1 Prologue - I

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In the bustling streets of Tokyo, a single young man could be seen walking down the road with a small relaxed smile on his face. He had silver hair that reached his chin, dark blue eyes and a tall imposing figure, he had a more broader build perhaps the result of exercise. His skin was somewhat pale and he didn't quite appear as a soft person, rather he appeared as the sort of person you wouldn't wish to mess with normally.

He wore blue jeans, and a black jacket with a grey shirt underneath. He wore black gloves on both hands but that wasn't really for appearance, the act had quite a bit of history behind it. Running a hand through his hair as the cold breeze brushed past him, he smiled again, this time though, it was a bit self deprecating.

He had had a tendency to be violent ever since he was first born and that ..tendency, had managed to mess up his life quite a bit again and he literally had no one to blame but himself for it.

His name was Samuel Hayes, and as his face might suggest already, he was from being someone of Japanese descent though his actual place of Origin wasn't quite as important when you consider that this was in fact, his second go at life.

Unlike the usual happy stories with cheats, his 'new' life hadn't been something that special. He had been born in this country yet still by some miracle possessed his old name for which he was thankful. His parents, while not as loving as usually described in such stories weren't people who hated or abused him, it was a fairly formal relationship and he was thankful for that, maybe it was his fault for growing distant as he grew up but he really had no way of knowing that.

All he got as his 'cheat' was a naturally gifted body that was quick to build muscles, muscle memory, enhanced reflexes as well as a somewhat enhanced memory and learning rate. This world...for all he knew so far, was just like his old one. The Map of the world was the same, the currencies were the same, the history too was the same.

Nonetheless, wishing to make the most of this new body and having been fascinated with martial arts in his last life as well, he had enrolled in one of the most dangerous martial schools he could access and that was the school which taught the Uechi Style Karate. Of course, getting permission from his parents was no easy task and only after promising amazing grades did he finally get it, guess they were just worried for his future. Here he came across the first enigma he met in this world 'KiruKiru Amou', Samuel he felt he recognized her from somewhere but couldn't quite place his finger around it.

Now it needs to be made clear that he was no otaku in his last life as most would presume, true he watched his fair share of anime and read his fair share of manga as well but nothing too obsessive, hell he forgot most of them by now to be completely honest.

So there started his hellish days of training, the girl who was at the time around his own age maybe one year younger was someone who he got well acquainted with and if he were to describe her in a few words, they would be 'not normal', she was just not normal. Having far more talent and endurance than her peers, she stuck along with Samuel as they trained.

Another thing to be noted was that for some reason the girl was quite the outcast even though Samuel himself couldn't understand why that was so, perhaps it was just her uncaring and reserved personality that drove away the kids. Samuel himself wasn't a kid though, having been in his 20s before his unfortunate demise so he actually welcomed her quiet presence.

As time went on, their training became more and more hellish to the point where Samuel thought it was legally questionable. His skin was hard, a strange pale colour and he alongside the black haired girl had developed a... or rather, been forced to develop an ability Amou had promptly named "Auto Counter", where their bodies would instantly react to any form of attack, countering them with precise, swift and violent strikes which came from the Uechi style of karate before the opponent could react.

With time the power behind these strikes increased, reaching the point where it could break through metal and concrete like nothing and tear through flesh even more easily. Samuel already possessed a body superior to most possessed even greater strength than Amou in this regard. As a fruit of their training, they were imparted the ability to fully control their bodies, hardening any part of it at will as well as perfect control over it.

The fact that something like this was actually possible confirmed for him the fact that while this world may look normal, it might not be completely so.

It is to be noted that what Samuel forgot to account for was that he and the girl had been subjected to a different training regime than the other students. Initially, Kirukiru Amou was the only one seen with the talent for it but a few days of rapid improvement and superior strength more than proved that he was indeed qualified for it. The Master seeing this had secretly somewhat changed things by himself.

Naturally, his parents would be fairly concerned about what he was being subjected to but there was no way they would know of it, Samuel himself refused to utter a single word. It was a fairly exciting and exhilarating activity after all, furthermore, call it a gut feeling but he was pretty sure he wouldn't have the chance at something like it again if he left then.

Quickly he had become one of the best students the school had ever had, followed by Amou who was somewhat intrigued by the mysterious senior at that point, having viewed everything in her life as boring up until then. It was shocking for her when someone outdid her in nearly all aspects while still managing to see the world in 'colour' as she liked to call it, this naturally intrigued her more.

True, these thoughts couldn't belong to a 10 to 11 years old child but Kirukiru was one of the people who unlike Samuel, someone who was to some extent abnormal by birth, be called 'Natural Geniuses'.

Then, it happened, he was 12 when in one of the sparring matches....

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