Minjun had changed movements, he was moving with agile and fast movements. Delivering fast kicks, Chen Ji was missing most of his attacks. But the occasional blow managed to land, Gyun leaned forward, he was intently studying the movements of Minjun.
Chen Ji was more powerful then Minjun and steadily accumulating damage on Minjun, Minjun was slowly getting more and more tired as his movements were large and typically from an unorthodox position.
Chen Ji tanked a liver kick,
*kugh
-Withstand it!-
Chen Ji, ducked the next kick countering with a kick of his own, Minjun bent back ducking under the kick while twisting his body to use the moment to counter with his own kick.
Chen Ji felt his conscious slip for a moment as he recovered he finally saw his opening a kick was coming to his side from a straight angle and was slower than the rest.
He caught the kick, pulling Minjun towards him, he fought with all the street fighting moves he knew. Elbows, punches, knees, Minjun desperately tried to get away,
"NO! Not this time!" Chen Ji grabbed his head, headbutting Minjun's nose.
Minjun went limp, Chen Ji let go and took a step back, Minjun fell forward.
"Agh" Chen Ji was sent reeling, as Minjun fell forward he'd kicked upwards landing a perfect vertical kick on Chen Ji.
Chen Ji eyes rolled back, he started falling, but he returned back to conscious.
"Ptew" He spit out some blood, he wiped the blood from his nose, he lowered his stance.
"Okay fucker, lesson learned, next time I won't stop until your dead !"
He charged forward, -first the mobility- he faked a leg kick but instead planted his leg near Minjun and spun his torso delivering a hook to Minjun's body.
Minjun jumped back trying to get distance, he was hunched over trying to recover. "Ha I thought I had with that last kick I guess your not the former head for no reason! What do you say we finish this!"
"I had the same idea, Why don't you just go to sleep for me!" They moved forward again
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8 minutes later
Gyun sighed, "for god's sake they just ended up trading punches over an over again. It was the most boring thing, to think one passed out on the ground and the other passed out standing up."
-At least the ending was fun, though I didn't think that other guy would push through his Chen Ji's skill with sheer grit, impressive, hats off to you-
Chungsan, was having trouble announcing the result's but ended up announcing a tie.
Solhee spoke next to Gyun, "it was a good match, they're pretty much even in terms of ability. Though I think I'm still better then them."
"Yeah, why did you settle for rank 8?"
"Meh it's high enough to get respected and low enough to not get any serious responsibility."
"Fair enough, I'm thinking about joining the crew and taking the rank 10 spot, under another alias and with my face. You think they'd buy that?"
"Probably, but why are you hiding your face it's almost like a complex, and your not bad looking?"
"I don't plan on doing this past high school and I don't want something like this ever connect to me, but I need to have some eyes on the executives and they'll never open up to my Zero persona. I designed it like that, and if their are any traitors or people who are skimming cash off the top it'd be easier to find out as a mid level executive then the head."
"Makes sense, but what about the rest of the executives? I'm sure most of us would like to keep our anonymity."
Gyun overheard Chungsan begin announcing the final match, his match,
"Ah don't worry about it I've already thought of it, but first we've got to do a little rebranding, here take this and bet it on me."
He put the helmet on before walking down the stairs
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Meanwhile
Minjae and Go looked at each other, -yes here it is our rematch, but why are so many people here?-
They looked over, the man in the cap, and a woman in loose fitting blazer with tattoos on her neck that were visible.
"Hey don't you thi-"
Minjae was interrupted by Chungsan suddenly raised his volume.
"And here is the defender of the title of crew head! Rank 0 ! He goes by 'Zero' ! An absolute monster of a fighter! A faceless destroyer! Zeeeeeerrrrrooooo!"
People had cleared a path for him to the ring, Gyun cringed internally.
-Fuck that intro hurts my soul!-
All 4 challengers eyed him, a man who exudes confidence and ability, Zero!
The crowd was mesmerized, for most this was their first introduction to him.
His signature style of a helmet with a tinted visor, he was wearing black dress pants with a white buttoned dress shirt. His muscles were visible even through his shirt, Minjae got the feeling that he was handsome.
Chungsan continued, "Now the head Zero has agreed to some conditions! To make the fight more interesting!"
The crowd perked up at this
"Conditions?"
"Yes conditions! Zero has agreed to take on all remaining challengers and any additional challengers who wish to join in now! AT ONCE!"
"Holy shit is he insane!"
"Won't everybody fight him then?!"
Most of the crowd looked to Golden Age members but none moved, "huh?"
"Are they scared?"
"No way is this new guy that strong?!"
They looked at the challengers again, all four raised their hand, "haha at least the challengers aren't scared!"
But on the contrary, 3 out of the 4 challengers were petrified. Yuki who had only shown up to talk to Gyun had unknowingly raised her hand,after not participating throughout, and was regretting not choosing an easy opponent.
Go and Minjae felt the hairs on their neck stand and goosebumps erupt across their body. They felt imminent danger, -no way was he holding back on us last time!? This crazy bastards not just strong he's monstrous I'm scared just walking near him! I shouldn't have show up for this!-
But the last challenger the man in the cap, remained unfazed, his mysterious intentions were unknown but he carried himself with confidence into the ring.
He sauntered up almost arrogantly to Zero getting in his face, "oi are you the boss here?"
The crowd went silent awaiting Zero's reaction.
"Yeah I am"
"Huh" the man took off his cap, "well then is it really true that your putting your position of crew head on the line?"
"Yeah"
"So then you won't mind if I take it do you?" The man took his cap off and tried to stare down Zero, but the reflective visor made it hard.
Chungsan immediately recognized him
"Huhu, we'll only if you win" Zeros voice turned menacing as he looked down at the shorter man.
The man turned around, "your a tall fucker aren't ya?" He lightly grabbed Zeros shoulder, "haven't you heard? The taller they are ! The harder they fall!"
He threw a flurry of punches at Zero's helmeted head, Zero didn't move.
The man looked displeased as he stopped, he seemed unbothered by the fact he was punching a helmet.
"You gonna wear that for the fight?" He asked shaking his hand from the blood on it.