Chapter 435: Next Level


    "A grudge eh? Well, it wouldn''t be manly for me to say no!"ughed Shiba, though frowning a little. He had sent letters of challenges to the champion''s gym before the whole ss A tournament, only to be rejected. Now he had a good look at the champion, he was beginning to realize they were rejected out of probably cowardice. Still, Takeda was the number one ranker in the JBC, so there was no reason for rejection.


    Shiba decided to make a little call to the alien brat, just to make sure he could get a little more persuasive power. It didn''t hurt to get that help, even if it meant him having power over his gym, even if he was the major backer of it as well as the person to make it happen.


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    While many things were happening Kenichi was in Kamar Taj, the whole Kenichi not just 1/4th of him as the Ancient One had told him that there was something she wants to discuss with him.


    "After your recent fight your strength has increased again am I right?" asked Ancient One.


    "Yes, that''s right" replied Kenichi


    "I thought your speed would slow down a little after reaching this ss but if you continued to develop at this pace then you would enter the next level so I thought you should know about it." stated the Ancient One


    "What!? What level is there after Legendary Master?" asked Kenichi


    "After Legendary Masteres Martial Saint, then Martial Sage, followed Martial Emperor and finally Martial God but reaching any of these stages isn''t humanely possible" stated Ancient One


    "What do you mean it isn''t Humanely possible?" asked Kenichi


    "To enter Martial Saint your ki level must be at least 3 times that of what it was at Legendary Master stage and even after so many years neither Hayato Furiniji or ganosuke Yogi has reached this level you may be improving at a fast rate but you should also know that the amount of ki you had when you entered Legendary Master stage was much more than those two so even if your ki continues to increase at this rate it won''t be anytime soon that you reach that level" exined Ancient One


    "Then why tell me about it now" asked Kenichi


    "Because I know how hungry you are when ites to martial and knowing that you aren''t at the top will allow you to push yourself more and who knows you may surprise me by entering the next stage much faster. You should understand their has never been a human who broke through the mortality and entered the Martial Saint stage so I would like to see you enter it before my demise" stated the Ancient One with a smile after which she left the hall leaving Kenichi alone in contemtion.


    "Thank God the goddess made sure that I have no limit and gave me my version of Zenkai boost otherwise I would have been stuck in Legendary Master stage." Kenichi mumbled as he walked towards his room.


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    "This is bigger than I imagined," voiced Rachel as she stepped into the building, looking around curiously.


    "Yomi''s Castor! Rachel Stanley!" shouted Chisato as she readied her tonfas, along with the rest of the Valkyries, "How did you find this ce?"


    "Stand down," ordered Niijima with a waive, "It''s not like we were hiding this base in the first ce and Yami already knows the existence of this base."


    ''Though I doubt they know all my other secret bases,''ughed Niijima in his mind maniacally.


    "There''s a lot more stuff than I thought," piped in Elfreda as she and Hayate also walked into the building.


    "Why are you here anyways?" asked Kisara as she walked away from her spar against Miu.


    "I was bored, so I decided toe visit. They wanted toe with me," replied Rachel.


    "I heard my disciple brother was training here with his weapons. I wanted to see it for myself," stated Hayate, looking over to see Kenichi flipping over Ukita, spinning in the process whileunching the end of the rope dart at Takeda, nailing him at the temple, "It seems he is more proficient than I thought."


    "I wanted to see him use a bow," pouted Elfreda.


    "Well in the end, my master is still in lockup, so I got some free time to spare,"ughed Rachel, "Plus, those three are already here, aren''t they?"


    They looked in the pointed direction to see Sho and Chikage ying Mah Jong against Kaede and Honoka while Natsu was yawning as he was watching over his sister.


    Saeko and Renka weren''t much far from them as Renka was teaching her how to y Xiangqi.


    Still, most of the Shinpaku Alliance members that weren''t fighters were nervous about the members of Yomi being here, and so ended giving Rachel the cold shoulder despite her attempts to be friendly. But one warning from Kenichi and they were good.


    Before anything could happen though, the respective phones of Yomi began to ring simultaneously. Sharing a look, they all silently moved towards the entrance. Sho and Chikage apologized for the sudden departure, but were also d as they had been getting ughtered by Kaede again.


    "Where do you think you are going Rachel?" asked Kenichi as he saw Rachel follow the other 5.


    "Don''t forget that you are under Ryozanpkau. Usually we don''t stop you but if you think that you can casually go back to Yami then you are wrong get back here" Kenichi ordered


    Rachel wanted to retort back but one look from Kenichi and she understood that he wasn''t kidding so she shut up and sta back on her seat.


    The other 5 stared at Rachel for few seconds before they left.


    Six ck Mercedes Benz were parked right outside the Shinpaku Alliance, showcasing just how rich Yami still was despite Niijima undercutting their funds. Still, having a car for each member was just the organization flexing its riches when two or three cars would have been sufficient enough.


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    In the original story when one of Ogata''s base had been found, all of Ryozanpaku mobilized to attack the base. They had brought Kenichi and Miu with themst time, leaving them outside with the rest of the Shinpaku Alliance while they attacked the base. This time, however, they made quite a few changes to this arrangement, such as Kenichi was present there with them fighting against Ogata''s underlings.


    "So is this really helpful?" asked Kenichi as he ducked under a swing from Ogata''s underling and returned one of his own knocking the poor guy.


    "Because it''s helpful" replied Natasha as she flipped and gave a 360 kick to the two underlings followed by Miu appearing beside her and giving a split kick to the other two underlingsing towards them.


    "This is a good experience for you!" cackled Sakaki as he used Tetsuki Hyakudan, sending many underlings flying with a series of powerful thrusts.


    "Not to mention despite not being his main disciples, Kensei''s ability to ry techniques is quite astounding,"mented the Elder as he sent five underlings smashing into a wall with a palm thrust so strong that an imprint of his palm magnified formed against the wall.


    "It''s a technique pzzo, so in short, perfect training material for you,"