Strong Foe, And The Stronger Him

The two figures stand on each other inside the closed room. Both of them have a katana in their hands. As the second passed by, the two charged towards each other. If there were any spectators watching these heated fights, they would say the two were on par.

The two clashed for quite a while. Until one of the katana is broken in two. Even so, the figure with an unbroken katana was still in a fighting stance. Meanwhile, the figure with the broken katana only stares at his own katana.

"I give up." The figure dropped the broken sword to the floor, Indicating the winner to his opponent. And now he's walking to the door while wiping his sweat with the towel. But the winner stops him.

"W-Wait! One more time! Please!" The winner bows down to the opponent he just defeated. Requesting a rematch to him. But the loser refuses.

"I refuse. We have spent so much time on this today. We have discussed this, there's no way I can defeat you." The loser is looking at the pile of broken swords. 28 of them include the one he just dropped, that's how much the winner is winning on that day.

"But, you kept up against my speed every time. But still lost in the end. Why, Were you going easy on me?" As the loser opens the door, he speaks a word... 

"No, in fact, I never go easy on you. Perhaps you're stronger than me. Perhaps no. In any case, I'm done for the day. And I'm busy for the next 2 days. Until then, I'll happily have a rematch with you." 

That was a conversation between Hutogi and Ten. Hutogi kept winning the fight but in his mind, he didn't. Since Ten was able to keep up with his inhumane speed that no one else could. In Hutogi's eyes, he looks at Ten as a rival and the teacher who gives him an experience.

...

"We can't stand still in here any longer. We got caught in Lu Baise's dust too. Everybody gets out!" As the others heard Hutogi's order, they too ran to the crack of the wall made by an explosion by Ten's group. 

Hutogi is the first one to jump out. As he landed on the land from 1f floor, he caught sight of Ten's group running behind another building. Look closely, it was the Go Karts. Hutogi looks back as he sees the others have jumped out as well.

Hutogi tells them Ten's group whereabouts and decides to follow them. As they were on their way, Tenko fell on her four with the bleeding on her head. Coming from the bullet wound. 

"Gah, Tenko is dizzy... Because he shot Tenko's head multiple times..." Tenko's skull is hard enough for even the bullet can't pierce her skull completely. That was the fact Ten was aware of. Even so, Tenko can still stand up. But Hutogi is worried about Tenko.

"Don't push yourself too hard. Me and Eden can handle this."

"Hah, don't underestimate Tenko! Even if my head were to blow up, Tenko can still stand!"

"I'm pretty sure you can't stand if your head were to blown off..." It only takes under a minute for the group to reach the Go Karts. But they stop at the entrance. As they were overly cautious in case Ten tried to sneak attack on them again. 

Eden tried to give an idea by sending Lu Baise to scout the building but he hesitated because it worries him Lu Baise might get killed like Rudy's drone. Even so, Tenko is the first one to step inside the place.

"In that case, Tenko will be the first one to take a hit in case there is a trap." But as Tenko looked ahead of her, there it was, one of the go-carts came flying at her face. Sends her a few meters to the back. Hutogi's eyes were fixated on Tenko he didn't sense the enemy with his sixth sense. That's until it happened.

Eden's heart was pierced from behind by the machete. Hutogi's eyes were fixated on the machete's owner, Ten. Ten pulls out the machete from Eden. The blood splatters everywhere. Including Ten himself. 

Hutogi unsheathes his sword and charges toward Ten. But as Ten was in Hutogi's range, another go-kart was flying at Hutogi. Hutogi sliced the go-kart in half with ease. But Hutogi loses his sight of Ten. Just to know Ten was behind him.

Hutogi senses Ten and parries his attack. But the machete was held by only one hand. Meanwhile, the other hand is holding a handgun. A few shots were triggered. But none of the shots hit Hutogi as he fended Ten off as he shot.

Hutogi slashes Ten a few times in a distance. As if the slash were the projectile itself. But Ten can parry those slashes easily. That's until Tenko gets up and tries to hit Ten from the side. But Ten was aware of that as he dodged Tenko's attack and stabbed her in the rib with the machete.

Once again, as Ten pulled out the machete from Tenko's rib, the blood was coming out like the broken faucet. Even so, Tenko smiled to her ear. Excited by intense pain. She attacks and keeps attacking Ten as he dodges her attacks.

Hutogi follows through, by slashing Ten from the distance. But at that time, someone jumped on Hutogi from the side. Alex, with the metal pipe in his hand. But, Hutogi was able to see him coming with a sixth sense. And so, Hutogi decided to use his Unique.

"Devil Eyes: Soul!" As if there were someone else coming out from Hutogi's body, they slash Alex from a distance multiple times. In a span of one second, the soul slashes Alex 21 times. 

But, Hutogi was confused, because Alex survived his attacks. The slashes hit anything but Alex and the floor he's standing on. As if there were some kind of barrier protecting him. But it's impossible from Hutogi's side because he didn't hit anything.

Distracted in his mind, Hutogi didn't realize his foot was standing in a hole in the ground. Alex, knowing Hutogi's feet were stuck in the ground, brings out the crossbow from his back. He aimed the crossbow at the ground near Hutogi's leg. He shoots the arrow on it and then...

*BOOM!*