(A/N: I will write in third POV from now on.)
Rawal's body was filled with wounds, gritting his teeth, he stood up with his body screaming pain.
Lucas took a few deep breathes, trying to concentrate, endgame is approaching.
Rawal gritted his teeth and pushed his body to its limits, with only his left arm he started punching at Lucas, but those punches were weak… slow… no strength behind the strikes, Lucas easily dodged them, but he didn't start underestimating him.
"Rawal is on his limits!" Commentator A exclaimed.
"C'mon Rawal!" Evol screamed, while Slych was standing calmly, he had a slight smile on his face because, in reality, he doesn't want Rawal to win, he wants to fight against Ichiro.
Slych locked his eyes with Ichiro, with fighting intent filling their body.
Back in the match, Lucas is controlling the match.
Rawal dodged Lucas' punch and did an uppercut, but Lucas easily dodged it and unleashed his jabs.
*Smack *Smack* *Smack*
Rawal quickly put his arms as a block, but each punch from Lucas pushed him backward, his posture being a mess.
Lucas did another wide swing towards Rawal, but he quickly crouched, but Lucas stomped his leg at him.
Rawal widened his eyes and started rolling in the ground towards the right, dodging the stomp.
Lucas narrowed his eyes and chased after him.
Rawal breathed deeply and did a palm attack towards incoming Lucas.
Lucas with sidestep dodged it, he grabbed the wrist of Rawal and pulled him towards him.
Rawal with horror saw Lucas' fist approaching his face, he only closed his eyes and felt the fist contacting his face, making him fly backward.
"Grah!" Rawal groaned in pain, Lucas stopped grabbing his wrist and let Rawal fall to the ground.
Rawal was kneeling on the ground, his whole body trembling and screaming in pain.
Lucas raised his leg and aimed a whip kick towards Rawal's unprotected neck.
This move could be deathly, but Lucas didn't use all his strength on the kick, otherwise, the kick would kill Rawal.
Rawal watched with hazy eyes as the leg was approaching his neck.
With the last attempt to turn tables around, he tried to dodge by moving his head backward, but his body didn't listen to him…
"MOVE!" Rawal screamed in frustration, but then he felt the kick connecting.
Rawal's eyes widened, but it only took a second until everything went dark…
*Whew*
Lucas took a deep breath and finally relaxed his muscles.
"MATCH OVER! WINNER LUCAS QUINTHOLD!!!"
*CHEEERS!!!!!!!!*
The audience was completely shocked seeing Rawal getting defeated, but they were also excited… Because the last match is approaching…
Medics quickly ran to the arena and took Rawal with them.
Lucas bit his lips and started making his way over to Ichiro and the rest.
"Good job." Ichiro clapped slowly.
Lucas with his bloody body came with slow steps, he stopped in front of Ichiro. "Your turn, don't lose."
Ichiro rolled his eyes. "I'll try."
…
"YES!" Old man celebrated loudly, his old body finally relaxed.
"Wow!" the young boy exclaimed with starts in his eyes.
"Irio might actually win!"
*Sigh*
"All depends on Ichiro…" The old man sighed.
"You say it like he doesn't have much chances in victory." Old man's daughter said curiously.
The old man sighed and said. "Because he doesn't, Slych is one of the strongest students ever in the middle school scene."
Everyone in the room present nodded and looked at the screen, it showed the audience cheering loudly.
…
Gensa's TV Rating… 78%…
The final Match is about to begin…
…
In the Raften household.
"Damn…" Zeux Raften cursed.
"Language mister!" Penelope Raften sternly said.
Zeux scratched the back of his head. "Sorry…"
"Slych is fighting now against that handsome fella," Sara exclaimed.
"Slych talked about him in a phone call last night, he said he has two new friends, called Ichiro and Lucas, I guess they are part of Irio," Penelope said with a gentle smile
Sara widened her eyes. "He made friends?!"
Penelope smiled. "It means that they are good people, Slych has a good eye."
"Yeah, people from his school are always after something, those greedy dogs." Sara spat out angrily.
Penelope patted her head gently. "He said quite interesting things about Ichiro."
Zeux, Sara, and Emilia looked at her, she continued. "Apparently, he is only one who might defeat him, that's what he said."
The trio widened their eyes.
"You know Slych… He never lies." Penelope concentrated her gaze on the screen, she was very curious about his son's friend.
…
"SLYCH! SLYCH! SLYCH! SLYCH!"
The audience was loudly cheering…
While in the special stands of Stadium… Certain higher-ups from Ramu gathered.
"Our average watchers' rating is 5th in the whole Arya, the 4 countries ahead of us are countries belonging to Great Four, so we basically are first." A middle-aged man with a business suit told.
"Kekeke, now only Armya and Taryn needs to lose, then our own Ramu's team will win!" The scar-faced man said next to him grinningly, his tattoo's covering his body, while Tattoo of a dragon on his arm tells that he belongs to Yakuza called Dragon Arm, which is one of the biggest criminal organizations in entire Ramu, they are even spreading to other cities, their sole goal is to take control of Gensa.
"Hahaha, weird that Ledorman disappeared somewhere, but doesn't matter, the referee in this final match will fix the match enough that Slych will be defeated, and since Ichiro isn't much weaker than him, it won't cause any suspiciousness either." Man with black sunglasses said while smoking a cigarette.
"How will the referee make Slych lose, if I may ask?" The man next to him asked he had a very expensive-looking suit with few rings on his fingers.
"Rules says that if the fighter tries to cause any permanent injuries, he will get disqualified, the Referee will make an excuse that Slych tried to cripple Ichiro."
"…But won't it be suspicious if all the stronger teams get disqualified?"
"Kekeke, we have hired some thugs, they will attack the rest of stronger fighters outside the stadium." The Yakuza member of Dragon Arm said grinningly.
…
In the stadium.
"Good luck," Lucas told, Ichiro sighed and stood up, he cracked his neck and knuckles.
"I don't need luck." Ichiro pumped up his chest in pride.
Lucas rolled his eyes. "Last time you said that you fell down from the stairs and twisted your ankle."
*Cough*
Ichiro coughed out of embarrassment, he took the rest of the painkillers from his pocket, he has only around 5 remaining, even though he took over 30 from the medical cabinet.
Ichiro shrugged his shoulders and put the rest of pain killers on his mouth and swallowed.
'System.'
[Name: Kurogami Ichiro]
[Martial Rank: Unranked]
[Age: 15]
[Level: 3]
[SP: 0]
[Coins: 0]
[50/400 EXP]
[HP 22/65 + Painkiller Effect + Painkillers Overdose (Might have serious effects after painkillers wear off.]
[Strength: 35]
[Agility: 50]
[Stamina: 42]
[Vitality: 45]
[Quests]
[Shop]
[Lottery: Unlocked at Level 5]
[Martial Arts: Taekwondo, Iron Style, Karate, Muay Thai, Boxing]
[Weakness Detection Eye Lv1: It allows you to see any weakness of the person with the rank of Martial Commander or below!]
'Painkillers overdose? Pfft, bullshit I am fine.' Ichiro snorted and closed the system, but his eyes were slightly redder while his heart rate is higher than usual.
'I am fine, it's just puberty.'
"Do you want me to call an ambulance to be on standby?" Lucas asked.
Ichiro snorted. "Yeah, call for Slych, he will need one after I am done with him."
"HAHA!" Ichiro heard laughter, he saw Tania laughing madly not far from me, definitely heard what he said.
"WHAT!" Ichiro shouted angrily.
"Try not to die, moron~" Tania mockingly said.
"Grrr!" Ichiro with bloodshot eyes gritted his teeth.
'Punching a little girl might cause slight problems…' Ichiro tried to calm his emotions down.
"I AM NOT LITTLE!" Tania cried out angrily.
'HOW THE FUCK SHE HEARD MY THOUGHTS?!' Ichiro thought with widened eyes.
"Match 4, Final Match Begins! Slych Raften Vs. Kurogami Ichiro!"
The announcer yelled loudly.
*CHEEEEEEEEEERS!*
"Good luck," Lucas said.
Ichiro scoffed and made his way over to the arena.
Slych also started making his way over the arena, his carefree attitude is long gone, now the only fierce beast is remaining.
Slych and Ichiro stood face to face.
Slych's aura was unrestrained, like a fierce wolf hiding inside him.
Ichiro aura was tough, like the strongest metal.
"Final Round of Match 4 Begins! Slych Raften Vs. Kurogami Ichiro Begin!" The referee said loudly, he is the rigged referee, he is one of the newest referee's, that's why he easily accepted the job, they only gave him a little bit of money, but if he knew the risks, he wouldn't accept it even if he got 10 times the amount of money.
He grinned while thinking that he gets very easy money, he only needs to make an excuse for him to disqualify Slych, but he is in for a show…
Underestimating Slych and Ichiro… will be the higher-up's biggest mistake and the young referees' mistake.
"Slych, ready?!"
Slych nodded.
"Ichiro, ready?!"
Ichiro grinned and nodded.
The final match of Round of 16 begins…
…But no one is aware that this fight will change the course of history.
This fight is only Middle School tournament fight.
But this fight changes the entire country of Gensa, and will cause Ramu to fall into chaos.
Final match… Shall begin.
