27 Chapter 24
[Time skip 6 months]
Training with Kaku Kaioh was one of the best Kai experienced aside from the calm and spiritual training of Sukune, Kaku is more focused technique and the practical and best ways to apply such techniques.
Due to this Kai who already had a keen grasp on all of his techniques, created new more ways to fully utilize the techniques from Kengan system.
One of the things Kai learned that while variation was the best for short fights, he would have trouble facing those who have the endurance and smarts to analyze every technique that he has.
best example of this was when Kai and Kaku sparred, Kai who's been pinning Kaku who's trying his best on deflecting and dodging all of his lethal strikes had the tables turned on him when the old man busted his cheat of a technique Shaori.
quickly striking his offensive Shaori, Kaku almost knocked Kai who was sent flying after receiving all of the force he'd sent on Kaku's way.
after being lectured Kai then understood the meaning of patience and when to strike after you've read all of your opponent moves.
As for the people living in the temple, he met with various Kaioh's who is the master of their own styles, the most powerful among them was Kaioh Ryu and Shunsei Kaioh the son of Kaku Kaioh.
when he met Shunsei who's 24, Kai couldn't believe that an old man can still get it on at the age of 116.
He also asked Kaioh Retsu but apparently Kai's been told that Eishuu Retsu which is his real name and called by his childhood friends at the temple before he became Kaioh, was traveling the world and making them acknowledge that Chinese martial arts is the ultimate martial arts.
Kai who almost chuckled at the thought that Retsu must still be arrogant since he still haven't been defeated by Baki, Nonetheless Kai during this 6 months with the careful guidance of Kaku managed to master Shaori and merged [Guihun],[Modified Thai God of War style],[The fifth fang of metsudo style],[Three Demon fist: Centipede style],[Wild tiger Style],[The Devil's Lance Style],[The monster style],[The howling fighting spirit style],[The Ashura style],[Lightning God Style], and the [Fist eye style].
Naming it [Demon art: spear of Lü bu] in recognition of the greatest warrior of the romance of the 3 kingdoms, Kai created an invincible striking technique that's guaranteed him an overwhelming advantage against anyone even if it's the strongest creature.
At the present as Kai was snacking on some Dim sum, he was asked by a student of Kaioh Ryu if he's not participating in the Maximum tournament hosted by Mitsunari Tokugawa.
"When is it? I already forgotten about that" Kai replied as he pick some steamed pork buns the Chinese called baozi.
"Well Kaioh Retsu sent a letter that he'd already defeated his first opponent, so I guess it's happening right now" the monk answered Kai's question which made him spit his food due to shock.
"Right now!!" Kai yelled as he stood up.
"Yeah probably, I don't know" replied the monk who scratched his head.
"Oh shit, gotta go, Do you know where Kaku Kaioh is?" Kai hurriedly ask as he shove some steamed pork buns in his mouth.
"uhhh, training grounds?" the monk replied unsure if he answered right as he saw Kai sprint away.
As Kai arrived at his fastest towards Kaku who's overseeing some Shaolin monks do their training routine "settle down and breathe" Kaku says as he saw Kai who just arrived in the blink of an eye.
"Shifu, I need to leave, right now" Kai says in between his deep breathes.
"Sure,sure, I think you heard some of the monks about Retsu in the Maximum tournament hosted by Mitsunari Tokugawa" Kaku jovially says as he deduced why Kai needs to leave.
"Yes and sorry about leaving abruptly but thanks for everything" Kai bows as he thanked Kaku Kaioh for the training.
"hehehe alright, just don't forget I invite you to the Rai Tai tournament in the next few months" Kaku replied as he hugs Kai.
Kai who's 6'8 foot tall had to bent down just to hug his 5'1 master, As he packed and leave he immediately bought himself a ticket to arrive back to Tokyo Japan.
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[Tokyo Japan]
After arriving to Haneda airport and having some of his dollars converted to yen, Kai took a taxi to head towards Tokugawa estate.
After paying the cab Kai surprised Tokugawa by jumping over the concrete wall and scared the little old man who's taking a walk in his courtyard.
"you scared me, when did you arrive back to Japan Kai?" Tokugawa say's after stiffening in shock.
"just arrived by plane, so what's up Tokugawa Kun sorry bout forgetting the date of the tournament" Kai says as he cheerfully greeted Tokugawa.
"Well, we already started in the past 2 days so I can't really insert you, but we can arrange a special match" Tokugawa replied sadly but immediately offered Kai a match.
"Shame, nah I'm bored of the fighters here, so I'll just watch can I get a VIP seat?" Kai ask as he walked beside the old man.
As they talked Kai learned that Baki was easily winning due to his training with Kai, also a notable was that all of those he faced became much stronger due to them losing to him.
Apparently Jack and Retsu was also blitzing their way through the contestants with Tokugawa boasting of the wild power of Jack Hammer while Retsu Kaioh was showcasing the might of 4000 yr old Chinese martial art tradition.
Kai trying to hide his laughter when Tokugawa said the 4000 yrs old Chinese martial arts of Retsu since he remembered from his past life a certain YouTuber making fun of it.
As daylight ended Tokugawa invited Kai to a dinner before heading towards the Tokyo Dome underground arena, Kai accepting Tokugawa's offer went with the old man towards the dinning room.
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[Later]
[Tokyo Dome underground arena]
As they finished eating some traditional Japanese foods that Kai was unfamiliar off, they quickly headed towards the arena.
As Kai seated himself near Tokugawa he admits that it's weird to be the audience of a fight rather than being the fighter.
The first fight for the quarter finals are between Baki Hanma vs Kanji Igari, Kai was excited whether Baki had gotten stronger or he'll do the same as what happened in the Anime's and Manga's.
As the Fighters was announced and entered the ring, Kai could see the shock of Baki when he waved at him from his seats while Igari frowned when he saw him.
As the fight started Igari started taunting and disturbing Baki's mentality with whispers and shouts, although his wrestling techniques prove useless against Baki who's been trained by Kai in the basic aspects of grappling.
As they continued the exchange Kai could see the unnerving tactics of Igari was starting to pay off as Baki was getting careless and a minute too late to react.
But things didn't work out for Igari since there are things you shouldn't touch or even do, as he whipped out the Emi Akezawa looked alike on the sidelines to further destabilize Baki's mentality Igari didn't take in that Baki's PTSD on his mother's death would backfire since after remembering what happened to her caused Baki to rage and produce the trademark of Yujiro, the Demon Back.
After the Demon Back appeared on Baki, it became apparent that Igari not winning this match as Baki easily manhandled the large wrestler towering over him.
After that Tokugawa had to butt in and announce that Baki had won to prevent his friend Igari to die because of Baki's guillotine choke.
As the 30 minute break started I headed towards the locker room to congratulate Baki for the win, As Kai went down he came upon a rare sight of 3 Hanma's talking ' this must be the time when Yujiro told the 2 of them that he will only acknowledge those who win between Baki and Jack ' Kai thought as he kept himself hidden.
As Baki left the conversation and the only ones left are Yujiro and Jack, the latter had a brilliant idea of attacking Yujiro by biting but jokes on him when Yujiro retaliated by biting him in the same area on Jack's body.
Humiliated Jack left with the promise that he'll beat Yujiro next time.
"So you've finished you're training, Demon King stop hiding I could sense you" Yujiro says as he turned his attention towards Kai.
Seeing no point in hiding Kai revealed himself to Yujiro saying "You caught me, so what's up Mr. Ogre" which prompted a smile from Yujiro.
"So you're here to full fill your promise?" Yujiro says as he grinned ear to ear.
"I wouldn't mind fighting you, but I wanted a more secluded and private place where no one's gonna interrupt us" Kai replied as he thought ' might have to postpone my congratulations to Baki '
"hmmm, doesn't want anyone to find out huh, follow me I know just the place" Yujiro deduced that Kai doesn't want attention.
"don't want to be globally famous for beating somebody" Kai reasoned out as he walked side by side with Yujiro Hanma.
Laughing Yujiro "I really waited for this, I hope you don't disappoint Demon King"
"Oh you'll like it very much Mr. Ogre, I also hope that I could test my farthest limits with this fight" Kai jokingly says which illicited a laugh from Yujiro.
for a while as they walked to the outskirts of Tokyo everyone could see that Kai and Yujiro looked like Old friends bantering and trading quips at each other.
As they arrive at a secluded clearing Yujiro stopped and said "This place should be enough"
Looking around Kai could indeed see and sense that this place was quite devoid of life aside from bugs.
cracking his neck and checking the flexibility of his limbs Kai took the formless stance with his Guihun, Gott-tötter Steinbohrer, Shaori,and possessing spirit activated making his body bigger while maintaining unnatural fluidity.
{AN: Yes folks during his time with Kaku Kaioh,Kai finally found a way to mitigate the cons of using possessing spirit technique of the Niko style}
meanwhile Yujiro took to his stance also revealing his Demon Back while saying "You did study under that old geezer" as he smiled excitedly.
As for Kai having finished his preparation rushed Yujiro with his Hiraishin Footwork while also throwing a left hook.
Yujiro surprised at Kai's speed blocked the left hook and at the same time he unleashed a high kick on his right leg.
Dodging and pivoting to the right side of Yujiro, Kai used his right leg to sweep Yujiro's left leg then quickly taking a hold of Yujiro's shoulders and slammed him to the ground.
Yujiro quickly realizing his mistake thrashed around making Kai let go due to the wild and powerful swings of his arms creating marks on the soil.
Kai opted for a soccer kick on Yujiro's ribs suddenly found himself slammed to the ground as Yujiro took a hold of his ankles swung him down to his level on the ground.
As they both recover and took distance from each other, Kai and Yujiro eyed each other while smiling simultaneously before rushing at each other.
Kai due to his longer reach landed the first punch on Yujiro's face who gritted and flex his muscles on the face to tank and minimize the damage of Kai's punch.
While as Yujiro's punch landed at Kai's face, he used defensive Shaori to absorb the attack although it dislocated Kai's jaws he managed to mitigate the damage caused by Yujiro's powerful punch.
Kai's next attack came by the form of dragon shot by Kanoh Agito as he's close enough to Yujiro, Using Gott-tötter Steinbohrer and the force he absorbed via Defensive Shaori Kai's dragon shot that landed on Yujiro's left rib made the most powerful creature on the planet jump back and wheeze before taking a few seconds to recover himself.
Kai taking the moment's respite to fix his dislocated jaw while Yujiro eyed him with caution and excitement.
"You know the only one who managed to do this is my late father, you certainly live up to your promises Demon King" Yujiro complimented Kai as he took a careful stance towards him.
"High praises from the mightiest living creature, I'm honored" Kai replied before rushing again.
Yujiro smiled happily as he countered Kai's charge with a whip like strike from his arms making a loud crack sound as it landed at Kai's chest.
having his breathe knocked out of his lungs, Kai chose to endure the pain as he took Yujiro on a Sumo hold.
Kai having Yujiro on a checkmate took a deep breathe before quickly lifting Yujiro up by the garters of his pants then slamming him down.
Yujiro having decided to see what Kai will do with the Sumo hold suddenly found himself lifted up, using Aiki he softened the impact by dividing the force behind the slam.
seeing Yujiro bounced and flip back to standing position made Kai clicked his tongue before rushing again this time dishing out a lot of boxing strikes with with a mix of Muay Thai kicks.
Yujiro also began countering Kai with a series of karate strikes while also sneaking in some Kenpo high kicks.
this exchange continued for a while until Kai surprised Yujiro by using both hands to hold Yujiro's shoulders and used the Hammer of Burma at Yujiro's face.
Dazed Yujiro acted on instincts by quickly jumping back thus avoiding Kai's spear hand, slapping his face with both hands allowed Yujiro to snapped out of his daze and blurred vision.
Sneezing out some blood clot from his nose Yujiro chuckled "You got me there" while Kai who's rubbing his forehead replied "Your face is too hard that even my forehead hurt from that headbutt"
Laughing Yujiro prepared for another clash when 2 persons followed by a plethora of fighters barge in.
Baki leading the charge quickly running up and punching Kai in the face, while Jack swinged a wide left hook at Yujiro.
Yujiro and Kai just noticing the new arrivals had different reactions with Kai surprised while Yujiro was furious.
"You said this place was private enough? I guess we are both too preoccupied with each other huh" Kai says to Yujiro who's fuming mad that one can literally see each vein pulsing through his body.
Tokugawa answering Kai's question with "This place is far enough for normal people, but with the 2 of you clashing and creating multiple earthquakes it's hard not to notice"
"Hmmm, I see, hey Ogre why don't we call this a draw, we can fight again next time when there's less of an interruption" Kai proposed to the still silent but angry Yujiro.
"Alright, tsk when it's getting good you miserable cretins had to intervene" Yujiro spitefully replied as he stomped away angrily.
"What are y'all gawking at? get a move on" Kai yelled at the fighters composed of Doppo,Gouki, Hanayama, Motobe, Retsu, Katsumi,Igari, Shinogi brothers, and Kinryuuzan.
"Come on Baki, we got a victory to celebrate" Kai ushered Baki who's dumbfounded at Kai who acted as if he didn't got punched by Baki earlier.
"Yeah, sure" Baki replied as he went with Kai.
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[Next day]
waking up late after Kai had a party at a local nightclub with Baki who looked like a baby chick at club.
remembering how Baki fumbled and unsure of what to do at the place made Kai smile as he ordered room service from the hotel he's staying at.
After eating Kai dressed up to go visit Baki and a few fighters he's acquainted.
as he got down to ground floor Kai was confronted by Jack Hanma who's waiting for him at the hotel's atrium.
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Author here sorry for not releasing I got busy handling my enrollment to a new University since I decided to transfer to a nearer one since my old one is so far away and with all the quarantine and whatnot I've decided it's best and cheaper to go back at my parents home and transfer to a local college and finish my degree there so yeah haven't had time to write anyway enjoy and stay tuned
ciao
