Chapter 3 - Karate Club

Her question made me stop for a moment to think about it. Martial art that I know isn't simply fighting and kicking but an art form that is why it has that form. But now I am given an opportunity to learn how to fight, so certainly I want to know more about them. Isn't like I'll lose anything, right?

"Yeah, I can't exactly say I'm a martial art fanatic but at very least I hope to learn more about them." Sure, learning martial arts and doing their moves suit my interest. Perhaps I would find myself loving it but time will only tell.

"How about you, Rito? Interested in joining the Karate Club? Maybe that way you can impress Haruna-chan." I suggested with a wide grin while my little brother blushed.

"Haruna-chan? You also mention, Mikan-chan? Who are they?" Miu curiously asked.

"Well, Mikan is our adorable little sister while Haruna-chan is someone my brother is interested in." I didn't try to tease him too much since I hoped that he would actually pull himself to confess.

"I'll introduce you to Mikan when we get the chance. I think you'll like her." Having a martial artist who is near the expert level as a big sister to my little sister? Yeah that would be a fine trade. From what I remember the martial artist rank starts from Low, middle and high class Disciple then Expert, Low Master and Master afterwards would be Grand Master, Advanced GrandMaster and finally Legendary Master.

A high class Disciple can easily defeat a group of people in seconds and an Expert would be a lot stronger than that. You could only imagine what kind of monster a Legendary Master is like.

"Then I'm looking forward to meeting her!" Miu beamed with happiness while we chatted a bit more until arriving at our class. We took her to our class as I found myself looking at my classroom. Many familiar faces like My brother's longtime crush, Haruna Sairenji. She had short purple hair and a friendly demeanor that get along with people.

She was a close friend of ours and treated her as my little sister at times. I glance over at my brother and he clearly wouldn't be able to confess. But still good luck brother you are going to need it. I didn't see Kenichi and believed he was most likely going to be late again.

Miu introduced herself, getting the boy's attention while I rolled my eyes at this. I do hope she gets along with the other female students. We all sat down and soon my good old friend, Kenichi Shirahama arrived. He had short wild brown hair similar to ours but had a weak demeanor.

From my memories, he is the most tenacious person I know but he simply lacks talent and ferocity in battle since I know he wants to learn martial arts.

"Why do you always get late, Kenichi-chan?" I tease him, seeing looked drained and defeated.

"I just overslept like usual. And can you stop calling me that, Haruto-Nii?" He said while I simply ignored him as the class began anas I decided to make a quest.

'I need to listen and study the lesson.'

[ Quest Created! ]

[ Task: Listen and learn the lesson of the teacher. ]

[ Reward: 1,000 Yen ]

Easy enough, I wasn't the best stupid but this kind of motivates me. Money is money! It was difficult to study but my system seems to help me in learning as the level increases. I'm really glad there isn't a penalty for creating a quest. After a while, the class ended and went to take a break heading to find a place to eat our bento.

"Haruto, where are you going?" Everyone who heard Miu called me by my first name was surprised then realize who I was and didn't think too hard since I always say honorifics aren't my thing.

"We're going to find a place to eat our bento. How about you? Getting along with your classmate?" I asked and she nodded.

"You know her, Haruto-Nii?" Haruna walked over them as Rito blush, seeing her move closer. I didn't try to force nor tease him about it since I can't meddle with his life too much and if he needs my help then I'll help.

"Hello there Haruna-chan, how are you?"

"I've been doing great, thanks for asking."

"That's good to hear, as for your question, yeah we met up while we're heading to school. Just careful not to sneak behind her since she can be quite rough."

"Rough?" Haruno repeated.

"Well, I accidentally knocked down Haruto out of reflex." Miu feels a bit guilty giving a cute expression.

"No harm done, anyway, can you show her around, Haruna-chan? It would be good if she gets a female friend too." I suggested while she nodded and Miu appreciated what he was doing.

"Sure thing." Haruna and Miu went their way while I glanced to see Rito passing out with Kenichi trying to revive him. I facepalm seeing the two and after a while head to find a place to have lunch. Time weaved in and our class for the day ended.

"You mentioned you're going to join the Karate club too?" Kenichi was surprised that he was joining as well while Rito head home first since it wouldn't be good if Mikan is left home alone.

"Hey "weak leg—Haruto!" I glanced over and I could see Arajima Haruo who looked like an alien elf. I beat him when he was messing with Kenichi and his brother. Sure I wasn't insanely strong but I don't back down when others that I care are hurt.

"It's you, did you escape from Santa Claus's workshop again?" I asked as he was nervous seeing me.

"I-I was just going to ask about the new transfer student." He stuttered.

"Ask somebody else but try doing something bad again then I'll beat you up again." I was annoyed when he tried spreading rumors about me and taught him a lesson. He was weaker than I am.

"Alright then! Gotta go!" He soon left as I glanced over to Kenichi.

"What did you do to him, Haruto-Nii?" Kenichi never knew what I did since I never told him.

"You don't need to know. Anyway, we should know or we'll be late." He nodded as the two of us arrived at the Karate Club and frankly the people inside are unpleasant to be around but I'll copy their martial arts since it's similar to [ Kickboxing ] and can increase my current skills on it. Both of us were wearing our Karate Uniform with both of us having head gear.

"You! Come at me." One of them taught as I was an easy target and frankly I wasn't there to learn but experience fighting. I signed glancing over to Kenichi who looked worried as I know what they plan on doing to Kenichi if I wasn't here. As a brother figure it's my duty to protect them when they can't handle the situation. I was hoping that the Karate club wasn't the same as those in that story from my new memories. But alas, I was too optimistic.

"Shouldn't you teach us the basics?" I asked them to confront them about their malpractice. A sudden realization happened to me as my memories resurface as I recalled an extremely skilled Karate practitioner.

'Wait! Baki exists in this world since Orochi Doppo exists!' This made me wonder what more fictional world exist but I didn't think too hard on its since I can't change what's going on in the world and can only change myself.

"Tch! Weakling like you can't possibly hope to learn! We lack some human punching bag and you two fit the bill!" His unpleasant smile made me angry but calmed myself down by focusing more on beating him.

"Kenichi-chan, once I beat them, we'll leave. They aren't worth the time and effort." I said as they all looked at each other then laughed.

"Hahahaha as if you can beat us!? You two haven't even fought someone like us before! You might have beaten Haruo but he's just an insect that can easily squash." I scoffed at his words and took a stance and everything around me changed as my blood boiled. I'm going to lose against them but I don't care. I won't back down without a fight.

"How about we let our fidt do all the talking? Unless you're scared." I provoked them and one of them who was planning on beating me up like a punching bag took a stance.

'I need to beat all of the Karate Club members.'

[ Quest Creation! ]

[ Task: Beat all the Karate Club Members. ]

[ Reward: Lv.1 Formless stance(E) ]

Oh that makes thing a lot better from what I remember. The Formless stance is not like a normal style, as instead of a singular fighting one, the user has a wide repertoire of moves that one can draw from at any time. This style acts more like an instinctive reflex and reaction to the opponent's attack, going limp to avoid, withstand or deflect attacks and striking at the first opening almost instantaneously.

This style's forte is adaptability, but possesses one notable weakness to the form. By fully embracing adaptability, one sacrifices the ability to make immediate decisions due to the sheer amount of options at their disposal. If I'm able to copy martial art rather easily then this stance along with [ Ultra Instinct ] makes me even more of a monster.

"Bastard! You're asking for it!" He rushed towards me and tried to punch me while I could see his movement as I stepped back and almost hit me. He was fast and precise but too fixated in his emotion. Is this a martial artist? I know traditional and sports are two different things.

I gritted my teeth when he hit me and blocked them but the force left my hands going numb. I could see him enjoying hurting me. A little more time then I'll destroy that smug face of yours.

[ You have gained Lv.1 Full Contact Karate(E) ]

Oh sweet! Then that moment I was hit by his strike and damn was it painful even though I had protected gear.

"Haruto-Nii!" I could hear Kenichi scream as I regained my bearings and found that my opponent was about to attack again. Before it could hit me my body roared as I suddenly moved the way my opponent did much to everyone's shock.

The force was weak and technique was far from flawless but enough to make him stagger in shock as he looked at me in utter disbelief.

"You! That's just a lucky shot!" He said and he's not entirely wrong. I decided to remove the gear as my heart started to pound and knew that only through difficult moments will I grow stronger.

"Then come at me!" I said as he rushed towards me with more serious moves landing some few hits while I waited for the opportunity. This isn't easy but I will make sure to win.

With a split moment I managed to learn more and grew my knowledge in the martial arts as my body allowed me to perform a direct hit on his head knocking him out while everyone was stunned at what they saw. My body was aching when I did all that, getting some bruises and panting heavily. Though my stats are steadily growing and that makes things a lot better.

"Impossible! You cheated! How can a weakling like you win!" They were in denial, making me think that they were second rate villains. I'm starting to enjoy this. I wiped the blood running on my nose as I took a stance in front of them.

"Then want to take another try!?" I said I started to concentrate on winning since my chances of winning against them were slimmed. However I'll eventually find myself in a situation like this, especially with news about my achievement but I don't care. These people need a good beating and if I win then they won't try to bother, afraid that they were beaten by someone weaker than them.

"Let me handle this. I'm a lot stronger than him." Someone stepped forward that was certainly stronger and the next moment my eyes barely caught it feeling my abdomen having a sole of foot drilled in it as air escaped my diaphragm. It felt like javelin piercing my inside. My knees almost fell to the ground but I managed to gain control before the combo hit me straight to the face.

"It's finished!" His fist was heading it's way towards me and I'm started to feel more perceptive while my skills improve exponentially where my [ Kickboxing ] and [ Karate ] was leveling up as the fight goes on.

"Haruto-Nii! Enough! We can just leave now!" Kenichi screamed while hearing his words made me angry. Something inside me was frustrated that he suggested that. When a fist heading it's way to my face was easily caught by my hands.

"Kenichi-chan, watch closely as I step closer in getting stronger." I said as my opponent felt danger was coming and tried to escape but I already cocked my fist. I clenched my fist tightly putting every ounce of my muscles into it knowing I would need it to combat him.