- Narrator -

Zanku: You're that kid from last night, right?

He asked the blind swordsman. His gaze never leaving his position as he knew that one move, he'll already be dead.

Zanku: Why can't I read this little shit's mind?!

Panic fills the executioner's head as Hyakkimaru starts to run towards him with great speed. There's no way of stopping the swordsman in his tracks so Zanku tried to pierce him straight in the chest.

Zanku: Die...!

Hyakkimaru ducked the second he caught a glimpse of that blade flying over his face. He managed to land a large gash on Zanku's side using the newly forged and sharpened sword he had gained.

Tatsumi: He's much faster than me!

The injured boy watched in awe as the two were exchanging blow after blow. With every second that has passed, blood that comes from Zanku spills onto the ground.

Tatsumi: He can't even find a pattern in each attack..!

Zanku: This kid...! Die, you little fuck head!

He tried to puncture Hyakkimaru's chest using his blades but it was countered with a hand blocking the tip. The headhunter was shocked on what he had discovered.

Zanku: Oak?! His arms are made from wood?!

Pulling out the prosthetic arm, a glint of metal shined on the eyes of the killer, a light that blinded him a little bit. Hyakkimaru used this chance to stab his stomach using the blades he hides as his arms.

Zanku: Hrrk..!- What the hell...?!

He cursed, letting blood spill out of his mouth and onto Hyakkimaru's hands. This gave him an idea on how to shake off the blind swordsman.

He then proceeds to hold the blade Hyakkimaru's sword to try and pull it off while saying;

Zanku: How do you deal with the voices...?

The pressure paused from Zanku's stomach as Hyakkimaru stared at him with a blanket expression.

Zanku: Judging by your expression, you've done this before...many times I presume...! How do you do it..?

Hyakkimaru: I don't hear them..

Zanku: I have hearing them since the day I've become an executioner..!

He grips tightly on the blade, blood coming out of his hands from the cuts he gained from it.

Zanku: I hear their voices shouting, demanding me to come with them down in hell..! How the fuck can you, of all people, brush it off..?!

He stared deep into the eyes of his opponent for a response. Zanku saw nothing, he saw an empty void where a ball and chain had been keeping a demon from taking the wheel.

Hyakkimaru: You wanna know how I can sleep at night....?

His heart sank. After seeing the demon give him a twisted grin, he silently begged for mercy. He couldn't take on the nightmare fuelling his fears.

Hyakkimaru: It's because the one's I have killed...

The blind swordsman pulls out his sword of a hand out of Zanku's abdomen before throwing his spare swords in the air. He finishes by pulling off his other arm, revealing another sword as a hand.

Hyakkimaru: Took everything from me..!

He ran towards Zanku, who stood still in fear. In his eyes, he could see the demon coming right for him like it was the embodiment of Death.

Zanku: D-demon...!

* SHLINGKT *