it but the best way was just for her to class up and get another upgrade.

  While Keomi successfully dodged the punch, Lisandra reached out to grab Shiro’s attack.

  Focusing her mind, she knew that she had to grasp the perfect timing in order to utilise all of her martial arts so that she could block the attack.

  Normally, this would be a stupid move since she knew better than anyone how hard Shiro could punch. However, this was a good time to test the fruits of her training. After observing both Keomi and Shiro fight during this period of time, she was bound to pick up a few tricks.

  Breathing out softly, Lisandra slammed the back of her hand against Shiro’s wrist and proceeded to redirect it to the side.

  Surprised at Lisandra’s sudden redirection, Shiro paused in her movements which opened up a gap for both Lisandra and Keomi to attack.

  Seeing two fists fly towards her, Shiro bent her body back before going into a handstand. Kicking the punches, she used the impact to make some distance between them.

  "Lisa, colour me impressed." Shiro smiled since there were clearly hints of third phantom being activated. Albeit shortly.

  "Thank you." Lisandra blushed slightly after being praised by Shiro.

  However, just as Shiro praised her, she then flickered in front of Lisandra.

  "Regardless of what the enemy says, don’t drop your guard." She smiled and roundhouse kicked Lisandra out of the arena.

  "Ouch, isn’t that a bit harsh sis?" Keomi flinched.

  "Life is harsh and so am I." Shiro replied as she appeared behind Keomi.

  Grabbing her arm, Shiro tripped her up before pinning her against the ground.

  "And I believe that should be match set. You two are still a bit too relaxed in a fight." Shiro said with a chuckle and helped Keomi up.

  Walking over to Lisandra, she quickly healed her up.

  "Ssss…… I guess. Though you really don’t hold back do you?" Keomi muttered while massaging her arm.

  "Well even though it’s a spar, you still need to be serious." Shiro shrugged.

  Packing up all of their stuff in the training hall, they made their way to Keiko as she was waiting in the private room with some food.

  "So you’re going back to Vericia now?" Keiko asked as the month had flown by so fast. Ignoring the fact that she needed to attend a meeting earlier on, she had spent the rest of her time with Shiro and Keomi.

  "Yeah, there’s an event happening where I am able to get orange grade equipment. Plus, I’ve been away from my friends for a month now so I want to see how much they’ve improved." Shiro smiled.

  "Say, why don’t I come with you? You can introduce me to your friends as well." Keiko asked with slight anticipation.

  "Hmm…… I don’t see the problem. Though you’ll have to put a disguise on since it would be quite startling for the other contestants if one of the ’heroes’ were to show up." Shiro chuckled.

  "True…… I also want to see Lisa’s big sister, Yin. Since you said that she was quite a glutton, I’ll make sure to bring some gifts for her." Keiko smiled.

  "You know, having one of the biggest storage rings around filled to the brim with food isn’t exactly the best use for it." Shiro shook her head.

  "What do you mean not the best use. Am I not feeding my niece? If so, then it’s useful. Plus, I can get a bunch of these rings if I really need it. Though with the system inventory, these aren’t too needed unless you’re carrying a house with you." Keiko replied.

  "I suppose so. What about you Keomi? Are you going to come with us?" Shiro asked.

  "I want to but I got some things to do at home. Since Yuki doesn’t want your existence to be revealed yet, I can’t take you to see mum and dad. I’m not sure about how they’ll react but I’m sure they miss you just as much, or even more than we did."

  Hearing what Keomi said, Keiko nodded in agreement since regardless of what had happened between them, they’re still parent and child.

  ’That’s the problem ah, their child isn’t here now. She’s a spirit floating around me.’ Shiro complained in her mind.

  Talking for a bit longer, Shiro, Lisandra and Keiko prepared to leave the city of Tokyo.

  Keiko had already applied for a short leave and had some of her trusted subordinates stand in for her.

  Leaving the city with their disguises intact, Shiro looked around to make sure that no one could see them before bringing out her motorbike.

  "Holy! Shiro! Where did you get something like this!?" Keiko exclaimed as she instantly started to circle around the vehicle with an excited glint in her eyes.

  ’So she likes motorbikes huh?’ Shiro thought with a smile. Much like a child opening their present on Christmas, Keiko simply couldn’t sit still and had to examine every part of the bike.

  "I managed to get it from a strange trader. I don’t know what parts are in the bike but I know that when I activate it, it goes ’’quite’’ fast." Shiro replied.

  ’LIES! It’s not quite fast, it’s fast as f*ck!’ Lisandra shouted out in her mind but made no change to her expression. As she had suffered from the effects first hand, she wanted to drag someone down with her.

  "In that case then what are we waiting for?! I want to see how fast it can go." Keiko smiled widely as she can’t wait to ride the bike.

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  "Wooooo!!!!!" Keiko cried out in happiness while her hair fluttered behind her. Regardless of how fast Shiro went, Keiko would only find more enjoyment.

  Lisandra, the one who had wanted to drag Keiko down with her, felt betrayed since she was on the verge of throwing up.

  ’Why the hell are you fine with this!!!’ She shouted out in her mind as she wanted to cry.