[center][h2][color=BFBFBF]Zenkichi Hasegawa[/color][/h2]
Fields of Gold
Lvl 9 [color=BFBFBF]Zenkichi[/color] (55/90) -> Lvl 9 (57/90) 
Word count: 863 words[/center]


As the group ambled along the path, Harry came to Zenkichhi and started making some small talk. While the man’s general demeanor wasn’t exactly high-brow, Zenkichi certainly would be one to talk if he turned his nose up at his fellow detective, as Sandalphon had introduced him. 

[color=BFBFBF]”Oh, hey, Harry, right? I’m Zenkichi. Zenkichi Hasegawa. In my world, I was actually a sort of detective too. Though I worked for a national intelligence agency. If you mean, here, I can do some pretty crazy stuff. I have this, sort of…inner spirit I can summon to aid me in combat, making me stronger and tougher. I can summon weapons, though I’ve only ever really done swords and revolvers, I do have a pair of handguns I picked up last time we were out, too. It can also do magic. Like big blasts of energy, make people tougher or faster, and one of my swords shoots blasts of energy. Don’t ask me how that works, I got it from a Spirit I got a while back. How about you?”[/color] It was only courteous to return the favor, especially if they’d be working together. 

[color=BFBFBF]”Oh, and I’m pretty sure Amaterasu is an alternate-world version of a goddess from my world. As far as I’m aware, our sun god named Amaterasu never manifested as a wolf, but people also can’t do what Sakura does normally. I only have my abilities due to a long-winded and convoluted series of events that Galeem orchestrated to make this place more exciting. Technically I’m only able to do that stuff inside other people’s minds, or something.”[/color] He poorly explained as a follow-up.

Further down the road, the Seekers came to a smaller town that was currently having a little bit of a Soccer hooligan problem, basically. Angry sports fans, their team or fighter or whatever did poorly, riot and burn down the city, yadda yadda he’d seen this a thousand times on TV. It wasn’t long before Band decided to interfere, and Zenkichi shrugged. [color=BFBFBF]”Alright, guess we’re doing this.”[/color] He sighed, rolling a shoulder. If it were just the little guys, he wouldn't even have needed Valjean for this. As it was, that big hammer would hurt like hell.

His outfit transformed into his Phantom Thief attire as he summoned his Greatsword, hefting the oversized blade and walking forward menacingly.

[i]”You don’t scare me!”[/i] one of the Yokai yelled, pointing at him. [i]”Just a big stupid sword, can’t fight for real without a weapon, can you?!”[/i] He stopped, amused, then looked at the yokai that had called him out. It was like an anthropomorphized stag beetle, wearing a scarf and some sparring gear. 

[color=BFBFBF]”Oh, this?”[/color] He asked, dismissing the sword. [color=BFBFBF]”I don’t [i]need[/i] this to kick [i]your[/i] ass.”[/color] He smirked as he said this, lazily cracking his neck. [color=BFBFBF]”I can do that with my bare hands.”[/color]

[i]”Bet!”[/i] The Beetler scoffed, rushing forward to try and grab him between its pincers. Zenkichi wasn’t a fighting game nerd like these guys, but he’d played some Tekken as a kid and a teenager. And the way these guys were talking, they were [i]serious[/i] about it. Time for some trash talk.

[color=BFBFBF]”Disjointed hitbox grab. Yawn.”[/color] As he taunted the Yokai, he stepped forward past the grab, pulling the monster forward by its pincers and tripping it as it stumbled, then slamming his foot down onto its back. [color=BFBFBF]”And you lose.”[/color] Of course, with Galeem’s curse in effect, the Yokai did not take that lying down, and performed a spinning kick to try and knock Zenkichi off balance. He hopped backwards, letting the Beetler get up and seethe a little.

[i]”Oh, so that’s how you wanna play it, huh?! Take this!”[/i] It cried as it let off a quick combo of jabs and hooks, Zenkichi deflecting each of them with a roll of the eyes. 

[color=BFBFBF]”Dude, my [i]job[/i] was literally maintaining public order. You don’t stand a chance.”[/color] To punctuate his taunt, he caught the Beetler’s punch and landed one of his own in the Yokai’s stomach, doubling it over. He grabbed it by its robe and hurled it away, the beetle rolling off a short platform and getting caught by another Yokai’s backswing, redirecting its aggression. Zenkichi just rolled his eyes and summoned his Greatsword again, running in swinging to the brawl. He was careful to pull his proverbial punches, not wanting to turn this into a bloodbath. 

He smashed a Gaki over the top of the head, with his sword, kicking it away with a huff as it groaned, and spun to block the oversized proboscis of a mosquito-like Yokai, backhanding it and slamming the pommel of the Greatsword into its gut before grabbing it by the abdomen and tossing it into a pair of approaching Gaki, bowling the group over. He dismissed the sword and grabbed the two gremlin-like creatures and crashed their heads together comically, dropping them to collapse beside each other. [color=BFBFBF]”Not gonna lie, this is kinda fun!”[/color] He called to the others over the sounds of the fight, crouching and flipping a charging Beetler over his shoulder, slamming the flat of the Greatsword onto its prone body once it landed.