Himura_battousai
Copyright© 2011 by Murasame
Chapter 186: Mechanical Artist
The battle has split into three parts:
Banjin vs. Sanosuke
Otowa vs. Yahiko
and--
Gein vs. Kenshin.
Gein: Playing with toys ... People often say that. But no one ever says it twice. The first time is their last! Let's go, Battousai!
(He jumps through the mouth into the cockpit. Gears turn and Iwanbou springs to the attack. Kenshin dodges one blow and springs off another to hit his arm.)
Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuukansen!
(The sword stretches the rubbery skin but can't penetrate it.)
Kaoru: Kenshin! Those blows won't work! The thick skin just absorbs the shock!
Gein: Shock absorption mechanism. And there's one more thing.
(Iwanbou's arm twists backwards to grab Kenshin and smash him into the ground.)
Kaoru: Kenshin!
Gein: All of the joints rotate freely on the vertical and horizontal axis. The free-joint mechanism! No matter how many you've beaten, this is the first time you've fought one that isn't human!
Kenshin: Not human ... That's true. So I need show no mercy... (He flips the reverse blade around.) First, I'll destroy this doll!
Gein: A sharp-edged blow ... Of course. However--
(The mechanism inside Iwanbou's arm separates at the elbow. Kenshin's blow hits only rubber skin, which stretches like a rubber band and rebounds unharmed.)
Gein: Only the rubber surface, processed for maximum ductility, and the steel control wires are left. Since the mechanics themselves are already detached, Battousai himself could not sever them! This is the free-detachability mechanism. A new feature added to the Sangou Iwanbou in anticipation of facing you.
Kenshin: ... Who are you?
Gein: I? You're right. I haven't yet given my name. I am Gein. Gein the Mechanical Artist! The last descendant of a line of puppet masters that have refined the arts of construction and mechanics since the middle ages!
Megumi: A mechanical...
Kaoru: Artist...
Kenshin: For someone who calls himself an artist, you don't seem to have much taste.
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