Wu Karura

Sonic Punch sounded simple, but if you imagined it a bit, you'd realize just how terrifying this seemingly simple thing actually was.

"Such a thing is possible... as expected of Master Mutou!"

Okami Sakura looked at Mutou Judai walking down from the stage with bright eyes, while Soryuin Akemi, hearing Kiryu Setsuna say that Mutou Judai had just used a Sonic Punch, had a very astonished expression.

"Sonic Punch... is this really a punch that humans can throw?"

Encountering Kengan for the first time and having no prior understanding of this world of monsters, Soryuin Akemi felt her worldview being impacted, while Soryuin Shion lit another women's cigarette at this moment, slowly bringing it to her mouth, taking a puff, and letting her emotions calm down along with the exhaled smoke.

"It can be done."

She answered her sister's question.

"Although this is indeed the first time I've seen a Sonic Punch, at Golden Entertainment Group, their representative fighter, that 'Lightning God' Mikazuchi Rei calls himself lightning speed—and he's also famous as an expert whose speed no fighter has been able to catch with the naked eye so far, with match times measured in seconds."

Lightning speed...

"Lightning speed is also sonic speed... but if it refers to actual lightning, wouldn't that be..."

Soryuin Akemi widened her eyes.

Soryuin Shion shook her head slightly.

"It can't be the speed of actual lightning, but it's hard to say which is faster when comparing specifically with Mutou Judai's Sonic Punch... In any case, both these guys are monsters."

"I heard everything."

Mutou Judai shook his head slightly.

"But anyway, now that the match is over, Korakuen's problem is temporarily solved, right?"

Regarding Soryuin Shion calling him a monster, Mutou Judai didn't completely refute it—after all, he now had forty percent of Jack Hanma's physique, so even if someone called him a monster, he had nothing to say.

After all...

Even though he hadn't used Jack Hanma's specialty—Beast Style combat method—even without counting that Beast Style, Jack Hanma as a Hanma alien was definitely a monster, even a paragon of monsters!

"Mm... you defeated him, so Korakuen's crisis is temporarily gone, but what about the specific cooperation matters with Totsuki going forward?"

Soryuin Shion glanced at Mutou Judai, who casually waved his hand.

He didn't know what cooperation there was between Korakuen and Totsuki, and he wouldn't care about it, so he simply put on his coat.

"Talk to Erina about those things—anyway, if there's nothing else here, then I'll..."

Originally, Mutou Judai planned to leave directly.

But before he finished speaking, he saw a figure charging straight at him from the front.

Hm?

Seeing this guy in a black hoodie charge directly in front of him and lift his leg to kick at him, Mutou Judai slightly frowned.

The opponent's speed was slower than his.

At this distance, with the opponent's foot kicking toward him, while he himself had also entered his attack range—at this distance, his Sonic Punch could directly hit the opponent's head...

—Did he not want to live?

This was Mutou Judai's first thought, but he soon discovered that this kick wasn't aimed at his face, but was kicking toward the side of his head.

There was no killing intent in his attack, not even hostility.

This situation made Mutou Judai raise an eyebrow, then he abandoned the idea of knocking out the opponent with one punch, instead grabbing the opponent's neck and extending his arm, wanting to lift the opponent up.

But the opponent's bandage-wrapped leg also hooked around his head from behind Mutou Judai's neck, and the opponent's body also moved closer using this force.

With this force, the opponent's hood completely slipped off, letting her waist-length black hair naturally fall free after being released from its restraint.

Although Mutou Judai was gripping her neck, she still widened her eyes with a very excited expression on her face.

"You're strong—"

She made such a sound.

Mutou Judai was very surprised looking at her eyes, where the pupils were a whitish gray and the whites were completely black.

—Can humans actually have such eyes!?

While he was surprised, she continued speaking.

"My name is Karura! Be my husband~!"

Huh!?

Compared to her eyes, the words of this girl with excellent looks who even had a somewhat bewitching feel due to these special eyes surprised Mutou Judai even more.

"I want to have children with you! Come on, let's have several children! Let's get married right now! Our children will definitely be the strongest!"

Mutou Judai blinked. Looking at this fair-skinned girl named Karura whose slight blush was clearly visible, he momentarily released his grip on her neck, instead grabbing her shoulders and removing her from himself, placing her on the ground.

"Mm!?"

Karura looked at Mutou Judai with some expectation, while nearby, Soryuin Shion and Kiryu Setsuna watched silently, Okami Sakura seemed to blush a bit, and Soryuin Akemi covered her eyes with both hands—though her fingers didn't seem to close properly, with rather large gaps.

Then...

Mutou Judai raised his hand and directly flicked Karura's forehead.

"Ow~!"

Karura seemed completely unprepared for this, momentarily covering her slightly reddened forehead with both hands, watching Mutou Judai casually put his hands in his pockets and walk past her, somewhat dazed.

Facing Karura's sudden marriage proposal, Mutou Judai walked toward the main entrance while slowly giving his response.

"If you want to get married, go find someone else—and next time it's better not to suddenly attack me, people could die."

Saying this, Mutou Judai pushed the door and left, showing no psychological fluctuation throughout, as if he had no hesitation about a beautiful girl's sudden confession, leaving very calmly.

Then Soryuin Shion and the others' gazes fell on this girl who looked to be about high school age with a somewhat petite figure.

Others might be completely unfamiliar with the girl's identity, but when Soryuin Shion saw those bewitching eyes, she understood which clan this member belonged to...

"You're from the Wu clan..."

Just as Soryuin Shion was about to ask, a middle-aged woman with squinting eyes wearing a purple kimono slowly walked over.

"Teacher Wu Yakscha, is this an acquaintance of yours?"

Getting ahead of her sister, Soryuin Akemi took the initiative to ask when she saw her approach.

Then Wu Yakscha pulled Karura over with one arm, then covered her face with one hand and slowly opened her previously squinting eyes.

Her eyes were the same as Karura's—the whites were black.

Such eyes were not something ordinary people would have.

And her words proved this point.

"This is my daughter, Wu Karura."

Others didn't know about the Wu clan, but Wu Yakscha understood that Soryuin Shion definitely knew, so she addressed only Soryuin Shion again:

"Incidentally, Karura is also called by another name in our clan—Tenma."

...

The other Kengan Association members didn't know about the small episode with Wu clan members after the battle—they only knew that 'Tiger' Mutou Judai, who had been evaluated as having super first-class strength after only two Kengan matches so far, had now fought his third Kengan match.

His opponent was even a member of Toyo Electric—Nikaido Ren, and he had once again won with overwhelming superiority!

Such news made many Kengan Association members rate Mutou Judai even higher.

Of course, this also made Hayami Katsumasa's expression even uglier.

"That waste was actually defeated... and this Mutou Judai, disrupting my plans twice in a row..."

As chairman of Toyo Electric, he wouldn't directly display his anger, but he still frowned slightly.

"This guy from an orphanage background, how's the investigation into that orphanage going?"

"Chairman... the people from that orphanage left."

"Where did they go?"

"This..."

The person reporting to Hayami Katsumasa hesitated, then finally spoke.

"We don't know... after our people followed them, they all lost contact, as if they vanished into thin air, not even one returned..."

Hearing this, Hayami Katsumasa let out a breath.

His expression returned to calm, and he casually put down Mutou Judai's profile.

But employees familiar with him knew—Hayami Katsumasa was definitely angrier now than before!

"Go make arrangements..."

After a long time, Hayami Katsumasa spoke again.

"Go find the Wu clan... hmph, Totsuki only commissioned members of this clan to fight Kengan, but that's not their main job—go commission this group of Wu clan assassins, have them name a price, then eliminate this Mutou Judai for me!"

"Our plan is about to begin. It's better to deal with such variables early!"

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