Johan Seong wiped blood from his chin, one eye swelling, lips split.
"Come again," he charging forward like a mad bull.
Sun-ho didn't move at first, When Johan closed the distance with a savage straight punch, Sun-ho deflected it with a subtle parry, twisting Johan's wrist and driving his elbow into Johan's ribs.
Johan coughing, his breath rattling in his chest, But before he could recover, Sun-ho's knee slammed into his sternum, launching him backwards.
Johan's body smashed like paper.
"too reckless."Sun-ho said.
Johan, dragging himself up despite the pain, his body trembling but refusing to give in, He swung again, hooks, savage kicks, everything in his arsenal, But Sun-ho dismantled him piece by piece.
A spinning kick, Caught and countered, desperate grab, Flipped and slammed into the ground with precision everytime.
Every impact, every blow widened the gap between them.
Finally, Sun-ho ended it with a elbow to Johan's chest, The force sent Johan crashing across the floor, sliding until he slammed against the far wall, He lay there, gasping, sweat and blood dripping, unable to rise this time.
Executives had just watched Johan Seong, the Leader of the God Dogs, the Legend of Gangbuk, get utterly dismantled.
Sun-ho rolled his shoulder, barely sweating, his expression calm.
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[Choyun's Pov]
I leaned against the wall, my chest still sore from the earlier sparring, blood dried at the corner of my lips, Watching Johan get dismantled like that… it made something twist inside me.
Not fear, exactly.
I clenched my fist, The gap between Them and me is this wide…
the familiar window blinked before my eyes.
[Quest Completed: Survive consecutive training sessions against higher-ranked opponents Without passing out]
[Reward: Platinum Card= Counter Sense (react to a first strike of opponents= Passive]
"Not bad."
Another notification chimed.
[Quest Completed: Train continuously with executives for 2 weeks]
[Reward: Diamond Card= Potential Increase (Only by one Level) ]
I used it, on me Directly.
And the system was clear, there was no ceiling, If I kept completing these quests, if I kept pushing, I could climb to there Strength one day.
I looked at Sun-ho in the center of the room, standing tall after destroying Johan like it was nothing.
I muttered under my breath "I'll stand on that level, Soon."
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NAME:|- CHOYUN
HEIGHT:|- 181 CM
STRENGTH:|- { A+ }
SPEED:|- { A+ }
POTENTIAL:|- { A>S= Up! }
INTELLIGENCE:|- { S }
ENDURANCE:|- { A+ }
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Two weeks.
but it felt like two months packed into every bruise, every bead of sweat I'd shed under this so-called "training"
Eight quests in two weeks,Some small, some big, Each one Makes me Stronger.
[Skill Progression Update]
Boxing Jab= Maxed.
Boxing Hook= Maxed.
Rolling Damsel= Maxed.
And that wasn't all, The bigger quests had started giving me styles.
[Quest Completed: Endure continuous training for 12 hours without rest]
[Reward: Gold card= Muay Thai ]
[Quest Completed: Survive 5 sparring sessions in a row From Higher ups]
[Reward: Gold card= Boxing ]
[Quest Completed: counter 20 kicks in combat]
[Reward: Gold card= Taekwondo ]
Three different martial arts, and with That I wasn't a street fighter anymore, and I got something that could rival even executives.
Higher-ranked executives were in range of A to SSS range, so getting there is no big deal.
Then I glanced at the center of the room, Sun-ho stood tall, arms crossed, like a general looking over his soldiers, The guy wasn't human, he just torn Johan apart like he was nothing.
"Alright," Sun-ho said "Pair up, it's 1v1 Time."
Hajun Gu squared up with Uijin Gyeong, Both eyes locked, Across the mat, Jaeha Han faced Jin Jang, smirks across both their faces.
The twins went at each other, Dominic Min called out Scott Kwon, Mark Sa pulled one of Jaeha's ex-gang members into a match, The hall filled with movement, the sound of fists hitting mats, bodies colliding.
And me, I stayed sitting Watching.
Tap.
Tap.
The sound of his Foot against the mat Sun-ho lowered himself to the floor right beside me.
Then, he spoke
"You've been quiet these days, Choyun, Something terribling?" His eyes didn't even look at me, they stayed fixed on the fights in front of us "I can see, You've been working hard."
"nothing terribling…Yeah," I muttered "I've been working."
Sun-ho's lips barely a smile, more like an acknowledgment "Good, Keep it up But don't forget, raw strength isn't Everything."
Nodding I looked back at the fights raging before us, my eyes narrowing.
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as sweat dripped down onto the floorboards.
"Haah… damn," Hana Mae Lee exhaled, dropping onto her back, chest rising and falling like she'd just run a marathon Her damp hair clung to her forehead, and she pressed the back of her hand against it, groaning "You're insane Minsoo, Do you even get tired?"
Beside her, Minsoo stretched his arms above his head, still lying flat on the gym floor, His gym shirt was plastered to his skin with sweat, his breathing calm, controlled, like someone who had been through this a hundred times before.
"I do get tired," he muttered between breaths, turning his head toward her. "Just not as quick as you, apparently."
Hana shot him a glare, cheeks puffed slightly "Wow, Thanks for rubbing it in." She shoved his shoulder lightly, though the shove barely made him budge"You know, normal people take breaks, right?"
Minsoo smirked "Maybe you should try being abnormal."
For a moment, silence fell between them, only the sound of their breathing filling the gym Then Hana broke it again.
"So, how's J-High treating you?"
Minsoo let out a small chuckle "Vasco and Zack nearly went at each other again yesterday, Daniel had to pull them apart before they broke the cafeteria table."
Hana covered her mouth, laughing, her shoulders shaking "I swear, those two act like old married couple sometimes."
"Yeah, More like a married couple that should've divorced years ago." Minsoo replied dryly, making Hana burst out even harder.
The two of them stayed like that for a while, trading stories, about the strange mix of students at J-High.
But as the laughter faded, so did the words
Hana stared up at the ceiling, her chest still rising and falling slowly, beside her, Minsoo lay still as well, his eyes half-closed.
[AN: Recommend me, some Plots or theories, and lore, it might help me in volume 3 or 4. 😊 ]