21 Round Two: Overwhelming Skill (2/2)

This kind of pissed Karma off, but he loved a challenge.

”So if I can pull it off better than you, will you admit I'm stronger?” Karma said with a defiant smirk.

The man was ticked off and remained in silence. He continued his circular rush, getting faster and faster. Karma studied the man's movements as he gets thrashed from every corner.

*Looks like he's just running fast in a circle and moving in and out of the damage zone.* Karma thought after much speculation.

Then, Karma started to imitate the man.

”You are going to take my move?” the man said, laughing. ”I'll like to see you try.”

”Oh, I will try,” Karma said with a smirk.

Karma's speed was not on par with the man at the start. He was making blurs of himself, but it was not enough to match that of the man, let alone surpass it.

However, the man got a bit scared.

*What's this feeling? Why do I feel he actually can pull this off?” the man thought with worry. *I better end this before he can progress.*

The man took a deep breath and raised his speed to the max. He attacked with high speed with hard impacts. Karma was being thrown from one side to the next. He could feel his bones cracking as he gets tossed around but kept at his circulation technique when he had the chance. Each time Karma gets knocked down, he gets up, more determined to show this son of a bitch who's boss.

”Why the fuck won't you stay down?” the man asked.

”Why the fuck would I stay down when my strength has been questioned?” Karma replied, smiling, even though his clothes were a mess and he had bruises on his body.

The man was taken aback. He had never seen someone so willful and determined. Usually, his opponent gives up after having been overpowered once. They lose hope in any possible potential they have of winning. Call it a tunnel vision of the weak.

But Karma sought at all possibilities, no matter how slim they may be. His sheer will is making him continue this fight even when it seems that there is no chance of winning.

The man was amazed at Karma's stubbornness but also was scared.

*If this kid gets any stronger, we will all be fucked!* the man thought worryingly.

The man stops running in circles and attempted to end his with dealing damage to Karma's brain in an attempt to cut off the circulation of Karma's blood, rendering him unconscious.

But he failed.

As soon as he stopped, Karma began running in circles around the man, each time getting faster and faster.

”What the hell?” the man said in shock. Because he had used that technique for too long, he could not perform it again. Meanwhile, Karma was just getting started.

”How do you like the taste of your own medicine?” Karma said, laughing. Then, Karma does the same thing at the man, attacking him from all corners.

Since the man exerted most of his strength in keeping his circulation at the proper speed and attacking with precision, he could not handle being smacked from one side to the other by Karma. By this point, Karma had the whole fight at his pace.

After much struggling, the man fell to the ground in exhaustion. He was breathing at an abnormal rate.

Karma stopped, seeing that the man was not able to entice him anymore.

”That was it?” Karma said with a sneer. ”And here I was, mastering the move you showed me and thrashed me with.”

Karma walked back to Shirohana and Frank. Shirodhara looked at Karma with a smile. Normally, Karma would keep on beating his opponent until he was satisfied. As soon as Karma turned back to his normal self, he fell, since the strain caught up to him. Frank who had been able to relax all this time, caught Karma just in time.

”Good job,” Frank said. ”Get some rest.”

”How is he?” Shirohara said with worry.

”He's fine, M'lady,” Frank said. ”We'll get him nursed in no time.”

Shirohana was relived. After a long flight, it was finally over. Frank laid Karma on the ground and helped Shirohana back on the wheelchair. Then, he picked up Karma and carried him on his back and the three of them exited the warehouse. They got into Frank's car and drived back to Shirohan's mansion.

After the three had left, a man strolled into the warehouse. He took one look at the two fallen men and had an angry look on his face.

”Useless. Just useless,” the man said.

Then he walked out, thinking of his next plan for Karma.