Aldo and Kaiser arrived at a certain entrance of the hall. Through the windows, they examined on what is happening inside of it.
"This is...!" reacted Kaiser.
They could see instructors who are teaching their students martial arts.
It's a dojo and there seems to be many students training under certified instructors.
Ellie explained on what's going on here. Harbinger Syndicate trains people from their young age and make them capable to work for this organisation.
All of the students seems to be around ten years old, same age as Aldo.
"They mostly pick abandoned children or orphans, turning them into strong individuals in terms of both physical and mental state." said Ellie.
"However, they even train adults. There is no age limits here. As long as the individual's mind and body is capable and they volunteer themselves, they will happily admit them and train." continued Ellie.
"Seems like you are one of those kids. The founder told us. But you seem to be different from others, right? The way you are favoured much by Founder." said Kaiser, looking at Ellie.
"That's true, she has shown exceptional skills in both terms of mental and physical state so far." said one of the dojo masters.
"..!?"
Aldo seemed to be quite shocked when a dojo master suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He thought on how this man came closer without giving hints of his presence nearby.
The dojo master seems to noticed them, welcoming them with a warm smile. Letting them inside the hall.
"You are..."
"He is one of the dojo masters, Mr Kaiser. His name is Alex." said Ellie, after noticing confusion on Kaiser.
"Yeah but.... nevermind."
Aldo took notice on how Kaiser looked shocked as well because even he failed to notice the presence of the dojo master, Alex.
"So, Ellie, are these the ones who are recruited? New faces I see." asked dojo master, Alex.
"Yes....Aldo and Mr. Kaiser may be appointed to your group for training since you have vacancies currently" replied Ellie.
"Hm...Let me see...." said Alex
He moved around Aldo and Kaiser, looking every inch of their body from head to toe and analysing them.
"Interesting, both are physically good and capable especially this man. What's your name again? Kaiser, was it?" responded Alex after checking on them.
"Yes, but my left arm....But I think I will be fine, if you want to train Aldo then it would be better." Kaiser thinks that they will face training program by this organisation.
He deducted that it will only benefit them to certain extent despite not aware of what Founder exactly is planning to do.
"There is no problem with that. You will be given mechanical arm. Technology exists to fulfill or help humanity grow in the end." said Alex.
"You mean those machinery arms used as a replacement? I don't quite like it but I don't want to hold anyone back and be a burden. Besides, I think it's not a bad idea at all."
"Good....by the way, I wanna test you both. Just give me a little bit of your time so I can program your schedules for training based on your capabilities when you will enroll." said Alex, staring at Aldo and Kaiser.
"Test us? What should we do?" asked Kaiser.
"Nothing, you just have to fight your opponents." said Alex, gesturing, a young man and a student who is a kid, to come forward.
One of them seems to be an adult and one of them is a kid just as Aldo.
"Kaiser, you go first. Against this young man." urged Kaiser to get prepared.
"This should be easy...!" exclaimed Kaiser in excitement.
Aldo watches carefully just as Alex and Ellie. Waiting for who will make the first move.
"He will not use his left arm for fairness." said Alex, pointing out to the young man to avoid using his left arm.
Alex signals, allowing the sparring match begin. As soon as Kaiser noticed the signal, he lunged forward to target the opponent with his right punch.
The young man detected that the punch isn't fast and is swung around, he immediately deflected Kaiser's attack with his right hand and follow up with a counter attack to use one inch punch on him.
Kaiser had no time to react at all. The young man moved in swiftly after negating the attack, countering him with one inch move.
The heavy blow to the abdomen left Kaiser stunned for a while, the pain seemed too much to handle for few seconds.
However, the young man didn't took this opportunity to attack again but instead kept watching his opponent.
The young man made sure to go easy on Kaiser. This way, he allowed Alex to conduct an analysis on Kaiser with ease.
"You!? Are you looking down on me?"
Kaiser looked as if the opponent disrespected him by not attacking him when he was stunned with pain.
With a clear annoying expression, Kaiser attempts a roundhouse kick with his right.
The young man lifted his left knee upwards and thrust his kick naturally in a way to block Kaiser's kick.
"Too many wasted moves...." said Young man.
"Is that so?"
Kaiser grinned and turned his right leg upwards, right after his kick was blocked in mid air by the young man, performing a direct axe kick.
However, the young man had quickly dodged his attack by a simple side step. The young man gave a quick jab to Kaiser's solar plexus. The jab alone was strong enough to make Kaiser breath in difficultly for temporary.
"I was quite impressed on how your roundhouse kick turned to axe kick just after I blocked it." said Young man, impressed by Kaiser's responses in combat so far.
"Huff...! Damn you...I am not done yet!" exclaimed Kaiser, showing determination.
In that very moment, Kaiser's burning soul and relentless behaviour seemed to stole the audience's attention as if everyone sensed something is about to happen!
With an unexpected stance, Kaiser used his own technique this time.
"Hm!? What is he doing!?" Spoke Alex, watching carefully to see what he is gonna do.
(Unique Skill- Break Balance: A heavy straight forward punch with more force and precision using the solid stance in a way which can pierce through any defence.)
As the young man sensed immediate threat, not knowing the power level behind the skill, he instinctively used both hands in a cross shaped to defend.
However, young man's defence was pierced through completely despite his strong defensive stance. After getting hit on the ribcage area, the young man fell down on the ground.
Unable to grasp what just happened, young slowly began to stand up and attempts to relax again.
Soon the young man realised he used his left hand despite the rules not to use it for fair purpose.
The intense pain could still be felt despite the young man's calm exterior shown yet again.
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To be continued...