Cough, cough...
What the fuck?? is going on? I got punched? Shit is Todo here? That was fast!
Ren's thoughts burn...
He stands up fast and holds his jaw...
But before Ren could look ahead of him, another fast punch came to his head!
Whoosh!
"HA! You must be him! REN SATO!" Todo, threw a hook fast at Ren's face!
THUD!
Ren got pushed back; he barely had put his hands up!
'What? Shit, he is fast! Hand-to-hand is not my strong suit; I have to make distance!' Ren's mind was moving, but he was only able to block Todo's punches…
BANG! WOSH! PAW!
Todo threw a jab, hitting Ren's forearm, before throwing a hook again, hitting Ren's bicep! and then moving on to throw a body shot!
Ren grunted. "AUK!"
Todo broke through Ren's guard, and Ren was sent up in the air once more, thrown back from Todo's punch!
"Ren!" Maki spoke loudly!
And ran to Todo with her sword, and Todo simply smiled, pulled his hands together, and…
Clap.
And in a flash, Maki switched places with Ren!
Maki now flew away in the place Ren was getting thrown at, and Ren switched places with Maki, who was running at Todo!
Now Ren flew to Todo, and Todo grabbed him by the back of Ren's head, and Todo was about to smash Ren into a tree…
But he stopped…
"Eh? "You are Ren Sato, right?" Todo asked with confusion…
Todo lets go of Ren's neck, and Ren falls down on the ground. Ren tries to catch his breath…
Cough!
Ren thought, 'What, I switched places again? Shit! His technique is much more faster in real life… Ah, shit! Crap, it's hard to breathe! His punches hurt!'
'What? He looks like him, wild hair and everything, and that girl also called him Ren… But why does he lack everything? His body is not that well built; it's better than average, but nothing crazy. Actually, he does not even have good fighting technique; he blocked most of my punches after the first one, but he lacks actual martial arts training…
He has experience for sure because he was able to react to me after the first punch I threw at him, but still… Is this it? His cursed energy pool does not seem that big either…
Not to mention the biggest elephant in the room… He has no fighting spirit; he looks like he is here for sightseeing rather than fighting…'
Todo's genius mind dismantled Ren's whole character in seconds, and Todo's face held a frown…
"I asked you a question. Answer me. You're Ren Sato, right? Or are you someone else?" Todo spoke again while looking down on Ren…
'Ren Sato? Am I Ren Sato? What kind of a stupid question is that? No, I am not him… There is no way I can be Ren. I have a family, I had friends, and I had people who I could trust. I am not Ren… I am not an emotionless, manipulative person whose only friend in the world is a cursed fish…
No, I am not him… There is no way I…
Ren's mind started spiralling; his lack of motivation with the countless questions in his head made him spiral. It didn't help the fact that he had gotten punched hard…
Ren looked down at his hands; there were bandages on them…
'I – who am I?'
"What? Uh, is that Ren?" girl spoke, looking at the one-sided beatdown Todo was giving Ren…
'What the hell? That is the peak of sorcery??' Naobito thought with a blank face…
Naomichi, on the other hand, had a frown on his face…
"Uh, yes, that's Ren, but, uh, why is he in bandages? Also, why is he just letting Todo beat him up? Uh, Gojo, do you know something?" Utahime spoke in a concerned tone; she was the only one who noticed Ren had some parts of his body wrapped in bandages.
For a second everyone in the room looked at Gojo…
'Huh? What? Uh-huh? He is getting beaten up? Is this some new sort of strategy?' Gojo looked dumbfounded; he took his blindfold off to look outside of the balcony…
But just then…
Slap!
Todo slapped Ren's head!
Ren grabbed his head! And for a second, Ren's thoughts were thrown away. All of his questions, all of his plans, and all of Ren's theories for a second were nothing.
For a second, Ren's mind was empty.
"What are you thinking about? It's a simple-ass question, dumbass. I don't remember hitting your head, idiot. Why are you thinking so much about a simple question?? Are you Ren or not? It's a yes or no question, idiot!" Todo spoke with a frown on his face…
'There is one thing I hate more than boring people: it's people who don't have determination… If he is Ren Sato, there is no reason to fight him; he has already disappointed me…' Todo thought while looking down at Ren…
'Am I Ren Sato? Yeah, I am him. He is right. Why the hell am I thinking so much? 'Who the hell cares about who I am right now? This bastard just punched me!' Ren looked up and blinked…
"Overdriver!"
Inside, Ren's circuit flashed with cursed energy. In a second, cursed energy reinforced his whole body, and Ren moved fast up and threw an uppercut at Todo's chin! Ren lands a clean hit!
And moved Todo back a few steps…
Todo smiled and thought, "Now that was fast!" Todo grabbed his chin and rubbed it.
"Yeah, I am Ren Sato. Do you have a problem with me?" Ren stood up and looked at Todo, and Todo smiled even wider!
And Todo spoke, "Oh, that's what I am talking about! You are Ren Sato, eh? Are you in a bad mood or something? Anyway, that does not matter. I have a question for you, Ren Sa—"
POW!
Ren threw a punch at Todo fast! and hit Todo's face!
"You speak too much." As Ren spoke, he thought, 'Why would I wait to hear your question? Like an idiot? also… he is fast…'
Todo grabbed Ren's forearm and smiled at him. Todo had caught Ren's forearm with his left hand before it could hit his face, but Ren's fist still connected with Todo's nose!
"HA, that was rude, you know, but now with your strong, impressive way of using cursed energy, I can't even feel you leaking any. Yeah, now this is what I am talking about. This is much better than how you were moments ago—"
Todo spoke, but Ren again didn't wait for him to finish! Ren pulled his arm back!
Trying to pull his left hand out of Todo's grip! and Todo didn't let go…
Ren opened his left hand, which Todo was holding slowly…
'It would be actually really easy to kill him right now… If I just use Red Stitch: Sword… his face would be in the Jujutsu newspaper the next morning…'
WOSH!
Red threads shoot out of Ren's left wrist!
And wrap around Todo's face!
Todo's right hand moves up fast to grab the thick red strings wrapping around his face, which had already started to block his vision!
But
Ren moved his right hand and grabbed Todo's right hand, which was going to reach his face! And Ren twists his waist and throws his knee up!
Thud!
Ren kneaded Todo in the stomach hard!
'But who cares about killing him? I want to beat this idiot up right now! He punched me!' Ren thought.
Todo lets go of Ren's left hand fast. Todo tries to move both of his hands to each other and clap!
'Not going to let you do that aga—'
"Ren, look out!" Maki screamed!
WOSSH!!
Someone comes flying down!
BOOOMMM!!!