"Is that all you've got? I've seen scarier kittens."
"This damn geek!!!"
Jason's provocation seemed to be working beautifully as Jake immediately gritted his teeth, immediately pulled his right leg to the front, and pulled a straight jab punch to Jake's face, who wasn't even guarding his face properly.
"Duck to the ground!"
Jason heard the command fast before Jake even launched the punch and immediately bended down with his knees to the ground as Jake's punch closely passed by from the top of his hair.
"Heck!!!"
Jake gritted his teeth as he saw Jason dodge yet again before he could properly even punch, and without delay, completely enraged, he rushed for an uppercut.
"Bend your knees and step back!"
Jason did exactly as instructed, bending his both knees and lowering his position while taking a step back as the punch barely left in front of his chin. If it had been even a few inches closer, Jason would be losing his tongue and teeth right there.
"Haha... It's working! It's working!!! Lucas Hyung! It's working!!!"
Jason was suddenly brimming with confidence. The dark, lightless gaze had long left, replacing those pupils with the usual brown colour, which seemed to light up like a red flame upon contact with sunlight straight on his face, but even as the grin on his face had started to widen, Lucas suddenly commanded in a strict manner.
"Keep the composure!!!"
"Ah!! Hmm!"
Jason reflexively moved back to his posture with both fists in front of his chest like an amature. Lucas saw that through his gaps and shouted again.
"Raise one hand in front of your face; take the other one besides the chin!"
Jason did as instructed, guarding his face with one arm like a shield and the other, besides the chin, ready to attack like a sword, but Jake, on the other hand, had his rage increase by several times as he shouted.
"What the heck is this joke!? Just because you dodge a few punches like a rat! You think you are suddenly a professional!? I have honed boxing for five continuous years since middle school! I have been fighting since I was 13! You think dodging is all it takes!?"
Jake shouted that he took a step back, now finally starting his footwork, while Jason now seemed to be full of grins with Lucas's backing; his confidence was through the roof and that! Exactly where he missed the next opportunity
'...'
Lucas sensed this change of air in Jason but remained still without a word, as on the other side Jason was looking straight at Jake as Jake was moving his legs front and back almost as if warming up before a race, and suddenly his left arm flinched.
"...!?!"
Jason only saw a punch rushing straight to his face, but Lucas was silent this time without a word, which took Jason off-guard, and he covered up his face with both his hands, but the punch he was expecting to come for his never came, as the next second he opened his closed eyes and saw Jake bending down up to his waist with a cold smirk written all over his face.
'A fluke!?'
As Jason's eyes widened, ready for that punch straight to his liver, Lucas's voice came out again.
"Drop your right elbow lower!!! Bend down!!!"
Jason was slower this time as his fists were both up on his face, but still, Jason's command was easy to execute even in that position, as he immediately lowered his bent elbows lower while bending a little. The next second, Jake's punch landed straight over his right arm, and even Jason managed to protect his liver. The arm where the punch landed hurt as if someone had struck with an iron hammer.
His eyes widened in pain as his legs shivered, almost screaming to give up, but Lucas's voice landed again in his ears.
"Stand straight! Fall back two steps straight to the ground!!!"
Jason gritted his teeth and immediately backed down three steps, looking at Jake with struggling eyes. Meanwhile, Jake, seeing Jason lack his composure, was filled with a grin again.
'What a brat...'
Lucas scoffed at seeing Jake suddenly gain confidence again and, at the same time, observed Jason too.
'The Jake is type to have little strength but huge flaunting; he is average boxer at most. With 5 years of training time, he didn't achieve something too great, but still, when compared to Jason, the skills are world's apart.
Jake is like a demon who seeks joy and satisfy their hunger. Seeing others feel inferior to them, seeing others fail and look miserable, it has become addictive to him to keep boosting that ego of his, and hence this type of person bullies others like Jason who submit easily. If he had resisted showing his courage earlier, he might not have been bullied like this, but his condition wasn't too good. Everyone isn't born with such strong willpower; the situation they live in makes their willpower weak or strong.
But he is one of the weakest I have seen; he has been dodging and avoiding because I have been commanding that if left alone, he will cry on the ground within seconds, but even so, you can't just avoid the 5-year training with 5-second experience; 'Talent' is a different factor.'
Lucas thought that his gaze fell over Jason's improved posture with just a few short commands within the duration of a minute, and his eyes lit up as if he were seeing a reflection of a diamond in roughness, and then suddenly his gaze moved over to Jake, shivering with frustration and rage, going berserk.
"Fuck this!!! I have been holding back till now because I wanted to avoid the mess, but since you started!!! Don't be crying in the hospital later!!!"
Jake shouted that he completely rushed, unlike a few simple steps like last time, this time he was straight up bull rushing to destroy his opponent at once as he bent down, taking a step back, aiming for a liver punch again.
"Lean away, protect your elbow, and sidestep the punch!"
Jason was just barely avoiding the punch; the punch still managed to scratch through his shirt, but there was no real damage to his body except for that burn-like sensation on his skin.
"Huff!!!"
Jason took a deep breath as he saw Jake in a berserk state, and this time punches didn't stop as Jake immediately closed the distance and rushed in with a jab.
"Shift weight to the right, bend the knees, and move right!"
Jason did as instructed and barely dodged, but the next the punches kept going, Jake never stopped, and at the same time Lucas kept giving command.
"To left!"
"Duck to the right, followed by three steps to the left!"
"Block with your left elbow!"
"Move right and cover the face with an arm!"
Lucas's commands were most accurate in the situation as he calculated Jason's endurance and speed while at the same time predicting Jake's next several moves with a mere glance at his posture, which was changing every second.
But of course, given Jason's untrained body and no real fighting experience, he was often too slow to execute the command and was forced into a corner where he had no choice but to endure the minimum damage he could get given his capabilities. By now, he had managed to protect his body, but the arms that had endured the punches were shaking as if ready to fall after that hell.
"Huff!!! Huff!!! Huff!!!"
Jason was breathing as if his internal organs would jump out of his body; his eyes shrank down a lot; the game of dodge and punches had already gone on for more than 20 minutes now; but miraculously, Jason was still standing clean there.
Jake's friends have also regained consciousness, but they were still sitting on the ground over at the corner, not daring to do anything, while Lucas was still here, focusing all attention on them as he commanded.
"Duck to the waist right now!"
Jason followed the instruction, but this time he no longer had any space to back off to as Jake's punch stopped over the wall behind Jason as Jake's cold, fiery gaze fell over Jason right in front of him, looking up with eyes of shock and fear.
"No more place to run now, rat..."
Jake coldly commanded. Jason was clearly afraid, but this time he wasn't in despair; his eyes showed light, and now he was finally prepared to go down with pride.
'This time it's on me! I was not trained for this, but I endured! I endured the fight for the whole 20 minutes against Jake! I don't think there is anyone else who has ever done the same in my whole school! This is the first! Although I lost today! I won't be losing hope like before! I will come back next time! Again and again and again till the day I win!!!'
Jason smirked even with a face filled with sweat, and that was not something Jake could just ignore. That light in his eyes was annoying as a curse in his eyes, Jake as he roared.
"What's with that gaze? Are you suddenly gaining hope? Are you?! Are you thinking you can win!? What the hell with this annoying rat!!!?"
Jason prepared for the next punch straight to his face, liver, or anywhere in his body, but even as he was thinking the command wouldn't be coming this time, it came...
"Slip to your left, then counter!"
Jason's eyes suddenly lit up while Jake's facial expression turned extreme dark, filled with frowns, as he heard that voice writing his demise all over again.
'Slip up left!!! And then-?!'
Jason was already bending down and, with ease, immediately slipped over to the left as instructed, but as soon as he slipped, suddenly his whole body stopped as he processed the next command.
"Counter?"
"What the hell are you dazed for!? Counter with a quick jab and cross!!! Throw a straight punch with your front hand, followed by a strong punch with your other hand."
Jason was taken aback by the command, but as Jake's eyes moved towards him, completely furious and serious as if hungry for blood, Jason suddenly moved instinctively, with all pressure on him for the last almost 30 minutes, as he released both punches as Lucas had instructed. His first punch crushed the jaw of Jake as he looked towards him, followed by another cross punch straight on his crushed face. The next second, Jake was slowly seen falling down on the ground like a fallen pillar while Jason was still standing, looking blank at both his fists.
"Life is unfair, but 'Talent' is a complete game changer."
Lucas sniggered as that serious expression and cold look in his eyes changed to a bright sun as Jason, looking blank at fists at Jake on the ground, blossomed with a bright smile and couldn't help but release that war cry over the skies with a win realisation frustration worth 1000 losses.
"Uwaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!"
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