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The lawn plaza behind the White House.
Six tall Imperial Guard Astartes, dressed in black shorts and short-sleeved military training shirts, were engaged in combat with a young man who was bare-chested and wearing the same style of black shorts.
"Whoosh~!"
"Swish~!"
The six Imperial Guard swung their fists at speeds too fast for the naked eye to follow. The resulting howls of wind rang across the open lawn plaza.
The young man surrounded by the attackers easily evaded them, then performed a high backflip and effortlessly opened up some distance from the six Imperial Guard.
"Hah!"
The instant he landed on the lawn, the young man steadied himself and let out a roar as he unleashed a spinning kick at the back of the nearest Imperial Guard.
With a muffled thud, the Imperial Guard who had been kicked flew from his spot and crashed toward another Imperial Guard brother.
With a loud crash, the two tall Imperial Guard collided head-on.
At the same time.
One of the Imperial Guard reacted quickly and twisted around, throwing a right punch at the young man. However...
The young man did not dodge. Instead, he thrust out his right hand, spread his fingers, and forcibly caught the Imperial Guard's punch with his palm.
Boom~!
The young man's body did not move at all, but his bare feet were driven straight into the soil by the Imperial Guard's punch. The earth flipped up, forming a shallow pit half a meter deep.
Moreover, the Imperial Guard had not even used his full strength. Even so, this was enough to show how powerful the Imperial Guard were—and that the youth who had resisted the punch so easily was no ordinary mortal either.
Immediately afterward, the other three Imperial Guard attacked the young man from different