Apparently, Takiya could only activate his techniques when he draws his sword and sheaths it back. It sounds tedious but it was the nature of his blade. Knowing that he fought this man before, he already knows Takiya's weaknesses. The atmosphere intensifies, the man placed his palm on the handle. Drawing his green sword. He confidently mocks Takiya's style of the Katana, and of course, Takiya took that personally. A little too personal. With Scorching Courage still activated, he stacked another technique. Quick Draw Style: Piercing Touch. This allows Takiya to cover as much range as possible, but he forgot not to get into his range. The man quickly slashed Takiya's waist, making him bleed endlessly. Trying to cover the wound is useless, so he just tried to stay upright. Surprised by Takiya's efforts, the man then gives him a tough lesson. Single Sword Style: Towering Slash. A slash as tall as the building itself, cuts the entire thing with ease. Takiya barely dodged this insane slash. Now the building is in half, it can't stand for too long now. Tira and Haro noticed this and quickly ran down the building as fast as they could before it collapses. Takiya trying to regain his footing, the man unleashed another attack. Single Sword Style: Arrow Mimicry. A flurry of piercing attack goes straight at Takiya. He couldn't dodge in time, so he had to take it all. The unbearable pain made Takiya shout for his life, spewing blood everywhere. The man manically smiles at this sight. He can't wait to see more of this. Quick Draw Style... Takiya could still move! The man then took caution of the situation that Takiya wasn't done yet. Centerline Theory. It slashed the man along his centerline. The centerline is where all of the human's weak spots are, so of course it wasn't just a useless attack. That attack made him bleed endlessly like the man he slashed earlier. Now both bleeding and ready to end this fight, They draw their swords once more. Quick Draw Style... Single Sword Style... Both weilders tightened thier grip on the blade. Tira and Haro only just arrived and saw this horrific scene. Blood spewed everywhere like it was a red painted room. But the building was now collapsing, at any moment now could be the last moment they take their breathes on planet Earth. Towering Slash! He once again pulled out this technique. How could Takira counter this one? Scorching Courage! He activated it to quickly find the invisible slash coming at him. Sheathing his blade and drawing it again in quick succession to stack another last technique. Divergent Piercing! He aims to bypass the slash and pierce the man once and for all. Finally ending this madness. The man was suprised that Takiya could even bypass the incredible speed of that slash and try to attack him. But he had one more ace up his sleeve. Drawing his second sword, he unleashes his second style. Dual Sword Style... They all think it's the end. Dragons' Dive. The two swords pierce Takiya in such speed that Takiya couldn't see it coming at all. Takiya falls into the rubble along with the collapsing building. The man smiles and laughs that he finally killed him. Warrior's Heart: Throttle. Haro thrusts his spear towards the man. With that furious face Haro puts on, how could the man not notice him? Haro asked the man's name before he massacred him. His name was Mayomari Kazami. "Mayomari Kazami, I will defeat you on behalf of my fallen comrade. With this spear, I shall pierce you." Haro didn't want to let him go. Warrior's Heart: Tiger's Den. Taking a wide stance, Haro sharpened his sight on Kazami. He really didn't like that man. Haro tells Tira to go check up on Takiya. Without hesitation, Tira agrees. A little gold button on Kazami's clothes caught his attention for a second, but he ignored it. Kazami took a liking into the spear man since he hadn't fought a spear user yet. That talk didn't persuade Haro and just told him to shut up. Kazami, now offended, unleashes the first strike. Dual Sword Style: Dragon Flies. The soft but quick swing of the blades made for a good first strike, but Haro knows better than this. Kazami really thought he had the upper hand. Warrior's Heart: Throttle. A thrust into Kazami's gut sent him flying across the building. Haro quickly charged forward, not letting him take a single breather. Kazami quickly got into his footing and prepares himself. Dual Sword Style: Towering Sla- Warrior's Heart: Throttle. Kazami wasn't quick enough to deploy his technique. Another thrust sends him across the building again. The building's structure isn't gonna hold on for any longer, so Haro doesn't have the time to play around. He gets into a stance and quickly charged forward. Kazami wasn't gonna let this happen. Dual Sword Style: Hunched Back. Swinging his blades downward. It's a quick attack, but remember that the spear is a straight forward weapon. Another throttle. This time it caused Kazami to bleed internally and spew it all out. The effects of that centerline attack from earlier is taking it's place again. He's not gonna let this happen. Dual Sword Style: Chef's Knife. The chopped Haro's spear and quickly tries to pierce him. Haro didn't only specialized in spears, but hands too. Warrior's Heart: Palm. With a heavy thrust of the palms, Kazami was sent flying endlessly through the building. How many rounds have spent already? Kazami is just helplessly flying across the building like a ping pong ball in a match. Haro's determination wasn't something to joke about in the moment. The same man who massacred other players is now in the hands of this one warrior. It's literally over for Kazami. Desperate to stop, he pulls out one last trick. Dual Sword Style: Towering Slash. Destroying the building in order to escape this fight. Haro noticed his plan and wasn't happy with it. "COME BACK OR YOU'RE A COWARD, MAYOMARI KAZAMI!!!" Kazami ignored that demand and dived into the rubble as the building collapsed. Haro held a huge grudge on Kazami, and plans to make him his official first victim. Tira finds Takiya's body at the most bottom floor deep in the rubble. It's fully covered in blood, unrecognizable at this point. While Tira tries to pull his body out, a voice echoes through her mind. "I hate you." This paralysed her until she regained her focus. What was that just now? She ignored it for now because this building won't last for the next 30 seconds. Narrowly escaping the building, she drags Takiya out of the area and tries to remove the blood. In doing so, it revealed some terrible, deep cuts. She doesn't even know how to handle this sad state. Haro too escaped the area and stared at Takiya's body. If only he were a little faster... Tira asked Haro to gather together, he did what could do in that situation so don't hate yourself. They couldn't find Kazami anywhere in this area, so they just left with a bad experience after all the fun they had in the past few days. This was the first real battle of the game. No longer about amateurs versus another, it's now about experienced players against each other for the game. And some... For fun. Haro will never forget Kazami for sure, and Tira will not be able to forget this trauma that will slowly grow inside of her. As they tried to recover Takiya from his misery, another player popped in. Neither of the two really know how to treat such deep wounds, only how to just apply pressure. But this player is a doctor, he really liked doctor and medical games a lot. But who would suddenly trust a random player out of nowhere when the game finally decided to commence? They didn't trust the doctor. Instead, they called him out to have nice acting for a trickster. That offended the doctor so he left, but he gave them medicine in case they changed their minds. He told them he lives in Sapporo and would like a visit. They suspiciously asked him why come over here, he responded that he was just passing by. That day didn't feel the best of feelings.