Chapter 9.
"She can still stand?" Claire's eyes widen in shock before regaining her icy composure.
Dori Dori's yellow Mana starts infusing with Monita's yellow Mana causing it to spike massively,
Claire immediately lunges forward to throw a barrage of precise martial art strikes, but it's no use.
Monita is dodging swiftly and effortlessly while holding onto Dori Dori with one arm, her eyes closed, letting Dori Dori's Mana consume her fully,
"This bitch is done for." Monita thinks to herself psychotically before catching Claire's wrist with one hand and snapping her bone out,
Claire cries out in pain and falls to her knees. Monita still holding onto Claire's broken wrist
Monita tries to speak, but her words are unrecognizable, sounding gibberish. Claire's technique messes with one's brainwaves, causing it difficult to activate a technique.
"You… monster" Claire says strugglingly, still on her knees in front of Monita,
After some more gibberish, Monita's words are coming back to normal. Meaning, she's talking through her damaged brainwaves with no issue.
"Monster?" Monita smiles wickedly before clapping her hands on Claire's head, crushing all of Claire's ear nerves.
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Back in the medic room, Saint is just stirring awake after his exhausting battle with Ayce.
As he wakes up, he sees a guy with a white headband and light-blue short-sleeved jacket and black spiky hair sitting beside him,
"... Who are you?" Saint asks confused while waking up,
The guy smiles and leans back in his chair,
"Name's Hazu, I saw your fight earlier-" Hazu keeps talking, but Saint's mind is elsewhere. He's disappointed in himself because of his loss.
"Hey, are you listening?" Hazu asks,
"N-no, sorry, what were you saying?"
"I want you to join Reiki Five." Hazu asks while smiling charmingly.
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Back again to the tournament, the fight between Monita and Claire got stopped because of Claire's brutal injuries. Monita declared the winner.
Up in the stands, Ari is sitting alone in the crowd waiting for the arena to get cleaned up when suddenly someone sits himself beside Ari,
It's Kevo, he gives Ari a soda awkwardly. Ari is visibly confused but accepts the drink from Kevo,
"... Sorry about your friend" Kevo says quietly,
"I didn't want to fight him, I don't want to be here… so I'm sorry, I'm sure you guys are close…"
Ari blinks in confusion, "You don't wanna be here? Then why are you here?"
Kevo looks at the ground quietly, "I'm being forced to-"
Ari cuts him off with opening his drink Kevo gave him,
"No matter, sorry for being a dickhead earlier. Maybe you're not so bad after all."
Kevo gives Ari a quiet smile before taking a sip of his own drink,
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Saint and Hazu are walking down the hallway back to the arena from the medic room, wanting to continue watching the tournament,
"So, what exactly is the Reiki Five?" Saint asks in confusion,
Hazu sighs, "I told you, it's a squad of students considered the strongest in the school."
"But I lost… Why not pick Ayce over me?" Saint responds,
"Ayce? Oh! Right, the guy you lost against. Nah, not him… his technique is way too boring and besides, your potential is higher than his." Hazu says casually,
Saint stops and looks at Hazu continuing to walk, confused.
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Saint starts walking again, he catches up to Hazu… but then, a dorm room in the hallway opens,
A man, and a young woman step out calmly,
"So that's him?" The woman asks, she's wearing a black sweater with dark blue flared jeans, her skin is pale and has long black hair,
"Indeed, guess we'll have to hurry the plan up." The man responds smugly, the man is tanned with white spiky hair, very buff with golden eyes. He's wearing a white tank top with black joggers.
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The Reiki Five leave Oshoku's lounge after the horrifying "fight" with Monita and Claire.
Just then, Mr. Vino calls Oshoku,
"Principal Oshoku, are you alone?" He asks,
"No sir, I'm with Taiho." Oshoku responds respectfully.
"Hmph, oh well… Did that Saint boy fight yet?" Taiho looks away nervously,
"Yes sir, but uh… He lost, sir." Oshoku responds nervously, despite his cold nature.
"I see, did the Mana take over?" Vino asks,
"Briefly…"
Mr. Vino starts laughing through the line,
"MAGNIFICENT!" He yells manically,
Taiho clenches his jaw secretly,
"I trust you're doing EVERYTHING, in your power to bring him to our side, yes?" Vino says in an annoyed tone.
"I don't want- no, I don't need the same situation from 20 years happening again, understood?" Vino says firmly,
"Yes, of course sir. I assure you it will go smoothly this time." Oshoku affirms calmly,
"Oh, and one more thing. Now that we know, Saint has the same powers as Carmelo. We can finally kill Carmelo" Vino says menacingly…
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Meanwhile, an instructor saw the two suspicious individuals walking calmly through the hallways, he informed the top instructors Brugger and Beretta to get to the scene immediately.
The duo catch on quick but don't stress with their plan, they walk into Brugger, the big and buff instructor with immense strength ranked just below Beretta in Instructor strength.
"Mari, I'll handle this fool." The man says while casually stretching his right shoulder,
Mari, the woman with pale skin smirks, "Don't leave me hanging later, Prince" Mari sinks in her shadow disappearing from the scene;
"I wouldn't be so cocky, I haven't fought seriously in a while." Brugger punches his own palm while smiling wickedly,
"I doubt a Gorilla like you could make me sweat at all." Prince says calmly,
The two big built men stare at each other face to face ready to strike any second
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