The Incredible Swordsman

CHAPTER 20-THE AMBUSHED

Hitokiri-Kenshi was shocked when he heard that person mention his name, Ryohyō. He thought to himself, this is the guy named Ryohyō, the one who eliminated the Unkensō and also his Shishō, Chōbun. How can he be here? What is going on? Hitokiri still doesn’t realize that he already fell into the Ryohyō trap.

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “What is this all about?? You send me to this abandoned location with no one here… Who do you want me to kill??”

Ryohyō: “Well… I have no one to kill, but wait… Actually there is one person, I might want to…” (while staring at Hitokiri-Kenshi),

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “One person, you said?? Who?? Let me finish my job, and I get my payment, then we go our separate ways…”

Ryohyō: “No need to be rushed… Let me tell you a story first.”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “Huh?? Story???”

Ryohyō: “Did you know, this place was once a big sect that resided here… But one day, it got eliminated… Since then, this place has remained empty until today. You know what the sect was???”

Hitokiri-Kenshi might be able to guess what sect that Ryohyō meant, but still he pretending don’t know.

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “I don’t know… What sect is that??”

Ryohyō: “Ehm… You don’t know?? How could it be?? Didn’t your Shishō tell you??”

Hitokiri-Kenshi suddenly felt an intimidating coming from Ryohyō. He thought that Ryohyō already knew about his identity. If not, Ryohyō won't mention about his Shishō. However, he tries to stay calm.

Ryohyō: “Huh?? Don’t want to speak?? Ok, let me tell you… This place is the location of Unkensō, who once ruled the pugilist world…”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “……………” (remain silent),

Ryohyō: “I bet Chōbun had told you that he was once a member of Unkensō, just like… me…”

Hitokiri-Kenshi could feel something was quite not right. But he knew he couldn't escape as well since there were so many people surrounding him and not to mention Ryohyō was also here.

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “What do you want???”

Ryohyō: “What do I want??? Simple… Hand me the book, and I'll leave you a whole corpse and die in peace...”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “I don’t know what you are talking about… And I don't know anyone named Chōbun…”

Ryohyō: “Ohh, you like to play stupid, huh?? I already noticed when you killed my comrades by using the Mukeifūken-ryū. No one will know how to use that sword-skills since Unkensō is gone. If I looked at your face, you are still young so it's impossible to say that you were the member of the Unkensō and if you were, how come I never seen you before at Unkensō???”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “……………” (remain silent),

Ryohyō: “So, the other possibility is… Chōbun. When I came to him, he fought me by using the Mukeifūken-ryū. At that time, I already noticed something was not right. How come he can use the Mukeifūken-ryū?? Does that mean he also had the book after he left Unkensō?? But never mind, since he was just a moron, he didn’t master it all. That’s why it was so easy for me to beat him down. So, unless you stole the book from him or he must be the one who taught you that… What do you think??? Which one of them???”

Now Hitokiri-Kenshi knew that he fell into the trap that was prepared by Ryohyō. The only way out of here is to fight against all of them. This is the only way to survive even though he knows it’s very difficult. Then suddenly, one of Ryohyō's accomplices shouted.

Accomplices 1: “No need to waste time with that kid anymore…!!! Just beat him down then torture him until he talk…!!!”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “So, it was just a fake when you hired me… You just wanted to lure me here, so you can get me, right??”

Ryohyō: “Bingo… You’re not that stupid at all. Well actually, I kind of admired you, you know?? But too bad, since you know about the Unkensō incident now, I can't let you live…”

Hitokiri-Kenshi: “Yeah… Too bad either. I burned that book away after I mastered it. So if you want that book, unless you can get it from my head…”

After seeing Hitokiri-Kenshi was so stubborn like that, Ryohyō knows there’s no meaning in talk anymore. Besides, his accomplices one by one keep pushing him to take action as well. Then he ordered his accomplices to attack Hitokiri-Kenshi. The battle of Hitokiri-Kenshi versus 6 of them occurred here.