"This isn't... the light of youth hasn't faded yet... it can continue to bloom... for Akai... you can't leave here alive!!!"
"W-what.!! He can even stand up!!!"
"His body is cracked, yet he can still stand! The red light beneath his split skin... it's not going to explode! Hey, Fuguki, this is trouble. What should we do? I'm really scared..."
Juzo's legs had gone weak with terror. At such close range, if he were struck by the Eight Gates technique, he would definitely die...
Suikazan Fuguki had lost his nerve as well. He had never seen such a stubborn opponent before. Moreover, there was no need for patience—only taijutsu. It seemed the other side was about to unleash an even fiercer attack than before. The four of them were probably doomed to die here. It looked like this was the only way.
"Gentlemen, the four of us can only make our stand now. As for who gets to live, that depends on our own luck. Matt is already crippled. As long as we defeat him before he activates the Eight Inner Gates, we can survive! What do you say? Shall we gamble?"
"Yeah, that's all we can do!!!" the other three answered in unison.
"Good! Go.!!"
Suikazan Fuguki shouted, but did not move. The other three foolishly charged forward, only realizing that Fuguki had tricked them.
This was supposed to be the final blow, so the three of Juzo's group had not held back. They only wanted to kill Matt with a single punch. Thus, after discovering that Fuguki had deceived them, they could no longer change anything. They could only curse him aloud.
"Damn it! We were used as bait!"
"Suikazan Fuguki, you won't die a natural death!!"
"What a bastard!!!"
Fuguki paid no heed to their curses. To