If there is one word to describe how Fumadai looked right now, the audience would say, he was "shining".
People got allured by Fumidai's movement, with his looks and refined movement, the audience can't help but be drawn as he made his presence on the stage, radiating with overwhelming charisma.
The crowd cheered for Fumidai, chanting his name on repeat.
"FU MI DAI! FU MI DAI! FU MI DAI!"
His choice of popular steps, flowing so fluidly that it almost looks like a dance cover, made for public consumption,l set to be imitate and post on social media.
It gave a favorable impression to the viewers considering all the moves executed are supposedly on the spot.
As the music progressively reached its end, Fumidai finished off with a pointing at the sky pose, standing triumphantly in front of everyone as if to say, he is number one.
With the sound of the speakers fading, the sound of the audience's cheers became all the more clearer.
Fumidai, while slightly breaking a sweat, turned his gaze towards me pointing his finger in my direction.
"Let's see how you beat that."
With a grin, he taunted, with overwhelming cheers backing him from behind.
I just stood there silently, unfazed like the mysterious character that I am.
Looking at the way he moves; I can tell that he really put in a lot of effort to achieve that level of performance (as a chunibyou).
'Woah, he's really putting his all into this challenging the mysterious character play. If he's giving out this much effort just to beat me, I guess I better give out as much back to reciprocate his resolve.'
I silently grinned to myself, flattered by just how much Hidetoshi-kun is putting out for me.
'Hitedoshi Fumidai… Let us see who's the dynamic one in this portion of our duel. Ku ku ku…'
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At a certain school, inside a certain classroom.
[Polaris Academy: Middle School Branch.]
A certain blue-haired girl was listlessly looking outside, sitting on a desk next to the open window.
As the afternoon breeze blew on her, she gave off this mysterious atmosphere around her, as though you can't help but wonder, what could she possibly be thinking about, looking so lost deep in thought?
"Ayaka! Ayaka! Ayaka!"
[It was Ayaka.]
A girl, one of Ayaka's classmates hurriedly approached her as if she had something urgent to relay.
Arriving at Ayaka's desk, she slammed her hand on the table while holding a phone in the other.
"W, what is it, Kaori?"
Ayaka got a little shaken from her friend's urgent arrival.
The girl's name is Kaori. If you may recall, she was mentioned in the earlier chapters, the one who recommended Ayaka about the [Weak Holy Knight of The Empire] which led to Ayaka's breakthrough.
'She seemed distressed for some reason. I wonder why?'
Ayaka thought, seeing Kaori's in distraught expression.
"Its- ..No, before that, were you trying to act cool by staring outside the window like a mysterious cool beauty?"
"Wha- N, no! Anyways, what is it that you wanted to tell me?"
Ayaka quickly tried to change the topic.
"Ah, yeah. That's-"
Remembering what she came here for, Kaori shoved her phone close to Ayaka's face, which shook Ayaka a little.
With no haste, Kaori pointed at the screen of her phone and spoke.
"Look! Isn't that Chuunibro!?"
Kaori asked in full dismay, if it really was her friend's brother or not projected on the screen.
Projected on the screen was a hooded guy wearing a black cloak, going by the name "Phantom".
"I am Phantom. The hero who lurks in the shadows." A scene time stamped and sound emitting from the speaker of Kaori's phone.
Ayaka nonchalantly took a closer look and replied.
"Ah, yeah. I guess it is."
"What a weak reaction…" Kaori commented.
In contrast to Kaori being so shocked, Ayaka seemed so lax about the whole situation. Her brother is being broadcast all over social media right now, so why is she so calm? Or so Kaori wondered.
"Even if you say that... What's happening here exactly?"
Although Ayaka pretends not to care she's still unaware of the full picture on what is happening right now exactly?
"Oh, nothing. He's just currently having a duel with Hidetoshi Fumidai right now!"
Kaori's tone raised halfway through, trying to exclaim to Ayaka how big the situation actually was.
"Hm, I see."
Ayaka just simply nodded, still unfazed about the situation.
Kaori then proceeded to summarize what happened, explaining the categories and the judging system of how the match will conclude.
"Hm, so that's how it is."
In this current time, the live broadcast was still in the middle of Hidetoshi Fumidai's performance. Ayaka and Kaori proceeded to sit through Fumidai's performance together until it reached its end.
As Fumidai finished his turn, it was an overwhelming sight of everyone cheering, coming from the audience on site.
"The guy might not have the best personality, but he sure has talent. Can chuunibro even compete with such a guy? In the first place, I didn't even know chuunibro could dance."
"He can't." nonchalantly revealed Ayaka.
"Eh? Then how will he compete? ..Ah, is he gonna use that? The one you mentioned yesterday. What is it again... skill: "perfect copy"?
Kaori inquired as she recalls the "perfect copy" a.k.a "Perfect Eye to Body coordination" skill Ayaka mentioned yesterday.
"Nah, he won't."
"Why not?"
"Have you forgotten? This was a freestyle battle. If brother were to execute the same dance moves, wouldn't the people think he got lazy with no originality?"
"I guess, that's true."
"And, let's say if big brother did. If two people were to compete with both Kamehameha, wouldn't it just be a matter of who screams louder? Why take such a boring route in an interesting situation as this one."
Ayaka explained why the skill "perfect copy" won't be used during the freestyle dance battle.
"I guess winning is impossible after all, huh."
Kaori sighs as if disappointed, but not surprised. Hidetoshi Fumidai is a pro, after all so it was expected.
"Not quite."
"What do you mean?"
Kaori stared at Ayaka with a puzzled look.
Ayaka pressed her index finger to her lips, telling Kaori.
"Just watch and see."
She said with a confident tone, as if saying something interesting was about to happen.
...
Cutting back to Fumidai and mine's duel.
The emcee(announcer) began to do what he does best, hosting and announcing of course.
"What a wonderful performance from Fumidai-kun! The multi-talented genius, the rising star of the industry! …Now, how will the boy who calls himself Phantom respond?"
"Mr. Phantom, please step forward and show us what you got." Mr. Announcer enthusiastically said.
With the promise to give it my all to respond to Fumidai's efforts, I stepped forward, walking in front of the stage, presenting myself in front of everyone.
All their attention was now focused on me.
"What will he do? How will he top Fumidai's performance just now?", "Is that even possible?" That is what the audience was probably thinking. "If this Phantom guy doesn't have anything up his sleeve, then victory will surely go to Hidetoshi Fumidai."
With everything now set and ready, I stood at the center of the stage, poised and waited for the music to start.
The music started, and my body began to move appropriately along with the beat of the music.
[Insert "Bang Bang" by K'NAAN ft. Adam Levin.]
She shot me, she shot me🎶
The first beat dropped, I struck a pose exaggeratedly. The second beat drops, I transitioning my pose as exaggerated as the first one. The third, as exaggerated as the last, and so on and so forth.
Bursting with explosive energy, moving seamlessly, transitioning from one explosive motion to the next. It really was a strong stage presence. With a different charm to Fumidai's footwork, the audience watches in awe as I displayed these over-the-top movements, seemingly filled with passion each movement behind them.
As the audience watched me move, they were stunned at what they were seeing right now. The room fell into silence as they watched these acrobatic-like movements, physics-defying motion, executed in such a harmonized way, the way I was dancing right now, seems like the stage had fallen out of logic.
As the audience watched me move, they were stunned at what they were seeing right now.
The room fell into silence as they watched these acrobatic-like movements, physics-defying moves, executed in such a harmonized way in front of their eyes. The way I was dancing right now, seems as though the stage had fallen out of logic.
If words were to describe the way I am moving right now, to the crowds, the words they would choose would be powerful, bold, and full of personality. To them, it was overall "Chaotic".
To everyone witnessing me move right now, can't help but be drawn in by this dance of "Chaotic Harmony".
As they watched in awe, the silence eventually broke and the crowd erupted into loud cheers of excitement.
"How is he moving like that!?", "How was he able to maintain his balance and connect those movements so fluidly!?" despite the extremely exaggerated motions that appear random at first, these chaotic movements flow so fluidly that they don't seem to lose any momentum.
Like French fries dipped into ice cream, things that aren't supposed to go together create new explosive flavors that actually taste great in the palates.
From that, the crowd watched in amazement as they were taken in by this alluring phenomena.
'How long has it been since I got serious like this... This tranquility I feel all over my body... Oh how much I missed this feeling.'
"Kukuku. KU HA HA HA HAHAHAHA!"
I psychopatically laughed in enjoyment, as thrilled rushed all over my body that has stayed lenient for quite some time.
Meanwhile, Ayaka and Kaori who were watching through the screen of Kaori's phone. Kaori couldn't help but ask Ayaka about what she is witnessing right now.
"I thought you said Chuunibro couldn't dance?"
Kaori inquired, recalling Ayaka's prior statement.
Giving her this all knowing look, Ayaka replied.
"When did I say he couldn't?"
She said as though Kaori had misinterpreted something.
"Then, what is this then...?"
Kaori inquires again, presenting her phone projecting a boy in black cloak, dancing with explosive energy as he fluidly moves to the sound of the music.
"If you really know my brother well, you'll begin to realize that he's not actually dancing. No, not at all,"
Ayaka replied, shrugging her shoulders with smugness to her expression.
"What do you mean, exactly?" clueless, 'What is she on about now?' Kaori left it for Ayaka to explain.
"From the perspective of someone who knows my brother really well, you'll realize that he's actually just randomly posing. He's transitioning between one explosive pose to another so fast, I guess I could see why it could easily be mistaken for dancing." Ayaka explained.
"Transitioning from one pose to another. Isn't that, basically just dancing? What makes it so different?" Kaori inquired, as Ayaka's explanation isn't explaing at all.
"Hm, try pausing the video."
"Um, okay?"
Kaori complied with Ayaka's demands.
"Look closely, then play it again."
Kaori complied.
"Pause it again."
They repeated this process about five times until Kari finally noticed something.
"Wait, this is!?"
"So, have you finally realized?"
"..All of them are chuunibyou poses!"
"Correct. You see those movements right there? At first you would think he was just pointing at the crowd and winking like people pleaser, but in reality, he was sniping certain individuals. I'm not sure who but it's probably student council members."
"That eye peeping through the gap of a peace sign, was actually an imaginary skill called magic scope."
"Those series of acrobatic maneuvers, body gestures, etc. were most likely inspired of Kamen Rider's transformation sequence and power poses. Brother is transitioning between poses so fast that it was easily mistaken and passed off as dancing to other people's eyes."
"This specific skill is called, Advance Skill: [Rapid Transitioning Chuunibyou Posing.]"
"Rapid Transitioning Chuunibyou Posing?" Kaori repeated, thinking. 'What a cringey name'.
"Yeah, it was a useless skill brother developed during middle school. A time where most students are granted their first smartphones, acquiring a power to take pictures called a camera."
"After obtaining such power to take photos of free will, they would childishly snap stolen pictures of friends at random, making fun of each other at how goofy they looked in those captured moments. Of course, brother is no exemption to that as he always gets caught in the crossfire."
"So, he trained… at home, setting the camera into burst mode. He continuously trained to make sure that in every of those quick continuous shots, he looked cool in every picture."
"Wait, now that you mentioned it...? How could this be!? ..E, every pause, from any angle... all of them are picture-perfect!? Apart from that, it's all so while keeping perfectly synced with the music!?"
"Fufufu. This is the true power of Advanced Skill: [Rapid Transitioning Chuunibyou Posing.]"
Ayaka proudly said while covering half of her face.
"... What an absurd ability." Kaori commented, still struggling to believe the phenomena she's seeing first hand.
The crowd filled up roaring cheers as they witnessed this display of chaotic harmony in the form of freestyle dancing.