Chapter 11: [Hoshimi Family] : [10] [(Hoshimi Family) Head / Sword Sparring]

Summoned by the Hoshimi family, Ras and Ares were almost taken in a somewhat forceful manner, but

Ras and Ares responded to that forceful method with even greater force and

while beating up those who tried to take them to the Hoshimi family using violence, they listened to the whole story of what had happened. After hearing the full story, Ras and Ares voluntarily

headed to the Hoshimi family to confront them and

before long, Ras and Ares stood before the Hoshimi family mansion....

- Is this the right place?? Ras... The place where the guy who called us is...

- Yes, it's the right mansion, the one where the head of the Hoshimi family resides...

Having come to the family mansion on their own two feet, Rag and Ares, ignoring the guys hurriedly following behind,

were about to smash the unopening mansion door when, at that moment, just before the door was destroyed, it opened and

along with words welcoming them to the Hoshimi family mansion, servants from the mansion

began hastily guiding Ras and Ares inside.

Thus, guided by the family servants into the head's room, Ras and Ares,

upon entering the room to confront the head, what they saw was

the head of the Hoshimi family and, behind him, what appeared to be a sinister, eerie spirit-containing

cursed blade. However, Ras and Ares paid no mind to such things and

were about to ask the Hoshimi family head why he had used such a forceful method to bring them,

and for what reason he had tried to bring them here, but the head,

upon meeting Ras and Ares, welcomed them as if pleased to see them, and

seeing the head's brazen attitude, the two immediately brought up the incident

that occurred before coming to the family mansion and asked why they had been summoned.

To that, he asked what they were talking about, hadn't they already obtained prior agreement?

All three of them tilted their heads in confusion,

unable to understand what the other was talking about, until shortly after, the head said,

"First, let's sit down. It seems there's a misunderstanding, so let's talk."

Realizing there was a misunderstanding between them, they sat down and

began to clear up the misunderstanding between the two sides.

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Ras and Ares, talking with the Hoshimi family head, cleared up the misunderstanding

between the two sides and learned that this incident was due to the interference of the large corporation alliance T.O.P.S from before,

and the full story of the incident was as follows.

Previously, the T.O.P.S alliance, in order to take the technology called the 'Singularity' from the Ares Corporation run by Ras and Ares,

had tried to copy it as much as possible or steal the technology, but

failing to copy the Singularity technology itself, they cut their losses and fled,

feeling humiliated. They somehow learned—it's unclear how—the news that the Hoshimi family head,

having taken an interest in Ras, the co-chairman of Ares Corporation, was summoning him to the mansion.

They then paid large sums to family members or servants to sow discord between the two sides,

creating a misunderstanding to cause strife and drive a wedge between them... but, unexpectedly,

because Ares was strong, the attempt was good but the plan ended in failure, and

learning this during the process of clearing up the misunderstanding, the head muttered, 'There are insects in the family...'

Meanwhile, Ras asked the head one thing.

- Um... by the way, is it alright for the Hoshimi family head to summon us, a married couple, like this??

The Hoshimi head said that he was the head and it was a personal summons, so it should be fine, and then

brought up the main point,

which was about how he had torn space. When Ras tried to gloss over it,

the head said he had seen with his own two eyes Ras tearing through and emerging from what is currently named the 'Void', a dark sphere.

Ares looked at Ras with eyes that seemed to ask if the Hoshimi head's words were true.

Eventually, Ras admitted that he had torn space, and the head asked Ras

to teach him how to tear space, but Ras refused to teach him, and

seeing Ras's firm response, the head regretfully gazed at Ras's palm.

Gazing at the palm, the head said he wouldn't ask to be taught how to tear space, but

asked to have one sword sparring match with him, then took Ras to the training hall within the mansion..

Ares followed behind Ras and the head.

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Arriving at the training hall, Ras and the head each stood at opposite ends, then

took up wooden swords. The head was warming up his body, and Ras asked

the currently warming-up head a question.

It was about how he knew that Ras handled a sword.

Hearing this, the head pointed to Ras's hand and said that Ras's hand had

the marks of long hardship from gripping and swinging a sword for a long time, and

having fully warmed up, the head took his stance, and Ras also lightly

warmed up and took his stance, and

having gauged the head's capabilities, Ras specially opened one of the secret techniques,

one of the extremes of the technique called '(Gyeong)', for the head's sake....

- { (Gyeong) [1-ro] open..... }

For reference, (Gyeong) forcibly accelerates muscle activation through the heart and mass of the body,

forcibly opening the blood vessels to accelerate and enhance physical abilities by several stages, then

enters an extreme state, entering so-called 'Posture', concentrating all senses of the entire nervous system,

and through breathing, lessens the burden on the body so it doesn't hinder combat,

while simultaneously granting more power through breathing, but

if [1-ro] is opened, it overworks the body, granting even stronger power and

making the movement of blood vessels even faster, but the body temporarily

enters a 'False Boil' state, and steam begins to rise from the body.

And 'False Boil', when used, consumes the life force inside the body to

dope the blood components, turning the body surface red, and

while turning the body skin surface red, the resulting steam causes a heat haze

to appear, leaving afterimages of the user here and there, making it seem as if they are swaying,

causing an illusion and confusing the opponent.

And currently, Ras, having opened 1-ro, was overlapping Gyeong, executing (Overlapping Gyeong),

and the head, feeling Ras growing stronger in real time,

concentrated even more on his sword, and

before long, the moment a single petal fell to the floor, the two clashed at a speed invisible to the eye.

- BOOM!!!!!

Clearly, it should have been wooden swords clashing, but a sound as if a cannon had exploded

echoed, and gradually the two increased their speed as they engaged in the spar.

And during the spar, Ras's sword instantly targeted the head's neck,

swinging towards it, and the head tried to lightly parry Ras's sword, but

unexpectedly, due to the strong force, he deflected the sword and attempted to counterattack Ras, and

Ras, avoiding the head's sword by stepping back,

then a sword carrying the mass of the body, as if a tiger called 'Sangun' would tear the head's body apart,

targeted the head's flank. The head also, in response, leaped high

into the air and from above swung his sword at Ras like a torrential downpour.

Thus, the two continued their spar, but strangely, their spar was like a single flower

that blooms beautifully before a rough wind, possessing nobility and resilience,

and each time they swung their swords, it evoked the illusion of flower petals scattering, and

excluding Ares, the family members, retainers, and elders had also, from some point,

been watching from the side. That spar, which seemed to bloom luxuriantly before the rough wind,

was now gradually approaching its end.

And during the spar, the wooden swords the two used, each time they clashed, made a sound

as if iron were striking iron or a cannon exploding.

But to those watching this spar, even that sound was like the beautiful explosion of fireworks

in the dark night sky, and eventually, the wooden swords broke, unable to withstand their power, but

at the end of this spar, without anyone raising any objection, a shower of applause poured out, and

after the spar ended, the head and Ras became aware of the surrounding people.

Ras and the head basked in the emotions contained in the gazes directed at them,

then politely exchanged formal greetings with each other and concluded the spar.

Afterwards, Ras was surrounded by the family people and,

engaging in various conversations, gained the recognition of everyone in the family,

and thus Ras formed a connection with the Hoshimi family...

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[ Hoshimi Family ] : [ 10 ] [(Hoshimi Family) Head / Sword Sparring ]

{ Misunderstanding with the Hoshimi Family / The Performance of the (Gyeong) Ras Learned / A Beautiful Sword Sparring }