A Battle I

'Finally beat that bitch. She would have probably been the most difficult to deal with if she had taken this spar more like a battle from the start.' I shook off the pain trying to ignore it.

Her punches hit harder the longer that went on. If I let her start off fully prepared I might not have won so quickly.

Despite her strength she is fragile compared to myself. I think she fractured my ribs but I had broken a few of her bones. Specifically her lower left leg, and both her forearms. They are the easiest to break after all.

I turned and glared at all the other students of the old man. Why were they even here? It took them all forever to learn something I did in a day, the only remotely acceptable fighter was the chick I just knocked out.

'What was her name?' I had forgotten but that didn't matter, I probably wouldn't see her again.

"Garou! Why'd you break her bones! That wasn't just a spar!" Sourface yelled at me. I only remember his name 'cause he's the ugliest bastard in here.

"Well, it just so happens that the old man is out today, which makes things easier for me." I had spoken up. Today was probably the most I have spoken since I got here.

"What easier?" Some random person said.

"This!" I smiled, finally I would put all these 'martial artists' in their place, and I would get rid of all those sorry excuses for heroes afterwards.

I dashed at the random guy and incapacitated him instantly.

He didn't even react before he fell unconscious.

"M-monster!" One of the other students backed off, as he was next to the guy that was knocked.

'One down and they already call me a monster? If that were the case I wouldn't be trying so hard.'

I sneered before I knocked that guy bloody too.

Following that was something I would equate to a massacre. No one stood a chance after the woman went down. Some had put up somewhat of a fight, but I quickly overwhelmed them.

After about a half an hour of constant fighting, I was tired. I mean, who wouldn't be? My endurance may be extremely high, but fighting over 100 people all at once was still difficult no matter how skilled I was.

After all, I was still human.

For now.

A few had run away, but I didn't bother catching them. If anything, they could spread word of my feats, so I could be known as a monster that could win.

I turned to leave before I heard someone get up from the ground.

I don't really care if the old man gets back, because he has a soft spot for his students, no matter what.

He didn't even care when I called him old man all the time. In any case, I wanted to finish whoever this was, since if they had been beaten down, then they were clearly trying to be a hero.

My eyes met hers as I turned around.

Her bright magenta eyes glared at me, completely different from the soft green that they were before.

'How the hell is she back up!?'

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Earlier...

I woke up, but not in the usual way. I thought I would have awoken in a hospital bed or something, not on the ground where Garou beat me.

'Wait, am I even awake?' I could somehow see that my eyes were completely closed.

'Wait how can I see at all? What is happening!?'

Around me, I could see that Garou was mowing through the other students after he had beaten me. So he was planning to defect? Or was it just a whim of his?

I tried to move my body before I realized my arms and legs were bent at weird angles.

'Oh, he broke my bones. Fun.' It was extremely painful, but what could I do about it. I couldn't move my body or even feel the ground.

It was like my brain was completely separated from my own body. Like I was half-asleep and could barely move my own body based on instinct.

Not that I would try, I could clearly see that my bones were broken.

'I wish they would just heal so I could try and beat up Garou again, this time at full power!' That was just wishful thinking however as I laid there unmoving, still trying to make out what was happening with me.

I saw my body start to do something weird suddenly as my leg straightened itself out in seconds. It didn't look broken anymore for some reason. Both my arms did something similar to my legs, straightening out and settling.

For some reason, I could tell that they re-healed perfectly despite my lack of any sense other than the strangely omnipotent sense of sight.

I tried to move my body, which worked, but due to my lack of the sense of touch it was extremely hard to do. It was like I was trying to puppeteer someone else's body using my mind.

I had opened my eyes to give me the illusion of being awake, and they seemed to blink on their own, thankfully.

After a little while I managed to get myself up, but it was already too late. Garou had already beaten most of the students while any others had run away. This would probably leave me as the last one in this dojo. Not everyone in here was as brave as I was.

I had even dispatched a few monsters over the year, so my courage was refined enough.

Sometimes I had even gotten in a little over my head, making Master Bang have to save me. That's for later though. I would have to get used to this if I wanted to fight off Garou.

I wonder if I could do other things with my thoughts. I had already healed myself after all, what if I could do cool stuff like psychokinesis like the S Class hero, Tornado of Terror.

'Only one way to find out.'