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2. Combat

  When Denki and others confronted Genjiro, Ryuzaki confronted the five intruders who invaded the earth.

  "Eh?! Who the hell is this swordsman?!" said Daichi Shibata, one of the brothers of Genjiro, pointing towards a tall man standing before them.

  "Well, I don't think I need to introduce myself to a group of mere intruders. I'm already late for lunch! Now, you will witness the power of the strongest! Thunder-type Thunderbolt!"

  A clap of thunder from the sky struck the ground furiously. The five intruders dodged the attack but could now understand their opponent's strength.

  "Ayame, you are not suited for battle, let your brothers deal with this...go and hide in the nearby woods..." said Mizuki Shibata.

  “I’m Ryuzaki Hideki, the one who’ll wipe out you damned intruders!”

  "Eh?! So you think you can defeat four of us together?!" said Eitaro Shibata.

  “You’ve really got the nerves to say that!”

  "Gah! You guys are wasting my time now! I'll kill you all in no time! Thunder-type Thunder dragon!"

  Mizuki transformed into a dragon and breathed fire to destroy the thunder dragon, but it did not affect the creature, ultimately wounding Mizuki.

  "Tsk. It's time to get serious, guys! Ice-type Ice Age!" said Eitaro.

  This attack laid a hundred layers of ice on the ground, advancing towards Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki pulled out his sword, infusing aura into it, to cancel out the ice. But, the ice was a distraction, as he later discovered it.

  "I'll kill you! You damned thunder-guy! Magma-type Volcanic Punch!" said Muichiro.

  At the same time, Mizuki, who was transformed into a dragon, attacked using a fire-type aura infused in his claws, and Daichi, the fourth brother used a wood-type attack to wound Ryuzaki. The three brothers - one from left, one from right and one from above, attacked Ryuzaki simultaneously, while Eitaro stood in front of him, after laying his ice attack.

  "Tsk. Thunder-type Godspeed!"

  He surrounded his body with a thunder-like aura in an instant and quickly backed off. The three-sided attack ended up rebounding on the brothers as they didn't have time to reverse the attack and ended up injuring each other.

  "Damn it! This is hopeless. He got away, and we even got injured..."

  "This showed that he can deal with four of us even together..."

  "If we aren’t careful he’ll annihilate us in no time…”

  “We need to approach him cautiously"

  “Mhm…we can’t just attack me recklessly else we’re cooked…”

  "Whatever, we have to finish him off now..."

  "He can come back any time. We - "

  They suddenly realized that Ryuzaki had backed away towards the woods where their sister was hiding.

  "WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE WOODS! HE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH OUR SISTER"

  “You seem to care a lot about that girl, Eitaro. To be honest I hate women…They are weak and should just sit at home and bear children…”

  “Not to mention the army chief’s also a woman…”

  “Mhm…battlefield is for men after all!”

  “It’s her fault only, she should’ve stayed behind with the military generals and the army chief…”

  “Of course! She was stubborn and wanted to accompany us…"

  “If he is engaged with her right now, then we must quickly plan out how to deal with him, and then attack him in the woods itself..."

  “Absolutely! Who’s even caring about that filthy girl in the first place?!”

  "Well, won't it be easier to seal Ryuzaki rather than kill?!"

  "Oi Daichi, you are the only one here who has a sealing technique. With your wood-type aura, you can bind him and seal him!"

  "For the seal to work, he must remain still in a place for at least two minutes."

  "That guy's insane. I see no way of even sealing him"

  "We've got only one way."

  The four brothers discussed the ultimate plan of defeating Ryuzaki...

  Ryuzaki suddenly appeared before them, his sword bloody and black kimono red.

  "Wait don't tell me that you - "

  "Yes, I did kill her! I thought she might cause me trouble later."

  “Good work, you deserve an award for this!”

  "Wait, wasn't she your sister?"

  “Mhm, she was…but leave it, anyways your game is going to end here in a few minutes…”

  "Honestly speaking, I'm surprised!" said Ryuzaki.

  "Huh?!"

  "So you finally think that we can actually defeat you!"

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  "So now you are imagining the scenario where you'll get defeated for the first time, NUMBER ONE! "

  "Don't get the wrong idea, morons! I'm surprised by the fact that you guys think you even have a chance to defeat me!"

  "RYUZAKI YOU BASTARD!"

  "Don't underestimate us!"

  "WE'LL DESTROY YOU! ICE-TYPE ICE ERA!"

  Eitaro placed his hands on the ground and unleashed the attack which froze each leaf of all the trees. Not a single thing on the ground remained unfrozen. Ryuzaki quickly ascended a tree, but as the tree was also frozen, his legs slipped and he plummeted headfirst onto the icy ground.

  "Argh! It pains!" yelled Ryuzaki, as he tried standing up.

  "WE WON'T LET THIS CHANCE GO! EVERYONE, MAKE A RUN FOR IT! THIS GUY'S OUT OF OUR LEAGUE!" shouted Eitaro, pretending to be scared of Ryuzaki.

  "Huh?! A minute ago were you not the one who said 'I'll destroy you'?! And now you're running away?! You can't just scratch a lion and run away in fear, thinking that it might strike back! I won't let any of you escape! "

  Ryuzaki thought it was unnecessary to use thunder godspeed to catch those guys and that it would be a waste of aura. He tailed them until he found himself in the middle of a market, surrounded by men and women buying and selling commodities of all kinds — fruits and vegetables, gold and silver articles, copper and brass vessels, candies and sweets, and children chasing each other. He then lost sight of them.

  "ALL SOLDIERS COMMENCE COMBAT! WE SHALL DEFEAT THIS GUY HERE AT ANY COST!"

  "Oi oi! Don't go on acting like a boss!"

  "What? A sudden change of heart!? Do you just wish to play around like this?"

  "We're serious about this! You will soon get to know, NUMBER ONE!"

  "That look in his eyes...he must be serious now. But wait, why did he drag me here, in the middle of a town? He could've defeated me there as well...Oh, I get it! Tsk. The tables have turned! They've got the upper hand now! I fell right into their trap." thought Ryuzaki.

  "That look on your face...seems like you now understand the situation you are in!"

  "The ball is in our court, Ryuzaki! It's all over!"

  All this running around, pretending to fear Ryuzaki and dragging him into the town was all part of the brothers' plan...

  They came up with the plan when Ryuzaki was busy in the forest...

  "We've got only one way."

  "Yeah. Do you know when Ryuzaki is the strongest?"

  "Hah?! What do you mean?"

  "He can fight in his strongest version when he's alone. Any other soldier is just a nuisance in his way. And so, what do you think would happen when he would get surrounded by citizens?!"

  "He won't be able to unleash his full power!"

  "Yeah, that's right! He would have to attack us and the same time protect the citizens."

  "Plus he would have to carefully lay his attacks."

  "Okay, so it's settled. Ryuzaki isn't very smart. If we go to area 403, where there are lots of people, he'll think we're running away when he sees us. He'll follow us and fall into our trap.”

  "Once he falls for our trap, it's our win!"

  And so that's how the four brothers successfully cornered Ryuzaki... He neither could use his thunder godspeed now nor fight at his full potential. His thunder godspeed was too flashy that it released electric charges and currents in the surroundings, which he thought would harm the citizens.

  "So now, let's settle the score. Ice-type Ice Block!"

  "Magma-type Dark Hound!"

  "Dragon-type Fire Ball!"

  All these attacks, one after another, harmed the civilians. The brothers didn't attack Ryuzaki, but the citizens. Ryuzaki was in a tough spot. He couldn't decide anything. One after the other, men, women and children got slaughtered.

  "Tsk. Um...what should I do now? If I charge head-on, there's no guarantee that they won't dodge. They might shield themselves by getting in the crowd...I might end up killing the citizens...Plus that wood-user's missing. I bet he's hiding somewhere looking for an opening. I can't lay a very large attack either...Oh! I get it now! I must use that!" thought Ryuzaki.

  "Oi that thunder-guy...what's he up to? He's running in between the citizens, touching everyone and infusing his aura in them..."

  "Who knows... maybe he has gotten crazy and is doing stupid acts..."

  "Nah, he must be giving them his aura for defence or something."

  The brothers kept on killing citizens, ignoring Ryuzaki. While Ryuzaki went from one point to the other, giving his aura to everyone. Twenty minutes forty-eight seconds — that was the time Ryuzaki took to infuse aura in the bodies of thousands of people who stood there. Till that time, the enemy had managed to kill a great deal of humans. On the ground, there were hundreds of dead bodies, a river of blood flowing, bloody clothes and broken limbs of people.

  "NOW NO MORE KILLING, YOU BASTARDS! IT'S MY TURN NOW! THUNDER-TYPE TELEPORTATION!"

  In an instant all the citizens along with Ryuzaki vanished away. He teleported them to a safe spot and then teleported himself back to the town.

  "Ahh! I see...You infused all the citizens with your aura so that you could teleport them to a safe place, no, RYUZAKI!"

  "But then it must have been very exhausting...giving aura to the people in thousands and then teleporting all of them."

  "Yeah look! He's clumsy and fumbling!"

  "Argh. You bastards...sure... sure give me.... a lot of trouble no!"

  "Looks the right time! Magma-type Volcanic Punch!"

  Muichiro launched a surprise attack from Ryuzaki's left side. Reflexly, he pulled out his sword infusing his aura in it and defending.

  "Look, you were finally forced to use your techniques for defence!"

  Mizuki, in his transformed state immediately understood the situation Ryuzaki was in, and charged at him. As Ryuzaki was occupied with Muichiro, he couldn't dodge Mizuki's head butt. Ryuzaki fell a few metres away. He stood up immediately to realise that Eitaro had launched the ice-type ground-based attack and froze his legs.

  As Ryuzaki sheathed his sword, to launch a broad attack, he was surprised by the fact that the dragon had curled up him to the ground and the wood guy, Daichi, had suddenly appeared in front of him.

  "IN ANOTHER TWO MINUTES, IT'S ALL OVER FOR YOU, NUMBER ONE!"

  "Oi Mizuki! Get away from there else you'll also -"

  "Mizuki! Use your special technique and get out of that body!"

  Mizuki had a special technique — he could get out of his transformed body in fine shape. Thus, the dragon's physical body remained there, curling up Ryuzaki, along with the ice that kept him from moving.

  "Finally it's over now! Wood-type Thousand Pillared Seal!"

  "Do you think it's over?! You may end my life but till the time humanity lives on, it is not over! When do you think a person loses? When he gets defeated? No, a person loses when he gives up. You might have defeated me, but I HAVEN’T GIVEN UP!, rather HUMANITY HAS NOT GIVEN UP! "

  "Aw! Come on! Are those your last words?! No 'Harada' in the whole world can ever surpass you!"

  "Hah?! Harada! Wha-what is it? You think no one can surpass me…that’s ridiculous!"

  The wooden seal was then burnt down by Mizuki, ultimately turning the seal along with Ryuzaki to ash. The next thing anyone knew was that Ryuzaki Hideki, the strongest soldier of humanity, had been killed.

  “With this, invasion’s complete! This will mark the end of the damned Haradas!”

  At the royal palace, the supreme leader learnt about the whole incident from Shoto, who watched the entire fight from high above the sky, in a helicopter.

  "Sir the situation's intense. We didn't get a word from the four combatants you sent to defeat that guy, rather we can't contact them and as I informed you earlier, Mr. One has been killed!"

  "Tsk. To think that even the strongest is dead… Now there's only one option left...for the future of humanity! Shoto! I want you to destroy all the helicopters and the technologies that allow us humans to fly along with their blueprints! Erase their existence! I guess it won't be a difficult task since only the royal capital has technology like that! And tell your sister, Kimiko to take as many citizens as possible and escape to the northern district of Nagoya, the land of Kenji Kimura at once! I'll even issue a royal order for it!"

  Nagoya was a large district in the north, consisting of small villages and towns. The area was ruled by Kenji Kimura, who was Ryuzaki Hideki's only rival. One distinct feature of this district was that it was surrounded by mountains and large forest areas on all sides. The mountains were too high to be crossed, so aerial means of transportation were used, although there were also some secret land routes. The supreme leader, unaware that the invaders could fly using their wings, ordered his secretary to eliminate all aerial transports so that humanity could at least survive inside the cramped mountains safely.

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