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The crowds erupted in cheers as both two fighters entered the arena. Russell looked at the screen and saw that most of the spectators favored Muteba. Shame... Oh well, it's not his money anyway, so no point in whining about it.

"It's the second match of the third round, and both fighters have entered the arena!" Sayaka said. "The limitless Beast against the legendary mercenary!" Jerry said with a grin.

"Both fighters ready?" The referee said only to receive a grin from the two.

Both fighters went to their fighting stance but everyone grew confused when Russell went to a strange crouched stance, with his upper body relaxed and his line of sight slightly pointing downwards.

"Oh, what's this?" Sayaka said in a curious state. "Russell's using a different stance. Is this another form of Niko style?"

Muteba frowned, he had a nagging feeling that his opponent was about to pull a fast one on him. "Oh, dear... the fight hasn't even started and I already feel cornered." Muteba thought before his grin came back.

The tension in the air was thick as both fighters waited for the signal. The referee felt the tension as he sweat before he swings his hand down. "HAJIME!" He yelled.

Both fighters then rushed towards each other with Russell preparing to perform a superman punch. Muteba's instincts went haywire and quickly moved back while redirecting Russell's punch to the ground.

Every normal citizen paled when a crater formed when Russell's fist connected it even created a mini-earthquake. The debris wound Muteba, but it was manageable and not too serious.

"HOLY SHIT!" Jerry yelled while everyone agreed at his choice of words. "If Muteba hadn't dodge that..." Sekibayashi said in worry. Raian grinned while watching his rival instilling fear into his opponent. He had already noticed there was a sudden jump of strength when he saw Russell enter the ring. "Looks like I have to catch up to him if I want to have even a chance of killing him." He thought.

Yujiro grinned while having a proud look to Russell when seeing the damage of his punch.

Wakatsuki wondered if he was like him. Kuroki Gensai and Kanoh Agito were both now more cautious of Russell. The sudden jumps of strength was incredible and frightening at the same time.

Muteba took a step back when Russell looked at him. "The fight has just started, and it looks like Muteba is on the ropes!" Sayaka said.

"She's right, as much as I hate it. This guy is just as dangerous as Wakatsuki... However, you betted that punch would end this fight but now that I'm aware of it ..." Muteba grinned while his 'eyes' activated. "You won't be able to pull it off without the risk of tiring yourself out..."

Russell merely walked towards him before using Flashbang Kata and rushed towards him. His opponent dodges the attack once more... or so he thought. "SHIT!" Muteba thought while coughing up blood as he receives a kick.

Russell follows up with a right cross and a left uppercut. His opponent wasn't able to react in time and was getting the full brunt of his attack. "His punches aren't just fast they're just as heavy." Muteba thought while trying his best to dodge and block. "Not to mention his arms seem to extend whenever I take a step back."

"He lessens the damage by stepping back out of instinct." Russell thought when he felt his fist hitting his opponent. "But... with Joint Flexibility I can increase my punches' maximum range, however..." Russell thought.

"However, it seems there's a time gap whenever he extends his limbs from normal." Muteba thought while dodging another blow before rushing towards his opponent.

5 seconds... 5 seconds, that was the time gap between detaching and reattaching his joints.

Russell blinked as Muteba appeared in front of him. "If I was an ordinary fighter, I wouldn't have been able to exploit that weakness however you underestimated me." Muteba grinned as he launches his heart jab attack.

Everyone flinched as the attack lands but Russell faded, making Muteba surprised that he had fallen under the Zone. He was sure he hadn't fallen for it, so how?

His eyes widened when his eyes detected vibrations on his left side before feeling his neck being constricted. "Got ya~," Russell said in a singing taunt while wrapping his left arm around Muteba's neck. "Now go to sleep."

"When did he-" Muteba then grabs the arm before it could constrict his neck but it was too late. "Damn it... This is bad. I didn't expect this from him, the gap between our raw power is too great." He thought as he felt neck was being crushed. "Good grief... I've hunted enough monsters for one job. I'm thinking this fight isn't worth the pay."

Russell grunted when he lost the sensation of his left arm as Muteba escaped from his hold. Looking at his arm, he saw a puncture wound. "Acupuncture points..." He thought as Muteba regained his breathing.

"Looks like the tables have turned. Muteba disabled Russell's left arm." Jerry said. "Wait what is he doing?" Sayaka asked when she saw Russell looking at his arm.

"My arm seems okay, I can make a fist so he must have struck something else in there..." Russell thought while flexing his fingers. With no hesitation, Russell quickly jams his finger into where Muteba had struck his pressure point.

"Self-medication!?" Jerry yelled in surprise while it frightened the rest of the audience.

Muteba frowned with his new eyes. He could see that Russell was fixing his arm as if he was a professional doctor. It wasn't long when Russell moved his arm again. With no word, the young man rushes towards him again throwing punches and kicks while Muteba stayed away from him.

Muteba was waiting, grunted from each blow that hit him.

On the stands, Karla was watching the fight with Suoh on her left, Blaire was on Suoh's right side while Elena was beside her. "He's up to something," Karla said. "What do you mean?" Suoh asked in confusion. "He's not using any techniques right now all he has been doing is punching Muteba." She explains. Elena blinks before watching the fight.

Karla was right, Russell was throwing punches and kicks. "Ne is it just me or is Russell shining?" Blaire said while watching the fight. The three blinked before noticing that Russell was shining thanks to the light reflecting on his sweat.

Ohma however caught up to Russell's plan. "If Muteba doesn't act soon, then he's finished." He thought. Kazuo fixed his glasses while looking at the fight. "He's been using his left arm more frequently than his right." He said.

"How long is he going to keep this up?" Muteba thought. "Your waiting for a chance to use that 'punch' again aren't you?" Muteba thought, noticing a pattern from the attacks. Once more he rushes in for another heart jab.

However, this time his eyes widened as a fist appeared in front of him. Russell grinned as the blow connects before following up with an uppercut before using Jetstream Kata for a barrage of combos and then Vector Kata as soon as his opponent lost his balance. Muteba could only watch as he slams to the ground before seeing afoot about to smash his face in.

By a stroke of luck and instinct, he dodged it while everyone saw the ground cracks from the force. "What just happened? I should have noticed that." Muteba then looked at his opponent who quickly attacks once more. The pattern was still the same, there was no change so that meant the problem was with him.

However, Russell had used Observe for a moment and as soon as Muteba picked up the pattern, he quickly breaks the rhythm before going back to normal to throw his opponent off. Making an illusion that the problem was with them.

Another problem was those eyes, so long as they were active any surprise attacks would be hard to pull off. Not to mention he didn't want to show more of his trump cards.

"Man~ I'm sweating a lot." He said breaking the silence while fanning himself. It caught Muteba off guard for a moment before readying himself. "Sheesh, You're not making this easy Muteba-san. It's amazing how fast you can react to my attacks." Russell said with a grin before he jumped up and down, alternating his footing upon landing.

Muteba didn't like where this was going, but he couldn't act recklessly or else he might fall to another trap. Was he going for a charged attack?

Ohma's eyes widened when he realized what his friend was doing. Kazuo was curious about what could have gotten Ohma on edge. "Yamashita Kazuo! Akiyama Kaede! Cover your ears right now! That bastard is about to use that damn move again." He yelled while covering his ears.

It confused those who heard Ohma on why he was suddenly afraid, but Kazuo and Kaede complied. The rest of them merely ignored his warning while the fighters who heard him listened.

"Are you really going to use that move? Or did you make something else?" Ohma thought while looking at his friend.

"Muteba-san I will give one warning... whatever happens from here on out don't blink. Because if you do..." He left the threat hanging as the sound of his feet tapping lagged, as did his voice.

Muteba's instincts went haywire along with everyone, the sensation of something dangerous was coming frightened most of them.

Muteba rushes towards his enemy with Russell not doing anything, making most of his friend worried before he vanishes, leaving only Muteba and the referee. Suoh looked around the arena, but she couldn't find her fighter. Karla thanks to her training, she knew her future-husband was still in the ring.

The spectators voiced their complaints when suddenly Muteba went flying to a wall with the referee as loud sonic boom echoes around the arena. The audience screamed in shock while covering themselves from the dust and debris.

"Oi, oi, oi!"

"Ah! what the hell was that a bomb!?"

"My leg!"

It sent Muteba who took the brunt of the force flying while looking at the back of his opponent. "What the hell happened!?" He thought while looking at Russell. There wasn't a sound, nor did he see a thing. He just appeared behind him while something struck his chest. All he knew was the next second Russell crashed into him. There wasn't any sound so he couldn't detect him.

"Redgrave are you saying can move faster than sound!?"

As if Russell read his mind, the young man turned. "Don't be stupid, my body isn't that strong yet. All I did was work with it." He said.

"'Work with it' my ass. There's no way you could have done this without being faster than sound! What the hell are you!?" Muteba thought before losing consciousness.

Once the dust settled in everyone looked at the arena and gaped the ground had a deep trench that started to where Russell was before ending to where Muteba moments ago. Said man was now lying under a pile of rubble with his legs sticking out with Russell standing in front.

"Holy shit! What the heck was that move just now?"

"With a force like that he's like a human cannonball, no, a humanoid missile. There's no way Muteba had come out of that alive."

"Is he even a human?"

"What kind of martial art is the Niko style?"

More and more audience wondered just what and who Russell was, something that Suoh Mihono could relate but she didn't care anymore as long as he was alive then he could be an alien from the future for all she cares.

"He perfected it... That crazy bastard did it." Ohma muttered. In their younger days, when Russell used that technique on an opponent with an abnormal reflex but the damage it did to the body, Niko had forbidden Russell and even him from using it ever again but Russell had for the first time said no their teacher promising to master it.

What was its name? Oh yeah, Phantom Drive. He never thought he would see that technique again, let alone in this place. He was glad Muteba was the one who got hit with it; the last guy had his entire chest ripped open back when Russell couldn't control it.

"How ruthless, you realize you're beating up a blind man no? And isn't that an overkill?" Russell could hear his conscience say, but quickly squashed it. However, he had to admit he was in awe that although he had moved fast enough to make himself disappear and used Vanisher to be invisible, the man gave his one last heart jab. That attack wasn't even intentional on his opponent's part.

Russell realized it too late as the heart jab struck him in full force. If he hadn't used Adamantium Kata on time, the fight might have been a draw. As soon as Muteba threw the heart jab, Russell used Adamantium Kata to stop it from reaching his heart while finishing Muteba off with the use of Godsbane with minimum power.

"Winner Russell Redgrave!"

The audience went wild at how destructive the finish was, calling him with a few nicknames that he admitted were cool.

Katsumi frowned, not because he saw his student winning but how strange it was for him to not have any bruise or some form of injury.

Mikazuchi Rei along with his grandfather were in shock that was faster than their Raishin style and it looked like it was the ultimate form of it.

Erioh frowned, the brat was making it harder for him to deny giving the boy his blessing to marry Karla with that kind of power the Kure clan would reach even greater heights.

Raian despite seeing the attack was grinning, he's pissed off that his rival didn't use that move on him he may have been injured to do it however his thoughts on fighting him once more had skyrocketed to a whole new level. He had to up his training, even more now, he refused to be left behind.

Kazuo was looking at Russell as if he was an alien, which he considered and Ohma is facing that guy!? However, when he looked at his fighter all he saw was a grin of confidence and excitement. Maybe he had his version of a superhuman technique.

When Russell checked his opponent he wasn't surprised to know Muteba was still alive granted his entire ribs nearly shattered if Russell hadn't held back he might have killed him. The man was knocked out though.

He grits his teeth while placing his hand on the wounded chest. He was a second late of reacting from that last attack. Walking away from the fight, he quickly heads towards the changing room while equipping Ring of Salazar.

On the stands, Yujiro was grinning before he went to a full-blown laughter. Yes, this was it! The challenge he had been waiting for. The boy had attained what his son Baki had been striving for. He couldn't wait to fight him.

A knock came out of his door as a bodyguard entered. "Excuse Mr. Hanma It's time for your match.

In another room, Kuroki Gensai was meditating until the guards called for him. Rihito was waiting outside, but he couldn't shake the feeling he had when his master's opponent was announced.

Hanma Yujiro.

He heard about the Ogre, the king of beasts, and to see him in this match had shaken his resolve in the fight. Superhuman? Abnormal grip strength? What good are those to the king!? He wouldn't last a minute with him.

Kuroki Gensai... His hands were like lances, sharp enough to cut and to pierce anything, his durability was akin to a fortress and his mind was sharp, very sharp.

However, the question remained in his head no matter how many times he convinced himself that his master would win.

Will it be enough?

He had come across the doctor talking to someone else by accident but he heard him say that the virus that was supposed to kill Yujiro wasn't working rather instead Yujiro had somehow adapted to the virus and cured himself.

Next was the fight between Yujiro and Wakatsuki, and the fight still went completely to Yujiro's favor. Worse was in that fight he didn't even try to fight Wakatsuki. All he did was let the guy believe he was getting hurt before finishing him. Now Russell had just shown how far he was, compared to him in terms of power. What good was his abnormal grip compared to that?

Just then Kuroki passes by. He diminished any negative thoughts before speaking. "Guessing you won't be able to hear me from the VIP room. So as your uninvited student, I've decided to cheer you up close.

Gensai was silent until he took a breath before looking at the boy. "Keep your eyes on my opponent. 'Strength' is not determined by power, technique, or frame. Experience determines it."

Rihito remained quiet before taking a deep breath. Wondering what kind of experience Russell had to create such a destructive move."Will... Will I be able to become strong like that?"

"That is entirely up to you. Do as you want, you are free to watch my match."

With that, Kuroki Gensai entered the arena while Rihito resolved himself to watch the fight to the very end.

Inside the medical ward, Muteba regained consciousness and let out a groan. "Ugh what the hell hit me?" He muttered. He didn't blink in a fight and his ears should have picked up any sign of his opponent moving. The only thing he knew was pain before darkness.

Looking down on his body, he flinched when using x-ray vision. His ribs were all cracked, but a few months of rest should do the trick.

The sound of the door opening made him shift his focus, hearing the familiar footstep made him realize that it was his boss.

"Looks like my ears are damaged too." He thought before 'looking' at Togo and he could already tell his loss pissed her off. Oh well, he did his best in the fight, but unfortunately his opponent had the better cards. At least the guy didn't destroy his career completely.

Back in the arena, Russell finished healing his wound and was now sitting beside Suoh and Blaire. "Who do you think would win?" Blaire asked. "I have no idea, the fight can go either way but one thing is sure this match will be bloody," Russell answered as the Sayaka announced the two fighters.

As the two entered everyone was cheering, the fight hadn't started yet but they could tell this would be an intense match.

"Just listen to those cheers folks!" Sayaka said as the crowd became louder. "Just look at the excitement!"

"It's no surprise at all. This is a one in lifetime match we will never see again." Jerry said. "A match between the Ogre, the king against the Devil's lance. Watching the two enter the ring, he couldn't help but get excited.

As soon as the two were inside the ring, all fighters were completely focused on the match. They would burn this fight into their minds. Some noted each other's advantages.

Yujiro grins before looking at his opponent. The man reminded him of Doppo, still he can tell the fight would be interesting. Looking at his spawn, his grin became wider. The boy was watching him, good.

"Do you think you can win this fight with your mind elsewhere?" Kuroki asked, but Yujiro didn't answer for a second before looking at him.

"Did you say something?"

Kuroki glared before getting into a fighting stance while Yujiro merely grins. "I'm going to enjoy this." The Ogre said.