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Without disturbing the two who were practicing, I went to the locker room to change my clothes.
When they came out, Hikari Narushima was once again beautifully knocked to the ground.
Just as Yato caught him in the moment of his punch, he stepped back slightly, slapped away his wrist, and pulled him to his right, forcing Narushima Koga's fist to bend and hit nothing. Not only did it miss, but it also stumbled and lost its balance, exposing most of its back to Yato.
"Focus on your center of gravity. I've said it so many times, pay attention to your center of gravity! Relax your muscles, straighten your arm when you punch, reduce unnecessary movements, and distribute your power evenly to the parts of your body that need to generate force. You may not be able to hit your opponent, but you must ensure your body is flexible."
While lecturing him without any politeness, Yato reached out and grabbed his hair, pulling and pressing it.
boom!
Narushima Koga lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily, his chest heaving violently, his entire body drenched in sweat as if he had been pulled out of the water.
Suddenly, the shadow blocked the light from overhead.
Narushima Hikari weakly opened her eyes, her lips were chapped, and she felt that everything in front of her was doubled, but the upside-down face was clear and distinct.
"When a person is attacking, they are at their most threatening, but also at their most vulnerable... Intercept the opponent's offensive, disrupt their intentions, or even launch a preemptive strike."
"Use the fastest speed, the shortest distance, the greatest explosive power, and the most correct method to defeat the opponent."
"It can be said to be the pioneer of the concept of modern mixed martial arts, which elevates free fighting to the philosophical concept of 'the way of attack and defense,' which is as ever-changing and invisible as flowing water, finding the enemy's gaps (weaknesses), penetrating them, and spreading outwards."
"Whether it's technique or physique, while important, they are not the most important. The most important things are creativity, imagination, and decisiveness."
Yato spoke slowly.
"By the way... if you want to explain it in your preferred way, this is not a conventional fighting technique or an ancient martial art, but a survival rule that allows you to survive in a battle without rules."
"This is also what you'll be learning next; it's called 'Jeet Kune Do'."
Watching the silver-haired youth stagger to his feet again, Yato revealed a rather satisfied smile.
Chapter 77
(Just to correct you, in Japan, school starts after spring break, not summer vacation. Previous chapters have been corrected!)
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
There are only a few days left in April.
With the first monthly exam since the start of the semester fast approaching, a sense of tension began to permeate the entire Shuchiin Academy.
There are five such monthly exams each academic year.
If you fail three times, or even just one subject, you will have to repeat the year!
There is no such thing as a make-up exam at Shuchiin Academy.
However, almost no one in Class 3-A, where Yato was, worried about their grades, because most of them were very smart, and many were top students in the grade. As for the rest... they had already given up on their grades.
"Was it Fujiwara who was dragged out for a lecture today?"
Seeing a pink-haired girl leave the classroom looking unhappy behind another pink-haired teacher, Yato's face showed an expression of "I knew it."
"It's all because someone is too careless and has a bad influence on others."
Kaguya Shinomiya snorted coldly.
"It's not good to eavesdrop on other people's conversations, Vice President."
"What a coincidence, it's hard not to hear at such a close distance."
Yato couldn't deny this point.
The vice president, who held a high position, was sitting next to him. The two were separated only by an aisle, so he didn't need to get up; he could simply stretch out his foot and touch her.
"But it's a bit too much to put all the blame on others. You yourself told Fujiwara that sometimes not studying and relaxing more before exams might help you perform better. If we're talking about influence, you're clearly the one who contributed more, right?"
"Ugh! Eavesdropping on girls' whispers is hardly gentlemanly behavior."
Kaguya Shinomiya, who was tidying up her textbooks, froze slightly and glared at him with a hint of embarrassment and annoyance.
"There's no way I can't hear you at this close range. Maybe you could learn from Shirogane and talk to yourself in the bathroom so I can't hear you in the classroom."
Yato returned her words to her, and casually made a sarcastic remark about Shirogane Miyuki.
"Oh my, does Shirogane like to talk to himself in the toilet?"
Kaguya Shinomiya covered her mouth in slight surprise.
"Hey! Igarashi! Don't talk nonsense! When did I talk to myself in the bathroom?!"
Upon hearing this, Shirogane Miyuki in the front seat immediately turned around, his face flushed red, almost obscuring his dark circles.
"Let me think...it seems to have been last year's final exams..."
"Okay! I got it! Let's go eat together, it's on me!"
Before Yato could finish speaking, Shirogane Miyuki hurriedly interrupted him.
"Forget about treating me, but could you do me a favor?"
Yato gave him a hearty laugh and patted him on the shoulder in return.
"..."
Shirogane Miyuki's lips twitched.
……
Behind the grove, near the old school building.
"I'm telling you, you're really not being fair. It's one thing to ridicule that woman, but you even dragged me into it, almost making me look really bad."
Shirogane Miyuki complained.
"You and Shinomiya still don't get along."
Yato, with his hands in his pockets, said casually.
"There's nothing I can do. That woman is determined to knock me off the top spot in the grade. What a joke... Unlike you guys, my grades are the only thing I can be proud of."
Shirogane Miyuki frowned and pursed his lips.
Yato nodded slightly.
He could understand that feeling.
It has nothing to do with inferiority complex or anything like that.
It's simply that I don't want to be defeated by someone in my area of expertise.
Especially since the other party is a young lady from a 'pure' family.
Shuchiin, this prestigious school, not only admits students from wealthy families, but also welcomes outstanding students from poor families. There is no class antagonism among them. However, students who have progressed from the elementary and junior high schools and students who have transferred in between do not get along well, and even form factional conflicts between 'pure school' and 'mixed school'.
Shirogane Miyuki belonged to a mixed-age group and had suffered a lot in the past.
However, he won the top spot in his grade through his studies, thus proving his strength.
For him, grades are his most powerful weapon!
Naturally, they don't want their brilliance to be overshadowed.
"Speaking of which, what exactly do you want me to help you with? I'm not going to waste my time on things that take too long."
Shirogane Miyuki looked wary.
As a normal person who is not much smarter than others, the reason he was able to get high scores was entirely due to hard work and dedication; time was extremely important to him.
"To put it simply, I would like to ask you to tutor someone."
Yato said.
"Excuse me, goodbye!"
Shirogane Miyuki immediately turned around, intending to run away.
"Wait, let him finish speaking."
Yato grabbed his shoulder.
"Do you know how time and energy it takes to tutor someone? I don't have that much time to spend on that."
Shirogane Miyuki found that he couldn't get rid of the iron-like hand on his shoulder, so he helplessly spoke his mind.
"Just one week is fine. The time will be after school every day. Anyway, you're in the home-schooling department, so taking two hours won't affect you much. Besides, the person you're tutoring is a member of my department's team, also a third-year student. Can't you study while tutoring him? My only requirement is that you don't fail any courses."
"Third grade... well, it's not impossible if it's just two hours after school every day, since I've already turned down my part-time job for this period of time."
(Li's) "Don't worry, I'll have that guy reimburse your hourly wage. Besides, I heard that Kaguya Shinomiya has some things to take care of recently and can't spare much time to study. So, your conditions are now equal. What's the difference between fighting under the same conditions and fighting under normal circumstances?"
Yato put his arm around his shoulder and gently coaxed him.
"make a deal!"
What reason could Shirogane Miyuki possibly have to refuse?
Tutoring others is also a way to review what you've learned. It only takes two hours, which is much easier than working a regular job, and you can even earn some extra money.
Most importantly, the competitors are also facing trouble.
To be honest, he didn't crave a so-called fair fight. On the contrary, hearing the news relieved a lot of the tension and psychological pressure of the approaching exam.
But his excitement only lasted until he met the person he was counseling...
Chapter 78
Next, the two went to the [Fighting Club]'s private gym located in the basement of the old school building.
I just pushed the door open and went in.
Before Shirogane Miyuki could even get a clear look at the surroundings, he saw a blurry shadow flying toward him, accompanied by a terrifying whistling sound.
"...?!"
Miyuki Shirogane instinctively raised his arm to cover his head, but before he could finish, Yato suddenly reached out and grabbed the object.
"Tianyu, don't you think this is a bit too heavy as a gift?"
Yato weighed the sake jar in his hand and spoke to the black-haired girl who was walking towards him from a distance.
"How can something that can't be smashed be called 'heavy'?" A beautiful smile played on Tianyu's lips. She was still wearing her unchanging black school uniform, like a black rose exuding a bewitching and poisonous fragrance. If Yukino was a cold and aloof beauty, then Tianyu was a beauty full of cruelty.
"The fact that I couldn't kill you means my cultivation is still insufficient."
This wine jar is a tool used to practice the techniques of the Shangdi-ryu school of martial arts.
Just like dumbbells, if they are too light, they won't have any training effect.
But how heavy should it be? To your own limit? No, if the goal is to kill, then just make it heavy enough to crush someone to death, right?
If one's hands can adapt to this weight and control it perfectly, it means that those hands already possess the ability to kill.
This is also one of the foundations for cultivating the techniques of the Shangdi-ryu school.
"Such a Zen-like statement, you couldn't have come up with it yourself, could you?"
Yato asked.
He has been practicing the Earth Flow technique with the other party during this period.
For the sake of that bet.
I have a basic understanding of some of the rules.
"You guessed right, these are the words my adoptive father said, and they are one of the few sentences I can never forget."
Tianyu raised her hand and tossed her long hair, her voice melodious, as if she were reminiscing about the past.
Boom!
Yato placed the sake jar on the ground with a slightly muffled sound. Shirogane Miyuki's eyelids twitched as he noticed that the strange girl's right hand was also holding another identical sake jar, clearly a pair.
He held it casually in his hand, his body never tilting at all, as if the wine jar was just made of plastic.
When Yato walked a little further away and started talking to the girl, Shirogane Miyuki tried to lift the wine jar, which was a full meter tall. With his decent physical condition honed from years of working, he could only lift the jar slightly off the ground even when he used 80% of his strength.
"At least 40kg... How can you say that won't kill someone!?"
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