The match begins!
With that declaration, Sayaka Katahara pulled Arisa Shiina and quickly ran out of the arena, jumping into the stands, while Jaden Yuki and Izuru Kamukura stood facing each other, about three body lengths apart.
Izuru Kamukura looked at Jaden Yuki, and Jaden Yuki, in turn, briefly tested Izuru Kamukura's luck.
He cast a curse on Izuru Kamukura!
And then...
[Softened Nails]
Seeing this curse effect, Jaden Yuki merely shrugged. He didn't even activate it, simply sighing-"Looks like this guy has good luck, huh?"
"In that case... I'll give you a small chance to challenge me!"
As Jaden Yuki thought this, Izuru Kamukura continued to stare back at him.
Unlike the previous few battles that ended swiftly, this one saw them stare at each other for over a minute.
Finally, Izuru Kamukura made the first move-he slowly raised his hands, and his toes began to tap the ground, constantly adjusting his position with small hops.
This was a boxer's stance.
These small hops are also commonly used by boxers. They allow for quick approach in offense and quick evasion in defense. Moreover, this frequent movement can easily lead opponents to misjudge the distance between them.
This very basic technique, exhibited by Izuru Kamukura, appeared even more masterful.
His first three jumps seemed like subtle, in-place distance adjustments, but on the fourth jump, he suddenly appeared very close to Jaden Yuki. And his right fist, seemingly out of nowhere, had already completed its entire power arc and was heading directly for the side of Jaden Yuki's chin.
Before the right punch connected, Izuru Kamukura's left fist delivered two rapid jabs to Jaden Yuki's nose and philtrum within approximately 0.1 seconds!
Both jabs hit, and then Izuru Kamukura's right hook accurately struck Jaden Yuki's chin!
Jaden Yuki merely stood there for the attack, not even attempting a counter.
His eyes remained fixed on Izuru Kamukura.
So, after completing his attack, Izuru Kamukura immediately used the same movement he used to launch his attack to quickly create distance from Jaden Yuki.
All of this happened in a flash. The audience only saw a few afterimages before it ended.
It wasn't until the high-speed camera footage was displayed on the big screen that the audience understood what had transpired!
At the very top of the stands, the Empire's Leader and Rama XIII were seated together.
Upon seeing the time calculation for Izuru Kamukura's recent punching speed, the Empire's Leader instinctively asked Gaolang, who was sitting beside Rama XIII.
"Gaolang... you're a formidable boxer too, aren't you? That jab just now... I remember the world record is someone hitting over a dozen punches a second. You should also be able to do over a dozen punches a second, right? So, how big is the difference between hitting two punches in 0.1 seconds and you fighters who can hit more than one punch in 0.1 seconds?"
Hearing the Empire's Leader's question, Gaolang glanced at Rama XIII, and after receiving a nod of confirmation, he continued.
"The difference is enormous... I can also land thirteen effective punches in a second-more than one, but less than two effective punches in 0.1 seconds. Firstly, many people might think such high-speed punching is too flashy and not necessarily effective, but that's actually not the case."
"There is a delay in the process from the human brain reacting to sending a command to the muscles. Generally, anything over 0.1 seconds is absolutely impossible to react to! That means the punch will definitely land!"
"However, fighters usually face other fighters, and 0.1 seconds isn't necessarily impossible to react to; at least, many people I know can manage a response-but that Izuru Kamukura threw two punches in 0.1 seconds. Ninety-nine percent of the fighters I know couldn't react to punches at that speed."
"Furthermore, although Izuru Kamukura didn't inflict any effective damage on that Jaden fellow, if he were facing me or the ninety-nine percent of fighters I mentioned, he would probably be able to knock them out with one punch."
Hearing Gaolang's assessment, the Empire's Leader's opinion of Izuru Kamukura grew even higher, and he asked another question.
"So, did Jaden Yuki fail to react, which is why he was hit by that unavoidable punch?"
Hearing the Empire's Leader's second question, even Gaolang fell silent for a moment.
After a long pause, he finally shook his head.
"No..."
He had just uttered one word when Jaden Yuki's voice, amplified by special equipment, echoed throughout the venue:
"Hey... what was up with that joke of an attack just now? It lacked speed, and it lacked power-you're called the 'Human God,' and even I admitted you have the right to challenge me, so..."
Jaden Yuki suddenly raised his voice and yelled at Izuru Kamukura:
"Are you looking down on me?! A punch like that isn't even enough to scratch an itch! I, Jaden Yuki, am not an opponent you can hold back against!"
Following Jaden Yuki's words, a commotion erupted in the arena, and at that moment, Gaolang continued:
"...Jaden didn't avoid it because he didn't feel the need to-an attack that could knock us out with one punch if it hit a vital spot is probably something he can completely ignore."
"Leader of the Empire... abandon your common sense from this moment on, because your common sense is useless now-the two standing in that arena are monsters who far surpass common sense!"
Gaolang said this, and within the arena, Izuru Kamukura, following Jaden Yuki's words, instantly changed his stance.
The moment his small hop landed, his foot flattened against the ground, and he instantly vanished from his spot. When he reappeared, his body, maintaining a super-low, diving stance, was right in front of Jaden Yuki!
In that moment, in Izuru Kamukura's vision, everything in the world moved incredibly slowly.
But when he raised his head, condensed the force of half his body into his fist, and punched toward Jaden Yuki's chin, he saw...
-He saw Jaden Yuki's eyes looking down at him.
Bang!
A deep, primitive, crisp, and brutal collision sound exploded!
There was no flying dust, no flash of fire, and no light or shadow effects-but the shock delivered by the two figures colliding in an instant in the arena far surpassed any special effects!
In the blink of an eye, a series of close-quarters striking exchanges appeared in everyone's minds, but everything they perceived was just the visual information they received in that single instant!
They only realized later, when the high-speed camera footage began playing on the big screen, that their eyes hadn't captured all the information, and in fact, had captured far too little!
From the perspective of Izuru Kamukura and Jaden Yuki, everyone else had vanished from their world!
Now, in each other's world and gaze, there was only the opponent!
Izuru Kamukura was still expressionless. He watched Jaden Yuki's incoming punch, crossed his hands to block Jaden Yuki's wrist, and then his entire body seemed to turn to liquid in an instant, flowing downwards, borrowing Jaden Yuki's force, and then, in a visually extremely unnatural, twisted posture, he kicked Jaden Yuki in the solar plexus.
In that instant, Jaden Yuki could feel what seemed like a pile driver hidden in Izuru Kamukura's calf-after the opponent's initial kicking force was delivered, a second, even greater force followed immediately after. Even Jaden Yuki was sent flying by this kick!
Then, Izuru Kamukura suddenly felt something was wrong!
As he stared at the retreating Jaden Yuki, he vaguely saw the stands behind Jaden Yuki through Jaden Yuki's body!
The Jaden Yuki in front of his eyes was transparent!
So...
-It's an afterimage!
In that moment, Izuru Kamukura raised his right hand, planted a pivot with his toe, and then his elbow sliced backward like a knife!
Sure enough, Jaden Yuki was behind him!
The moment he turned his head, Jaden Yuki's fist smashed into his face!
His face twisted from the impact, and his eyelids dilated and fluttered, but his emotionless eyes were still locked on Jaden Yuki!
And his elbow also landed directly on Jaden Yuki's face!
Undoubtedly, he himself was knocked off his feet by the blow!
However, Jaden Yuki, who should have also been sent flying, endured the attack under Izuru Kamukura's gaze. As Izuru Kamukura's elbow power passed its peak, the seemingly unretreating man burst out with even greater force and immediately closed the distance!
-Burst Core!
Borrowing Izuru Kamukura's force to unleash Baku Shin, Jaden Yuki twisted his head, slid past Izuru Kamukura's elbow, and landed a Baku Shin rushing punch directly on Izuru Kamukura's solar plexus!
That hit, combined with Jaden Yuki's previous punch, used their combined force to send Izuru Kamukura flying backward at an extreme speed!
As he flew backward, he skimmed across the dirt-covered ground, kicking up two trails of dust!
Jaden Yuki, however, remained in place. He didn't pursue, merely twisting his head. Without even looking behind him, he grabbed the fist he had dodged with a head-tilt and immediately threw Izuru Kamukura!
As Izuru Kamukura was being thrown, his legs bent and landed on the ground!
His calves absorbed Jaden Yuki's force without suffering any damage, and without even stiffening, they immediately began to move. His wrist, which Jaden Yuki had grabbed, slipped out of Jaden Yuki's grasp like a puddle of liquid, and then, together with his already moving feet, 'flowed' to a slightly more distant position.
Jaden Yuki looked at Izuru Kamukura and smiled.
"What a clumsy imitation..."
That's right.
After Izuru Kamukura was sent flying by Jaden Yuki, the technique he used next was the blind-spot movement and surprise attack from behind that Jaden Yuki had used when he was first kicked away!
He had only seen it once, and had even been fooled by it, yet he had perfectly replicated it.
However...
"Using a move that imitates me to deal with me is useless."
Saying this, Jaden Yuki didn't look at all like someone who had just been through an intense confrontation. He even stretched and yawned.
"If you don't show me your real abilities soon, I might fall asleep~"
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