Bab 9: Chapter 6.5
My opponent appeared and he had a serious look on his face. I could sense his aura from where I was and he was about at least 200 meters away. His aura was aggressive and I knew he was going all out from the get go. A traffic light appeared and it was red. Then a beeping sound rang and then the light turned green and as soon as it disappeared, my opponent revealed his weapons. He had a rifle on his back and two pistols on his thighs. He drew them so fast I was thrown off for a moment and he fired. I side stepped then dashed forward to where he stood but he was just as fast to react. A dashed sideways and fired a barrage of bullets with his pistols. It was not possible to fire bullets so fast. Even a fully automatic pistol would fire only two bullets in the time he did. I simultaneously activated the stage one enhancement magic. I drew my sword from my back and cut through the three bullets in my way. In this state my battle senses were maxed so all the background noise was nothing but a whisper. If I kept at long range, I will be at a disadvantage so I focused my magic on my legs and dashed at him. He looked surprised and he hesitated, I used that to my advantage and feinted a sword swipe with my left hand and kicked his hip as hard as I could. He was sent flying to my right. I did not what to give him breathing room so I immediately turned with my left leg facing the dust that accumulated from his crash landing. I allowed the magic to switch to my left leg only and used it to dash. I attacked. He held his rifle in defense. The shinken connected with his rifle. I could feel the wind following behind me. He was really strong because he held back that attack that attack and did not move back at all. Then I knew his ability. I could sense his magic flowing to his equipment. He was an enhancer too but his ability was not like mine where I could only enhance my body but it allowed him to enhance anything he touched with any part of his body.
With his brute strength he pushed me back at least 50 meters away. As soon as I landed, I charged at him. He fired. His rifle bullets were much faster than his pistol bullets which made it difficult to dodge at point blank but I had to get in close. I side stepped and full speed dashed at him. He fired another round but as soon as I side stepped again, I met his powerful kick. Before it connected I jumped and made his foot a launched pad. As I was in mid-air, I quickly tilted my body downward and kicked with all my might which caused the air to compress beneath my foot making a temporary air launch pad. I came down full speed at him. He fired another barrage of bullets with his rifle this time. I had no choice but to cut them. While I was busy, he had already leapt and by the time I noticed, he kicked me in the chest and I was sent flying sideways. Before I landed, I turn and skidded, landing on my two feet and sword. He was proving to be a tough opponent. If I got in too close, I would be sent flying with his kicks. If I was too far, I would have no chance of attacking. I have to end this fast and with one swift attack. I am forced to use this technique and I do not want to. I will probably feel it in the morning.
I jumped back, spread and bent my knees. I held up both my hands on my head and my sword in my right hand with the hilt facing my thumb close to my face. I took a deep breath. I held this stance and muttered "Deep tissue shock." He saw this and switch back to his pistols.
Deep tissue shock was a technique that I used to infuse magic in the air into my muscle thus increasing my speed, power and thinking abilities. With my current physique, I could only use this ability for 15 seconds before my body gave out.
I dashed at him. He seemed taken aback for a moment and I used that moment to create a diversion with my jacket as roundhouse kicked with my left heel. While he was dazed with that kick, I moved in closely and used my right elbow to knock his left hand pistol out of his hand. With his arm stretched out, I swiped with the shinken at his arm with an uppercut motion and let the sword go up in the air. With that I moved in to his left and did three quick front jabs at his jaw. Suddenly I felt a huge magical spike in his magic and with that he began to move faster, matching my speed. We were moving so fast that things around us looked like they were in slow motion. He muttered "full burst boom". I grabbed my sword which was still in mid-air with my right hand and slashed downward but he moved out in time.
He definitely took quite some damage as he clutched his left arm where I'd swiped. He spat out blood and smiled. Instead of the blood reaching the ground, it slowed down and came to a standstill in mid-air.
His eyes filled with contempt, he braced and this time he dashed toward me and fired a round at me at point blank range. I dodged by tilting my head to the right. The bullet had an after effect as it broke the sound barrier which dazed me for a moment. He jabbed at my tilted face, I quickly swatted it out of the way but he had anticipated it because all along he wanted to grab his still falling pistol. With my sword, I slashed upward and he tilted his arm to avoid the sword but he was grazed. I allowed my arm to continue the motion as my arm came around my neck and came down at him. He side stepped to the left and I followed with a round house kick. He hit the ground with his face. I came down from the kicking motion and I jumped backwards to open space between us. He got up a dashed toward me. I prepare to dodge but he wasn't coming for my body this time he shot the sword out of my arm. He fired another round and I side stepped and dashed at him. I feinted with my right arm and he raised his left arm as he fell for the feint and I grabbed his right arm and chopped it with my right hand in order to numb it and continued the combo with a series of chops on his neck. He staggered backward and I followed with a powerful punch in the gut. He coughed out in pain. I leapt into the air and grabbed my sword; air stepped as launched myself at him. He looked up but it was too late for him to react. I slashed across his chest and allowed myself to follow the sword to the ground. After what felt like eternity, he slumped to the ground. I towered next to him as I gave him a good look in the eyes. I deactivated my magic and muttered: -"learn from this." With that, I sheathed my sword on my lower back and left. A loud thundering roar of cheering was now audible everywhere and I knew I was back to my normal state.
The commentator then shouted: "And the winner is number 002!" The cheering continued as I walked off the arena. This really would have been a good time to scout at other people's magic and strength but I was beat. I was met by a girl in glasses who smiled at me as I approached the exit. She quickly showed me a tablet with a hand outline and I knew that I had to place my hand there. After that was done she hurried off. It was strange that she never spoke one word but I was too tired to bother. I hurried outside and called my driver. His saved name on my cell phone and was my only contact: Jose. It was quite a rare name for a person in this continent. I didn't wait that long and he was already at the main gate where I stood. I told him to take me home which I currently had no clue where it was. I got in the car and we were off. A few minutes later he dropped me off at this beautiful building and told me that he will be available tomorrow as early as 8 am and not to hesitate to call him. Dizzy as I was, I made my way into the hotel and it was amazing. The bright lights shined everywhere. The atmosphere was very cosy and it did not help with my current state. The hotel felt nostalgic, as if I was back at home. It must be the magic they cast in the air that made it feel this way but I did not care much. As I walked in, a lady approached me and asked me to follow her. She showed me the elevator which looked like it came from another world. It looked like stars were inside the elevator. I stepped inside and she said it will take me to the floor I now lived in. I couldn't help but ask:
-"What's my room number?"
She laughed and said: -"Have a nice stay."
The elevator was made of glass so I could see everything outside. The elevator shot up. In seconds, I was on floor 167. The elevator opened. I dragged myself out of it and all I could think of was to find the nearest bed. I staggered till I found one and I was out cold.
"Learn from this…"
-Reiji Hashimoto
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