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Book 17: Chapter 1: Part 5
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Part 5
I─Kazuya was speechless at the scene in front of me.
“Huh?”
“N-no way…?”
“W-what’s going on…?”
In fact, all the people watching the battle were speechless at the scene in front of them.
Everyone thought that the match would end with the blow that Rikuto had just unleashed.
That’s only natural because aside from Rikuto’s personality, his abilities were the real deal, and he had a first-class superpower that allowed him to use superhuman strength: Red Thunder’s Superhuman Strength.The maximum power increase multiplier for that superpower is… 100 times that of a normal person.
There was no one who could win a strength contest against Rikuto.
From the spectator seats, it was clear that Rikuto was saving his superpower when he attacked Yuuya-san.
He probably wanted to beat up Yuuya-san after holding back a bit and then wanted to feel a stronger sense of superiority.
In fact, even if he had held back, if Rikuto’s attack had hit a human from a thousand years ago, there was no way he could have escaped unscathed.
Even my natural physical abilities, which don’t have any reinforcement-type superpowers, are much higher than those of a human from a thousand years ago.
And there was no way that Yuuya-san, who didn’t have any superpowers, could have stopped Rikuto’s fist, which was so powerful that it could crush the ground and send up clouds of dust with just the pressure of his fist.
But… when the dust cleared, what met our eyes was the sight of Yuuya-san calmly catching Rikuto’s fist.
“W-what the…?”
Akane was also speechless at the impossible sight.
Then Rikuto took a step back from Yuuya-san and raised his voice.
“You! What the hell did you do?”
“…..”
However, Yuuya-san did not react to Rikuto’s words and just stared at him intently.
“You’re messing with me… I don’t know what you did, but can you take this attack?!”
“Wha?!”
It seems that he couldn’t believe that Yuuya-san was able to catch his fist, so Rikuto released even more power, enveloping his body in a stronger, brighter red flash, and then moved around Yuuya-san at super high speed.
The speed was incredible, and it looked like Rikuto had countless duplicates of himself.
…As I thought, Rikuto’s superpower was powerful.
The effect itself was very simple, increasing physical ability many times over.
However, it was not just simple strength; endurance and explosive power can also be increased up to a hundred times if it was a physical ability.
Therefore, by increasing the explosive power with this superpower and moving at high speed, it was even possible to create multiple bodies like this.
In other words, he was a very balanced awakened person who could change his fighting style depending on the situation, able to increase his endurance to play the role of a shield, or increase his strength to play the role of an attacker…
…To be honest, I often thought that Rikuto’s superpower is even better than my superpower or Akane’s superpower in battle.
He’s trying to use that power against Yuuya-san, who doesn’t have a superpower.
It’s hard to believe that he’s in his right mind. I can’t believe it, but…
“…..”
The scene from earlier was still burned in my mind.
…Maybe Yuuya-san’s physical abilities…
While I couldn’t help but hope, Rikuto attacked Yuuya-san again.
“Oryaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Rikuto changed direction behind Yuuya-san and charged at him.
The speed was like lightning, and it was impossible for me to follow it with my eyes.
“Die, you bastard!”
Rikuto, confident of victory, shoves his fist into the back of Yuuya-san’s head with a smile on his face.
However──.
“Huff!”
“Wha?!”
──Yuuya-san didn’t even turn around but instead tilted his head slightly to avoid the attack and caught Rikuto’s fist over his shoulder!
“D-damn it! Let go of me!”
Rikuto immediately tried to get away, but for some reason, Yuuya-san’s grip was incredibly strong, and he couldn’t move at all.
Then Yuuya-san slowly turned towards Rikuto and opened his mouth.
“This time, I’ll go first──”
“W-what──”
“──Haahh”
“Guhaaaaahhh!”
Everything happened in an instant.
Suddenly, Yuuya-san’s legs seemed to wobble for a moment, and the next moment, Rikuto was blown away with tremendous force.
Rikuto was blown away, flew to the edge of the training ground, raised a cloud of dust, and crashed into the wall with a loud bang.
Yuuya-san, on the other hand, stood still as if nothing had happened.
N-no way… did he kick him in that instant?
It was such a powerful kick that I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Even when I looked at Yuuya-san’s posture, I still couldn’t believe that he had actually kicked Rikuto away.
That’s how fast Yuuya-san’s kick was.
“N-no way, I can’t believe that his physical ability was so high that it was impossible to measure…”
With that one kick, it was completely clear that Yuuya-san’s physical ability was extraordinary, and Marin-san was sweating coldly.
“I-is that even possible? Are you saying that a thousand years ago, all humans were this strong, and I just didn’t know about it?”
When Akane said this with a confused voice, Marin-san shook her head.
“No, that’s impossible. If there were many people like him, then all the world records for sports that are now in history would have been broken. Without a doubt, he… Yuuya-san is the only one who is special.”
Akane gasped as Marin-san told her this, looking somewhat excited.
As everyone was left speechless by this impossible scene, Yuuya-san relaxed his posture.
“I see. I feel like I haven’t kicked a person at all. So this is the power of the superpower, huh…”
Only Yuuya-san muttered such things calmly, but when the dust cleared, Rikuto appeared and spat out red lightning.
Furthermore, his hair stood on end, and just by standing there, the ground cracked. From the way he looked, it was clear that Rikuto was completely different from before.
He must have raised his physical abilities to the maximum, increasing them a hundredfold.
“You made me angry. I’ll kill you here.”
Seeing Rikuto’s murderous expression, Marin-san immediately steps in to stop him.
“The test is over! There’s no need to fight anymore!”
If things continue like this, Rikuto will really kill Yuuya-san.
Now that Yuuya-san’s physical abilities had been confirmed, there was no longer any reason for the two of them to fight.
However, such words were no longer enough to stop Rikuto.
“Shut up! I’ll never accept this!”
“Guh?”
When Rikuto, whose lung capacity and voice volume had increased a hundredfold, shouted, a shock wave was generated and attacked us.
Everyone instinctively covered their ears and fell to their knees, but Yuuya-san was the only one who stood there with a calm expression on his face.
W-what’s going on?!
“H-how can he stay so calm in the middle of all that roaring noise…!”
Even if his physical ability was outstanding, his endurance was also out of the ordinary!
Anyway, it was already clear that Yuuya-san was no ordinary person.
Surely, even without superpowers, he should be able to fight more than enough.
However, Yuuya-san’s astonishment was not limited to that.
As Yuuya-san continued to stand there calmly, Rikuto’s face showed increasing irritation and impatience.
“W-what the hell is this… What are you!!!”
And as if to hide his impatience, Rikuto began to lunge at Yuuya-san.
The force of his attack was tremendous. With each step he took, the ground was torn up, and he continued to advance, enveloped in a powerful shockwave.
“Blow away!”
With a roar, the charging Rikuto touched Yuuya-san─that’s what I thought, and in the next moment.
“Wha──Guaaaahhh!”
Suddenly, a huge tornado wall appeared around Yuuya-san.
The tornado reached the ceiling of the training ground, sweeping up everything in its path.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Rikuto, who ran into such a powerful tornado, was thrown into the air without much effort and hit the ground hard.
At the same time, the tornado that had formed around Yuuya-san disappeared as if nothing had happened.
“…..”
Everyone was at a loss for words in this incomprehensible situation.
W-what in the world just happened?
Surely, it would be possible to cause a phenomenon like the one that just happened if you used a special-class wind-type superpower.
However, Yuuya-san’s superpower did not manifest.
Then what in the world was that tornado?
While everyone is speechless, Rikuto, who was knocked to the ground, somehow managed to get up.
“W-what the hell did you do…!”
Yuuya-san calmly answered Rikuto’s question.
“It’s magic.”
“M-magic?!”
The unexpected answer made us even more confused.
Magic… that’s the magic, right?
The ancient humans didn’t have powers like ours. And magic appeared in many of the creations of that time.
Yes, magic was a power that only exists in fiction…!
“Don’t be ridiculous! How can you, an old human, use magic? There must be some kind of trick!”
Rikuto, who didn’t want to admit what had happened in front of him, shouted this, and Yuuya-san made a motion with his right hand as if he were scooping something up.
The next moment, a mass of water was created from Yuuya-san’s right hand!
“There’s no trick. I can really use magic.”
Not only water but also fire and lightning appeared behind Yuuya-san, one after the other.
This was impossible.
Even though there were powers called ‘elemental powers’ that could create fire and water within our superpowers, they were all bound to a single attribute, and it was not possible to manipulate elements of different attributes at the same time like Yuuya-san.
Therefore, the scene in front of us could truly be called magic.
When Yuuya-san waved his right hand, the various elemental masses he had created disappeared.
Then he dropped more bombs.
“I can use some other abilities besides magic…”
“You can use other abilities as well?!”
I-I can’t believe it…!
Even his physical abilities were so powerful that he can easily handle the strengthening powers of Rikuto’s superpower. On top of that, he has other unknown powers hidden within him, as well as magic similar to Akane’s elemental magic.
This was the reason why Yuuya-san was chosen as the savior…!
Although Yuuya-san’s abilities had already been proven, Rikuto, who had been denying Yuuya-san, stubbornly refused to acknowledge it.
“I won’t admit it… I’m not going to lose to an old human who can’t even use a superpower!”
Then, as he charged at Yuuya-san at top speed, he wrapped his whole body in a terrible red lightning and raised his fist.
However, Yuuya-san dodged his attack in an instant and slipped into Rikuto’s arms.
“Ah──”
“──Haaaaaa!”
“Guhoooooooooohh!”
──Yuuya-san’s fist pierced Rikuto’s stomach.
We spectators felt the impact of the blow as a shock wave.
And then, after a moment of silence, Rikuto’s body was blown high into the air with a terrible thundering sound!
Rikuto was launched almost to the ceiling of the training ground and crashed to the ground with a thud.
When the dust raised by the impact of his fall cleared, Rikuto was lying on the ground, completely unconscious.
Yuuya-san turned to us, who were speechless at the sight.
“…Is this okay?”
He had such a humble attitude and way of speaking that it was hard to believe that he had just shown us a superhuman fight.
However, we were all convinced of one thing.
──This person is our savior.
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