Jaden had actually seen the Hair Loss status once before.
But the last target had been Muteba.
To be honest, that guy was already bald. What was the point of hair loss?
This time was different.
Jaden looked at Ryo Mikazuchi, who was still greeting the woman he loved even while facing him. A malicious, not-so-kind smile slowly appeared on Jaden's face.
Compared to a straightforward weakening effect...
Shaving Ryo Mikazuchi bald would probably hurt him far more.
After all-
This was happening right in front of the woman he loved.
And because Erina was also watching, Jaden-despite being able to keep a steady mindset-understood that childish male psychology very well.
So.
If the opponent lost his composure and charged in recklessly because of this...
Then he was done for.
With that thought-
Let the match begin.
Almost the instant Jaden finished thinking, the referee in the arena declared the start of the match.
And the moment the words left his mouth-
Ryo Mikazuchi vanished.
-Rai Sen.
In less than the blink of an eye, Ryo Mikazuchi appeared directly in front of Jaden.
Then-
Bang!
A violent collision echoed through the arena. The sound of flesh slamming together exploded outward, and the two figures blurred the instant they made contact.
Their speed was far beyond what the naked eye could capture. Even though the image seemed frozen for a split second, the audience still felt their vision blur before they could clearly see what had happened.
And when the scene finally became clear-
Especially to Rino Kurayoshi, the head of Gold Pleasure Group, who was standing in Ryo Mikazuchi's fighter tunnel and had once been described by Hayami Katsumasa as his unfilial daughter-
She covered her mouth in disbelief.
Because-
Ryo Mikazuchi's Rai Sen had been blocked.
Ryo Mikazuchi was still in the posture of a rushing punch, but his fist was held in place by Jaden's single hand.
This caused Ryo Mikazuchi's pupils to contract violently.
His original plan had been simple.
Strike Jaden's head vital point in under a second.
Pass him.
End the fight.
But even after turning himself into lightning-
He had been stopped.
"Your speed is slower than a fly's~"
The moment Jaden's voice reached him, Ryo Mikazuchi tried to retreat.
But before he could-
A sharp sound, like a pistol firing, rang out inside the arena.
Jaden didn't bother grabbing him.
At this distance, he directly drove a Mach Punch toward Ryo Mikazuchi's face.
Ryo Mikazuchi reacted instantly, raising his arm to block.
But even so-
The impact sent him flying.
He slammed into the ground, twisted his body mid-fall, and barely managed to bounce up into a kneeling position.
His dominant hand was fine.
But the arm he had used to block the punch was already soaked in blood and trembling slightly.
He had clearly heard bone crack.
Below the stage, Cosmo Imai stared wide-eyed.
"I... I didn't even see what happened..."
Standing beside him, Takeshi Wakatsuki slowly shook his head.
"That Mikazuchi was careless."
"Or rather... he was too confident in his speed."
"But Jaden-"
"He's not someone you can underestimate."
As Wakatsuki spoke, Ryo Mikazuchi slowly stood up.
Half his body was stained red with blood. He adjusted his breathing, locking his gaze onto Jaden with absolute focus, forcibly enduring the pain.
"Fighting for love, I will never-"
Before he could finish-
His figure vanished again.
This wasn't trickery.
He wasn't hiding in a blind spot.
He simply disappeared from everyone's vision purely through speed.
Ryo Mikazuchi had indeed been careless earlier.
That hadn't been his fastest speed.
When he truly transformed into lightning-
He could unleash a velocity that even the naked eye struggled to perceive.
This was his true signature technique.
-Raishin Style: Rai Sen.
Jaden curled his lips slightly.
He didn't assume a stance.
He didn't adjust his center of gravity.
He simply stomped the ground.
-Soru.
And he vanished as well.
For an instant, the arena held only one visible figure.
The referee.
The clash between Jaden and Ryo Mikazuchi looked like a duel between samurai in an old historical drama.
Both figures disappeared simultaneously.
When they reappeared-
They had already swapped positions.
The fighters watching all grew serious.
Even Raian Kure, who had been mocking Ryo Mikazuchi earlier, put away his smile.
"What kind of speed is that..."
Speed that surpassed what the naked eye could capture.
Could such a thing really exist?
And more importantly-
There were two of them.
The fighters were stunned only briefly before instinctively beginning to consider how they would deal with opponents like this.
Jaden, however, was indifferent.
Speed beyond naked-eye perception might seem miraculous in this world.
But in Jack Hanma's memories-
Many people could move like that.
In the Baki world, if you couldn't deal with attacks you couldn't see-
Then you simply weren't qualified to be called a fighter.
Jaden smiled calmly as he turned around, completely uninjured.
Then he looked at Ryo Mikazuchi.
Ryo's chest had clearly taken a heavy blow.
Blood covered his body.
He swayed a few times but somehow remained standing.
However-
Ryo Mikazuchi himself didn't immediately realize what had happened.
His condition was too poor.
But the spectators did.
Rino Kurayoshi did.
They blinked repeatedly, as if unsure whether what they were seeing was real.
Their expressions were... complicated.
At the same time, in the fighter waiting room, Erina burst out laughing while watching the screen.
"Jaden really is..."
Even she couldn't hold it in.
Kaguya Shinomiya wasn't much better.
Because-
Ryo Mikazuchi, standing bloodied in the arena-
His hair began to fall out.
No.
It didn't fall out.
It evaporated.
In an instant-
He was bald.
Ryo Mikazuchi gasped several times and forced himself to steady his breathing. While enduring the pain, he finally noticed that something was wrong.
He had been too focused on guarding against Jaden's attacks to notice earlier.
But now-
Jaden pointed at his head.
Ryo trembled as he reached up and touched it.
His fingers met bare scalp.
The first touch was slow.
Then his hand sped up frantically.
Reality sank in.
-He was bald.
Ryo Mikazuchi couldn't even imagine how ugly he looked now.
Covered in blood.
Completely bald.
And because he had swapped positions with Jaden, he could clearly see Rino Kurayoshi behind him in the fighter tunnel.
She was covering her mouth.
Her eyes had already turned away.
In that instant-
Ryo Mikazuchi's mind shattered.
In the past, when facing opponents, he would say things like-
"Fighting for love, I am invincible."
Or-
"I am strong. That is only natural."
But now-
He adjusted his breathing.
Shifted his center of gravity.
And changed his stance from the traditional Raishin Style to something new.
"I once promised the woman I love..."
"That I wouldn't kill anymore, so-"
His words were calm.
But the killing intent in his eyes was overflowing.
The rest of the sentence was ground out through clenched teeth.
"-Don't you die on me!"
With a roar, Ryo Mikazuchi stepped out again.
-Rai Sen.
He appeared directly in front of Jaden.
But just as he was about to throw the striking technique developed by the Raishin Style after the sword ban-
An overwhelming force slammed into his chin.
Ryo Mikazuchi was sent flying straight upward.
His consciousness blurred as his body rose.
His eyes stayed fixed on Jaden.
And in the final moment before losing awareness-
He saw Jaden calmly retracting his leg.
Smiling brightly at him.
"I should be the one saying that."
"Don't you die on me~"
With that voice-
Ryo Mikazuchi crashed to the ground.
His injuries were so severe that he spat out a mouthful of blood before instantly losing consciousness.
Therefore-
The winner is-
Devil Spear, Jaden Yuki.
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