17 Invisible force

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"Now ladies and gentlemen! who's next!?

Instead of fearing the samurai for what they have seen, all the others waiting for their turn began laughing at the man, thinking they won't face the same outcome.

With a grunt the, man on stage gets down swearing under his breath, blaming those around him.

"Now please, the next contestant, come forward" As the showman says, the next to try starts walking up the stairs of the stage but before he can reach the top he is stopped by an arm blocking his way

"You know, we also need to eat, and if we did this for the sake of entertainment and nothing else we would starve to death, so a few coins would be appreciated, don't you think?" Now that there is a line of people willing to try, the showman doesn't lose the opportunity to get some money out of the situation.

"Tch, why should we pay you?" But not everyone that wants to participate is on board with this idea.

"What are a few coins over the glory of surpassing a legendary warrior? What are a few coins over the prize of the respect of everyone around you!? If you are confident in yourself then we beg of you to open your heart and help these souls that present to you this one in a lifetime opportunity!" He clutches his chest with his hand and raises the other to the skies, the showman acts as if he was an actor life was a play with a tone of drama and longing.

And by the looks of it, it works in almost every one of them, but not all fall for this.

"You cunning bastard!"

But as quickly as defiance appeared it vanished by the glares everyone shots at them for not wanting to part with a few coins.

"Tch!, okay okay!"

With his purse lighter, the next man gets on stage and...

'...nothing, I can't feel absolutely nothing' With every man that tries, the same outcome always repeats itself, they get on stage, ran towards the samurai, and freeze in place. But every time it happens his Observation Haki doesn't detect anything, no matter how hard he tries.

One after another failed to touch the samurai until none were willing to try, some of the men that wanted to try, backed out after seeing everyone before them fall to the same fate, some tried to argue against it once it happened to them but they were quickly shot down by the showman and his silver tongue.

"Is there not a single brave soul willing to throw themselves to this challenge anymore!?" The showman says almost mocking all that failed, which was effective by all the looks of disgust he was receiving.

'If I can't feel anything from afar, then I will get up close and personal'

"Momo, take care of your sister" Taking both kids off his shoulders, Yasu leaves them on a nearby bench.

"Are you going to try!? Finally!" Stars shine in both the kid's eyes thinking about Yasu beating this seemingly impossible challenge.

Sword resting on his waist, Yasu starts approaching the stage.

"Oh? What is this, young boy, do you want to try to beat Takeo?"

Yasu just nods in response to the question.

"Well, I don't think that you got any money to pay, so..." the showman placed his hand on his chin as if wondering what he should do with Yasu, for a moment silence took over both with everyone else watching.

"Let him pass" Takeo's voice reaches their ears, surprising everyone, until now he just stood there flexing his muscles and only talked to mock those who challenged him.

"If you say so" Shrugging, the showman moved aside and let Yasu go on stage.

Now on stage, Takeo looked into Yasu's white eyes and displayed a smirk

"Don't think that for being a kid I will go easier on you" As if he dawned the mask of a character, the overconfident tone returns to his voice.

'Still nothing'

As all did before him, Yasu launches himself at Takeo.

Takeo is taken back by the speed of the kid, greater than those of full grown adults, but he still keeps his ground.

Reaching out with his hand, Yasu aims to touch Takeo, millimiters separate both, with Yasu about to touch him.

"Agh!" But the same happens to him.

Yasu is completely frozen before Takeo, unable to move

'What is this?' Against Oden Conqueror's Haki, he felt as if something bigger than him was forcing him to surrender, but this wasn't the same feeling.

Yasu felt nothing with his Observation but he couldn't move, it felt as if reality itself had grabbed him as if the air had warped around him in a steel coffin and didn't let him move, this was not his own body surrendering, an invisible force was forcing him to stay still.

Seeing that the kid was stuck in place, Takeo lets out a sigh of relief, which was too close for comfort for him.

Without taking his eyes off him, Takeo starts smiling again.

"You certainly did try, kid! That was impressive but not enough to overpower me!" Sweat runs down Takeo's face while he says that.

"Come on Yasu! You can do it!" Momo cheers from the distance while Hiyori imitates his brother.

'Come on, move!' No matter how hard he tried, nothing worked against that seemingly insurmountable force.

"Beat that stupid man, Yasu!"

"Yahuu!!"