As the start of the match was announced, Ohma stomped his foot without hesitation.
Using his already forward-leaning center of gravity, he rushed toward Jaden in one breath.
-Niko Style: Adamantine Kata / Flame Kata: Instant Iron Breaker!
In an instant, Ohma was already in front of Jaden.
He raised one arm.
Half his body twisted with the momentum of his charge, and after switching into the Adamantine Kata, his arm tensed completely. Power from half his body was concentrated into the most stable structure possible.
Driven by that forward force-
He smashed his fist toward Jaden's face.
Ohma had analyzed Jaden long ago.
In most cases, Jaden didn't dodge.
So this opening strike had to-
His thought stopped.
The punch landed.
It landed cleanly on Jaden's head.
And then-
His fist passed straight through.
The "Jaden" in front of him scattered like mist and vanished.
-An afterimage!
The moment realization struck, Ohma heard a heavy breath behind him.
He twisted his body instantly, borrowing the momentum of his missed strike. At the same time, he stomped down hard, tensing his arms and legs as fast as possible.
-Niko Style: Adamantine Kata: Indestructible!
Defense activated instantly.
Jaden was already in front of him.
Jaden ignored the defense entirely.
His fists were drawn back.
But his leg-
Like a spear-
Drove straight into Ohma's arm.
Ohma had believed that with full-body tension and Indestructible active, blocking a single attack from Jaden wouldn't be a problem.
He was wrong.
The power of that kick was far heavier than he imagined.
It felt as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding truck.
Even curled up and fully braced, he was no different from a small stone beneath a child's foot.
The scenery around him flipped.
As he flew backward, a moment of weightlessness washed over him, as if his life were flashing past his eyes.
So-
Ohma's legs, still locked in Indestructible, slammed into the ground.
He forced himself to stop.
Even then, when his body finally stabilized, two long skid marks had been carved into the floor in front of him.
He bent forward, panting, adjusting his breathing.
Jaden didn't chase.
He advanced instead.
Slow.
Unstoppable.
Like a king walking along a path already laid out.
He stepped directly onto the twin skid marks Ohma had left behind.
Jaden, originally slightly shorter, straightened his posture completely.
He looked down.
His gaze was cold.
The moment their eyes met, Ohma felt his body freeze.
His calves twitched.
His shoulders locked.
His teeth chattered.
Does Jaden have some kind of superpower?
No.
Ohma inhaled deeply.
-It was fear.
He was afraid of the man in front of him.
Realizing that, Ohma clenched his teeth.
A flame ignited in his eyes.
As it burned, his condition stabilized.
His legs stopped trembling.
His shoulders loosened.
-Niko Style: Flame Kata: Flame Walk!
With a single stomp, Ohma's figure flickered.
In less than the blink of an eye, his movement became erratic, unpredictable-like a dancing flame.
He closed the distance again.
And punched.
A head-on confrontation was impossible.
Jaden's power was overwhelming.
He might endure a punch with Indestructible-
But he could not take another kick.
Unprepared, or even fully braced, being struck like that anywhere was equivalent to a direct hit to a vital point.
Demon Spear.
That crescent-like kick was Jaden's Demon Spear.
So-
-Niko Style: Redirection Kata / Water Kata: Water Swallow!
Ohma reduced his movement range.
His fists changed.
They became whips.
The range of his strikes expanded, the point of power generation turned strange, and the trajectories grew chaotic.
Punches rained down from every direction.
I see.
Jaden watched calmly.
He didn't move.
The first dodge had been to gauge Ohma's power.
Now-
No defense.
No footwork.
His eyes tracked the trajectories briefly, then locked back onto Ohma himself, following the subtle shifts in his body.
As for the punches-
They were ignored.
Completely.
The fighters below the stage held their breath.
If anyone else did this to Ohma, it would be suicide.
But Jaden doing it-
For a moment, even veterans didn't know what would happen next.
Gensai Kuroki watched intently.
So did Agito Kanoh.
Even Raian Kure wasn't smiling.
Only Takeshi Wakatsuki spoke immediately.
"That Ohma Tokita..."
"...is about to suffer badly."
As his words fell, Ohma's countless fists struck Jaden's body.
Thud after thud echoed through the arena.
But-
They didn't stop Jaden.
They didn't even slow him.
Jaden advanced steadily.
His eyes never left Ohma.
Then-
In a motion so slow it wouldn't even appear threatening on film-
He raised his right fist.
He clenched it.
Iron Mass: Heavy Wolf Step.
(Tekkai: Juuhorou)
This was Jyabura's technique.
A method that slightly reduced Iron Mass's defensive output to allow movement.
And-
The slow clenching of the fist was a special action that instantly concentrated Iron Mass's power, raising hardness and output to the level of Iron Mass: Steel at the moment of impact.
If Jyabura used it, the punch would be fast.
Jaden wasn't.
He raised his fist early.
He settled his stance early.
He didn't accelerate.
He didn't care about the incoming attacks.
The punch moved so slowly it shouldn't have threatened anyone.
It looked like an adult teasing a child.
Some fighters frowned.
The audience began shouting-
"What the hell-"
But before the voices fully erupted, everything stopped.
All sound.
Because-
Jaden's slow fist swept toward Ohma's waist.
Ohma felt it.
Even as Jaden seemed to look down on him, Ohma's combat instincts screamed danger the instant that fist approached.
He should dodge.
But fast things are easy to evade.
Things that are too slow-
They cause hesitation.
Especially something that doesn't look dangerous.
Even after the sense of danger flared, doubt crept in.
-Is it worth breaking my rhythm to dodge this?
-If I can't block something like this, how can I win?
-Am I still afraid of him?
There was no answer.
Because the fist was already there.
Ohma pulled his fists back instantly.
His center of gravity dropped.
His upper body sank.
His left arm rose vertically.
His right hand turned into a palm and struck his own forearm.
-Niko Style: Adamantine Kata: Indestructible!
He locked his stance.
Stopped his footwork.
Spread his legs.
Every ounce of his body reinforced his arm.
Then-
The fist landed.
At that moment-
Jaden's arm completed the transition from Ultimate Relaxation to Iron Mass: Steel.
At the same time-
Burst Core was layered in.
The result felt unreal.
The slow punch landed.
For an instant, it was like a frozen frame.
Then-
BANG!
Ohma Tokita was launched sideways at a speed no one could track.
The force was unlike anything he had ever experienced.
His body lost all control.
He slammed violently into the wall at the edge of the arena beneath the stands.
There should have been two sounds.
The impact of fist.
Then the collision with the wall.
But everyone heard only one.
BOOM!
Silence followed.
Complete silence.
No one could believe what they had seen.
That figure had walked forward.
Punched slowly.
And produced this result.
A monster?
No.
-Even monsters weren't this terrifying.
That trajectory.
That power generation.
How could a punch like that exist?
Can a human even throw a punch like that?
And-
Is the Ashura dead?
Eyes avoided Jaden instinctively.
They turned to the wall instead.
Dust rose.
A hand emerged.
Ohma Tokita, covered in blood, slowly climbed out.
Then he looked at Jaden.
Who was still walking toward him.
And Ohma smiled.
"It has to be like this~!"
The bleeding spots tightened instantly.
His skin turned red.
Steam poured from his body.
He bounced twice in place.
Then assumed his stance once more.
-Niko Style: Ultimate Technique.
-Possessing Spirit.
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