**
Red had returned home after a long period in the other world. He settled his schoolwork, visited his family over the holidays, and trained a little to keep his body active during the holidays.
Of course, he didn't forget to hang out with his friends as well. In the end, it was generally more peaceful for him in his home country.
In Japan, on the other hand, it took way longer for things to calm down. They had to break the Nine-Tailed-Fox's illusion on the civilians and people. There were mass funerals to be held because of the mass killing of people. It seems the direction Japan is going, is that they would be covering up the incident regarding the Nine-Tailed-Fox since there was no news indicating the death of people anywhere.
But as you all know, our protagonist tends to get into an unlucky situations.
**
[Red's POV]
Today. Today was the day, I got dragged by Hannah, the Kickboxing idiot to finally train with her.
Wait I take it back. Today, WE are being dragged by her to her gym located in the center of the city. A tad far from our dorms but it's a 30-minute trip.
"Shit Hannah, you promised right?" Kelson whined while hugging the railing of the train.
"Yea yea yea, I'll keep my promise," Hannah replied, sitting down while crossing her legs.
JunHao lay down on the seat and complained. "Urgh, I rather be eating."
"Hey, that's why you're getting fat," Chase commented
"I rather play a game," I complained, dragging my feet to a seat on the train.
"And that's why all of you are Single." Hannah reminded us.
Like a switch in a bulb, looks like that comment hit a nerve spot.
"LIKE YOU'RE NOT SINGLE??"
"YOU'RE TOO MANLY THAT NO GUYS WANT YOU."
"GIRLS SEEK PROTECTION FROM YOU INSTEAD FROM THEIR BOYFRIEND!"
Insults about Hannah being a man instead of a woman flew everywhere.
I could have sworn I had seen the blood vessels in her head slowly popping out one by one.
The next thing I know, all of us got punched in the head. Including me.
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"WHY ME?" I complained.
"You didn't stop them," Hannah said while blowing her knuckle after punching all of us.
As we made it to her gym. It was a good 2 hours of torture there. Cardio after cardio, weight training, and strength training all cramped and compiled in that 1 session. It was hell. But not for me. It was sorta normal? Maybe after all that training with King Darius, this was nothing.
Then came the sparring session. Because I'm the only one who had experience with sparring, the rest sat out. So it would be me against Hannah.
"Ryong, adjust my strength so that I don't kill anyone."
[Got it.]
As Ryong limits my strength. I could feel myself getting weaker. It was as if Balls of chains were attached around me.
With that, we start sparring.
**
Kickboxing. While some called it Martial Art, it can also be considered a sport due to the rules imposed on it. As its name said, It's a sport that combines punching and kicking together however, there are limitations.
While you can use everything you learn in boxing, it's not good to use it due to some of the flaws it has. Such as ducking and weaving too low, would allow your opponent to kick you in the head freely.
Kickboxing does allow kicks but is not as versatile as Muay Thai's rule. Unlike Muay Thai, you aren't allowed to use your elbows and knees to attack as well.
Depending on what kind of kickboxing you do, some of them do allow takedowns but most of them are strictly prohibited.
The Kickboxing rule here in Hannah's gym does not allow takedowns.
**
With their boxing gloves and headgear Equipped, the both of them stepped in the ring and the Gong was sounded.
Without hesitation, Hannah threw a [Left Roundhouse Kick] aiming it at Red's thigh. However Red simply extended his leg fully, causing Hannah's leg to miss the kick. However, she didn't plan to give Red any chance to gain confidence. The moment his left leg missed the attack, her right leg was already rotating and setting up for the next attack.
Then...
BOOM-!!!
She launched a [Back Kick] landing it at something.
The kick connected perfectly so Hannah thought she got him. However, when she tried to retrieve her legs in, they wouldn't budge.
As she turns behind looking at what happened. A boxing glove appeared in the face then.
Pow-!!
Hannah was down.
"Hannah, what the hell were you doing showboating? Get your head in the game and try again!!" Her coach in the corner reprimanded her for being cocky.
However, Hannah was sure that her kick landed perfectly. Though she might behave like this, she was a 3-time amateur champion in her club.
The both of them got to the corner and raised their gloves. This time Hannah was on the defensive.
"If you're not coming, then I'm going ahead."
Red pushed through, circling her and throwing punches.
Hannah wasn't a pushover though. Every punch she receives, she returns another one. It turned into an exchange fight between the both of them. Red dropped his guard a while after receiving the last hit, that's where Hannah went in and went through with a full-strength [Right Roundhouse Kick].
Hannah's leg was kicking at an abnormally fast speed. From far it would look like she was aiming for his head, but the true target was the body. As the leg approaches the body at a fast speed. That's where he blocked it with his forearm and absorbed the impact.
Red's hard work paid off.
He had been continuing his vision training even when he got back from Japan and has been maintaining the training properly. He had vision even in his blind spot now and could react to unexpected attacks from a different angle of his body.
"My turn."
[Trickster's Kick Combo 1]
[Right Roundhouse Kick]
Hannah could see the kick coming from a mile and raised her legs, preparing to block it.
[Question Mark Kick]
The leg suddenly change trajectory midway and appeared in Hannah's head, proceeding to strike downwards.
Whoosh-!!!
Hannah immediately leans back to dodge. However, that kick left a graze on her cheeks.
[Spinning Hook Kick]
As Red's leg touched the ground, without a moment of rest, it went up hooking Hannah's neck with his leg instead of slamming the foot at her. It's because if she were to take the hook kick at full strength, her neck would have a break without a doubt. As his legs hooked on her neck, Red puts in more strength dragging it down on the ground, making Hannah fall.
[Axe Kick]
As Red raised his legs, the spectators all suddenly got up and tried to stop him immediately. But too late, his legs were already so far up that he already strike it down, slamming it in Hannah's direction. Hannah closed her eyes, accepting her fate.
Boom-!!!
She slowly opens her eyes, to fund that Red placed his foot to the right. Missing her by a margin.
"Uh. My bad, I got a little heated."
"Yyyyyou DUNCE. YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!!!"
As Hannah got up and reprimanded Red. The spectators all stared in awe. Surprised to find a rando just straight-up defeated their Champion with ease.
**
At the end of the training, the group head off to have a rowdy dinner and enjoyed each other's company. Looks like what Hannah promised the guys was that if they followed her to her training. She would arrange a mixer for their group. That got the boys excited about it. While they were munching down on their Pasta. Little did Red know, he was going to get into trouble again and this time, it was nearer than he thinks.