Toge remained smiling in the face of the gang leader.
A faint blue flash appeared before his eyes — system screen:
[ Notification ] [ Power gap is large – "Cursed Speech" can be used, but its effect will be weak ]
A wider smile spread across his lips. "So... it will work."
He opened his mouth sharply and said: "Blind."
His words echoed like vibrations before the entire place was filled with the sound: "....."
"Hahaha... Do you think such foolish words will blind me?" said the gang leader, wiping his eyes from laughing too hard, but before he could finish his sentence—
The gang leader froze in place. His confident smile turned into panic before he screamed and backed away: "My eyes—! Damn it… I can't see anything!!"
He felt utter darkness cover his vision before he began scratching his face madly.
"I want to see how you'll laugh now," said Toge with a smile.
Toge didn't waste a single second. He launched his body like an arrow, club raised high. But—
BOOOM!! The furious gang leader exploded a storm of burning wax balls in every direction.
Before everything froze.
The entire arena became filled with wax, even the slightest movement could turn someone into a statue.
Toge's movements became slower; one wrong step could bury him alive.
"Ah, damn it… how annoying," he muttered, jumping aside, dodging the balls the gang leader launched.
Suddenly— the gang leader's scream echoed across the field: "Raaahh!!"
"I'm tired of this farce," said the gang leader after his sight returned… but his eyes were now blazing with a deadly aura.
"Did you think this trick would finish me!... Let's see how you'll fight now."
Tge paused for a moment, his chest heaving from exhaustion… but his smile stayed before he whispered in a low voice, "Burn."
"Switch…"
The iron club in his hands suddenly ignited.
Red flames surged from it, and the moment the club swung, Inumaki pulled a steel wire from his hand.
The gang leader's eyes widened, but instead of fear, a spark of excitement appeared.
He bent to the ground and snatched a sword from the hand of one of his fallen followers.
"Hahaha… Excellent. This will make it more fun," said the gang leader joyfully.
As soon as the gang members saw their leader grab the sword, they scattered completely.
They all knew how insane their leader became once he held a sword.
White wax covered the entire blade before the liquid substance engulfed the man's body.
"Let's see how you'll fight now..." said the gang leader with an extremely wide grin.
"Alright, I'll show you," muttered Toge before heading toward a nearby car, rummaging through it amid everyone's shock.
"Alright, let's continue where we left off," said Tōji as he stepped out of the rusty car.
Toge gripped the flaming club with all his strength. "I don't care if it's wax… or steel… I'll smash everything."
Inumaki's eyes became lifeless as he held the iron bat and looked down at his feet.
"My blood pressure will double in my legs,"
Toge didn't know what would happen if he gave orders to himself, but he decided to take the risk.
There was a small drop of water forming on the car's surface, and the moment it fell—
BOOOOM!!!
The fiery club clashed with the wax-covered sword in a massive explosion of flame and white shards.
Even the gang members couldn't see what had just happened.
Shweeeshh!!... Switch!..... The sounds of strikes kept echoing powerfully within the arena.
Even the cat that was playing with a torn toy on the ground looked at the scene in front of it.
Relentless strikes, flying sparks, scattered dust—
Anyone would think twice before trying to enter the battle.
"Hahaha… I haven't felt this much joy in a long time," said the gang leader as he continued attacking Toge, but Toge was silent, unusually so.
He simply kept blocking the continuous blows; even with the blood being pumped into his legs, the power of the man in front of him was still insane.
"Come on… entertain me… hahaha!"
The gang leader continued laughing at Toge, but the moment he reached the center of the field, he could no longer move.
"Is this what you were planning?"
The gang leader looked at Toge coldly after realizing he was now surrounded by steel wires, but he didn't care since he could easily break them—
But the moment he tried to grab the wires, all his confidence shattered.
"Did you really apply oil on the wires when you went into the car?" said the gang leader in shock.
"To be honest, I enjoyed this battle a lot... Goodbye," said Inumaki before walking away from the arena, leaving the gang leader trapped in the massive wave of wires.
His Cursed Speech skill had evolved.
[Cursed Speech: 8%]
[Remaining Cursed Energy: 2]
"Good thing it didn't run out during the fight," said Inumaki with a smile before picking up the small cat and heading back to the academy.
Toge's picture in the comments