"Isn't he kind of small?"
"Don't be stupid! He is that legendary boxer!"
"That one... You mean, the El Dorado?"
As the talks of the guests became even noisier, Mikoto looked at Shion curiously and asked, "Are you familiar with Shinra's opponent, Miss Shion?"
"I do." Shion nodded. "That man is quite famous in the past." At the same time, she couldn't help but glance in the direction of the chairman of the Wasa Academy, who was also looking at her proudly, and understood why this guy was so confident.
"Tomoko, can you do the explanation?"
"Yes."
Despite how goofy she was, Tomoko Matsuda was a qualified secretary, but—
"But I am sorry, Miss Shion. I don't know much about him."
"...." Mikoto and Shion.
"You are not familiar with your fighter's opponent, Miss Shion?"
A gentle, feminine voice was heard by the three, then they saw a figure of a beautiful woman who was accompanied by two women and one man.
The two women were firm, prim, and instead of a secretary, they were like a bodyguard, and the man, while his eyes were blank, was strong.
Yet, whether it was Shion, Mikoto, or Tomoko, all of their eyes were on the woman who approached them, the most beautiful and seductive woman.
Kurayoshi Rino.
With maroon colored hair, which she styled in ringlets, and dressed in a way that showed her womanly body, Rino was seductive and lewd, yet even so, she had a classy aura of a high-class lady that was impossible to be owned by a normal woman.
Regardless, when all the beautiful ladies gathered, many men glanced in their direction.
Still, those women ignored them as they talked.
"I do, but I am a little bit troubled to explain. Still, are you familiar with that fighter?"
"Not really, but Yamamoto-san (Chairman of Wasa Academy) came to my club, and talked about his fighter excitedly, so I know how powerful that El Dorado is."
"..." Shion.
Carlos Mendel, the El Dorado, or the "Golden Emperor," was a former professional boxer and was the champion across five weight divisions and the number one pound-for-pound boxer in history before becoming an underground martial artist.
Fourteen years ago, Carlos Medel became the undisputed middleweight boxing class champion, despite being slightly shorter than the average boxer of that class. After achieving that goal, he surrendered his belts and switched to the super middleweight class. He eventually dominated every weight class until the heavyweight class, building his body up from scratch every time. His reputation from his career is so great, he is effectively worshipped as a "god" in Acapulco.
"Unfortunately..."
Eventually, there was no one left who wanted to challenge him. With his promoter's spotty reputation, Carlos couldn't climb any higher in the public spotlight. Soon after that, he suddenly disappeared from the public eye, with only rumors of him joining different combat sports organizations ranging from professional wrestling organizations, and at one point, a Japanese martial arts promotion by the name "GO-1 Grand Prix" keeping his public existence afloat, though none of these rumors would come true.
"In truth, Carlos secretly entered the underground fighting scene in Brazil, and he should be a fighter in the Purgatory."
"Purgatory?" Shion frowned and asked, "Idemitsu allowed that guy to borrow his fighter?"
"Many of his family were alumni of the Wasa Academy, after all."
Still, even if Shion heard the name of Idemitsu, her expression quickly calmed down as she had confidence in Shinra.
Purgatory? A legend in boxing? Or Idemitsu and his followers?
Shion didn't care since she wasn't weak, and Shinra was strong.
"He might be an old legend, but he is a fighter who is used to fighting in the underground arena, but your fighter isn't right?" Rino glanced at the handsome face of Shinra and said, "He is so young. Isn't he still a high school student?"
"Yes."
"..." Rino.
"Really? You let a high school student become your fighter?"
While Rino was a member of the Kengan Association, it didn't mean that she liked all its practices, especially with how they treated the fighters as tools, and didn't care about the deaths and lives of the fighters.
Inwardly, they understood that those men fought with their pride and everything, Rino still felt sorry and didn't want them to lose their lives.
Yet, for Shion, who sent a high school student to this deadly battle, wasn't she too much?
"If I don't have confidence in him, then I won't send him." Shion was calm and even said, "Also, remind your people not to smoke here. One of my people is pregnant."
"Ah, oh." Rino was startled, then looked at Tomoko, before she looked at Mikoto. "Is it you?"
"Yes." Mikoto nodded softly, which made Rino feel slightly overwhelmed.
The two were beautiful on their own.
If Rino was like a vibrant rose, then Mikoto was like a quiet white lily despite being pregnant.
Regardless—
"Congratulations! Who is the father?" Rino asked curiously, which made Mikoto feel a little awkward, but Shion said, "The father is my fighter."
"....." Rino.
"He... he is more adult than I imagined him to be..."
"Right?"
"So... is he good?" Rino asked curiously of Mikoto, which made the eyes of all the women also draw to Mikoto's direction.
"I can't think of anyone except him in my heart and mind."
Mikoto didn't shy away, especially since she had also made up her mind to help him.
"..." Shinra.
What the heck did they talk about?
While Shinra was helpless, Carlos was a little unhappy when Shinra was distracted. "Boy, are you ignoring me?"
"Who?"
"...." Carlos.
"...are you not familiar with me?"
"No."
"....." Carlos.
"Then, don't worry. I will imprint my existence on you, so you will remember it forever."
Carlos knew that it had been so long since he retired from the public stage, but even so, it didn't mean that he had grown weaker. Instead, he had become stronger, learned more techniques, and had gained a perfect body for his fighting style.
More importantly, when Shinra was still sucking his Mama's tities, Caros had fought and became a champion.
So, how could he lose?
"Oh, I can't wait for that."
Shinra also had heard that Carlos was a boxer, and frankly, among all the martial arts that he was interested in, boxing was one of them, as his Sharingan could utilize this fighting style to the limit.
Still, Carlos knew nothing, and all the people knew nothing about the Sharingan, yet Shinra and Mikoto wouldn't bother to explain.
"NOW, IT'S TIME FOR THE FIGHT!"
As the referee shouted, everyone started to get excited as they let out their wild roar.
"LET'S START IT!"
"I WANT TO SEE A BLOODY FIGHT!"
"MENDEL, BEAT THAT HANDSOME GUY TO PULP!"
Carlos smiled confidently, facing Shinra, who still showed a calm expression, which made him wonder how long Shinra could show such an expression.
'Let's test it.'
"ARE YOU READY?! FACE OFF! TAKE YOUR STANCE!"
Along with the referee's shout, Carlos showed his boxing stance, and Shinra also started his stance that was similar to a stance of a certain Kung Fu school.
'Kung Fu?'
Not only Carlos, but the fighter that was brought by Rino, and many who saw Shinra's stance were surprised, startled, and some were even confused, as they were unfamiliar with his stance.
"Praying Mantis Style?"
Hearing those words, Rino looked at the man within her group. "You are familiar with this style, Rei?"
Mikazuchi Rei was silent for a moment, then said, "I am not really sure, so let's wait till their match starts."
"Okay?"
Somehow, Rino was curious.
No, everyone was curious, yet could Shinra's unique style handle Carlos?
"FIGHT!"
As the fight started, Carlos released his swift job that moved even faster than light!
'Take this, Boy!'
Slap!
A faster than light speed jab was repelled by a gentle tap, then Carlos, who was baffled by this situation, saw his body was out of control, forced to move by a momentum, and lost his balance, yet when he was about to fix his posture, dodging, moving away, his feet were swept and he fell to the ground.
"Eh?"
When Carlos wondered what was happening, he saw a fist that was about to hit his face, which made his eyes widen, realizing that he was about to lose, yet how could he lose so easily?
"Oh?"
When Shinra thought that it was over, Carlos made an acrobatic movement by rolling and raised his heel up, then smashed it into him!
BAAANG!
The heel smashed the ground, creating a small crater.
Naturally, Carlos' kick missed as Shinra moved away, but it didn't cause him to despair. Instead, he started to dance, moving his feet left and right, which made it hard for his attacker to read.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but this time, I will get serious."
As a genius striker type of martial artist, Carlos, who had always fought by using boxing, entered the underground fighting scene, was troubled, and because of that, he learned a new martial art to help him fight, and that martial art was—
"Capoeira?"
"You are familiar with it, Boy?"
"I know, but are you sure you want to choose that fancy martial art?"
In Shinra's mind, while the damage caused by capoeira was good, especially the kick, it was a little too fancy.
Then again, this martial art was created by slaves, who wanted to rebel by hiding it like a dance, which was also quite a complex martial art, but did Carlos think that he could defeat him with this martial art?
"It's because you don't know its real strength yet!"
Saying so, Carlos dashed once again and released his flicker jab that moved like a flash!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Those jabs were as sharp as bullets, and as long as one of them hit the opponent, it was guaranteed to make them fall, but unexpectedly, all of them were easily deflected by Shinra.
Nothing hit Shinra, and Shinra didn't even move from his spot, yet Carlos didn't lose his spirit and continued to throw aggressive jabs!
Yet, for those who watched, all of them had lost their voices as the speed of Shinra and Carlos was too fast!
So fast that their eyes couldn't follow, yet Shinra could be even faster!
"Is that all?"
"Eh?"
"It's my turn."
Shinra had had enough of Carlos and learned Carlos' martial art, so when he saw an opening, he sent finger jabs into Carlos' solar plexus.
"Guwah!"
Unlike a punch, the finger jabs had a longer distance but lacked power.
Yet even so, Shinra was hurt, and it was extremely effective as Carlos curled up and lost his breath due to the pain.
Still, at that moment, Shinra didn't hold back and finished Carlos off by hitting Carlos' chin and temple, sending three attacks instantly, without giving Carlos a chance to react.
Then, as expected, Carlos fell to the ground and passed out like he had kowtowed in front of Shinra.
"...." Everyone.
Shinra's expression didn't change much, and he just looked at the referee and asked, "You are not going to announce the result?"
"Ah, um, eh?" The referee was dumbfounded for a moment, then shouted, "T-THE WINNER IS UCHIHA SHINRAAAAAAA!!!!"
A shout should be the right answer, yet as they saw Shinra retreating and walking away from the stage, all of them gulped, knowing that a strong fighter was about to appear in the Kengan Match.