In front of Ichiro, two figures were fighting.
The first figure was a giant grizzly bear with a height of 10m!
Grizzly Bear's claws looked like small blades.
They could definitely slice humans in half!
But the figure fighting against the Bear shocked Ichiro even more.
It was a delicate-looking woman.
She was wearing blue robes, outlining her curves perfectly. She had long black hair, which was styled as a ponytail so that her long hair wouldn't distract her when she was fighting. Her face looked very fragile and delicate, like it can break by a simple touch.
Her long eyelashes moved gently when she was blinking, and the smoothness of her skin could almost be felt just from watching her.
But she was easily fighting against the Grizzly Bear, and it looked like she was winning!
Ichiro couldn't comprehend what he was seeing.
She didn't look like she had any muscle. She looked athletic in some sense, but instead of the battlefield, she should be a world-class model admired by everyone.
Ichiro turned his head towards a nearby mountain and saw a man in his 50s watching the fight with a proud expression.
That man had grey hair and a trimmed beard. His eyes looked slightly fatigued, but he still looked extremely powerful, but Ichiro can feel that his strength is fading away with each passing second.
Ichiro could feel that Abyss also was getting weaker, but this man was losing his strength much faster!
The man felt a gaze on him— he turned his head and looked surprised.
Ichiro and the man looked at each other, neither of them making any moves.
Soon, the delicate woman swung her sword, which beheaded the Grizzly Bear.
The King of the Island is dead!
The delicate woman looked cheerful, she looked towards her father and waited for praise, but then she saw her father looking towards somewhere.
She turned her head and widened her eyes in shock.
She quickly pointed her sword towards Ichiro— she didn't know was the individual enemy.
Her father chuckled and descended the mountain, ''Suna, this young man isn't an enemy.''
The delicate woman, also known as Suna looked surprised.
But she listened to her father and lowered her weapon.
Her father, also known as Sin looked towards Ichiro with an innocent smile.
''Young man, may I get your name?'' Sin asked.
''Ichiro...'' Ichiro replied, but he still felt wary of these two individuals.
Sin smiled and looked at his near broken blades, ''How long have you been here, Ichiro?''
''Few weeks,'' Ichiro replied.
''Hmm...'' Sin pondered for a moment, ''There is talent...'' He murmured quietly.
Suna heard her father, and his words made her shocked.
Her father has only called three people as one of the ones who have talent.
Now it's the fourth time!
Suna grew more curious about this young man.
Sin put his hand on the pocket and took a piece of rock.
Ichiro narrowed his eyes, but then Sin's arm became blurry, and the rock appeared in front of Ichiro!
His eyes widened— he doesn't have time to dodge or block.
The rock was about to hit his face, but then Ichiro made a split-second decision and used his nose to deflect the rock!
[Steel Edge - Limbless-Steel!]
The rock went right past Ichiro's face— there was a small mark on Ichiro's nose. The rock could have caused a bruise or small wound, but now the damage was very minimal.
Suna and Sin widened their eyes in shock.
Ichiro rubbed his nose.
He doesn't even know the reason why he mastered this technique.
Well, there was a reason, but using the nose as a weapon was probably his most idiotic thought at the time.
But he wanted his body to be the weapon!
Every part of his body needed to be able to be used as a weapon.
''That was rude,'' Ichiro said and rubbed his nose.
Sin bowed and said, ''Apologies for my rude behavior, I just wanted to test you.''
''Test me?'' Ichiro raised an eyebrow.
Sin stood straight and nodded, ''Do you know about The Test?''
Ichiro's brows furrowed. He has never heard anything about it, but it sounds important.
He shook his head.
Sin didn't look surprised.
It is mainly for the people with wealth and status.
''The Test is 1 week-long test of courage where geniuses from all around the world gather.'' Sin said smilingly and continued, ''It is not serious competition, but of course, the young generation wants to prove themselves, and it always ends up becoming competition. But, it is made for the younger generation to build connections.''
Ichiro listened closely.
Suna looked even more shocked.
It sounded her father was planning to invite Ichiro!
''The Test is in December, and every genius all around the world will gather there. I want that you join as well.'' Sin snapped his fingers, and a card appeared on his hand, his arm grew blurry, and he threw the card towards Ichiro.
Ichiro dropped one of his swords and caught the card.
The card was silver-colored, and it had a pretty plain text.
[The Test]
Below that were the coordinates where the Test was and the date.
''Please come, it is once in a lifetime event, and you will regret it if you miss it.'' Sin said and started walking away.
Suna looked stunned but quickly followed behind him.
She took curious glances towards Ichiro, who was still looking at the card.
The Test.
It is a place where no commonfolk is allowed to go in.
It is only for top Geniuses, and there are less than 50 of them!
Even Michael and Sariel aren't qualified to go there!
Most of the Geniuses in the Global Talent list aren't allowed either.
Even if they are in the top 50.
Because there are hundreds of hidden geniuses, and the Test will be the first place they will reveal their existence!
Ichiro doesn't know how big that event truly is.
Sin made it sound like it was nothing but a gathering of the younger generation.
But it is much more than that!
It is where the younger generation who will rule the Martial Arts scene for the next 20 years gathers!
