"Area 403 reporting! Five unknowns are attempting to break through the barrier and invade! If nothing's done then...Reinforcements request!"

  "Area 238 reporting! A child has invaded Area 237 and is trying to enter here further. His speed is insane, even our specialists can barely keep up. At this rate, he'll reach here in four minutes or so! I've already deployed a few soldiers to stall him, but I doubt they would last even a minute! That guy's dangerous...he possesses immense aura, even more than Ryuzaki Hideki! Reinforcements request!"

  The call hung up.

  "What in the world is happening!? Looks like the fears my ancestors had have finally come true! More than a hundred areas have already demanded a reinforcement request! The most dangerous seems to be the recent ones in Area 403 and 238!" said the supreme leader.

  "Shoto!"

  "Yes sir!" replied his secretary, Shoto.

  "Deploy the top five strongest heroes. Ryuzaki Hideki, the strongest combatant, to Area 403 and the remaining four to Area 238 at once!"

  "But sir, do you really think they would help you now? You have declared them as traitors and ordered their executions..."

  "Ye-yes obv-obviously! After all, if we don't cooperate and fight amongst ourselves then it's all over for us."

  "And would it be alright to send him alone against those five unknowns? "

  "Y-Yeah o-of course! He's the strongest after all! Quickly send them! Those five are right now killing our people as we speak!"

  "Jeez! That old geezer...he gives me a lot of trouble for these small things! Oi, Shoto! How long would it take us to get there, huh?! This is that old man's helicopter, right?! It's still taking this much time! Just make it quick now! I want to finish them off quickly!" said the strongest soldier of humanity, Ryuzaki Hideki as he peeked out of the helicopter.

  "Uhh...Mr. Ryuzaki, it would take at least forty minutes - "

  "Gah! I can't wait that long! Land the helicopter here! I'll head off on my own! My thunder godspeed would get me there in just ten minutes or so!"

  "Ye-yes s-sure sir!"

  Ryuzaki - a tall man wearing a black kimono, hanging his sword on his waist, and biting a stick under his teeth. He heads off on his own towards the intruders who he was greatly underestimating...

  "I see...you're the intruder, right?" said the second-strongest combatant, Denki Hideki, pointing towards a boy who ran past Area 238, which had been completely destroyed.

  The boy wore a white kimono. He appeared to be a mere ten-year-old boy. He had a sword attached to his waist and a cloth hiding his left eye.

  "Huh?! Who in the world are you people?! Get out of my way! I need to find the royal Harada! " said the boy.

  "Oi, brat! Don't get carried away! I don't know what you are blabbering about, but you see, you can't get past this point!" said the fourth-strongest combatant, Misaki Ishikawa.

  "Oi, oi! Don't underestimate that kid! His aura and raw strength surpass even Ryuzaki!" said the third-strongest combatant, Fukashi Ikeda.

  "Gah! Don't go on calling me a kid. I'm Shibata, Genjiro Shibata!"

  "Bah, let's just finish this off now! For the starters, I have my most powerful attack! This will burn you and turn you into ash! Fire-type hell flame!" said the fifth-strongest combatant, Rin Hasegawa.

  "Hah! Don't make me laugh! This level of attack won't even scratch me!"

  "H-he dodged that one with h-his bar-bare hand! Th-that's practically impossible!"

  "Looks like things are gonna get flashy now!"

  "Argh! Time to get serious now! Smoke-type - "

  "AS IF I'LL LET YOU GUYS ATTACK! GRAVITY-TYPE REPEL!"

  A very strong opposing force pushed back the four combatants, as Genjiro advanced further, pulling out his sword and raising it against them, to kill them. The repel force was so strong that Denki, the no. 2 combatant could barely cancel it out. The No. 2,3 and 4 combatants backed away to maintain their distance from Genjiro, but Rin, the No. 5 combatant got trapped in the attack. Rin was wide open and defenceless. Genjiro slashed her with his sword.

  "RIN" shouted the rest of them, as they watched Genjiro sheathing his sword.

  "Ahh one down with this!" exclaimed Genjiro.

  "R-Rin!! RIN!!! DON'T DIE!!!"

  "YOU DAMNED KID! HOW DARE YOU...HOW DARE YOU LAY A HAND ON RIN! YOU SURE HAVE THE NERVES TO MESS UP WITH US!"

  "Oi, Fukashi! Calm down! Don't let your anger take over you. He's insanely strong. We need to - "

  "Hah! Messing up?! You sure say interesting things! It's you guys who are messing up with me! Don't just think you guys are right but I'm wrong! "

  "Eh?! Oi, Denki, what's this brat - "

  "It just depends on our perspective! Everyone has a 'monster' inside them. The monster inside you all makes you defend your territory while the one inside me makes me attack you and destroy you all!"

  "Oi Genjiro! You're the one invading our earth and destroying it! You say that what you're doing is right?"

  "So what you people used to do with us five hundred years ago was right?"

  "Huh? What do you mean?"

  "Oh come on! Now don't tell me that you guys forgot that! Or wait, your ancestors didn't tell you about that! To hide their sins!"

  "What you're saying ain't making sense, but what in the world is your goal?!"

  "We are not humans like you people. We are 'Shibatas'. Long ago we people inhabited the earth with you bastards, but your damned ancestors wiped out more than half of us, forcing us to flee. You may think that we look exactly like you, but you know what, we can generate wings to fly and tails to climb. For the past four hundred and ninety years we prepared for this very moment, and you know what, I didn't even bring my military here! I alone with my brothers shall take care of you all!"

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  "Just stop blabbering already! Oi, you two! We need to come up with a plan to defeat this guy." said Fukashi, the no. 3 combatant.

  "Rock-type thousand-layered prison barrier!"

  Fukashi trapped Genjiro inside a rock-type barrier, which was strong enough to hold him up for a few minutes.

  "I don't think the barrier would last for long. Bah, we don't have time to waste. Let's just get going with the plan!"

  "Before that, we need to heal Rin!"

  "I hate to admit it, but we need to leave her right now! She's dead anyway!"

  "Huh?! What the hell are you saying, Denki!" said Misaki, the no. 4 combatant as she raised her voice.

  "Well, he's right here, Misaki! Our opponent is insanely strong. There's no meaning in saving her right now as we'll all get wiped out by that monster kid if we don't devise a plan quickly..."

  "I have noticed two things while he attacked..." said Denki.

  "Eh?!"

  "First, for launching an attack he needs both hands... that's why he sheathed his sword, after slashing Rin, as he was ready to launch another one. Second, I noticed him saying 'Gravity-type' which means his attacks are simply not repel and attract... there's more to it..."

  "Hmm you seem right pointing that out...though Denki, I guess it would be easier for us to seal him rather than kill"

  "But there's no one among us who knows a sealing technique. The only one who knew was Rin..."

  "Now I have got a plan! Listen! We - " said Denki, as he was interrupted by a sudden force, pushing them downwards.

  "This must be his doing! After all, his ability is related to gravity!

  "W-Wait! See above, in the sky! Wh-What in the world is happening?!"

  "Y-You have got to be kidding! That's a meteorite! Is that boy planning on breaking the barrier by that meteor?!"

  "I-Is this the power of a god?!"

  "The moment the meteor would land on the barrier, he would again move freely! We don't have time! Listen quickly! I'll use my space-time technique to teleport to a far distance. Till that time, you two will stall him, and listen! At any cost, don't die! I'll gather all of my aura in my hands, and use my most powerful technique, the space-time trap. If you two keep him busy, he won't be able to dodge my attack..." said Denki.

  "So you mean that highly compressed bullet-like attack?"

  "Yes, the moment it hits him, it would be all over!"

  "And how would you tell us once you're finished?

  "That'll be purely based on assumptions..."

  "And how much time would you need?"

  "At the very least, ten minutes - " said Denki, as he got interrupted by the landing of the meteor, which broke the barrier.

  "Ok then, I'll head off! Remember the plan, you two!"

  "Yeah! Go ahead!"

  "Misaki! To tell you the truth, I don't have much aura left now...that previous barrier used up most of it. That's the reason I restrain myself from using it but see, it was very powerful indeed...It stopped him for five minutes!" said Fukashi.

  "Bah! You mean that I'll have to deal with him all alone, right?"

  "Ye-Yeah"

  "Ahh! It seems impossible though...stalling him for ten minutes!"

  "HERE HE COMES!"

  "YOU DAMNED PEOPLE! I'LL DESTROY YOU ALL IN NO TIME! GRAVITY-TYPE ATTRACT!"

  Misaki and Fukashi experienced a pulling force, which pulled them towards Genjiro.

  "Tsk. Wind-type Swirling Defense!"

  "Rock-type Conversion!"

  "Ah, I see...that girl used a wind attack on herself, the force of that attack overcame mine and so she fell behind a mile away from me. And you, blue-haired! You used an attack that dissolved your half-body in the earth which is why you didn't get attracted...Yay! I've got nice opponents! But wait! Eh?! Where's the third one?!"

  "We don't need him to deal with you...we two are enough!"

  "Huh?! You must be joking! There's no way you weaklings can defeat me!"

  "Idiot! You have got to be underestimating us! Let me teach you a lesson, kid! Don't underestimate humans! Wind-type Destructive Storm!" said Misaki, as she came running towards him.

  Simultaneously, Fukashi attacked with his rock-type aura.

  "Rock-type Damp Creation!"

  This created a damp, marshy region, making the soil turn loamy and wet. Genjiro started to fall into the soil.

  Trapped Genjiro had no way of dodging the wind attack. Naturally, his hand went towards his waist, the hilt of his sword. He pulled out his sword in anger, coated it with aura and launched a horizontal attack. The aura attack though, couldn't cancel out the storm. Genjiro regretted pulling out his sword, as now he couldn't use his gravity-type attacks too, and his lower body was completely inside the earth, so he couldn't sheath his sword either. He threw away his sword, in an attempt to use his gravity-type attacks, but he couldn't make it in time and took the direct hit of the storm. The storm made him fly miles away, but his sword was still at the very place where Misaki and Fukashi.

  "Say, Fukashi! We can actually do this!"

  "Hmm seems the case..."

  "Hahahaha! Oi, you two! This is getting more interesting!" said Genjiro, with a burst of laughter, as he wiped away the blood that came out from his head.

  His tone changed suddenly.

  "But this time I'll show you my true power!"

  Genjiro removed the cloth which hid his left eye.

  "Eh?! What the...H-His aura is more denser than before! At least twice...no thrice!"

  "Do-Don't tell me that all of the time before he was hiding this...Rock-type thousand-layered prison barrier!"

  Fukashi again laid the barrier that trapped Genjiro.

  "Gah, this time the barrier won't last even three minutes...This one's weaker than the previous plus, he has gotten stronger."

  "Ahh, it's relaxing. At least this way we can rest a bit...it takes so much aura to just keep up with that guy's strength."

  "How much time has it been since Denki left?"

  "Barely two minutes..."

  "Huh?! How come?! Even if this barrier lasts three minutes, we'll still have to deal with him for five minutes...seems impossible!"

  "And that's if the barrier lasts three minutes, which it certainly won't."

  "Let's not waste this time... let's prepare some kind of trap in the meantime..."

  "This is hopeless, Misaki... I've used up all of my power...this is the last one now...Rock-type Damp Creation!"

  "That's good! Now you go and hide yourself in the bush - "

  Misaki was interrupted by Genjiro, who all of a sudden, from nowhere stood in front of them!

  "Impossible! He came out in less than a minute! He didn't use that meteor attack this time."

  "The damp didn't even affect him..."

  "Wait he disappeared!"

  Genjiro disappeared for a moment, and reappeared the next, with his sword in hand, stabbed Fukashi twenty-eight times in his chest, ninety-two times in his stomach, and twelve times on his face. Then he sheathed his sword, and broke Fukashi's thirty-four bones!

  Caught in a frenzy of fear, Misaki couldn't help but watch Fukashi suffer. She tried to move, but her body wouldn't respond. It was a sensation she hadn't experienced since becoming one of the strongest combatants: fear. Her heart raced, and she began to breathe heavily. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she screamed in anger and regret. Meanwhile, Genjiro remained calm and collected, not even breaking a sweat.

  "Ahh, one more down! Now, girl you!" said Genjiro, as he raised his bloody sword towards Misaki.

  “There's no reason to fear me now, girl! You should have anticipated that this would be the outcome of engaging with me. This result should not have taken you by surprise.”

  Misaki regained her senses. In tears, she quickly backed away with all her strength, using her aura as well as wind-type techniques. She was at her fastest speed, still in shock from what had happened.

  "It's useless escaping from me. Now that I have removed my left eye cloth, the 'monster' inside me has awakened! You can't get away from me"

  Genjiro suddenly appeared in front of Misaki, who was running at her full strength. He slowed her down by stabbing her one thousand three hundred and thirty times in her chest, in just a minute! The next minute Misaki was dead!

  "You guys played well with me! But I know there's someone else hiding here too. There's no way you would have sent that man back after witnessing my strength...Looks like I'll need to find him now...Ahh! A lot of trouble!"

  The no. 2 combatant, Denki watched everything from a faraway place, but his body couldn't move in fear. He saw his juniors dying in front of him, but couldn't do a thing. He regretted his plan. He thought that he had greatly underestimated his opponent. Knowing that confronting Genjiro would practically be suicide, he teleported himself to Area 403, assuming that Ryuzaki must have killed the four intruders and that he could ask for his help to defeat Genjiro.