"This is way too outrageous!!!"
"He didn't even do anything—he just assumed a stance, and that alone triggered such a terrifying spiritual shockwave!"
"With both sides restricted to the same level of reiatsu… the Hakuda instructor's presence is practically nonexistent compared to his!"
"So who's the real Hakuda instructor here?!"
In that instant—
Watching Bai Chen stand there, his entire body wrapped in a visible mantle of condensed reiatsu…
Watching the ground beneath him shatter just from clenching his fist—
It wasn't only the Hakuda instructor who froze.
Every surrounding student stood rooted in place, eyes wide, expressions stiff and empty.
A deep, instinctive fear rose from the bottom of their hearts.
Too absurd.
Too terrifying.
And this was with reiatsu strictly limited.
No one dared imagine what would happen if Bai Chen fought without restraints—
Without suppression—
At full power.
At that point, perhaps a single punch would be enough…
To erase this entire area.
All the nearby training grounds—
Reduced to rubble with one blow.
Among the crowd,
Abarai Renji—who had been eagerly waiting to watch a show just moments ago—
Was completely dumbstruck.
His lips trembled, his face drained of color.
"Ki… Kira…"
"I—I feel like… I can't move my body…"
It wasn't just fear.
Renji's limbs had truly gone stiff.
Under the crushing pressure of Bai Chen's spiritual shockwave, his body had been pinned in place, unable to respond.
And this—
Wasn't because Bai Chen had targeted him.
It was simply because Renji had been standing too close.
Collateral damage.
Yet for Renji—
Losing control of his own body for even a moment—
That helpless, suffocating sensation—
Was enough to shake him to the core.
He looked at Bai Chen now with pure terror and reverence.
As if staring at a demon.
"Renji… it's not just you."
Kira Izuru said weakly.
"Look at the instructor."
"His face is completely flushed—he's clearly forcing himself to endure it."
Kira didn't even know what to say anymore.
Watching the Hakuda instructor struggle under the pressure, Kira almost felt sorry for him.
This was supposed to be the first day of class.
He had just finished explaining the fundamentals—
Planning to demonstrate proper Hakuda through live combat.
And yet—
He never could have imagined that Bai Chen was already a Hakuda master.
Worse—
From the instructor's own shocked outcry, it was obvious that Bai Chen's understanding of Hakuda…
Was far deeper than his own.
Absurd.
Completely unreasonable.
"Bai Chen… you're amazing…"
Hinamori Momo's voice was soft, filled with awe.
"He should know his limits, right…?"
"He wouldn't actually hurt the instructor… would he?"
Among everyone present—
She was the only one who didn't feel fear.
The only one who felt safe.
Whether by coincidence—
Or by Bai Chen's deliberate control—
Although she was also within the spiritual pressure,
Hinamori didn't feel immobilized like the others.
Instead, standing within that field allowed her to perceive the flow of power more clearly—
To gain insight.
Perhaps—
This was the privilege of being the "girlfriend."
A benefit reserved for her alone.
Meanwhile—
At the center of the training field, where the ground had already fractured—
Bai Chen clenched his fist and looked at the Hakuda instructor calmly.
"Teacher…"
"I didn't break any rules, did I?"
That single sentence—
Was pure emotional execution.
The instructor nearly choked.
He was the one who had called Bai Chen out.
He was the one who set the rules.
Equalized reiatsu. Fair conditions.
Bai Chen had followed everything perfectly.
So even though the continuous spiritual pressure was making it hard for him to breathe—
Even though humiliation burned in his chest—
In front of all the students, he could only grit his teeth and nod.
"N–No problem!"
"Bai Chen, you did excellently!"
"You managed to perfectly fuse reiatsu with Hakuda!"
"You truly deserve the title of the most outstanding genius in Shinō Academy's history!"
Half forced.
Half sincere.
At this point, the instructor had no choice but to admit it—
Bai Chen was a complete monster.
A genius without an apparent ceiling.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to—
With nothing but a thought—
Achieve such flawless integration of reiatsu and hand-to-hand combat.
Something even captains might not be able to do.
"Then…"
"Please take care of me, Teacher."
Bai Chen smiled confidently.
The instructor was right.
With Monstrous Strength, combined with mastery-level control—
Bai Chen had deliberately coated his limbs and fists with compressed reiatsu.
Creating an effect similar to Shunkō.
Of course—
Without Kidō mixed in, the technique was still incomplete.
Its destructive power was slightly lacking.
But that hardly mattered.
This level of strength—
Was more than enough to deal with an academy instructor.
Trying desperately to salvage his dignity—
The Hakuda instructor abandoned any notion of fairness.
Even though he had been the one to let Bai Chen attack first—
He now chose to strike preemptively.
Clenching his fists, his body sprang upward like a coiled spring.
From midair—
He hurled himself down toward Bai Chen's face with everything he had.
"Just as expected of the Hakuda instructor!"
"What explosive power!"
The students cried out.
Even as they endured Bai Chen's overwhelming pressure—
They couldn't help but cheer.
It was almost ridiculous.
As if their roles had reversed—
Bai Chen stood like a veteran instructor,
While the Hakuda teacher looked like a student being evaluated.
"Against a full-power strike from above, Bai Chen should block, right?"
Renji muttered.
A downward charge carried natural momentum.
Even with that spiritual armor—
Surely Bai Chen would have to defend himself.
But—
What happened next shattered that expectation completely.
Bai Chen didn't defend.
He did the opposite.
"Teacher…"
"Since this is a combat demonstration…"
"There's no rule saying I have to defend, right?"
As he spoke—
All the reiatsu coating his body collapsed inward.
In an instant, every trace of reiatsu converged—
Compressed—
Condensed—
Into his fist.
Brilliant light erupted.
Power without limit gathered at a single point.
In that moment—
Bai Chen seemed to transform into One Punch Man.
A being who only needed one strike—
To obliterate everything in his path.
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