Chapter 28 : Let's spice things up a bit, shall we?

"Take this MAsked bastard, with Takeshi's protection, your sneaky moves won't land on me!"

Takeshi ignored Hayachi, his eyes never left Yugen, He discerned a pattern in Yugen's attacks, noticing that he would make a gesture with his real body parts, such as his fists, before materializing cloned body parts. This implied that the cloned body parts needed to be guided by his real body parts. The period between executing the move and allowing the clone to synchronize with his movement was Takeshi's opportunity to intercept Yugen's attacks.

With an indifferent expression on his face, Takeshi remarked, "Your Quirk also has a fatal weakness. You need to perform the move with your real body part first so that the cloned part will follow you. Am I right?"

Yugen frowned, this bald dude seems to be a little bit observant, but his guess was wrong, yugen in fact, can control any cloned part separately without the need to synchronize it with his own real body part, for example, he can make a rock with his real hand, a paper with the first cloned hand, a seizor with the second cloned hand, all at the same time. which means, without moving a finger of his real hand, he can teleport cloned fist and punch them as he wants! the reason why he perform the same move with his real body part is just a habitual behavior, he can choose whether to do it or not

"you are quite observant, aren't ya?" Yugen isn't stupide to reveal information about his power, especially to someone observant and strategic like Takeshi who may find an opportunity to turn the table on and defeat him.

"The one called Hayachi is responsible for offense, the bald one, Takeshi, is covering him, and he must also be protecting the one called Ryuji. That's why he stood in the middle of the two. Since he guessed wrong about how my power works, I must seize this information gap and trick him! Most importantly, I can't allow that bastard to accumulate force; I can feel that he is preparing a big move!"

"This is becoming more troublesome. I thought it would be an easy fight. Isn't this how it's portrayed in those trashy web novels? I should stop believing them; after all, my author seems to be very special."

(Saikikusu : You are my special)

Yugen sighed helplessly, without wasting anymore time, he choose to take the initiative.

he pretends to make a punching gesture, which made Hayachi put his hands in front of his face in a defensive gestures, Takeshi's chains extended and starts circling around hayachi, then another one protecting him, the last one was besides Ryuji.

'the place where the purple particles appears is the place where the attacks from!' He changed his standing posture and stood in way that allows him to see Hayachi and Ryuji from the sides.

"nose bleeding punch!" Yugen casually came up with a name, as he shouted, he throw a punch, and the purples particles takeshi was expecting, appeared simultaneously in front of the trio's faces!

Takeshi smirked and thought as he expected, he immediately controlled the chains and let them form a defensive wall in front of his friends face.

seeing this scene, Yugen's grinned mischievously under his mask, he quickly materialized clones of his legs in front of the midsections of the trio.

because they were covering their face, they failed to notice it.

"Normal Kick!" Yugen whispered as he controlled the cloned leg with his mind to make a kicking move.

Takeshi waited for the masked man fist to appear but nothing happened, he felt something wrong, his eyes caught the appearance of yugen's leg in front of hayachi's stomach.

'Why? he didn't make a move with his real body!' Takeshi was puzzled, but he didn't have time as he realized that Ryuji's charging attack will get interrupted.

his eyes became firm, he quickly gave up protecting himself and Hayachi and focused solely on protecting Ryuji.

"I won't allow you!" With a scream, the other chains disappeared, the one in front of Ryuji became thicker, and his control over it become more precise, he quickly moved it to resist the kick of Yugen.

"BANG!"

"UGH!**"

The alley reverberated as Yugen's kick landed on the two boys' stomach with pinpoint accuracy. The unfortunate duo couldn't help but emit a strained "UGH," the air forced out of their lungs in a painful exhale.

The two staggered back, Hayachi clutched his stomach, the force yugen used in his leg was not joke, the leg is the strongest muscle in human body, and he trained it very well. thus his kicks are triple the strength of his punches. and it hit them when they weren't prepared, when their abs weren't tight.

even though he had to endue the pain, Takeshi faithfully prevented the attack from reaching Ryuji.

"there is more!" Yugen shouted excitedly as he created another clones of his fist.

the cloned fists attacked Hayachi and Takeshi and Ryuji from all directions.

"Thunderclap!" Hayachi hurriedly clapped his hands to repel the incoming fist in front of him, another one hit him from the side into his kidney.

"AGHHH!" Hayachi screamed in pain, but he endured the attack and adjust his position, then he clapped quickly toward the cloned fist that attacked him, the mighty sound wave shattered the fists.

Takeshi, on the other hand, completely left himself defenseless. He quickly sat down, adjusted his posture, covered his vital areas and his face, and left a small opening where he observed Ryuji. He used this to prevent the attacks from interrupting Ryuji's preparation while enduring the barrage of punches hitting his body mercilessly.

Meanwhile, Ryuji who was sending quick punches into the air, unbothered by all the cloned fists yugen around him, he put his full trust on Takeshi's chains, his forehead and entire body starts sweating, and if you observed carefully, steams was emitting from his body.

'Not enough, I need more heat. I must finish him with one blow!' Ryuji realized that Yugen's ability to teleport his body parts and attack from long distances using his cloned hands and feet undoubtedly restricted their own quirks. He could dodge Hayachi's sonic booms, escape Takeshi's chains, and, most importantly, once Yugen understood the true ability of Ryuji, he would easily dodge it. In the end, Yugen would keep on beating them from afar while they couldn't even land a hit on him.

this masked guy wanted them to disband their gang, this is simply unacceptable to him. the thunder serpents gang must exist, and must never be disband, who is gonna protect the kids, who is gonna provide them with food, shelter, if the gang disbanded?

"Takeshi, switch to attack, and find a way to bring him near me and create a chance for me to land a hit on him!" Ryuji said in a low voice that only takeshi could hear.

Takeshi nodded and shouted back : "just accumulate your force, I'll create the perfect opportunity for you!"

"Hayachi, Switch to Attack! No defense!" Takeshi then stood up and rushed towards YUgen, Hayachi quickly followed suit.

the two moved in zigzag way, to prevent yugen from snipping them with his cloned body parts attacks.

Takeshi, the Chainmaster, sent his metallic serpents hurtling towards Yugen with precision, each chain a silent predator seeking its prey. Simultaneously, Hayachi, with a wicked grin, unleashed a barrage of dissonant sonic waves, aiming to disrupt Yugen's every rhythm.

"CLANG, CLANG!"

"CLAP, BOOM!"

Yugen the moment he saw Hayachi about to clap, he quickly jumped to the side avoiding the sonic boom before it's release, but it seems to be within the plan of Takeshi, as the later's chains anticipated his move and were only few inches from capturing his right leg.

With a thought, he teleported his right leg, leaving only a trail of shadow where his leg once stood. The chains collided with thin air, rattling in confusion.

Undeterred, Takeshi adjusted his strategy. With a swift motion, he launched chains toward Yugen again, this time aiming for a more unpredictable trajectory. Yugen anticipated the attack and seamlessly teleported his Entire lower parts to various places in the sky, allowing the chains to slice through the space where his lower body had been a moment before.

Hayachi, frustrated by Yugen's evasion, intensified his sonic barrage.

"STOP DODDGING U COWARD! CLAP CLAP CLAP!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

Yugen quickly teleported his ears, now relying on visual cues alone, teleported his torso in a fluid motion, narrowly evading the oncoming sound waves.

"Let's spice things up a bit, shall we?" With a devilish grin, he muttered.