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"...Why, why are you laughing so happily?"

"Covered in blood, collapsed helplessly to the ground, completely torn to pieces, why do you look so happy? If I don't heal you like this, if I leave you alone, you'll end up dead."

"Why would a person like that exist in a country like Japan..."

"Why do you seek strength?"

　…….

　………….

　There's no reason.

　I seek strength.

"That's good... wonderful. You're a strong person for the second time since you were born into this world."

『Huh?』

　Suddenly, I remembered the words of my master in my previous life and slowly sat up, a smile leaking out from my face.

　This is it, this is what I was looking for.

"I wonder how he's doing it."

　Innocent.

　Standing there in front of it, touching it, getting beaten up.

　Still, there isn't that much difference between my base specs and Innocent's base specs.

　And I don't feel like I'm losing just because of pure martial arts.

"...Maybe it's not enough."

　In my previous life, I was an orphan.

　The person who took me in and raised me was the chief priest of a shrine that preserves ancient martial arts.

　The bare-handed fighting techniques I use today come from the ancient Japanese martial arts I learned at that time.

　This has yet to be adapted to other world specifications.

　That's probably why I can't beat Innocent right now.

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"You stopped using magic...? What are you trying to do?"

"So I don't know what you're talking about."

　I cancelled all the magic, including the physical strengthening magic I had cast on myself.

"Phew."

　And when I take a deep breath, I feel almost the same as I did in my previous life.

　Without the shell of magical power, my bare skin perceives the world, and my five senses become sharper.

"Come on."

　Even though I was in a terrible condition and hadn't even been able to use any healing magic to recover, I still got up from the ground and prepared my fists.

"Wonderful. It looks like Tokyo is not closed."

　The moment Innocent replied to me, he disappeared from my sight.

『Huh?』

　In response, without even realizing what was happening, I kicked backwards and forcefully blocked Innocent's fist that was thrust towards me.

"It's too early. If we know that, we still have a way to deal with it."

"Wonderful"

"Right?"

　If it's short, you can understand it even if it's broken.

　Even as we exchanged simple words, my opponent continued to swing his fists and kicks at me, which I parried with my bare hands.

"What is that?"

　Receive the opponent's force with your bare hands and let it flow outwards.

　The skill is something I have cultivated in my previous life. I have confidence in this skill.

"...Ugh."

　But that's not a panacea.

　The opponent's attacks were too strong and I was unable to perfectly deflect them, leaving a slight pain and numbness in my hands.

　Moreover, he is using his right arm which was originally broken.

　This part was also quite tough, and the constant pain of running made me nearly wince.

　We can't keep fighting like this forever.

"Like this?!"

　In the midst of all this, I decided to fight back.

　I learned how to refine Innocent's magic while exchanging punches... I imitated this different method of refinement from what I was originally using and fired my punch.

"I did!?"

　The painful attack from the other side

"Tch."

　There's one more thing.

　Innocent's explosive acceleration.

　It felt like magic was gushing out from under my feet. I imitated him, and with magic gushing out from my feet, I took some distance from Innocent.

"Osoi"

　However, Innocent soon caught up with me and punched me.

"Guff."

　The other side is still faster.

　Still, I tried to avoid it somehow.

　And it was only slightly successful, as he only managed to get his left arm knocked off.

"...An explosion?"

　There's no doubt that magic is emanating from beneath his feet.

　In fact, just by releasing my magical power, I was able to barely avoid the opponent's attack causing instant death.

　Then, like this.

"Huh."

"I did it!"

　The moment my feet hit the ground, magical power exploded beneath my feet, and I fled from the Innocents who were closing in on me to finish me off.

"Because one of your arms has been blown away, I'm lighter and faster now!"

　This time it was successful.

　I managed to put a lot of distance between me and Innocent.

『……Hm.』

　As I continue to run away from Innocent, my head starts spinning.

"..."

　What, what, what's missing?

　What am I missing?

　This way and that way. What's the difference between me and the innocent?

　How to refine magical power. Probably this.

　At first, I simply let magical power gush out and wrap my body around it like armor.

　However, instead of gushing outward, Innocent's magical power seemed to manifest within his body, weaving itself like a thread into his flesh, as if clothing it.

　So I tried to imitate him and weave my magic into a thread, but...it didn't work on Innocent at all.

"You're not skilled enough..."

　That may be true, but... there are still many more things missing.

"Should we try increasing the number?"

　I am the number of threads of magical power I weave within my body.

　Try increasing it from one to two.

"...Ah, huh?"

　While I was doing this, so much blood was spurting out from my missing left arm that the moment I put my feet down I stumbled a little and stopped moving.

"I'm here."

　There was no way Innocent would miss that opportunity.

　I receive the blow of Innocent's fist that is thrust towards me...

"Hahahaha! Made it in time, made it in time! It's really amazing. It doesn't hurt that much!"

　However, that blow was not enough to be fatal to me.

　Two magical threads that I had woven inside.

　The resulting interior design was also effective against Innocent.