You look so ugly, clinging to life and still refusing to admit defeat!

Zhou Fan's Fire Release attack...

Had not only left Liu Kun stunned.

It had also stunned the spectators around them.

And earned him quite a few emotion points.

That was exactly the effect he wanted!

"How dare you bully our boss Kun? Get him!"

The underlings beside Liu Kun saw their boss getting beaten and, loyal as ever, immediately charged forward.

Zhou Fan slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, his black pupils had transformed into a pair of scarlet eyes.

Three tomoe slowly revolved within them.

Sharingan!

The instant he activated his Sharingan, everything before him became incredibly clear.

It was as though the very nature of the world lay exposed before his eyes.

That included the movements of the men charging toward him.

To his eyes, they seemed to move in slow motion. He could see every detail!

Zhou Fan deftly sidestepped several times, dodging every punch they threw.

Perception, one of the Sharingan's basic abilities!

"He actually dodged them?"

They were all a little dumbfounded.

"There's something weird about this guy."

"He just got lucky. Don't be scared. Get him!"

They were about to attack again.

Zhou Fan appeared right in front of them with the Body Flicker Technique.

Startled, one of the underlings instinctively threw a punch.

But before Zhou Fan's Sharingan, his movements were riddled with openings.

Zhou Fan dodged the attack with a precise sidestep, then punched him in the stomach.

Underling No. 1 immediately dropped to his knees, clutching his stomach and curling up like a shrimp.

Underling No. 2 and Underling No. 3 hurried forward when they saw this.

Both had awakened [strength type] abilities, making their Taijutsu far stronger than an ordinary person's!

Their punches packed enough force to knock someone down with a single hit!

Their broad, sweeping movements looked imposing, but were actually full of openings.

Zhou Fan's Sharingan saw through their movements with ease.

He sprang up into a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree spinning kick, sending both of them flying with a single strike.

"Holy crap! That was awesome!"

"How is Zhou Fan's Taijutsu so strong? Those two both awakened strength type abilities!"

Strength type was one of the most ordinary and common ability categories, primarily enhancing an Esper's Taijutsu.

Everyone else was dumbstruck.

At that moment, Liu Kun finally snapped out of his daze.

Seeing all his underlings beaten to the ground, he prepared to activate his ability again.

But Zhou Fan appeared before him with the Body Flicker Technique.

"So fast!"

Liu Kun jumped in fright and instinctively retreated a few steps.

The next second, he saw Zhou Fan's eyes.

They were scarlet, eerie eyes radiating an uncanny ocular power!

Thump!

With just one look, Liu Kun suddenly found himself unable to move, as though his whole body had sunk into a swamp.

"I-I can't move?"

Genjutsu: Sharingan!

One of the Sharingan's basic abilities!

One of the tricks to fighting an enemy with the Sharingan was to never look directly into their eyes!

Unfortunately, Liu Kun did not know that.

Zhou Fan raised his leg and kicked Liu Kun away. He rolled across the ground like a ball several times before stopping.

The entire crowd fell silent.

Zhou Fan had fought four people alone... and won??

And it had been an overwhelming victory!

Hadn't he awakened a C-Rank Superpower?

Hadn't everyone said he was useless now?

Then what was this one-against-four victory?!

A C-Rank Superpower user had beaten even an A-Rank Superpower user into the ground.

No one would believe it if they heard about it!

[Shock +10]

[Shock +5]

[Disbelief +3]

"Holy shit, Zhou! Since when were you such a badass?!"

Even Zhao Qiu was dumbfounded.

He had been worried that Liu Kun and the others would bully Zhou Fan, and had been ready to step in at any moment.

Instead, Zhou Fan had beaten all of them single-handedly.

That was so fucking cool!

"Zhou Fan, don't leave. This isn't over..." Liu Kun slowly stood up with his underlings' support.

Zhou Fan looked at him, a pitying smile curling his lips.

"You look so ugly, clinging to life and still refusing to admit defeat!"

Liu Kun had still been unwilling to admit defeat.

But Zhou Fan's words made him so furious that he could not catch his breath, and he passed out.

Everyone else was instantly shaken by those words as well.

"Holy shit, what a flex!"

"That was so cool!"

"He's such a show-off. I love it!"

What a flex!

Zhou Fan's lofty tone, like a strong man pitying the weak, won over quite a few people on the spot.

[Shock +5]

[Admiration +5]

[Affection +3]

He gained another substantial batch of emotion points in one go!

Nothing stirred other people's emotions quite like showing off!

This one-against-four fight had earned Zhou Fan nearly another thousand emotion points.

Sweet!

With a few more emotion points, he could unlock the Basic Ninjutsu Gift Pack!

"Little Ball, let's go."

Zhou Fan called Zhao Qiu over, and they left school together.

Not far away.

Lin Qianqian and her best friend, Li Mengyao, had both witnessed the fight.

"Huh? Zhou Fan actually beat Liu Kun, who awakened an A-Rank Superpower? Seriously? Doesn't he have a C-Rank Superpower?" Li Mengyao's face was full of surprise.

A C-Rank Superpower beating an A-Rank Superpower did not quite fit her understanding of things.

"Looks like Zhou Fan really does have some talent. I guess that's S-rank Psychic Power for you. Even with a C-Rank Superpower, he's still stronger than most people."

"But he's still nowhere near our Xixi, right, Xixi?" Li Mengyao hugged Lin Qianqian's arm.

"Mm." Lin Qianqian's response was rather calm.

In truth, Zhou Fan's performance had caught her attention too.

Someone who had awakened a C-Rank Superpower had actually defeated four opponents single-handedly, and one of them had even awakened an A-Rank Superpower.

That would have been absolutely impossible for anyone else.

But Zhou Fan had done it.

Of course, she could do it too.

As an S-Rank Superpower Esper, Lin Qianqian could also easily defeat an A-Rank Superpower user.

That was precisely the problem.

Zhou Fan had only awakened a C-Rank Superpower, so why had he displayed such strength?

Was it really because he had originally possessed S-rank Psychic Power, making him stronger than ordinary Espers even after awakening a C-Rank Superpower?

Lin Qianqian had not been particularly interested in Zhou Fan.

Although the system had designated Zhou Fan as her comparison target, she had not considered him a real rival because he had awakened a C-Rank Superpower.

With her prestigious S-Rank Superpower, wouldn't it be a joke to treat a C-Rank Superpower user as a rival?

Now, Zhou Fan's performance had drawn Lin Qianqian's attention.

But... so what if Zhou Fan performed well?

Lin Qianqian was very confident in herself.

As long as she continued training at her own pace, Zhou Fan would never catch up to her.

Once the comparison ended and she outperformed Zhou Fan, the two of them would have nothing more to do with each other.

That's right. That's how it would be.

With my S-Rank Superpower, there's no way I'll lose to Zhou Fan!

"Xixi? Xixi?" Seeing her lost in thought, Li Mengyao called to her twice.

"What are you spacing out about?"

Lin Qianqian shook her head. "Nothing. Let's go."