12 A Spy

In the middle of the night.

A black haired young man is surrounded by six disciples with a clean-shaved head.

A sudden gust of wind causes the black hair of the young man to flutter in the air. A fist is right in front of him, followed by another disciple's palm strike, it comes from his back.

But the disciples were not able to touch the young man. He was able to avoid every single one of their attacks easily.

The young man is just a beginner at first, even one disciple is enough to trouble him. But now even six disciples put together can't place a single hit on the young man. His learning pace is way too fast that it's started to scare them.

That young man is Leon.

Leon let out a cold laugh. His body shot out, with either hands or legs, he attacked the disciples relentlessly, they can't even begin to retaliate.

But these disciples are trained by Kokonoe-sensei so their foundation is not weak and their martial arts skill was also quite strong.

By using teamwork against a single foe, they were still able to hold their ground against Leon's fast attacks. But it only works for a moment before they started to fall one by one. The sounds of his legs against their bodies which followed by scream made Leon's blood pumping faster than usual.

Twelve more disciples come out from the main temple as reinforcement and started to surround Leon in the temple courtyard. With two of them unconscious, now there are only sixteen disciples around him.

The moral returned to the defeated disciples and they started to get back their confidence from the number differences.

In an instant, Leon's mind and body entered into an unprecedented state.

Mangekyou!

The three tomoe on his eyes changed into a pinwheel pattern.

Leon felt his mental and physical fused into one single entity as the world started to get a lot slower for him.

His eyes brightened, as he charged fearlessly into a crowd of sixteen disciples head on.

-Crack-

A nasty sound echoed in the night as a disciple was sent flying to the air.

Leon could react way faster than they were able to move and could indistinctly feel the angle and the timing of each punch and kicks as it came, as well as the opening in each attack. Nothing can escape from his crimson eyes.

-Bang!-

A disciple let out a painful grunt. Even though he managed to block Leon's kick, his body was thrown backward, while fresh blood spurted from his mouth.

A heat stream is flowing through Leon's legs, he felt overwhelmed with power.

At first, he used to feel weird as he can perceive the world more slowly when he activated his Mangekyou because his body can't keep up with his mind, this made him have a hard time fighting a single disciple.

But now, he is able to properly utilize the chakra in his body as though it was part of his body, so it was the difference between heaven and earth. Leon felt way stronger and faster than before that he can't wipe the smirk from his face.

Now his body can keep up with his Mangekyou!

Somehow, Leon could even tell which enemy was strong and which one was weak. The way they moved their bodies is different even though they used the same martial-arts. It was caught clearly in his eyes.

Three disciples swing their hands and legs, hitting at Leon's face and back. The gust of wind from their fists and kicks have already anticipated by his eyes before it even arrived. His perception was amplified several times.

The red eyes glowed in the dark as two disciples missed their attack and scream escaped from the two of them. Leon's attack is too fast for them to follow with their eyes.

The third disciple was a little late to save his friends, so he rushed to Leon faster than before, anger and resolution in his gaze.

He is faster than the other disciple, but Leon avoided his palm strike calmly by a hair's breadth.

He didn't have the time to scream as Leon pulled his arm down, almost tearing the disciple garb, Leon heard the slight rasp of material ripping then he shot out his leg towards the disciple's head that sent him unconscious.

In the corner of his eyes, something caught Leon's attention, so he jumped using the downed disciple as a stepping stone to stay in the air and let out a side kick to the next incoming disciple's head, he was caught off guard and Leon send him rolling to the floor.

The world is too slow, Leon thought.

There, he saw two more disciples rushing towards him.

They are fast, but Leon's red eyes managed to catch the movement of their leg's muscle.

-Rustle-

In the air, Leon used the momentum from his kick to spin his body in order to evade the joined attack of two disciples seamlessly and landed safely on the ground.

The wind blew the leaves away from the floor and fall on the unconscious disciples. All this made the whole temple look like the grave of the fallen warrior to them.

The will to fight lit up Leon's eyes as he saw the remaining disciples rushed together at the same time towards him from various directions, forming an encirclement around Leon.

"Tatsuya-kun, your junior is more talented than you in terms of martial arts."

Away from the temple courtyard, Two shadows of people could be seen together watching the battle unfold.

"His eyes... it's enhanced his abilities." Tatsuya replied calmly without a shred of envy. His sight is focused on a single young man fighting against multiple disciples.

"Indeed. He is using his eyes to read their moves and copy them accurately." Kokonoe said as he held his chin on his hand, "He can be said to be martial arts genius."

"Are you sure about teaching him..." Tatsuya narrowed his eyes, "After all, he is a spy from the USNA."

"...Do you think so? This morning he asked me to find his sister, this is a very foolish move for a spy to expose his fellow agent."

"Leon's sister is also a spy?"

"No, I wasn't able to find her, so she is not in Japan. But, given enough time, I may be able to find her."

"Then, are you talking about another spy other than Leon?"

"Yup, it's a jackpot," Kokonoe smirked.

He continued, "As for Leon... it doesn't make any sense, right? His action is basically suicide for someone in his position. It's as if he had no idea or forgets about his own identity."

"... Are you saying he had Amnesia?" Tatsuya raised his eyebrows, rather surprised.

"Well... Maybe, but there may be other reasons as well." Kokonoe said, "Anyway, thanks to Leon, I found the other agent from the USNA that lurk in the shadow.

"So, what are you planning to do with Leon?"

"As long as he is my disciple, it will be easier for me to monitor his movement."

"...Is that so..."

"Hm? what wrong?"

"...It's nothing." Tatsuya whispered softly, his gaze grows more complicated.