Chapter 16: Seiken Fist

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"Phew...", I said, letting out a relaxed sigh, managing to eat the rest of my breakfast. I listened to the rest of the global news rolling, and it did confirm a couple things for me.

Iron Man I was presently underway. Having been missing for fifty days, Tony Stark will likely get 'rescued' in the coming month, only to make his grand declaration to the world. This won't happen for another month or so, that meant I have some time to work with in regards to the MCU-verse.

As for Doctor Briefs expressing his interest in meeting Japan's Prime Minister and His Majesty the Emperor to form amicable relations, that too will happen in the coming days. If given a chance to meet him, I could get exposed to the cast of DBZ earlier than anticipated. It is very possible that Doctor Briefs will be bringing his daughter, Bulma, along with him.

At the very least, a few routes opened up that I could potentially take.

The first option would be to venture out and seek oyaji again, and determine which governments he has ties to. He dove into mercenary work when he was younger and partook in several wars. It's very possible he has connections to Shield. If he can direct me in that point, it will likely be the quickest way to enter the battlefield. A great chance to gain practical combat experience, and test what the level up system can do. I could try and become a merc myself, and do hired work for Shield and other similar government agencies. This could potentially let me come across more cast of the MCU as well.

Another option I could do is stay back and continue residing here in Tokyo on my own, and focus on training and the Underground Arena underneath Tokyo Dome. This would let me form connections on my own. Senior Tokugawa should have many connections both inside and outside of Japan, and if I get friendly with him, he will for sure let me meet many experienced fighters all across the world. Very similar to what Baki did abroad, but with a guided hand this time. My experience as a martial artist would soar, and if I did this, it would be the quickest way to gain proficiency in martial art techniques. Not only that, with me staying back here in Japan, I could try to find out what these Cursed Spirits are.

A third option would ignore those two, and try to get personally acquainted with Doctor Briefs. This holds the most mystery but it would offer a chance to train in ki, taking a firm guess at it. The four cardinal cities at least did not exist here in Japan, seeing as he was coming here abroad. It was possible that mass of land was an island of its own, or perhaps it was a continent hidden to the visible eye. Goku and the others are there, and they enjoy fighting like breathing. And with the Saiyans coming in eight years, it would prep me for that too.

Choices...

Perhaps it was possible to string them in a way for me to do all of them in a single stroke?

'What do you think. Aura?', I decided to ask Aura after mulling over my thoughts with the TV now turned off.

[Each one is sound, Master. No matter which route you take, it will offer benefits that will help you grow. If you take the first option, you will get a chance to level up fast, and that will give a natural stat flow. The second option will help you improve your fighting techniques and gives an opportunity to study Cursed Spirits and Cursed Energy. The more hard work you put in, the more stats will be obtained. The third offers a mixture of both, and a chance to train in one of the Energies you have unlocked already. You do not have the ability to fly either, and choosing this one will also give you the chance of learning that. And on top of all of that, you will encounter alien beings that are at the apex of the food chain, barring celestial bodies.] Aura explained, giving me insight to each route I could take from here.

'The ability to fly alone already sounds tempting enough...', I continued to utter, showing more interest in what exactly this meshed up world had to offer.

I quickly shook my head, clearing my thoughts for the moment. Plans were starting to take shape, but I had to focus on what was currently in my sight. And that was the fight at Tokyo Dome.

I took several empty plates over, and spent a couple minutes washing the dishes, and placed them inside the dishwasher. Musashi also cleared his food. Seeing as we spent an hour running a marathon, he was quick to go back to snoozing with a stuffed belly.

Ding!

All of a sudden I heard my doorbell sound off around us, causing Musashi's ears to perk up just as he was falling asleep.

"Special delivery for the Hanma Residence!", A voice called out.

"Man mom's connections sure do work fast. Is the training equipment here already?", I murmured, only to see a person in a delivery service uniform standing outside my door.

"Sign here please.", The delivery person said, giving me a clipboard with a bunch of papers to initial on it.

"...", I tried to utter, only to see a large truck standing in the street. It was the size of a moving truck.

Only a few moments passed before I finished my signing and the worker smiled at me.

"Thank you for your patronage, Hanma-sama.", The worker said, turning around to the large truck. "It's time to load 'em up, guys!", The worker yelled out.

One by one, several people began to take in various goods that I ordered.

Several workers began to bring in machines, weights, and all that jazz into my house. I told them to place it all in the basement floor. It was mostly empty space, but now it was going to get filled up with a truck this large. Before long, each worker was started to carry punching bags, and bags full of grated sand. I just stared at them with each passing bag.

'I might have ordered a bit too much here...', I uttered, seeing the countless punching bags making their way inside my house.

As the moments passed, I heard a voice call out to me with a surprised voice.

"Baki-san? What is all of this?", Rito asked me, appearing in my view, dressed and ready to head to school.

"Oh, it's just a bunch of workout material I ordered yesterday. I might have gone a bit overboard though, haha.", I said, scratching my head.

Thankfully the workers took pride in being clean and efficient. I saw the main delivery driver do a light bow at me, before he left with the other workers. It was just Rito and I now.

"Off to school, I take it?", I asked Rito.

"Yeah. It really is a shame you got suspended for a full week, but it appears you aren't sullen over it. Do you want me to me to try and talk to the faculty again?", Rito suggested, quickly making me shake my head.

"Nah. Like I said the first time, I'll see you in a week. Do make sure to keep your weekend schedule free though. You'll be in for a surprise.", I said with a playful a grin.

"Uh-uh...", Rito said, doing a gulp as he recalled the number of punching bags he saw going back and forth in those few moments. He knew he was going to be late for school though if he lingered any longer, so we bid farewell for now, and I retreated back inside my house.

I didn't see Momo on her bike either, she might have learned her lesson yesterday and left for school ahead of time?

Either way, I told the workers how to arrange the training gear inside the basement, so I didn't have much to move around. In one of the corners, I saw a shit ton of grated sand bags and empty punching bags.

It was quite heavy but I lifted the first one with ease, pouring the sand inside, and proceeded to hang up the first bag.

I also went through the weights, and found a hundred pound set for the body. The moment I put the weights on each of my arms and legs, my body felt a lot of stress, making it hard to move. I would gradually go up from here, but it was always good to wear weighted equipment.

'And now here comes the fun part.', I inwardly smiled. Unexpectedly, I closed my eyes, and took in a deep breath, squaring myself in front of the bag. I did not do any motion or the likes yet. Instead I decided to ask Aura something.

'Say Aura, can you replay memories of the Shinshinkai Grandmaster teaching the Seiken Fist to his students?', I thought to myself.

[Of course, Master.], Aura replied.

It didn't take long for memories to surface into my mind. I saw the bald man I met yesterday, currently wearing a white gi and a black belt, currently looking at several karate students wearing different colored belts, some black too.

"Now listen up you brats. There is only one thing the Shinshinkai takes pride in.", Doppo began to say, only to raise his fist up in the air for the students to see. He stretched his fingers out, and curled them one by one slowly, forming a fist by placing his thumb over his fingers.

"And that is the fist! The fist is the only weapon you will ever need. It can act as a blade, a spear, or even a bullet.", Doppo continued to say, pulling his left arm inward, and entered a basic karate stance. A thin-white glow began to appear around his entire body once he started to concentrate on his fist that he formed in his right hand.

"Haaah!", Doppo yelled out, striking straight on in front of him. Due to his power, his fist alone cut through the air, creating a large blast of gust, causing the students closest to him to get blasted into the students in the second row. Surprise appeared in each student's eyes.

"Let your fist become your weapon. It is attached to you, and it holds the most potential to cause destructive damage to your opponent. I call this, the Seiken Fist.", Doppo explained, pulling his fist back.

"Each one of you will do this stance, and strike out one thousand times a day. Only then will you see a glimpse of the power of the fist that I have formed with my efforts.", Doppo said with a grin, causing the students to groan in disapproval.

'The Seiken Fist...', I uttered, seeing these memories surface inside my mind.