*Bam*
Kai slammed the door open and saw nothing but an empty dark room.
He went instantly to the other door and slammed it open as well.
Soon, he has gone through all the rooms, except one.
He slowly moved towards the last remaining room and opened it carefully.
He saw a room that had a light on, with a tiny bed, bookshelf, and wardrobe.
His eyes scanned the room and noticed an open window on the other side of the room.
''Did Yai forget it open?'' Kai opened the door wide open and went towards the window, where a cold night wind was coming from.
*Creak*
He closed the window and locked it tightly, but when he was looking outside the window towards the shining village.
In the reflection, he saw someone standing behind him.
Cold sweat poured down from his back as he slowly clenched his right hand into fist.
*GRAB*
Ichiro moved his arms swiftly and managed to put Kai into a tight chokehold.
''UGH!'' Kai grunted in pain and tried to remove Ichiro's muscular arm with force but didn't manage to do so.
Once his face became purple, Ichiro loosened the hold and asked, ''Why did you want the silver ring? Tell me!''
Kai took rapid breaths, trying to get the air back to his lungs that were emptied only a moment ago.
''I-I don't know what you are talking about!'' Kai anxiously looked around the room for anything that could help him escape this peril.
Then, he noticed a gas lamp on top of the bookshelf, which was the source of the light.
''Fine… Want to do it the hard way?'' His face paled considerably after hearing Ichiro's cold tone.
He stretched his hand forwards and tried to grab the gas lamp, but suddenly Ichiro started dragging him.
He dragged Kai all the way to the open door.
Ichiro grabbed the door and slammed it shut.
*BAM!*
The sound rang in the two-floor building.
Yai, who was currently standing on top of Hao, frowned at the sound.
''Kai?'' After not getting an answer from his brother, he stopped standing on top of Hao and slowly made his way over to the upstairs.
In the room.
Ichiro locked the door tightly with a grayish key and threw it away afterwards.
''L-Let me go, and we will let you live!'' Kai tried to threaten Ichiro, hoping that he would feel fearful after noticing what they did with Hao.
But Ichiro only smirked and stopped choking him.
''Ugh!'' Kai rubbed his painful throat, and a sickening grin appeared on his face, ''Good choice, now…'' He couldn't finish his words after Ichiro's solid fist struck him in the temple.
*POW!*
*BAM*
Kai staggered to the side and crashed on the bookshelf, which soon fell apart.
*CRACK*
The gas lamp fell down on the floor and broke into hundreds of small glass pieces.
The light disappeared, making the previous bright room dark.
Kai stumbled around with his vision hazy. Ichiro's punch to his temple made his balance terrible and his vision even worse.
''If you don't plan answering to me… Don't blame me for doing this!'' Ichiro grabbed him from his collar and threw him across the room.
*CRASH!*
Kai's muscular body crashed through the wardrobe, sending the clothes flying around.
''Kai, is everything alright?!'' Suddenly, Yai's anxious voice came from the other side of the door.
*Clink*
Yai tried to open the door but to no avail.
''B-Brother, save me!'' Kai screamed, but suddenly his teeth were smashed in after Ichiro's kick landed on his mouth.
''Ptui!'' With a spat, dozens of teeth left his mouth.
''Do you want to answer?'' Ichiro crouched next to him and grabbed him from his hair, ''I have never been good at interrogating. Usually I just hit and hit until they give me answers.''
''S-Stop…'' Kai muttered with a voice that oozed with despair.
''Kai!'' Yai started kicking the door, trying to break it apart.
''Well?'' Ichiro pulled Kai from his hair until he looked him straight in the eye.
Kai gulped and started talking in a painful tone, ''I-I and Yai found out what the third test was… All Disciples can join as Chosen Ones if they manage to steal the silver ring… S-So we planned to cheat.''
Ichiro let go of his hair and stood up with bloodied knuckles.
''Why did you want to silence Hao for it?''
Kai spats out couple more teeth, ''I-If Grandmasters hear about it… W-We will be kicked out, and we have nowhere to go!''
''You should have thought about that earlier.'' Ichiro turned his head towards the door that was starting to crack.
He walked towards the window and opened it swiftly.
''Don't join tomorrow's test, and I won't tell the Grandmasters about your cheating attempt,'' Ichiro said with a cold tone, which caused Kai to piss his pants.
He jumped through the window and landed on the roof of the opposite building.
*CRACK*
After he left, the door was smashed into pieces, and Yai appeared.
Even though the room was dark, he could still see his brother lying on the ground in a broken state.
''Kai, what happened?!'' Yai arrived next to him and angrily shouted, ''Who did this to you?!''
Kai gulped and answered, ''No one… F-Forget about it… We can't defeat that monster.''
Yai frowned and started asking more questions while the culprit was already far away.
Ichiro jumped over the buildings and soon arrived at his living quarters.
*Creak*
After entering the building, he saw Azura sitting in the living room with the phone in her hand.
She heard the sound of the door opening and knew who it was.
''Ichiro, you are back!'' She lowered her phone and smiled at Ichiro.
Ichiro patted her head and walked towards the room, ''I am going to get some sleep… Tomorrow is going to be an annoying day.''
Azura stood up and hopped after him.
Their room had one bed that wasn't very large and could barely fit two.
Ichiro fell down on the bed with an exhausted body, and his body covered over half of the bed.
After seeing that there wasn't any place left, Azura decided to use something else for her bed.
She climbed to the bed and lied down on top of Ichiro.
Looking at his face, she already saw that he was in deep slumber.
She snuggled closer and closed her eyes.
Tomorrow, another long day awaits.
