In the training fields, Mio was having a devastating sparring match with Ranpo, she was running round the place with a crazy burst of red energy while dishing out incredible punches that were causing the ground to explode. Ranpo on the other hand was just dodging each blow Mio was throwing, he was moving around with his hands in his pockets occasionally. Ranpo while dodging Mio's explosive attacks was abit impressed, Mio was leaping and blasting energy beams all over the place. Ranpo while still weaving thought to himself "Her movement are more agile now, and her explosive force and impact of her punches have slightly improved. ". Mio appeared behind Ranpo and sent out a powerful kick towards him, Ranpo easily blocked the blow with his arm while not showing too much attention towards Mio. Mio thought to herself "Huh? He blocked my kick with one arm? In that case.....", Mio pulled back, brought her daggers out of her pockets and infused them with thick red flames "I'LL JUST USE ANOTHER METHOD TO DEFEAT YOU!", she yelled out as she blitzed forward at a speed greater than sound by three hundred time. Just by moving, her flaming infused blades were tearing and scorching through the ground. Ranpo was abit impressed "Hm?", he exclaimed in his inner thought. Ranpo immediately dodged the incoming kick from Mio "Wow, that was fast. If I didn't pay attention, she would have caused my nose to bleed!". Mio turned back swiftly and sent a huge slash of thick red flames at Ranpo. Ranpo instantly moved out of the way as the slash flew by him like lightning and layed waste to a large number of hills "Hm, cool. This girl really is a prodogy with whatever she does.". He turned back and saw Mio sending slashes upon slashes of thick red flames at Ranpo. Ranpo just smirked as he proceeded to start running and dodging all of Mio's slashes with great skill, he was running and swirving all over the training area with his eyes closed and a soft smile on his face. As Ranpo kept dodging like this, Mio rushed in at a great speed, and appeared above Ranpo. With a powerful yell, she used her flaming infused blade to land a strike at Ranpo. Ranpo smirked, coated his finger with energy and then proceeded to block the incoming strike of red flames. Mio saw how effortless Ranpo had blocked her strikes "He blocked my attack.... with a finger?!", an annoyed grin appeared all over her face "Alright, now he's done it!". Mio allowed her demonic energy to blast out of her body, her thick dark red demonic energy was something that was going insane. As Kazuma was walking towards the training field, he was able to feel the impact of Mio's awakening, at the same time he saw the huge amount of demonic energy going crazy from afar "Looks like Mio and Ranpo sensei are going at it again.". As Mio's demonic energy was going insane, she had an insane grin on her face with black marking starting to appear on her cheeks. Ranpo was very impressed with a smile on his face "Oh? You really have improved. You are able to unlock stage Zero of your demonic form while slowly entering stage one. I like your dedication Misaki!", Mio in this crazed state and a demonic smirk on her face exclaimed "I SAID CALL ME MIO!!", she darted forward at the speed of lightning and threw a slash of demonic energy at Ranpo. Ranpo easily dodged, but his movements were much more swifter. Mio rushed towards him, she was ready to land another slash with her huge fingers that could easily tear flesh into a bloody mess. Just as Ranpo was excited with a smirk, he caught her by the wrist "That's enough!", he exclaimed. Mio instantly turned back into her Base state, she asked with excitement "So? How did I do?", Ranpo smiled at her with a thumbs up "You did great kid! You've really improved since last month! Keep this up and you would be at the top of your game in no time.". About thirty minutes later, Mio and Ranpo were having a snack break, Ranpo asked "Mio, that move you used to coat your daggers with your ability? Are you trying to mimick Kazuma's energy manipulation abilities?", Mio was abit stunned that Ranpo had noticed "You noticed?", Mio asked. Ranpo giggle abit "Why wouldn't I? Kazuma has the ability to use raw energy to take shape of anything, that's something almost no one can do without experience and complete mastery of energy, and Kazuma can do it with ease. It's something no one has ever seen. Not just that, but he can also use his energy to form shapes on the things he holds. Is that the aspect you're trying to copy?". Mio kept on eating her food, she chewed, swallowed and used a drink to cool herself down "Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Ranpo sensei, you see..... I really like Kazuma alot. Because of that, I want to get closer to him. One time, I saw him create a dagger out of his purple energy, the designs of the dagger was the thing that made my heart jump, and the excitement on his face when he did that was something i couldn't help but love. I wanted to do something similar to that, so I started using my energy to amplify my daggers so I can have a better mastery of what i want to create.". Ranpo just smirked at his student "Hm, she's just 13, and yet she understands the basics of what it takes to have love for her allies.", he thought to him. Mio also went ahead to say "I also started to use my energy in that kind of way so that I can replicate Yuji's fighting style. The slashes that he release are deadly and destructive, but they lack explosive power. I want to be able to do the same thing he does so that I can help him in missions, I'll replicate his energy slashes with my demon flare ability so that i can help him in terms of destructive power.(Her thick red flames).". Ranpo smiled at her "You really do think about others.". Ranpo looked at the sky with a smile "Mio is deadly in the most crazy ways, but she still has a kind heart. Unlike Yuji who can be funny, but is incredibly sharp. But the one I fear the most is Kazuma. He is free spirited with other, but at the same time, that Kid isn't afraid to kill a person without emotions for that matter! He's trying an assassin.".
END OF CHAPTER.