The young mercenary seems to be having a blast watching the whole situation unfold. With a look of pure joy, he gets ready to sit back and enjoy the brutal show.
Two heavy guards block the entrance to the underground fighting arena. The cage is set, and the crowd is eagerly waiting for the main event to start. The lights flare up and the audience goes absolutely wild at the promise of a huge show. The crowd screams and cheers, totally hyped for the violence that is about to drop.
The announcer steps into the ring, and the spotlight hits the center for the main event. He welcomes everybody to the Scarlet Cage, the underground ring with absolutely zero rules, and announces that even though it was not on the schedule, a very special bout is happening right now. He tells the lucky folks in the crowd that they are about to witness a truly unique clash.
In the red corner, he introduces the undisputed, undefeated champion of the ring. Taki Kinju, the Smasher, a heavy hitter feared and loved by the entire crowd. And in the blue corner, he announces the mystery challenger that nobody has ever seen before.
The main character steps into the ring wearing his black suit, looking completely focused and serious. The announcer introduces him simply as the mystery fighter, going by the code name K. The crowd laughs at his slim build, doubting he will even last a full minute in there. The champion comes from a full contact karate background and has never taken a loss.
Katagiri asks nervously whether the kid can really handle a massive guy like that. He knows how strong the main character is, but the champion looks completely unstoppable. Calm and confident, the kid replies that he is not actually a fighter.
The announcer makes it clear that weapons are banned, but everything else is totally fair game. The two opponents stare each other down, totally ready for the brutal match to kick off.
Before the referee even finishes talking, the champion rushes in to start the assault. He throws a massive punch, but the main character blocks it easily with his arms. The crowd screams, thinking the challenger is totally frozen and cannot even move. They hype Kinju up, telling him to crush the kid and end the fight as fast as possible.
The champion throws an absolute storm of hits at the young guy. Kuroki watches the fight with a smoke in his hand, looking at them with total disdain. He notices that the kid is constantly parrying the core of Kinju's heavy strikes. Using precise, tight movements, he blocks the onslaught without ever stepping back. And the craziest part is that he has not moved a single inch from where he started.
Kuroki finds the trick amusing, but knows it will not be enough to pull off a win. He turns to Akari and reminds her about the harsh, brutal reality of the underworld, where regular martial arts are useless and only raw violence comes out on top. The champ keeps attacking furiously, but still cannot land a single clean hit. Kuroki claims that what really decides the winner is pure, unfiltered violence.
He then touches Akari's shoulder in a disrespectful, possessive kind of way, and warns her that after this is over, he is going to have to teach her a harsh lesson too. With a sick smile, he says that even a pet needs to learn some discipline. He laughs to himself, incredibly satisfied with his own power and control over the whole room.
Akari calls him an absolute joke and says he is nothing but a lap dog for the garden. Disgusted, she tells him his whole attitude makes her feel totally sick and repulsed. Kuroki loses his temper and angrily smashes his smoke into the ashtray. He yells at Kinju to stop messing around and put an end to the fight already.
Suddenly he notices that something is very wrong with his undefeated fighter. The heavy hitter is panting and sweating bullets, physically unable to keep attacking. The main character stares at him with a mocking grin, his tie hanging loose. Katagiri is stunned to see Kinju gassing out even though he is the only one throwing punches. The kid taunts him, asking if he cannot even lift a single finger anymore.
With one perfectly placed hit, he strikes the champion's jaw with everything he has. The big guy drops from the impact, completely defeated by one single punch. Total silence takes over the arena as the giant's body lies perfectly still on the mat. The crowd is in absolute shock, unable to believe what they just witnessed.
The referee starts the count, and Katagiri wonders what he did to end it so fast. The kid explains that the first thing you have to do when taking down a beast is break its fangs. Confused, the guard does not understand what he means by that at all.
Suddenly the referee drops to the floor unconscious, shocking everyone in the room. Katagiri finally realizes that the main character's target was never the champion in the first place.
Amidst the total chaos, Campanula pops up and starts knocking out everyone in sight. A shadow moves through the men, dropping them one by one, effortlessly. Nobody understands what is happening. Absolute panic spreads through the arena. The young mercenary moves like a ghost, taking down anyone who crosses his path. With a heavy kick, he knocks out yet another one of Kuroki's henchmen.
In just a few seconds, practically everyone in the arena is out cold on the floor. The scene is a total wreck, with unconscious people scattered everywhere you look.
The main character jokes that the casino is not being very hospitable to its guests today. Looking annoyed, he glares at the young operative and asks what exactly he thinks he is doing.