Akiru's showdown between him and the royal guards rank thirty-two is about to go down.
It will be recorded as the first clash between the Kozaki family, the nobles, and more importantly the royal family.
Hirako, Nokumi, and Asuka are all watching this fight unfold from the roof of the factory. Hirako couldn't help it but show a very confident look on his face. He knew the strength of his guard. Hirako showing that face put the scared Asuka at ease. She was able to figure out that those three individuals are nothing short of amazing. All three of them possessed a crazy amount of power and their relationship and love for each other was also very easily noticeable.
"I see that you finally caught up to us huh! Nokumi's plan worked better than I thought that it would. Did you think that we didn't notice you following us through the entire forest a couple of days ago?"
"that does not matter. I didn't have orders to kill you three back then, or should I say four? Either way, I'm going to take the lives of all four of you in a couple of seconds."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that Mr. Doggie."
"haha! Akiru Ohta, the guard to one of the five children of Watanabe Kozaki... I have very clear orders from the higher-ups to take the three of you down the second that I see you."
"oh my... Hirako, did you hear what he just said? The royal family is finally paying attention to us again..."
"huh? Of course, they are, he just cut off the arm of one of the noble's kids. We should be glad that they only sent that dog to get us, stop wasting time, kill him before they send stronger guards."
"H...how many stronger guards do they have? Thirty-one more?"
the person who asked that question was Asuka. She was frightened to even open her mouth, yet she did it, and to her surprise, it wasn't Nokumi who answered this question of hers. It was Hirako.
He looked down at her. She was frustrated, worried, sitting down on the ground not sure what to do. He moved closer to her and bend down placing his right arm on her head and he gently patted her. He gave her a gentle little smile that made her remember meeting a young boy about ten years ago.
Both Hirako and that young boy shared the same smile, but she couldn't tell if they were the same person or not. Something was blocking that part of her memory away.
"it will be okay!!" Hirako said.
"don't worry..."
"The rankings of the royal guards are not based on power, at least not all of them. Ranks one through ten are the only ones based on power. The rest is all over the place. Plus, you don't need to worry. Akiru is very strong. He could easily defeat that person in front of him, but he won't."
"that's right!" Nokumi said while she is looking at Akiru.
"part of the mission is to gather information, there are some things that even the Kozaki family with their incredible power and rich history are unable to obtain that easily. For example, your father's location. We know that he is imprisoned in the Nige Rarenai prison which is made to contain people that are too strong for normal prisons to contain."
"yeah, what Nokumi just said is right. Even though we are very powerful, we can't just attack that kind of place without further investigations. There are some very powerful people in that place."
"ok, I understand... but Nige Rarenai, doesn't that mean can't escape?"
"that's right. The person behind that prison is a psychopath that I don't want to get into contact with him. He is very dangerous even though he can't use any powers at all, I don't think that he is capable of fighting either."
"oh looks like they are about to start... Nokumi, Asuka... place your bets now, how long is this going to last?"
"I heard that you bastard. It's not going to take too long... here we go!"
in the time Hirako and Nokumi were explaining things to Asuka, Akiru was questioning his opponent and he realized that they have no use for him.
Akiru pulled out his swords, one of them is a long white sword and the other one is a shorter black sword, and he disappeared only to appear behind him in an instant. Akiru tried to hit him with the black sword but he dodged it, so he followed that with a kick that landed a hit on the opponent's stomach.
"hahaha! You are very fast, in the briefing that we received we didn't get to..."
Akiru interrupted what his opponent was saying by throwing his shorter white sword at him which he was able to dodge easily again only for Akiru to disappear and show up right beside his sword which he managed to hold and swing at his opponent. His opponent was able to stop his attack using his arms, which resulted in him losing a couple of fingers from his right hand.
Akiru didn't stop, he completely disregarded his opponent's screams, and this time he threw his black sword at him but he wasn't able to dodge it nor did it hit him. The sword went through his body smoothly only to come out of the other side without a single drop of blood on it. Again, Akiru immediately showed up beside the sword and caught it, but something was off.
The dog was no longer breathing. He was started falling from the sky towards the ground and ended up hitting the ground very hard. He was indeed dead.
Asuka was shocked. She knew that he wasn't someone weak, but he wasn't able to use his abilities nor was he able to even land a hit on Akiru. The fight ended in mere seconds.
"Wha...what just happened? How did he win so fast? It went through his heart yet there was not a single drop of blood on the sword... Hirako?"
"that's too many questions Asuka. Slow down. Akiru possesses two very strong weapons that have unique skills. The white one can change its size, and he can also use it as a way of defense because it has a magnetic field around it that pushes away blades or swords. While the black one is a black hole, it's a sword that is possessed by a living soul called Sorochi. That sword's main ability is that it can go through objects but the soul that possesses it gets its energy from feeding off of blood. Akiru threw the sword at him, and he made it go through his body, and then Sorochi was quickly able to feed off of the blood in his body. He pretty much sucked every drop of blood in his body."
"Akiru is very strong and is very intelligent. He is honestly a genius when it comes to battle and is probably one of the smartest members of the Kozaki family."Nokumi added on.
"yeah... Aki-chan is the strongest guard in the Kozaki family, and he is also my best friend..."