41 Invitation (1/2)
A short while earlier.
”Why did you come here as well?” Kaede Juumonji furrowed her brows at the red-haired man.
The red-haired man held a cigar in his fingers, which he intermittently took long drags from. He had fierce, bushy eyebrows, a hardened face, and his eyes gleamed with a savage light. His name was Zankita Juumonji, and he was her half-brother from a different mother as well as one of the top-notch fighters in their mafia gang. He was a true battle maniac.
”Is that how you should be talking to your older brother? Hmph, I even saved you recently!”
”Big Brother Hisashi was the one who saved me, not you.”
”What!? It was clearly me...”
”Big Brother Hisashi was the one who convinced father to not punish me, or did you really think that you could convince father with your fists?”
”Er...” Zankita Juumonji scratched his head with a trace of embarrassment, ”Well, at the very least, I was on your side!”
”Fine then. Thank you, Big Brother. But… why are you here?”
”Your gratitude sounds totally insincere!”
Zankita spat out the cigar dangling from his mouth.
”I’m obviously here to see the guy you were talking about.”
”You could meet him after I invited him to our place as well.” Kaede sighed, ”Big Bro, are your hands itching for a fight again?”
Zankita merely chuckled without replying.
”I knew it... let me warn you beforehand—you’re definitely no match for him!” Kaede told him seriously.
”You can know just by seeing Furu-chan—how long would it take you to defeat Furu-chan? Three minutes? One minute? Hmph, well he used only one second and one punch!”
Furu-chan was the scarred man who Seiji had one-hit-KO’d while reaching for his gun. He was one of the stronger fighters in their organization.
”How would I know if I don’t try for myself?” Zankita’s eyes were showing the determination of a duelist.
Zankita loved fighting. Matching bare fist against bare fist was Zankita Juumonji’s favorite activity in the world!
He had the unwavering belief that men should talk with their fists! For him, that was the only type of communication where he could determine a man’s truest personality.
Unfortunately for him, his younger sister and brother both strongly disagreed with him, and they even told him his way of thinking was too archaic and old-fashioned.
Who cared!? That was Zankita’s opinion.
He didn’t understand the way his little sister and brother thought either; all he needed to know was that they were his cute family members.
Ever since becoming undefeated and rising to become the number one fighter in their organization, Zankita wished to seek for someone stronger to fight with. However, due to his father’s restrictions as well as his status, he hadn’t been able to achieve that goal until now.
He single-handedly defeated one-third of all the goons in their gang, and he even defeated Furu-chan with a single punch. All the members he defeated were still resigned to resting in the hospital.
Even though Zankita could do the same thing, he had to admit after watching videos of the incident that he couldn’t do it the same manner.
No... more importantly, is a person with such an outrageous amount of power even human!?
Zankita Juumonji knew that there was a hidden side to this world that ordinary people didn’t know about. Not underground organizations like the mafia gang his family ran, but ”mystical” things that were incomprehensible to ordinary people.
This person probably belonged to that category.
This idea alone made Zankita more excited than anything, to the point where his entire body trembled with anticipation!
He couldn’t bear to wait for his little sister to invite that person over to their place.
He wanted to meet that person as soon as possible and challenge him!
...
Seiji already anticipated what would happen next when the red-haired man looked at him.
As the red-haired man began to rush towards him, he chucked his bookbag into the air.
*Whoosh!* As the red-haired man approached Seiji, he threw a straight uppercut, aiming directly for Seiji’s face!
*Smack!* Seiji was unfazed by his uppercut and easily blocked his punch.
The red-haired man immediately followed up with a rapid flurry of tornado-like punches!
To everyone else, his fists were thrown with such speed that they could only see blurs. Before they could even see the attack clearly, Zankita had already punched again.
Even with this blinding combination, Zankita had failed to land a single punch.
The boy in the high school uniform was able to block each and every attack!
‘Amazing!’ Zankita Juumonji shouted in his heart.
He was pushing himself to his utmost limit. He used his full power and maximum speed for every punch, desperately hoping that at least one blow would land on this youth’s body!
But it was still fruitless!!
The high school boy’s expression remained calm throughout, just like... No, he completely saw through each of his attacks and was able to block everything!
Then how about this!?
Zankita feinted with a punch, before he suddenly kicked out with his right leg towards the high school boy’s left shin!
Juumonji style kicking technique—Whirlwind Kick!
This move had broken the leg bones of countless underground fighters.