Chapter 52: On The Train (I)

Don't forget to drop some power stones!

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"And stay out.", Gojo-sensei's irritated voice suddenly streaked across the empty hallway. With a single toss, a figure got dumped outside the room. The unruly seaweed-like black-haired boy suddenly got flung outside. A surprised look appeared in his eyes.

His body was quite jam-packed with muscle, going across every peck of his body. In a way, this boy was equivalent to Baki, but Baki had more bulk. This boy's frame was more internal, making him appear taller. But to have single-handedly been tossed outside the room like that, he remained silent.

"To think there would be such interesting people in that class...", Ohma said to himself, putting a smile to his lips. "Not many can lift up the body of a seasoned fighter. Just who in the world was that white-haired man?", Ohma continued to wonder.

The door promptly shut behind him. Gojo was clear he wanted Ohma to reflect on his actions that he had just declared to the rest of the class. Gojo-sensei made his intent clear to the students the first day of school, and well, this was the result. It didn't matter if one was a transfer student. If one broke Gojo-sensei's rules, they would be in for a world of hurt.

And in particular, Ohma's eyes briefly landed on the empty seat that was surrounded by other students. As he was tossed outside into the hallway, he saw the other two new transfer students take their respective seats, but left that particular seat alone, which was Baki's.

Ohma couldn't help but wonder who it was that was in that seat. His feet entered a cross-legged position, and began to contemplate on what had just happened to him. At times, Ohma would act proper, contrary to his unruly nature.

Meanwhile, back on the subway train that could now be seen going past the Tokyo Dome. In this direction was another popularly-used area, the Budoukan. Many official fights happened here alongside the Tokyo Dome, mainly Karate and Judo. Even popular sports like Boxing and Kendo frequently held matches here.

To the couple of people sitting inside one of the train's cabins, their destination was just shy of the Budokan. One of the most recognized locations of the area, the Shinshinkai Dojo, famous for having its top practitioner being rumored to take down a bengal tiger with his bare hands. And that person could currently be seen seated across from me, chomping away at more onigiri. I thought his first pack was enough, but perhaps he was still hungry thanks to a certain someone next to him.

Despite his ongoing eating, Doppo turned my way again after I was momentarily distracted by the stats of one of the leading characters in the Baki-verse. But Kaoru's time to shine wouldn't take place until the Most Evil Death Row Convicts arc started, which took place well after the Maximum Tournament.

With that distraction now gone, Doppo glanced my way, and spoke out.

"So, Baki. Even the head of the Yakuza called Katou incompetent. Unfit to re-join the Shinshinkai I say. His hands must be tainted with bad blood. Would you see him as trash, as Hanayama just said?", Doppo asked me. A grin appeared on his cheeks, appearing quite menacing.

"That really was the leader of the Yakuza...", Katou uttered, still feeling his back drenched in cold sweat. He felt powerless when Hanayama gripped his head like that.

"Hmm...", I began to say, unsure of the matter. I mean, Katou was not a slouch when it came to martial arts. Sure, down the line, he would get his face smashed in by one of the escaped convicts, Dorian, but he did give Dorian a good run for his money.

I took a moment to use Analyze on Katou. A moment passed, and his stats became visible to me.

[Katou Kiyosumi]

Age: 24

HP: 5000 STR: 1000 END: 750 TEQ: 250 SPD: 150

Power Level: 475

Suppressed Battle Power: N/A

Martial Arts: Karate

Katou's stats were now visible inside my mind, causing me to raise my eyebrows. His health was almost twice as high as mine, his strength higher and his endurance is pretty absurd too. With ten points as a basis of an average human, he had broken through quite a few walls. Much like how I have done in these last couple days. But he had spent years to reach these stats, unlike me.

In a way, I was almost cheating, eh? But compared to Katou, I was Baki, son of the most powerful creature on Planet Earth.

Still, Katou would make for a pretty good fight. I do need to give my body a good stretch. I have yet to fight anyone since I came to this weird world.

I glanced my eyes back at Doppo. I could see expectation in his eyes, waiting to hear my answer on how to deal with Katou.

I grinned, before answering him.

"Well, you are asking if the trash should be taken out, right? I see no trash can available, so doing this is probably the next best thing.", I suddenly said, causing Katou to blink his eyes at me.

"Eh? The hell are you talking about--?", Katou tried to say, only to see me stand up from my seat. I could feel the subtle movements of the train constantly speeding along its tracks. Thankfully, train rides have become much smoother as of late, allowing people to go through cabins with ease.

A couple of the other passengers watched me stand up, wondering what I was about to do.

Well, simple really.

It's called taking out the trash.

I approached Katou. Despite being taller than me, I didn't back down. My body was built more than his was, and he began to feel a hidden pressure, causing Katou's body to tense up. Before he could react, I swiftly struck out my arms, latching onto his entire body, yanking him off the seat, causing it to jerk violently.

With Doppo's large frame, he leaned a bit, but remained in place. A couple of the passengers just stood there with wide-eyes seeing me carry such a large figure effortlessly with my hands.

"And a one, and a two...", I began to say, before swinging Katou's body left and right in a swift manner. Katou felt his eyes start wobbling around. Would this count as a grappling technique? I am not sure. Thanks to me being granted the Master Grappler title, however, I immediately equipped it, and I felt my stats start soaring. On top of that, an energy surge spread throughout my body, causing me to flex my arms.

"Shit.", Katou tried to say, regaining his composure. He tried to break free from my hold, but I put forth enough power to prevent him from breaking free. Lala just watched on. For some reason, she found this funny as I swung Katou without a care in the world. I had one target in mind, and that was one of the large windows before me.

Whoosh!

In one swing, almost as if I was throwing out a shot put ball, Katou's body shot forward at an intense pace. In but a mere moment, his body made contact with the window. It was durable, but with my current strength, I was easily able to put enough force to cause the window to shatter the moment Katou's body made contact with it. Shards of glass shot outward in several directions. Doppo took a defensive stance, blocking some glass being sent his way. Lala gracefully dodged each one that was sent in her direction, causing Doppo to momentarily glance at her with interest.

A loud constant noise reached our ears. The grinding of the rail tracks boomed around us, and as we were moving at a fast pace, Katou's body quickly vanished from sight, being flung outside the window as the train moved along. It took a good moment or two to realize one of the train's windows was now shattered. I saw a damage number appear over Katou's head before vanishing from sight, but not completely. I could see a handle holding onto the edge of the broken window.

Passengers began to enter a panic, fleeing the cabin we were currently in. Some shards of glass struck my body as a result, and my health decreased slightly. Thanks to that, a couple cuts appeared, drawing blood from my body. Smelling the scent of blood beginning to waft in the air, a wave of excitement reached my eyes as the fight against Katou began...