Chapter 13 : True Meaning Of Friendship (Part 2)
"Are you playing with your death now, boy?!
You don't know us... have you ever even heard the name Black Blazers, dog?! "
Daizen couldn't even finish his sentence before—WHOOSH.
Without any warning, without even moving his shoulder,
Raizen suddenly vanished from his spot.
In the very next fraction of a second,
Raizen's terrifying, explosive
Yoko Geri (Side Kick) connected straight onto Daizen Mori's face.
CRACK!
Daizen's head jerked backward, and a fountain of blood erupted from his mouth.
Toma Kagetsu tried to react, but Raizen was now completely in a flow state.
Even before placing his foot back down,
Raizen spun in the air and planted a lightning-fast
Ura Mawashi Geri (Hook Kick) straight onto Toma's jaw.
BAM!
Toma's monolithic body lost its balance.
Before either of them could even stabilize,
Raizen initiated a brutal Karate Fist + Leg combo. Punch, punch, knee strike, sweep!
In the blink of an eye, both of the Black Blazers' top enforcers
, Daizen and Toma, collapsed to the ground like discarded trash cans.
[STUDENTS' REACTION]
Seeing this beatdown, an uproar broke out among the surrounding students.
Voices started emerging from the crowd:
"Everyone, get your phones out quickly!"
"Go live quickly bro, go live quickly!"
Smartphones came out from everywhere in the entire canteen, and everyone started recording a video of this terrifying violence.
No one cared about Renjiro or these beaten-up thugs; to them, this had merely become the school's biggest entertainment.
Seeing this spectacle firsthand, Meiko Fujiwara softly clapped her hands.
Pure entertainment was reflecting in her red eyes.
"Bravo,"
Meiko said smoothly.
"This is even more fun than watching that fat pig get beaten. Your control is exquisite, white-haired boy."
Amidst this pure chaos and camera flashlights,
Kenchon sat on the floor naked, trembling with fear.
There's still time!
Kenchon thought in his mind, crying.
Quickly...
I have to run away from here!
I have to run right now or else this Akuro will kill me, bastard!*
Kenchon slowly grabbed his pants and began making a desperate attempt to scoot across the ground toward the door.
But Akuro's predatory gaze was right there.
"Oh, Kenchon..."
Akuro's voice echoed right behind him, causing Kenchon's soul to shudder.
"Are you leaving me here?
Won't you help me...
my traitorous friend?"
Akuro grabbed him by his collar and, with a brutal throw, slammed the massive giant onto the ground.
THUD!
The moment Kenchon fell, Akuro struck Kenchon's spine with his full-power
Kudo Elbow Strike .
CRACK.
Kenchon's breath hitched right there, and he collapsed onto the ground.
Lying on the floor some distance away,
Renjiro Hoshino was watching all this spectacle with blurry eyes.
Is... is this boy here to kill me too?
The first thought crossed Renjiro's mind.
Why is everyone after my life?
Why just me?
But when Renjiro looked at Raizen Kurotsuki's face in that dim light, he felt something different.
There was no 'Bully Type' arrogance or cruel laugh on that white-haired boy's face like the other kids.
There was a deep pain, the fire of friendship in his eyes.
He looked like a 'Friend's face',
who had come to remind this demon of his place and take revenge for his injured friend Akira.
This boy wasn't any messiah (savior), but at the very least,
he definitely wasn't a demon either.
Akuro Yoshibe casually dusted his white leather jacket and gave Raizen a wide smile.
"**Ahhh...
you really impressed me,
bro," Akuro said, a strange psycho joy in his voice.
"You have a lot of life in you.
If you want to join my gang...
I will make you my 'Left Hand'.
In Kenchon's place. Just think about what the two of us couldn't achieve together."
Raizen Kurotsuki stood immovable in his place..
"I don't want to be your pet dog.
Give me a clear answer to my one question...
why did you beat Akira-kun?"
Akuro casually shrugged his shoulders.
"Sooo... I can't seem to remember, bro. Give me a minute... let me remember..."
Suddenly, pure madness danced in Akuro's cyan eyes.
"Ah... I remember!
He ruined my jacket.
That's why... I beat him.
I beat him until his face was swollen shut.
And to tell you the truth?
The fun I had beating him, breaking his bones...
I've never had that kind of fun beating anyone else ! "
At that exact moment, Akuro's two 'pet dogs'—Daizen Mori and Toma Kagetsu—who had fallen to the ground from Raizen's terrifying combo, slowly regained consciousness.
Their faces were drenched in blood, and their bones were screaming in pain.
The two of them gritted their teeth in anger and started to get up to attack Raizen again.
But as soon as they fully stood up, their eyes fell on Akuro, who was enjoying provoking Raizen.
Their feet froze right there on the ground.
They remembered that deadly order Akuro had given just a while ago:
"If anyone gets between me and him...
I will kill you right here."
Despite their terrifying humiliation and flowing blood,
Daizen and Toma quietly lowered their hands.
Filled with fear, they stood to one side like pet dogs.
They didn't have the courage to take even a single step forward.
Now, their only place was to stand there and simply 'observe' this horrifying fight.
The Boss's order was absolute.
Meiko Fujiwara leaned forward in her seat, resting her delicate chin on her hand.
Her eyes were absorbing that heavy, suffocating tension between these two alpha males.
Let's see, Akuro...
Meiko thought in her cunning mind,
will you be able to control this new toy,
or will he completely tear your system apart?
In either case, the victory will be mine.
On the other side, Raizen Kurotsuki's 'Control is Everything' principle wavered for a single second.
Seeing his friend's brutal suffering being mocked, all the kinetic energy in his body suddenly pooled into his legs.
Without uttering a single word, Raizen rushed towards Akuro.
His speed was so immense that the screeching sound of his shoes echoed loudly across the canteen's tiles.
Reaching right in front of Akuro, Raizen spun in the air and fired a running strike
Ushiro Geri (Back Kick)
toward Akuro's chest with all his might.
Akuro smiled, lifted his leg, and countered Raizen's incoming kick with a high-speed
Kudo Roundhouse Kick.
BAMMMMMM!
Both of their kicks collided right against each other in the air.
The impact was so horrifying and raw that a sharp shockwave erupted in the air around them.
The heavy steel tables
of the canteen shook from their places.
Both boys had their legs locked in the air.
Raizen's cold, emotionless eyes and Akuro's psycho, cyan eyes were directly facing each other.
This was no ordinary school fight—this was a war of survival and dominance between two apex predators.
Lying on the blood-soaked floor, Renjiro Hoshino's eyes went completely wide open seeing this spectacle.
On that day, that storm in the red hoodie had awakened such a spark (hope) inside that fat, defeated boy,
which would go on to burn down the terrifying system of Hakuho Academy to ashes.
Chapter End