"So you are my opponent?" A man wearing bandages all over his body said to me as he walked out of the darkness.
He is my opponent for this round and is known as the Mummy.
"I hope that you are at least tougher than my last opponent." He said while smiling as he looked at Kei.
I didn't say anything as he examined his opponent to look for an opening.
"Hey. Say something back." The mummy said as he ran towards me.
He is decently fast. I thought as I blocked his first punch.
But his second Uppercut hit me right in the chin and launched me a few inches upward from the ground.
"And strong too. But you are still not powerful enough." I yelled out as I kicked him back causing him to momentarily lose his balance.
Thankfully despite my risky attack, I was able to land on the ground without losing my balance and falling into green liquid below.
"For a pretty face, you sure know how to kick." The mummy complimented me as he wiped his mouth to see a few drops of blood.
"For a monster, you sure throw weak punches," I replied.
Of course, I was bluffing as I had not become strong enough to fully ignore the damage that his punch dished out. But I guess that the Mummy is a muscle head that can be easily irritated so I want to taunt him to make him show his opening and take him out while he is overwhelmed by emotions.
"You bastard. What did you say?"
The mummy was enraged and tried to grab me in anger.
If I could use ki attacks this would be the time but I have no such capability so I have to make a substitute.
"Here. Catch." I said as I pulled out a capsule, pressed a button on it and launched it towards the Mummy.
A pair of shirts and pants appeared and landed on the mummy's face.
"What is this?" The mummy roared.
I didn't miss the opportunity and used a jump kick on the place where my shirt landed on his face.
With his vision being blurred he was unable to regined his holding and started to fell into the green liquid as he lost his footing.
"As if I would lose to such a dirty trick like that." The mummy said as he used one of his bandages that was wrapped around his hand to grab onto a surface to prevent his fall.
Then he swung towards the wall and used his momentum to get back on the stage.
"You sure use such dirty tactics." He said to me.
At that moment I knew I was unable to beat him physically. I have to beat him using other methods.
Wait I still have my gun. I remembered.
But I knew that simple bullets would be unable to harm the mummy. After all, I suspected him to be as strong as Bora if not much stronger. And bullets are essentially useless against Bora.
He then remembered he still had a capsule that he could use to defeat the mummy.
But he only has one chance.
"Now you are done for." The Mummy rash towards me again.
I tried to throw a punch at him but he dodged the attack like he was anticipating it.
"This type of attack will only works if this is the first pr second time." He commented about how my attack was predictable.
I rolled a bit away from him and threw a capsule at him.
He dodged the capsule seemingly expecting something to the inside it. But it was an empty capsule.
"How about this? Are you expecting this too?" I said as I threw my bike capsule at him.
He was unable to dodge it in time so he caught the bike that came out of the capsule instead of dodging it.
I then pulled out my gun and shot two bullets towards the place where the engine of the bike was located.
"Boom." The bike exploded and the mummy who was carrying the bike just before the explosion lost consciousness.
The explosion also destroyed the platforms on which he was standing making him fall into the green liquid.
He fell into the green liquid but nothing happened to his body.
I was expecting him to be burned to death or just start melting only leaving his bones behind so I was surprised.
"Can you tell me where to find someone willing to make me stronger?" I asked fortune teller Baba.
"There is no one who will be willing to take you as a disciple at this point. But there is a way to become stronger." She said to me.
"Why is it?" I asked her.
"Ran an errand for me. In exchange, I will introduce you to someone who might be able to help you a bit." She replied.
"An errand?" I replied.
"If you are having trouble fighting against the Mummy there is no way you can beat Devil man who is much stronger than him. Meaning that you would probably die if you fight him." She said to me.
"And you seem useful so I am willing to give you a chance. Find a herb called Paradise herb from the forest of terror." She said.
"But how do I get to that forest of terror? And why do you want me to go there specifically? Don't you have someone called the Devilman that is even stronger than me?" I asked her.
"That is the thing. The forest becomes more dangerous the more powerful you are. And you have to control your body and mind if you want to pass the trail given by the forest. Only those who have passed the trial could get the herb and escape the forest." She replied.
At that time I didn't know that the forest was created by her and she could get the herbs if she really wanted them since it was her property.
The whole thing was a test given to me by her for her entertainment.
She can grant my wish easily but she does not owe me anything so she wanted to use me as a source of entertainment before fulfilling my request.