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Chapter 423: Reaction
Chapter 423: Reaction
Chapter 423: Reaction
"Today, we're at 125 wins, 126 losses, and 1 draw in your favor." said Sakaki
Hongo remained silent before jumping away.
'Fool, it's your favor. I failed to kill you on that day, so it should be my loss,' thought Hongo.
Shizuha looked up to the moon, noticing her husband Saiga remaining hidden in the shadows. With a nod, Saiga disappeared, already planning his next move.
Picking up the remaining gauntlet and the Yin Yang pin, Shizuha jumped back to Ryozanpaku with her daughter and disciple in her hands, rushing to Akisame's clinic with Sakaki right behind him carrying Sho who lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss.
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Niijima took a deep breath when he received news that Kenichi had been kidnapped. Dismissing his minions, Niijima went into a safe room he had built inside the Shinpaku Alliance for himself. Not even Siegfried, his most loyal minion, was allowed in for the moment. Inside the room was simple old electronic junk that he liked to fiddle around with as a hobby. However, at this moment, he didn't feel like doing so.
"... SHIT!" cursed Niijima as he hurled a piece of junk into the wall. He didn't stop there as he raged around, hurling junk all around, smashing them into the floor. His mouth spewed curses that soon evolved into eldritch curses unable to be understood by man. His best friend was missing the person who accepted his weirdness and allowed him to grow. Who knew what could happen to him?
"Alright, Yami, if that's how you want to play, then it's war!" growled Niijima as he crushed a cup in his grip.
True, he was unable to match them in terms of physical prowess or martial arts. But he could compete against them in terms of information and finance. Niijima planned to drive them into a corner, utilizing everything Kenichi told him about the stock prices at first he had doubt how he could predict the market like this but now it didn't matter. So far, they had been playing it safe. But for the sake of his friend, all bets were off.
"But first, to make a few calls," muttered Niijima to himself as he walked out of the room. He had connections, and it was time to use them.
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"... Shit!" shouted Sho as he suddenly woke up, leaning forward in shock. Unfortunately, by doing so, he aggravated his wounds, causing him to wince.
"Where the hell am I?" blinked Sho as he looked around, not recognizing the wooden structure. None of Yami's bases had such a... shabby design.
"You're at Ryozanpaku, where we're treating your room. And sorry the room feels shabby, but it does just fine," voiced Akisame.
"Mother fucker!" cursed Sho under his breath in surprise and shock, 'Did he read my mind?'
"Wait, how many days has it been?" asked Sho as he remembers his master asking Sakaki to take care of him.
"Not even a day so relax kid, and don't try to go back to YOMI before Hongo comes back" grumbled Sakaki as he entered the room, "Don't forget, your own clan and organization was looking to kill you for stupid reasons. He felt it was safer for you to heal up here instead. He doesn't trust Yami right now."
"And he can trust you? Just let night you two were having a death match" asked Sho.
"Hmnp your teacher was aiming for my life, i just wanted to beat the shit out of him" Sakaki said
"We don't kill people so he could trust us" Elder said entering the room as well, "That being said, you will abide by the rules here and respect your elders."
"Hai!" shouted Sho, sitting up straight in fear. He was still terrified of the Elder, especially after that incident back on Fortuna's island.
Sho looked around trying to organize his mind. He remembered defeating Komu and his bunch. He remembered Jenazad trying to kill him and the red headed girl but Kenichi saved them causing him to lose his chance to defend himself and ended up getting taken by Jenazad.
"Tell me the truth," asked Sho as he took a deep breath, "Did the Demon God Fist really took Shirahama?
Seeing no point in lying, they all nodded. Sho's head drooped down in anger. It was because of him that the Kuremisago Clan attacked them too, and it was because he let his guard down that Kenichi was forced to save him and get captured by Jenazad alone.
"Is my master going to deal with the Demon God Fist? No, of course he is. He would never let someone ruin his match and kidnap children. In that case, I don't have time to lose! I'm already healed up, and ready to go!" exclaimed Sho.
He tried to jump off the bed, only to be paralyzed by Kensei's acupuncture needle being jabbed into his nervous system.
"Not yet, you're still healing," ordered Kensei, "Thankfully your body is strong and you won't lose that hand of yourself but that doesn't mean that you would be able to use like before if you don't take care of yourself as a martial artist you should know what lingering injuries can do."
Sho tried to move, but found himself completely paralyzed.
"Your master needs to heal as well, and once we've found the location, we're moving in. Niijima already has people looking for them," said Akisame, "Now then, if you want to get moving again, take this medicine. Kenichi takes it regularly when overtrains himself."
The reality was that the medicine was used not because Kenichi overtrained himself, but a good majority of the time his masters pushed Kenichi to the limit, and then easily passed that limit without hesitation, knowing their knowledge would revive Kenichi.
Sho gritted his teeth before nodding. If Kenichi could do this, then so could he! He then changed his mind when Kensei brought in some suspicious concoction that was bubbling despite not being under any heat source. Sho tried to shake his head and keep his lips sealed, only for Kensei to stab another nerve point in Sho, causing him to open his mouth dumbly as Akisame tossed the concoction into his mouth.
Sho's mind began to spout out incoherent words at the taste of the medicine.
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Miu was looking at Natasha with a concerned expression as she absolutely destroyed the training dummy.
"Don't think too much Natasha it wasn't your fault that Kenichi was kidnapped there was nothing you could have done, even i let down my guard and he could have attacked me as well to make Kenichi defend me and give Jenazad the chance he needed. The only reason he didn't was probably because he wanted to take me as well but couldn't because of my mom."