The Impertinent Challenger

Up until a while ago, the street leading to the infamous Kawahiru Dojang had been occupied with a long line of potential challengers. Not so anymore, Takumi had shown up test his skill against the masters residing therein, he'd tried to stay in line, honest. But it was so agonizingly boring, so he'd decided to warm up a bit against his fellow challengers or would-be disciples. Now the road to the Dojang was practically littered with the bodies of the fallen, although he'd tried to go easy on them a few had proven strangely resilent, so he had to rough them up a bit.

The swordsman took a few moments to recount his perilous journey all the way from the Zaraki District to the Kabuki District. The road had been long, filled with many unforeseen dangers like tax collectors, beggars, tax collectors and goddamn tax collectors. He could've sworn he saw some tax collectors on his way too, those bastards. Like it was his fault that they'd buildt this forsaken place so tightly together, it was almost impossible to fight a single healthy brawl without burning down someones family home or some such nonsense. Shitty architects.

Come to think of it, wasn't that house over there burning? Nah, just his imagination, besides, he could honestly not be arsed with the drama at this point. Amazing how certain individuals could grow so attached to what basically amounted to large box of wood. Wait, the house over there was definitely burning, but surely it would not spread to other hous- awh dang it, it kinda did. Well thankfully the house over there looked fireproof... nope, not fireproof, honestly what were these architects doing these days?

Well, not his problem. Resuming his walk towards the Dojang from where he had momentarily stopped to admire the view, Takumi inwardly cringed when he heard the sound of a large explosion behind him, followed shortly by panicked screams. That might turn out to become a problem sometime, but he'd cross that bridge when he got there. For now the time had come to do what he came for.

Standing outside the massive gates to the Dojang, Takumi shouted with all of his lungs.

"Oi! We are here to challenge the masters of this Dojang to battle, will you accept the challenge or will you cover behind your walls, we will wait."