It hurt!
Teruzo Kurogane was dazed from the slam, stars swimming before his eyes. Warm liquid trickled from his mouth and nose.
It was blood...
"Before he got kicked out of the dojo for injuring someone, our boss was already a judo black belt. He just let his guard down earlier. Once he got serious, that little runt didn't stand a chance."
"Trying to play the hero with those pathetic moves? Take a piss and look at your own reflection, kid!"
"Aah! Call an ambulance!"
Although he lay on the ground like a beaten dog, unable to get up, Teruzo Kurogane's mind gradually cleared.
The last time he had been beaten this badly must have been in his second year of middle school.
To stop his classmates from bullying a girl, Teruzo Kurogane had stepped forward and fought the bullies.
But the main bully was a fat kid weighing over two hundred pounds, and he had several accomplices. Outnumbered, Teruzo Kurogane had ended up getting thrashed instead.
Only then had Teruzo Kurogane realized that even knowing a little martial arts only let him handle one or two ordinary people.
Brute strength could overwhelm skill. Against an enemy far taller and heavier than him, or too many opponents, he would almost certainly suffer badly.
A little guy beating a strongman, or one person fighting ten, like in the movies, was simply impossible!
After that incident, the bullied girl had transferred schools, while Teruzo Kurogane, who had originally occupied the middle of the class hierarchy, had immediately fallen to the bottom, becoming the new target of bullying.
As a result, Teruzo Kurogane had grown increasingly gloomy, his eyes almost turning into those of a dead fish.
The moment he saw that burly brute, Teruzo Kurogane had known he probably stood no chance,