14 CHAPTER 14

A/N:

Last chapter of the week! I will see you guys on the 16th, bye! :)

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'Boxers. Mostly they fight with their fists. Have a very short range since they don't use legs. Low amount of attack points since they can't target the legs. They can weave through most attacks with their incredible core strength and hit fast and hard.'

He thought to himself as they got ready for the match. While wearing their protective gear (sport wraps on the hands and legs to prevent permanent damage from being dealt or received)

'I should be fine unless he suddenly uses his legs, but from the past fights that I've seen briefly once Tashiro-san left, he doesn't and purely uses only his arms.'

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! GET READY FOR THE SEMI FINALSSSS!!!"

The crowd goes wild as the announcer waves his hand to them.

"ON THE RED SIDE! JIN GOHRRUUUUUU! AND ON THE BLUE SIDE! SHOJI IWAOOOOOO!"

Rotating his head to loosen his neck, he takes a breath and raised his stance as the invigilator straight away started the fight.

"BEGIN!"

DING DING DING~

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The boxer immediately got on the offensive the moment the bell rang, dashing at Gohru this time with a proper guard with no openings at all.

Waiting until he enters his range, he calms down before activating Eye of the Mind.

The world gets tuned out into a blur as he was encapsulated in a 5x5 diameter semi-translucent sphere. That signified his current range with his limited arm and leg length.

Time seems to slow down as the boxer moves slower than earlier. The moment the boxer touched the semi-translucent sphere, multiple images of the boxer manifested as they showed the available attacks that he could do through something like a hologram. The attack he was going to do, the angle of the strike, the speed, etc.

Deciding on a move that had the safest escape, the world eventually fills back in color as he ducks, dodging a cross to his face. The boxer immediately responded with a left uppercut, which Gohru dodges again by leaning back before stepping a few steps back.

Raising his guard again, he activates Eye of the Mind once more before slowly advancing toward the boxer by taking small cautious steps.

Once he was almost near the boxer's range, he intentionally raised his lowered right arm's guard, opening his right ribs to which the boxer takes advantage by immediately shooting a jab to fake before a powerful hook to the ribs from Eye of the Mind.

With this knowledge, when he blocked the jab with his left palm, he waited until the hook was in action and was not escapable before redirecting the hook using his right arm.

The boxer's eyes widened when he saw the grin on Gohru's face. How can someone just drop his guard intentionally like that without being overcome by fear?!

He grins at the shocked expression, thankful that his assessment was true. So with both arms in his control, he tossed the arms of the boxer away from his main body, making his guard non-existent.

With the opening, he could just knock the boxer out, but due to the contract that he just received, he got a little greedy to flex a little.

Thus, he, instead of finishing the boxer off, just took a step back and headed to the edge of the ring to let the boxer get back up.

"What?! Semi-Finalist Jin Gohru has walked back instead of taking the advantage that he had gained! What is he thinking?! Has his cockiness blinded him to lose him the match!?!"

Once the boxer recovered from the shock, he glared at Gohru, who just grinned at the expression before signaling him to come with his finger.

The boxer now angry at being humiliated, rushed once more with determination to get that smug face off. Gohru would have waited until the boxer came into his range again, but he didn't. He ran towards the boxer.

Once they were about 15 meters apart, Gohru jumped up high before going into a drop-kick stance toward the boxer.

'You think you can beat me with just a drop kick? No chance!'

That was what the boxer thought as he reached out to grab his legs in order to throw him down.

Gohru however shocked everyone else with his next move.

When the boxer's arms grabbed the sole of his feet with both legs, the crowd along with the announcer and the boxer thought one thing.

'He won. Jin Gohru lost from being too cocky.'

But the impossible happened.

Gohru stretched out his legs, using the arms of the boxer as a platform to get into a split, causing the boxer's arms to separate wide, opening his guard.

"N-NANI?!"

"You fell for it, AHOGA!"

He yells out while crossing his arms, getting ready to release the meme attack that many wished they had the chance to do. He had planned this from the start, the moment he confirmed a fact about the fighter in front of him in their encounter earlier.

'He had the timing to use his legs earlier and it would have got him a hit, but he didn't. Meaning he won't use them unless necessary!'

And so he baited the boxer into a rage to again reduce the risk of him using his legs to counter the fake drop kick.

With a quick breath, he yells out grinning madly, raising his crossed arms upwards.

"KURAE! THUNDA KUROSU SPLITO ATTAKU!!!"

And he brings them down as hard as he could.

BANG!

The cross-attack slams into the boxer's head, causing the brain in his skull to shift from the impact. Jumping off his arms, he watched as the boxer eventually falls to the ground unconscious from the concussion. Raising his arm in victory, he had a satisfied face on.

'I finally did it, Mr. Dire. Your technique will now not be a meme, but an actual technique that people would use after watching this. I've avenged you!'

He thought to himself as he walks back into the waiting room, hearing the cheers of disbelief behind him.

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When the doctors on duty declared that he was alright and was capable of going to the finals, they left him and he immediately headed to his private booth to watch Kenichi's fight from the screen in the room.

Since his match was immediately after Gohru's, he couldn't say anything to him, which made him a little bummed out since he could see his expression from the Thunder Cross Split Attack earlier, but beggars can't be choosers.

Taking a seat, he turns on his TV and starts stretching. The finals were an hour after the final semi-final round, so he had a lot of time left. While waiting for them to begin, he took the contract locked in his locker and started reading it.

'The contract length duration is 3 years, with not many restrictions. But there's a suggestion in the final few pages explaining that if I was able to join a Pro Hero School like UA, I get a 50% increase in salary. The Hero stuff really is a good money-making industry.'

"ON THE RED SIDE! HIROSE KENICHI! AND ON THE BLUE SIDE! OMORI TAKEO!"

So they're starting. Taking a deep breath to focus, he puts all his attention on the screen to absorb as much information about Omori as he could as the invigilator raised his hand.

'Come on. Kenichi. Please make him throw out as much as possible...'

People may think that this was scummy from him and that he was taking advantage of his friendship, but this wasn't his doing anyways. The one you should be blaming was Fate itself which made them fight against each other. At most, he was doing Kenichi a favor by analyzing the large man for their rematch once he got Omori's number and convinced him to spar with them along with the Asuka girl.

"Ready? FIGHT!"

DING DING DING~

And round 2 of the semi-finals started.

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