Jean-Claude Van Damme's Leg

Of course, the idea that the half-star and one-star prize pools have specific types of rewards is just a hypothesis, not necessarily correct; after all, the sample size is too small.

I'll need to pull at least a dozen times from each before I can draw any definitive conclusions.

After all, you can't claim to have a preference for Nordic style just because you bought a Jack & Jones shirt, or say you love Japanese fashion because you bought a pair of Uniqlo socks. To put it bluntly, it's just because you aren't paid enough to afford anything else.

After much deliberation, Uchiha Mai decided to try one half-star pull, giving the damn system one last shred of trust.

He clicked on the familiar prize pool, spent 100 Stylish Points, and after a brief spin, the reward appeared—no gimmicks, no suspense.

[Jean-Claude Van Damme's Roundhouse Kick · Half-Star

As the name suggests, this allows the host to quickly master Jean-Claude Van Damme's Roundhouse Kick. With further study, the host can master more of Jean-Claude Van Damme's leg techniques.]

Oh...

It's like someone handing you a pillow just as you're getting sleepy. Uchiha Mai was quite satisfied with this half-star reward; it was exactly what he could use right now.

Uchiha Mai had heard of Jean-Claude Van Damme; he was a very famous action movie star in Hollywood at the end of the last century, once mentioned in the same breath as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

And unlike typical Western action stars, Jean-Claude Van Damme wasn't just about dead muscle—the man had real skills!

In the 1970s and 80s, Hong Kong cinema was in its golden age, most famous for its martial arts and action films. The most renowned martial arts stars were Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li.

As a child, Jean-Claude Van Damme was frail. By chance, he encountered Hong Kong martial arts films and fell in love with the genre and Bruce Lee.

From the age of 10, Jean-Claude Van Damme studied karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai, and other combat arts, participating in various competitions and achieving an impressive record of 48 wins and 4 losses.

After becoming an adult, he transitioned into an action actor and became a massive hit, known as Hollywood's number one leg star. His leg techniques were not only highly aesthetic but also possessed great practical combat capability.

Jean-Claude Van Damme excelled in leg techniques, and Might Guy also excelled in leg techniques.

Jean-Claude Van Damme's idol was Bruce Lee, and there's no need to mention the prototype for Asuma—anyone with eyes knows it's Bruce Lee.

It all connects!

As for the various leg techniques of Jean-Claude Van Damme, some might argue the roundhouse kick is too flashy and lacks the practical value of free fighting...

This is the ninja world!

Satisfied with this skill, Uchiha Mai finished his dinner and fell into a deep sleep. The next day, he went to the ninja academy as usual, using his free time to ponder Jean-Claude Van Damme's leg techniques.

Asuma, who had been knocked into a concussion by a single punch, finally recovered and was discharged. The moment he returned to the academy, he wanted to bring his lackeys to settle the score.

Instead, he saw Uchiha Mai finishing a harmonica tune and a dance, only to find a small tree and practice high whip kicks frantically. After a few heavy thuds, the skin on his shins was torn and bleeding, and the small tree was kicked in half.

Uchiha Mai simply grabbed a roll of bandages and some ointment, wrapped his legs, and moved to the next tree to continue practicing, the sound of high whip kicks echoing again.

The academy's resident tough guy swallowed hard and couldn't help but stop in his tracks. Is he really that ruthless? Even if you don't care about your own legs, you have to think about Konoha's landscaping!

Someone who is this cruel to himself must be even more ruthless to others. If he went up to him now, he might end up paralyzed from a single kick.

Not only would he become the laughingstock of the academy, but he might also lose the rest of his life.

Asuma secretly made up his mind to walk around Uchiha Mai whenever he saw him, and after graduating from the academy, he should find an opportunity to leave Konoha.

He had heard that the Uchiha were all arrogant and vengeful; if he were to get kicked in the dark, it would be all over.

"Boss, why did you stop? Didn't you say we were going to beat that kid up together?" a lackey behind him asked, confused, poking Asuma in the waist.

In Konoha, it was quite common for a group of kids to bully another kid; they called it a righteous gang-up.

"Smack!"

Asuma, the academy's number one delinquent, turned around and slapped his lackey on the head, scolding, "Beat, beat, beat! All you know is how to fight and bully classmates.

We are all people of Konoha, successors of the Will of Fire; we must be united and loving.

You've been with me for so long, why haven't you learned anything good?"

The lackey scratched his head. Didn't you say you wanted to take him down? Why are you blaming me?

"What about the boss's lady..." another lackey asked weakly.

The "lady" referred to Yuhi Kurenai. Don't let their young age fool you; as a school club, they were small but fully equipped.

It had that vibe.

Just then, the little girl Yuhi Kurenai walked up to Uchiha Mai, holding a towel and a cup of brown sugar water, looking timid as she expressed her concern for her idol.

Seeing this scene, the damage to Asuma's heart was even greater than that of Naruto seeing Sakura care for Second Pillar in Shippuden.

After all, Sakura never liked Naruto, whereas the little girl Yuhi Kurenai and Asuma once had a time of innocent childhood friendship.

Once you lose something you once had, you can't pretend you never had it.

Asuma stood to the side, blankly watching the two laughing and talking, feeling like an outsider.

"Thud!"

Asuma punched the tree trunk beside him with such force that the skin on his knuckles was scraped raw by the rough bark, oozing bright red blood.

The sunlight spilled onto the lush, green canopy, and the mottled light and shadow fell upon Asuma, making him look incredibly lonely.

Asuma gritted his teeth and said, "Just pretend she's off practicing her skills.

How many people can meet the one truly meant for them the first time their heart flutters? And how many people are born knowing how to love, knowing how to tolerate and accommodate?"

Without experiencing a few failed relationships, learning lessons, and broadening one's experience, how could one possibly understand the weight behind the words "having loved"?

That pretty boy Uchiha Mai looks like a heartless, fickle person at first glance; he doesn't like Yuhi Kurenai at all.

Once Yuhi Kurenai has experienced more and witnessed Uchiha Mai's cold-blooded ruthlessness, she will finally understand how important a person who truly loves her is, and she will finally cherish my feelings for her.

Only then will it be the perfect time for me to be with a truly mature Yuhi Kurenai.

Asuma rattled on, reciting lines he had seen in some third-rate romance novel, convincing his lackeys while simultaneously convincing himself.

The lackeys suddenly realized the truth, their admiration for their boss growing even deeper. As expected of the Hokage's son and the leader of the Ninja Academy, his level of insight is truly profound!

Uchiha Mai was completely unaware of the mental journey Asuma took to convince himself; otherwise, he would surely have understood that this was just the classic rhetoric of a "simp" wallowing in self-pity while waiting to pick up the pieces.

Of course, Uchiha Mai had no interest in the little girl Yuhi Kurenai either. It's fine, really—anything below a 36E doesn't even catch Uchiha Mai's eye.

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