Chapter 10: Dog Bark, I break his mouth!
The Body Arts teacher would have everyone take turns displaying the techniques they practiced and provide on-site guidance.
Sometimes they would demonstrate personally, and other times they would have students spar with each other.
And this morning was Body Arts class.
Chen Yu walked into Lanjiang No. 1 High School and found the classroom for the Awakening Class.
Unlike ordinary classrooms, the Awakening Class occupied an entire floor, covering an area of over a thousand square meters.
There were no desks or chairs in the room, only weapon racks displaying various weapons and several mechanical robots used for testing moves.
At this moment, the students of the Awakening Class had all arrived.
Some were whispering and discussing the military training happening in three days, while others were displaying their abilities. It was hard to tell if they were showing off or just being competitive.
As soon as Chen Yu stepped over the threshold, dozens of gazes shot toward him, eyes filled with various thoughts.
The originally noisy discussions came to an abrupt halt.
Then, someone spoke loudly: "Yo, isn't this Chen Yu? Our for... our No. 1 person of Lanjiang High."
"Is it not? At the awakening ceremony, he ignored the SSS-Class Natural Type fruit and insisted on an F-Class panel. I heard it was something called... Pirate King Roger's panel?"
A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd.
"Pirate, King Roger? He doesn't even have a fruit and he dares to call himself King?"
"And what is this Three-Color Haki? Red, Orange, Yellow? That's hilarious."
"You don't understand. It is said that someone once chose Armament Haki too. And guess what happened?"
"It was useless! Awakening it was like not awakening at all!"
Someone deliberately raised their voice: "I also heard that he forced the Mistress of the Chen family to kneel in public?"
"Real or fake? The Chen family Mistress is famous for being virtuous and gentle..."
"That's a true internal bully. He's probably trying to snatch the position of the Chen family heir..."
Chen Yu rolled his eyes. These people were everywhere.
He walked through the crowd to the weapon rack at the back of the classroom and took down an unsharpened iron training sword.
He wanted to test his top-tier talent in swordsmanship.
"What are you acting so high and mighty for?" A boy with dyed green hair leaned forward two steps. He wore a wolf-tooth pendant around his neck and was one of Chen Chen's lackeys.
"Where is your master?" Chen Yu raised an eyebrow. "Lying in the hospital?"
Green Hair smiled smugly. "Brother Chen is preparing for the coming-of-age ceremony. He's not like you, a stray dog!"
"I haven't settled the score with you for hitting Brother Chen yet. Brother Chen is magnanimous and won't bicker with you, but I need to vent this anger for him..."
Whoosh!
Chen Yu's iron sword shot out instantly, stopping precisely in front of Green Hair's eyes. "Try barking again?"
"Gulp..." Green Hair swallowed a mouthful of spit and retreated repeatedly.
"You!" Having been humiliated in front of everyone, Green Hair instantly transformed into a spotted dog, tall as a man, with a tuft of green hair on its head.
"Do you really think things are like before?!"
"I have awakened the Zoan Type Dog-Dog Fruit: Dalmatian Model!"
"Yo, you really are barking now." Chen Yu beckoned cheerfully with his finger.
Green Hair's dog face turned dark, and he lunged fiercely at Chen Yu. "You're looking for death!!!"
Facing this kind of straightforward attack, Chen Yu didn't even need to use Observation Haki.
Chen Yu raised his sword, preparing to intercept.
BANG!!
A muffled sound suddenly came from the front of the classroom.
A pitch-black short stick smashed heavily onto the alloy floor, shaking the entire classroom.
Everyone looked toward the sound and saw a middle-aged man in a black combat suit standing at the podium.
His posture was as upright as a pine tree, and his left arm, from the elbow down, was a mechanical prosthetic gleaming with cold light.
"Military training is a month away, yet you still have the mood to fight and quarrel, still have the mood to watch the show? It seems you are all very confident."
His expression was a half-smile. "Since that's the case, how about I give you free time for this class?"
The crowd was embarrassed, lowering their heads and staying silent.
Lin Mo snorted coldly. "I am your Body Arts teacher, Lin Mo."
"Class starts now."
"Military training is your first watershed moment as an Awakened One!"
"Do you think military training is child's play? Do I need to tell you how many people die in the mouths of beasts during military training every year?!"
As soon as these words came out, except for those who were confident in their strength, everyone else's mood became heavy.
Seeing his goal achieved, Lin Mo continued, "I have seen the previous curriculum; you were practicing the Marine Six Styles."
Lin Mo raised his hand to undo the collar button of his combat suit. Suddenly, his figure blurred, leaving an afterimage in his place.
"Shave."
Before the word fully left his mouth, he had already appeared in the clearing in the center of the room.
His movements were so fast that no one could see the trajectory of his exertion; only the faint sonic boom remaining in the air gave him away.
"What's laughable is that only one person has managed to grasp all of the Marine Six Styles." As Lin Mo spoke, he took a deep look at Chen Yu.
"So today, you must seize this opportunity!"
"For any style you haven't entered the gateway of, or anywhere you feel confused—don't be afraid of losing face! Everyone will perform them in front of me!"
"I can see where your problems lie and guide you to the basics. Learning one more move means one more means of survival during military training!"
Under Lin Mo's call to action, everyone began to actively ask the teacher questions.
"Your exertion sequence is wrong; you need to utilize the strength of the entire leg."
"Iron Body focuses most on the hardness of your willpower..."
To the side, Chen Yu watched Lin Mo's guidance and nodded secretly. This teacher knows a thing or two.
But not much.
Chen Yu estimated that the man was likely just one step away from mastering the Marine Six Styles to the point of integration himself.
His realm wasn't even as high as Chen Yu's. If Chen Yu went up and asked, "How do I do Life Return?" he would probably confuse the man. Asking would be useless, and he should save the teacher some face.
However, in Lin Mo's eyes, this silence took on a different flavor.
After guiding the last student, Lin Mo swept his gaze across the classroom, finally settling on Chen Yu in the corner.
His brow furrowed slightly, and his tone carried a trace of imperceptible coldness. "Some people are quite composed."
At these words, many people subconsciously looked at Chen Yu.
"Knowing all Six Styles gives you some capital," Lin Mo said coldly, hands behind his back. "After all, in the entire Awakening Class, you are the only one who has practiced all Six Styles to the introductory level."
"But I would like to ask, does grasping them equal mastering them thoroughly?"
He took two steps forward, the joints of his mechanical prosthetic emitting a slight hum. "Or do you feel that displaying in front of me is beneath you?"
"Do you feel your level no longer requires guidance?"
Chen Yu raised his eyes, calmly meeting Lin Mo's gaze. "Teacher, you misunderstand. I have already mastered the Marine Six Styles to the point of integration."
Hearing this, the entire classroom went silent.
"Hmph." Lin Mo snorted coldly. "Boasting shamelessly!"
I practiced for over 30 years and couldn't reach 'integration.' You, a student, have been in contact with the Six Styles for less than three years at most.
And you tell me you have achieved integration?
If you have really integrated the Marine Six Styles, the principal of Lanjiang No. 1 High School would have to hand you a cigarette himself if he saw you.
"I originally appreciated you quite a bit. Even without an awakened fruit ability, I still believed that if you could focus on the path of Body Arts, you might have some achievements in the future."
Lin Mo shook his head. "I didn't expect that you couldn't even face yourself squarely. What a pity..."
Lin Mo's words drew looks of disdain from the other classmates.
In their eyes, Chen Yu was just someone with poor awakening abilities who was still pretending, trying to maintain his past image as the No. 1 of Lanjiang High.
"..." Chen Yu was speechless.
Damn it, no one believes the truth anymore!
"Alright, enough theory. It's time for practice."
Lin Mo announced loudly, "For the remaining time in this class, we will switch to free sparring."
"Groups of two. Use the Body Arts you've learned, or combine them with your abilities."
He pointed to the protective barriers on both sides of the classroom. "The barriers are activated, so don't worry about hurting each other. I will be watching from the side and will call a stop if there are issues."
"I hope a certain few students are truly as good as they say."
As soon as his voice fell, a figure lunged fiercely in front of Chen Yu. It was precisely that Dalmatian with the tuft of green hair on his head.
(To be Continued)