Chapter 05
Wednesday, 22nd April, 2009.
I've to say that delinquents are nothing but annoying little vermin. They're kind of people who think they are the hot shits around the city, always trying to make trouble for people around them, vandalizing the streets like they own them.
And why am I suddenly talking about them, you said? That's because these little buggers are ruining my morning walk to the school right now! I was ambushed by 10 people near the Bridge of Weirdos.
"Stop moving around, you monkey!" One of the delinquents shouted at me, as he swung the plank in his hand horizontally.
I rolled my eyes in response, hopped backward to avoid the swing before crouching low to dodge another attempt to strike my head with steel pipe by another delinquent who rushed at me from behind.
I sweep off the feet of the guy behind me and steal the pipe in his hand as he fell down. I then used Intimidation towards the guy with a plank in hand, immobilizing him through fear as my killing intent burst out like a raging tsunami. I didn't wait for him to recollect himself and swing the pipe in my hand directly to the side of his head, rendering him unconscious.
And before the guy I just tripped over could stand, I stomped the back of his head hard, making his face crash the ground harshly and create a small spider web-like crack underneath.
With this, I've already defeated 5 out of 10 delinquents by now.
"Fuck, Asa-san and Ma-kun were also defeated!"
"Just rust at him!"
"Leeeeeroy Jenkiiiins!"
I twirled the pipe in my hand, trying to adjust myself with the feeling of the steel before swinging them in wide arcs, deflecting the metal bat swung by a black-haired guy screaming 'Leeroy Jenkins'.
The force behind my swing blown his hand upward, causing him to release the metal bat into the air as he winced in pain. I then dashed forward, cutting our distance instantly before striking his throat with a knife hand.
The poor lad was on his knees, choking on his own breath as he started crying and saying unintelligible things. He only stopped after I finished him off with the smack to the back of his head with the steel pipe. I once again didn't waste my time as I rushed towards the barehanded guy in front of me, and I was moving so fast that it caught him off guard when I was suddenly appeared in front of him.
He couldn't even react or understand what was just happening when his vision went black all of a sudden as the steel pipe in my hand found its way towards his face. The impact was so powerful that the guy's body was sent flying far in the distance, and the steel pipe in my hand was bent as it couldn't handle my power properly.
"Haa... Too bad. I thought the pipe could last longer." I sighed while throwing the broken pipe to the ground.
I then ducked down, avoiding another sneak attack coming from behind. Man, these guys are really fond of attacking people from behind. As I saw he tried to plummet my face with a wooden baseball, I stepped inside his range, intercepting his movement and striking him in the gut with my knee.
The force behind it releases a shockwave outward, causing the guy to throw up all of his breakfast before passing out on top of the waste he just let out.
"Eugh... That's disgusting..." I waved my hand in front of my nose in disgust.
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[Congratulations! You have successfully defeated 8 Challengers!]
You have received +15 Physical Strength
You have received +13 Spiritual Power
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Fukumoto Ikurō
Grandmaster of Kama Sutra
Rating: C
Physical Strength: 232 – New!
Spiritual Power: 110 – New!
Martial Art: ▾
Ability: ▾
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Finally finished with dealing all of the cannon fodder, I turned my attention towards the two people who had been observing my fight from the sidelines all of this time. They were clearly trying to assess my threat level, which is why they sent the goons first.
And from the look of it, those two are clearly twins with how similar their appearances are. Same brown undercut hair, small black eyes, an identical scar on the nose, and they also wear the same outfit, an unbuttoned black gakuran that has a logo of a blue devil carrying a rock with flaming gold letters of 'CD' imprinted on the back.
It is the same logo that idiot Tennosuke had on his gakuran. The logo of Cobalt Devils' gang. They are the bunch of assholes who dared to ruin my (not so) date with Angel yesterday.
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[New Challenger has been found!]
Hitarashi Utemaro
Older Twin Nuggers
Rating: B
Reward:
+20 Physical Strength
Taekwondo
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[New Challenger has been found!]
Hitarashi Utamara
Younger Twin Nuggers
Rating: B
Reward:
+20 Spiritual Power
Perception
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Oh, would you look at that? Finally someone with Taekwondo as a reward, I've been searching them for past week but there's no luck at all. It's too bad that the younger twin doesn't have the same reward though, but the ability of Perception could be useful too I guess.
I punched the palm of my left with my right fist as an excited grin formed on my face, feeling immensely motivated in this upcoming fight.
When I finally entered my fighting stance, which me hopping around in place almost in a similar motion to capoeira's ginga, the twins appeared to tense up before they took their fighting stance as well.
"Before we get into this fight, can I ask you guys something first?" I squinted up at the twins while still paying attention to their movements just in case they suddenly decided to attack me out of nowhere.
The twins looked at each other first before narrowing their eyes at me, and the one who answered my question was Utemaro, the older twin, "Sure. What is it?"
"Why are you guys suddenly ambushing me?" I inquired while raising one of my eyebrows, "As far as I knew, I don't have any beef against Cobalt Devils."
Utemaro narrowed his eyes even more, and Utamara behind him was trembling with anger as he muttered, "Are... Are you trying to make fun of us?"
"Huh...?" What?
"It's you and that crazy girl who started all of this!" Utamara pointed an accusing finger at me that make me frowned in response, "You guys brutalized Tennosuke and our friends yesterday! Are you telling me it's wrong for us to get revenge on you for hurting our friends, huh!?"
It took a moment for me to finally registered his words, and understanding the current situation. "I see..." I sighed tiredly while shaking my head at the same time. That motherfucker Tennosuke, he lied to his own gang, huh? I guess I'll break his teeth even more when I find him later.
Without wasting any more time, I dashed forward at blinding speed with my left arm cocked back low. Utamara was shocked beyond belief when I suddenly sprang myself up to him and my fist found a way to reach his cheekbone.
Utamara was blown to the side, tumbling on the ground like a ragdoll, and when I was about to chase him down, Utemaro suddenly appeared from behind.
I was forced to stop on my feet and duck low in order to dodge his front snap kick. When I was trying to sweep his remaining foot off the ground, Utemaro reacted fast and hopped on his foot, making me sweep an empty air before he pushed his extended right leg downward, performing a half-assed axe kick from awkward position.
I clicked my tongue when I missed the chance to disrupt his balance before pushing my body sideways to get away from Utemaro's axe kick.
Not even letting me catch my breath, the older twin rushes at me with a loud battle cry. I smack the ground with both hands, scooping a handful of sand with my left hand before rushing at Utemaro as well.
Utemaro jumped on me and performed a jumping side kick, which I dodged by bending my upper body backward, causing him to kick the empty air in front of me. Afterward, I underhandedly threw the sand in my hand to Utemaro's face.
This is a street fighting, not some competition between schools, so there are no such things as rules in here. Everything is a fair game.
And since Utamara was still recovering and having hard time to move, I can focus solely on attacking Utemaro alone without having to worry about the younger twin for now.
While Utemaro was distracted by the itching pain of having sand entering his eyes, I threw multiple motionless jabs at him straight to the head before weaving to the side, dodging his attempt to recklessly counterattack me with a half-kick which ended poorly for him as I was able to use that moment to land a direct body blow to his liver.
He was having a coughing fit after my fist successfully connected, and he suddenly vomiting the fluids inside his abdomen due to his liver not working properly at the moment.
"Utemaro!" Utamara shouted in perturbation, looking so worried about his twin brother's condition. But before he could do anything to help Utemaro, I was already on my way to finish the older twin off by lifting my right leg up and proceed to swing my kick in a crescent arc.
"30th Formation: Mountain Monkey Crescent Moon."
BOOM!
A sound of sonic boom and a blast of wind appeared the moment my kick connected to Utemaro's chest, severely damaging his body outward and inside with a powerful kick that caused his body to fly far into the distance and caused collateral damage to the surrounding area in the process.
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Ding!
[Congratulations! You have successfully defeated Older Twin Nuggers!]
You have received +20 Physical Strength
You have received Taekwondo!
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Ding!
[Your proficiency in Taekwondo has increased from Intermediate to Advance class!]
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[Taekwondo (Advanced)]
You have good understanding and control over your body to perform a more complex footwork and technique.
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I whistled upon seeing the damage it caused. To be honest, I was just about to test the power behind a new technique I created in this fight, but who knew it was this powerful even without me using my internal energy. I'm just thankful that we were far away from the streets or I would have to be fined for damaging the public properties.
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Utamara roared in anger as he charged at me in a very reckless manner similar to a raging bull.
"Whoa!" I leaned my body backward to just barely dodge another powerful flying kick, and before I could counterattack him by aiming his unguarded groin, as my position right now would be a perfect timing to do it, Utamara seemed to understand my intention and retracted his extended leg in time to guard his vital point. He then used the gravity of him falling down to strike my face with both of his knees.
"Kugh...!" I was forced to use both my arms to block his knees from reaching my face and I had to exert more strength than usual on my legs just to support his weight on me, so he wouldn't push me down onto the ground. "Raagh! Get off of me!" I growled at him and used all of my strength to push him off.
After successfully pushing him off my face, I hopped backward to keep my distance, but Utamara won't let me go easily as he chases me down so relentlessly.
With having no way to avoid him, I decided just to meet him in mid-way as he threw a linear straight kick which I deflected with a palm strike. I then spun around, swinging a backhand at him but he blocked them in time using his forearm, yet still getting pushed sideward due to the force behind my swing.
He hissed in pain as a bruise formed on his skin, and it effectively stopped his movement for a second, which I take an advantage of by rushing at him once again.
Utamara looked stunned when I once again appeared in a flash in front of him with my right elbow cocked back. In that moment I clearly hear him say "...Fuck!" before a powerful burst of shock knocked the wind out of him as my elbow landed a powerful strike to his sternum.
"5th Formation: Monkey Fang!"
Utamara coughed a mouthful of blood as he struggled to breathe and couldn't stand on his feet properly. His knees wobbled like a newborn calf, and it doesn't take long for him to finally lose his strength to stand. He kneeled on the ground while wheezing a lot, trying his best to readjust and regulate the flow of his own breath but with no avail.
"It must be painful, huh..." I commented, as a vicious grin slowly forming on my face, "Don't worry, as much as I love the look on your face right now. I'm not sadistic enough to enjoy the sight of you writhing in pain like this, so let me help you." I fisted a handful of his brown hair, pulling him a bit up before cracking my fingers one by one so menacingly until I clenched them close.
"Rest well, sucker."
I swung my fist at the same time I released his hair, straight towards his face and I used all of my weight to the punch, exerting more force than necessary as my fist dug into his face and pushed his whole body towards the ground head first, harshly. The impact was powerful enough to create a crater of spider web-like cracks underneath Utamara's bloodied and battered body.
I huffed when his blood landed on my face and jacket. Reaching out to my pocket, I took out a handkerchief, a gift from Mayo for my last year birthday, and used it to wipe the blood.
I looked around the area and found the other delinquents were still passed out, which was a good thing since I didn't really want to deal with them again at the moment. I picked up my bag and resumed my walk to the school. Looking at the time on my phone, it seemed like I still had 30 minutes or so before the homeroom started.
So I took my time crossing the Bridge of Weirdos while checking on the rewards I got from this fight, because something about the system just caught my attention right now.
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Ding!
[Congratulations! You have successfully defeated Younger Twin Nuggers!]
You have received +20 Spiritual Power
You have received Perception!
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[Perception]
You have the perceptual skills of a superhuman.
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Ding!
[Multiple Abilities with similar mechanism has been detected!]
Ding!
[Challenger, would you like to merge the Monkey Reflexes, Heightened Sense, and Perception?]
Y/N
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"Hmm..." I never thought that the system had a function that could merge a similar Ability like this. And to be honest, this is pretty useful too because this make things easier for me to organize my Abilities. This feature must be likely here just for convenience more than anything, but it's not like I'll complain about it or anything since this is will greatly help me.
So I don't even hesitate to press the [Y] button and wait for the system to work its magic.
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Ding!
[Confirm! Start initializing the process of merging the Ability of Monkey Reflexes, Heightened Sense, and Perception!]
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Ding!
[The merging process has been successful! Congratulations, Challenger!]
You have received Compass Needle!
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[Compass Needle]
You are capable of sensing a person's presence, breath, sound, and Fighting Spirit, their will to fight, which can be used to achieve numerous effects while in combat.
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OH. MY. GOD! I hit a fucking JACKPOT! This Ability should be Akaza's from Demon Slayer. I still remember reading the manga in my previous life since I loved the series so much and Akaza's fighting style is my favorite in that series.
Even though it is unfortunate that I couldn't get Destructive Death as reward since it is considered a Martial Art by the system. I can still get inspiration from his moves and incorporate them into my 72 Heavenly Formation Arts. I mean, Monkey Thousand Wheels was a move that I created with Akaza's Flying Planet Thousand Wheels as the base of it.
And Compass Needle was something that can be considered as an OP Ability in its own way. The ability to sense one's fighting spirit to learn and adapt to their techniques and attacks over time was already powerful enough if I can utilize it better.
This one is really going to help me greatly in the long run. So, I better get used to the feeling of using it later, so I can utilize its full potential while in combat.
Feeling satisfied with the rewards I got, I couldn't help but laugh out loud with a creepy grin forming on my face, which creeped some pedestrians out, but I couldn't bother with such trivial things because I was too excited and happy right now.
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Fukumoto Ikurō
Grandmaster of Kama Sutra
Rating: C
Physical Strength: 252 – New!
Spiritual Power: 130 – New!
Martial Art:
Sumo (Basic)
Karate (Basic)
Boxing (Basic)
Wrestling (Basic)
Kenjutsu (Basic)
Capoeira (Basic)
Bōjutsu (Intermediate)
Taekwondo (Advanced) – New!
Brawling (Advanced)
Ability:
Sleight of Hand
Iron Body
Iron Fist
Intimidation
Revolution Step
Pleasure Point
Battle Continuation
Berserk
Compass Needle – New!
Loli Empowerment
-----*KOIMAJI*-----
"So, it seems like he's not even paying attention to Chikarin." The ganguro of our class stated with a grin on her face, "She was so enthusiastic before, but she just looks stupid now."
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Kuroko Haguro
Black Gal Mask
Rating: D
Reward:
+5 Physical Strength
[This Challenger has been defeated!]
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"Buhahaha, seriously!? That was hilarious!" I cackled, followed by other girls who were giggling behind their hands.
The first thing I did when I reached the classroom was to join the other girls to gossip about Chika trying to score Kazama on a date yesterday but failing miserably.
"Hey, you there! Stop gossiping behind my back!" Chika shouted from her seat, pointing at me and Haguro, respectively, while blushing red from embarrassment.
"Oh, soz." Haguro puts her hand in front, slightly poking her tongue out, "I just can't keep my mouth shut."
"Geez..." Chika sighed, shaking her head tiredly, "This is a blemish on my record."
"You were targeting the wrong person, Sweets." I commented with a grin still presented on my face, "Kazama is a handsome and cool guy, I admit that, but unfortunately he is a man with a heart of a child. He's too carefree for you."
"Oh, what do you know, Monkey." Chika shrugged off my words, "Isn't that what makes him more charming?"
I was about to rebut that, but stopped myself, "Right, I guess it does make sense that there are some girls like you who would find that trait endearing in their eyes. I mean, Nee-san was similar like that... What about you girls, do you feel the same as Chika?" I asked the other girls in front of me.
"Hmm..." Kari, a girl with short ginger hair hummed thoughtfully, "I do find Kazama's childishness cute. But, I have to agree with Fukumoto here. I don't think I can handle his carefree and childish attitude. I mean, I don't want to have my date to be suddenly gone just because he feels bored and wants to explore other places, would I?" She giggled awkwardly at that.
"Ah, I can see that happened with Kazama-kun." The other girl with a black hime-cut hairstyle, Amane, nodded her head.
"Exactly my point." I nodded my head as well, "As a friend, Kazama would be someone fun to be with. But as a partner, I don't know, man. It feels kinda hard to imagine someone as carefree as him will be easy to put a leash on in particular."
The other girls, except for Chika, are nodding their heads together with me as we imagine such a scenario of him leaving his family behind just because he wants to go adventuring somewhere.
"Wait a minute, Monkey." Chika suddenly interjects, bewildered, "What do you mean by Nee-san? Since when did you have an older sister?"
"Hm? Since two days ago." I answered truthfully.
"What? ...Seriously?" She inquired, looking straight into my eyes.
"Yeah." I nodded, planting my cheek on top of my palm, "It's nothing special really. She is my senior pupil, so that's why I called her Nee-san. That's all."
"Senior pupil, huh..." Chika hummed while looking the other way, "Is that why you were absent yesterday?"
"Yeah. I missed school because I was busy training yesterday." I stretched my arms while yawning.
"Eh~ Are you sure about that, Fukumoto?" Kari grinned at me, her eyes glinting in teasing manner, "Because I'm sure I saw you together with a girl in Nambu Line Station yesterday~"
"Geh!" I flinched a bit when I heard that, "Seriously?"
Kari snickered behind her hand, "Yup. I saw you both in MgD."
"Whoa, seriously, Monkey?" Haguro raised her trimmed eyebrows, looking intrigued at the topic, "You scored a girl?"
"Nah, you girls are looking into it too much." I waved my hand offhandedly, "It's just a simple outing. The girl you saw with me was one of my senior pupils as well."
"Really~?" Kari grinned slyly, "From what I saw, both of you looked so close though."
The girls were giggling at me, as I found myself feeling slightly awkward and embarrassed when answering all of these questions.
"Jeez! Why are you girls suddenly pointed the spear at me!? Aren't we talking about Chika failing her date with Kazama earlier!?"
The said girl was looking at me with an unreadable expression on her face, and when I stared back at her, she suddenly humphed at me and walked away, approaching Mayo who was reading a book on her seat.
"What's wrong with Chikarin?" Haguro looked at us and Chika respectively.
Kari, Amane, and I looked at each other before shaking our heads at the same time since we don't really know either. And just as I was about to say something, a loud and energetic voice filled the classroom, startling us a bit.
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[New Challenger has been found!]
Kazama Shōichi
Hero of the Shōnen Protagonist
Rating: B
Reward:
+10 Physical Strength
+10 Spiritual Power
Luck Lady's Loved Child
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"Yahoo, everybody! Good morning!" It was a voice of a handsome man with a red bandana around his spiky brown hair. Kazama Shoichi, the leader of Kazama Family, entered the classroom with a big smile on his face, followed by other members of Kazama Family.
"Yo." Yamato waved his hand at everyone with a generic smile on his face.
"Yay! Morning, everyone!" And Kazuko will always be the ball of sunshine that greeted everyone with a big and warm smile on her face.
Miyako on the other side was being a quiet little mushroom as usual, as she went to her own desk without saying anything.
Moro and Gakuto said their greetings to me first before joining the group of boys in the back. They were talking animatedly with each other about manga and stuffs, and a topic of certain transfer student.
Oh, is it already time for Chris to appear?
"Nee, nee, Fukumoto-kun!"
I was then brought out of my musings by Kazuko's excited voice beside me. I slowly turned my head to the side and our noses almost touched each other's due to how close her face was to mine right now.
"Yes...?" I replied awkwardly before slightly pulling my head back to make some space, but Kazuko doesn't have any intention to do so as she pushes her head forward once again.
"I saw your fight earlier!" She stated out loud before finally backing up, giving me a space as she started to demonstrate some moves in front of me so enthusiastically, "It was amazing! I know you were strong, but you exceeded my expectation! Your kick in particular! That crescent kick was so fast and so powerful that we could feel the blast of wind form far away!"
"Yeah, you really surprised us there, Yonpachi." Yamato added, crossing his arms, "What's the problem with those guys anyway?"
"They're delinquents, a part of a gang called Cobalt Devils." I answered truthfully, "They ambushed me because they thought I attacked their gang members without reason, even though it was them who started all of this."
I saw a brief moment of Tadakatsu perked up when I mentioned the name, but decided not to say anything. Knowing his affiliation, it's not weird for him to know a lot about underworld stuff.
"Cobalt Devils, huh..." Yamato rubbed his jawline in deep thought, "If I'm not mistaken, they are the infamous gang from Saiwai-ku. They were feared by many due to their crusades against other gangs last year to expand their territories and members altogether. You can say they are the strongest group in that ward."
"Are they really that strong?" Kazuko tilted her head in a curious manner.
"No idea." Yamato shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "Ask Yonpachi who had a fight with them."
Kazuko once again turned her full attention towards me, her eyes filled with anticipation. Damn it, she's so sexily cute!
I coughed into my fist to distract myself from my impure thought, "I can't really say. Most of them are simply thugs with little experience in fighting, but the twins I fought back then was good enough to use martial art in fight. Though when compared to you, both of them are a bunch of weak-ass."
"Ooh, potential martial artist!" Kazuko slightly opened her mouth in amazement, "It's rare to have someone with potential like that join a gang. Their leader must be a strong one then!"
"Now that you mentioned it, I think that does make sense." I nodded, crossing my legs while tapping the desk lightly, "But Saiwai-ku, huh... It's about 20 minutes from here. Do you know where they usually operate at, Naoe?"
Yamato scratches the back of his head with a wry smile on his face, "Sorry, but I can't help you with that. I mean, I'm not really that interested in them in the first place."
I waved him off with a smile, "Nah, it's alright. You were already helpful enough for telling me where they are from."
"It's in Kita-kase." Tadakatsu suddenly chimed in from his desk, "That's one of their base operations located at."
The three of us looked at Tadakatsu, and I rubbed my jawline while closing my eyes for a second, "One of their base operations? Then it means they had multiple bases?"
"As far as I knew, there are 2 bases, one in Kita-kase and the other one in Yanagichō." Tadakatsu crossed his arms.
Yamato tapped his arm, "I remember I've seen the news about a lot of students from Kita-kase and Minami-kase skipped school and starting to vandalize the streets and houses in the residential area. It was big news back then. Few of the students were arrested by local police, but the one who got away are still doing whatever they want until this day. I guess that was the start of Cobalt Devils?"
"Yeah." Tadakatsu confirmed with a nod of his head, "The top dog of Minamigawara was one of the founders of Cobalt Devils, that's why a lot of students from there become their members. While most of the gang members are mostly consists of regular thugs from junior to senior high schools and some from colleges, but the core members of Cobalt Devils are filled with a lot of potential martial artists picked out by their leader, the strongest of them all."
"I see." I hummed, "So those twins are the core members, huh."
"If the one you fought are truly martial artists, then they must be the captain of divisional group of Cobalt Devils." Tadakatsu said as he rested his back on the chair, "Each divisional group will have strong martial artists as their leader. That's how they usually operate."
"Awesome." Kazuko clapped her hands in excitement, "If each of their captains are strong martial artists, then it must be worthwhile to fight them!"
"Heh." I snorted lightly, feeling amused at what I just heard, "I had to agree with you there, Kawakami. Fighting a stronger opponent is indeed a good way to improve oneself."
"Hehe~" She giggled while rubbing her nose before suddenly smacking my desk with both hands, pushing her face onto me once again, "Then how about you fight me, Fukumoto-kun!? Nee, nee!? I bet it will be fun!"
"I'm sorry, but I..."
But before I could even finish my sentence, I was forced to swallow the words I was about to spouted when I heard a small whimper coming out from Kazuko's mouth.
It makes me flinch, it makes me sweat bullets, and it makes my heart tremble with guilt!
"Oh..." She looks so dejected! I can even see the imaginary dog ears on her head flattened and her tail limping in sadness! Her usual bright and cheerful eyes looked so downcast too!
Noooo!!! Please stop look so sad like that! I can't handle it!!!
"Sure... I'll fight you." I corrected myself reluctantly. Jesus Christ, I might be biased because she was my waifu in the previous life, but goddamn I am so weak against this doggo!
"Really!?" The damp and depressed air surrounding her suddenly cleared out and was replaced by a bright sun as the smile on her face grew big. Her imaginary dog ears were flapping about and her tail wagged like crazy, expressing her happiness and excitement in a very direct way. "Yay! Finally! I've been wanting to fight with you ever since yesterday, Fukumoto-kun! So I am really excited now! Hehe! This is gonna be fun~"
Oh god, why she's so bloody cute!
"Oh, are you guys gonna fight!? Sweet!" Kazama suddenly entered the conversation with a grin on his face, looking as excited as Kazuko. "Yamato! Help me with the betting stand! We're gonna make money today!"
"Yeah, yeah." Yamato sighed and started to follow his leader out of the classroom to the schoolyard, but not before staring at me and Kazuko respectively while looking in deep thought.
"Everyone, please go to the schoolyard right now! We have a morning assembly today! And you guys should remember that I am the oldest one in this class! So, you must listen to this Onee-san's words, okay?" Mayo proudly stated as she stood in front of the classroom together with Chika, who was ignoring me all the time for some reason.
"Let's go, Fukumoto-kun!" Kazuko was so excited that she grabbed my hand all of a sudden and dragged me towards the schoolyard together with her, ignoring the shout of Mayo telling us not to cut the lines.
"My condolences, Yonpachi." Gakuto prayed for me in the background, "I hope you can come back alive."
"You are exaggerating, Gakuto." Moro shakes his head lightly while fixing his uniform, "It's not like Wanko will do something cruel to him anyway."
"Well, if beating someone up legally in the pretense of a duel is not considered cruel. Then I guess you're right, Moro." Suguru replied in very sarcastic manner from the side.
Moro couldn't say anything back to that, because he himself found that statement quite true.
And with that out of the way, all of us went to the schoolyard for the morning assembly.
-----*Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai~*-----
We have a morning assembly every Wednesday, and have the principal gives us thoughtful words. It has been a tradition for this academy.
"I see a lot of sleepy faces." The old monster said from the top of the podium stage. He looked around the line of students in front of him with a faint smile on his face, "Especially the first-year students. Well, it's still early in the morning, so I have to thank you all for coming out here just to hear an old guy like me talk."
"Oh here we go again." I whispered under my breath, inserting my fingers into my ears. I can see some people doing the same as well, as if they were knew what was going to happen.
"Did you fools think I would forgive you like that?" The principal opened his eyes and exerts his tremendous aura outward, "Slackers! Kaaaahhhh!!!"
The voice he released caused the air to tremble and made the slouching students quickly straighten up in fear and shock. Meanwhile, we the second-years and seniors from the third-years were already used to it, but the first-year students looked shaken and surprised.
"Hoho, it seems everyone's ready to listen. Good, good." He nodded his head twice while stroking his long beard. "First things first, you guys don't have to study if you don't want to."
"What...?" Most of the students were stunned upon hearing that statement out of nowhere.
"It's the middle of April, so I'm sure there are people who are getting tired of studying. Don't do it if you don't want to." The principal nodded his head once again as if he was saying something appropriate or cool right now, "Fufu, do I sound young?"
No one made a comment or even uttered a sound on that. We just looked ahead with the most flat expression human could get.
"You young'uns are no fun." The old monster grumbled under his breath before coughing into his closed fist, "You see, you only get live through your school life once. Be moderate and do what you want. You win if you have fun in life."
Some students were smiling and snorting when they heard that including me.
"...But, aren't you all hungry?" The principal looked at us with a serious face, "Hungry for honor, money, or power? How about men and women? Aren't you hungry for them?"
I clenched my hands, looking straight ahead as something inside me resonated with the words he just said.
"It's good if you want them. That's totally legitimate." He nodded with a smile on his face before stepping on the podium, causing a blast of wind to appear without damaging the platform itself, showing how good his control over his external and internal energy is, "Be hungry! Work hard to obtain and steal them! Compete and learn from others! We have the duel system for that reason. Use it if you want to clearly determine wins and losses, and obtain that something!"
"You can't get away from the pleasure of winning." He shakes his head lightly, "But it makes life more fun, so I recommend it. The secret behind success is not dreams, but to have ambition."
The way he said it was kind of unique, but in short, the goal of this school was to make the students attend the school to learn from each other.
He then smiled at us like a grandfather would to his grandchildren, "But just being hungry will make you no different from a beast. So, I hope you'd to balance reasoning and instinct to lead a fun life. And speaking of duel system, it seems there are two students who wish to conduct such a program today."
Most of the students in the schoolyard started whispering to each other, trying to find the people in question. My classmates on the other side were looking straight at me and Kazuko, something that students nearby didn't miss, such as class 2-S in particular.
"Hoho! Now, would you two please come forward and introduce yourselves?" The voice of the principal echoed through the schoolyard, catching everyone's attention.
Kazuko and I looked at each other for a moment before nodding our heads at the same time. We then both jumped out of the line, landing gracefully on top of the stage on each side of the principal.
"Kawakami Kazuko from class 2-F!" Kazuko stated out loud before showing respect to the principal by saluting him with a palm-over-fist salute.
"From the same class, Fukumoto Ikurō!" I also did the same to the principal.
This is it. This is finally the time for me to fight one of the main casts in the series. I should be nervous right now, I really should. I mean, this fight will be hard, like really-really hard for me to win against Kazuko with my current strength.
But I can't help but feel excited as well, my blood was pumping up in excitement at the thought of fighting against a stronger opponent like Kazuko, something that I felt when I fought Shakadō in a sparring match.
As I try my best to quell my overflowing excitement, I barely noticed that other students had already moved out of the way, forming a massive circle around the soon-to-be battle arena.
"Now you two, what would be the theme for this duel?" The principal asked, looking at both of me and Kazuko respectively.
"Do you mind if I choose, Kawakami?" I raised my hand.
"Hm?" Kazuko raised one of her eyebrows before giving me a smile, "Sure, I don't mind!"
Looking at the smile on her face, I can't help but crack a smile as well, "Then, I would like a hand-to-hand theme."
"Are you okay with that, Kazuko?" The principal smiled at his adopted granddaughter.
"Hehe! Un!" Kazuko nodded her head enthusiastically, "I'm fine with it, Grandpa!"
"Good!" The principal then moved forward, facing the crowd, "The theme for this duel would be a hand-to-hand combat! Both fighters are prohibited to use any kind of tools or weapons in this fight." He then turned his body back to us, "I need both of you to fight fair and square, understood?"
"YES SIR!!!" Kazuko and I answered at the same time.
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(POV Change)
"Oh! Kazuko-dono's figure is always so gallant and beautiful! She's so wonderful even today!" Hideo praised with so much passion and affection as he looked at Kazuko's valiant figure in the middle of schoolyard. "It must be fate for me to meet her every day like this!"
"No, no, no." Jun retorted from the side while waving his hand repeatedly at the excited heir of Kuki Corp, "No matter how you see it, that simply because you both attended the same schoo—Guoooeeehhhkk!!!"
Before Jun could even finish his sentence, Azumi already made her move by landing five punches almost simultaneously straight to his gut, "Shut the fuck up, Baldie! Don't interrupt Hideo-sama's monologue!" She hissed in a hushed tone.
"Are you okay, Jun~? Oi~" Koyuki crouched down and started to poke Jun's cheek with a small stick she found on the ground.
Touma shook his head with a smile on his face, "Shouldn't you already understand by now that you should never make any comments about Hideo-kun whenever Azumi-san is around, Jun?"
"Yeah, kinda slipped my mind there after I saw how bright and innocent the class rep from F class is." The bald man can even feel his wounded body miraculously rejuvenated by just looking at Mayo's cute and small figure.
"Pervert." Kokoro suddenly muttered behind her iron fan in disdain as she slowly backed away from the lolicon.
"Pervert~" Koyuki then joined Kokoro in making fun of Jun's hopeless nature.
Touma once again can only shake his head endearingly at his brother figure's behavior before looking at the middle of the arena where Kazuko and Yonpachi were facing each other face-to-face with broad grins on their faces, "It seems Fukumoto-kun decided to hunt the youngest Kawakami this time."
"Nah." Azumi casually interjected, while Hideo was getting distracted by Kazuko's presence, the ranking one of Kuki Maid eavesdropping the F class the whole time to understand more about the current situation, "It's the opposite actually. It's the dog who's hunting the monkey right now."
Touma raises his eyebrows in interest when he heard that. He thought it was Yonpachi who challenged Kazuko due to his tendency of challenging people, he never thought it would be otherwise. "Interesting, indeed..."
"Hah! Dog vs. Monkey? Truly a perfect match for a low-class like them. Hyohoho!" Kokoro laughed haughtily as she looked down on Kazuko and Yonpachi like she always did.
And Yonpachi clearly heard what she just said with how loud she was right now, 'Grrr! I really want to smack that girl's ass for being so disrespectful toward others!'
"I think that's the reason why you don't have many friends, Fushikawa." Jun suddenly commented while looking at Fushikawa with pity in his eyes.
"Lonerkawa~" Koyuki booed at Fushikawa from Jun's behind, clearly using the tall man as her shield.
"I-I am not a lo-loner...!" Kokoro looked so flustered as she tried to defend her dignity, "I have a lot of f-friends, mind you!"
"Oh, really?" Jun raised his eyebrows, genuinely surprised.
"Yes!" The black-haired girl nodded her head furiously, causing her twintails to move like crazy as she hides the nervous smile on her face with her iron fan.
"But~" Koyuki started with a languid tone, and Kokoro began to sweat, "I never saw any of them though~?" She finished with a tilt of her head.
"Same here." Jun added with a nod of his head, "I mean, you always eat your lunch alone in the classroom..."
"And no one ever starts a conversation with you unless you're the one who initiated it." Azumi decided to join in the fun, she doesn't even bother to hide the teasing smirk on her face.
"I... I..." Kokoro stumbled in her words as her eyes began to water when she noticed the look on everyone's face right now. They are clearly making fun of her, and yet she couldn't do anything because what they just said was true. "Uwaaa!!!" In the end, she bawled her eyes out while running away with her tail between her legs.
"What a cute girl she is." Jun commented with a gentle smile on his face.
Azumi made a face when she noticed that, "Even Fushikawa entered your creepy range, Baldie?"
"Just barely though." The lolicon confirmed.
"What a hopeless pervert." Azumi shakes her head in exasperation as Koyuki starts booing on Jun for being a pervert in the background.
And not far from their position was the class F, where Kazama Family huddled together like usual, minus Kazama who was attending the betting stand, giving people their tickets for the bet they had placed.
"Man, Wanko sure loves to do this kind of thing all of a sudden, doesn't she?" Gakuto looked at the ticket he bought for 2000 yen in his hand, and of course he just bet on Kazuko.
Moro hummed next to him, he doesn't partake in the bet, "Yeah, I know that she was curious about Yonpachi's strength, but was it really necessary for them to have a duel like this? Shouldn't she already seen how powerful Yonpachi are these days?"
Yamato stared at Yonpachi and Kazuko for a while before snorting lightly, "It's Wanko we're talking about here. What did you expect from a simpleton like her anyway?" He raised his eyebrows at Moro, "In that term both of them are really similar with each other. Being a simpleton and all."
"Right..." Moro laughed wryly at the joke.
"Hey, hey!" Momoyo suddenly called the boys, "That's my sister you guys were talking about."
"We know." Yamato replied nonchalantly while shrugging his shoulders, "We are simply telling the truth."
"Yamato is right, Momo-senpai." Miyako finally joined the conversation, "I knew that he was strong, especially after we saw how he fought those people this morning. But I wonder, is he good enough against Wanko?"
Momoyo pursed her lips when they changed the topic, but she lets it slide as she releases a sigh, "At the moment? Not really." She shook her head lightly, crossing her arms under her big breasts, "He may be getting stronger than the last time I saw him, but he's still not that close to Wanko. No, that's not true... If we're talking about physical strength, then Yonpachi is definitely above Wanko."
"... What?" Most of Kazama Family's members were surprised at that statement.
"Wanko will lose then...?" Moro asked unsurely.
"Hm..." Momoyo rubs her jawline as she peered through Yonpachi's strength before shaking her head, "We don't know about that. You see, Yonpachi might be above in term of physical strength, but Wanko is still faster and more capable due to her having more experience than him."
"I see." Yamato hummed in understanding manner, "It does make sense. I've forgotten because of how fast he improved these weeks, but Yonpachi is still new in this field. It's only been three weeks since he became a martial artist after all."
"Exactly." Momoyo grinned, "But let's be honest here, the fact that he can get to this level with only that short amount of time is truly showing us how talented he is. In term of innate talents, I would say he almost as prodigal as me. I guess that's why the old man and Lu-sensei are so interested and invested in him lately."
"Damn, hearing Momo-senpai praise Yonpachi like that almost blew my mind..." Gakuto joked with a wry smile on his face.
Moro just laughed awkwardly beside him as he doesn't know what to say in this situation either.
"I see. So he's that valuable, huh..." Yamato looked deep in thought as he stared on Yonpachi's back with a discerning eye.
"Ahn, Yamato~" Miyako suddenly moaned in a low voice as she saw how cool her crush was right now. That hot gaze, even though not directed at her, still made her hot and bothered.
"Kekeke!" Kazama, who had been eavesdropping all this time, couldn't help but laugh at what he had just heard. If his hunch was right, then he would definitely win big this time. "I'm counting on you, Yonpachi!"
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(POV Return)
The principal smiled when he noticed that I and Kazuko had already entered our battle mode, focusing so much on each other to the point that the crowd around doesn't really matter anymore. What we can see right now is ourselves in a vast battlefield alone, waiting for the sign to fight to start.
Everything around me has gone silent, as I can only hear the sound of my breath, flowing through in a steady manner. I can feel my muscles tensing up at the heavy tension surrounding the battlefield. I noticed that I can even hear the sound of Kazuko's breaths from this distance, and her battle spirit started to prickle the surface of my skin, telling me that she can't really wait to fight me.
"Let's have a good match, Fukumoto-kun!" Kazuko smiled brightly at me as she punches her palm with her fist.
"Yeah." I nodded with a grin on my face, "I'll do my best to give you a good fight you want, Kawakami."
"Hehe! I know you wouldn't disappoint me!"
She sounded so confident that I couldn't help but feel moved by that. Haah... Dammit. I really don't know the reason what caused my heart to beat this fast right now. Is it because I was excited for this upcoming battle or is it because Kazuko's attitude towards me? I don't know anymore.
But let's push aside all of these matters to worry about later, since I couldn't really afford to get distracted and let my guard down too much in this battle. Whether I win or lose, I still want to see how my new fighting style fares against a strong fighter like Kazuko, and it is a perfect time to test Compass Needle in battle too.
"Get ready!" The principal raised his strong yet wrinkly arm up, and that was a start signal for both of us to enter our fighting stance, with our eyes locked on each other's. Every muscle in my body starts twitching, telling me that they're ready for some action at any moment now.
"Formation Development: Compass Needle."
As I extended my right arm with a half-clenched fist forward, a light blue snowflake-shaped compass manifested under my feet, with numbers ranging from 1 to 12.
Everyone who watched the scene looked really surprised as they could feel the heavy aura I just released the moment I activated Compass Needle. Every capable fighter in the crowd suddenly tensed up as they felt my fighting spirit raging outside my body like a volcano.
"Ha...haha!" Momoyo's red irises dilated as she suddenly laughed from her position, causing other people to look at her in wonder, "What a tremendous fighting spirit...!"
"Nee-san?" Yamato called her unsurely, not understanding why she was laughing all of a sudden like this.
"Screw what I just said earlier." She said with a rare moment of seriousness, "If Wanko doesn't take this fight seriously, she'll lose."
"I..." Miyako furrowed her eyebrows a bit, nodding her head in grimace, "I think Momo-senpai was right. This fight wouldn't end well for Wanko if she didn't take this seriously."
"...That bad, huh..." Yamato covered his mouth with his hand before muttering in a low tone behind his hand, "I guess, Capt's hunch was right again this time." He stared at the ticket he bought for 5000 yen with Yonpachi's name on it.
Many looked impressed in the technique I just used, but I don't bother myself to look at them as my focus was solely directed towards Kazuko at the moment.
"So cool..." Kazuko herself couldn't helped but mutter that as she felt the pressure of my fighting spirit trying to overpower hers, but with no avail since her fighting spirit wasn't inferior to mine either.
As we both tried to assert dominance by exerting our fighting spirit on each other, the sound of principal's voice finally gave us the okay to move our bodies.
"FIGHT!"
"Raaaahhhhh!/Hyaaaahhhhh!" Kazuko and I raced at each other, screaming out our lungs until our throats burned.
Wanko was the first one to reach me and initiate the attack, swinging her fist in an arc line, which I blocked with a cross guard. Even so, the punch still pushed me back, and she took that moment to slip in my defense from below with an uppercut.
"Ghk!" I grunted in pain as my arms were blown upward, exposing my face to Kazuko's other fist, which connected to my cheekbone really hard, "Aaaghhk!"
She takes a big step forward to cut a short distance between us and clasp her hands together before landing a powerful hammer fist on the top of my head. Once again, I couldn't even react to her attack with how fast she executed them.
With my vision jumbling all over the place, I don't see another vicious strikes coming from below, blasting my face towards the sky. I almost black out this time, but yet still holding on as I raised my guard in a rush, putting both arms in front of my face, protecting it from Kazuko's flurry attacks in a turtle stance.
"Playing defense, are we?" Kazuko taunted with a big grin on her face, "I'm fine with that!" She then threw another flurry of punches at me from every angle possible to break through my defense.
She's really good, alright. I know that. The difference between our ratings is already telling me that much. I may improve and become strong fast more than anyone these weeks but when it comes to experience and capabilities, she's still far above me and I'm not afraid to admit that.
"But... that doesn't mean I will give up that easily..." I panted, my eyes burning with determination.
I can't let thing go on like this, with Kazuko's taking the lead so much in this fight. So, I waited for the right moment to strike back, and I found the chance to do so when I successfully utilized Compass Needle to anticipate her movement and deflected one of her punches with my palm strike in such a perfect timing that it made Kazuko loses her balance for a second.
And that measly second was good enough for me to strike her back as I released an upward palm strike on her.
"16th Formation: Crown Poppy!"
The palm strike connected to her stomach, blasting her far off into the distance due to the air pressure it released. Kazuko almost crashed her back onto the ground if not for her fast reflexes. She extended one of her arms to the ground, pushing her body off to perform a flip over in midair before landing on the ground in a crouch position.
"Uhuk...! Uck...!" She coughed a couple of times when her stomach can't take the pressure from landing so abruptly like that. She wiped the saliva off her mouth and regained her composure as she looked at me from a distance, "What a powerful palm strike..."
"Monkey Step."
Kazuko was caught off guard when I suddenly appeared in front of her with the sole of my right foot extended towards her face, and yet she was still fast enough to react by doing a bridge, dodging my flying kick by a hairbreadth.
I flew past her and had to twist my body in midair to stop my momentum, landing on the ground in all fours.
But Kazuko doesn't waste her time either, as she suddenly rushes at me while I'm still getting my bearings. She cocked both of her arms back and releases them when I was in her attack's range.
'She's fast...!' I successfully dodged the attack by throwing my body sideward, rolling clumsily on the ground.
I then flip my body, facing the ground and put both hands on the ground while one of my legs stretched outwards towards Kazuko, who rushes at me once again.
She was unprepared by my sudden move and couldn't react in time, which caused my donkey kick land on her stomach, shoving her away from me so I can properly get my bearings this time.
"I can't see his feet at all... Is he that fast? No, that's not quite right..." Kazuko murmured as she flips over in midair to recover her balance, landing on the ground perfectly on her feet, "Is it an afterimage then? Fufu, I see. No wonder I was fooled. That was so exciting!" She was trembling in excitement as her eyes showered in sparkle of stars when she noticed the afterimages of my feet when I used Revolution Step. I can even see her imaginary tail wagging like crazy right now.
She's so freaking cute.
While Kazuko remained rooted to her spot, looking excited and all, I burst forth in a dash, with both arms in front of my face, protecting it.
"Huh...?" She looked flustered when my fighting approach suddenly changed from capoeira to boxing. She almost got hit in the face if not for her fast reaction timing, as she was able to bend her upper body backward in time, dodging my straight punch.
And when I was about to smash her unguarded torso with a front snap kick, Kazuko crossed her legs to the left and twists her hips in the same direction, followed by her left arm. Such action resulted in a vicious punch coming from a really nasty angle.
"Kawakami Style – Scorpion Strike!"
With how fast her punch was, I couldn't even see where it was coming from until the punch landed on the left side of my head. When it connected, I could hear a loud ringing noise in my ears as I stumbled sideways, trying my best not to fall down.
I shake my head furiously to regain my focus before turning my neck to the side just in time Kazuko threw her next punch, minimalizing the force behind the punch. I then hastily hook her extended arm with both hands and fall backward, using the momentum of her punching motion to flip her over me.
"Ack!" She cries out in pain the moment her back crashes through the ground harshly.
And when I tried to take hold of her arm in an arm wrench, Kazuko already made her move as she flips her body halfway to the side and sweep her leg towards my crotch, forcing me to release her arm in order to dodge the kick.
With her arms released, she positioned herself in the 40-yard dash stance and charged at me with breakneck speed.
"Kawakami Style – Rock Smash!"
Her shoulder slammed onto my chest, inflicting devastating damage on me as I could feel some of my ribs broken upon impact. And before I could retaliate or move away from her, she moved her body forward, pushing it downward to cause my body fall and smash the ground.
The tackle knocked the wind out of me as Kazuko begun to straddle my body to keep me in check. It'll be a massive turn on for me if she's not throwing a punch to my face right now though!
I was able to block the punch in time with my palm, grabbing her left hand so she couldn't use it for a moment and throw a counterattack on her at the same time, which she dodges easily by moving her head to the side.
She cracks a small grin at me before swinging her right fist this time, but her grin faltered when her fist met my forehead. She winced in pain as her muscles and fingers are spasmed uncomfortably meanwhile I had to suck a breath, pushing the pain out of my system and regain my focus as to not let my consciousness fade away from having my brain rattled due to the clash.
And as much as I love to have a cute girl like her straddling me like this, I don't like it when I was in such a disadvantageous situation though!
So, I took the moment of her getting distracted to shake her off me by slipping one of my legs through her crotch, close to my torso. This was possible due to her hold on me start loosening at the moment. Then I stretched my leg outward, kicking her straight on the torso for the third time.
"Kyah!" Her body was sent flying away as blood leaking out of her mouth. She would crash onto the ground and sustain more damage if she failed to utilize her reaction timing. She landed properly on her feet far in the distance, coughing a couple of times before wiping off the bile and blood coming out from her mouth.
"Haah... Haah..." I put my hands on my knees and push myself to stand up despite the pain all over my body are killing me right now.
"You are really strong, Fukumoto-kun!" Kazuko exclaimed with a big smile while panting heavily. Even in this situation, she never lost her smile at all.
"Well..." I breathed out, trying my best to regulate the flow of my breathing, "Thank you for your compliment. And you are as strong as I imagined, Kawakami."
Kazuko laughed out loud when she heard that before her eyes sharpened in a very serious manner. Her aura changed the moment she took her fighting stance. She positioned her body sideway with both arms lifted halfway like she was holding a real naginata in her hands.
'I guess, this will be our last attack...' I take a deep breath to calm my nerves down as I started to manifest Compass Needle once again while also activated Berserk at the same time.
I can feel my body erupted in a burst of power as my internal energy leaking out of my body, encompassing half of the schoolyard in my fighting spirit. Even if my vision was filled with nothing but red, yet my sight was still focused on Kazuko alone, and my mind told me nothing but to win the duel. That's all I could think of at the moment.
"Come, Kawakami!" I roared at her, pulling my right fist to my side poised to strike as I gathered all the accumulated internal energy inside my bodt into one point.
"Hyaaahhh!!" In response to that, Kazuko charged forward in a boom, leaving a small crater behind as she cuts the distance halfway in an instance before leaping into the air, her body bent backward due to the wind pressure of her falling down.
"Kawakami Style – FALLING DRAGON!!!"
"13th Formation: DREAD BORE!!!"
We both shouted our lungs out and executed our techniques simultaneously.
Kazuko utilized the force of gravity around her, increasing the speed of her falling and maximizing the strength behind her attack as she swung both of her arms downward with all of her might. Meanwhile, I stomped the ground so hard that it shattered the earth underneath, focusing all of my strength from the feet, to the waist, and to my right hand before thrusting my fist forward in a twisting motion, unleashing a powerful twister of pressurized air onto her in the process.
The clash of our attacks surprised a lot of people as they had to cover their faces from the blast of wind that almost pushed all of them away from the battlefield, if not for the teachers exerting their energy outward to disperse the shock from reaching the students nearby.
It took a while before the clash between our attacks ended as the field was obstructed by a lot of smoke caused by our clash. And the moment the smoke dispersed, I could hear a scream came out from the crowd as I felt something leaking out from my nose and mouth. My body was shaking and all of my muscles spasming profusely, yet I still stand on my feet despite the struggle to maintain my focus and consciousness.
The pain was killing me, so much that I just wanted to shut my mind down and rest, but I resisted. I will be damned if I just gave up here without seeing this to the end!
With a massive amount of willpower, I clenched my teeth, sucked a deep breath, and put on a turtle stance, as I made a mind to focus on defense this time. Whether I win or lose, I don't care. I just don't want to close my eyes while I still conscious like this.
If I'm gonna lose this fight anyway, I'd rather lose like a proper warrior than have to give up just because I'm too tired. As long as I can still stand, I won't stop fighting!
As I wait for Kazuko to rush at me like she always did in this fight, I caught a glimpse of Kazuko lying face down on the ground not far from me, not moving at all. It seems like I've been busy trying to fight my own pain that I didn't even notice that she was already down.
"Ha... haha... hahaha!" I couldn't help but laugh right now.
I knew she was out of my league despite the advantage of having her fight barehanded. And the biggest reason why I was able to win against her right now because I knew about her bad habit beforehand and I used that to my advantage as well.
That was low of me. I admit that. But even so, I still win and that was all matter to me. My first and last priority in a fight has always been to win no matter what, even if I have to resort to using unfair methods to attain that victory.
Now that all the tension and pressure I felt on me ever since the start of this fight has gone, I finally relaxed and that was the signal for my consciousness to shut itself down, causing my vision to blacken out completely.
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Ding!
[Congratulations, Challenger! You have successfully defeated Courageous Red Doggo!]
You have received +15 Physical Strength
You have received +15 Spiritual Power
You have received Naginatajutsu!
You have received Brave Spirit!
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[Naginatajutsu (Basic)]
You have a basic understanding and comprehension of how to use polearm weapons.
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[Brave Spirit]
You possessed the spirit of a brave lion. You have the ability to control your own fear, for your courageous mind and heart wouldn't cower in front of anything.
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Ding!
[Multiple Abilities with similar mechanism has been detected!]
Ding!
[Challenger, would you like to merge Battle Continuation and Brave Spirit?]
Y/N
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Fukumoto Ikurō
Grandmaster of Kama Sutra
Rating: C
Physical Strength: 267 – New!
Spiritual Power: 145 – New!
Martial Art:
Sumo (Basic)
Karate (Basic)
Boxing (Basic)
Wrestling (Basic)
Kenjutsu (Basic)
Capoeira (Basic)
Naginatajutsu (Basic) – New!
Bōjutsu (Intermediate)
Taekwondo (Advanced)
Brawling (Advanced)
Ability:
Sleight of Hand
Iron Body
Iron Fist
Intimidation
Revolution Step
Pleasure Point
Battle Continuation
Brave Spirit – New!
Berserk
Compass Needle
Loli Empowerment