Chapter 29

Alex and Oliver were given temporary bamboo swords, and their respective kendo armor . Due to Oliver’s different size they couldn’t find a suitable chest armor for him, so he needed to fight without one . The other’s thought it was alright even without the chest armor since Oliver’s body looked like it was made out of steel . The only one who had a problem with this arrangement was Oliver himself, he was scared of getting hit, as he didn’t really like getting hurt at all . Still he didn’t complain at all since a cool mercenary from a secret organization wouldn’t be bothered even without armor

Sayaka was all over Oliver, teasing him left and right . "Who needs armor anyway your muscles are the best armor there is . Don’t you think so my grumpy Oliver?" Oliver without breaking character backs away from Sayaka as she tries to feel up Oliver’s muscle .

Alex on the other hand was feeling the weight of the bamboo sword seeing this was the first time he held one . It was significantly lighter than a normal sword, so he needed to swing it a few times to get used to the weight .

At first Alex’s swings look clumsy since the weight difference really affected his perception of the weapon, seeing his clumsy display Ryuuga sneered . After a bit of warming up Ryuuga approached Alex pointing his Shinai at him .

"Hey you amateur, how about a practice match before the enemy school comes? We got five minutes before they come that’s enough time for me to finish you off . " Ryuuga challenged Alex to prove that they didn’t need these amateurs to help them .

Noel, Sayaka, and even Rachel wanted to say something but before they could do so Alex nodded his head . "Sure let’s have a little practice . "

’I can’t get used to this weight, so better test it out . This guy isn’t so bad after all, even though his aura of hostility is always leaking that might be attributed to him being a third rate martial artist . I better go easy on him, since he was kind enough to help warm up a bit . ’

The two stood facing each other, they didn’t need a signal to know that fight has begun . Ryuuga wanted to attack quickly and end it fast with a surprise attack, but when he looked at Alex he couldn’t see an opening . Alex wasn’t even in a proper stance his Shinai was pointing downwards, he had no defense set up yet Ryuuga felt like he wouldn’t be able to hit no matter what he does .

Alex on the other hand was confused .

’Why doesn’t he attack? He’s even showing a lot of holes in his defense? Is he really not cut out to be a martial artist? Or is he showing a lot of openings to lure me into a trap? Well either way since he was the one who kindly wanted to spar, I’ll wait for him to make the first move . ’

Alex wasn’t moving and simply stood there and was calmly facing the opponent . On the other hand the one who kept on saying Alex was an amateur, Ryuuji was sweating so much and was even having difficulty holding his Shinai .

Every time he thought of attacking Alex, he would suddenly have a vision of being cut in half, even though they weren’t even using real blades .

Noel noticing Ryuuji’s shivering was a bit worried . ’Is he not feeling well? But he wasn’t acting like this awhile ago? Is Alex doing something to him that I can’t see?’

Oliver who had extensive knowledge in martial arts without any practical experience, felt like he was watching a real sword fight . So he kept on nodding his head in total approval of the situation .

Sayaka’s reaction was she had none, to her the spar between Alex and Ryuuji was pointless . She was now thinking of more ways to tease Oliver and Rachel . She wanted to tease Alex as well, but she noticed immediately even when Alex seems confused his facial expression doesn’t change much, so it really wasn’t fun teasing him . Oliver on the other hand looks like he’s serious all the time, but every time Sayaka teases him, he reacts exaggeratedly and she notices a twitch here and there, seeing through Oliver’s almost perfect act .

Rachel on the other hand knew what was going on . Seeing Alex fight her mother to a standstill, Rachel was able to determine Alex’s level of skill . Most probably this idiotic guy called Ryuuji is scared of Alex . Because even if he is a third rate fighter, facing a monster like Alex must be unnerving for him .

Alex wasn’t getting impatient still he needed to test his strength while using a Shinai, but Ryuuji wouldn’t move . When Alex decided to finally take action a girl from the female team of the Kendo club, disrupted the match .

"The Kendo team of Hillman High School has arrived . "

Hearing the announcement Noel went into the middle of Alex and Ryuuji . "This match ends here . " When Alex heard this he went to stand beside Rachel .

Ryuuji on the other hand felt his knees give in and knelt, he then proceeded to breathe heavily . Noel ran towards him in worry of Ryuuji’s condition .

"Ryuuji are you alright?! Ryuuji?!" Ryuuji couldn’t respond and could only look at Noel’s face before fainting . Seeing Noel’s face somehow calmed his nerves which resulted in him fainting .

The kendo club got riled up seeing Ryuuji faint . They rushed him to the nurses office .

"Did you really need to do that to him?" Rachel asked Alex who didn’t react at all to Ryuuji fainting .

"I didn’t do that to him . . . His concentration and abilities were too lousy, he did that to himself . It’s a good thing I didn’t attack . " Alex responded to Rachel’s question without looking away from Ryuuji who was being brought to the nurses office .

The nurse who looked at Ryuuji’s condition simply stated he fainted due to fatigue . The kendo club members couldn’t understand how he was fatigued, he didn’t even move the entire spar .

Noel had no choice now . "I don’t want to do this but we need to request the other team to have the exhibition match be between three fighters only . "