Into Our Fantasies Book 1 - Watch before you listen

Chris Vs Zack

Chris went for a front kick, which was ducked under by Zack.  One of his clones went for a drop kick, while the other went for a punch in the temple. He managed to avoid the drop kick, but couldn't dodge the punch, which sent him back a few feet. Groaning, he sent out his first tentacle like a whip, which was jumped over by all of them. Before they landed, he sent out his second tentacle, hitting them. However, Zack was brought to his knees by an ax kick hitting his scapula from a clone of Chris, which sent a shock through his body.

Zack used the momentum gathered from the blow to perform a horse kick, causing the clone to hit the roof and dispel. They reset after this exchange, allowing Chris to rest and reinforce his body with chakra, as Zack grew a third tentacle.

"Chris, the passive has now managed to catch up to a percentage of  Zack's speed by thirty percent. Also, clones and chakra control have been upgraded. You can walk on walls easier now."

Great, but can we talk about this after the fight?  Chris asked mentally, as he dodged the tentacles being swung around by Zack. Zack charged at him again, forcing Chris to retreat up a wall, only to jump as soon as his feet touched the surface. Running on the tentacle-made "rope," Chris attempted to punch him, only for Zack to seemingly blur out of existence behind him and kick him out the room and into the prison quarters.

"Looks like I ran out of mana . . . well crap. What's my base speed Great Sage?"

Mach 8.

"When I'm amped?"

Mach 18.

"His max speed?"

Mach 28.

"Ah. I see.

"I'm f-"

This was interrupted by Zack yeeting him into the roof, then back down again to batter as every punch either slightly exceeded Chris's speed, or cracked his head back before he could even process what happened.

"Why so slow?" Zack asked, not bothering to hide the smirk on his face. "You were keeping up with me just a second ago."

Zack then roundhouse kicked him into the nearest house - 50 kilometers away. The explosion completely destroyed the house, leaving nothing but kindling.

"Agh . . . I need to think of something quick. On the bright side, my endurance was raised by 200, so now I have multi-state durability. However . . ."

"On your left!" Sage screamed out, but it was already there.

Zack's tentacle lashed out, aimed for Chris' side. Chris couldn't block fast enough, leading to nigh-distintegrated ribs and a annihilated lung. Gasping for air in pain, Chris collapsed to the ground, seemingly dead.

As it was, though, Chris was not dead, as he withdrew the genjutsu and clones from the prison room to reinforce and heal his body, while drawing on his reserves to speed up the process as his adaptability passive jumped to level 5.

"Ok, so I think that unless you have something you just forgot about, your not winning."

You don't say, Kyoki, Chris mused as he finished healing.

"On the bright side, your speed increased by a few notches. Your base speed is Mach 11 now. And boosted is Mach 21. We also got a reflex boosting passive, so keeping up with him, while a challenge, is possible."

Cool.

"You're still screwed though."

Wait, actually, I have an idea.