Honmyo Yutaro had never imagined a fight could be played this way.
The Hammer Pillar certainly lived up to his reputation. Even among demons, his name was known far and wide.
His talents went well beyond forging and fighting, didn't they?
By the time the two of them finished talking, Kyojuro Rengoku had returned.
His hands were clean, with no head or anything of the sort in them. But one look at him told them it was over.
The first thing he said was, "You lied to him just now, didn't you?"
Honmyo Yutaro stared, dumbfounded. How did he know?
Tetsu no Sosuke smiled. Kyojuro Rengoku looked a little helpless. "After you said all that, he lost all will to fight. All he wanted was to escape me. We'd been evenly matched, but then the balance tipped. Once he lost his nerve completely, he died a rather pathetic death."
Tetsu no Sosuke smiled. "You could always give him a hero's funeral."
"He deserves to be despised for all eternity." Kyojuro Rengoku snorted, then burst out laughing. "But that's you, all right. Even injured, you're terrifying."
"Was that supposed to be a compliment?"
Tetsu no Sosuke's mouth twitched.
They left the cell. Many of the people in the prison were on their side, but there were ordinary inmates there too.
Every one of those inmates was pale with fright and trembling all over.
As they headed out, Tetsu no Sosuke spotted a few familiar faces.
They were the men who had beaten Honmyo Yutaro every day. Tetsu no Sosuke glanced at them and asked him, "Want to take revenge while we're here?"
Honmyo Yutaro shook his head. "No point."
"Pretty haughty, kid." Tetsu no Sosuke smiled, then looked ahead.
Someone was walking slowly toward them, hands pressed together, compassion on his