Somebody is asking for Nero's appearance in my fic and to be honest, I am so delighted with the letter. Why? Cuz I thought no one's gonna asking for that. For your Info, the difference between normal mission and secret mission in my fic, is simply who's the mission executioner. While Dante is kicking asses in normal missions, Nero will be starring in the secret missions and don't worry. Cuz Nero's path is related to the main story of Dante's. Enjoy.
Chapter 7: Secret Mission 1 : One punch man
"Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we welcome you to the Bushido World Open Class grand finale boxing championship here straight at the open airedBudokan arena! This is your hosts broadcasting tonight with Tokugawa Ieyasu and my partner, Nobunaga Oda."
"Haik, domo arigatouIeyasu-san. Tonight is the first mark of history for not only the Japanese, but the people around the globe as well who flew straight to Japan to witness the fiery fisted battle between the middle weight Japan representative against an international heavy weight reign champion. Care to explain why everyone's so fired tonight, Ieyasu-san?"
"Sure thing Oda-san. But first of all,we have to thank our sponsor and event organizer, Sarashiki-san, who understood our burning desire and able to make our dream comes true. As we are aware of, up until today there is no Japanese boxers who are able to make into a single heavy weight class due to their build which, automatically disqualify us and buries our dream."
"Speaking of which, I don't see Sarashiki-san, our tournament holder seems missing."
"Me too. But the fight must go on. In this adrenaline pumping sport competition, forget all class! Everyone's all into the fight regarding of their body build and weight! Oh, did I mention that gender also included? That's right folks! Women are also be able to fight like men also against them in this mix up competition! And this is what I call as gender equality. "
"Well, I have to disagree with that. Ieyasu-san."
"What do you mean, Oda-san?"
"Good question, Ieyasu-san. First of all, you must be aware of the fact that only girls who can utilize I.S."
"Yes, it is."
"Now, don't you think it's funny that they could not alter their godly strength and use it in this match to turn it into their favor?"
"That I can agree with you but I have to stop your horses there. Indeed you may be right about the nasty rumors stirring in this championship where the female fighters somehow utilized their I.S power to aid them in the fight. And the fact that every single males both veteran and promising newcomers were being wiped out like a tsunami by the women in the prelims, but whoa Oda-san! Just whoa until you see who managed to sail through the storm and challenging the champion tonight!"
"I get what you are talking about, Ieyasu-san."
"That's right! And speaking of the devil folks, the challenger is finally here! Now, from the red corner, comes the challenger in his 20 who dominates the fight in his very young age! Many people said that this challenger is a natural born boxer, folks! Despite his very young age, he has been holding an unstoppable record of 56 wins, 3 loses, and 157 KO-s rivaling the legendary Mohammad Ali's fight!Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm welcome to the challenger, our hero from the Land of Rising Sun, the white haired devil, 'Shiroyasha', NEEEEEEEEERRRRROOOOOOO!"
"And with the challenger stepped onto the fighting ring, he has awoken the lion from its slumber! Coming from the blue corner who mercilessly blew away his opponent like a tornado with T.K.O, with an amazing fighting record of 89 wins, 2 loses, and knocked out a total of 199 challengers who aimed for his belt, here comes the unstoppable reigning champion, The 'Twister', John CAAAMMMMBOOOOOOO!"
"Now both fighters have already stepped into the arena, let's have a quick background run about our fighters shall we? From the red corner, Nero-san is an orphan who survived in the mean street by relying onto no one but his fist only. Playing tag with the laws daily, the past delinquent self of his was left no choice to carry on living in his native land, until he was given a chance to become an upright citizen by joining an army corps. However, due to some reasons, he quitted the honorable job and returned to the cruel street life, until a meeting with his mysterious coach, who introduced him into boxing world, had strayed him from the crimes into this ring to stand over the top!"
"And meanwhile unlike his challenger, Cambo-san was born into a prestigious pair of between a very-very successful pair of business couple. He has everything in his life, be it fame, fortune, women, anything he desired was obtained with ease as if turning his palm backward. Because of that, uncountable nasty rumors surround him like fog ever since his first fight. Despite all the nasty rumors, he had proven his worth in boxing with a stand-off against the belt owner before him, the unmovableheavy weight champion Rocky Balboa was moved far away from his mountain with ease in the 5th round."
"I can't disagree with you. Yet both referee and judges did acknowledge Cambo-san'sbout with Balboa-san, who then disappeared from the boxing world after his humiliating loss, the crowds did not approve his victory against the unmovable mountain."
DING!
"With that being said, the grand finale has finally begun! Unlike his previous fights where Nero-san always on the fierce offensive against his opponent, this time he goes for a tactical defense. Look at how he weave his body from Cambo-san's attacks as if waiting for an opening."
"Yes, despite being surrounded by nasty rumors, Cambo-san actually is well trained in boxing ever since his very young age. Both fighters are just warming up with each other by studying their opponent in front of their eyes."
DING! DING!
"And that goes for the first round folks. Both fighters are returning to their own corner."
DING!
"Here goes the second round of the match. Cambo-san is slightly going aggressive here folks! He box Nero-san and slowly driving him into the ropes."
"However, Nero-san is not going to let Cambo-san doing his way! He ducked down avoiding the side hook, with a reversal footwork, the position is now reversed! It's the turn for Nero-san to strike back Cambo-s… whoa! Wait a second. Just…wait a second folks! Nero-san is not attacking! He pulled back from Cambo-san!"
"While Cambo-san is recovering his space, I also can't believe what I am seeing. There's no way for a boxer to throw away that chance to land a punch at his opponent-even to weaken his opponent a little bit!"
"Perhaps, Nero-san felt that was not a good opportunity to strike Cambo-san. As we know from his previous fights, that once Nero-san landed his first punch-be it either jab, hook, or straight, he keeps connecting those punches at his opponent without letting them any chance to slip away from his barrage of punches."
"Now you just mentioned that, I think you are right."
DING! DING!
"That goes the bell toll concluding the second round folks. With both fighters returning to their own corner, our social medias' inbox have been buzzing with messages from all over the world!"
"Let's read the first one from our Tweeter account, from 77 saying :'Nero, you are the hero tonight!' there goes the second, third, fourth tweets, so on and wow folks! Just wow! Every single of our inbox are singing that Nero-san is their hero and the number keeps coming!"
"No wonder that he is their hero because Nero-san is the people's champion where all of his victories were donated into orphanage, church, and hospital which save those who need it! Meanwhile Cambo-san's side, he also receives a quite supportive tweets from his fans too. Let's see…here we got Sem-Fi from Washington, hashtag #CampItCambo, and this hasghtag has become extremely popular in Cambo-san's supporters."
DING!
"Back to the match between the two fighters, Cambo-san keeps on coming at Nero-san, who up until this moment has not been throwing a single punch at his opponent!"
"Nero-san keeps working on his evasion, seemingly he is aiming to exhaust his opponent physically by keep luring Cambo-san into attacking him. It is not the common sight in boxing nowadays."
DING! DING!
"Another round has finished, both fighters now returning to their respective sides."
"Tonight, we are seeing unusual thing happening here, folks. In Nero-san's side, he is missing his mysterious coach."
"You mean the creepy hooded dude who always softly advise him every concluding rounds? Now that you mention it, I don't see his teams along with Nero-san. What I am trying to say is, his massagers, and his other crews-including his coach."
"While Nero-san is helping himself with a bottle of water, Cambo-san's team begin working at him."
"But how come that Nero-san's team still cannot make it into this match?"
"Well, speaking of the devil Ieyasu-san, we just received an information that Nero-san's party still stuck in a jam while Nero-san was waiting inside the changing room. We can't predict the traffic nowadays Ieyasu-san."
"Can't be helping it but this sight is a clear disparity between the rich and the needy folks."
DING!
"The bell tolls for the fourth round. The same cycle still happens as the previous rounds and…Whoa! Wait a second folks! There is something wrong with Nero-san!Suddenly, he lost control as his shoulder fell and he wobbles!"
"It seems so Oda-san. Cambo-san is utilizing this golden advantage. He moves closer and throwing a hook."
"Nero-san took the blow and flinched sideway! Next, Cambo-san delivering the killing blow and… WHOOAAA!"
"By a sheer of luck, too bad that the straight missed as Nero-san has already slumped down onto his knees before the punch able to find its place on his face!"
"He might be lucky to avoid the dangerous blow on him but it won't stop the referee's count on him!"
"One! Two! Three! Four!"
"The crowds keep cheering for Nero-san to stand up and at the count of five, the White Haired Devil is back on his knees!"
DING! DING!
"The fourth round finally reaches its end and both fighters are returning to their respective posts with the same pitiful sight."
"While Cambo-san's team is fixing him for the next round, there is nothing that Nero-san can do. He is not even touching his drink. I wonder why."
DING!
"We are at the middle of the match tonight folks."
"Cambo-san is still on the offensive. He is moving into Nero, delivering a series of jabs at his opponent."
"Nero-san is on his guard protecting his face. Cambo-san draws closer to him into the corner, and throwing a straight…"
"No. It's a feint! He feinted that straight. Instead he…OOOOOOOOHHHH!"
"A penalty occurred where Cambo-san hit his opponent below Nero-san's body!"
"While the crowds are protesting, the referee did not see that one coming!"
"But still, it does not stop Cambo-san from attacking his agonizing opponent, who slightly lowering his guard from the foul blow he received. Cambo-san rushing at his opponent throwing punch by punch working him like a sandbag!"
"However, Nero-san keeps his guard! He is standing sturdily like a rock resisting every single blow landed from Cambo-san in the corner."
"The crowds keep shouting Nero-san's names…"
DING! DING!
"And that goes to the end of the round…WHOAAAAA!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are having another foul here. It appeared that Cambo-san just landed a dirty blow at Nero-san's face after the break bell, knocking him back and Nero-san hit his head at the corner of the ring."
"I am seeing blood coming from Nero-san's head."
"That unsightly act only gave Cambo-san a stern warning from the referee as he returning back to his side."
"Which he'd be discualified immediately on normal occasion, but NO!"
"Meanwhile, the medical team is already climbed onto the ring to run Nero-san a check."
"How is his condition?"
"I don't know Ieyasu-san. But one thing I am sure, is that he's not looking good."
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"He's fine!Nero-san is fine! The crowds are getting crazed as the doctor just announced that the White Haired Devil is able to continue his fight!"
"And the crowds are getting crazed with the joyful news!"
"Right now, our social medias are buzzing with a lot of messages to cheer Nero-san up!"
"On the other hand, Cambo-san's inbox are raining with jeers due to the unsightly act he pulled onto his opponent. What I am really concerned now, is that Nero-san is appeared to reach his limit and he refused to take a drink to rehydrate himself! Could it be that…"
"We can't assume that Oda-san. But, it's possible be that case if Nero-san refused to touch his drink."
"Yet the judges still have not called for an investigation despite being demanded by the suspecting crowds."
"I don't know how this match will go, Ieyasu-san. This sight reminds me 8 years ago when Balboa-san defeated by Cambo-san. It is the same thing happening here folks."
"Yes, you are right Oda-san. Right now I can see that both fighters are already onto their respective corners and a ladder dangling down from the center of the ring."
"Wait. What did you say?"
"I said, both fighters are stationing at their own corners and a ladder is falling down onto the center of the ring from the sky…WHOAAA?!"
"I thought that you were just seeing things but you are right Oda-san! I can see what you are seeing! There is a ladder came from a blue chopper hovering above the opened roof of Budokan!"
"Coming down from the chopper…it's…it's…it's Sarashiki-san, the tournament holder! Following by someone in a hood…it's…it's Nero-san's mysterious coach and his team coming next down from the chopper itself!"
"With his team patching up Nero-san, I can see that Nero-san's expression is beaming with hope as the master and his disciple finally reunited after a while that feels like eternity! It is as if a miracle happening folks! Who in the world could make such thing happens?"
"I think the answer to your question may come as there are two more men descending from the chopper itself. I can't get a clear view on their face. Hey! Get a different angle on those guys!"
"I can see them, Oda-san…it's an old man dressed in a butler cosplay…and another masked freak dressing like Indiana Jones. Who the hell are these cosplayers?!"
"Ieyasu-san, you baka! They are not cosplayers! They are the Nephilim's loyal butler, Phinneas and his master, The Nephilim himself, who owns the renowned Sparda Company collaborating with I.S Academy in I.S development!"
"Pardon my stupidity, but it's hard to identify them due to their clothing style. You know that Japan's anime trends already going global. Also, I forgot to mention that Sparda Company is the main sponsor for this match beside Sarashiki Company."
"I see that The Nephilim is presenting something to the Shiroyasha. It's…it's…a bouquet of blue rose?"
"I don't understand what this means as Phinneas-san also doing the same thing to the reigning champion. Different is, the type of the bouquet the butler presented is a white lily, which symbolizes death, literally."
"I am not sure about these eccentric gifts but the fact that they came from the chopper to bring the tournament host and Nero-san's team at the same time is something…I just can't describe how miraculous this moment, Ieyasu-san."
DING!
"The sixth round kicks in, but the same cycle still happens. Cambo-san still on the offensive but this time, Nero-san's defensive is somehow seemingly getting livelier than the previous rounds."
"By this, Oda-san means that Nero-san is more agile. He weaved all punches thrown by Cambo amazingly avoiding the blows directed on him."
"What a graceful footwork, though graceful, so agile that Cambo-san is facing difficulties on outmatch the Challenger's technique."
"Cambo-san throwing a hook, Nero-san pulled his upper body back, Cambo-san stepped forward, he is attempting another hook, but Nero-san intercepted Camb-san's hook with his fist…His very first punch he threw in this match!"
"Cambo-san was slightly flinched from the interception while Nero-san moved in…he jabbed Cambo-san twice right onto his face, driving him onto the rope, thenstepping closer into his space with his graceful but aggressive footwork, and as if applying violent quick Shiatsu massages on his dreadful opponent, Nero-san throwing a violent volley of inevitable rush of body blows!"
"We can see from here folks, that Nero's punches are getting faster and faster. Each blow never missed its target as if he trained his fist in Russian Knucklestyle."
"Cambo-san attempted to break the rush with a punch, Nero-san took the blow!"
"Wait! Though he was hit, the punch did not affect him as if Shiroyasha was being hit with a pillow!"
"Wait! Cambo-san suddenly is bent onto his belly and staining the mattress with a nasty bile. How?!"
"I am seeing that Nero-san is pulling one of his hand from Cambo-san's body. I think somehow, he landed a revengeful hook in favor of the previous blow Nero-san cleanly took from Cambo-san. The question is, when? When did he landed the blow?!"
"Meanwhile, the referee is giving the People's Champion a warning for hitting Cambo-san below the body. Really?"
"There is a rebuttal happening at the center of the arena Nero-san against the referee protesting the hit he had just landed on the Twister and honestly, I don't think that Nero-san put a foul blow at his opponent."
"To settle this, Nero-san requested for time out and proposing the playback of the blow he landed."
"I am agree with Nero-san's decision. It's the fairest way of proving it since we are also recording this eventful match to be viewed for those who missed tonight's fight on the following day. We got a total of 50 cameras. With 36 cameras from different angles focusing at the fighters, I am certain that nothing will miss our eagle eyes."
"But wait! The referee turned down his request! Wait! The referee takes a mike."
"The challenger is disqualified due to a penalty of punching his opponent below his body. Therefore, I announced that…"
"CHOTO MANDE KUDASAI!"
"There is an interruption coming from both Sarashiki-san and Nephilim-san. Whatever's going on down there, it's obvious that both the VVIPs cannot accept the referee's decision."
"Things are getting hotter between them. Whatever that they are discussing, both Sarashiki-san and Nephilim-san are on Nero-san's side."
"The referee turns pale. I don't know what happening down there but he calls for playback video from the moment of the foul. Let's see what's on the gigantic screen folks...right. We can see that the moment Nero-san took the hit on his face...errr,,.there is a…flashy blur drawing diagonally from Nero-san's right side toward Cambo-san."
"This time, we will be replaying the feed slower…slower…again…Slower…I can't believe that we are playing in 0.36x slower speed. This time, we can see the outline of Nero-san's fist…and it struck…it struck right at the upper belly of Cambo-san…it's a legitimate hit! There is no foul on the playback video! Shiroyasha landed a clean hit!"
"With that being proven, the referee is left no choice but to resume the match!"
DING! DING!
"Awww! The bell disappointedly tolling for the end of the sixth round!"
"What a marvelous comeback from the challenger. We are now witnessing the equality between them. Both fighters are having their own team to prepare them for the next round."
"We are having a rare sight here folks, instead of discussing the tactic for the next round between the fighter and his coach, Nero-san sitting calmly while his team patch him up with massages and his coach silently stood behind the ring pillar as if they are communicating using telepathy."
"Returning to our social media inbox, tonight, Oho? What's this? Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, a special message is addressed to the challenger. Although he is known as the White Haired Demon for his aggressiveness in the fighting ring just like what Nero-san's nickname perceives, this person managed to tame his demonic side on the ring so that he retains a heart of a human!"
"Coming from the account name of Kyrie, Kyrie-san wrote: 'Dear, do your best.' "
"Awwww, that's so sweet, isn't it? I can see that Shiroyasha lost his face momentarily with a smiling blush from that tweet."
Ding!
"The seventh round finally set in. This time, Cambo-san is carefully executing his offense."
"Meanwhile, Nero-san closing the gap between them easily. He...what? Ladies and gentlemen, Nero-san lowering his guard down and exposing his body to his opponent."
"As if giving him free hits, Cambo-san is of course, tempted to strike the Challenger's, but wait a second here, folks! Cambo-san's righty is somehow stopped in the mid-way and strength is sapped away to hit it's target."
"He attempting another punch with his lefty, strangely the punch is losing its strength on its way to Nero-san."
"What a strange phenomenon we are having here, folks."
"Indeed. I am watching with my mouth wide open Ieyasu-san."
"Looks like Cambo-san is puzzled with this strange occurrence that he stopping his attack."
"But wait! Through the devilish smirk he is putting at his opponent, Shiroyasha reeling his fists back and forth! He is provoking the champion like a devil who is laughing on its' prey's mischief!"
"The provoke is a success as Cambo-san is on fire! Charging into his opponent like a raging bull, Cambo-san raging his opponent with a blistering of fists like a twister!"
"Miraculously, there is not a single punch that could make its way onto Nero-san! As if Nero-san is protected by an invincible force here!"
"Sniffing another odd, the referee once again called for a break!"
"He is asking for another verification session! Let's see what we are having on the screen folks!"
"We are having…a blur that intercepted Cambo-san's fist mid-air…they came from…Nero-san!"
"It appeared that Nero-san was throwing punches in a flash speed to intercept Cambo-san's punches in mid-air. They were so quick that we cannot see them with naked eyes! How come a person ever throw those punches in jet speed?"
"No. It's possible. He is pulling Iaken, our nation's proud quick draw fists!"
"A quick draw fist? Now you mention it, I ever read that punching technique before and this is the first time I saw someone using it in front of my eyes!"
"The similar punch that Nero-san is used in the verification session is also being used by a boxer in the West, and it's called as the Flash Piston Mach Punch. It's a legendary boxing technique where one performs ten punches in under a second. Though legend has it that the strain on the boxer's arm is so great that his arm is permanently disabled and severing his life a boxer at once! We are witnessing the legend here folks! What a bizarre night!"
DING!
BAMF!
GASP!
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THUD!
"Eh?"
"Na..Naanii?"
"The Twister, he…he's…"
"D…D…D…D….D…D….D…D…"
"DOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWNNNNNNN!"
"BY THE MOMENT THE BELL RANG, THE TWISTER IS GETTING TWISTED WITH AN UPPERCUT SENT BY THE WHITE HAIRED DEVIL IN A FLASH!"
"DOWN! HE IS DOWN! CAMBO-SAN IS DOWN! THE CHALLENGER IS DOWN! YEEEAAAAAHHH!"
"ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!"
"THE CROWDS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOUT IN PROTEST THE DUMB FOUNDED REFEREE, WHO ARE STILL HAS NOT STARTING THE COUNT!"
"START THE DAMN COUNT ALREADY!"
"*Gulp!* ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!"
"WITH THE OFFICIAL DEATH COUNT TICKING TOGETHER WITH THE CROWDS, EVERY SECOND WASTED ON THE COUNT MARKING THE END OF THE CHALLENGER'S REIGN!"
"FIVE! SIX! SEVEN!"
"WILL HE BE ABLE TO STAND UP? WILL THE REIGNING CHALLENGER RISE FROM HIS DOWNFALL ON THE RING TO DEFEND HIS TITLE?!"
"EIGHT!"
"I CAN FEEL IT! I CAN FEEL IT IEYASU-SAN! I CAN FEEL THE PEOPLE'S HOPE FOR THE BIRTH OF THE NEW CHAMPION!"
"NINE!"
"THE DEATH TOLL FINALLY REACHES NINE…AND…"
"TEN!"
DING! DING! DING!
"HE WOOOOOOOOONNNN! NERO-SAN WON!"
"The intense match of tonight ends at the 7th round, with a total time of 68th minutes, and 34 seconds elapsed!"
"What a spectacular match we are witnessing tonight, Ieyeasu-san."
"Exactly. We are witnessing a controversial fight at the beginning, but The White Haired Devil is pulling a spectacular comeback at the sixth round the moment when The Nephilim brought Sarashiki-san as well Nero-san's team onto the fight!"
"But most of all, his mysterious coach, who is inseparable from him every fights! Wait! Hold on! The hoody guy is unraveling his hood! That…that face looks familiar… He's..He's…"
"If this is a dream, then please don't wake me up because I swear that ROCKY BALBOA, THE PREVIOUS HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION UNRAVEL BEFORE MY EYES!"
"It is like a revelation to Cambo-san from Balboa-san, that he brought the troubled kid known as Nero-san into this very glorious moment as a payback for his humiliating loss that Cambo-san made him went through years ago!"
"AND NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOXING FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD, THE MOMENT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, I, NOBUNAGA ODA PROUDLY ANNOUNCING TO YOU THAT A NEW INTERNATIONAL OPEN CLASS BOXING CHAMPION IS BORN!"
"HE IS KNOWN AS THE WHITE HAIRED DEMON SHIROYASHA, THE HERO, THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION! BUT TONIGHT, AFTER SHOWING THE LEGENDARY IAKEN, ALSO KNOWN AS FLASH PISTON MACH PUNCH IN THIS ONE SIDED BLOODY FIGHT, BUT ABOVE ALL THE SINGLE CONCLUDING PUNCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET TONIGHT AND FOREVER, EVEN UNTIL THE DAY THE BELT MOVED ONTO ANOTHER LINEAGE, LET NERO-SAN THE DISCIPLE OF THE LEGENDARY BOXING CHAMPION ROCKY BALBOA, KNOWN AS ONE PUNCH MAN!"
"And that's all for tonight folks. This is Tokugawa Ieyasu,"
"And Nobunaga Oda, live from Budokan. Thank you."
That is all for now. Flame me, grill me, do your worst. I am getting used to be flamed and grilled like a BBQ. Well, I am appreciated if you guys also could gimme some credits here cuz Ima getting demoralized in this fic lately. Penny for thought is extremely appreciated especially for next chapters and co-writers are welcomed.
Qin W.X