For the next few weeks Duke stopped attending school for most of it since he decided it would be better used for recording music. And started recording a new album that contained many of Eminem's most popular songs including "Not Afraid", "Till I Collapse", "Space Bound", "Lose Yourself", and "Rap God".
Although there are also many parts that would need editing and some details that will be necessary for a wrap up. Right now his mission completion is only at 81% and he found the difficulty to be harder as he reaches the higher percentages.
The week before the school festival Duke finally finished all the paperwork and necessary editing and published the album. Unprecedented in this world the album sold over 4.48 million just within the first debut week and began to quickly spread not only in Korea and the United States.
Similar to the original webtoon Duke decided to sing with Daniel and they started practicing together for the festival performance. Now they are standing on the stage for the performance.
Duke decided to sing the popular Eminem song "The Monster" that he hasn't released in this world yet. Seeing Daniel who just got off pitched due to nervousness in the crowd Duke winked at Daniel to say 'I've got your back.'
I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed
Get along with the voices inside of my head
You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath
And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy
I wanted the fame but not the cover of Newsweek
Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosey
Wanted to receive attention for my music
Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me
For wantin' my cake, and eat it too, and wantin' it both ways
Fame made me a balloon 'cause my ego inflated
When I blew, see, but it was confusing
'Cause all I wanted to do's be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf
Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam
Ooh! Hit the lottery, ooh-wee!
But with what I gave up to get it was bittersweet
It was like winnin' a used mink
Ironic 'cause I think I'm gettin' so huge I need a shrink
I'm beginnin' to lose sleep, one sheep, two sheep
Going coo-coo and kooky as Kool Keith
But I'm actually weirder than you think, 'cause I'm--
After singing the song and standing up in front of all these people, both of them look at each other to hear the noisy crowd that are amazed by Duke's new song.
"
Duke's for real." "Duke! The Bomb!" "Duke you were great!!"
When the song finished Daniel and Duke walked down to see the music manager that wears a red dress shirt and has a scar on his right side.
Remembering what happened in the original story Duke just passed the guy by without a single glance as he tried to chat up with the superstar, "Hey Duke would you like to do a--"This kind of person is not worth talking to.
Besides doing a performance at school this month Duke finally turned 16 and earned his pro boxing licence. And fought his first pro middleweight boxing bout. The opponent didn't even last more than one round and the fight ended in less than a minute.
When he got back to school there was a huge crowd of girls waiting for him to sign an autograph. Rarely are there guys because they are intimidated by Duke's boxing prowess.
Getting into the class he said hi to Jay and proceeded to read his book when he noticed the jealous look of Zoe who's envious of Yui who's attaching herself to Daniel.
'Looks like what's supposed to happen eventually does,' this was the part when Daniel falls in love with Yui. Though she's a very good actor Duke can tell she's acting and trying to get inside poor Daniel's head.
'She is different from other girls. She's innocent and sweet,' thinks Daniel to himself slowly entrapped by her flirtatious ways.
Originally Yui also tried to get close to Duke. However, he rejected her approaches by acting very cold in order to avoid the temptation. He has nothing against the way she acts, it's just that he can see past the non-authenticity and perceive who she really is behind the mask.
Disregarding the fight between these two girls Duke just went back to reading the book he's holding. It's better to avoid the annoyance by being out than in. But he decided to visit Daniel later that night.
That night after training at the boxing club he was looking for some vinegar for cooking at the back when he heard Yui's voice, "Aren't you cold? It is september."
"Men don't feel cold," replied the tattooed guy that is next to her.
Daniel was quite surprised by the entrance of Yui. And started making excuses that the guy is probably her brother, 'Her brother is the polar opposite of her...Must be tough for her!'
Then while he was scanning the package he looked down to see it was a pack of condoms. Soon Daniel's imagined image of his first love begins to break, 'Why would she...Buy such an adult product with family?'
Seeing the curious observation of Daniel, Yui said in annoyance, "What the hell are you looking at? Never seen those? This pig is pissing me off."Daniel with the collapse of his feelings for Yui became shocked into a frozen state.
"Hey pig...Lower your eyes. I know what you're thinking when you look at her," said her boyfriend who's wearing a black tank top along with a huge tattoo on his right shoulder.
"Yuck. You make me sick," said Yui with a condescending look at the shocked Daniel in his obese body.
Soon the boyfriend got angry that Daniel is still looking at Yui. Suddenly Zack stepped in to stop the incoming fist that's about to land on Daniel's face, "Just a sec.."
Who not only stopped him, he also revealed how the wallet and the pants that he's wearing were originally gifts from Yui to Daniel who rejected them.
Then Yui begins to explain away to her boyfriend, "Sweetie! This is a bunch of bull! He's saying it because he likes me!"
"H..How do you know all this?" Asked the tattooed boyfriend.
"Oh? I sit right next to him."
"Hey, no! Don't you believe me?" Exclaimed Yui with nervousness.
"You promised it would be different! Really Babe, you're..the only..!! He then hits a straight that launches for Yui's face with quite a force in his anger.
Before it reaches her face a hand suddenly grabs the hand. Making the guy shocked at the sudden stranger standing between his fight, "..W..Who are you!?" The grip on his fist is quite strong.
This time Duke didn't wear his face mask so his face is bare and not covered. Only dressing in his regular all black hoodie.
"..It's you." Said the shocked Zack Lee who remembered the black hooded guy that knocked him out.
"...Duke??" Yui opened her eyes to see who helped protect her from the fist. Duke looked with a cold glance at the girl who is now with a slightly tearful and fearful eyes at him.
"Even if she does something wrong...Never hit a woman!" Duke then appears near that guy with a wide stride and launches a leaping right hook with full force.
The full devastating power of a pro fight launches with that single punch. Although Duke's only a middleweight his strength way surpasses his contemporaries.
Since he now practices for future pro fights he has increased his bench press to close to 600lbs per set. Along with the combination of powerful deadlift weights that gives his legs into a powerful stepping lead that adds to his punches.
Everybody in the room watches in slow motion as that punch hits that guy's face and launches his slow motion on the ground. And it created a bam as his body hit the floor and that guy fainted from that heavy impact.
"Hey Daniel, here's the bill for the ingredients," Duke spoke to wake Daniel from his thoughts. WIthout a single glance at Yui, Duke just left the store and the fainted guy on the ground like nothing happened.