Still slightly winded by the kick, the henchman sees his comrade die.

“You bastard!” The last henchman says, “You’ll die for this!”’

No longer distracted by other bandits, this time Kenta takes the initiative, swinging his sword towards the bandit’s arm. The bandit parries and launches an attack of his own, lunging towards Kenta. Avoiding disaster, Kenta side steps the blade. Unfortunately, the bandit was expecting this, as soon as Kenta side stepped, he swung around and kicked Kenta’s leg, swooping them and knocking him to the ground.

“This is it!” The bandit says as he stands over, “You die now!”

The bandit lifts his sword up, perpendicular to Kenta, intending to shove it through Kenta’s heart.

When the bandit lift the sword to the apex height, he begins to thrust it down. Before it hits; Kenta with a powerful kick out of nowhere, gets the bandit in the balls, with such power he’d be lucky if they didn’t explode.

“Fuck!” The bandit yells in pain.

The bandit in pain lets go of the sword, due to the momentum it already had, it pierced Kenta’s stomach, just below the ribs. Although not fatal, Kenta lost 53 health, putting him at 97 in total.

Kenta’s hurt and bleeding, it’ll take about an hour to fully recover. Ignoring the pain, Kenta forges through, he pulls the sword out, losing 5 extra health. He stands up.

The bandit still in pain realises Kenta has stood up, but before he can react, Kenta slices the back of his knees, making him unable to stand. This causes the bandit to fall to his knees, using his hands to keep himself on all fours. Kenta taking the opportunity raises his sword to the apex height, and with all the might he has, swings it down.

*Woosh* *Thud*

Kenta cuts straight through the bandit's uncovered neck. The bandit's head falls to the ground, there is blood pooling all around. The bandit is no more.

…

Looking on, Kabuki is furious at the turn of events.

“Boy, you seem to be an adept fighter.” Kabuki says, “You managed to beat my underlings, it’s a shame I recruited such incompetent humans. I must applaud you though. That was quite entertaining, but that’s all you are. Entertainment. I guess I’ll show you how a true man fights.”

*Shing*

Saying this Kabuki reaches behind himself and unsheathes two silver-white scimitars.

“I hope you’ve said goodbye to your loved ones.” Kabuki jokingly says.

Stepping forward Kabuki is now only two meters away from Kenta. Kenta with the sword in his hand, turns to face Kabuki, and gets in to a defensive stance. Kabuki truly is an intimidating man. Sweat drips down Kenta’s forehead, the overpowering aura Kabuki gives off is overwhelming. If not for his intense training as a martial artist, Kenta would have crumbled under the pressure.

Each man waiting for the opponent to make the first move. There is no movement and no sound.

Kabuki being confident in his abilities, makes the first attack. He lunges forward with one of the scimitars, the target Kenta’s heart. The immense speed of Kabuki caught Kenta off guard. Side stepping out of instinct, Kenta barely managed to survive, keeping his life he still got hurt. Kenta’s right shoulder has a deep cut in it, the blood dripping down his arm and staining his clothes. Another 20 health was lost bring him to a total of 79.

Damn! This guy is quick!

“Hahaha.” Kabuki laughs, “This is the difference between you and I, it’s like a man fighting a god. You cannot win! Ahahaha.”

With the speed of his own, Kenta charges towards Kabuki and swings, aiming to slice his neck. Without hesitation and with even attempting to dodge, Kabuki lifts both his hands up and blocks like a boxer.

*Clank*

Kenta’s sword hit Kabuki’s gauntlets. Bouncing off, the result is astonishing. The gauntlet did have so much as a mark; they clearly weren’t made from standard iron. Striking again Kenta swings for his abdomen. Kabuki not prepared for such a sudden 2nd attack was unable to do anything.

*Clank*

Hitting the armour unblocked by anything else, this time it did leave a dent.

So, his gauntlets are special. I guess I’ll have to try work around it.

Kabuki now having a chance to retaliate, swings both scimitars, chopping like a pair of scissors. Kenta anticipating Kabuki’s speed, ducks just in time, making his way to the back of Kabuki.

Kabuki missing is angered and immediately turns around.

“Oi, kid!” Kabuki yells, “Where’ve you gone? Don’t tell me you ran off?”

Unbeknownst to Kabuki, Kenta never left. Activating his glass ninja skill, Kenta turns practically invisible. Sneaking behind Kabuki again, Kenta launches an attack, swinging his sword down on his back.

*Clank*

Kabuki stumbles away, shocked that something hit his back. He immediately turns around to see that there is no one there.

“What the fuck?” Kabuki furiously says.

Again, Kenta strikes at Kabuki’s back; one time, two times, three times. Each time breaking the armour more and more, until finally Kenta slashes again. This time he tears a hole in the iron plating, scaping Kabuki’s bare back.

“Ow, you fuck!” Kabuki shouts, “You’re really pissing me off now!”

Unable to do anything, Kabuki finally has a weakness. Kenta has made it work. Once more Kenta goes to cut his open back.

*thud*

Kenta slashes Kabuki’s back, but in the next moment, Kabuki turned and punched Kenta right in the face with such incredible speed and power.

Kenta went flying back and shattered upon hitting the ground, revealing himself to the world. Kenta’s nose is broken, bleeding. The punch nearly caused his head to explode causing him to lose 52 health bringing to a total of 27 health.

Fuck! One more hit and I’m dead. Damn he’s reckless, I never imagined he’d turn around and punch me with a sword stuck in his back.

Kenta now only one attack away from being dead. His stomach’s been gashed; shoulder has been sliced and his nose broken. Kenta realising that even if he went invisible again, Kabuki would likely just turn around a punch him again. He’s got to play it safe.

“It’s the difference between a man and a god.” Kabuki says while laughing, “You’re not even an ant compared to me, and now I’m going to crush you.”

Walking towards Kenta and standing above him.

*Donk*

A rock came flying from the crowd and hit Kabuki in the head.

“Who the fuck threw that?” Kabuki says as he turned around, pissed off, “After I’m done here you’re next.”

Kenta just a surprised as Kabuki is, takes advantage of the situation. He stands up and in a last dish effort pushes Kabuki forward. In front, Kenta create a portal as large as he could, leading to the storage dimension. Kabuki falls in to the portal and gets stuck; his legs are still sticking out. With all the remaining strength Kenta has, he shoves the legs in, making them fit. Kabuki fully inside, Kenta shuts the portal leaving him trapped inside. He won.

Wondering who through the rock, Kenta looked to the direction it came from. It was Isamu.