First C-Rank Mission (V) [Chapter 29]

I was just about to rush at the person Yoruichi had been fighting on pure impulse, but I managed to stop myself before I could have made a moronic mistake. Even though Yoruichi was not in good shape, she could probably hold on for a bit more since her opponent was simply playing around her.

The man slowly turned toward me… He must have noticed my intention to attack him. The man smirked at me mockingly before he licked his lips. “...Pity. You didn’t attack me” The man muttered with a disappointed look before the man finally released his killing intent, making both me and Yoruichi flinch back in fear.

I hate to admit it, but Yoruichi didn’t have anything on him… Now, there was a serious chance that I would die right here. “I had such high hopes for them, but they were nothing but useless fucks” The man clicked his tongue when he glanced at the bodies of his underlings.

One of them was dead as doornail thanks to yours truly. I was afraid that he might come back to life, but thankfully, that did not happen, and the other one was still lying on the ground, trying to get up, but I had messed him up quite well. I might have dislocated his shoulder, but he might have something more when he slammed against the wall.

“Do you have any idea how hard it is to find true believers?!!” The man snapped at me and once again I flinched back in fear. Even though he was quite far from me, the man was practically looming over me. I knew I was sweating like a pig and my hands were trembling due to being overwhelmed by his killing intent, but I held my ground.

The man smirked at me after a few moments and his killing intent receded… I could swear I saw myself die a few times when I was being drowned by his killing intent, but it was a part of occupational hazards and I could always freak out later. For the time being, I had other important things to worry about.

“Very well… I will break you afterward” The man sighed, but his eyes were filled with excitement and madness before all of a sudden, his form blurred. I barely managed to bring my arms up before he kicked me. I felt my bones creak in protest as I was blasted away from the man. I slammed against one of the platforms, but I failed to scream as the air was knocked out of my lungs due to the impact.

I heard Yoruichi scream something as she lunged at the man, but I failed to understand what she was saying as my vision started to blur. I coughed and spat some blood in front of me… My back was killing me and there was a very good chance that I might have broken something, but I knew I couldn’t give up.

The temptation to pass out was high… Really high, but I knew that if I passed out, I was going to die. So, I forced myself to stand up while gritting my teeth. My back was burning in pain, but my vision finally started to clear up. Even though injured, Yoruichi was trying her best to kill the man, but it was obvious that he was simply playing around with her.

I turned toward the underling who was still trying to get up and tossed one of my kunais at his head since Yoruichi was keeping the leader busy. The kunai got buried in the underling’s head, making him go still, except for some twitches. I pulled out another poison-laced kunai from my hip bag before taking my stance.

My stance was as expected, sloppy, but I was barely standing on my feet… It was the same with Yoruichi. Even she was barely holding on… So, I took a deep breath before I twisted my body as fast as I could, and tossed both of my kunais at the man when he was fending off Yoruichi with an amused look on his face.

The man obviously noticed my actions, but thanks to Yoruichi, he wasn’t able to move out of the way and one of my kunais nicked his face… I internally cheered. The cut was small, but it was enough for the poison to enter his bloodstream. Now, I only needed to somehow stall him for a minute. The man snarled and kicked Yoruichi in the gut and she slammed against one of the platforms before she slumped down.

“I will flay you alive for Jashin-sama!!” The man screamed and once again his form blurred, but this time, I wasn’t fast enough to raise my arms to guard myself. His fist slammed into my gut and the air was knocked out of my lungs while his other hand clamped on my shoulder. Before I could catch my breath, his fist slammed on my face, and I felt my nose collapse due to the blow.

That felt like a fucking freight train… My head continued to swim and my thoughts started to become blurry before another fist slammed into my chest and I knew something was broken. The man finally let me go and I simply dropped to the ground… I started to wheeze and pain shot throughout my whole body. I spat out some blood before I curled up.

Even breathing felt like my body was on fire…

“What the fuck did you do to me, you little shit?!” The man screamed before my body was violently rolled over by him. The man leaned down, grabbed my collar, and started to shake me. “What the fuck did you do?!” He screamed at me, looking extremely enraged, but I simply grinned and spat at him. I knew it hadn’t been a minute since I nicked him with my kunai, but he had already noticed the poison.

Now, there was only one thing I could do… Distract him. The man snarled in rage, his eyes burning with madness and slammed one of his fists on my face. I felt my brain rattle inside my skull and my world started to spin, then another fist slammed on my face and this time, I was certain I heard something crack. At this rate, he was going to turn my head into a paste.

So, this is how I was going to die…

Then all of a sudden, the blows stopped and I heard a distant scream before my world turned completely black…