Keii Ashiya

**Keii Ashiya** (敬意芦屋 *Ashiya Keii*) is an ancient jujutsu sorcerer from the Heian Era, and adopted son of Sadatsuna Ashiya along with Sora Sage. During his first life, he had a deep seated jealously of his adoptive brother, which led to him killing their father and turning into a Curse User. After his defeat at the hands of Sora and Benika Kokatsu, he made a deal with Kenjaku, allowing Keii to reincarnate into the modern age. He later joins Kenjaku’s Group after Kenjaku kickstarts the Culling Game.

## Appearence

In his first life, Keii was a fairly tall and well built man, with long off white hair and piercing yellow eyes. He wears a white *kariginu* with one sleeve loose over layered black and red *hitoe*, and purple kyahan (leg-wraps) over a red hakama. His kariginu is tied with a teal-colored sash.

Upon reincarnating, he was dressed in his vessels brown hoodie and black pants. He later found and recreated his original outfit.

## Personality

Ever since his childhood, Keii has had a rather twisted and strange personality, switching from a kind, well mannered person, to a crass and sadistic one in seconds. He has almost always smiled, be it a genuine one or a crooked, ill intentioned one. Before being adopted by Sadatsuna Ashiya, Keii was a violent and hated child, having beaten others who were homeless for food, "terrorizing" the streets, and laughing without purpose throughout the night.

After being adopted by Sadatsuna, he was taught proper etiquette, becoming a more consistent and well mannered person. Upon meeting his adoptive brother, Sora, the two formed a close bond, viewing one another as rivals and becoming as close as true brothers.

However, after Sadatsuna's creation of the New Shadow Style, Keii became a more boastful and prideful person, showing off his superior skills to other followers, leading to a rift being created between himself and Sora. After Sora's departure from The New Shadow Style School, Keii felt betrayed, coming to hate his brother's lover, Benika Kokatsu. His past violent behaviors shown through once again, leading to him eventually killing his adoptive father. Once he was banished from the school, he was chased down by Sora, leading to a battle which forced Keii to retreat, further increasing his hatred and jealousy for his brother.

In his reincarnated life, Keii is hellbent on finding and killing Benika, his crazed personality kicked into full gear.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skills and Powers**: Keii is an abnormally skilled and ferocious jujutsu sorcerer, with his skill in swordsmanship alone putting him par with the strongest sorcerers of the Heian Era, the height of jujutsu sorcery. In his first life, many followers in The New Shadow Style School considered Keii to be the greatest user of the technique, surpassing even his father, the creator of it. As a sorcerer, Keii was capable of destroying special grade cursed spirits alone, and was able to pressure his brother, an extremely powerful sorcerer, and Benika, one of The Angel's Commandments. He has over 1000+ years of experience and knowledge about jujutsu, and can apply it seamlessly.

Keii has been noted to be a ferocious fighter, fighting like a maniac with exceptional speed and agility, while still with the skills of a swordsman master.

**Superior Swordsmanship**: Keii is an exceptional swordsman, being a master of all of the New Shadow Styles techniques, as well as utilizing hundreds of sword forms in combat. He was considered superior to both his brother, Sora, and his father, both being masters along with Keii. Keii later mastered the art of "cutting space", being able to slash space rather than "the surface", allowing him to land direct hits on his opponents without needing his sword to physically touch them.

**Spatial Slash**: An Iaijutsu technique created and developed by Keii, he discovered it while perfecting the use of Simple Domain. This technique allows him to cut at space itself, rather than the person, making that empty space the target for his slash, allowing him to cut the target without needing to physically touch them.

## Jujutsu

**New Shadow Style: Simple Domain** (シン・陰 (かげ) 流 (りゅう) 　簡 (かん) 易 (い) 領 (りょう) 域 (いき) , *Shin Kageryū: Kan'i Ryōiki*?) Learned from his original master Sadatsuna Ashiya. Assuming the proper stance, Keii creates a circle with a 30.68 meter radius around himself. Within the space it cancels techniques and allows him to hit without failure.