After breaking free of his restraints in an attempt to attack Nēgus, Tuziku was once again ordered to be restrained by the villagers.
At first, Tuziku was completely against the idea of fighting the villagers, as they were only caught in the midst of Nēgus' scheme to overthrow his grandfather.
However, realizing there was no clear path toward Nēgus, he knew a battle against the villagers was unavoidable.
Just as he stopped evading and decided to confront the men, Kutcher and Prīōra suddenly fell from the sky and immediately joined Tuziku's side.
They insisted on handling the villagers while Tuziku dealt with Nēgus.
And so, Tuziku faced off against Nēgus while Prīōra and Kutcher handled the group of men.
"You really are underestimating me, brat!" Nēgus sneered at him.
Suddenly—
Tuziku swiftly dashed toward Nēgus and grabbed him by the shirt.
"Let go of me, you piece of—"
Just then—
FWOOSH!
Tuziku dashed toward the outskirts of the village while pulling Nēgus along.
Within a few seconds—
They arrived outside the village.
THUD!
Tuziku dropped him onto the ground.
"Get up!"
"What do you think you're doing?" Nēgus glared at him as he got up from the ground.
"I didn't want the others to get caught up in our fight."
"It's just you and me now!" Tuziku smirked.
"What the hell are you smirking about, you little shit?!" Nēgus snapped.
"You think you have some sort of advantage?!"
He burst out laughing.
"You only made things worse for yourself!"
"Because now, I can kill you without being judged by the villagers."
He wore a malicious grin.
Tuziku sighed.
"Is that so..."
"You know, you also told me your Hakashi abilities far surpass the old man's."
"What about it?" Nēgus glared at him.
Tuziku stepped forward.
"I was just thinking... I'd like to test that theory!"
"Theory?"
"This isn't a theory, brat!"
"Cut the bullshit! I know that the old man's too soft to lay a finger on any of his grandkids."
"You've never actually fought against him. You only used his kindness to your advantage!" Tuziku taunted him.
Suddenly—
Nēgus snapped.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!" he screamed as he charged toward Tuziku, blindly swinging his fists.
Tuziku swiftly weaved from side to side, narrowly avoiding all of his blows.
"Tch!"
"Stop squirming around!" Nēgus shouted as Tuziku dodged every attack.
Then—
FWSH!
BAM!!
Tuziku grabbed Nēgus by the face and slammed him into the ground.
"Is this really all you're capable of?" Tuziku asked.
At that exact moment—
FWOOOOOSH!!
A gust of calm yet powerful wind began concentrating around Nēgus as he lay on the ground.
Nēgus burst out laughing.
"Now, you've done it!"
He instantly launched himself back to his feet.
"So you've finally decided to take me seriously and use your Hakashi abilities," Tuziku grinned.
In that same instant—
FWSH!
Tuziku glanced down at his torso.
"Huh?"
What Tuziku saw next made his jaw drop—
A clean hole had appeared on the left side of his torso.
SPLSH!
Blood began to gush from the wound.
"AUGH!"
Tuziku keeled over.
Nēgus slowly approached him as a flow of calm wind swirled around his body.
"Oh dear, that doesn't look good!" he said in a sarcastic tone.
Tuziku clenched his stomach as he knelt on the ground.
"You bastard! What did you do?" Tuziku coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Nēgus tilted his head in confusion.
"You didn't see it?"
"Then again, you couldn't have seen it."
He scratched his chin.
"That's because... I fired a wind arrow toward you at high speed."
As Tuziku clenched his stomach, he thought to himself:
A wind arrow?
"But—I didn't see you use a bow!" Tuziku glared at him.
Nēgus chuckled.
"I'm surprised the old man didn't tell you..."
"You see, amongst all the current Hakashi users... I have the most compatibility with the second form—Ken!"
"In simple terms, what that means is that I'm levels above everyone when it comes to the second form."
"I can even fire wind arrows toward you at high speeds without using a bow!" he gloated.
Tuziku gazed at him in surprise.
"I see..."
Suddenly, Tuziku got up from the ground.
"So I guess you must be really special, huh?"
Nēgus stared at Tuziku in utter disbelief.
Impossible!
He shouldn't be able to move!
After all, I made sure to pierce a vital area of his body.
As he glanced toward the wound he had inflicted on Tuziku—
"What?!" Nēgus shouted in disbelief.
The hole on the side of Tuziku's stomach was clean.
So clean that not a single drop of blood could be seen.
"You must be wondering how I did it?" Tuziku smirked.
Nēgus glared at him in silence.
"I used the same Hakashi Technique," Tuziku continued.
"To be honest, it was my first time trying something like this, so it was a bit of a gamble..."
Tuziku wore a proud grin.
"I used the Hakashi Technique to create a small vortex of calm wind and placed it inside the wound."
"I figured that if I could keep the wind flowing through the wound, I could use it to stabilize the damaged area and keep the blood from pouring out."
Tuziku scratched his head awkwardly.
"It doesn't heal the wound... but it keeps everything from getting worse."
"Damn, that was scary!"
"If I had messed up, I could've accidentally made the wound even larger."
Nēgus' mouth hung wide open in disbelief.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Are you telling me—you learned such a complicated variation of the Hakashi Technique after learning the technique itself in just a month?!" Nēgus vented.
"That's right," Tuziku replied flatly.
"You see... I've been spending almost fourteen hours a day learning the Hakashi Technique..."
"I've done nothing but focus on understanding and further honing this technique for the past month."
Suddenly—
FWSH!
Nēgus fired another wind arrow toward Tuziku at high speed.
However, this time—
Tuziku saw through the attack and instantly dodged to the side.
He dodged it?! Nēgus thought to himself.
"That attack... won't work on me again!" Said Tuziku.
But then—
"Shut up already!"
FWSH! FWSH!
Nēgus launched two more arrows toward Tuziku.
But suddenly—
Tuziku vanished.
"What—where did he go?!" Nēgus panicked.
Suddenly—
BAM!
Tuziku appeared in front of Nēgus and launched a powerful blow into his stomach.
"AUGH!!"
Nēgus hunched over and held his stomach.
He's fast!
"Let's get this over with quickly, Nēgus!"
"I avoided finishing you off just now because it wouldn't soothe my anger!"
"I want you to go all out!"
Tuziku clenched his fist as he let out a confident grin.
Nēgus glared at him in silence.
"Come! Show me just how powerful you are, Nēgus!" Tuziku challenged him.
CHAPTER 60 END!