The moment they cross the well, the kendokas have their bodies taken by a strong heat that soon becomes light, light that takes the form of their hakamas when they call their real shinai and when they realize they are being thrown just above a city. formed of three rings, a smaller superior one, a middle central one, and a much larger inferior one, but when they went inside the middle ring a force throws them to the inferior one where they are thrown against the ground.
Emma: -damn, luckily it lands on something soft.
Kakui: -Get out of the way! - Pushing Emma who was on her chest.
Emma: -wow... - disheveled after Kakui's kick.
Haru: -What happened? - scratching his head. -It looks like we were thrown by something as soon as we entered here.
Kakui: -it must have been the little mustache... - cleaning the dust from his clothes.
Emma: -I can't believe he got the location wrong. - straightening her hair.
Haru: -uh, we're wearing hakama, I don't remember calling the real shinai – trying to see something when the dust settles. -And where are we?
-On top of my bankroll! – a boy similar in age to Haru shouts when he sees the three that have just fallen from the sky onto his vegetable stand. -you will pay! – grabbing Haru by the kimono.
Meanwhile in a hall someone arrives knocking on the door where there were 10 figures who were seated in two rows, one with 4 of them and the other with 5, in the center was one standing who seemed to be in a closed meeting.
-Mr! Mr Daisuke... - panting. -We intercepted 3 Hokkoshin signatures that tried to enter the central circle and sent them somewhere in the lower circle that we cannot determine as a fourth unidentified signature blocked our trackers, sir. – speaking very fast, the man wearing a hakama with a black belt around his waist, wore glasses, hair combed to the side, white skin and a shinai on his waist.
Danzo: -That was close... a moment longer they would have been caught right at the entrance... - Thoughtful. –"It could only have been that man" – the image of the man with the glasses pops into her mind.
Kimi: -Are they okay? – looking at Danzo.
Danzo: -I don't know for sure, maybe they have... - Stop talking for a moment.
Tora: -Uncle? – with the finger in one of the nostrils.
Danzo: -No...they are fine. – looking at the well to erase Hokkoshin's trail.
In the other world, Haru is being rocked by an enraged young man for having destroyed his vegetable stand, the young man wore simple period clothes, a dark gray yukata with white, brown eyes, spiky dark green hair, light skin, wore flip flops and you had bandages on your face.
-tell me! Because why! – shaking Haru who gets dizzy and starts foaming at the mouth.
Kakui: -You'd better let him go, if you don't want to get hurt, kid. - pulling the shinai.
Emma: -He's right. - pulling the shinai.
-Oh yeah, damn Kenshis... do you think they can do whatever they want here in the lower circle? – Putting your hand back.
Haru: -a shinai? – seeing that the boy hold something.
-Now I'm going to show you what we're made of! - pulling what looks like a shinai but it was all full of flaws. - I'll show you what I'm capable of.
Kakui: -Come up!
Emma: -If he has a shinai like that...be careful Kakui! - Looking at the boy's posture. -he can be strong like those. – referring to the ter who went to arrest Wawa and Mileyde.
Kakui: -tá! Kamae no hi...
-wood posture: -dancing of the leaves!
The boy draws his shinai towards Kakui in the wooden stance, one of the strongest of the kendo stances, Hasso no kamae, making his left foot pass forward alternating the stance of the feet, while the arms are raised placing the hands to the top next to the lips and the left fist in the center of the midline, his sword is in the position of 45 degrees passing over his shoulder, the edge of the sword is placed pointing towards kakui and when he finishes the movement the leaves coming out of the shinai hit Kakui accurately, however they hit him and he falls to the ground without any force.
-...!
Kakui: -What the hell was that? Hahahha. - rolling laughing on the floor after that petty attack by the boy with very light orange hair.
Emma: -How ridiculous.
-Did I make a mistake again? – amazed at his own incompetence.
Haru: -For a moment I was scared. - moving away from the boy.
-Wait, where do you think you're going? – holding Haru's kimono again.
Haru: -I can already tell that you don't know how to use that shinai properly. – cleaning clothes full of dust.
-don't tell me what I already know...but even so...it's my honor that you're playing with me. - with a crying face. -I'll finish you off! A shadow appears behind him. -aaa! Dance of the Leaves!
This time the leaves come out at high speed heading towards Haru.
Emma: -Haru! Behind you! – jumping in the air. - corrosive cut! – destroying the leaves.
Haru: -That was close. – suppressed with that attack.
Kakui: -was he just deceiving us? – preparing to counterattack.
-I'll use everything I have, you can come! – using an ashi-sabaki, the boy appears behind Haru and holds his kimono. -Now it will be your end!
-Stop it Gyu! – slapping Gyu on the head.
Gyu: -aaiaiiaiiaia - scratching his head at the place of the blow -what was that sis? - Annoyed with the girl who was there.
-there must be an explanation for all this, let them - tapping Gyu's shoulder. -now. – smiling strangely.
Haru: -What a presence. – Realizing that he has unusual strength since even in that situation he didn't loosen his hand on his kimono.
Gyu: -Okay, Juji. - releasing Haru.
Juji is a girl a little younger than Gyu, she wears a dark gray yukata with white, has brown eyes, hair turned to a lighter pink, with a bun held by chopsticks, her skin is fair, she wore flip-flops, she has some bandages on her arms.
- Sorry about what happened. – the three bow their heads towards the two brothers in front of them.
Gyu: -I'm also sorry for acting like that. – trying to fix the bank that was destroyed.
Haru: -It wasn't our intention. – picking up cabbages from the ground handing them to Juji who smiles cutely at him.
Juji: -Thank you! – winking at Haru.
Haru: -...! – with a flushed face.
Emma: -We ended up arriving here unexpectedly. – separating fallen carrots.
Gyu: -And you're not going to do anything? – pointed the finger at Kakui.
Kakui: -tsk, not really. – pouting because he had to apologize like that.
Juji: -you said "arrived" - finding Emma's comment strange.
Haru: -I think we can tell – looking at Emma. -We need to know where we are exactly.
Kakui: -Don't say anything. – pointing his finger at Haru.
Emma: -We are from the real world, we came through a well and ended up being thrown on top of your bench by accident. – adjusting the glasses.
Kakui: -Annoying girl. – sits with his back to them.
Gyu: -What? From the real world? Lie! – gaping at that speech.
Juji: -Tell us everything. – taking Haru's hand.
Haru: -...!
Haru and Emma recount every situation that brought them there to the other world, Gyu and Juji listen carefully without saying anything until the end.
Haru: -That's it.
Emma: -Now we're here.
Kakui: -You mouths, we don't even know if they're reliable. – looking at Emma and Haru.
Gyu: -See how you speak! – getting close to Kakui.
Kakui: -What is it, did you think it was bad, little leaf? – bumping his head against Gyu's.
Juji: -Stop it you two! – with his angry shadow behind them.
Gyu: -I stopped.
Teacher: -...!
Haru: -She really has a strong presence. – looking at her.
Juji: -rsrs. – smile when realizing that Haru was looking at her.
Emma: -She changes out of nowhere...
Gyu: -If what they say is true, I assume you tried to enter the central circle, but barrier and Hokkoshin must have prevented it.
Kakui: -Barrier? Why would there be a barrier there? – looking at Gyu while eating an apple.
Gyu: -Are you eating one of my apples? Your...
Juji: -the central circle is where the hall of the 9 houses is and the main dojo, where the kenshi live, we cannot enter there, it is an impenetrable fortress.
Emma: -So you guys live isolated here at the bottom?
Gyu: -not exactly, the central circle is responsible for the security of the other world, they are the ones that protect the people from below and the old ones from the superior.
Juji; -so it is divided, the lower circle for the common beings like us, the central one for the Kenshis, and the upper one for the "Marus".
Emma: -marus... - intrigued by that term.
Kakui: -It's not the first time I've heard that. – remembers something his father said in childhood.
Haru: -What is a maru anyway? – looking at the brothers.
-which?! - shout the brothers.
Gyu: -You can only be kidding. - amazed.
Juji: -You don't know what a Maru is? – looking at Haru.
Haru: -I have no idea. - opening his arms.
Gyu: -The marus are the greatest entities in this world, they are almost like Gods, they are the people who descend from Zanzin, they are the rulers.
Kakui: -Who would have thought that there would be something like this in this world. – with arms crossed.
Haru: -Stopping to think about it now, I've heard ogres mentioning that term "maru", in the city that night. - thoughtful.
Juji: -I wonder...- looking at Haru.
Emma: -um... - She narrows her eyes towards Haru. - Then we worry about that, for now we have to get into this central circle, it must be there where they are keeping Wawa and Mileyde.
Gyu: -In this situation, I believe you won't have the slightest chance. – looking at Juji.
The two nod their heads to each other confirming something.
Juji: -It's decided. – getting up. -There's only one person who can help us.
Gyu: -our master. – smiling in front of a house near the wall of the lower circle wall, away from the commercial sector. – Sensei Marin. - knocking on the door.
-Why do they take so long? You fucking irresponsible, I was worried! - someone appears behind the brothers without them noticing.