POWER: A Tale of Greatness

Chapter 32: What We Fight For

"He would not do such a thing!"

CRASH!!

"That is different from the ones he threw earlier. This one's heavier." Leo lands on his feet, his arms blocking his face. He slowly lowers them, papers from the room he lands into fly all over the place, slowly descending back down. He reaches for his shoulder to remove the dust on his shirt with thoughts racing in his mind. "He also seemed to have become faster, how?"

Leo sees the hole he made in the wall, he is well aware of his toughness but his feat doesn't extend to his clothing-now ripped and scratched off. "I even saw an afterimage of himself. An odd boy."

Before Leo could react, the wall beside him exploded and Bulls burst out of it, about to hit him again.

"Tss." Leonardo covers his face once more, moving several steps back.

"I will never... disappoint... my teacher!" Bulls showered a barrage of punches towards Leo. "I am sure you know this technique!"

"Piston, huh? Good choice..." Leo observed his foe's punches, which are almost invisible to the eye but not to him. "... but I know your attack's weakness." He raised his left foot and kicked Bulls' fists open, "Vertical Power Saw." Leonardo successfully stopped the momentum and disabled Bulls' attack. He pushed himself up and bent both of his elbows back harmoniously. "Hakyushu lesson one: Precision can be the hammer, but your nail is the accuracy."

Bulls pulls his hand from the air but Leo's speed is explosive. His ability to process his thoughts is inferior to his opponent's, "He is swift all of a sudden."

"Two Hundred Pound Mallet."

Leonardo sent a twin punch straight at Bulls' abdomen sending him flying up in the air and crashing into the wall. He stood back up but Bulls disappeared again. "Lesson number two: Conservation of energy is as important as using it."

Dusts were sent flying up in the air as Bulls passed by him. Leo closed his eyes and observed his surroundings. He can feel Bulls' presence around, but he was so fast to pinpoint his exact position. He opened his eyes and pinned his left foot to the floor. "You may be fast, but for how long?"

"I need to finish this... quick!" Bulls positions himself behind Leo and swings his fist to his jaw but a sharp pain suddenly erupts on his abdomen. His eyes moved down, seeing an elbow planted in his core and before he could reach for his stomach, Leo kicked him in the face.

"We are yet to reach the last Lesson but you're already down, how shameful is that?" Leonardo casually walks away from Bulls, his head tilting to the left with his sharp stare piercing Bulls in place.

Bulls slowly moves himself up, a hand on his core and the other supporting a knee, "Lesson three, what is it?" He coughed several times before he fixed his posture. "I don't actually have much time to spare you so..." he lowers down to his stance and twists his fist inward, "teach me the lesson already."

Leo slides his fingers on his collar and lowers down to copy Bulls' move, "Hakyushu: Screw." But when he lifted his head, his eyes met with his foe's. His heart made a sudden clench.

"His eyes are burning with determination." He moves his foot forward and starts to execute the move. "What is this feeling? My body became stiffer! Am I... no, I am not intimidated by a mere kid? No!"

Their attacks hit each other, but their fists never met. The fallen papers on the floor were once again lifted in the air. The fallen chairs and tables smashed into the walls, breaking into pieces.

Leonardo smiles enthusiastically, "You did a great job. You took me away from my actual target, but that won't change the fact that I will defeat you and kill him eventually."