Seeing Fang Zheng and Julie step onto the sparring platform, everyone else stopped what they were doing and watched them curiously. Fang Zheng aside, Julie was among the top two fighters in the girls' group, roughly evenly matched with the black-haired girl she had fought earlier. Now that these two were about to spar, everyone wanted to see their fight.
"Please teach me."
Standing opposite Fang Zheng, Julie lowered her head. Fang Zheng simply extended a finger and beckoned to her.
"Come on."
"Ha...!!"
The moment he spoke, Julie suddenly accelerated and charged at Fang Zheng. At the same time, she thrust her elbow forward at his chest. If an ordinary person took that blow, it alone would be enough to knock him unconscious. With bad luck, it could even kill him outright.
But Fang Zheng merely shifted slightly to the side, evading Julie's surprise attack by a hair's breadth. After landing, Julie swiftly turned around and attacked him again.
"So amazing..."
Watching the battle between the two, the black-haired girl beside the arena wiped away her sweat and muttered to herself. She was Julie's earlier opponent, a girl named Tachibana Tomoe. As she watched them exchange blows, she could not help but marvel.
"Julie really is incredible."
Hearing Tachibana Tomoe's remark, the short-haired girl beside her nodded as well. However, Tachibana Tomoe shook her head slightly.
"No, I meant Kasugano..."
"Huh?"
The short-haired girl was startled and looked at Fang Zheng.
"But hasn't he only been dodging?"
Just as the short-haired girl said, ever since the fight began, Fang Zheng had almost done nothing but evade Julie's attacks. He had shown no intention of counterattacking whatsoever. In most people's eyes, that was proof that Julie had pressured Fang Zheng so hard that he could not fight back. But Tachibana