"Well fought!"
In the huge private room, Athena Tennosu involuntarily spoke up, while Nagi Sanzenin, also sitting in the room, looked at Athena Tennosu with a puzzled expression.
"I recall you weren't that interested in these so-called fighting matches. Didn't you say before I invited you today that you had absolutely no interest in such brutal and barbaric activities? Yet, since you arrived, you seem to be enjoying it more than I am."
Nagi Sanzenin looked at the young woman with long golden hair and a black dress beside her and shook her head helplessly.
Hearing Nagi Sanzenin's words, the young woman named Athena Tennosu just snorted, offering no reply, and resumed her quiet composure.
But even without any expression on her face, her gaze would unconsciously drift toward the big screen, where the slow-motion footage, clear for anyone to see, was playing.
She certainly wasn't interested in fighting.
She was interested in the person who was fighting!
Athena Tennosu looked at Jaden Yuki fighting Izuru Kamukura, feeling a mix of worry and amazement at Jaden Yuki's strength.
After all...
-This was her younger brother!
Although she had lost all contact with her younger brother after she accidentally let him fall from the Royal Garden Citadel, guarded by the Tennosu family for generations, into the Underworld when he was a child, she would never forget her brother's appearance and aura!
Furthermore, the undeniable connection of blood ties she could feel from him, even from this distance...
Jaden Yuki... no, he should be called Jaden Tennosu. This was undoubtedly her younger brother!
And he was the new-generation Lord of the Royal Court the Tennosu family had been waiting for untold years!
Originally, Athena Tennosu had only come because Nagi Sanzenin had mentioned that the despair faction had the Royal Orb in their possession, but she hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise on her visit!
Thinking of this, Athena Tennosu's gaze softened slightly.
"Jaden, it's wonderful that you're alive."
...
In the arena, Jaden Yuki and Izuru Kamukura faced each other.
Following Jaden Yuki's words, Izuru Kamukura slowly straightened his back and lowered his previous guard.
He simply looked at Jaden Yuki, then relaxed his body, spread his hands slightly, and walked toward Jaden Yuki's position as if a deity was strolling among humans.
He looked nothing like someone who was getting serious; rather, he looked like he was surrendering or admitting defeat.
However, Jaden Yuki, facing Izuru Kamukura walking towards him like this, became fully alert!
His instincts were warning him!
Unlike the previous Izuru Kamukura, his instincts were telling him that this Izuru Kamukura was incredibly dangerous!
Upon feeling this warning, Jaden Yuki was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
His body initially tensed up due to the warning, then he consciously relaxed it.
In this moment, he, too, relaxed his body, walking toward his opponent with a leisurely stroll, just like Izuru Kamukura!
The entire venue fell silent.
Although Jaden Yuki and Izuru Kamukura were only approaching each other now, the sense of pressure at this moment was far greater than the fierce, blood-boiling clashes moments before!
The quieter the atmosphere, the more anxious people became!
And the only two people in the arena who were completely relaxed, Jaden Yuki and Izuru Kamukura, walked up to face each other in this atmosphere, stopping one body length apart.
Then, Izuru Kamukura raised his hand, tucked in four fingers, and gently tapped Jaden Yuki's chest with just one finger.
Bang!
Anyone could see that Izuru Kamukura hadn't used much force.
But that simple tap caused Jaden Yuki to fall directly to the ground!
"Ah, this..."
The audience's eyes widened, and Jaden Yuki was surprised for a moment too.
As the person involved, his feeling was the most obvious.
Izuru Kamukura hadn't used any special power-delivery technique; he had simply tapped him-and then... the next thing he knew, he was lying on the ground!
After confirming this, Jaden Yuki supported himself with his hands, flipped backward, and stood up.
Izuru Kamukura, just as before, lowered his hand and continued walking toward Jaden Yuki.
This time, Jaden Yuki raised an eyebrow as he watched Izuru Kamukura approaching again.
He had intended to use Force Dissipation to counter Izuru Kamukura's move.
But he hadn't expected that he didn't even have time to use Xieli before he was put down!
So, this time, seeing Izuru Kamukura coming, he threw a punch directly at his opponent!
And Izuru Kamukura... was still the same.
He raised his hand, extended a finger, and tapped Jaden Yuki's forearm. Then, what had just happened occurred again!
Jaden Yuki's punch landed on Izuru Kamukura, but it failed to unleash its force, and Jaden Yuki himself-fell to the ground once more!
At this point, Izuru Kamukura lightly kicked the fallen Jaden Yuki.
Then, Jaden Yuki's body seemed to lose gravity and flew up from the ground.
Izuru Kamukura seemed to have anticipated this, for as Jaden Yuki flew up from the ground, he extended his finger and tapped Jaden Yuki's body while he was mid-air!
Swoosh-
Just like in one of those overly dramatic, ridiculously-effected comedy shows!
Jaden Yuki was sent flying backward at an extreme speed, traversing the distance from the center of the arena all the way to its very edge, crashing violently into the wall that even missiles couldn't break!
As dust rose, Jaden Yuki's figure was enveloped in the cloud.
At this moment, the previously silent arena once again erupted in discussion.
After all...
-What had just happened was too surreal!
"Does that Izuru Kamukura have supernatural powers?"
The discussion focused on this point.
However, in the Tootsuki private room, Mamoru Nanami shook his head, denying the idea of supernatural powers.
"No, that's not supernatural power-I said before that when a certain technique reaches its peak, you must have supported it with other related techniques on the path to that peak, otherwise, you can't reach the summit."
"Some might say that supporting techniques reaching their highest point are useless... but in reality, it's like how ants view humans. If you can't reach that height, you naturally can't comprehend what's seen from that perspective."
"But humans cannot master all techniques, humans cannot have talent in every field, and humans are limited by time-these are the limits of humanity!"
"Although it is humans who break this limit through legacy and coincidence, it is undeniable that a vision that only humans hundreds or thousands of years from now can see is, for us now, the absolute realm of the gods!"
"I judged at that time that there might be things in this realm that only the opponent could use... and what Izuru Kamukura is using now is probably one of those things!"
"Due to the difference in perspective, we are completely unable to understand these techniques-this is the so-called 'God's Technique'!"
Saying this, Mamoru Nanami sighed, shaking his head slightly.
"That's why I said that even though Mr. Jaden is very strong, the odds of Izuru Kamukura winning are still greater, and Mr. Jaden could lose if he's not careful!"
As Mamoru Nanami spoke, Jaden Yuki slowly stood up.
He brushed the dust off himself, then stomped his foot, and his entire body dashed toward Izuru Kamukura!
Izuru Kamukura was still expressionless.
But Jaden Yuki showed a slight smile, hooking his finger at Izuru Kamukura, signaling him to start his performance.
Izuru Kamukura was the same as before, slowly raising his finger and tapping Jaden Yuki's chest.
And then, just when everyone thought Jaden Yuki would be sent flying again, they realized that Izuru Kamukura's seemingly supernatural technique... seemed to have failed!
This time, his finger really just tapped Jaden Yuki's body, doing nothing else!
Conversely, Jaden Yuki, like Izuru Kamukura moments before, raised his hand and tapped Izuru Kamukura on the forehead.
And then...
Swoosh-!
What had just happened to Jaden Yuki now happened directly to Izuru Kamukura!
He was thrown backward as if struck by a massive force, slamming heavily into the perimeter wall of the arena!
Even Izuru Kamukura, who had always been expressionless, saw his pupils slightly contract at this moment.
And Jaden Yuki spoke with a smile.
"Someone told me before that you're called the 'Human God' because you can use techniques that have reached the realm of the gods-and I have to admit, the first time I saw it, your parlor trick truly surprised me~"
"By using limb guidance to direct the flow of force within my body, and then finding a leverage point that, upon touch, can manipulate all the force within me-force which is in who knows how many strands, dispersed across who knows how many muscles, and changes who knows how many times per second-you manage to leverage it all!"
"What an interesting trick~"
Jaden Yuki's voice was transmitted throughout the venue by the equipment.
And his words caused Mamoru Nanami, who had just been praising Izuru Kamukura, to widen his eyes.
"Th-This..."
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
The rest of the audience, after hearing Jaden Yuki's words, were initially stunned-"A technique this amazing?"
Then, those who didn't understand it or didn't understand it well stopped thinking about it and refocused their attention on the arena.
In their view, a showdown between "God's Techniques" was about to happen!
Even Izuru Kamukura thought so.
After he got back up, he looked at Jaden Yuki.
But Jaden Yuki smiled at this point.
"Don't overthink it, I won't use that trick again!"
"Huh!?"
Following Jaden Yuki's words, the entire audience was stunned.
Even Izuru Kamukura was briefly surprised.
And Jaden Yuki slowly raised his right hand, then slowly clenched his fist, and spoke during this process:
"A trick is just a trick. Playing it once is enough."
Saying this, Jaden Yuki drew one leg back, then lowered his body. His clenched right fist was raised high, the veins on his exposed arm taut!
He then smashed his fist into the ground!
The ground, which had not cracked even after being bombed by missiles in the previous video, instantly cracked with Jaden Yuki's punch!
The cracks even spread throughout the entire arena!
On the floor of the arena, a fissure resembling the impact crater of a meteorite was born from Jaden Yuki's single punch!
The entire venue fell silent at this instant, and even those in the private rooms stopped talking.
Jaden Yuki's upper body clothes were torn apart by the force of his movement after completing the action!
While revealing his upper body muscles, it also revealed his back, which looked like a roaring demon!
With the exposure of this back, a sound emanated from Jaden Yuki's body!
Dong, dong dong, dong dong dong...
-This sound was like the roar of a demon!
And Jaden Yuki revealed a smile that was even more ferocious than a demon, but full of joy.
"At the end of the day, fighting is a form of struggle, and at its core, struggle is nothing more than a confrontation of various forms of power-so your parlor tricks, or any other kind of juggling... no matter how flashy you make it, it doesn't change the fundamental fact that it's a contest of strength between the two of us."
"You can play if you like. You can even invent new tricks or come up with new juggling techniques. And you certainly need those things-but for me, this most fundamental aspect is enough."
"Because I can declare right now that I will win-and before my victory, go ahead and display everything you have, whether it's a thousand talents or ten thousand talents, after all..."
A hint of mockery entered Jaden Yuki's smile:
"-No one is a more suitable clown than you, right?"
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