here more than 3000 audience are watching over two boxers who are currently fighting inside the ring . all of them are sitting on their seats surrounding the ring in the center . sometimes cheers are heard from the crowd for any of the 2 boxers but the 2 of them dont seem to pay much attention to them . this venue is the korakuen hall and today's semifinal yamamoto Ken vs featherweight 9th rank senda Toru is ongoing now .
the first round has just started and Ken is already enduring the charge of toru. but if you look closely , you will see that Ken is blocking every punch effortlessly and is glaring with a calm expression at the opponent .
today is the first official match for Ken after he obtained THE EYE OF TRUTH . before the gong rang , ken used his power and already saw the most efficient scenario of his win . till now everything is going well , frienghtning well just according to the scenario inside his head . he looks focused but in truth is awed by the accuracy of his power and isn't focused currently on the match at all .
there is only one minute left before the first round ends and finally Ken regained his focus completely . its mysterious as even though Ken wasn't focused on the match before but his body was blocking every blow of the opponent with perfect timing as it remembered the scenario beforehand .
ken finally takes a look at opponent's bewildered face as he keeps punching desperately despite the fact he hasn't landed a hit even once . Toru is currently confused as he had watched the video of Ken's previous matches beforehand and didnt remember Ken having such high level skill ..
left jab , left jab and just when toru is going to finish his barrage by landing his right hook on Ken's body , he is hit by Ken's jolt counter on the temple and his fist cannot connect anymore . toru's conscious slips away completely as the shock from jolt counter travels from his temple to the brain and he falls down ..
the referee comes near toru who now looks like is sleeping on the canvas with his face down and crosses his hands a few times . this meant that toru cannot continue the fight so the gong rings and signals the end of the match .
meanwhile ken is looking at his right fist as he remembers the sensation when it hit toru's temple precisely with perfect timing with a blank face . he snaps out of it when he hears the loud cheers of the audience for the winner.
he finally does a small guts pose with his right hand up in the air and answers back to the cheers of the audience with a smile on his face . he and kou san then walk the path back to the waiting room and Ken was smiling the whole time . in truth ken just couldn't believe he won against the 9th ranked veteran and with a KO at that . he just cant help but show the innocent smile on his face while inside his mind is in turmoil as he cannot even hear kou San talking right beside him the whole time .
both of them enter the waiting room and kou San shuts the door . when the sound of audience cheering and the commentators stop abruptly , ken finally hears the excited voice of kou san and tears start coming out fiercely from both his eyes ..
" ken chan .. ken chan .. what's the matter ? you won the match so laugh instead of crying .. baaaka... " kou san wipes the tears of Ken while smiling .
" I.... I really won the match kou san. I won by KO and in the first round haha.. " ken laughs but his voice is weird as he is still crying .. ken says while wiping his tears " kou san , in truth I was really scared before the match but now I'm too happy . kou san do something , tears dont stop flowing ... "
" bakamono , you are the winner so let all the fear out with your tears now .. I'm glad that finally your hard work paid off Ken chan ... I'm seriously happy " kou san shows a kind smile with teary eyes..
ken finally confirmed his win and listened to the advice of kou San and started crying fiercely to let his frustrations out . ken thanked God for giving him this power inwardly the whole time ..
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an hour later , ken and kou San are eating ramen in a stand outside the korakuen hall and celebrating today's success ..
kou san pats ken's right shoulder lightly " you are now a ranker ken chan ... a ranker now . I'm too happy for you " wipes his tears and continues with a smile " now you can enter the A RANK tournament finally after 3 years of your pro career for the first time . so be ready for hard training from now on ."
ken shivers from fear as he remembers the oni kou san when he seriously put his mind while training him " ehh.. kou San, at least let me rest for a few days please... " ken begs kou san seriously..
" bakamano time doesn't wait for anyone so you just steel yourself . besides you weren't even hit once today .. "
ken sighs " I cant beat kou san's eyes after all . alright let's start from day after tomorrow then . I have to at least spend a day with my family in a while "
" hmm... okay. but dont be late the day after tomorrow or else you may have to see hell then hehehe.. " kou san shows his scary smile and ken swears that he won't be late at any cost because of fear ...
both of them finish their food while talking in half an hour and go back to the gym ..
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