Everyone expected to give a brutal beating to this guy who carelessly entered their battlefield. Or at least that's what they wanted to do, Kenichi calmly turned around and for the first time looked them all in the eyes, when they saw him they were overwhelmed once again by his presence, but that didn't stop them from continuing to run ready to hit him.
Until something happened that none of them expected...
Suddenly the boy who was calmly standing casually threw an avalanche of incredibly fast punches that hit them all with great precision, sending them flying several meters.
It was a completely unreal sight. In the group of wolves that attacked there were even tall men with several muscles, but they were still sent flying as if nothing had happened. The wolves that were waiting, remained frozen in their position with their mouths open.
In just 3 seconds, more than 15 people were sent flying as if nothing had happened, and if you looked closely you could see that with just one blow they were knocked unconscious.
Monk: "W-What the fuck…!!"
Goatee: "T-That guy is a Monster!"
Brunette: "W-What are you doing cowering...!? And w-what if he's strong... W-We are more... LET'S ATTACK HIM!"
The three wolves in the background that were more experienced than the rest began to run to attack this mysterious boy.
Kenichi: (Aren't these guys supposed to be wolves with honor who didn't attack in groups? I see that as soon as someone appears to intimidate them, they immediately forget all that shit they made up themselves?)
Kenichi didn't even bother to look at them, he even turned his back on them. Even though they were somewhat scared, the fact that they ignored them made them even angrier. They had been wolves for several years and they weren't going to allow a guy who who knows where he came from to intimidate them.
Goatee: "EAT THIS!!!"
The first to attack was the one everyone knew as Goatee, his plan was simple, he was going to attack him from behind while he was distracted with the other wolves, it was an impeccable plan without a single flaw… Or so he thought, when he approached to give the finishing blow, he was received by a powerful fist straight to the face…
Goatee: "AAAAGHHHH!!!"
The other two stood frozen in their position again watching as the one with the goatee was sent flying just as far away as the rest of the wolves, and in those few seconds Kenichi took care of another 10 wolves at the same time, until he suddenly stopped…
Kenichi: "Hey… You!"
Kenichi turned around and with a loud and intimidating voice pointed at the bald boy in the background who for some reason was cosplaying Krillin.
Monk: "W-Who, M-Me…!?"
Kenichi: "Yes, you!"
Kenichi slowly approached the monk and threw a powerful punch at him that sent him flying through the air quite far away while doing some comical somersaults that ended up taking off all his clothes, in the end he ended up lying on the ground in just his underwear.
Kenichi: "You should be ashamed of yourself for wearing that outfit…! You don't deserve it…!"
Brunette: *Shiver* *Shiver*
Kenichi lightly glanced at the dark-haired girl who was shaking as she looked at him, but he didn't care, and walked towards the Bentos while ignoring her.
In less than five minutes he had already taken care of all the wolves, only the protagonist and the two main heroines remained.
Satou: "W-Who is that guy… D-Don't you think this is a bit unfair…!?"
Ayame: "Y-Yeah… We can't even compare this guy to 'The Monarch' or 'The Magician', no matter how you look at it he's on another level… H-He defeated more than 30 people in less than five minutes and if you look closely he hasn't even moved from his initial position… He's like the final boss of a game…"
The protagonist Satou You was really scared, even though it hadn't been long since he joined the battle of the Bento, he had already faced a good number of opponents like Nikaidou Ren, he even saw Kaneshiro Yuu (The Magician) in action, the one everyone says is the strongest wolf of all, but none of them compared to the boy who was standing there calmly beating everyone.
Satou: "S-Senpai!!"
Ayame: "H-Hey!!"
Yarizui Sen ignored them and started running quickly, when he was only a few meters away from Kenichi he made one of his characteristic jumps and threw a powerful knee to Kenichi's face.
The few wolves that still had some consciousness were stunned by what they were seeing, and of course, if the famous Ice Witch managed to deliver a powerful knee to that boy who hit them without any problem, they were all regulars in that supermarket and more than one had already been hit before by Yarizui, so they were all very aware of how powerful her legs were.
At first they were happy that this intruder was going to be defeated, but after a few seconds they realized something that made them quite nervous…
Satou: "W-Why…!? T-That guy is standing as if nothing had happened to him… H-He received senpai's knee directly in the head… But it doesn't seem like he received even a bit of damage"
Ayame: "…"
Seeing that her blow was not effective, Yarizui quickly moved away from Kenichi's reach.
Yarizui: "…"
Unexpectedly, Yarizui, who always kept an expressionless face, now had a rather pained expression and looked slightly worriedly at his own leg. But he put aside all his worries and got into his battle stance.
Kenichi: "Hey, are you okay?"
Ever since everyone started attacking him, this was the first time Kenichi had spoken, his voice was relaxed and contained a trace of worry.
Yarizui: "…What do you mean?"
Kenichi: "Don't act tough, I can tell that you just fractured your knee."
When Kenichi said that, everyone who was watching on the sidelines froze with surprised expressions.
Yarizui: "I don't know… What are you talking about…"
Kenichi: "I just told you not to act tough, I don't mean to brag but the muscles in my entire body are very tough, even if you have well trained your legs in the end it is only at a passable level, what you just did is as if you had directly thrown a knee to the concrete, maybe it is enough to knock out these guys, but those blows don't work on me…"
Yarizui: "…"
Satou: "…"
Ayame: "…"
All the wolves that remained conscious could only remain silent at what they had just heard and how could it be if the best fighter was fractured just by giving him a simple blow.
Kenichi: "GGGRRRRRRR!!!"
And once again a huge roar echoed throughout the supermarket.
Yarizui: "…"
Hearing Kenichi's stomach growl, Yarizui couldn't help but put on a pitiful expression for him.
Kenichi: "Hey, don't look at me with those pitiful eyes, I'm not like you, I'm not a poor guy who's desperate enough to fight like an idiot just for half-price food."
The moment those ruthless words were spoken, everyone felt like an imaginary arrow was stuck in their chests, and of course, they may have been cruel words, but they were true. Although some had their own personal reasons, most were students who barely made ends meet.
Kenichi: "It's just that today I did something that ended up consuming a lot of my calories, so my body is screaming for me to eat something, and unfortunately for you all this is the closest place to my house where I can grab something quick… But don't worry, I'm not interested in your weird fight over the Bento, I'm just going to grab one of these and go buy some other ingredients to cook myself something, so you all can continue fighting over the remaining Bentos when I'm done."
Although his way of speaking was polite and his reason for being there was understandable, everyone felt like a huge amount of imaginary arrows were sticking into their chests, because of his cruel comments, if someone else had criticized them like that they would have been enraged, but for some reason when Kenichi did it they felt strangely embarrassed.
Yarizui: "It may be true that you are strong… But that doesn't give you the right to mock our battles"
Yarizui stubbornly defended all the wolves from Kenichi's cruel words, upon hearing her Kenichi stared at her with an incredibly serious expression that made Yarizui a little nervous.
Kenichi: "You're right, I'm sorry… As strange as I find everything they do, it's not my place to make fun of or criticize their fights, in the end everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do, it's not right for someone like me who doesn't even know them to say something about it"
Both Satou, Ayame and Yarizui were surprised. Because of Kenichi's confident and somewhat arrogant attitude, no one thought he would apologize for his comments.
Kenichi: (Thanks to this girl's words I came to my senses... W-Wow the Hanma blood is too intense, I just let myself go a little and my personality changed completely, for a moment I almost acted like Yuujirou... I can't do that, although it is true that this is a ridiculous story, I shouldn't make fun of them, besides it is possible that like me they are also influenced by the will of the world)
Kenichi: "What is your name?"
Yarizui: "Yarizui Sen"
Kenichi was silent for a few seconds until he finally spoke again.
Kenichi: "Then I should call you Yarizui-senpai, from your clothes I can tell that we attend the same school and I can also tell that you are older than me, my name is Saruyama Kenichi, and I am a first year student at Sainan High School"
When Kenichi said that Yarizui was quite surprised, although from Kenichi's appearance you could tell he was young, his way of fighting said the opposite, that is why everyone thought he was of age.
Yarizui: "I see… Then I will call you Saruyama-kun"
Kenichi: "Thank you Yarizui-senpai… My apologies, I may be being rude to a superior, but I would like to be very honest with you now"
The moment Kenichi said that, his atmosphere changed completely compared to the friendly one he had a moment ago, and at the same time he put on a rather serious expression, this new change left everyone surprised, now he looked completely different from how he looked a while ago when he hit them.
Only at this moment did everyone realize that until now he was just playing, that was why he had a bored expression during the whole fight, it was because he was not fighting seriously.
Yarizui: "…"
Yarizui was a rather expressionless girl, the only times she showed emotion was when she was fighting for the Bentos, honestly until now she had no other interest apart from that, and of course she had never shown interest in the opposite sex, the only exception had been Satou, but until now their relationship was only teacher-student and friend, plus Satou always looked at her and the other girls including her cousin Ayame in a perverted way, although he always hid it for the girls it was obvious.
But when Yarizui looked into Kenichi's eyes, something in his eyes made him blush a little, it was the first time in his life that he saw a man with that expression, he could tell that whatever Kenichi said was going to be the absolute truth.
Kenichi: "I could honestly step aside and ignore all of this, as I said before money is not a problem for me, I can simply buy myself some ingredients and cook whatever food I want or I can simply go to some restaurant around this area, either option is much simpler than getting into a fight in this place for a simple half-price Bento…"
Yarizui: "…"
Not only Yarizui, both Satou and Ayame and all the other wolves that were conscious stayed silent listening to him, for some strange reason when Kenichi spoke, the only thing that was heard in the supermarket was his voice, all other sounds were lost.
Kenichi: "But the thing is that I… I'm hungry, and the normal thing a person does when they're hungry is… Eat… Right, Yarizui-senpai?"
When Yarizui heard those words, she couldn't help but have a slight smile on her face.
Yarizui: "Yes, when someone is hungry, regardless of the place, origin, or your species, the natural thing anyone would do is eat."
Kenichi: "That's right… I'm hungry and the food is right in front of me, what other reason do I need to stay in this place and fight… That's why… Come at me with everything you've got… I don't consider myself a wolf but I can assure you that I'm at the top of the food chain… That's why, following their customs, I'm going to fight and I'm going to take the Bento that I like the most."
Yarizui: "Hehehe…"
Everyone was surprised when they saw how Yarizui put on a strange but beautiful happy expression.
It was a very strange scene, as far as everyone knew the Ice Witch very rarely smiled, and even if she did it was only when she was with her friends, so seeing her with such a happy expression was incredibly strange, even Satou who had known her for a while had seen her put on that expression only a few times.
Kenichi: "Hey you two, what are you doing standing there like idiots? Don't you consider yourselves wolves? What kind of wolf stands there trembling when another predator goes for its prey?"
Kenichi looked at Satou and Ayame with a wild look that made them freeze for a few seconds, but when they finally understood his words they finally realized something.
Satou: (That's true... I'm a wolf, what I have to focus on is not the fight, nor on him, as a wolf the only thing I should care about is the Bento)
Ayame: (T-That wild look looks so... COOL... N-No that doesn't matter now, concentrate Shaga Ayame, what you have to focus on now is the Bento, while he's here we won't be able to get any, this is like a game, the condition to win is not to defeat him, I just have to get the Bento I want, when I do I'll win)
While Satou and Ayame were lost in their own world, Kenichi also had his own inner thoughts.
Kenichi: (Shit... I completely got into the role, although what I said was not a lie, but my true purpose is not the Bento, I actually want to fight them, they may be weak, but they are the main characters of a fighting anime, maybe by fighting me they will become stronger like the characters of the Shounen anime that awaken a hidden power when they are pressured, when I hit all these guys I dedicated myself to only throwing simple Boxing jabs, although I could do them well I am sure it is only due to my new strength, it was quite noticeable when I imitated Hayami's Shotgun, although I imitated it perfectly I am sure that with my new strength I should be able to surpass his, but in order to do that I need to fight, and in the end, I guess the Bento will be my reward for the effort...)
Once their resolve was reaffirmed, both Satou and Ayame began to run, ready to attack Kenichi and wait for the slightest oversight to obtain the Bento.
Kenichi: (As expected, they are different from the rest, even though they are aware that I am much stronger than them they are still attacking me and they are not fighting as a team either, I guess that is what you would expect from a protagonist, although his reason for fighting is ridiculous I would like Rito to have some of his guts...)
Kenichi: (But unfortunately for me Rito is just an ordinary guy who only has the special thing about his luck that always puts him in perverted situations... Well now that I think about it, this protagonist is not so different, this guy usually in anime always looked at girls' legs or breasts in a discreet way, even his nickname as a wolf was "Pervert", the only difference between him and Rito is that he has talent for fighting)
While thinking that Kenichi got into a position that left everyone somewhat bewildered.
Kenichi turned his body showing only half of his body, while his arms were crossed in front of the upper part of his body. His left arm was on his lower torso in an L-shaped "No Guard" stance, while his right arm was held close to his chest area.
Although several of the wolves were confused, there were a few who recognized that stance.
Goatee: "H-Hey, t-that stance is…"
Monk: "Y-Yeah, that's definitely the Hitman style stance."
Although the goatee guy and the monk were very surprised, most of the wolves only became more confused.
Brunette: "W-What is this Hitman style?"
Goatee: "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW THE HITMAN STYLE, BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY FAMOUS!!"
Everyone looked at them with weird faces, wondering internally, "Why are these two so excited all of a sudden?" Although they had to admit that Kenichi's stance looked cool, from what they understood, that was a famous fighting style.
Monk: "The Hitman style is a boxing style created by 5-time World Champion Thomas Hearns, a famous American boxer who everyone called The Hitman."
Kenichi: (This only confirms more and more that I'm in an anime world, those two suddenly became like those background characters that explain the special techniques of the protagonists, for my part I quite like this style, it was Mashiba Ryo's signature move in Hajime no Ippo and also Gaolang Wongsawat's from Kengan Ashura, it's a style that works for both offense and defense)
Although he was still unsure, the first one to launch an attack was Satou, his way of fighting was the same as all the other wolves, just running and hitting without any kind of special pattern.
Kenichi, still with an expressionless and serious look, responded by throwing three incredibly fast jabs.
Satou: "AAAAAGGGHHHH!!"
Satou was a pretty tough kid, from a young age he was involved in ridiculous situations, so even though he was a beginner in fighting he had very good resistance, but even someone like him had to admit that he had never received blows as strong as these.
Without any resistance he was thrown several meters away from where he was standing. Although still surprised Ayame did not let this opportunity pass quickly she threw a direct blow to Kenichi's chest, although she already knew that Kenichi's body was tough she still chose to hit him to find some opening. But what she did not expect is that unlike a while ago when she simply received Yarizui's blow, now she easily blocked his blows without any difficulty with the same left arm with which she hits Satou. Ayame quickly took distance, but before she could, Kenichi stepped forward with an incredible footwork that made him move at great speed… And before she knew it, she received a quick left jab, perhaps because of her good instincts she managed to raise her guard but she was still sent flying almost as far as Satou.
Ayame: "AAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
This time it was Yarizui's turn, unlike a while ago now he didn't plan to recklessly attack Kenichi, she had already learned from his mistakes, Kenichi was very different from them who only threw crazy punches, he was a real fighter, she was sure that even Kaneshiro Yu (The Magician) would not be a match for him, usually Yarizui's fighting style was quite similar to Kaneshiro's, it was a fighting style that was mainly based on throwing powerful kicks and acrobatic jumping movements, sometimes they even used the ceiling as support to attack at higher speed.
This time with quick movements he threw a kick with his right leg with all the strength he could muster, but to his surprise Kenichi advanced ready to receive his kick.
All the wolves watching the fight finally understood why this hitman style was so impressive. At the exact moment he received the kick, Kenichi used his left shoulder to deflect Yarizui's kick and quickly responded with a powerful direct blow with his right arm. Yarizui, like Ayame, also tried to defend herself with her arms, but it was in vain. That blow was even more powerful than the one she threw at Ayame.
Yarizui: "UGH…!!"
Luckily for Yarizui, as Kenichi hit, his control improved, so at the moment he threw the punch, he knew how to control his strength perfectly so as not to break any bones. To everyone's surprise, the fight barely lasted a few seconds. This showed that Kenichi was someone who was really on another level.
Within a few seconds everyone realized that something strange was happening, even though the fight was already over, for some strange reason Kenichi was still using the Hitman style movements, some wolves were even tempted to jump to get a Bento, but they quickly dismissed that idea, their fighting instincts told them that the moment they jumped they would be immediately hit by Kenichi's powerful blows.
Kenichi's concentration was incredible, despite being focused on the fight he could still tell what everyone else was doing. Within a few seconds Yarizui stood up followed by Ayame and Satou, despite being badly injured they still stood up with slow movements.
Kenichi: (As expected of the main protagonist and heroines, even though I hit them much harder than the others, it didn't take them long to get back up… No, in fact, they were waiting for me to let my guard down, they wanted to sneak attack me while I was choosing a Bento… Unfortunately, I think I'm going to end this now, I'm already very hungry and I don't think they can do anything else.)
While Kenichi was immersed in his thoughts, Yarizui, Ayame and Satou still didn't give up and were determined to get the Bento in their next attack.
Satou: "C-Crap… Haa… Haa… Haa… What a beating… I had to give my all just to get up…"
Ayame: "I-I understand what you mean… Ugh… Now I understand why everyone was knocked unconscious with just one of their hits… It's the first time I've received such fast and strong hits…"
Yarizui: "From his movements I can tell he's using boxing, but this isn't the first time he's fought a boxer, since boxing is a sport where you can only hit with your fists he should be at a disadvantage against kicking or lunging attacks."
In the battles for the Bentos it was normal that sometimes groups of members of sports clubs such as the Rugby club or several others would appear, among them in the past Yarizui fought against members of a boxing club, although it is true that they had better resistance than several wolves in the end it was just that, the moment he started to throw kicks they were quickly overwhelmed.
Satou: "That's true, if he's using boxing that means he can only throw punches with his fists… So to defeat him the most logical thing is to attack his legs"
Ayame: "I see, then the lunges also work"
After talking a bit they finally decided to attack with the new things they learned about boxing.
Kenichi: "You guys are being too naive"