16th and 19th floors.
With the help of the vice president, who had acted with him so far, and Ryuji, a strong supporter, he was able to climb upstairs without fighting the formidable enemies by blocking them one after another.
But now I really have to go through all the hardships on my own.
As I made up my mind and went up to the 20th floor, I heard the noise of the guests participating in the engagement ceremony coming through the door.
‘I said the security is strict here.’
As advised by the vice president, skip the 20th floor and go straight up to the 21st floor.
profit!
When I opened the emergency stair door and entered the 21st floor, the hallway was as quiet as a mouse.
Even though there is only one floor difference, there is going to be such a stark difference.
Close the door carefully, then step out.
thump-
Perhaps because he was wearing shoes, the sound of footsteps was very loud.
But there was no sign of anyone approaching.
‘Are you safe for now?’
I wiped my chest and moved forward.
‘He said there’s a staff elevator down here to the 20th floor.’
First, I decided to find the elevator somewhere on the 21st floor.
Because there wasn’t much time left.
‘It’s unnecessarily wide, here.’
It wouldn’t be a bad thing for guests using the hotel, but it was an annoyance factor for me, who had to find the elevator as soon as possible.
It was when I was walking down an empty hallway while looking around so quickly.
Thing-
Then I heard the elevator stop not far away.
Turn your head reflexively.
As the door of the elevator, which seemed to have descended from the upper floor, slowly opened, walking out of it was a blunt middle-aged man in a black suit.
The appearance and atmosphere that look unusual even with a pretense.
When the man made eye contact with me, he said in a dry voice.
“Are you the Geumgang Yacha that the rumors spread?”
Knowing that shameful nickname, the opponent is clearly a person from the other world.
“…then?”
“This is a curfew from now on. If you go back quietly, I won’t touch you.”
Saying that, the man pointed the shuriken pulled out of his thigh at me.
gulp-
Without realizing it, I swallowed my saliva with tension.
instinctively knew.
This man is strong.
Of all the opponents I’ve fought so far, if I had to pick a guy who was as strong as this guy, I’d say at most two and a half.
But I also had a situation where I couldn’t back down.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’ll hear me.”
As I answered and raised my fists into a fighting stance, the man muttered quietly.
“Yeah, it’s fun to come out like that.”
the next moment,
Nettle!
The man lowered his body and rushed towards him.
‘fast!’
Despite having overwhelming visual acuity, it is enough to momentarily miss movement.
The man in black, rushing like the wind, twisted his body and threw a kick back.
“ね!”
I managed to block it with a short shot, but the impact made my left arm tingle.
I hurriedly wrapped a flag around my body and tried to fall back.
But the attack is like a roar that comes one after another as if not to miss.
The man in black, with his body lowered, showed a spider-like movement.
Dodging the attack, I tried to throw a soccer kick to counterattack, but then my arms got tangled in my legs as if I was waiting.
I used my wits in an instant, and forcibly removed the man’s hand by spraying yang energy from my legs.
A man kicking his tongue back, wondering if the fact that the surprise attack on conversion was ruined was unpleasant.
I breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and adjusted my messy posture.
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Meanwhile, the man slowly got up and said.
“Still, it doesn’t look like it’s completely blind.”
Instead of arguing, I responded by waving my fingers.
“……”
Perhaps it was a provocation, and the man in black was rushing in the same posture once again.
But don’t fall for the same trick twice.
As I stepped forward, I strongly extended both my fists in front of my chest.
Chungchu (衝錐).
This is the basic skill of the octagonal sphere, which I received directly from Li Meiling last summer.
Perhaps because I stepped on the floor with all my might, the passage momentarily shook and the man’s upper body, whose posture collapsed, lost his center of gravity and fell forward.
Without missing the gap, I thrust my fist like an awl into the face of the man in the right position.
bang!!
‘In!’
Hand feeling for sure.
However, it was a time when I looked at the other person’s expression thinking that it was strange in a fight that ended so briskly, contrary to what I initially expected.
‘Are you laughing?’
The man was staring at me with a mad smile.
pop!!
Immediately after, a huge cloud of smoke rose from the man’s body.
“what!”
I was embarrassed and raised my voice.
It is also because the body of the man in front of him right up until just before has disappeared like a lie, and a log has been placed there as if to replace it.
“Ninbeop, a drink of replacement.”
I was startled by the voice I heard from right behind me and tried to turn around, but the man’s action was one step faster.
“ね!”
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Momentarily, the strength in the leg that hit the popliteal muscle was released and he fell to his knees.
In succession, while twisting my arm backwards to suppress it, the shuriken I was holding in my hand was thrust into my neck.
As soon as you think you’ve won, you’ll be stunned by the sudden reversal of the situation.
The man in black whispered from behind my back.
“Isn’t the old folks of the Huma clan didn’t tell me about this technique?”
“…who are you.”
I never told anyone that I went to the village of the Fuuma clan with Fuuma-senpai.
If so, it would be reasonable to assume that information was collected from within the Huma clan.
Perhaps he had noticed this suspicion, the man twisted the corners of his mouth and said.
“Hattori Hanzo, the name you inherited, Kotaro Fuma, is a man with a bit of a feud.”
***
Hattori Hanzo.
It is the name of the leader of the ninja group, Iga (伊賀), famous for being active during the Warring States period.
The name Hattori Hanzo, which is synonymous with ninjas, is actually a hereditary name only used by the head of the Hattori family, and was cut off with the 12th head of the Hattori family, Masayoshi Hattori, in the history of the surface.
However, the blood of the Hattori clan left behind in the afterlife has been passed down to the present day, and its technology has not declined.
And this man, the 13th Hattori Hanzo, was the man who was said to be the most suitable man to revive the Hattori clan, which had once been cut off in the past.
Commonly known as Onigumo (鬼蜘蛛).
Hanzo, who inherited the ghost’s name.
That was the true identity of the black man who claimed to be a vassal between Fujiwara.
***
Hattori Hanzo and Fuma Kotaro.
They are the names of famous ninjas who were active during the Warring States period.
But it was definitely a name that still exists today.
I don’t know if it’s because the industry is small or the land of Japan is cramped, but looking at the circumstances, it seems that Fuuma-senpai’s father and this person were rivals.
‘And I accidentally got hooked on it.’
At first, it was clearly said that only the technology was inherited, but somehow the name is also treated as inherited.
To be honest, it was quite embarrassing, but it didn’t seem like the situation would change if I explained that fact now.
Because in the first place, this man came down here to stop intruders.
I asked the man with his arms bent back.
“Are you Hattori’s father?”
“If you’re talking about a child with a sparrow on his shoulder, you’re right. That guy is my daughter.”
“Why are you monitoring me? It’s probably not because I foresaw this kind of thing in advance.”
“Your senses are different from how you look. That’s right. At first, I thought that Squadron Fuma Kotaro would appear around you, so I made Ayame a watchman. I never thought it would lead to such an outcome.”
“It’s like catching a mouse while walking backwards.”
“That’s roughly it.”
To be honest, I was a little angry when I found out about the self-inflicted species.
For just that reason, all the efforts the Vice President and I have put in place are in vain.
The man, Hattori Hanzo, said with my arms bent back.
“It’s time for the engagement ceremony to begin. It seems like a failure anyway, so why not give up quickly?”
“I don’t like it.”
“If you don’t give up, I’ll break this arm. You don’t want to be crippled for the rest of your life, do you?”
“I don’t like it.”
“…that’s why the young guys.”
Whoa!
“――!”
When force is applied, the arm begins to turn in the direction it should not have turned.
It felt like my muscles were torn.
But I clenched my teeth and persevered.
If I give up now, there will be no one to save the President.
So you can’t give up
Even if all my limbs are broken, never.
“It seems stupid.”
At that moment, I heard a familiar voice in my ear.
I shook my head in amazement.
A spirit body with only its head protruding from the floor.
Chiaki, who should still be on the 19th floor, was right in front of him.
“How are you here?”
“I came here to play for a while because I thought it would suffice for me to be alone in Notan, Egypt. But it looks pretty hard, doesn’t it?”
Whoa!
Teeth tremble from excessive pain.
I said to Chiaki in that state.
“Help me.”
Then Chiaki smiled and reached out to me.
“I came here from the beginning.”