Bounty Hunters - Shokin Kasegi

Leonhardt Arc: Chapter 153

==A loyal helper==

Raiden rushes toward Maximilian and tries to land some normally charged hits. The Kanzler uses his shield gadget which creates a force field and Raiden punches against it. He then uses a grappling hook that holds onto air and quickly escapes the fight toward the caves yet again. Raiden then uses his "Snake Surge!" to grab the rope and pulls himself toward the Kanzler.

"You won't get away from me!", he shouts and uses "Overcharged Tiger Crunch!" which looks like a big set of tiger teeth that bite into him.

As Raiden still comes closer, the Kanzler pulls out a laser gun and shoots, saying: "You're starting to annoy me."

Raiden dodges and grabs him with a monkey arm, made of lightning. He throws him into the ground with an "Overcharged Monkey Throw!" and then uses that same arm to land a "Supercharged Monkey Missile!" as he falls down on him. The ground gets dented and Raiden stands next to the Kanzler, starting to breathe through the mouth.

"Would you stop already?! My 'Inflicted damage evasion system' gets powered by the heart of this asteroid which also keeps up the forcefield, gravitation and atmosphere! If you actually manage to deplete it, everyone will die in the vacuum of space!", the Kanzler explains in order to save himself.

He stands up and looks concerned at his wrist where he has a display which shows that the heart has 99% of its condition left.

He is relieved and Raiden thinks with a charged head, falling slightly into despair: "Hah? How the hell am I supposed to deplete a system that protects against the storms in the planet and smaller asteroids? I... I have no choice but to...", his heart rate goes up and he gets nervous, "I'll have to cut off his hand to separate him from the system. But won't that be protected as well? I'll just have to try. Maybe the system itself can't be protected for whatever reason."

Raiden slowly walks toward the Kanzler who asks: "Just what are you still trying to do? Everything you try is going to end in suicide."

Raiden is slightly shaking and charges his fists. The Kanzler sighs and the hand of his robotic arm expands in a way that the wrist has a vastly bigger diameter than the forearm. He then punches Raiden's cheek with full force so that even some of his teeth fall out and it looks like Raiden is going to pass out from that one punch but he collects himself while the fist is still in his face and he cuts off the robotic forearm with a "Supercharged Tiger Claw!".

The claw also leaves a long cut in the ground and the hand plus the IDE-system falls off. The Kanzler is seriously concerned and looks frightened at Raiden who slowly looks up at him with a bleeding mouth and says: "That one... hurt!!"

He punches the Kanzler away with a normally charged punch and starts running after him. He jumps and turns around so he can start off with a "Supercharged Horse Stomp!" that sends the Kanzler flying sideways. He follows with a "Supercharged Rabbit Leap!" and then changes the Kanzler's trajectory by 90° with a "Supercharged Monkey Dunk!" The Kanzler doesn't stop flying and can't recollect himself.

He loses blood and is already unconscious. Raiden runs a bit to pick up speed again and then takes off with another "Supercharged Rabbit Leap!" into the other direction the Kanzler is flying now.

The Kanzler flies through some building walls and ends up sticking to one that stops him. Raiden flies after him and his arm already begins to glow brightly. He hits the Kanzler with another "Supercharged Monkey Missile!" which once again blows him through the building walls and then the Kanzler flies through the air again.

Raiden takes another leap from the last building's walls and shouts: "Supercharged Tiger Cleaver!"

A singular claw, meant for beheading the Kanzler, gets closer to his neck but, in the last moment, Ketsuki suddenly pull the Kanzler aside. He simultaneously swathes the Kanzler in threads and kicks Raiden in his stomach with a "Burning Meteor Kick!".

Raiden gets sent flying the way he just came from, through the open holes of the buildings and into the ground. Ketsuki lands on the floor and sets up the unconscious Kanzler as a punching bag.

"This is for the Battery Bucket! This is for Erika's past! And this is for Shurui-chan!!", he shouts as he hits the Kanzler in the face three times.

He then starts dragging the Kanzler with him, walking back to Raiden.

In the caves, the last guard that defended the entrance has been beaten by Horuteph.

He shouts: "This was it! To the surface, everybody! You're finally free!"

One of the slaves asks: "But what if powerhouses like the Kanzler are still up there?!"

Suddenly, Atsume shows herself to the people and declares: "The Leonhardt family has been beaten! The fights are over! You all are free!"

The slaves hesitate and Horuteph shouts: "No need to distrust her, guys! She's one of my friends! She's not even human!"

Atsume transforms into an Azeopri to show them and the slaves cheer.

Atsume gets over to Horuteph as the slaves start running outside and asks: "Where is Yafumi-chan? Is she okay?"

Horuteph replies: "Yeah, she's back around that corner, healing the people who got wounded. Do you have any idea where my Giza, Babylon and my scimitars went?"

Atsume replies: "Nah, sorry. But we have all the time in the world now to look for them."

Wista taps on Horuteph's shoulder and Horuteph turns around.

He bows together with Chroji and shouts: "Thank you for your kindness!"

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We've won! Let's wrap this arc up and keep going to Diamedica!