Hidden Inventory III

Okinawa, Japan…

"Hahaha! Catch me!…"

Two figures played within the waters of a beautiful blue sea, while two others stood at the shore watching the previous two have fun with smiles on their faces.

"Hey! Look what I caught..Is that a sea cucumber?"

"It's so gross.."

Playing in the ocean, one of the figures, a white haired youth in dark round glasses picked up a gross looking sea plant from the water, as he and his friend, the beauty black haired young girl laughed in disgust.

Meanwhile, on the beach, the other two figures couldn't help but sigh, watching the silly actions of their friends.

"Thanks for coming to my rescue, Mister Geto. I'm not sure how I made it out from the hands of that monster.."

A beautiful young woman in a black and white swimsuit spoke and looked at the handsome long haired young man on the beach.

"It's alright Kuroi. You should rather thank Riko. It's because of her that we were able to find you so quickly…"

Suguru spoke with a laugh, while Kuroi merely sighed and nodded.

"Kuroi, the person who attacked you. Did you see his face or can you describe him?" Suguru asked while his expression turned serious for a moment.

"I don't really remember a lot, but they were two men. One was really muscular and he held onto a long blade, and the other….yes! The other hand a stitch like scar on his forehead!"

The moment, he spoke, Suguru's expression faltered as his fists clenched tightly.

"I see…"

Trying to remain as calm as he could, Suguru took deep breaths and turned towards Satoru who was goofing around with Riko in the sea.

"Don't mention this to anyone hmm?.."

He turned towards her with a solemn expression and then spoke.

"Not even to Gojo?" She asked with a raised brow.

"No. I'll handle it myself. He's already shouldering a burden of his own. He doesn't need to worry about this.."

Suguru spoke with a smile and then patted her shoulders.

"Guys!!"

After speaking to Kuroi, Suguru called out to Satoru and Riko, who sighed and left the water dejectedly.

"Is it time already?"

Riko asked, Suguru nodded and sighed.

"Can't we leave tomorrow morning instead?" Riko begged with a pleading smile, while Satoru sighed and walked to Suguru.

"I agree. The weather is great, and besides, there'll be fewer curse users if we're in Okinawa instead of Tokyo. Also it'll be good if the bounty is lifted on the way too.."

Satoru spoke with a carefree smile, and while the others agreed with him, Suguru couldn't help but notice the signs of exhaustion he was currently exhibiting.

Gesturing to him, Suguru called Satoru to the side and then whispered to him.

"Are you okay, dude? You've been using your technique nonstop since yesterday haven't you? Are you sure we should be head back immediately?"

With concern, Suguru couldn't help but look at his best friend.

"I'm good man.." Satoru smiled reassuringly, but Suguru was having none of it.

"Are you planning on staying up all night again?" Suguru asked, but Satoru simply sighed and shook his head before walking away with a confident smile, which caused the dark haired youth to sigh at his friend's stubbornness.

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Hayato family mansion, Tokyo…

*BANG!**BANG!*

Within a small training room, a figure unleashed multiple punch kick combos onto a punching bag before him.

His shirtless body was covered with sweat, and although his bare knuckles were sore, he kept hitting the punching bag with resolve.

*BANG!*

In a burst of anger, he finally unleashed his true power and let out a fist which tore a hole through the punching bag and hurled it through a wall.

Taking in deep breaths, he calmed himself and reached for his towel and the bottle behind him.

Taking a seat on the stony stair case behind him, he sighed and took a sip of the water from the bottle.

The past few days had truly been the most hellish period of his life. If it hadn't been for Ieiri who had come to his rescue on that fateful night, he would've truly unalived himself in a moment of weakness.

But now, just like she had told him, he had to live on for the sake of his loved ones, and not only was he going to do that, he was now going to walk his own path to ultimate strength.

'Asura path, Animal path and Deva path.' Musing for a moment, he thought on the paths of the Rinnegan which he had come into contact with.

Waving his hand, he summoned a short katana. Twirling it psychokinetically with his cursed energy, he then flicked his finger, allowing the dagger to pierced through another wall on the side.

After that, he turned to the tattoo of the silver wolf on his arm before he let out a smile.

At least he had army on his side should anything go wrong.

"Universal Pull.."

Stretching out a finger, he merely closed his eyes and allowed his cursed energy to mark the dagger that had been impaled into the wall beside him.

*SWOOSH!*

The next instant, the blade that had been lodged into the wall moved, as if being pulled on by a natural force, before it shot towards Kenshin who was still able to catch the blade even at the immense speeds it was moving at.

'This deva path reminds me of Satoru's Limitless…' Utilizing a repulsive force, he hurled the knife away, before he pulled it back using an attractive force.

'I wonder what will happen when I utilise attraction and repulsion at the same time..'

Calling onto the power of gravitational forces, he allowed the knife to levitate before him, before he utilized both the Universal Pull and Almighty Push at the same time.

With the power of attraction and repulsion both existing in the same space time, and focused onto the small blade, it began to distort, as space wobbled in effect.

*BOOM!*

The next moment, a small space shattering explosion set off, hurling him flying as he crashed into a pillar and slid down with a smile on his face.

He quickly rushed to the site of the explosion only to see an unnatural phenomenon that was quickly mending itself.

The ground at that point had been completely destroyed, along with the space around that was quickly mending itself.

"What was that?…"

He was about to continue with his experiments when a figure came running towards him in concern.

"It's nothing..I'm fine."

Turning towards the beautiful girl with dark brown hair, he smiled and walked to her, before embracing her.

"I was pretty worried there for a second.."

She rolled her eyes as he let out a laugh.

"I'm kinda hungry, is lunch ready?" He asked and pulled her away from the room, walking away with an arm on her shoulder.