In the real world, people were enjoying watching the talented people on their humble continent; their hopes were high that one of them would finally become a famous world champion. Even the organizers of the competition and Mr. Commentator were all feeling that this year would be very special. The blonde woman seemed very excited and was talking a lot to her warrior friend, who was not answering her. Then, at the moment when the commentator was going to announce the beginning of the last part of the third round, a sudden call came. It was from one of the employees who noticed something suspicious about the participant, Kevin.
"Yes? .... Huh? What do you mean by that? Tsk, are you sure? So don't say anything at the moment and try to reach one of the senior officials in charge of the competition. Oh my God, I don't." I can check it out myself; I have work too, you know. Don't worry, you'll be fine. Just *sigh*, just do what I told you."
The commentator was whispering on his phone and trying as much as possible not to show any emotions on his face, but when he hung up, he heard a gentle voice behind him.
"Is everything okay, Mr. Clown?"
"Oh? Ah! Nothing, nothing. Also, I'm a commentator and not a clown."
"This is what I said."
"Of course, haha!"
The commentator really wanted to curse that annoying guest, but he couldn't even think about it because he knew how elusive and evil her supernatural power was, so he didn't even want to think about anything related to the call or his opinion of that blonde woman, and he just smiled while saying.
"Okay then, participants! Let me officially announce the beginning of the third part of the third round, where you will fight against each other. The opponents will be chosen randomly, so if you lose, blame it on your own luck! Ah, but don't worry because you will get any device, weapon, or anything you want before You will only fight in three matches, and every time you win, you will get ten points, so do your best! Everyone!
With this, the commentator's words ended, which all the participants heard, and they already began to hope that their luck would be good. There was even a person who began to make strange movements to bring good luck. From another angle, those in the top ten positions were certain that they would not lose to anyone as long as they were not above them in the ranking. In the middle of the room, the Paz brothers were relaxing, as was the athletic girl, while Alfred was deep in thought about plans, and Caitlin was just quiet and shy. But Kevin was not thinking about the fight per se, but rather he was surprised by something else.
"Strange... "
The purpose of the second round of this competition was to measure the physical strength of the participants, which is logical if you are looking for a strong hero, but they also did not neglect people who do not have good physical strength, as they put a round of questions at the end, and they also opened the way in the third round. To fit the strong and the smart together, which is a logical thing, but unlike the first part, which was about monsters, and the second part, which was against criminals who use their powers for evil, this third part is really incomprehensible to Kevin.
"Hmm, well, who knows, all the worlds I lived in had this same strange system; it's just... I thought this world would make more sense."
After Kevin cleared his mind, he looked at the door in front of him, where an imaginary screen appeared with the names of the fighters written on it, and on the list there were two names that caught the attention of most of those present.
Arthur Baz vs. Kevin
That sentence made everyone feel goosebumps. Kevin looked away from the screen and looked in the direction of Arthur Baz, who was looking at him. Then Kevin smiled gently while Arthur narrowed his eyes and looked back at the screen. Kevin laughed internally before turning back to look at the imaginary screen. There was a note saying that before each match, the fighters would have five minutes to think of a strategy. Then, in the next moment, the scene in front of Kevin changed, and he found himself in a new room that looked like an arena, but it had some realities. Like rocks and the like, and in front of him was Arthur, who also began to focus on those obstacles.
During those five minutes, Arthur was choosing his weapon, but he also did not forget to think of an appropriate strategy. He had chosen to take an iron fist, a shield, and a dagger. He was not thinking about taking another weapon, but when he saw that Kevin did not choose any weapon, he realized that his opponent intended to fight with his hands, which meant that he needed to get closer to Arthur, and so Arthur also decided to take a gun. Arthur did not underestimate Kevin. Even if he did not take any weapons, he felt that this blond young man was very dangerous, so he did not want to gamble in a losing battle.
For Kevin, those five minutes were a wonderful time to meditate. He closed his eyes and tried to breathe deeply, but he realized that something was wrong. He opened his eyes in confusion for a few moments before he remembered that this world was not real. Kevin laughed to himself, then looked at the clock and found that the fight would begin at 3, Kevin looked ahead. 2, he focused on feeling the muscles in his body. 1, he thought about the best way to move, then...
GO!
The next moment, it was like Kevin had disappeared from his place. Arthur couldn't track his movement, but he could hear the sound of rocks crashing.
"He uses these obstacles to bounce back on them, and thus he approaches me quickly and without me finding an opportunity to defend."
Arthur quickly retreated over one of the obstacles and jumped high as he tried to follow Kevin's movement from hearing, and he succeeded in doing so and immediately began hitting him with the pistol. Arthur's shots were excellent, but Kevin's movements were strangely agile, but Arthur had realized what Kevin wanted, and in the next moment he changed his aim from Kevin to the obstacles. This was an excellent plan, but he almost hit Kevin the first time.
The handsome young man felt excited and decided to increase his speed even more, which made it impossible for Arthur to hit him. Then, in the next moment, Arthur sensed something bad was coming, and if there was one thing that Arthur trusted a lot, it was his excellent intuition, so without delay, he raised his shield, and then in the next moment, He felt great pressure attacking him. It was Kevin who shot towards him like a bullet and would have hit him if it weren't for the shield.
Arthur took this opportunity and wounded Kevin in the shoulder with a dagger, but the momentum of Kevin's previous attack did not stop until the two collided with the most massive obstacles. The attack was so strong that Arthur spat out some blood while Kevin got up and left some space for Arthur, who did not forget to take advantage of his arrogance, to move. This opponent of his immediately threw the gun in Kevin's face, then the moment Kevin dodged the gun, he saw how Arthur hit the ground with his jumps, which produced a cloud of dust. Then, from among the dust, something shot out in Kevin's direction, but he just punched him hard, but to his surprise, it was only the shield. While Arthur came out from the opposite side and stabbed Kevin with a dagger from behind, when the handsome young man turned around, Arthur attacked him with intense blows over and over again while pushing him into a closed corner while moving right and left to avoid any sudden attack that Kevin might launch.
It was solemn to watch how blood was pouring from Kevin's back while his face received strong blows supported by an iron glove, but despite all this, there was something that gave Arthur and all the viewers shivers, which was Kevin's amused smile.
Arthur was doing an excellent job of not losing his concentration because of that sight, but in one moment he felt that his fist did not hit anything because Kevin dodged it. Arthur never understood how Kevin dodged that punch. He was sure that he had not done anything wrong. But at that moment, he saw his reflection in Kevin's green eyes and felt that his intuition knew the answer. He was just playing with him, and then before Arthur could regain his balance, Kevin grabbed that fist and then lowered himself before kicking Arthur in the stomach with great force. It made him spit out blood, then he tightened Arthur's fist and made him come closer to him and whisper.
"You're good, buddy."
When Arthur heard those words, he saw before him the scene of a fist full of blood falling directly on his face, and after that, he only saw a bright white light, and then that light disappeared and turned black. On the ground, Arthur was unconscious from a single blow, while Kevin, covered in blood, was standing with a satisfied smile on his face.
For others, that smile was a smile of victory, but in reality, Kevin was happy because he now knew who would be the first member of his band.
The next moment, the scene changed again, and Kevin found himself in the waiting room while his wound was healed and all the blood was cleaned from his body.
"Oh, this is the power of virtual reality, then."
He looked around and saw that Arthur had regained consciousness with a lazy expression on his face while his sister Simone scolded him for his negligence. Kevin felt that Arthur did not even try to tell his sister that he was not negligent, but rather that his opponent had merely increased his speed, strength, and flexibility in the midst of the fight in some way.
Kevin then heard a familiar voice in his ear:
You got 10 points.
Kevin then looked at the screen and saw that some people had already finished their fight, and the second wave would begin soon.