Prologue part 3

3: wayward disciple.

The sight that greeted him when he entered the dojo was one of destruction and regret. His fellow disciples were in serious condition and the place was almost completely destroyed. When he entered to look for the person responsible, the sight that greeted him was that of Garou reading the scrolls. secrets from his master.

"What do you think you're doing?!"

"oh!" Garou turned to look at him, a feral grin spreading across his face.

"long time no see! I'm really disappointed you weren't here when I started but this solves it! I heard about your promotion to the S-class ranks, I wanted to start with some lower-ranked fry but I guess starting with you makes it better, I will test my strength by hunting the new S-class Hero as my first prey!"

Garou stood up still with that smile on his face, Jaune wrinkled his eyebrows without understanding the words of his youngest.

Jaune hadn't gotten to know Garou that well during his time learning under Bang, but he had never seemed like someone capable of attacking his fellow apprentices like this.

"prey? Hunting? "What the hell are you saying garou?!" Jaune was not in a good mood, seeing the place he had come to call home destroyed like this didn't sit well with him at all.

Worse still, one of his brothers, one of his teacher's students had done it!

"You don't need to understand it, you just need to know that today you will fall as a hero!" then Garou attacked.

Garou was a genius, he had more talent than anyone Jaune had ever known.

But even a genius needs time, even a genius needs experience.

Where Garou had stayed in the dojo training Jaune had been killing monsters since he was a child.

Where Garou had concentrated on polishing the characteristic technique of the Jaune master, he had already mastered it and had learned many others.

Where Garou could show the strength to defeat demon level threats Jaune had already killed dragon level threats.

They might be the same age but Jaune had been training and fighting for twelve years.

No matter how genius Garou was, three mere years of training in a dojo were not enough to close a gap like that.

With a well-aimed blow, Garou's body crashed to the ground with great force.

He spat blood and quickly got up to dodge a kick aimed at his head.

The ground caved in and the entire mountain peak shook from the impact.

'That would have killed me!' Garou looked in amazement at the place where he had been before.

" surprised? You shouldn't be, you have spit on everything that Master Bang taught us, you have destroyed my home, the dojo that welcomed you and now you talk about hunting heroes, someone like you should not continue existing in this world"

Perhaps the biggest difference between Jaune and Charanko was the ease with which he could be willing to kill.

This world was much crueler than the one in his past life, humans were equally or more monstrous than monsters.

He had stopped doubting a long time ago, he had no doubt that his teacher would have made the same decision upon learning of Garou's goals, but his teacher was too kind, perhaps he would be willing to do it at first but Jaune knew he probably wouldn't have it. the will to carry it out.

It was his duty as his disciple to end this for him.

If Garou wanted to hunt down heroes and deprive innocent people of the chance to be saved then there was no mercy for him.

"tch! Heroes, always willing to harm others without hesitation I shouldn't have expected anything different" Garou lost his smile.

Jaune narrowed his eyes, he didn't like that look on Garou's face.

He took a position and the fight began again.

Garou was certainly a genius, the more they fought, Jaune could say without a doubt that if Garou had left the dojo earlier and had fought against monsters or other opponents, his strength would undoubtedly be much greater than now.

With each exchange Garou became more skilled, he was learning from Jaune and stealing his own experience like a sponge.

Garou had not fully learned the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, his teacher Bang had not fully taught it to him yet, but what he knew was enough for him to use the secret of the energy currents to follow his own movements. and thus increase his experience and skill.

Garou was undoubtedly a genius, although Jaune knew that this was possible and he himself had used it to a lesser extent to learn other martial arts, it still surprised him that Garou could decipher such a thing when he had not yet completely learned water stream.

The most amazing thing was that he seemed to have taken it a step further and used it in a way that Jaune didn't think was possible.

This fight should have ended much sooner but Garou managed to keep up like a sponge absorbing Jaune's knowledge and experience.

His own level in the water stream technique increased by leaps and bounds.

He couldn't go on like this. If he continued like this, soon Garou would completely learn the water stream thanks to him.

He couldn't allow Garou to continue getting stronger.

So in an instant Jaune stopped using the water stream, it was just an instant, a Moment, a heartbeat.

It was enough to take Garou by surprise and break the flow he had been following.

Bakushin Kaihō-ken was a martial art that could display incomparable destructive power, a martial art that focused entirely on the offensive.

Totally the opposite of water stream.

And that was garou's downfall.

Or it would have been if his master hadn't stopped his blow at the last moment.

There was a tense silence before Jaune lowered his fists and stepped back.

His teacher looked at Garou, Jaune couldn't see him but an expression of pain crossed his gaze.

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Garou was expelled, many of Jaune's fellow disciples left the Dojo but a few others remained.

Jaune didn't know he would be a garou but he wasn't willing to let him harm others by following his delusions about being a monster.

If Garou really attacked other heroes he would have to go after him.

He hoped that the talk his teacher had with his teacher had made him reconsider but he doubted it.

During the time that followed there was no news from Garou for a while and Jaune was forced to pay attention to other matters.

He had started teaching other lower ranked heroes and his teacher's Dojo had gained a few more students.

The world seemed more hectic and more monsters began to appear.

There was another S-Class hero, Genos, a cyborg.

Jaune hadn't talked to him much but there were good rumors about him.

Jaune kept fighting, kept saving more people, kept learning more.

The fight with Garou had given him a certain revelation and he had begun to focus once again on the water stream.

The flow of energy behind the currents and rough tides.

His strength increasing more when he realized how to use this in the correct way and taking it a step further and not like before he had only used it superficially.

It bothered him to have to admit it but without that fight with garou he probably wouldn't have understood the true power behind water stream despite mastering the martial art.

But now that he knew it, every fight only meant that his strength grew greater, his skill and experience increasing even more.

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City A was destroyed, a real alien attack! Jaune would have been even more surprised if it weren't for all the crazy things he had been dealing with since he came to this new world.

If this were a comic he probably would have entered the ship and fought the invader.

Unfortunately he had not yet developed the ability to fly so he stayed on the ground and helped the others against one of the invaders.

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Garou came back, he started hunting heroes, they hadn't said his name explicitly But Jaune knew it had to be him.

That hero hunter had to be garou.

When Jaune was ready to go after him, his teacher stopped him.

"This is my fault, I let him go and now innocent people are paying for it, as his teacher it is my responsibility to stop him."

So Jaune could only leave things in Bang's hands, something he would regret later.

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