The Absolute Speed of a Certain Comic 47

Title: Nameless Sword

A gentle breeze blew.

A silvery white blade lay before his eyes in an instant, causing Ikki to unconsciously swallow his next words.

“Ikki, don’t say something that’s not true.”

Hoshiharu looked at Ikki with a friendly expression on his face.

“…Understood.”

Ikki swallowed, then nodded calmly.

The fact was just as Ikki had said.

Hoshiharu also had no talent for footwork. Just like when he learned judo before, although he could grasp the essence at a glance, he still couldn’t learn or use it.

This was certainly also caused by himself. All his talent was focused on swordsmanship, so other talents like footwork, hard work, boxing, shooting, throwing, etc., were all zero.

So he couldn’t learn anything except swordsmanship.

If he wanted to become stronger, he had no choice but to train in swordsmanship.

Hoshiharu’s mentality was still very good, and he understood the principle of satisfaction and happiness.

But mentality and face are two different things.

It was fine if his family members knew about this kind of thing, but it was very embarrassing if others said it.

After all, he was also a genius Blazer. According to his Master, sooner or later he would reach the pinnacle of the world.

“Hahahahaha! I get it! Junior Brother, you don’t know how to use <<Trackless Step>>, do you? Hahahaha!”

Ikki had the common sense not to say much, but Neine didn’t care about his face at all, holding her stomach and laughing loudly.

“Initially, I thought you could defeat the careless Bishou. I thought you would be so strong, but it turns out you haven’t even learned footwork properly. Hahahaha! This is truly a masterpiece!”

Nene, as Torajirou’s most satisfying student, could certainly use footwork quite perfectly. She was much more skilled than Touka.

She had used it on Hoshiharu before when he was in the dormitory.

Hoshiharu: (???)

Obviously, even Touka didn’t know this, but Nene knew, and she would be mocked in various ways in the future.

Only during rehabilitation last year did he gradually confirm that he couldn’t do anything except swordsmanship. Previously, he had only slightly realized it. Besides himself, the only person who knew this was Torajiro.

Now there were a few more people, and another piece of dark history had been revealed, making him feel very sad.

“Ahem… By the way, your sword is beautiful. What’s its name?”

Seeing Hoshiharu not looking too good, Ikki lightly coughed and quickly started changing the topic.

His intention was good.

But when Hoshiharu heard this, the corner of his eye twitched slightly, and he glared at him.

“This sword has no name.”

Nene smiled enough, wiping tears from the corner of her eyes, and said with a teasing expression, “But because every time the sword is swung, it makes a ‘Vrring~’ sound, so I gave it the name Vrring Sword.”

“…”

Ikki immediately understood why Hoshiharu had glared at him just now.

“What’s wrong with not having a name?”

Instead, Ikki was more concerned with what Nene had said earlier.

“Logically, after awakening a Noble Art, doesn’t every Blazer naturally know the name of their Device? After all, the Device is their own soul. There’s no reason why they wouldn’t know its name, right?”

The Device is formed after the manifestation of the person’s own soul; it is a highly dense magical crystal symbolizing the self and essence of the Blazer.

For example, Stella’s two-handed sword is called Lævateinn. Ikki’s katana is called Intetsu.

Nene’s Device is the iron fan she always holds in her hand, called Beniiro Ageha.

It’s strange if Hoshiharu doesn’t know the true name of his Device.

“Kurogane, have you ever heard this statement?”

Nene quickly closed her folding fan, gently patted her palm, and her teasing expression gradually faded.

“The Device is a manifestation of the self. Sometimes, if a Blazer changes themselves or finds their true self, the form of the Device will also change.”

“This…”

Ikki hesitated slightly, seemingly recalling the past and searching for relevant knowledge in his mind.

Such rumors are often heard in the world because the Device is a manifestation of the self. When a Blazer’s self changes, the form of the Device will also evolve.

“The reason why Junior Brother’s Device has no name, according to my guess, is because he hasn’t found his true self yet.”

Nene gave a meaningful look.

“Because he hasn’t found his true self, it doesn’t have a name. In other words, if he finds his true self someday, he will be able to know the true name of the Device, and perhaps his Noble Art will develop. No, it should be said that he will find his true Noble Art.”

A Blazer doesn’t realize their true Noble Art from the beginning.

Take Nene as an example. When she first awakened her Noble Art, she thought her Noble Art was to make objects float.

Hoshiharu’s situation of not knowing the true name of his Device is likely similar because he hasn’t found his true self and hasn’t awakened his true Noble Art.

More precisely, <<Absolute Speed>> might currently be just a superficial manifestation of Hoshiharu’s true Noble Art, and a stronger potential might be hidden within him.

The Blazer’s true Noble Art is still hidden behind the deeper fog in his soul.

“I see, it can still become stronger…”

Ikki understood a bit and looked at Hoshiharu with envy.

The Causation Interference System is just an external manifestation of the true power. If Hoshiharu awakens the true power of the Blazer, then his Noble Art can be upgraded to the next level and become even more extraordinary.

Hoshiharu scratched the back of his head, feeling very uncertain.

In fact, this was his Master’s best speculation. It was hard to say if the truth was accurate.

Of course, Hoshiharu himself still hoped to have a more feasible time-traveling plug-in.

Not to mention having a system or something, at least it should allow him to travel through different worlds, right?

Hoshiharu believed that he could stand at the peak of the strongest in the world just by relying on his swordsmanship, like the strongest swordsman Edelweiss.

Give him more time, and with his talent, he believed he could surpass Edelweiss even without relying on other plug-ins.

However, if he could only live in this world again and couldn’t appreciate the grace of heaven, it would be a shame if heaven really existed.

To be honest, Hoshiharu felt this possibility was still very high. After all, the world of Rakudai Kishi could exist, and there was no reason why other worlds couldn’t exist.