Chapter 8: Mirror of Shadows

Matsuda draws his sword in case it tries to attack him, Captain Yamaguchi jumps back gain distance, "Radiant Vortex: Barrier Blast" the barrier that Captain Yamaguchi created turned into a projectile which hit the left side of its body. Captain Yamaguchi approaches the demon ready to kill it, "Wait!" Matsuda screamed. Captain Yamaguchi was confused on why he shouldn't kill it right now.

"What? Is there something wrong?" He asked.

"It's just that, what if there is someone in there" Matsuda said.

Captain Yamaguchi looked at him and said "I blasted off it's legs and stomach, how is there a person in there!" Matsuda approached it himself trying to see if there is someone in there, he drew his sword and began poking it. "Yeah you're right there isn't anyone in there" Matsuda accepted that he was wrong.

Just then he realized something "Wait!" Matsuda yelled. "What now kid?" Captain Yamaguchi was annoyed. "D- didn't you knock it onto some stairs last time?" He said nervously. "Yeah? So?" Captain Yamaguchi said. "Where did the stairs go?" Matsuda said pointing behind the demon.

Captain Yamaguchi looked back and realized the stairs were right behind them "I don't know what's going on, but when did we swap spots with this freak." He said. Suddenly the demon shot out one of its tentacles at them "piercing wind" Matsuda pierced the tentacle stopping it in its tracks, Matsuda took a deep breath and he gathers flames into one point of his sword, "Inferno Tempest Slash" the slash not only cut off its tentacle it was headed directly for its head.

While the slash was headed towards its head Matsuda and Captain Yamaguchi surrounded the demon and trapped it on a situation wherein it'll be hit anyway. Its options were get hit by Matsuda's air slash, get hit by Matsuda himself, or get hit by Captain Yamaguchi. It dodged the flaming-slash and got pierced by Matsuda's sword and to finish it, it got hit by Captain Yamaguchi's fist.

"Piercing wind"

"Flashing Punch"

The demon's head flew right off, Matsuda was prepared this time. He approached it with his sword in hand "Blazing puncture"

Before Matsuda had landed the move they suddenly got transported in another room, it was a bizarre phenomenon. Just then the technique Matsuda used landed on the ground and it set the room ablaze.

"What? What happened? It was just there, but it disappeared." Matsuda said horrified.

"Look again, it's a different room." Said by Captain Yamaguchi.

Matsuda looked around and realized that they were on a different room. "There is only one way to figure this out" Captain Yamaguchi said, grinning. "And that is to... go to the heart of the building." He began destroying walls and aimlessly running. Sure it was reckless but it was their only shot.

Matsuda followed and began destroying walls and running, he tried to keep up but he was just too fast. "Is this what a Captain's power like?" He thought. As they approach the heart of the building a massive shadowy tentacle hit Captain Yamaguchi. "Captain Yamaguchi!!"

"Don't worry about me kid, finish the job" he yelled.

Matsuda ran towards the heart of the hotel, but it was surrounded by a lot of mirrors. Matsuda was confused on why it is like that so he unleashes a technique to shatter it "Blazing Draconic Strike" but once the katana made contact with the mirror and suddenly, a figure that resembles himself appears out of the mirror and it used the same technique as him. Their techniques collided with such force it knocked back the demon and Captain Yamaguchi, he saw an opening to the demon. "Solar Obliterator" this technique obliterated its tentacles allowing him to escape.

Captain Yamaguchi approaches Matsuda, and he witnesses that there is a mirrored Matsuda, it's like a clone but it copies your exact movements. "It copies my exact movements" he thought, but he thought wrong since the clone can move whenever it wants, but it just chooses not to. Just then the clone dashed right into him, their swords clashed with each other, the clone was fast.

"Flashing punch"

The clone was knocked back, but Matsuda also felt the punch and got knocked back as well. "So... not only that your movements are mirrored, not to mention it can move independently, it seems like the damage is as well. So we're basically fighting an invincible bastard."

So now they're stuck in a predicament wherein there is no winning. Just then Captain Yamaguchi thought of an idea, he grabbe Matsuda and whispered "Hey kid, there is a way to defeat this guy, since he is using mirrors to defend himself, what if we take out the main guy itself?" Matsuda replied with "well that's kinda impossible, since we can't get to him if he's inside, since this clone follows every of my moves. So we have to instead shatter the mirrors"

"You just said that we can't approach it, so why do you think that?" He said.

"Well I've realized using my spatial awareness that he can only attack or move if there is a mirror or a reflection, so meaning if we shatter it, he can't attack and it'll cease to exist." Captain Hiroshi shocked that he was able to figure it out he asks "Okay showoff, how do shatter it? We maily use swords, and you know swords reflect due to the blade."

"Good point" said by Matsuda.

"Looks like I came prepared after all" Captain Yamaguchi said.

He pulled out an umbrella, Matsuda was confused why he pulled out an umbrella. Captain Yamaguchi charges towards the mirror "Shining Beam". It hit the mirror but deflected it effectively knocking out Captain Yamaguchi.

"Captain!! You'll pay for this!! You bastard!!!"

Matsuda rushed in, the clone tried to dash in but Matsuda slashed it away, it may have slashed him as well but he was willing to keep going. Matsuda reached the mirror and began slashing it rapidly "Flaming Slashes of Hell"

But all of his attempts was futile since the mirror mirrored his attacks and he fell onto the ground.

The building didn't look like a building anymore, the walls are all just random debris, holes everywhere, debris falling. Just when he was about to give up he turned over to Captain Yamaguchi and saw him emitting a shadowy aura.