I am not myself.

Ren looks at me as if he's waiting for my response. I look at him without showing any expressions and just keep smoking my cigarette. Ren then tilts his head towards his car.

"Follow me."

I raise my eyebrows while looking at him.

"Where to?"

Ren looks at his wristwatch.

"My dojo. Let's have some spar and see if you're qualified to proceed with the plan. I don't want to babysit you in the middle of a fight when we started our plan."

I look at him and nod without saying a word. Then we get inside the car and Ren tells his man to drive us to his dojo. I quietly sit in the backseat while staring at the buildings through the window.

The car stops and the driver gets out of the car and opening the door for Ren. He gets out of the car and lowering his head to look at me.

"We are here. Get out from the car."

I nod and get out of the car. Ren and his man are walking into the alley. I follow them from behind and I can see so many people with tattoos on their arms. They all bow at Ren and I can see they all are sweating just because they see him. Then Ren stops in front of a building and looks at me.

"You don't look scared."

I raise my eyebrows with confusion.

"About what? This dark alley filled with Yakuza? I have been in a place scarier than this, and this isn't the first time I see a Yakuza."

Ren raises his eyebrow and scoffs.

"Really? Where is that?"

I raise my eyebrows and shrug.

"Dog's Cage. Not far from here actually."

Ren is surprised and smirks.

"Hmm... I guess I misjudged you. Let's get inside."

Ren's man is standing in front of the door after we both get inside the building. It's a huge studio and there's a stair to the second floor near the entrance. I see someone's shoes and Ren is looking at them. After we remove our shoes, we both go upstairs. We can hear someone is hitting a punching bag quite aggressively.

As soon as my head can see the second floor, I see Aiko is kicking the punching bag while wearing a sports bra and pantie. Her whole body is covered with sweat. She then looks at Ren and she realizes there's someone with him. She suddenly stops moving and staring at me for quite a while then she sits on a chair while drinking a bottle of water.

I'm looking at her white skin that is covered by sweat and I can see almost everything. I can see a tiny mole on her left collarbone, and I can see another one on the right side of her belly button. I can see her abs and it's beautiful. Aiko knows that I'm staring at her body, she then stands up and cleans her body using a towel. Her long legs, her tights, and her calves are beautiful as well. No wonder she's a famous model.

Ren is staring at me and then I look away. Aiko is giggling and walks towards us. She looks at Ren.

"Nii-Sama, what are you doing in here today? Aren't you supposed to deal with that thing?"

Ren shakes his head and looks at me.

"We already took care of it."

Aiko is surprised and looks at me with worries.

"We? Nii-Sama brought him to that place?"

Aiko looks at me and immediately grabs my hand and pulls me away from Ren.

"Nii-Sama! Are you crazy?!"

Aiko sighs and covers her face, she then looks at me.

"Are you okay, Aze?"

I scoff and shake my head.

"I don't think I want to talk or think about it for now, so to answer your question, it's a no."

Aiko sighs while keep staring at me with worries.

"Okay, I understand that."

Aiko then looks at Ren.

"So, Nii-Sama. What are you doing here with Aze? This is the first time I see you bring anyone to our dojo."

Ren is wrapping his hands with hand wraps while looking at Aiko.

"We are going to spar, so can you be the judge, Aiko?"

Aiko raises her eyebrows and she's surprised when she heard it.

"Ohh, okay."

Ren is walking toward the empty space with nothing but walls of mirrors surrounding the room. Aiko is giving me the hand wraps to me and so I wrap my hands with them immediately. I look at Ren is standing still while staring at me, and I thought I would be able to see him warming up so I can tell what kind of martial arts he mastered, but I think he won't show it to me until we are in a fight.

I'm walking toward him while warming up and relaxing my arms muscles. Aiko is walking behind me and she's leaning toward me then she whispers.

"Be careful. Don't let him get too close or you will regret it. I'm not telling you this because I'm worried about you, but I'm afraid that you will be beaten because once Nii-Sama is enjoying the fight, there's nothing I can't do to stop him. So yeah, be careful."

I'm humming with understanding while looking at Ren. I turn my head and look at Aiko.

"So, what kind of martial arts that he mastered?"

Aiko is raising her eyebrows.

"Do you know Krav Maga?"

I smirk and scoff.

"Oh, is that so? I believe you. But seriously? Krav Maga? Is he really want to..."

I shake my head.

"Right... never mind..."

I'm standing in front of Ren and Aiko is standing in between both of us. Ren and I are staring at each other in the eyes. I close my eyes, takes a deep breath, and exhale deeply. I'm calming myself down and try not to think about anything and just focus on the sparring. Aiko looks at me, and then she looks at Ren. She lifts her arm and swings it down.

"Fight!"

I immediately dash forward and throw a left jab at Ren, he immediately grabs my left hand but I lean my body forward and release a powerful right hook at Ren's ribs. I'm not going easy on him and so I treat this spar as a real fight. My first hit his ribs, and Ren is flinching then removes his hands from mine. He leaps backward while holding his ribs, I know it stings like hell but I'm not going to let him catch a breath and immediately dash forward and throw punches at him.

Thanks to my right hook, he can't move freely because he can't bend his body to the left, so I keep throwing a left hook, left jab, and left uppercut at him. He keeps dodging to the right and I'm waiting for the right moment until he dodges to the left. I throw a left hook at him and he finally leans his body to the left, I immediately throw a right uppercut at him. He manages to dodge it, but that doesn't mean I failed. I throw him a left hook and my fist hits his cheek, he falls on his knee, and when I'm about to give him my final blow, he tackles my left foot and pulls it toward him. I lose my footing and I thought he's going to make me fall, but he stands up and charges at me then grab my body and slam me to the ground.

Ren locks both my arms with his knees and when he's about to throw punches at me, I kick the back of his head with my right foot, and as soon as my arms slip from his knees, I grab his body from the back and push him away from me. I immediately stand up and so is he, then I run toward him and stop as soon as my arm is in range. I throw punches at him and he blocks them this time, and I know that I need to be careful since he can grab my body so easily with that stance.

I scoff and raise my eyebrow.

"What's wrong? You can do nothing if you're not using a gun?"

Ren smirks.

He changes his stance and this time he let his hands open and he dashes toward me. I throw a straight punch at him, but he dodges it and grabs my arm with both of his hands. I'm planning to do the same trick as before but then I'm surprised that this time he pulls me closer to him while keeping himself closer to me, and I can't release a left hook at him. He put his right arm to cover his right ribs and then he's clenching his left fist and about to punch me. I look at the angle of his left hand, but something feels odd and so I use my left hand to cover half my face and neck. He throws a powerful punch at my neck and my own palm is hitting my mouth and nose. It makes me dizzy for a moment.

He throws a straight punch at me and immediately pulls my right hand and covers my face, and at the same time, I lift my right knee and hit his ribs again. We both get hit pretty badly, but Ren takes more damage compared to me. I shake my head for a bit and then charge at him then lift his body and slam him to the ground. I sit on top of his body and throw punches at him relentlessly, but he still can block my punches until both of his hands go numb and his face is finally showing, and I clench my fist and throw a punch.

*BAM!*

I punch the floor and the ground is cracking because of my punch. I stand up while catching my breath. I wipe my nose and I just realize that my nose is bleeding. Aiko runs toward Ren and checks his condition, but Ren smiles and shakes his head.

Ren is groaning while trying to stands up. He looks at me and nods up.

"Not bad."

I look at him while wiping my nose. I'm surprised that he can stand up as nothing happened. He's quite strong for someone who doesn't have a bulky body. I raise my eyebrows.

"I think I'm going back home now. See you both later."