3. Still Got It

My instinct suddenly switched on. I saw a fist coming my way. I know for sure this fist carry only a bit of his strenght, but i dont know if the current me can take it head on. Lookin at his posture, weight, and height that almost reach 190cm, thats a real weight he got there. If a normal person take his raw punch, they will get knocked out for sure.

Grip!

I clench my lower body to gather my strength and focused all of it on my right hand as i hold his fist in my hand tightly. I try my best to dissipate most of damage i received to the ground.

Although my face dont show it, my condition is not so good actually. My muscle shoulder and arm are crying so hard right now. Just imagine that my situation as a ship that carry a passenger but it was overcapacity. With my body right now, taking a power more than i can manage will only hurt me.

"Slow down bud, no need to be so uncivilized"

I said as i saw his surprised face for a bit before returning to his expresionless face.

"Some jerk tripping my friend here. We do apologized though for dirtying your uniform"

I explained to Adam as i looked toward Smith.

"What did you say?" Smith roared.

"Shut up! The next time i see you playing around with food, i will beat you up myself!"

Adam shouted to Smith.

"Now scram!"

"You..!" Smith said to Adam before he reluctanly leave the cafetaria with his gang while glared at me.

Oh? he left just like that?. I thought he wont back down just because Adam told him to leave. It seem like this Adam got some stories with Smith. I will ask Gray later. Better help my friend now.

"Whats your name?" Adam asked me.

"Me? I'm Ron. Ron Walden"

"I'll remember you" as he walked away.

"Huh? Whats was that? He is weird"

Just after i've said that, i got hand-chopped at my head by Gray.

"You're the one who is weird. How you can keep calm facing him?"

"Huh? Why shouldn't I?"

"You didn't know him?" Gray asked me.

"No" Although i do know him, i'll just pretend that i didn't know about it. We don't formally know each other anyway. Now that i think about it, he ask my name without leaving me his name to know.

"He is Adam Jordan. A national Judo champion last year."

"Umm, so?"

"'So' you say?" Gray gawked at my response. "Listen, he achieved that title last year, which is he achieved that when he was in his first year. You know what i meant now, right" Gray explained to me.

"So, he is our senior?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"What?"

"Just dont mess with him, okay? " Gray said to me helplessly.

Well, how do you expect me to react? He is champion? Okay. So, what? I can defeat him just fine given a few months for me to fix this body.

"It's not like i got to this mess because i want to"

"Well yeah sorry about that" Gray apologized to me.

"And do something about that jerk Smith"

"Yeah i'll get him next time" Gray said as he remember what just happened.

The think i like about my friend is that he is not a coward at all. He may look like your neighbourhood nerds you can see everwhere, but i know that his personality is not like that at all.

I remember that he told me about his family managed some business at the city for generations. And from his stories, i know for sure that his family may have some dealing with the 'underworld' directly or indirectly. How do i know? No family can run a business peacefully for generations without some power backing their back. They can run a business in the city for a long time proved they have enough power or maybe a strong backer at their side.

Were back at our class and spent the time inside until the school end.

"Sst. Ron?"

I hear Gray calling me. "What?"

"I was wondering. How you do that earlier?" asked Gray.

"Do what?" i answered confusedly.

"How can you take Adam's punch? I mean, just looking at the difference of height and weight between both you, you're lose by far margin. "

"Oh, that thing huh. Well i can manage somehow with a little bit of technique. And for the record, that punch, he only use a bit of his strength." i tell Gray with a low voice.

"What!?" as he stand with a shocked face. "Lower your voice you dumbo" i said to him.

He looked around to see the whole class staring at him. He sat back flustered.

"Thats not his full power?" he asked.

"Of course. If it was his full power, my hand would be injured right now if i taking his punch head on" I explained.

He stared at dumbedly. "I never know that you could fight"

"Fight? thats not a fight. That was just a greetings" i said with a bit of smirking on my face.

"Duh, forget it before it got to your head and get beaten later." Gray said helplessly.

Dingdong*

The school end at last. I walk with Gray to the front gate. Before we part way to come home, i ask him about what happen between Smith and Adam. He said that their family know each other but Adam's family's status are higher than Smith's family in the city. So Smith always be careful around Adam.

The Jordan family has a third of the city as their area of business. Restaurant, karaoke, club, arcade, security company, etc. They manage a lot of business. But the most known business off their family is a gym. Their gym even have a branch in every city across the country. That explain a lot about their strength.

As for Smith Wood, Wood family are more focused their business underground if Gray need to generalized. Although their scope of area are a bit smaller than the Jordans, they also have several business on their hand. But the rumor said that they also into shady business. Although no one know how powerful their family is, it said that their strength are not to be underestimated.

"Thanks for the info. See you later" I said to Gray and walked home.

Now i have some free time. I think i need to train soon. Having a weak body frustated me so much. Lets to train my stamina first. A few lap of runs around the park should be good for starter.