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Volume 5 Chapter 4 Part 5

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Exactly at the moment when the blade of Krishna’s chakram grazed the skin on Homura’s neck. . . . . .

 

In that very moment, Saigo Homura disappeared. And immediately after that, Krishna himself realized that he is gazing not at the interior of Homura’s rented building, but at the night sky filled with stars that were shining above the village. He did not know when exactly that happened, but he has been blow through space above the depths of the forest.

 

(Spacial Displacement. . . no, teleportation?!)

 

「Too slow!」

 

Now that Krishna was in the air, unable to fix his posture and properly defend himself, Asuka unleashed her Iai technique and attacked him, cutting through the sky itself. Trapped in this double trap without any means of escape, Krishna could not avoid the strike that came towards him at blinding speed and was torn in half. . . or at least that is how he felt, because even if the pain was there, physically he saw that no damage whatsoever has been done to him.

 

It was a perfect surprise attack, the one that could have been carried out now in these exact circumstances when the enemy’s attention has been focused solely on Homura and Azi-Dahaka inside of him. It was a perfect deathblow, against which no countermeasures could have been taken, even more so since Krishna has been teleported by Ayazato Suzuka’s 『Apport & Asport』 to such a place where Asuka could cut him at point-blank range without having to worry about him dodging it or holding back due to the possible collateral damage.

 

「H-Hell yeah! We did it!!!」

 

「The surprise attack has been a resounding success! Well then, I will be leaving the rest to you guys!」

 

And with that, Suzuka hastely retreated back to the forest, which must have been their plan from the very beginning, because if it was not for Suzuka, they Asuka would have never been able to trap and defeat the opponent of Krishna’s caliber on her own, not with her mediocre swordsmanship. Yes, this entire surprise attack operation was such a success mainly thanks to Suzuka’s presence and her ability to remain calm and not allow her emotions to affect her until she was able to determine the best possible moment to send Krishna flying.

 

「K h h h h h . . . . d – d a m n. . . d a m n you. . .! ! ! ! ! ! H O W D A R E YOU . . . H O W  D A R E  Y O U  T R E A T  M E  W I T H  S U C H  I M P U D E N C E. . .! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! G h h h h h . . . .  a a a a a a. . .  . ! ! ! ! !」

 

The black wind began to converge around Krishna’s cut body. It would seem that he has finally lost any semblance of self control he might have had left in him. The overflowing flood of black wind twisted the trees of the surrounding forest, burned the earth and electrified the atmosphere as it was relentlessly attacking everything that it came into contact with.

 

「Y o u. . . . Y O U  B i t C H . . . ! ! ! ! W h A T. . . W h A T  D I D  y o u do to  M e e e e e e e e eE E E E E E E E E E E E E E. . . . .? ? ? ? ? ? ? ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !」

 

「Fufu, you would like to know that, do you? Very well then. In my infinite grace, I will heed your plea and enlighten you. I have separated your Divinity from the folklore that surrounded you. If you really are the person we assumed you are, then a single blow from my 『Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi』 should be more than enough to bring you down. . . . Krishna the Poet!」

 

While glaring at the downed Krishna with a merciless gaze, Asuka revealed Krishna’s true identity. Just like Parashurama mentioned the other day, 「Krishna」 was a name that referred to a Divine Spirit native to the Indian Mythology, and that Divine Spirit would in time grow up to become the very concept of the 「Savior」, the protoplast of King David in Judaism and one of the heroes present in the Indian epic Mahabharata, where it was portrayed as a storytelling preacher who taught 「Bhagavadgita」to Arjuna and his brothers. So as you can see, Krishna the Divine Spirit is, without a doubt, a powerful and unrivaled being with a multitude of incarnations and interpretations across various cultures.

 

Izayoi, who appeared out of the shadows while laughing invincibly patted Suzuka, who was walking right next to him on the back for a job well done.

 

「There are many individuals throughout history who claimed to be Krishna’s incarnations or Avatars. Maybe it is because the conditions for becoming his incarnation are actually pretty light, but that is beside the point. What we know for sure though, is that two conditions need to be met in order for someone to be turned into Krishna’s incarnation: they have to belong to the monk caste, and they have to exhibit a willingness to surrender themselves to Krishna’s will of their own volition.」

 

Those were the requirements needed to be fulfilled in order to become the Avatar of Krishna the God.

 

「As long as Arjuna and Krishna are destined to meet one another, the preaching of 「Bhagavadgita」to Arjuna by Krishna is an indispensable part of the relationship between the two. In other words, it is reasonable to think of this Krishna right here as a proxy of the Divine Spirit Krishna that assumed his name, whose purpose is to ensure 「Bhagavadgita’s」establishment. And that is why. . . . 」

 

Izayoi wanted to continue with his explanations, but then, his vision has become cloudy all of a sudden, and at the same time, something strange began happening to Krishna in Arjuna’s body, who was still lying on the ground. The black wind that continued to overflow from his severed body showed no signs of stopping. It should have disappeared the moment Asuka slashed him in half with her sword that separated him from his Divinity, but nothing of the sort was happening.

 

「. . . . Suzuka. Run away towards the village. Something is seriously wrong here.」

 

「B, But why?! Is everything not over now?! . . .! ! ! !」

 

「Do what I said and go! Now!!! Go grab Homura and the Albino pipsqueak and run as far away as you can . . . . .!!!」

 

「U-Understood!」

 

Suzuka cowered a little due to not expecting Izayoi to scream at her like that, but once she recovered herself from the shock teleported herself out of the forest right away.

 

Moments after Suzuka left for the village, something strange has happened to Krishna. Something that vaguely resembled a humanoid shape has separated itself from Arjuna’s body, and when it got away from him, the black wind stopped converging around Arjuna and shifted its direction towards that humanoid shape, who was gradually becoming more and more human-looking, until it finally took the shape of a black-haired man. Izayoi and Asuka both understood that this black-heired man who was now standing before them must have been Krishna the Storyteller. He was breathing heavily and was visibly in a lot of pain, but even so, he still managed to stand straight and glare at the two problem children with an angry look that radiated unrestrained hatred.