Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 212 - Himuro Kirigiri vs Ishikawa Kobayashi
"I'm not a good father and husband. When they were both born, and when my wife was born, it contained my heart. I don't exist for all of them..." Gyuki's meaningfully back. "What can I do for my wife and children? At least they can wipe me out before this poison really kills me!" Gyuki said softly while looking at Ichiba who was also looking at her. Then his eyes turned to look at Hika and Tika who were chatting with Hisui and Litha.
In that serenity and extremely meaningful feeling, Gyuki closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Himuro Kirigiri and Ishikawa Kobayashi. Two names I'm calling please come forward!" Gyuki slowly exhaled her breath.
Gyuki's eyes looked at Himuro who was walking with a red axe. "Ancient Weapon?" Gyuki guessed the weapon Himuro was carrying was one of the various types of Ancient Weapons.
The axe carried by Himuro was an Heirloom Type Ancient Weapon: Fire Axe. Gyuki over the past few years had never seen Himuro fight in person so he did not know Himuro's true strength.
The spectators present in each stands of the Tiger Circle Arena wondered in their minds. Himuro is known to always fight using his bare hands with the power of fire that once killed his opponent. But now before them, Himuro carried an axe that would become his main weapon.
Gyuki watched Himuro's face and movements, the man could tell if Himuro had the same mentality as Kakugo. Mentally who has a problem. "There's nothing I can do! If father, no, if only Commander Goro and other warriors believed my and Satsuma's words. Then the darkness in the Kai Empire could diminish even faster." Gyuki was deep in his heart. After the two participants were in front of him, he let out a long sigh.
"Now I'm going with Boss Hyogoro. I think he'll believe the words and start a revolution sooner!" Inner Gyuki added.
"A country that from the outside looks peaceful and beautiful. But deep inside, the people of the country suffer greatly. A very heartbreaking falsehood of this will last until how much longer..." Gyuki muttered softly and stared at the ground below.
Himuro and Kobayashi stared at Gyuki. Both participants understood Gyuki's words.
To calm himself down, Gyuki looked at Kobayashi. "Are you Ishikawa Kobayashi from the Eternal Fire College?" Gyuki asked Kobayashi who was staring at her.
"Yes, my name is Ishikawa Kobayashi. I come from the Eternal Fire College." Kobayashi answered Gyuki's question in full. Then Gyuki looked at Himuro after hearing Kobayashi's reply.
"So you're Himuro Kirigiri?" Gyuki asks Himuro the sure thing just to be sure. The question was answered a nod of the head by Himuro.
"I thought..." Gyuki made a deep thought right after seeing Himuro's head nod. Then he told the two participants to keep their distance. "Take distance!" The two participants instantly kept their distance when Gyuki gave the order to them.
"The fourteenth game of the last 32 of the Kai Tiger Tournament between Himuro Kirigiri and Ishikawa Kobayashi begins!" Gyuki started the match. The boisterous sound of the audience re-coloured every corner of the Tiger Circle Arena.
Himuro held the axe and placed it on his shoulder, his eyes staring at Kobayashi without any expression.
Kobayashi who was the opponent of Himuro could feel a gripping aura pressing down on his body. A red body aura shot out from all over Himuro's body.
Kobayashi gulped looking at him, his hand that was holding a sword trembling violently. "He's way above me!" Inner Kobayashi raging. The young man wanted to swing his sword but his hand did not stop trembling in fear.
"Fire of Fire!"
Kobayashi forced his body to move, his slash which formed a trajectory of fire in the air was pointing rapidly at Himuro.
Seeing that, Kobayashi frowned. His right hand smashed his sword even faster as he felt Himuro was underestimating him too much. Kobayashi's fear quickly disappeared and turned into anger.
Himuro's left hand pointed at Kobayashi's sword slash and released a small fireball from his forefinger. The audience was amazed to see him, even Nagato who was sitting on the bleachers raised his eyebrows because such strength was not an innate element of human beings from birth.
Strength without unlocking the inner power and aura of the body does not even need to know the strength of our innate element from birth, the power Himuro possessed was exactly that of the power of Holy Water.
Kobayashi's eyes widened to see Himuro being able to stop his sword slash without moving a single bit, the young man felt extremely frustrated now. Without a second thought, Kobayashi launches a series of attacks on Himuro.
The distance between the two was very close, now Himuro's right hand was fending off Kobayashi's sword slash using his Fire Axe.
The two exchanged attacks for two minutes, not how long Himuro flowed the Fire Axe he held with his body aura. When the Fire Axe glowed, Himuro swung the axe towards Kobayashi's body.
Although Kobayashi managed to be held back by using his sword, something surprising happened in the middle of the field of the Tiger Circle Arena. Kobayashi's body bounced against the wall of the field with the audience stands of the Tiger Circle Arena.
The sword Kobayashi held fell on the ground, while the young man's body was drenched in blood and stuck to the wall for three seconds.
"What kind of attack is this?!" Kobayashi was full of questions in her heart. His body had he coated with his entire body aura, yet the pain from Himuro's Fire Axe attack was still felt. Kobayashi's body slowly fell to the ground.
Kobayashi could still try to stay on his feet but now he is not allowed to continue the match. Even before Gyuki ended the match, Kobayashi had already fainted and his body slowly collapsed to the ground.
Right after Kobayashi fell and touched the ground, Himuro immediately stepped back into the audience. The crowd's claps did not meet the Tiger Circle Arena as usual.
Some of them were silent for a few minutes, the audience still could not believe Himuro had grown stronger within a year. The Fire Axe that became Himuro's main weapon made the young man even stronger.
Gyuki gestured for the medics to take care of Kobayashi's body immediately before he ended the match.
"That power? Is it Holy Water? It can't be such an aura innate element!" Gyuki stared at Himuro's back, which moved away from her eyes.
After Kobayashi's body was taken on a stretcher to the treatment room, Gyuki immediately ended the match. "The thirteenth match winner of the last 32 of the Tiger Tournament Kai is Himuro Kirigiri!" The crowd's applause re-echoed after Gyuki ended the match.
Gyuki looked at the sky that was not too bright, the sunlight was not too hot and stung her skin. "Three more games. A day could finish sixteen games round of 32." Gyuki gave a sigh of relief. Then he moved on to the next game.
"Next Akatsuki Akaza and Muromachi Kise. Two names I'm calling please come forward!" Gyuki called out the names of the two participants who were going to compete in the next match. Both names are young warriors nicknamed the ten young geniuses. Neither Akaza nor Kise. They were both young warriors who were nicknamed the ten genius young warriors. Now the two of them would compete against each other for the first time after both of them had entered the Tiger Kai Tournament many times.