Character Quotes — Kurokami Blade (Fushimi Blade)
"I'm not here for revenge. I'm here to cut off the tracks of destiny — and this time, it's up to me."
[Act 1: Shadow of the Gray Belt]
At four o'clock in the morning, a spiritual wave of an unknown frequency vibrated and spread within the black domain blockade in the northern district of East Cloud.
Clad in a black combat uniform, Fushimi Blade stepped into the forbidden zone that all students were prohibited from entering.
This was the location of the initial appearance of the "Scourge Limit" of the Gray Belt Sequence, where the remnants of a jutsu jamming network rendered all conventional sensory equipment useless.
It was also the place that engulfed the North Tower of East Cloud, resulting in a major accident for which no one could be blamed.
In the center of the ruins, Fushimi stopped, inserted a sword-shaped coordinate marker, and calmly said,
"Black God Blade, Fushimi Blade, second chair of the East Cloud Swordsmanship Department.
In the name of swordsmanship, I challenge the Gray Belt Sequence to a duel."
He activated the "Sword Seal Spirit Pattern" with his spiritual energy and issued the challenge using the ancient technique of Echo Protocol.
According to one of the Gray Belt Sequence's accepted rules, any Awakened-level individual who issues a challenge can briefly awaken a local intervening personality to respond.
The response took only five seconds.
"... Challenge accepted. Intervening Individual: Scourge Limit, Dispatch Class Authority: 2nd Class, Unreturner."
The air cooled, and a figure clad in gray with an apparently non-void shape slowly appeared above the ruins. The figure held a deconstructed javelin made of "information flow."
[Act 2 — Nihilist Level Technique: Sword Track Break]
Fushimi slowly raised his right hand, and a blackened sword with only its core remaining unfolded: the Broken Sword of the Broken Army Reform.
He did not perform a sword stance but instead condensed his spiritual breath into the sword's core and said in a faint voice,
"Tendo Ryu's seventeenth stance — the Unsuccessful Sword Form."
[Act 3: The Black God's Challenge]
The severed part of the Woe Limit quickly collapsed back into the information layer.
But Fushimi didn't stop.
He engraved the "second sword track" into his spiritual consciousness. When he swung his next sword, the void exploded like a mirror.
The remnants of the Scourge Limit tried to escape, but Fushimi broke through the ground with his foot, closing the "sword track section" completely.
"Dongyun is no longer a place for your data collection."
"One more step, and I'll take the Program Source behind you with me."
The Scourge Limit let out a hoarse response as if it were some kind of hindsight "scrutiny."
Fushimi pulled out the bone fragment that recorded the seal, sealed the image of today's battle, and signed his name:
"Tokumo Sword Art Department — Black God Blade — Fushimi." Challenge number 001. Challenge number 001. Respondent number: Bane Limit.
He left the image on top of the old site, inserted it into the hilt of his sword, and turned to leave.
This battle is a trial and a notice.
From this moment on, the Black Godblade had ascended to the Gray Belt Observation Tier of the Open Battle List.
He was no longer a shadow of the Heavenly Dao.
He is the "Severer" who exists independently."