Somewhere in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Arriving at a heavy forest, Mikhail noticed a small cabin that was not too far from him. As he approached the cabin, he found himself surrounded by a symphony of mechanical clicks and whirs. Suddenly, countless sentry guns emerged from the shadow, their barrels and lasers aimed at Mikhail.
A rustling sound behind him caught Mikhail's attention, and he turned around to see a figure stepping out from the shadow with a shotgun that aimed for Mikhail's head.
The figure declared, "This is private property. Leave or you will go back home with a missing arm."
"Nice threat, Mad."
The man, identified as Mad, dropped his weapon, a wide grin spread across his face as he said, "Well, I'll be damned. Long time no see, Mikhail."
Both men hugged one another, but then Mad noticed blood on Mikhail's clothes which the young man explained that it wasn't, and he needs help. Mad gave a sharp nod and deactivated the sentry guns, gesturing to his friend to enter the cabin.
When they both entered the cabin, Mad poured hot tea in an empty cup. Mikhail took it and drank the tea to quench his thirst before looking away.
"What happened?" asked Mad while offering Mikhail a pack of cigarettes. He smiled when Mikhail took one and placed the bud between his lips, lighting the end with the tip of his finger that engulfed in flames. "So, what do you need?"
"The Takahashi Clan's location. They invaded my clan and now I am going to do the same thing except it will be much worse," said Mikhail after exhaling the smoke and enjoying the temporary relaxation. "Do you know their whereabouts right now?"
Mad nodded and then explained, "As you and I both know, seven years ago, the Takahashi and the Kazama clan allied themselves with Lucifer. After you killed Lucifer, they relocated somewhere else."
The shaggy haired man with glasses paused for a moment and inhaled the cigarette. He then continued to explain, "Around three years ago, right after you raided one of Irene's labs to save a boy… I received an intel about Takahashi's current location. The island is protected by three layers of barriers; detecting foreign energy, summoning countless dangerous, unclassified shikigami to protect the island, and alert every single Takahashi instantly."
"Where is it?"
Mad went to the cabinet and took out a small storage box. He opened it and gave a map to Mikhail which he inspected it. From the map, Mikhail learnt that the Takahashi relocated to an uncharted island, ten miles away from a village known as Aogashima.
"What else do you need?" asked Mad.
Mikhail placed down the map and then said, "A katana."
At the same time
"You're telling me that Genji is going to wipe out the entire Takahashi clan?"
Nishiki nodded his head, adjusting his position on a chair and stared at the ceiling. After explaining to Shizuka what was going to happen, the entire group were deep in their thoughts.
"Wiping out the entire Takahashi clan will certainly shift the balance among our clans. Is that okay?" Renji asked everyone.
Yukiko replied to the question by saying, "Mika-chan shifted the balance twice before. So, I think it will be fine."
"Kashimo, do you know where the Takahashi clan is hiding right now?" asked Shizuka since she has been asking herself how Genji is going to search for them.
"I don't know." Nishiki simply replied.
Back to Mikhail and Mad
"I don't need to say this, but good luck."
Mad stared at Mikhail who adjusted the strap of the katana case before turning around and nodded his head.
"Are you sure one weapon is enough? I don't mean to underestimate you, but the Takahashi clan specialises in producing weapons. Moreover, from what you told me earlier, Ryujin might have some hidden powers because of the demonic energy that Irene gave her."
Mikhail smiled, assuring him that he would be fine. Besides, the katana that he carried on his back is not an ordinary katana. It is the greatest creation that Mad has ever created with the blade made from the rarest metal on Earth, bathed in sunlight for a year.
Mikhail also changed his outfit into a new and simple attire. He wore a high-collared, dark jacket with long-sleeves that stopped at his forearms, matching pants, and a pair of dark combat boots.
"I'm heading off now. I'll see you before the sunrise."
As soon as Mikhail said that he teleported to the destination, leaving Mad alone to sit outside while smoking.
"Whatever you do… Please don't lose your humanity."
Mikhail appeared in the middle of sky, observing the small island below him. With his Kamigan, Mikhail could clearly see the three layers of the barrier. Around the island were sea creatures that were radiating demonic energy.
"Forgive me, Arashi-san, but I should've killed your nieces and nephews on that day… But tonight, not a single Takahashi will survive. No one." Mikhail declared as he took out his katana from the case and stared at it.
It was a simple katana with a black handle, dark octagonal hand guard with golden outline, and dark silver blade.
Mikhail, no, Mikazuki directed his Mystic Energy into the katana and watched the blade covered by dark blue aura.
Tonight, the Takahashi will all bear witness to the beast that has been slumbering for so long.
They will all bear witness to the wrath of Genji Mikazuki.
Mikazuki flew to the village, bypassing the three barriers and landed in the center of the village. What Mad informed him earlier was true as an endless stream of man-eating bird shikigami flew at him with insane speed. Mikazuki reacted by swinging his katana, unleashing a great wave output of Mystic Energy, instantly annihilating them.
After destroying the shikigami, dozens of Takahashi armed with a variety of weapons surrounded him. Some stood on the rooftop of the buildings with their crossbows or bows pointing at Mikazuki.
One of them shouted, "There he is! It's only one person with a simple katana! Make sure to aim for the limbs! Ryujin-sama needs him alive!"
The same person then commanded everyone to attack as he charged forward with a katana, bringing it down to cut off Mikazuki's arm, but the young Genji reacted quickly by slicing off his hands and jumping over him. Mikazuki then decapitated the nearby opponent before he could react and blocked a punch from a bald Takahashi without even bothering to look while stabbing another Takahashi in the back.
Mikazuki then stunned the bald guy by punching him several times in the face in less than a second and pulled his katana from the other Takahashi's back. With one swift motion, he sliced off the bald man's body and avoided a scythe.
Extending his left arm forward, he created a small field of attraction that attracted three Takahashi, resulting in their bodies crashing into one another at a speed equivalent to the speed of light. This made their bodies implode as Mikazuki stabbed a young Takahashi in the face.
A female Takahashi tried to stab him with a spear while charging at him only for her to die immediately by a powerful kick to her neck while her. Mikazuki then locked her neck with his legs, avoiding a swing of katana from behind which sliced off the top of the dead female instead and bisected the man behind him.
"This is getting tedious."
Deciding to speed things up a little bit, Mikazuki brutally killed every single Takahashi. Approximately two minutes later, the rest of the Takahashi were brutally murdered at the hands of Genji Mikazuki. Most of them were either cut in half or sliced into two, some were decapitated or limbless, and a small amount of them were brutally mutilated.
Mikazuki looked up and saw seven Takahashi standing on the rooftop, staring at him. He didn't care about the other six, his eyes were fixed on the one who stood in the middle of them. Takahashi Ryujin.
Ryujin looked at Mikazuki, a bit surprised at his blank expression and how he easily massacred his people. She clenched her fist tightly and said to the six people standing next to her.
"Buy me some time. I am going to prepare this final attack for him."
They all simultaneously nodded their heads and appeared in front of Mikazuki. Five of them decided to stand back, leaving only one to face the feral beast. The one who is going to face Mikazuki is Takahashi Koutaro, Ryujin's apprentice specialized in hand-to-hand combat.
Koutaro is a young man that is slightly shorter than Mikazuki with disheveled dark hair and bangs above his onyx eyes. He wore a simple red kimono with dark hakama bottoms.
"Genji Mikazuki, you should've just stayed dead."
"I should've killed you that day when you laid your fingers on Shizuka."
Koutaro smirked and did the stupidest thing he ever did in his life by saying, "Looks like the murderer is having a feeling on that stupid bitch. After I am done with you, I am going to drag her limbless body to you. Don't worry, you two will spend the rest of your lives together where you will be my punching bag while she will be my concubine."
Mikazuki smirked and in one split second, he appeared in front of Koutaro and drove his fist straight to his abdomen. The impact of the punch caused Koutaro to spit out his blood as Mikazuki grabbed him by his hair and rapidly punched him in the face. He ended the assault with one last punch and stared at him.
"Now, who's the punching bag?" Mikazuki asked coldly as he stared at Koutaro who's crying in pain with blood dripping from his nose and lips. "I wonder how you will scream when I do this."
Mikazuki destroyed his throat by jamming his fingers to it and violently pulling out the last tooth. Koutaro tried to scream but Mikazuki brutally ripped out his head and dropped it onto the ground. He pushed away the headless body and stepped on Koutaro's head while slowly turning around and coldly asked,
"Who's next?"