Intelligence gathering

The kid I had kicked in the throat having recovered, dashed straight towards me before throwing a wild haymaker straight towards face, unfortunately for him the punch was so telegraphed, I immediately angled to the right to dodge, while at the same time meeting his exposed chin with a full-powered uppercut.

The strength I had been able to muster from this position surprised even me, as the kid went Slack the moment my fist made contact, and fell against me like a sack of potatoes.

Alas I had no time to admire my handiwork, as the moment I pushed him off me a lunging kick hit me straight in the chest.

Once again even though I had seen that kick coming and knew exactly how to dodge it and counter it, my reflexes came up short once again for the umpteenth time today.

I was simply too inexperienced when it came to combat, and the split-second decisions that came with it.

I was now laying on my back, with quite an intense pain radiating from my chest, but now was not the time to rest, I quickly somersaulted back onto my feet and faced the last guy standing in front of me.

He looked quite tentative, unsure of how to proceed even after having landed that kick.

No matter, his state of mind was of no concern to me.

All I could do now was concentrate, taking one deep breath.

I put my left hand forward to frame and judge distance while I slowly circled to my left trying to reach his weak side, he answered by circling to his right .

We were now in a proper standoff, blood was rushing through my heart at an accelerated pace and every single movement he made was registered immediately.

Whether I could react in time remained to be seen, but I was confident in my technique, and finally came the moment to prove it, I Saw an opening and instantly feinted a left low kick using a twist of my hip.

He fell for the bait Hook Line & Sinker by lowering his guard, I took advantage of this by simultaneously throwing a straight right aimed towards his chin.

I once again landed with surprising power, as the impact lifted him off his feet before folding his now limp body, landing him with his head between his legs, and with that I won my first battle against multiple opponents.

Sigh, It was finally over the thumping of my heart finally slowed down, easing the Roaring that had been going on in my ears, I looked around me admiring my handiwork, while also recognizing I was now fucked.

All around me kids were looking at the griesly scene around me, and if I did not look guilty prior to this, now that I was surrounded by 3 unconscious kids I surely did now.

I quickly picked up the attribute bubbles that had dropped from the fight as I awaited my faith knowing one of these students would most likely have called the matron over.

Ding 0.5 physique gained.

Ding 90 Beginner Taijutsu gained.

Physique : 19.4

Beginner Taijutsu : Lv. 8 Exp: 471/800

Well, if these dumbasses kept on looking for trouble with him, he would have to keep accepting their gracious donations. Nobu waited in the hallway for a few moments expecting somebody to have already called the matron, but seeing as nobody was coming, he thought that maybe nobody had told on him.

Deciding to seize his luck, he dragged the last kid out of his room, and put them against the wall in the hallway before closing the door behind him, hopefully tomorrow would be less eventful.

The next day Nobu woke up, with a sore back, chest and bruised knuckles, needless to say he felt awful, hopefully this didn't become a daily occurrence.

No matter, regardless of what happened yesterday, today would no doubt be exciting.

It was his first day in the advanced class, and he would make sure to make the most of it.

Surprisingly the matron never found out about what happened the night before, and on the walk to the academy Hideki and his friends did not make any fuss.

Things were truly starting to look up.

After saying goodbye to the matron, Nobu for the first time since coming to the academy went towards the class where he had met Iruka sensei the day prior.

Upon entering the classroom he saw that he was the first one there, not knowing which seats belonged to whom he decided to just stand by the door and wait for everybody to have found their place before sitting wherever there was an empty spot.

One by one members of the advanced class slowly trickled in, he noted this before, but the members of the advance class were truly more diverse in looks than those of the civilian class, hair color or simply features they were all truly unique, Nobu was especially shocked when he saw this girl with pink hair walk into the classroom.

He immediately found himself at Loss for words, He'd never seen somebody so unique he couldn't stop looking at her, his saliva dried up, and he had the unspeakable urge to show off in front of her.

No, no,no, he told himself, he had to act lowkey, he had already learned his lesson.

So long as he didn't know his place in the strength ladder of this new class he couldn't go and make a fool of himself.

Stick to the plan, remember there's always a bigger fish.

Unfortunately for Nobu the more he tried to calm himself the more he caught himself looking at her.

I'm just observing her mannerisms he justified to himself, after all a girl of her caliber had to be from some sort of big clan, all he was doing was gathering information about her personality… and you know what her innate abilities might be, there was no other reason he was looking at her.

Yeah… intelligence gathering, that was what he was doing.