Makima Tries to Poach Talent; Rino Loses Face / Yuba's Worldview Crumbles; Qi and Inner Power Really Exist? ...
Chapter 518: Poaching Makima, shameful Li Yuba
In this way, after leaving the Nogi Group headquarters, An Xiu and Makima sent Hongo Hina home, and then they returned to the Apocalypse Consortium headquarters together.
The next morning, Hongo Hina asked for leave from the school, and then came to the underground training ground of Apocalypse Consortium headquarters.
The reason why I asked for leave from school was not because Hongo Hina had a boxing match to fight today, but because Makima hired a sparring partner for Hongo Hina to practice with Hongo Hina during his free time during the day.
Therefore, Hongo Hina, who has always liked fighting, naturally took the time to come over and try out the quality of the sparring partner Makima hired for her.
In the empty underground training ground, a female figure wearing a red cheongsam on her upper body, a pair of black wide-leg trousers on her lower body, and a bun full of Chinese stereotypes was currently kicking her legs to warm up in the field, trying to leave a good impression on her new boss.
Li Yuba, the former king of the women's group of the underground fighting group [Killing Martial Arts Association], uses boxing [Zhenyi Six-Form Fist] to fight, is an extremely gambler, and has the nickname [Explosive Kung Fu Girl] on the field.
Right now, the reason why this female fighter who was originally affiliated with the Killing Martial Arts Association appears here is naturally the result of poaching by Makima.
Not long ago, due to a gambling mistake, Li Yuba unsurprisingly lost all his assets again. Therefore, in order to quickly withdraw funds in a short period of time, Li Yuba was forced to change jobs from the Killing Martial Arts Association, and hit it off with Makima, who happened to come here specifically to poach people.
"The boss of a big company is rich, and the price he can offer is more than what he earned by working hard in the game before."
"Just working as a sparring partner for a month earns you a guaranteed salary of 8 million yen, plus bonuses for overtime work during holidays and festivals. Those who work on horses are really good at judging people."
While warming up in the venue, Li Yuba was still whispering to himself.
But just as she finished speaking, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from the entrance to the underground training ground.
Someone is coming!
Li Yuba's face straightened when he heard the sound, he immediately fell silent and immediately showed a serious work attitude.
Previously, he lost so much at the casino that he almost pawned off his pants. Now Li Yuba is penniless. If he cannot satisfy his new boss and stay, he may have no choice but to sleep on the street hungry.
We definitely don't want that kind of miserable future!
Not far away, An Xiu, Makima and Hongo Hina walked from the entrance of the training ground. At a glance, they saw the kung fu girl in the field not far away who was in full swing in various postures. She looked very busy but didn't know what she was busy with.
"Will this person be my sparring partner from now on? I feel like he's not very smart..."
Li Yuba, who was trying his best to show off himself in the venue, froze instantly, as if he had been hit by an arrow in the heart.
What does it mean to look not very smart? Is it wrong for her to want to leave a good impression on her new boss that she is diligent and conscientious?
"And his strength seems to be average."
Average strength? She, the majestic Killing Martial Arts Association champion of the women's group, is actually called average strength by a little girl who looks a few years younger than herself and seems to be only a high school student?
"Speaking of which, she doesn't have much knowledge. There is obviously a special venue for warm-up training, so why is she posing in the equipment area? Could it be that she has never seen a large training ground before?"
It was another beautiful additional attack, and it also had a critical hit effect.
She is a female martial artist who travels to a foreign country, and she usually competes in underground fighting arenas. Even though Killing Martial Arts Association is already a large underground fighting group, it is obviously not as wealthy as a large enterprise like Apocalypse Consortium.
Normally, Li Yuba only has small training rooms for players in the Killing Martial Arts Association. She has never seen such a large training ground provided by a large company or chaebol for the personal use of its fighters. She even doesn't recognize most of the high-end equipment in the training ground.
Hell, such a large training ground was specially built for only one person. How had she ever seen such a wealthy scene before? The player training room she used to have at the Killing Martial Arts Association was no more than forty square meters in size. Even if she was fooled by placing two wooden stakes and dumbbell equipment in the training room, wasn't she used to practicing postures here in the equipment area?
Walking out of the equipment area silently, Li Yuba came to An Xiu and the others.
"Hello everyone, I am Li Yuba, a female member of the underground fighting group Killing Martial Arts Association recruited by President Makima. I will be working as a sparring partner in your company's underground training ground. Please give me your advice."
Looking at the kung fu girl in front of her who was so beaten by Hongo Hina that she couldn't even lift her head, An Xiu silently touched her chin.
In fact, given the current situation of Hongo Hina, there is a dream training session every night, and there is no special need for sparring during the day. Therefore, the reason why Makima specially poached the Kung Fu girl in front of him from the Killing Martial Arts Association is most likely for An Xiu.
An Xiu doesn't have any objections to this. Although he doesn't plan to eat meat in this world for a while, there is no problem in getting all the meat into the bowl in advance.
It's just that although most of Hongo Hina's ordinary words just came from shady ridicule, one thing is indeed right.
That is, with Hongo Hina's current strength, Li Yuba in front of him is indeed a bit lacking in strength even if he is only used as a sparring partner.
It is no exaggeration to say that after being trained by An Xiu, Hongo Hina can be considered a supermodel next to the Kengan Association, and Killing Martial Arts Association can only compete with the Killing Martial Arts Association Li Yuba, who dominates the women's group, is like a grandma beating her granddaughter. She can beat Li Yuba into a maggot that can only squirm on the ground with three punches and two kicks at most. She can do her best to Hongo Hina.
"But let's give it a try first. Let's have a fight first and see the effect."
Just listen to An Xiu say.
Hearing this, Makima on the side also nodded, and then arranged for Li Yuba to go to the training ground to fight Hongo Hina first.
Located on the ring in the center of the training ground, Li Yuba, standing on one side, took a deep breath.
She sees this as a great opportunity to impress her boss.
She had just made an embarrassing mistake in front of her new boss because of her lack of knowledge. She would win it all back in the ring beautifully.
Well, considering that she is here to do sparring work, maybe she should leave her hand appropriately during the competition and give the little girl opposite who looks like she is only a high school student some sparring experience?
Just as Li Yuba was thinking, An Xiu, who was standing next to the ring as the temporary referee, had already raised his right hand.
"Ready... start!"
Chapter 519: Yuzuha, whose worldview collapsed, turns out that the internal power of Qigong is real?
Whoosh!
The moment he heard the start sound, Li Yuba's battle experience accumulated over the years in the competition arena made Li Yuba subconsciously take a stance, and then prepared to press forward according to his usual style for testing.
Unexpectedly, at the same time as she was getting into her stance, Hongo Hina, who was originally standing on the other side of the ring, disappeared in an instant, and then appeared in front of Li Yuba in less than a tenth of a second, throwing out a punch at the same time.
Li Yuba, who was originally in a standing position, suffered a heavy blow to his lower abdomen instantly. He was knocked out and hit the elastic rope on the edge of the ring. He was bounced back to the center of the ring under the reaction force.
Fortunately, although the power of this punch seemed exaggerated, and the speed was so fast that Li Yuba couldn't even use the force-relieving technique, the power was not as scary as it looked. The damage only stayed on the body surface and did not damage the organs.
Therefore, Li Yuba, who was bounced back to the center of the ring, stood up almost immediately in the next second, but before she could support her body and stand up completely, one of Hongo Hina's legs had already stopped at Li Yuba Above E's head, a sharp blade of air flew out, almost grazing Li Yuba's scalp. After picking up a few strands of cut hair, it flew diagonally upward for more than 40 meters and dissipated.
"Weird... monster..."
Looking at Hongo Hina, who was slowly retracting his legs, Li Yuba's pupils tightened, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably because of the dangerous aura that had just passed away.
She, is it too late for her to quit her job as a sparring partner? If she fights such a dangerous monster, someone will die, right? With her own strength, someone will definitely die, right?
This is not a battle of similar or equal strength at all. Which normal fighter can shrink to the ground dozens of meters in one step and kick out a substantial air blade with one kick?
She is here to be a sparring partner for others. The important thing is that she is a 'person', not a monster!
Or was it that humans secretly evolved at some point and she just missed it?
"Based on your strength, the gap between you and Jina is indeed a bit big. If you only have this level, you won't be able to be a sparring partner."
An Xiu, who had just served as the referee to watch the entire game, also walked onto the ring and looked at the two girls on the ring.
All I can say is that the result was indeed not unexpected. In fact, Hongo Hina had held back on it again and again during the entire battle.
First, after the start of the game, he deliberately waited until Li Yuba got into a stance before approaching with a shave. He did not choose to attack from the side or around the back but struck from the front. When the first punch was thrown, it seemed to be powerful, but in fact, 90% of the force was cleverness, which was converted into thrust rather than lethality. Finally, Li Yuba was given time to prop up his body after being bounced back to the center of the ring, instead of directly pursuing it.
However, even after being unleashed on such a large sea, Li Yuba still only managed two moves, which shows how terrifying the gap in strength between the two is.
You must know that in the original plot of Isshō Senkin, Li Yuba, as the champion of the Killing Martial Arts Association women's group, was able to seriously injure Hongo Hina and be unable to compete for a long time.
Although we still lost to Hongo Hina in the end, the gap was far less disparate than it is now.
"Then... how about I quit this sparring job?"
After hearing An Xiu's words, Li Yuba, who stood up from his original half-kneeling position, spoke with some stumbles. At the same time, he cautiously glanced at Makima under the ring.
To be fair, Li Yuba felt so heartbroken that he felt like he was bleeding after quitting such a high-paying job, especially now that he was penniless.
But even so, after all, we are not in a casino now, so Li Yuba's consciousness is still clear and calm. Although the salary of this sparring job is very good, you have to spend your life to earn it.
Judging from the situation of the battle just now, she would have been able to last as a sparring partner for less than a month before the grave grass would grow.
"It's okay, but according to the contract signed by Ms. Yuzuha when she joined the company, if she resigns less than six months after joining the company, she will have to pay five times the salary as liquidated damages."
Makima said calmly under the ring. His mouth was clearly at a temperature of 30 degrees, but the words he spat out made Li Yuba feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
The liquidated damages of five times the salary amount are 40 million yen, and this is only calculated based on one month. If it is calculated based on half a year's salary, it is 240 million yen in liquidated damages.
With so much money, I can't afford to pay her back even if I sell her!
"I changed my mind. It's good to stay here as a sparring partner."
At least compared to starving to death penniless in a bridge cave, if you stay here as a sparring partner, you can still have money to buy yourself a better coffin and a cemetery with better feng shui.
"Don't worry, we are not demons. Since you are allowed to stay here as a sparring partner, even if your strength is not good, we will provide you with some insurance measures. At least your life safety will be guaranteed."
An Xiu on the ring spoke and patted Li Yuba on the shoulder.
Although the difference in numerical values is a bit large, Li Yuba is still good at least in terms of skills.
Although in the entire boxing world view, this is really just good, but among the group of female fighters, there really are few better sparring partners than Li Yuba.
Therefore, if you are really looking for a daily sparring partner for Hongo Hina, Li Yuba is indeed very suitable.
As for how to provide insurance measures for Li Yuba so that the sparring between the two girls would not turn into one-sided abuse, An Xiu naturally has a way.
I saw a dazzling golden ripple passing through An Xiu's hand on Li Yuba's shoulder and into Li Yuba's body.
Suddenly, Li Yuba, who had just finished a fight and still felt some pain in his lower abdomen, felt a warm current flowing through his body. Not only did the pain soothe, but his body seemed to have more energy.
"What, what's going on here? What did you do to my body?"
Faced with such an unusual scene, Li Yuba immediately turned around and looked at An Xiu with wide eyes.
"It just transfers some ripple energy to you, well... you can understand it as something similar to internal force."
"I forgot to tell you, I am Hongo Hina's master. I taught her all her skills. In fact, Jinai can do the ripple qigong just now, but her level is not as advanced as mine."
"Through the physical blessing of these ripple powers, you should now have the strength to confront Jina head-on. However, this blessing is only temporary. It can only be used when you are sparring with Jina. It cannot be used under normal circumstances, and it needs to be replenished regularly."
Just listen to An Xiu reply.
In fact, what he just conveyed was not just pure ripple power. After all, Li Yuba herself does not know ripple Qigong, so the effect of ripple power will be greatly reduced on her body.
It's just that An Xiu's ripple power is very special. Due to his own reasons, the ripple power cultivated by An Xiu inherently has a small part of the effect of Eternal Core, which can bring such blessings to Li Yuba.
However, after listening to An Xiu's explanation, Li Yuba's originally widened eyes became even wider now.
No, it turns out that there is really such a powerful skill in this world that can cultivate internal strength? Things like Qigong and internal strength that are only made up in novels and movies actually exist?
Damn it, I practiced wrongly before!
Chapter 520: The idea of rotating combatants, named disciple Li Yuba
If you had said earlier that there are exercises in this world that can cultivate internal strength, she would have gone to the deep mountains and old forests to find masters to become her disciples when she was practicing martial arts!
Recalling that he had scorned the martial arts in the past and thought it was all a lie, Li Yuba couldn't help but feel heartbroken and regretted it. Then he decisively knelt down, grabbed one of An Xiu's hands and shook it gently, asking sincerely.
"Ahem, master, do you think I still have a chance to become a disciple?"
"The opportunity to be a true disciple is gone, but the opportunity to be a registered disciple is still there."
Just listen to An Xiu reply.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, the registered disciple is also very good."
Hearing An Xiu's words, Li Yuba's expression was full of excitement and he spoke without any disdain.
Being able to study with such a master, even if you are just a named disciple, is a very precious opportunity.
Moreover, Li Yuba had never expected to be able to formally become a master in just one session. Having had experience in martial arts, she knew very well that if she wanted to learn true skills from such a master, she would have to serve him tea and water for two or three years.
This is already the case for ordinary martial arts masters. For a master like An Xiu who really knows Qigong and can use his 'inner power', even if the time is several times longer, it will not be too much.
Li Yuba was mentally prepared to fight a protracted war and be treated as a maid and servant for several years.
Looking at Li Yuba's performance, An Xiu was not surprised at all.
As a martial arts practitioner from Tokyo University, even if my heart for practicing martial arts is not so pure, it is inevitable to be excited after seeing the 'real kung fu' demonstrated by An Xiu.
In particular, An Xiu also packaged the power of ripples into 'internal force' and the ripple qigong into exercises.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with saying this. After all, according to the setting of JOJO World, Ripple Qigong is originally a technique mastered by a hidden master from the Tibetan area. The essence of Ripple Qigong is also life energy, and it can even be transmitted to each other. There is nothing wrong with packaging it into something similar to internal force.
As for whether to teach Ripple Qigong to Li Yuba, An Xiu is inclined to teach it in his heart.
On the one hand, it is due to my innate affection for the characters in the original work, and on the other hand, as the current chief disciple of An Xiu, Hongo Hina is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory in terms of the progress of Ripple Breathing Method.
Since An Xiu successfully introduced Ripple Breathing Method under the guidance of An Xiu, in the subsequent dream training, although Hongo Hina's ripple realm has also improved, the speed of progress is far less than that of Six Powers.
And in battle, the ripple power is simply used to boost attacks, or used as an extra stamina bar to restore stamina, without any further development.
Under this situation, An Xiu originally wanted to recruit a new disciple who was more suitable for specializing in training Ripple Breathing Method, and Li Yuba's conditions were obviously very suitable.
As a female martial artist from the University of Tokyo, it is certain that she can endure hardships, and without any Superman physique, she can become the king of the Killing Martial Arts Association women's group by relying solely on her martial arts experience and fighting skills. Her talent is also at a good level, and her personality is not bad. Apart from being greedy for money and gambling, her mental state is simply good and she does not look like an underground fighter.
These few points alone are enough for An Xiu to make a choice, but there is no rush on the specific teaching matters. For now, let the other party do the sparring work first.