It turned evening, and the day's training ended.

With the training over, Jock packed his things, changed back to his outdoor clothes, and left the dojo.

"…"

Cleo and Lumian watched him walk away.

"…What's going on with him?"

She asked with a frown.

She thought that she must've angered Jock somehow to make him so distant, but she didn't know what she did.

"…Let him be. I am sure he will be over whatever he is going through in a week's time."

Lumian said softly.

"…"

Cleo nodded, bade farewell to Lumian, and left as well all alone while Lumian headed back inside Martial Redemption Dojo.

Lumian hadn't moved over to the apartment just yet, as there weren't enough rooms anymore, but Kiernan was planning to acquire more buildings.

However, since the Martial Arts Meet was soon, he continued his training, practicing his forms.

"…"

Lumian moved with determination, and he then stood on his right leg with his left leg's knee pulled up close to his chest.

He threw a right cross, a left cross, and then kicked his right leg up, ending with a powerful roundhouse kick.

At that moment, a shadowy figure appeared across from him, and it looked like Lumian but had a wicked smile.

It was one of his Uncontrollable demons.

"Bring it on…"

Lumian clashed with the Uncontrollable demon, and their heated battle continued into the yard, where the evening sun cast long shadows across the gravel.

"Iron Smash!"

Lumian punched through the shadow figure's face, and it disappeared, but it immediately appeared behind him.

He turned around and saw the shadow figure throwing an Iron Smash punch at him.

"Rendering Edge!"

Lumian flawlessly parried the strike, exchanged a gaze with the shadow figure, and started trading blows.

It was an insane match!

…

"…"

Jock aimlessly walked down the street, lost in thought, and he even walked past his favorite convenience store without noticing.

He usually went there and bought some chips and soda, but that was before his martial artist days.

"Hahahaha!"

In that moment, he stopped as he heard some laughter in the alleyway, and he turned around to see some older kids mocking and laughing at some glasses-wearing kid.

The glasses-wearing kid looked frightened and vulnerable. He kind of looked like Jock except for all the dimples.

Crack!

Jock formed a fist, entered the alleyway, and dropped his backpack with enraged look on his face.

"Hey, you virgin fucks, let him go!"

He screamed.

The older kids stopped kicking the kid down and turned to look at Jock, and when they saw him, they just laughed.

"Haha, who the fuck are you, four-eyes?"

"You want to die, huh? Who are you calling a virgin? You are one to talk, you ugly motherfucker."

Jock jumped in and threw a punch, but it got dodged, and he got kicked in the stomach.

"Ugh…"

Jock stumbled back, and at that moment, one of the kids grabbed his hair and punched him across his face.

"Ah!"

Jock smashed into a brick wall and dropped on one knee, but then a kick whipped towards him, and he quickly ducked out of the way.

"Haha!"

The older kids just laughed.

The glasses-wearing kid picked up his backpack and ran away without bothering to ask for his wallet back from the older kids.

"…Ptui… You find satisfaction bullying others? You pathetic… garbage… pieces of shit!"

Jock screamed.

One of the kids hurled his fist at him, but Jock took the Iron Style stance, and parried the punch before it hit him.

"Oh?"

The kid let out a grunt of frustration and tried to kick him instead, but Jock slipped under, and punched him in the nuts.

"Oooooooooh!"

The kid crumpled to the ground in pain, and his friends looked at Jock with annoyance and jumped him.

Despite Jock using the Iron Style stance, he was overwhelmed by the older and stronger kids, and soon he was down on the ground, being kicked repeatedly by the group.

"How much will we hurt him?"

"Hmm… let's break his legs and leave!"

They stomped down at his legs, trying to break them, but then Jock latched onto one of their legs and bit down.

His teeth went through the pants and skin, drawing blood.

"This bastard!"

"Haha, is he a dog?"

One of the kids kicked Jock in the chest and sent him flying through the air. It sent him crashing into the brick wall.

Jock's body was screaming in pain, and it was screaming for him to stop, but he didn't and only stood back up.

"This bastard is crazy!"

"Trying to act tough… Tch!"

The older kids attacked him again, and it looked to be the end for Jock, but then, he put his arm into a punching stance.

"IRON SMASH!"

The fist landed on one of the kid's faces, broke the nose, and sent him flying across the alleyway.

The punch immediately knocked the kid down, and his friends just looked with disbelief on their faces.

They turned back to Jock and came back to a shocking scene.

Jock's right arm was broken, dangling beside his body, and the bone was sticking out of his elbow.

It looked like it would hurt like hell.

"What the fuck… is wrong with you?"

One of the kids asked.

In that moment, Jock grabbed him by the head, pulled back his own head, and head-butted him.

The kid fell backwards with a bloody face and got knocked unconscious.

"Iron Bell!"

Crack!

Jock's skull cracked, and blood started pouring out, but instead of stopping, he kept punching with both his intact left arm and broken right.

This was first time that these older kids had seen anything like that, and they became very frightened.

They picked up their friends and just ran away. They ran in such a hurry that they didn't notice they had left their bikes behind.

"…"

Jock stopped swinging, stood still in the alleyway, and just let out a tired sigh.

"It doesn't hurt… Wait, I think it hurts a little? I don't know."

In that moment, Jock awakened to something that no one knew that he possessed, and it was his insane pain tolerance.

There were certain people in the world that weren't born with talents but instead awakened them over time through unforeseen circumstances.

Jock had actually awakened his own talent while punching the sand cauldron, and he happened to not notice it beforehand.

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