After Tanaka sensed Makima's arrival, who was watching them expectantly for their next move, Tanaka and Kishibe calmly looked at each other, analyzing each other's capabilities, potential strategies, and the weaknesses they could exploit.
The impact of this fight on the facility would be enormous, so Tanaka had planned to take it outside if the battle extended.
"This guy will be perfect to kill her, and I never expected that kind of power from a demon like him. I hope he can help me,". Kishibe thought before disappearing at an extreme speed and reappearing behind Tanaka with a wild smile, aiming for his neck.
With calmness and finesse, Tanaka evaded the attack as if he had eyes in the back of his head, leaving everyone, including Kishibe, who was the attacker, disoriented.
Upon seeing Kishibe's hesitation, Tanaka quickly spun around and riddled Kishibe's stomach at an unnatural speed.
Kishibe watched as his stomach was riddled with punches and was sent flying a few meters before stopping his fall with a smile and launching himself back at Tanaka, shooting a needle from his mouth, to Tanaka who easily dodged it.
What Tanaka didn't expect was to see Kishibe in front of him with his knife millimeters away from his neck and a savage smile on his face.
Faced with such a situation, Tanaka hurriedly threw a sneak attack that seemingly came inches away from Kishibe's face.
"It's over," Kishibe said in a bored and emotionless voice, changing his wild expression to an indifferent one after decapitating Tanaka and watching as his sneak attack stopped just inches from his face.
Tanaka's head flew a few meters before landing on the ground, spilling blood. Everyone who was watching, including Makima herself, was stunned and bewildered for a moment.
Kishibe sighed and sheathed his knife, but at that moment, his vision darkened, and he felt his body receive multiple brutal blows that broke several ribs and caused severe internal injuries as he was propelled through a wall, becoming embedded in it.
However, what everyone saw was Tanaka, who had apparently been defeated, continuing his strike and impacting Kishibe's face, delivering several additional blows that left everyone wide-eyed in shock as they watched the older hunter's body get flung against a wall and go motionless.
At that moment, the onlookers saw dark energy and a bit of smoke emanating from Tanaka's decapitated neck. The dark matter simply grabbed his head and effectively reattached it to his neck.
The freshly severed head of Tanaka, which appeared lifeless, began to show signs of life as his eyes began to move.
In an instant, Tanaka's head started to move, and his eyes regained their vitality along with a deep breath he took after being decapitated.
Tanaka gazed upon Kishibe's seemingly motionless body before heaved a sigh and took a step forward.
As he took that step, he felt his neck being severed completely. Astonished, he saw Kishibe standing before him with a blood-stained knife, a few meters away, sporting a weary and feral look, his body in a worse state.
Tanaka grinned wildly, covering the wound with dark energy and removing his bandage to reveal his dark eyes with jet-black contours.
"You crazy old man, how the hell can you move?". Tanaka said, looking at Kishibe with a savage smile and emotionless eyes.
Kishibe simply smiled and raised his hand. "Come, this is my final strike," Kishibe said with a deep voice and a tired yet still somewhat wild look.
Both fighters lunged at each other with a savage gaze.
Kishibe thrust his dagger at an immense speed toward Tanaka's neck, while Tanaka used his fist, moving at a sonic-like speed, to strike Kishibe's face.
**BAM**
The first sound heard was Kishibe being launched through a window, shattering it, and then falling onto the grass, completely exhausted, with his nose and face bleeding profusely from Tanaka's attack.
For Tanaka, Kishibe's knife had penetrated his throat completely, yet he remained impassive. He removed the knife from his throat and let his dark matter heal the wound as he walked toward where Kishibe lay, leaving the onlookers, including Makima, stunned. In her mind, she began to take Tanaka more seriously.
Tanaka simply positioned himself beside Kishibe and sat down.
"Are you okay, old man?" Tanaka said, looking at Kishibe, who was slowly regenerating, something that momentarily caught Tanaka off guard before he sighed and deactivated his demonic power.
Feeling the demonic power dissipate, Tanaka collapsed onto the grass alongside a also exhausted Kishibe.
"When you wake up, we need to talk about something," Kishibe said, leaving Tanaka bewildered.
"Are you crazy, old man-?" Unable to finish his sentence, Tanaka felt his information overload his mind, further drained by maintaining his 'Eage' at full power against Kishibe. Tanaka fell exhausted beside a similarly drained Kishibe.
(4 hours later)
In a Tokyo hospital room, there were three figures seated, with a fourth figure lying in the bed in front of them, seemingly unconscious.
A girl with pink hair and red horns, wearing a coat that reached her hips, gently cradled a cat in her arms while softly petting it. She sat near a window with a somewhat bored expression.
A boy with yellow hair sat close to the bed of the fourth figure, looking frustrated and bored.
The third figure gazed at the sky as if nothing were happening, completely indifferent to the world or even the fact that they were in a room with an unconscious person.
"Aki, when do you think he'll wake up?" the boy with yellow hair said with a frustrated and loud tone.
The figure with the short sword on their back, with a similar expression to the girl with pink hair, along with their black hair tied in a ponytail, turned to look at the other boy. "No idea, but I know it'll be soon," Aki replied with boredom before turning to look at the figure in the bed.
"That's not the point; did you see how this rascal took down that old man?".the girl with pink hair said with a somewhat fearful yet intrigued look in her eyes.
"I know, idiot. I hope they recorded that fight," the boy with yellow hair said with excitement in his eyes.
"Hey, who are you calling an idiot, rascal?".Power said with an irritated and annoyed look, causing her cat to shift slightly in her lap.
"Quiet, Power!, Denji!" Aki said with an irritated expression.
Before they could continue arguing, the worn-out figure of Kishibe entered the room through the door and leaned against the wall, emanating a strong presence in the room. His eyes seemed distant, but a bloody smile spread across his face upon seeing Tanaka in bed.
"He still hasn't woken up, huh?". Kishibe said with that bloody smile before it disappeared from his face when he noticed Denji, Power, and Aki in the same room, all of them with a few drops of sweat on their faces.
In a Tokyo street, a figure wearing a light blue fisherman's hat with a dragon emblem on the left side and loose-fitting pants along with a baggy white shirt walked aimlessly through the city streets.
"I wonder if anyone else has been reincarnated like me," the figure spoke lazily with a carefree smile, wandering without a specific destination.
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