Before agreeing to Soryuin Akemi's request, Mutou Judai deliberately waited until Mutou Yugi took the orphanage children aboard an advanced-looking private jet, then finally breathed a sigh of relief.
—With the old man and those children gone, I can now act without restraint...
Although Mutou Yugi always said he was the Duel King and such, Mutou Judai was still worried about his safety.
But now, at least temporarily, he didn't need to worry about these problems.
However, according to the old man, he was mainly going to help his friend this time and might come back later—so before the old man returned, Toyo Electric's matter needed to be resolved no matter what.
With such thoughts, Mutou Judai agreed to Soryuin Akemi's request.
Then Soryuin Akemi happily led Mutou Judai toward Korakuen Academy.
She knew her sister was definitely at school at this time.
And if nothing unexpected happened—she should be able to bring her sister a surprise this time.
...
Soryuin Shion was indeed at Korakuen.
At this moment, she was in the basement of Korakuen Academy, watching the two contestants on the fighting stage in front of her. The women's cigarette in her hand was about to burn out without her taking even a single puff.
—Her attention was completely focused on the match before her.
The two contestants on the stage were Kiryu Setsuna and... Okami Sakura.
There wasn't much to say about Kiryu Setsuna—even if you completely didn't understand fighting techniques, watching his combat would make you understand his strength.
He seemed to use a style called Koei Style. Even watching from outside the ring, you could see his explosive power that suddenly appeared at fixed moments and his strange movement methods.
Then there was...
—Rakshasa's Palm!
Using the back, which was very important for striking, to generate force, then to the shoulder, upper arm, and finally the forearm beginning to spiral, channeling all the force from the back to accelerate the power brought by this spiral—this was Rakshasa's Palm!
It might not sound like much, but actually seeing it...
With just one successful attack, Okami Sakura's right shoulder had already been twisted into a whirlpool-like shape, her right hand hanging down directly, apparently unusable.
This was Kiryu Setsuna.
Strange movement methods, extremely strong explosive power and speed, keen observation and reaction abilities, combined with that Rakshasa's Palm technique...
If previously all the fighters Soryuin Shion had recruited were guys who couldn't inspire confidence even during interviews, and she only let them try out of desperation.
Then now someone who could inspire confidence even during the interview had arrived.
—She felt Kiryu Setsuna would definitely be fine.
Because.
—This guy who hadn't even fought his debut match was undoubtedly a monster!
A monster like that Mutou Judai, even stronger than Mutou Judai!
His strength was visible to the naked eye!
But while Kiryu Setsuna only made Soryuin Shion feel surprised, what truly made her marvel to the point of not taking a single puff was—Okami Sakura!
This middle school student!
She wasn't the kind of existence whose strength would amaze you... she was that kind of very special type!
"I see, I have roughly recognized your style and characteristics—"
Facing Kiryu Setsuna, even having lost her right arm, Okami Sakura still wore a beautiful light smile while raising her left arm.
Kiryu Setsuna looked her in the eye, then slowly stopped moving.
One second, ten seconds, one minute... two minutes...
The previously intense battle seemed frozen at this moment.
Initially, Kiryu Setsuna had just stopped moving, but now he couldn't help but speak.
"I see... so you figured it out..."
Hearing Kiryu Setsuna say this, Okami Sakura's gaze remained on him as she also spoke.
"After all, having paid such a heavy price, I should have noticed—your movement method is using your powerful explosive force to run to my visual blind spot in the instant I blink, right..."
"I was startled at first—but as long as I don't blink, you can't use such techniques at long range, right?"
Not blinking.
This sounded simple, but maintaining it for long periods was very difficult without special talent—and even if you managed it, your eyes' condition would worsen, making it counterproductive.
That's why Kiryu Setsuna had waited a while, then definitively discovered that Okami Sakura happened to be the type with such talent, so he gave up waiting any longer.
After all...
—He wasn't the kind of half-baked fighter who would be easily countered.
Bang!
A huge impact sound suddenly erupted from under Kiryu Setsuna's feet, then obvious traces twisted by spiral force appeared on the ground beneath his feet, while he himself used this force generation method combined with his explosive power to instantly appear before Okami Sakura.
—Rakshasa's Palm.
This force generation method was Kiryu Setsuna using Rakshasa's Palm with his feet!
However...
—I can see it!
Okami Sakura's pupils contracted. Facing Kiryu Setsuna who suddenly appeared before her, she very naturally lay down on the ground.
Kiryu Setsuna's arm scraped past her nose, and although the spiral force didn't hit, it still caused blood to flow from Okami Sakura's nostrils.
But...
—This was the opportunity Okami Sakura wanted!
Okami Sakura had already seen Kiryu Setsuna's Rakshasa's Palm several times, so she gradually understood—Kiryu Setsuna's Rakshasa's Palm had tremendous power, but because this power came from a technique using multiple force points, after each attack, besides having certain requirements for his hand's extremities, the bigger problem was that if it missed, he would naturally expose an opening.
Such a technique paired with his strange movement method was indeed very well-matched.
Even someone like herself who had defeated her father took a big loss when facing this move.
However...
Taking such a loss once was enough!
Lowering her center of gravity and lying directly on the ground, Okami Sakura naturally lifted both feet off the ground and curled up.
Her right hand couldn't generate force, and using only her left hand wasn't stable—so Okami Sakura simply used her head to hit the ground, supporting her torso to deliver a rabbit kick to Kiryu Setsuna!
Moreover...
—This wasn't over yet!
The instant she kicked Kiryu Setsuna away, her legs directly locked onto Kiryu Setsuna's left foot, and she herself flew up with Kiryu Setsuna—in mid-air, she twisted Kiryu Setsuna's left foot along with his shin behind his body, then directly used her left hand to reach through Kiryu Setsuna's waist, restraining his right hand while also supporting his left face.
Then she used her own weight and Kiryu Setsuna's weight to turn in mid-air, pressing the left side of Kiryu Setsuna's neck directly toward the fighting stage floor!
She wouldn't kill him.
But after taking such a move, he would probably have to lie in a hospital bed for three to five months.
Seeing Okami Sakura execute such exquisite technique, Soryuin Shion almost instinctively exclaimed "beautiful."
However, while Okami Sakura couldn't see it, she could see.
Facing Okami Sakura's attack, Kiryu Setsuna's face showed not panic—but... the kind of twisted smile that only a monster would show, extremely excited, with even tears beginning to appear.
Although Okami Sakura couldn't see it, she could hear Kiryu Setsuna quietly and rapidly muttering this name.
"Ohma... Ohma... my god..."
Then, in the instant before Kiryu Setsuna's neck would hit the ground, his right hand that Okami Sakura had restrained grabbed Okami Sakura's shoulder.
Even Okami Sakura herself didn't know what happened, but anyway she felt herself suddenly flying.
All the parts that had locked onto Kiryu Setsuna were released, and she was directly thrown—or rather flung—out by Kiryu Setsuna!
Kiryu Setsuna himself landed steadily after a somersault.
Seeing this scene, Soryuin Shion's cigarette that was about to go to her mouth stopped again.
"Is this also a Koei Style technique?"
She was very impressed, but actually if Kiryu Setsuna had heard this, he would probably deny it.
Because Koei Style only had two techniques.
One was his strange movement method, called Blink.
The other was his Rakshasa's Palm.
As for the remaining techniques, they had all been lost many years ago. Even these two techniques were barely restored by his master based on materials, and it wasn't clear if they were the original Koei Style techniques.
As for the technique he used to throw Okami Sakura...
—That was a Niko Style technique!
Kiryu Setsuna threw Okami Sakura out, then his foot movements changed, and his steps suddenly became much faster.
This was also a Niko Style technique—Flame Kata.
However, before he could fully execute this move, he slowly stopped.
Because their location was a fighting stage similar to a boxing match venue, and Okami Sakura... had been thrown out of the stage by his previous move.
And thrown directly in front of Soryuin Shion.
Startling Soryuin Shion.
"Okami... were you stunned when you were thrown out just now? Otherwise, no matter what, if you had just adjusted your center of gravity, you wouldn't have been thrown all the way to me..."
Soryuin Shion was somewhat impressed but also showed a quite friendly smile to Okami Sakura.
After all, although Okami Sakura had lost by one move and seemed to have some lack of combat experience—she was still a middle school student.
These problems weren't big issues. In a few years, this Okami Sakura would definitely be a... well, a genius no less than that Kanai Cosmos!
But Okami Sakura lying on the ground thought differently.
"No... I..."
She tried to speak several times but ultimately said nothing.
Because it wasn't that her combat experience was too poor, but in the instant she was thrown out, her instinct suppressed her resistance—flying out was the safest choice at that moment. Otherwise, she would die!
Her instinct told her this, so she flew out.
But losing was still losing.
Okami Sakura had nothing to say about this, just got up and slowly lowered her head.
"I... lost!"
Seeing her bow her head in defeat, Kiryu Setsuna breathed a sigh of relief.
"So this means I won... then am I now Korakuen's fighter?"
Kiryu Setsuna looked at Soryuin Shion, but before she could speak, a voice came through the opened door.
"You can become Korakuen's fighter later if you want, but I'm somewhat interested in the upcoming battle against Toyo Electric. Could you let me have it?"
With such a voice, Kiryu Setsuna and Soryuin Shion's gazes turned toward the door.
"Akemi?"
When Soryuin Shion saw Soryuin Akemi, she was obviously stunned, then when she saw the guy her sister had brought, she was stunned again.
"—Mutou Judai!?"
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