KING OF SWORDS 10-158
“A swordsman is at his most natural state when he thinks of nothing at all. Thoughtlessness is the natural state of things, and thinking is probably the biggest mistake of amateurs. By completely disavowing use of that pesky organ in your skull all that is left is the hard and old nerves in the body that think about deep and consequential things such as survival. They know exactly what to do, and they are smarter than you. You become a completely naturalistic and comfortable animal, who’s only motivation is the killing impulse.
To give you an example, I once spent the better part of a summer afternoon killing thirty five men from the Kagen Amat school who had been sent to execute me, returned home, and I had made most of supper before I came back to myself. I remember the incident poorly but several of the men were almost certainly master swordsmen who had studied the blade for most of their lives, and I unfortunately was still an idiot at that time and had taken no weapon with me. I ended up using a piece of driftwood I picked out of the surf. It was quite pleasant and not difficult at all.
Some people think my story an exaggeration and that I had a hidden blade on me or had used perfidious tricks such as poison or several of my friends hidden in ambush. I tell you no such thing is true. I started my afternoon out taking a shit on the beach and I ended up decapitating fifteen men. I had clams for dinner.”
– Meti ten Ryo
Hm. That twitch is more than I thought her capable of in this fight, especially with as much damage as she’s sustained. Interesting.
What purpose is stopping time against a foe who refuses to submit, even to the laws of time and causality?
As a time traveler who will die in the past, I respect that.
White Chain: The Diamond
Salami Dave freezes time with his Ki-Rata badassery, and approaches.
But wait! White Chain has enough mojo to move – a wee twitch! – something we have not heretofore seen; indeed it is deemed impossible.
WTF?!?
Nani?!!?
How can this be?
What does it mean?
A fly in Salami Dave’s ointment?
A rip in space-time?
A Balrog in the woodpile?
It could mean those things, but what it definitely means is this White Chain gal still has some ass in her pants.
Moooove White Chain! Moooove! Wiggle the toe indeed!
What pray tell, doth this twitch portend?
Hmmmmm???
We wait with bated breath!
Mr. Solomon is about to get that hand job he’s been daydreaming about, courtesy of Ms. Chain.
Jesus Christ
ITS THE SAME TYPE OF STAND AS STAR PLATINUM
…
And with a twitch of a finger, Salami Dave is unmade.
Is this a JoJo reference?!
Ah! It seems our strange and tumultuous song has come to an end… and what an end it promises to be! Though highly likely to be fatal, one thinks this final note shall make the Martial King re-examine his love of theatrics. BOOM!
How very interesting.
Meti is best girl.
Hope in the smallest motion.
Is WC about to match the speed Solomon is going that? If that twitch means what I think it means….
toki wo tomare
NANI?!
Time to spill the blood of a god!
ZA WARUDO
So I’m curious as to why White Chain’s face has been shrouded in shadow since she was hit in the face with an airblast.
Is it finally time? Time for the punch that is going to rock SolomonĀ“s world? I would very much hope so.
I imagine that WC unexpectedly going at the same speed as he is would rock his world harder than any punch would.
Both times he’s gone super-fast he’s taken off his rings first. Are they a device to slow him down to mortal speed? Is super-fast now his natural speed?
It’s been speculated before that they act as a reminder to restrict his abilities, particularly the stronger Ki Rata techniques.
He probably does it to style on his opponents.
His total destruction of his enemies before the rings fall demonstrates his complete mastery of speed and spacetime.
More concerningly they also act as a lure for his true speed-demon nemesis: Sonic
Sargnarg the Hardge Harg died though. It was wondrous and angelic and evil, a beautiful, divine hell!
Surprisingly sexy, too.
Well c’mon maaan, it’s no big deal, don’t build it up like that
White Chain ysn’t speaking in cut pieces only because they’re hurt; they had to enter Ki-Rata bullet time before Solomon and wait for him there! They’re not struggling to twitch, but rather not to move!
That’s…. plausible in this comic universe…
She doesn’t have to think to fight. Her ‘nerves’ know exactly what to do. That’s how she can fight even when Solomon is in bullet time.
That even ties in nicely with the alt-text! And just as Meti used the driftwood, they might use the falling water to cut the diamond. Not unheard of, actually!
Is your name a reference to “The Fourth Tower of Inverness”? It was described as looking like “A Thousand Eyes Turned Inward”.
I really want White Chain to do something awesome and ruing Solomon’s day.
…But I’ve got a solid feeling she’s about to get obliterated.
Damn, that’s ominous. Breathtaking page indeed.
One second has passed.
I really have to wonder how Meti would have done in combat with Solomon here. He clearly gets “it”, whatever “it” is with regards to combat. She seemed to be on the same general level with that.
“There’s a reason you lost, Solomon. One simple reason… You pissed me off.”
everyones talking about white chain and Solomon, I’m just siting here thinking holy fuck Meti