Chapter 118 : How You Dodge It (Rewrite)

"What the hell," Kirito thought to himself.

He might not be a very good swordsman but he at least knows a little bit to not get embarrassed by the girl in front of him.

Kirito tried to dodge her sword swing but somehow the sword did not go as he calculated it to go. It was almost like the tip of the sword bent when near him. Touching him even when he dodges the attack coming towards him.

"What happened, I thought that you were going to complete this training in a few minutes and took Kashin away. Seems like you are having a hard time countering my sword technique." The no-name girl said in a mocking tone.

Yes, Kirito is still calling her the no-name girl. Yes, he is getting his ass kicked by the said no-name girl in sword fighting but that's only when he is not using any of his cheats. Like Hyperfocus. And yes, the girl is still just as much as beautiful as she was annoying.

"What are you doing? I know, there is no way that you are just using pure sword skills to do that. What's your trick" Kirito asked in frustration.

Kashin and other of his students were watching the battle from the sideline. It had been already an hours since the match started and Kirito although continuously getting defeated, did not give up and continued to progress.

He wanted to use Hyperfocus and end this task but he knew that this way he would not be able to learn swordsmanship so he perused to do this the old-fashioned way.

The reason is, that hyperfocus might help him understand the kind of style the girl is using but that way he will not build the skill to understand the essence of swordsmanship which he wanted.

"Come on, I don't have all day to waste on you. Just give up already" The no-name girl taunted Kirito.

"Oh yeah, well bad news for you but that ain't happening" Kirito shouted.

"I have to say it, this kid has drive," Kashin thought to him.

Kirito saw the attack coming towards him. He also had a sword in his hand. All he had to do was to either parry the attack or just plain dodge. But somehow, he failed to do exactly that for the last 2 hours.

"Come on, come on. Parry this time" I thought to myself and when the time was right, he with lightning reflexes turned his body to dodge the attack.

But only speed was not enough. He had no idea how but the attack actually ended up connecting. It was almost like the blade had a homing missile system built inside it. It always finds its target.

"What the hell is going on here? I clearly dodged that attack. How in the world did it connect" Kirito said in frustration.

He then heard laughing from the side and even Kashin was looking a little bit amused by his situation.

"You can't even block or dodge my attack. Let alone defeat me. Like I told you, you better give up while you still have a little bit of dignity left" said the no-name girl.

There was a twitch in his eyes but he controlled his impulse to go all Naruto on this girl in front of him and create multiple shadow clones to end the battle.

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"Hell with this, I am defeating you if that's the last goddamn thing I do. Believe It" Kirito shouted and again took his stand.

But this time around, he took the stand which he copied from Sakumo in Konoha.

He took a breath in and waited for the attack to come.

"Don't tell me that I did not tell you before?" the no-name girl said and rushed forward.

Kirito waited for the right time to act. He still refused to use Hyperfocus or Hyper Speed.

The swing came but this time around the situation was a little off. The swing was much much faster than he anticipated.

"Shit how she got that much faster," He thought.

She was already upon him by the time he anticipated. He could not even react. The sword directly hit him on his side.

But then he saw the girl taking the same stand she took a moment before. In the exact place, she was a moment before.

"What, is this a genjutsu," Kirito thought at the moment of notice. But that was not the case. He was looking at a sigh of Genjutsu all this time when he was not able to dodge her attacks.

Then something happened which surprised even him. She ended up moving in the same way she did a moment ago. Everything was just like how it was a moment ago. To the very detail.

Seeing how the attack was just like what happened a moment ago. He anticipated where the strike was going to land and dodge.

With his speed, he was able to react in time.

Silence falls in the area.

Kirito looked towards the girl who was looking at him in disbelief.

Even Kashin looked surprised.

"It was the same attack. Why did she go for the same attack 2 times in a row?" Kirito thought and looked at his side where his wound was supposed to be but to his surprise. There was no wound there.

"What the hell. I can't heal that fast. Only with a 100-healing mark, someone can heal that fast. And I have yet to master that technique." Kirito thought to himself.

He was not the only one confused and surprised. Others were surprised too including the no-name girl and Kashin.

But the only difference is that they did not see two attacks.

She only attacked once with incredible speed. That was definitely her finishing move. But Kirito dodge it.

"How did you dodge that attack," both Kashin and the girl asked in unison.

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