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Chapter 23 - Aikido?

Over the span of five days, the tournament will be held on Ganryu Island, with a schedule prepared by the association. 

On the first day, all sixteen matches of the first round were held, and then the following day, a break was given. On the third day, all eight matches of the second round were held, with another break given the day after. Finally, on the fifth day, the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the finals were held. 

After they came to Ganryu Island, despite his leisure time, Shinra was ready for his battle, or rather, he had been waiting for the tournament to start since everything was over; it was his time to go to another world to grow stronger. 

This world was good, and he had also become stronger and smarter with all the knowledge of martial arts and the knowledge that he had learned.

While probably many other things could be found in the place where the martial art flourished, such as in China, or other ancient places where technology was lacking, he felt that this was enough. 

Not only did he create a new martial art, but he also learned many other martial arts. 

What was left was just to see whether some among those fighters had a special ability or talent, such as the Kure Clan, that could release their limiter and grow stronger. 

'It's like Might Guy,' he thought. 

Might Guy, the strongest taijutsu user in the world of Naruto.

Somehow, when Shinra compared all the fighters in this world with Might Guy, all of them would die and turn into dust as they were hit by Might Guy's everything. 

Yet, even so, the development of science, logic, efficiency, and many other things in this world, even if they couldn't make him the strongest, Shinra knew that they could help him on the next adventure. 

Still, as he waited for a while as he watched all the fighters that fought in the arena, including the main protagonist, it was finally his turn to fight. 

"Go for it." 

Feeling the gentle touch on his back, Shinra nodded at Mikoto. "I will go back soon." 

Showing a gentle smile, Mikoto supported him like a good wife to her husband. 

Regardless, while they had their intimate and peaceful exchange, the arena was filled with excitement as they couldn't wait for the fight that was about to start next. All the fights that happened were wonderful, and they made all the guests satisfied, and naturally, the emcees wouldn't let the excitement down. 

"Now, introducing the next fighter! A man of mystery has come all the way from Taiwan! An unidentified and attractive man! This mysterious fighter will dance all over the arena! Standing at 174 cm tall! At 73 kg! This is his first Kengan Match appearance! For Byakuya News! Nikaido Ren!" 

Coming out of the tunnel calmly, a man with a flamboyant outfit that showed many of his muscles and hid a few important parts of his body, or else he would be the same as naked, walked out calmly as he stared at the other tunnel, the place where his opponent would come out. 

His expression was full of disdain, or even boredom, yet inwardly, he was a little annoyed as he couldn't hear the screams of the guests when they heard his name. 

'Let me show you my power later.' 

Inwardly, he thought that it couldn't be helped as it was his first time to appear in the Kengan Match, but if he had come out earlier, he believed that he would become the most popular man! 

'Now let's see who my opponent is.'

Regardless, as Nikaido Ren walked out, many of those fighters who had fought or hadn't fought quickly put their focus on the screen or the arena, putting all of their focus on the match that was about to begin. 

If a reason existed why they did this, it was because their employer told them that the representative fighter of the Koyo Academy was powerful and young. 

"Is he the one who has defeated Carlos Mendel?" 

"Yes." 

"I want to see how strong he is." 

Among all of those fighters, a certain boxing champion from Thailand who was also a participant in this tournament looked forward to the appearance of the young man, who had defeated the old legend in the boxing world. 

"Now, next up is this young man!" 

The emcee, a beautiful young woman with platinum hair and smooth, tanned skin, introduced the next fighter who had been waiting for everyone. 

"With a tender age of 16, he is the youngest fighter among all! Yet, he can't be underestimated as he is able to defeat the legendary boxing champion, Carlos Medel! He is just as mysterious as his opponent! He suddenly appeared like a comet just in time to enter this tournament! The handsome beast descends upon this tournament! For Koyo Academy Group, UCHIHAA SHINRAAAAA!!!" 

As his name was called, Shinra walked out of the tunnel toward the arena. 

At that moment, everyone took their breath, feeling tense, yet also excited. 

His figure was like a tiger, elusive, powerful, yet it contained a beauty that made you not look away. 

Even all the fighters who had come before him had never made all the guests who had participated in this tournament feel this way, but soon, his aura started to become gentle like a falling cherry blossom that entranced those who saw its form. 

Then—

"SHINRAAAAAAAAA!!!" 

"PLEASE LOOK OVER HERE!!!" 

"COME TO MY HOTEL ROOM!!!" 

At that moment, the arena was in chaos as the echoes of all the guests couldn't be contained. 

Still, inwardly, Shinra thought that all of them were the same; they were too lustful, which made him helpless.

"Grandpa, let's kill all of them." Karura's eyes became sharp and filled with a killing intent. "Shinra is mine." 

"....." Kure Raioh could only look up as he cried. 

"..." All the members of the Kure Clans. 

"As expected, he is the most handsome..." Tomoko, who sat beside Shion in the VIP area, sighed and said, "You are lucky, Miss Shion." If she were a boss, she would also ask Shinra to hold her and mess up her body! 

Smoking her cigarette, Shion ignored Tomoko and just felt that her body was a little hot, thinking that she should ask him later when everything was finished. 

"You sure are popular, Boy." 

Shinra looked at Nikaido, who said those words to him. 

"However, everyone will soon realize who is the most beautiful among us." 

"...don't call me beautiful, okay?" 

"Whatever, but..." Nikaido showed his stance as he stared at Shinra with the eyes of a killer. "As you have stood before me in this arena, then I will make you regret it!" 

"Do it, then." 

Shinra also made his stance, which made everyone think of a certain martial art. 

"Aikido?" 

The fighters stared at Shinra with doubt, yet this was the martial art that they thought he had mastered when they saw his stance. 

The front foot faces directly forward while the back foot is in line and relatively perpendicular. Both feet are evenly weighted and are an appropriate distance apart, allowing for easy movement in any direction. The knees are slightly bent, with the back straight and shoulders relaxed. Arms are extended with hands open.

This is hanmi, or the half-body stance. 

Instead of making himself appear bigger and more intimidating, he appeared smaller, as if he was trying to make himself smaller so it would be harder for him to be attacked. 

Yet—

"If that's what your martial art is, you can't defeat the Fist of Heavenly Wolf!" 

The information regarding Shinra was limited, and initially, Nikaido thought that Shinra had mastered a certain kung fu style, similar to the Praying Mantis style, but it seemed to be aikido instead. 

Yes, it was a good martial art for self-protection, but Nikaido's Fist of Heavenly Wolf was an art of killing! 

In front of the art of a killing, a mere self-defense technique was nothing, and he would show that to Shinra! 

"BEGIN!" 

Then, as the referee started the match, Nikaido dashed, then leaped, like a wolf that moved toward its prey as he sent a flying kick, which was as sharp as the claws of the wolf!

Only that sharp kick was dodged easily by Shinra. 

Yet, this was okay, and Nikaido also didn't expect his attack to connect easily. Still, if Shinra thought that this was his everything, then Shinra would be sorry! 

However, before Nikaido let Shinra feel sorry, he was the one who tasted the feeling of being sorry, since as he launched his flashy kick, Shinra caught Nikaido's ankle tightly, following the force of Nikaido's momentum, then slammed him into the ground like how one used a sling! 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!

As the hardened ground cracked, Nikaido's body was hit by a powerful impact, and his entire body was filled with pain, so severely that his bones were almost broken. 

"GUWAAAAAHHHH!!!!" 

Still, while a wolf was powerful, what if it lost its leg?

As Shinra thought so, he was about to twist Nikaido's ankle, disable him, and slowly defeat him, but a powerful kick was about to kick his face, which made him let go of Nikaido's ankle. Still, he didn't get angry and smiled. 

"That's good. Don't make it boring, okay?" 

Along with his voice, everyone cheered. 

"SHINRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" 

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