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Chapter 24 - The Fall Of Megumi Clan (Part 2)

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Shogetsu slowly rose to his feet before unsheathing his katana and sneered: "Who here haven't heard about the new generation, Martial Genius."

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Then without warning, Shōgetsu lunged, katana flashing, and charged directly at Ha-Joon.

Ha-Joon's eyes sharpened. With a slight shift of his weight, he evaded the initial arc of steel by a hair's breadth. The force of the slash sliced a deep groove into the stone wall behind him.

While dodging, Ha-Joon began to glance around Sogetsu's man. In the span of a heartbeat, he closed the distance to one of the swordsmen, shattering his ribs with a brutal rising knees.

Shōgetsu came at him again, quick, relentless, chaining attacks together with a ruthless precision that left no openings.

Ha-Joon dodged left, absorbing a shallow cut to his side rather than risk being impaled. He spun low, sweeping Shōgetsu's leg. The captain leapt over it, retaliating mid-air with a downward slash.

The slash froze at Ha-Joon's shoulder before it could impaled him.

Ha-Joon grunted but countered with an elbow aimed at Shōgetsu's face, forcing him to retreat a step. It wasn't a decisive hit, but it quickly shifted the momentum.

The courtyard once again erupted into action.

One of the men rushed towards Ha-Joon while Shōgetsu regrouped. Their fists collided, a brutal collision of sheer force and technique. Ha-Joon blocked a flurry of blows, slipped a punch, and drove a savage counterpunch into the man's temple, dropping him instantly.

The sniper (Archer), once again fired at Ha-joon.

Ha-Joon twisted just in time, the arrow grazing his cheek.

He darted through the debris, scaling a broken pillar and launching off it to bring the fight directly to the sniper's perch. His boot connected with the shooter's chest, sending him crashing down two floors.

As the fight escalated, Shōgetsu's men fell one by one and only he remained.

Seeing his all men fall by the might of Ha-Joon, he couldn't contain himself anymore.

In a fit of rage, he couldn't think rationally, as he mindlessly swung his katana. Ha-Joon swiftly deflected his katana with the debris of woods.

"Let's finish it." spoke Ha-Joon in a bored tone.

Having said that, he swiftly grabbed Shōgetsu's head, hanging himself upside down. With a brutal swing, Ha-Joon hurled his leg towards Shogetsu, instantly slamming him on the ground.

The Magami vassal family, loyal to Yamazaki for generations, had overstepped their boundaries. They had sent assassins to the one of the only remaining successor of the Yamazaki family.

In the ruins of the shrine, amidst the cooling corpses of their elite strike squad, Ha-Joon silently made a choice.

He would erase the Magami name from history.

He slowly rose to his feet, and picked katana before forcing it at Shōgetsu's chest. He tore off the torn shirt, hanging his black long coat behind his shoulder and walked forward into the dying light of Kyoto's evening sky.

Fortunately, the farce of battle had finally ended in his hand without any major injuries.

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The Hangure clan, still licking its wounds, watched in silence as Ha-Joon prepared. His battered body showed the brutal aftermath of his battle against Shōgetsu.

"You need to rest for your body, boss," one of the new member of Hangure family ventured cautiously.

Ha-Joon simply stared at him. The youth flinched and lowered his head.

Rest? Rest was a luxury for men who could afford to lose.

Ha-Joon wrapped his fists tighter. The moment his people that is 'Somi' had been attacked under the Magami's orders, there was no more compromise.

He would surely make them taste the absolute strength of somebody who was young, who had had underestimated him.

They, who had remained vassal family for the Yamazaki's, would remain vassal even if the strength of Yamazaki had declined considerably than the Magami clan due to rebellion. 

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In the nightfall,

Magami Family.

The Magami compound lay at the northeastern edge of Kyoto, past the old districts untouched by modernization. Surrounded by traditional walls and gardens, it resembled a noble family's estate more than a warrior stronghold. Beneath that serene facade, however, lurked bloodshed and treachery.

Ha-Joon arrived at nightfall, without hiding his presence. He walked through the front gate as if he owned it.

"INTRUDER!"

The guards guarding the front gate of Magami family shouted with all his might alarming all the member's of the family.

Then without hesitation, the first guards rushed him, two men with short swords. Ha-Joon sidestepped a clumsy slash, grabbed the attacker's arm, and broke it cleanly with a wrenching motion. The second guard hesitated.

The moment the second guard hesitated, he had given the necessary opening for Ha-Joon to unleash his devastating attack.

Ha-Joon's foot crashed into his chest like a hammer, sending the man sprawling.

The commotion caused at the front gate alarmed all the nearby goons, who had rushed to intercept the intruder to hasten their speed.

The moment they arrived, all of the goons shouted in union.

"You dare attack the Magami!"

"I'll show you the price of disrespect!"

They poured at Ha-Joon like a tide, first five then ten to twenty.

Ha-Joon moved through them like a living storm. His body honed through the confinement training and countless battle, allowed him to unleash his full strength without restraint, without holding back, crippling all the the guard who had poured at him like a tide.

Before advancing towards the Magami household, he had sworn to not hold back, even if it meant killing them.

The compound grounds turned into a massacre site. Blood soaked all around the places, shouts turned into screams, then silence.

Still, they had to stop the intruder who had openly entered their household.

The moment, he defeated all the guard, remaining goons of the inner circle charged towards him.

 Ha-Joon, who had finally defeated all the guards, saw the remaining guards from the inner circle hurled towards him, his face which had remained stoic all the moment turned into a savage grin.

"Hehe... hahahaha.. Come at me with all you got. Push my body to its absolute limit, and help me grow through the battle"

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This chap maybe short, but don't worry, I'll compensate it in the next chapter.....

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