Baki glanced back at Warren. "Warren, what I'm about to show you—remember, it might just be the pinnacle of all power."
Warren nodded. Baki smiled and turned around to Tom Lee who threw Alexander Hwang aside.
Baki drew his fist back over his shoulder and thrust it forward and down, hitting Tom Lee's collarbone. "Old man, we didn't finish our fight last time. Let's continue now."
Tom Lee didn't even flinch from the punch. His face broke into a wide grin. "Baki, my boy~ You can't take back what you said~!"
With that, he grabbed Baki's hair and slammed him into the ground, splattering dust and debris everywhere. When the dust cleared, Baki was missing. Baki leaped up to stand on Tom Lee, then his body twisted to drop a powerful spin kick against Tom Lee, smashing him into the ground and creating a massive crater.
From the ground, Tom Lee grabbed Baki by his hair and poked at Baki's eyes. "Peek-a-boo!!"
But Baki twisted his head at the last moment and grabbed Tom Lee, falling into a backward roll, planting a foot on him and applying pressure, causing Tom Lee to flip back and crash to the ground. "Old man, stop playing around."
Tom Lee got up. He started to take off his clothes one by one. "Baki, you know just how strong I am. Stop trying to take me on. I can forgive you this time."
"Old man, you're wasting time." Baki slid forward and hit Tom Lee in the stomach with a body blow. But Tom Lee grasped his hand and slammed down on Baki's face with his head.
Baki braced himself for a headbutt. But Tom Lee literally bit down on Baki's face. Blood gushed out like a fountain.
"Ha! Faked it! Looked like a headbutt!" With that, he slammed him into the ground once again. Baki grunted and kicked Tom Lee away. "Old man, what the hell was that?!"
Tom Lee grinned. "It was years of experience, you salty boy~!" With that, Tom Lee rushed in with a punch. Baki parried the incoming attack and countered with an elbow to the chest. Tom Lee bent over and coughed out blood. "You brats are truly rough these days."
Tom Lee swung his massive hand at Baki. Baki also threw a punch. Their fists connected. Time seemed to stop, until a massive sound rang out.
BOOM!!
The debris cleared. Tom Lee stood there watching his hand, which had burst from the impact. Everyone looked at his hand in shock. Baki was also surprised. "Old man, was it fake?"
Tom Lee smiled. "A vicious fellow did that. Sometimes I miss my hand~ How good it would feel if I could just spank you guys with both of my hands~"
Everyone at the scene was made awkward by his antics. Tom Lee smiled. He crouched low to the ground and performed a stretching slide on his back, reaching his arms out and lunging at Baki's ankles with his fists out in front. Baki jumped backwards.
Tom Lee rushed forward and delivered a double-knee strike on Baki, then kicked his chin. Baki managed to use his palm to block the kick, but the impact sent him flying.
Tom Lee rolled forward and delivered a powerful dropkick. Baki crashed into a wall. He got up and rushed at Tom Lee. He threw a jab, a low kick to the ankles, and a spinning roundhouse kick. Tom Lee endured the attacks.
Then he did a small hop and dropped down with his arms stretched forward, slashing at Baki with his claws. Baki barely dodged it. He punched Tom Lee in the midsection. Tom Lee bent over and Baki delivered a punch to Tom Lee's jaw, sending him upward.
Tom Lee's body fell to the ground and bounced back. Tom Lee got up and fixed his jaw. "Kid, that was some serious punch. Hahaha!"
With that, Tom Lee jumped on Baki's shoulder and grasped his neck, headbutting Baki four times. Finally, Tom Lee back-flipped off of Baki, kicking him in the chin with both feet.
Baki's brain was rattled for a moment. Tom Lee rushed at him. But Baki threw a double roundhouse kick to the head and followed with a straight punch, then pivoted forward and hammered downward with his other fist. Then he grabbed Tom Lee, switched sides, and delivered a kick to the face.
Tom Lee's mind was rattled by the impact of the continuous barrage. "Kid, it's not good to be too rough at first. You should start slowly so that both parties can enjoy~"
With that, Tom Lee grabbed Baki's head and slammed him into the ground, then mounted on top of him and delivered a barrage of claw slashes to Baki's face. Finally, he tossed Baki aside. "Like this~"
"Old man, what the fuck are you doing? You ruined my face, you fucker!!" Baki shouted.
Tom Lee smiled. Baki widened his stance and glided along the ground, feinting a frontal punch and seizing the opportunity to dash behind Tom Lee and punch his back twice. He then swooped in front of Tom Lee and delivered an airborne punch to the jaw.
Tom Lee fell and bounced on the ground. Then he got up and smiled. "I was just showing you the consequences of being rough~"
Then Tom Lee clawed at Baki. Baki dodged it, but Tom Lee continued. Baki was dodging through all of them when Tom Lee suddenly changed his attack pattern and grabbed Baki's hair. Then he slammed Baki left and right on the ground.
Warren, Daniel, and Johan watched this scene with horror. Warren muttered, "Baki-hyung... He's losing?!"
But, as if to prove Warren wrong, Baki clung to Tom Lee's arm mid-swing and twisted his body, then slammed Tom Lee into the ground. Then he put his right leg on Tom Lee's neck and kept his balance with the other leg. "Old man, you were pretty rough with those slams." Then he slowly applied more pressure onto Tom Lee's arm. Tom Lee's arm crunched, but his grin didn't falter. He slowly moved his body. But Baki kept pressing. But that didn't stop Tom Lee. His arm suddenly snapped and he threw Baki off balance.
Tom Lee got up and fixed his arm joint. "Brat, that's some crazy move." Then he slowly let down his hair.
Baki smiled and started to bounce on his toes. His body was getting warmer each moment. Endorphins were coursing through his body in large numbers.
Tom Lee was in his Beast Mode, while Baki started to use his Endorphin Release. Tom Lee vanished from his spot and appeared before Baki, slashing down. But Baki moved his body minimally and dodged the attack. It had torn through Baki's T-shirt, creating a claw mark. Tom Lee grinned, "Show me your dangler for old times' sake!"
Baki smiled and tore the rest of the T-shirt and threw it aside. His tan, muscular body gleamed in the light. Baki delivered an upward kick, then brought his foot down, hitting Tom Lee a second time with the heel. "You dirty old man. What are you talking about in front of kids?!"
Tom Lee smiled and punched Baki in the face. But Baki tilted his head and dodged it. But a thin cut appeared on Baki's cheek. Baki wiped the blood. "This old man! He became stronger!"
While Tom Lee also had a thoughtful expression. "This brat, is he relying on his instincts to dodge? If so, then I have better chances. Hehe~"
Baki punched Tom Lee and followed up with a kick, but Tom Lee grabbed his leg and spun before throwing Baki toward a wall. Baki landed on the wall on his feet and sprang toward Tom Lee. The whole wall shattered from the impact. Baki collided with Tom Lee and bashed him into the glass of the building.
Daniel, Warren, and Johan were shocked as they thought both Baki and Tom Lee were about to fall off the building. But their worry was unfounded, as it was a large screen rather than a glass panel.
Tom Lee grabbed Baki's torso and pushed him aside. Then he stomped on Baki repeatedly. But Baki had already moved behind him.
Baki punched Tom Lee in the back twice and followed up with a kick that smashed Tom Lee into the screen again. Tom Lee turned back and slashed at Baki with his claws. But Baki's reflexes were inhuman. The attacks and dodges continued until Tom Lee suddenly spit on Baki's face.
Baki's instinctive reaction kicked in and he dodged it, but a heavy punch landed on his gut and sent him flying. Tom Lee threw chairs at Baki mid-flight. Baki's body twisted as he dodged, but a punch suddenly connected to his back, sending him flying back again. Tom Lee laughed, "Hahaha!! Brat, I've got your weakness. This adult-to-adult talk is refreshing compared to all the baby talk I have to do with minors."
Baki stepped out of the smashed wall, blood dripping from his head. His grin widened and his face turned into something monstrous. "Old man! It's been a long time since I had this feeling!! This feeling of wanting to give my everything in a battle! Make sure not to drop dead by the time I'm finished!"
Tom Lee laughed, "BAKI!! I've trained many monstrous talents! But you! None of them could ever rival you! Hahaha!!"
Saying this, he dashed at Baki. But Baki disappeared from his spot. One moment Tom Lee was rushing at him, the next moment, Tom Lee was on the ground. "Huh? What happened?" Tom Lee was shocked.
Daniel, Warren, and Johan, who were watching all this, were shocked too. To them, Baki hadn't even moved, but Tom Lee was on the ground. "What just happened?! How did that monster fall to the ground?!"
If we rewound the time a little bit and slowed it down to the maximum, we could see what exactly had happened. When Tom Lee was rushing at Baki, Baki moved from his spot with extreme speed. He reached Tom Lee, jumped, and delivered a kick to the back of Tom Lee's head. Thus Tom Lee fell to the ground. The whole sequence took only 0.498 seconds.
On the other hand, Baki's body was burning from the inside. He had moved so fast that he had attacked during the 0.5-second window of Tom Lee's unconsciousness. Since this move was extremely taxing on his body, Baki used it sparingly.
Tom Lee slowly stood up. "Kid, what did you just do? Is it an invisible attack? No. If it was, then I would have at least felt the impact. What was that, kid? Have you surpassed the stage of Invisible Attack? I didn't expect you to even surpass Elite."
Baki wiped the blood dripping from his face. "Old man, you've become too talkative." Saying this, he rushed at Tom Lee and jumped on top of his shoulders. As Baki leaped off his shoulders and back-flipped in midair, he hurled Tom Lee over and behind him.
Tom Lee was smashed onto the ground. Tom Lee smiled, "Is that so? I guess I'm getting old then."
Tom Lee first leaped behind Baki and wrapped his arms around Baki's waist. With Baki in his grasp, Tom Lee leaped toward a wall and kick-jumped off of it high into the air, bringing them up the wall and into the air. Suspended in midair, Tom Lee dropped to the ground, slamming Baki onto his upper back.
Air gushed out of Baki's lungs. Baki's mind went blank. Tom Lee smiled, "Even if I am old, I guess I'm not old enough to be defeated by 1st generation brats. Hahaha!"
Suddenly, Baki laughed. "HAHAHAHA, OLD MAN!! I'VE BEEN GOING EASY FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE. BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE OF PAST GLORY!"
Saying this, Baki got up and slowly leaned his upper body forward, putting his right leg back and clenching both his fists. Tom Lee couldn't tell what the move was. But he felt his instincts scream with danger.
Baki sprang from his spot toward Tom Lee. Tom Lee understood that it was impossible to dodge now. So he crossed his arms and braced for the attack. As soon as the attack connected, Tom Lee was sent flying. He crashed into the first wall and smashed a hole through it, kept flying backward. Like this, he smashed through four walls before stopping at the fifth. The whole floor became a mess.
Daniel, Warren, and Johan had their jaws open. "How many walls were those?!"
Baki smiled back at Warren. "Warren, how was it? Did I lie?"
Warren was shocked. But suddenly he noticed Tom Lee dashing toward Baki. He tried to warn him, but everything was too fast.
Baki turned back. Tom Lee's fist was just about to smash his head. But Baki moved his hands at the last moment and used the Void Overturning technique to redirect the force. Tom Lee was sent flying back once again. Blood gushed out of Tom Lee's mouth. He tried to stand up once again, but his body let him down. "Indeed, I have grown too old."
Suddenly his phone rang.
Brrring! Brrring!
He answered it. It was Robert Choi. After a while, he cut the call and laughed, "Heh... hehehe... HAHAHA! Oh, you really did it this time, didn't you? HAHAHAHA!"
Baki walked toward him and crouched down. "Old man, have you finally gone mad?"
Tom Lee kept laughing for a long time. Then he stopped. "Baki, you won't get the commission for this contract. You can go back now."
Baki asked, "What about the kids?"
Tom Lee shook his head. "They have reached their homes."