The Reincarnation Room
Biba Amatori

"Ryan!" When Ryan was looking at the red train, a melodious voice called out to him.

Ryan then looked towards the voice. From the crowd, there appeared a beautiful woman who was smiling at him. "Thank God you're back .. I'm so worried about you!"

"Thank you for worrying about me, my beautiful daughter" Ryan said.

With a cynical look, Kurusu quipped Ryan. "Aren't you gone? Why are you back?" 

"I'm sure you must be lonely if I really go, Kurusu .. Moreover, you haven't won from me until now, hehehehe …" 

Hearing Ryan's words, my thin expression became like one who was constipated. Ryan ignored him and spoke to Ayame again. "Ayame, does Hayajiro belong to Hunter?"

"Yes Ryan, Hayajiro belongs to Hunter. It just so happened last night they stopped too" Ayame said.

"Ah, that's them .." point Ayame towards the forest.

From within the forest, a group of fully-furnished war-clad samurai walked in orderly fashion. Seeing them, the citizens cheered.

"The Liberator is back!"

"Welcome back!"

"Thank you for the hard work!"

Hunter is an independent organization that aims to eradicate the Kabane. They have liberated many areas from kabane rule. Therefore, they are also often called Liberators, which means liberators. 

Among the returning Hunters, Ryan's match was only centered on 2 people. The first was Mumei, and the second was a man in dark-colored battle clothes combined with a short red robe. "Amatori Biba …"

The arrival of Amatori Biba invited the cheers of the citizens even louder.

"Biba-sama!"

"Welcome back Biba-sama."

'Mpp! Basic cheater! In the eyes of the people you are indeed the hero who led the extermination of Kabane. Moreover, you are the eldest son of the Shogun ruler. But it's all fake! You only want revenge on your father who betrayed you!' ryan thought as he clenched his hand.

"I really didn't expect to see him so soon …"

At the same time, Mumei sees Ryan in the crowd. Mumei immediately frowned and frowned. "Hump!'

Biba who was beside Mumei, was aware of her behavior. He then looked at where Mumei was looking. 'Who is that guy?'

When the Hunters arrived at the field, the warg cheers stopped. Ayame walked out of the crowd and greeted Biba. "Thank you, Biba-sama. Not only are you willing to protect us, you even took the initiative to directly hunt the kabane around here." 

Hearing Ayame's words, Biba smiled slightly. "Since we happened to meet here, it is our duty to protect you. Moreover, my goal in establishing the Hunter organization was to eradicate the Kabane. So Ayame-sama does not need to thank me …"

After which, Biba looked towards Ryan standing up. "Hi, I didn't seem to see you last night?"

"Hi also .. I'm just a stranger who happens to be hitching a ride in Koutetsujou. So, a child of a great general like you doesn't need to care about a lowly person like me." Ryan said with a fake smile.

"Don't believe what he said, brother! He is no ordinary stranger." cried Mumei. He then leaked Ryan's abilities to his brother. "If he is very annoying, but his strength cannot be underestimated. Even he can kill kabane easily using a regular knife!"

"With a regular knife!?" Biba is immediately interested in Ryan's abilities. He then extended his hand to Ryan. "My name is Amatori Biba. Looks like we both need to talk a lot after this." 

Ryan then shook Biba's hand. "I'm Ryan. Greetings .." They both shook hands tightly for a few whole minutes. Although from the outside of their introduction seemed familiar, but their eyes looked at each other as if they wanted to read their hearts.

Seeing the seriousness of Ryan and Biba, Mumei interrupted them. "Son, we've eradicated the kabane around here. It's time we left."

After thinking for a moment, Biba nodded at Mumei's remark. He then looked back at Ayame. "Ayame-sama, I heard Miss wants to go to my Congouk?"

Biba's eyes were a little churned. "In that case, allow us to escort Miss all the way to my Congoukaku."

"W-is this all right?"

"It just so happens that our next destination is Congoukaku. So we're in line." Biba's smile. "Oh yeah, Ryan .. are you coming too?"

"If Ayame and Mumei are heading to my Congouk, of course I'm going along .." replied Ryan with a smile. But deep down, he planned to finish him off. 'I will not let you use Ayame to infiltrate my Congoukaku! I also have to free Mumei from a person like you before I return!'

After connecting the Koutetsujou carriages with Biba's Kokujou, they began their journey to Congoukaku.

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Inside a car Koutetsujou, Ayame, Kurusu, and Ryan were gathering three. The samurai and servants had Ayame ordered to come out for a while.

"Ayame .. Beware of Amatori Biba! Don't trust him too much." whispered Ryan.

"What do you mean?" Kurusu looked into Ryan's eyes with questions.

Unlike Kurusu's reaction, Ayame seemed to be one thought with Ryan. "Do you also think that there is something wrong with Biba-sama?"

"So Ayame was also aware of Biba's strangeness?"

"I didn't find anything strange on him. However, I always felt that Biba was a very dangerous person."

'I didn't think Ayame was so sensitive, ' Ryan thought. 

"Since Ayame already feels that way, then I will explain some problems to Biba. Maybe this thing I'm talking about isn't a secret to some people. So please listen carefully."

"Amatori Biba is no longer the son of the great General of the Shogun. It was his own father who cut this relationship."

"What!?" Ayame and Kurusu were very surprised by this information.

"Ultimately, by the time the kabane had just appeared on this land, many parties had not been afraid of the kabane back then. Finally, they urged the great General to carry out an assault. Because for them, the best defense is to attack him first."

"The great general who initially wanted to act conservatively, finally could not stand the many protests and called Biba. He ordered the 12-year-old Biba to lead 400,000 troops to fight against the kabane."

"Then, when Biba led his army against the kabane, the great General abruptly halted their food supply."

"From the beginning, the great General did not expect Biba to win. Eventually, Biba's 400,000-strong army was isolated and starved. They were also defeated by it."

"The great general of the Shogun then used the news of Biba's defeat as propaganda that the Kabane was very strong and invincible. From then on, the Shogun began to order the construction of iron walls in each region to shelter from the kabane attacks."

"Biba was very lucky, but he survived and returned to his father. However, the great General instead punished Biba for his failure. He even severed Father-Child relationship with Biba and expelled him from my Congouk. Biba is also no longer allowed to enter a step into my Congoukaku."

"After that, Biba started recruiting strong people and established an independent organization, Hunter. As you know, Hunter's job is to eradicate the Kabane. Therefore, they quickly became heroes in the eyes of society."

"But, to be able to fight strong kabane, Biba conducted various studies using kabane virus. In fact, he could make his men as an experimental material by injecting kabane virus into the bodies of his men. This is the forerunner of the kabaneri." 

"It's crazy!" grouse Kurusu. Ayame was surprised to hear all of Ryan's stories.

"I'm pretty sure Biba still has a grudge against his father. Therefore, I'm not sure Biba suddenly appeared here because of a coincidence. I suspected him ..." Haven't had time to finish his words, suddenly the carriage door opened.

"Ryan, you're here as it turns out. I kept looking for you." From behind the door, Mumei appeared with her face still pouting.

"Mumei, what's wrong?"

"Follow me, Brother wants to see you …"