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_____Yuji Pov_____
The moment my face was smashed against the ground, I blacked out for a few seconds, such a short period of time, but more than enough for me to think clearly.
My strength, no matter how much I was using [Advance] at full capacity, was still inferior to Kure. Even though I outperformed him in speed, my attacks still didn't do enough damage to him. This caused fear to creep into my system, but I immediately put the feeling aside as I started going over the entire fight in my mind.
His punches, kicks, grabs, I went over them all in my head, shattering each of his movements to create countermeasures against every advance he might have.
Waking up as I was about to be smashed to the ground again, I quickly grabbed Kure's finger and twisted it back, breaking it and loosening its grip, freeing myself and using my arms to propel myself away, lifting myself up as I tried to keep my balance.
Removal was a broken technique. The difference in strength between the previous Masashi to the one I was facing at the present moment was monstrous, and that frustrated me, but it wasn't something that would shake me.
'I fight, therefore I am.'
This was who I was, a fighter, someone who moves forward and wins even if the odds are against me. I keep moving forward, getting stronger, evolving.
I stopped my body from staggering, the feeling of euphoria coursing through my body as I let my heartbeat increase even more, a wide smile appearing on my lips.
That's what I was, a machine sent into this world for one purpose only: to win! All the techniques were mine, like books I could read any time I wanted. Secret technique? The hell with it!
"Thank you, Kure..."
The only secret of this world, was that I would inevitably become the strongest, the one who will continue to evolve even after death!
As if something ruptured in the center of my chest, I felt an enormous amount of energy coursing through my muscles, my heart rate accelerating unbelievably. The pressure emanating from my body increased to the point of being able to affect the surrounding environment, destroying the concrete and walls of the hallway after exerting pressure on them for a few seconds.
"You helped me evolve, and as a thank you..."
I let all the new energy in my body overflow, the already bulging veins in my body expanding even more as I felt the extraordinary new strength in my limbs.
"I will kill him using his own technique!"
[Congratulations, you have learned [Removal]!]
I almost let out a laugh as I read the system message, my eyes turning to Kure, who had a shocked expression.
'I'm going to have fun with this!'
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_____Narration_____
What was going on? Why was this boy overflowing with such pressure? Masashi was shocked, and seeing the ground being destroyed under the boy's pressure made fear creep into his mind. Would he lose to a child? As much as his fear made him want to run away, he refused to suffer such humiliation. With his Kure techniques, he was confident that he would never lose to an amateur, he just needed to continue as before, and his victory would be inevitable.
"Do you think you get any points by doing this show? -"
Boom!
A fist struck his face with enough force to push his body against the ground, his back crushing the concrete as he coughed up a large amount of blood. Masashi did not even react to Yuji's advance, resulting from his new speed due to the use of [Advance] + [Removal].
Before Kure could even think about what happened, Yuji sat on his abdomen and began punching his face, the man raising his arms to block the blows, only to feel the bones in his forearm begin to crack.
"Son of a bitch! Get off me!" Masashi shouted, pushing the boy away and getting up.
Running towards the boy, he attempted an open palm strike to his chest, but in a counterstroke that Kure could not even see, Yuji ducked and struck his neck with a punch that caused a pop that sounded throughout the hall.
"Guh!" Masashi trailed off, vomiting the contents of his stomach as he felt an intense pain travel down his spine.
'My spine, he aimed at my spine!' Masashi thought in desperation, his eyes turning to his legs, which were trembling from the damage to such a sensitive area.
Turning his gaze upward, Masashi's eyes widened when he saw Yuji standing in front of him, a punch hitting his face only to have a kick to his rib come soon after, the man choking on the blood that pooled in his throat.
'Am I going to die?! No, I can't die now! I can't die here!' Maashi screamed desperately in his head, his attempts at counterattacks easily thwarted by Yuji's quick and powerful punches, which interrupted him. 'I need to get back to the village! I still have to make that old man suffer!'
With a kick to his stomach, Kure flew backwards, blood escaping from his mouth as an expression full of despair appeared on his face.
"I have to survive!" Masashi shouted, beginning to run desperately toward Yuji as he put his fingers together like a spear. "I have to become the next patriarch-"
When the man reached Yuji, he immediately attempted an attack, his palm advancing towards the boy's neck like a spear. Yuji, who saw the advancing blow, attacked simultaneously, Kure's palm surprisingly ripping the side of his neck and chin, Yuji hitting his throat in one deadly blow, snapping the man's spine in two.
"..."
The gleam disappeared from Masashi's eyes almost immediately, blood being expelled from his throat one last time as his lifeless body fell to the ground in front of Yuji, the boy staring at Kure's body, his palm squeezing the cut that extended down the side of his neck to his chin.
Slowly, the boy's body returned to normal, his expression exhausted as he sat beside Masashi's body, his eyes seeing the destruction caused in the hallway, before turning to the dead man.
A sigh escaped his lips, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.
"Thank you, Mister Masashi, you were a formidable opponent."