Evil Spirit

They traded punches, both fighting in earnest now. Before long, both were bruised and swollen, staring at each other as they panted for breath.

Veins bulged on Inoue Ryushi's forehead. He strained to move his feet and staggered toward Shinnosuke. Just raising his arm took all his strength. His fist landed lightly on Shinnosuke's face, and then he fell to the ground with a thud and passed out...

"Ryu!"

"Damn it! Ryu would never lose!"

"Get revenge for Ryu-chan!!!!"

Everyone rushed Shinnosuke at once, punching and kicking him. Shinnosuke could only bend over and shield his head, taking every blow with his body! He waited for the right moment and punched one of them in the crotch, opening a way through!

"Aaaaaaah!!!!!"

"Taro!! No!!"

"Bastard!!!!"

Taro rolled back and forth on the ground, clutching his crotch. His mind went blank, and tears and snot streamed everywhere. The pain made his brain shut down, and then he lay facedown on the ground, motionless...

His remaining companions trembled all over at the sight, feeling a chill between their legs. They all had the same thought.

Again? The Taro family line might end with him...

While they were stunned, Shinnosuke punched another person in the stomach, making him throw up his breakfast. Only then did they react.

Shinnosuke grabbed one of them by the collar and stepped back, putting some distance between himself and the others. He drove a knee into the man's lower back, then kicked him unconscious as he howled.

Four enemies were still standing in front of Shinnosuke. Standing Unfallen had about three minutes left... He no longer had the strength to fight back...

Shinnosuke took a deep breath, grinned, and beckoned them with a finger.

"Come on, trash."

The remaining four looked at Shinnosuke's bruised, bloodied face, and an inexplicable fear rose in their hearts. They thought he was at the end of his rope, merely forcing himself to hold on, and then steeled themselves and charged.

The four of them pounded Shinnosuke with punch after punch. He raised his arms to protect his head. Through the gaps between them, the fierce light in his eyes was faintly visible, and his grinning mouth was covered in blood.

The one in front went rigid. He felt as though a beast before him was about to tear through its cage and swallow him whole!

Shinnosuke seized his chance. With a crack, he broke the man's nose with a punch. He raised his hand and saw that the man had fallen stiffly to the ground, unconscious.

Shinnosuke ducked under a punch, and its momentum carried the man's body forward. Shinnosuke quickly rose and slammed his head into the man's chin, knocking him out cold!

One of the two remaining men lunged and wrapped his arms around Shinnosuke's waist. The other punched Shinnosuke in the head again and again, shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Bastard! Bastard! Why won't you go down?! You monster!!!"

Shinnosuke grinned at him and threw himself backward with all his strength. His headbutt sent the man flying, and he fell to the ground unconscious.

The man holding Shinnosuke heard a bang, and everything around him suddenly seemed to go quiet. He stiffly raised his head and saw the blood-covered face of an evil spirit, its eyes bloodshot, grinning at him. Terrified, he collapsed to the ground and scrambled away...

After Kinoshita told Eikichi Onizuka how Shinnosuke had saved him, Onizuka thought the group might come looking for trouble with Shinnosuke. He was now taking Kinoshita around to look for him.

Suddenly, he spotted a panicked-looking guy running down the stairs as if fleeing for his life. The guy even took a tumble.

Eikichi Onizuka stepped forward and seized him. He was about to question him when he realized the guy was one of the problem children. On closer inspection, he saw quite a few bloodstains on him, and his gaze instantly turned dangerous.

The man's face was pale. He pointed a trembling finger toward the rooftop and mumbled incoherently.

"An... an evil spirit... up there... that guy..."

Eikichi Onizuka flung him aside with a flick of his arm, sending him sprawling face-first.

"Mr. Onizuka! It's right here! Hurry!"

Kinoshita Hideyoshi pulled Eikichi Onizuka to the stairway leading to the rooftop. Bracing his hands on his knees, he panted and pointed toward it. When he went up and looked, he was so shocked he couldn't speak.

"Mr... Mr. Onizuka! Nohara, he..."

Eikichi Onizuka came closer and saw six people sprawled across the ground. The only one standing was Shinnosuke Nohara, with his back to him! Eikichi Onizuka breathed out a cloud of smoke and murmured.

"This guy's something else..."

He stepped forward and patted Shinnosuke on the shoulder, but got no response. Then Eikichi Onizuka walked around in front of Shinnosuke and got a fright...

"He actually lost consciousness while standing... Saying he was something else was an understatement... And that expression on his face is really terrifying..."

[Ding, Standing Unfallen's effect has ended]

Shinnosuke fell straight into Eikichi Onizuka's arms. Even after losing consciousness, his expression was still ferocious...