Bandit 2: “That’s right… Now, quickly gather everything that you need to pay us… We don’t have time for chit-chat, you got it??”
Villager elder: “Okay, okay… I’ll do what you asked, sir. Just please don’t touch the villagers here…”
Bandit 1: “That’s good… You should listen from the beginning. If not, that guy won't die for nothing… Bwahaha…”
The rest of the bandits are laughing out loud as well. Suddenly, they hear a loud voice coming in their direction.
Towa: “Don’t do what they said…!!!”
Bandit 1: “Huh?? Who’s there?? Show your ass here…”
Then they saw a man standing quite far across their current position. Then Towa slowly walked toward them with calm. The village elder told him not to interfere because Towa was just alone, he might get himself into trouble by confronting those bandits. However, Towa told the elder to be at ease, let him handle it. The elder can only watch him walking by in a daze.
Bandit 2: “Who the hell are you, huh?? How dare you interfere with our business here… Are you tired of living??”
Just finished talking, the bandit no.2 grabs his shirt and tries to punch him in the face. However, Towa quickly grabbed the bandit no.2 fist. Certainly, the bandit no.2 is not so happy as he never thought Towa could fight back. Then he pulled his hand back.
Bandit 2: “Ohh… You dare to fight back, huh??? You f*****g bastard…!!! Eat this…!!!”
The bandit no.2 strikes his sword at Towa but of course, Towa not stay quiet as he quickly strikes his scabbard on the bandit no.2 neck, to cause that bandit unable to speak and hurt a lot then the bandit can only kneel on the ground while holding his neck. Of course, his comrade bandits are so furious right now and the Vice-Leader of the bandits remains silent as well as he is still observing. His name is “Koshin (Gǔ-Qín)”.
Towa: “Look… I don’t want any trouble. So, you better take your man (pointing to the one that he strikes on his neck), and get out of here…”
Bandit 1: “Bwahahaha… You drove us away after you hit our friend?? I guess you are really looking for death, huh?? Don’t you know who we are???”
Towa: “I don’t care, and I don’t want to know either… Go now or leave your bodies here…”
Bandit 3: “You f*****g bastard…!!! No more talking to this dead guy… Just finish him and we burn this village too…”
Then few of the bandits try to approach Towa as they already pull out their sabre to attack him. Towa spins his scabbard in 1 round then pulls out his sword. He pushes 3 bandits together a meter away from him with one strike. Even though they're not wounded, still it’s quite hurt because the strike was not an ordinary strike. It contained Qi-energy when Towa released that strike. They were all shocked when they felt a strong Qi-energy come from Towa’s strike. It’s not only formidable but also intimidating as they can feel killing-aura come from the strike. But still, they can’t go back empty handed as they must explain it to their boss, the Leader of the bandits. Certainly, the Leader was not coming so they only sent the Vice-Leader (Koshin) together with their subordinates. So, it’s not an easy task for those bandits as well. Then when they hesitated whether to attack on Towa again or not, Koshin was already coming down from his horse. Koshin is not as weak as his subordinates as he also knows some martial-arts. That’s why he can also use Qi-energy to fight with Towa.
Koshin: “Interesting… Never imagine that I can meet such strong pugilist martial-arts at this kind of place… What’s your name??”
Towa: “You don’t need to know…”
Koshin: “Huh… Interesting, and why are you wearing a mask??”
Towa: “I was caught in a fire when I was still very young, and it burnt my face… That’s why I wearing a mask since then…” (just make-up a story),
Koshin: “I see… Even so, I still can feel that you’re not an ordinary pugilist, based on your inner Qi-energy… How about you join us?? We could help a helping-hand here…”
Towa: “Join your team?? You mean become a f*****g bandit like you that only can oppress the weak?? Sorry, not a chance…”