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Chapter 18 - Chapter 18: The man with the invisible sword

"Alright ladies and gentlemen this is the second round of the all or nothing battle, let's get the ten contestants out and ready." Says the announcer hyping up the audience.

"Ok Haro you are up we need a quick win with this." Says Igima with a sad expression.

"Right I'll end this quickly." Says Haro with a smile on his face.

"Ok ladies and gentlemen let's get the next battle ready… and begin." Say the announcer as the people battling enter and enter thier battle stances.

"Ok I'll just stand back I'll face whoever makes it to the end, cause that would be the strongest." Says Haro with an excited smile as he walks towards the wall of the battlefield.

As the fight rages on, one of the fighters Chance Katana weapon disappears as one of our fighters suddenly gets a cut across thier belly and dies.

"What the hell just happened people the opposition's fighter just dropped, as though an invisible slash flew through the air." Shouts the announcer in complete shock as the audience have no idea what is occurring either.

As the last of Haro's teammates dies he pounds his fists to hype himself up.

"You're strong I can tell so tell me your name." Says Haro as he summons his Chance weapon.

"Heh my name is Lio and you are going to die." Says Lio raising his hands as the audience members cheer with anticipation.

"Ok let's go." Says Haro as he makes the first move at Lio.

As Haro punches with his Tonfa, Lio dodges by stepping back and slashes with the hilt of his Katana, as Haro's hand suddenly starts bleeding.

"What the hell just happened?" Asks Haro while looking at his bleeding hand.

"Wow Lio is somehow attacking Haro with an invisible attack, how will he counter this or will he die without landing a single blow." Shouts the announcer with an excited grin.

Haro begins to run as he breaks the sound barrier darting around the battlefield. We see Lio holding the hilt of his Katana as he slashed the air, and we see Haro with superficial cuts as blood drops on the floor.

As Haro keeps on running he begins to think of something, but we can't hear it as he starts running towards Lio charging up his Chance energy.

"Twin Reckoning!!" Shouts Haro as he jumps into the air as Lio swings the hilt of his Katana in his direction.

As "Twin Reckoning" hits Lio is in a crater in the ground.

"H..how… did… you… do… that?" Asks Lio in tremendous pain as he can barely remain conscious.

"Well as I was running around the stadium and you gave me those shallow cuts I realised that you can't control the size if not you would have ended the battle in your first attack." Says Haro looking down at Lio in the crater.

"Yeah… but… how… does… that… explain… anything?" Asks Lio with blood spewing out of his mouth.

"Right, well as I was running I saw that you aimed for where I was and as soon as I went past that you can't hit me, and since you're attack has a wind range you still grazed me so I simply waited for when you would swing the hilt of your sword in my direction and dodge it, and if I attacked at the same time you wouldn't be able to use another attack." Replies Haro as Lio takes his last breath and dies.

"That is it for round two ladies and gentlemen, I would appreciate the wait as we get the stadium ring repaired for the next fight." Says the announcer as Haro walks away and some of the audience members boo at Haro.

To be continued…

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