Farmer's Three Punches

(After finishing Zi-O, getting ready for Kabuto)

"Don't... underestimate me!"

Jeston's face twisted. He had never suffered such humiliation before.

The last time he had felt such humiliation was when he applied to join the Rhine Lab Defense Section, only to be personally told by its director, Saria, that he was unqualified.

That woman had said something similar to Bai Ye:

Lacking ambition, narrow-minded.

"You people, don't look down on me! We haven't even fought yet, and I haven't even used my full strength... Ah!"

A black sheen spread across Jeston's body.

The wineglass holding his staff had already been crushed in his grip as Jeston unleashed his Originium Arts with all his strength.

Fragments of shattered metal floated into the air.

The prison guard uniform shattered as well. Jeston tore away his elegant disguise and assumed the appearance of an assassin.

This was his true face.

"Again!"

Jeston clenched his fists. Iron gathered around his hands, forming two black metal blades.

Raising the blades, Jeston slashed at Bai Ye.

"Now that's more like it... I hope you can take a beating."

Bai Ye twisted aside, narrowly avoiding the black blades, then closed in and drove a solid punch into Jeston's body.

"Crack..."

A faint cracking sound came from Jeston's body, but it was not bone.

"Urgh!"

Jeston grunted as he was sent flying, his body smashing into the prison wall.

"One punch... and it shattered..."

Jeston gritted his teeth and pushed himself up from the ground.

"Interesting. Your body has been modified, hasn't it? Metal plates were implanted beneath your skin. Otherwise, that punch would have broken your ribs."

As Bai Ye spoke, he flashed in front of Jeston. He was so fast that before his words had even reached Jeston's ears, he had already arrived.

On instinct, Jeston