CH-40

Finally the day had come, standing face to face with the man that I had been hearing about since the day I entered this land.

"We finally meet Muichiro," I spoke to him.

He smiled; he took out his sword and pointed it towards me. "Today is your end, Kagami.".

I replied with my own smirk, "We will see.".

"Are both fighters ready?". The samurai asked us to, which we both nodded to.

Mifune looked over us from the top and spoke, "Begin."

His loud voice was begging for the start of the battle I had been craving so desperately.

'system'

(white fang system -10.45)

(Experience points: 375)

(Experience points needed: 135)

I commanded the system mentally, 'Use all points.'

I needed all my strength to battle Muichiro, and I knew hogging points wouldn't make a difference if I was decapitated before I could use them.

(White Fang system—12.45)

(Experience points: -90)

(Experience points needed: -175)

A rush of strength flowed through my body; however, the very next second, Muichiro was on me.

Water chakra had covered his blade, making it more slippery, while small puddles had formed all around the arena.

Letting my own chakra cover my sword, I replied to his attack with my own Fast Kata.

Our sword met in a cacophony of noises, his water chakra making it very difficult for me to commit to an attack.

If his redirecting wasn't enough, his chakra sword with his elemental nature was enough to redirect most blows.

'This is getting very difficult for me,' I thought as I once again barely deflected his sword.

My technique and speed barely stopped him.

'I wonder if I should use that so early in the battle.'.

"Give it your all, Kagami." Muichiro spoke with a large grin on his face, "This pathetic display is ruining my fun.".

Thinking back to the last day at the hotel, I remembered what plan I had cooked up to defeat him.

........

Standing in the middle of the training ground, I was continuously spinning chakra in a balloon filled with water.

Urghh," " I spoke with a strained smile, "I believe it is possible to do that now.".

Rasengan training.

It wasn't something that I had planned to stop; however, all this travel and these battles made it difficult to practice it in peace.

'If he had mastered change in elemental nature, I must master the shape. '. I thought with a smile on my face.

'Of course, Rasengan being a jutsu isn't something I can use there; my chakra itself would barely sustain one.'.

However, what if I covered my sword with a layer of spinning chakra?

That is what I had chosen to practice, upgrading my chakra sword, giving it not just one or two but five spins.

'Let's see you deflect this.'

.....

"Give it my all, you say, huh? Defend against this, Muichiro!" I shouted as a crazy grin spread across my face.

Defeating opponents far stronger than me is something that brought a rush of adrenaline.

My sword was instantly covered with chakra spinning in different angles around it.

"What the fuck is that?" Muichiro spoke, shocked.

However, I didn't give him one moment of respite; my sword descended on him. He tried to use his water nature to slip through my attack, but I changed directions at the last second.

Our swords connected, and the different spins made him lose control of his sword, just for two seconds... However, in a fast-paced battle like this, those seconds were all I needed.

A spinning back kick connected with his gut, and as he was flung across the arena, his face was in complete disbelief at being on the losing end.

"I guess this is a first time for you," I spoke with a playful tilt on my face.

'Fast Kata Barrage + Whirlwind Sword'

That was the name I had given to the application of Rasengan on my sword. The very next second, I had flickered to his neck.

A water slash came at me, diverting my attention from my swing.

He barely redirected it and made distance from me.

His hand had a small nick from my sword, crimson blood seeping out of it.

"Is this all you got, Muichiro?" I spoke to him.

He hardened his expression, his body moving itself into an unrecognizable stance.

I could feel the sheer quantity of chakra flowing through his veins.

"Catch this, you fucker.".

The very next second, we were both in each other, our swords clashing in a loud display of strength and technique.

Slowly but steadily I was pushing him back; his occasional use of water slashes did hinder me but failed to do much.

'Unlike Misachi, I do not aim to test his prediction; I intend to match him with my own technique.'.

My whirlwind sword had surpassed my expectations; even barely hitting it would move the opponent's sword into another direction.

Essentially, this was an excellent technique for Mokama's sword style.

Small slashes kept arranging themselves onto his body, his sword barely able to deflect the most deadly of my slashes.

It was clear the supreme dragon Muichiro was losing.

In between our clashes, he spoke, "It seems you have surpassed me, Kagami. Thank you.".

My expression twisted into one of confusion. My sword, however, didn't slow down one bit.

On the upper side of the arena, where nobles were gazing at the battle beneath in nervousness...one noble was sweating profusely.

'No, no, no, no, How can Muichiro lose? He was supposed to be the strongest,' he thought as his hand tightly gripped onto the armrest.

Higarashi had his own plan; he intended to use this opportunity to rally the nobles and plan the attack today only.

His forces were ready; however, seeing the inevitable defeat of his representative, the nobles who he had reached out to for support slowly distanced themselves from him.

He could see the vile smile of Gizmo, and that increased the blood flow of his body.

'I can't lose like this; Mifune already knows of my intentions. If I wait any longer, my chance will go away forever.'.

Looking towards his second in command, he hardened his face. 'Do it,' he mouthed.

He could not wait any longer.

the plan was to kill Muichiro afterwards but now he was of no use to him, however he still had his deep seated hatred towards the kage.

'Today I will kill you, Mifune.'

....

I kept hacking and slashing at the now bruised Muichiro. "Why have you given up?" I asked.

This wasn't how I expected our fight to go on.

He smiled at me as blood flowed down his mouth. "I can't let Higarashi win," he spoke as he coughed up blood and bent on one knee...

I swung my sword at his neck...he smiled seeing his inevitable death.

' Forgive me, brother, but I won't be seeing you any longer... I did take our revenge, though ' .

My sword inched closer and closer to his neck but was interrupted by a shout.

"Noooo Muichiro, don't you dare die." Looking towards the stands where the shout came from, I could see Muichiro's horrified expression.

"Brother?" I heard him whisper, looking shocked at the appearance of a similar but older-looking brown-haired man.

"Didn't you kill him?" I was now way too perplexed at the situation.

However, the very next second, a loud explosion rang among the crowd.

Masked assassins started spreading throughout the place; looking upwards, I saw Mifune fighting with who I presumed to be Lord Hagarashi.

A sword descended on the downed Muichiro, but I blocked it. Blurring from my spot, I quickly decapitated the masked assassin.

Supporting the now weakened Muichiro, I shouted in his ear, "I will kill you after I deal with this, you got it, you fucker.".

I quickly blurred through the arena; looking back once more, I saw the total chaos that had spread throughout the place.

Battles were ongoing in different parts; civilians were being decapitated and injured, like a horde of herbivores, they were trampling all over themselves to run away from the battle.

I could see children being stomped on and families dying.

It was an utter stampede.

'This needs to stop.'.

"You won," Muichiro spoke to me; I looked towards him, irritated.

"Shut up," I replied back and continued flickering.

when suddenly my speed increased almost twofold.

" Huh " was all I could mutter as I barely stopped myself from crashing into the wall.

"You were hiding your strength?" Muichiro looked towards me wide-eyed.

' If I was , then I too was unaware you dumbass ' I thought.

'System,' I mentally spoke as I continued running through the maze-like entrance towards the medic ward.

( white fang system - 20.5)

(experience points—90)

(experience points needed—175)

(Achievement unlocked—winner of the Land of Iron Championship—8 percent rewarded.)

(part memory unlocked)

' Huh?' I thought, perplexed, looking at the system in front of me.

'So achieving the major things that Sakumo did also increases the system's percentage...'.

As for the part memory, now was not the time for it.

'I have these damsels to save.'

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