Over the next week, Inaba Tsukiyo frequently summoned Tachibana Koneko to tell her about Kuoh Town.
When Tachibana Koneko was free, Inaba Tsukiyo would also invite him to take her to other parts of the town to see if there was anything special about it.
Inaba Tsukiyo and Tachibana Koneko gradually became familiar with each other, slowly becoming close friends, sharing their respective stories.
Inaba Tsukiyo learned many things about customers she had seen before from Tachibana Koneko; some people would make very strange wishes.
Tachibana Koneko mentioned that she had a customer with a loli complex, but he didn't do anything strange to Tachibana Koneko, only asked her for a massage.
He sounded like an office worker. Because he had been working for some time and didn't have a girlfriend, he also didn't have a daughter.
While being a loli complex, he probably treated Tachibana Koneko as his daughter.
One day, Inaba Tsukiyo invited Tachibana Koneko to her basement, which she had specially prepared as a small dojo, similar to a kendo hall.
"Um... Is that really alright? Sparring with me, you could easily get hurt."
Tachibana Koneko hesitated at Inaba Tsukiyo's invitation to spar. In her mind, Inaba Tsukiyo, though mysterious, was just an ordinary person.
As a demon fighting an ordinary person, even without using magic, she was very worried that she might accidentally injure Inaba Tsukiyo.
Tachibana Koneko already considered Inaba Tsukiyo a friend, and she didn't want Inaba Tsukiyo to get hurt because of her own mistake.
"It's fine, Koneko. I've been injured many times while practicing kendo in the past. You might not believe it, but I've been critically injured several times, almost to the point of death."
Yes, she had almost died, for example, when she was with Victorica and was ambushed, shot in the chest.
Fortunately, she was lucky; the bullet didn't hit her heart, but just grazed the empty space next to a blood vessel near her heart and exited her body. Otherwise, she would have been dead.
But even then, it was very unpleasant. A bullet passing through her body sent shivers down her spine just thinking about it. This was the so-called excruciating pain.
Seeing Inaba Tsukiyo so insistent, Tachibana Koneko couldn't say anything else and could only reluctantly agree to Inaba Tsukiyo's request.
As long as she didn't use magic and controlled her strength appropriately, nothing serious should happen.
"Hey, Koneko. Have you heard of the country Huaxia?"
Before sparring, Inaba Tsukiyo suddenly asked.
"Huh? I... I've heard of it. But it's only hearsay; I haven't been there myself. Why?"
Huaxia also has its own mythological system, but the two places are quite far apart. Tachibana Koneko, located in Neon, had only heard of it at most.
"Is that so? You've heard of it. That's good, that way I can display what I learned from that person. And, I can also use that stupid apprentice's moves."
As she spoke, Inaba Tsukiyo assumed a strange starting stance, her feet apart, her eyes slightly open.
This single movement made Tachibana Koneko feel a distinct aura, as if a hunter was about to hunt a lion, and the lion happened to wake up, its eyes fixed on the hunter.
"Although I don't know if I should say this, I need to tell you, Koneko..."
"Try not to hold back too much, or you might get hurt."
"Eh?"
No sooner had she spoken than Inaba Tsukiyo's body blurred into an afterimage and vanished from her spot.
The next moment, Tachibana Koneko felt a sharp pain in her back, and her entire body flew forward.
Enduring the pain, Tachibana Koneko flipped a few times in the air before landing steadily on the ground, a slight frown creasing her brow from the pain in her back.
"So strong…"
She couldn't see her. Although it was partly because she had let her guard down, she truly hadn't been able to track Inaba Tsukiyo's movements just now; it was as if she had teleported.
"What's wrong? Koneko, as a devil, you should be capable of more than this, right? Even if it's just sparring, you can't hold back your true abilities."
Inaba Tsukiyo slightly opened her eyes, looking at Tachibana Koneko, who was half-crouched on the ground, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"If you're still planning to go easy, that's fine too. But then, you'll have to accept that you lost to an ordinary human."
"Tch. Tsukuyo, you're not human at all. How could a human achieve this level?"
Tachibana Koneko got up from the ground, stretched her body, clenched her fists tightly, and her eyes became more serious than ever before.
"I'm getting serious now, Tsukuyo. Even if you might get hurt, I'm going to go all out. Don't blame me."
"Come on, Koneko."
Tachibana Koneko charged towards Inaba Tsukiyo at an extremely fast speed, throwing a powerful punch at her.
The force, completely unbefitting her petite body, ripped through the air.
Facing the oncoming punch, Inaba Tsukiyo slightly shifted her body, directly dodging the attack.
"Your strength is really great, but your speed isn't fast enough. All that time is enough for me to dodge your attacks, Koneko."
[*Snap!*]
Inaba Tsukiyo flicked Tachibana Koneko's forehead with a little more force, the pain causing Tachibana Koneko to gasp and step back a few paces while clutching her forehead.
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