"Oh, you're here?" asked Chiro as he sat up straight, waking from his deep slumber.
"Am I not enough for the great calamity?" asked Danso Xu as he walked towards Chiro and sat opposite of him.
"You're speaking as if you aren't a calamity too," replied Chiro.
"Oh yes, it has been a while since my memory has been foggy," said Xu.
"Stop beating around the bush, how did you get inside the Alkanium Soul Beast Cage?" asked Chiro.
"What do you mean? Everything in the cage is in the soul realm isn't it?" asked Xu.
"You split yourself up into four parts. One part is Danso Narahara, the second part is Danso Xu at the end of his enlightenment, the third part is Danso Xu at the peak of his rage and anger, and the fourth part is still unknown to me, are you the fourth seal?" asked Chiro.
"Oh no no, I am just a replica of the 100% seal of Danso Xu, stuck here and wandering the soul realm. The original Danso Xu made me as a backup in case anything happens to the four original splitted parts," said Xu.
"And you're okay with being used as a puppet?" asked Chiro.
"Of course it's my purpose," said Xu.
Chiro rolled his eyes at the word 'purpose' and continued to speak.
"How did you come here?" asked Chiro.
"All the Alkanium Soul Beast Cages are connected to one point in the soul realm. I just found that one point and found your cage then I reached here," said Xu.
"You make it sound like it was all accidental," said Chiro.
"It could be or it could be not," said Xu.
"You're not being useful here," replied Chiro with a grin.
"Be honest, you purposefully let Relvon and Jale fall while Akuza and Rein were safe didn't you?" asked Xu.
Chiro grinned as he looked at Xu with eyes of ego and self-satisfaction.
"The city of paradise, my foot. The city's first and fifth rings are meant to look like paradise but the second, third, and fourth rings aren't. They are filled with gangs and evil atrocities. Paradise itself is a fake concept," said Chiro.
"And you know this because you were raised in the second ring?" asked Xu.
"Good guess," replied Chiro.
"Thank you," replied Xu.
Xu was starting to get bored and got up and was about to leave the cage, until Chiro stopped him from behind.
"Why did you split yourself up?" asked Chiro.
"The original me was too tired to change I believe, so he wanted a blank person to grow from their own experiences and not repeat the past of their previous seals," said Xu.
"What would you do if you were given a chance to get out of here and grow from your own experiences," questioned Chiro.
"It's a far-fetched dream so I never thought about it," said Xu.
Xu started to leave and this time Chiro did not stop him. After Xu left, Chiro laid back down and returned to his deep slumber.
Danso didn't stop moving as he rushed towards Hiroshi. Even Hiroshi did not stop running towards Danso. Hiroshi threw two kunai at Danso but he managed to easily dodge the attack. Then he tried to slice Hiroshi but then Hiroshi switched places with the kunai and punched Danso's spine. Danso slapped Hiroshi's fist away and tried to do an overhead kick on Hiroshi but he easily caught the leg and Danso used his standing leg to kick Hiroshi in the face creating some distance between each other.
Hiroshi wiped the small blood droplets drooling from his nose and looked back at his target, Danso. Then Danso rushed at him and attacked him with his blade but Hiroshi quickly dodged the attacks again. Hiroshi bent down and quickly extended his legs, knocking Danso off balance and Danso nearly fell down. Using this opening Hiroshi charged up his fist with a punch reinforced with soul energy.
"Elemental Magic:- A punch which is the same hardness of the Earth," said Hiroshi.
The punch connected to Danso's jaw perfectly and it sent Danso back a couple of steps and cracked his helmet. Hiroshi threw multiple kunai and they all attacked him as Danso was still recovering from the previous attack. Danso started to kick his legs to the ground creating fire on his legs and the smoke created a storm which blinded Hiroshi. Nevertheless, Hiroshi was a ninja who was easily able to navigate through the smoke using his other senses. However, Hiroshi quickly got annoyed at the endless smoke as even though he could navigate the smoke, he couldn't find Danso.
"Elemental Magic:- Wind Pipe," said Hiroshi.
Hiroshi quickly created a hand sign and blew through the gap between his index and middle finger creating a gust of air that quickly cleared off all the smoke. Danso who kept on hiding and healing in secrecy did not expect that move so in the time gap that Danso was startled, Hiroshi quickly teleported to Danso.
"Elemental Magic:- Lighting Dragon," said Hiroshi.
Hiroshi's arm quickly enveloped in a bright blue lightning and he lunged towards Danso. Danso quickly dodged the attack but a slight spark grazed the side of Danso's arm melting it. Hiroshi quickly lunged yet again this time Danso blocked the attack with his sword.
"Sword Art of the Dragon:- Dragon's Claw," said Danso.
Danso's blade started to ignite yet again to levels of heat that Danso thought previously was impossible. The only reason for this was the awakening of the second seal. The blade quickly became blue then purple in flame color and Danso quickly swung the sword towards Hiroshi. Hiroshi dodged and attempted to attack quickly with another surprise kunai attack but the kunai melted instantly in the sight of the sword.
Then Hiroshi also started to unleash his own attack to counter Danso's attack.
"Elemental Magic:- Elemental Fist," said Hiroshi.
Hiroshi's fist gained all the elements:- Lightning, Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire. Hiroshi then dragged his fist bag like a bow and leaped like an arrow getting released from the bow. Danso also leaped towards Hiroshi.
The clash of the attacks were disastrous as the mountains of rubble surrounding them were destroyed in an instant. They both roared their battle cries.
Both of them got pushed back at the amount of soul energy that was being repelled against each other. Then, Hiroshi and Danso both fell down straight to the ground at the same time.
A mysterious ninja quickly came to the battlefield and picked Hiroshi up while leaving Danso for dead in the aftermath of their destructive fight. After the ninja left, Natsuki came over and picked the Red Samurai's limp body. As she was taking him over to a resting spot, she was tempted to open the mask but she respected him and decided not to. After ten minutes of non-stop soul energy supply to the Red Samurai, he woke up and was startled to see Natsuki.
"Uh, who are you?" asked a startled lying Red Samurai.
"I am Natsuki Himena, I found you on the rubble after your climactic fight," said Natsuki.
"Thanks for healing me," replied the Red Samurai.
"No worries," said Natsuki.
"You're part of the DMMS right? What happened to the other cities?" asked the Red Samurai.
"Things are looking dark, Red Samurai. Relvon got captured, Jale's Ring One exploded and merged with Richard's Crater, Rein is the only city except Akuza that was doing fine," stated Natsuki.
Danso's worst nightmare came true. They might have actually lost the Ninjaro Raid.
"But I've met one guy who urged me to find you," said Natsuki.
And from the shadows of the rubble that the Red Samurai was getting healed from, Xeno walked out. Danso instantly grinned from inside the mask.
"Did we win in Akuza?" asked the Red Samurai.
"No, there is still one more grand play that is going to happen," said Xeno.
"What is it?" asked the Red Samurai.
"A bomb containing the arm of the Dead Bomb's Carcass," said Xeno.
"That bomb…It is enough to wipe out the entirety of Akuza," said the Red Samurai.
"Exactly, everything is going according to Suzumi Hokage's plan, but if we stop this…," said Xeno.
"We will have a sliver of hope to reverse the effects of the Raid," Natsuki completed Xeno's sentence.