Chapter 223 - Forceful Comeback, Touch the Scales and Die! (1/2)
The top martial arts recruits?
Qin Fen looked at Park Jong-Hwan and the others with some surprise. They had only gone outstation to perform two tasks, how did these arrogant top new recruits already get the approval to fight for this title?
He then looked at Squad Leader Hao. Some of the instructors also had a suspicious smile on their faces.
Without waiting for Qin Fen to speak, Park Jong-Hwan and several others pushed Qin Fen to move along.
Squad Leader Hao sighed as he saw Chen Feiyu. This batch of recruits was not something that was usually seen in the history of the Federation.
Qin Fen kept moving forward with the cluster as doubts filled his head.
Shouldn’t you at least tell me what exactly happened?
Zha Can exchanged glances with a few people. Nobody wanted to start explaining, as this was a pretty embarrassing story.
Finally, Kyokushin Genichi sighed and said, “The American Military Region had sent two recruits to East Asia for an exchange before the Recruit Tournament. As a result, we all lost.”
America? Qin Fen’s mouth hung open in surprise. Among all the continents, America was the country that had almost monopolized the spot of champion for all the Federation Recruit Tournaments on Earth, and still, they came here for an exchange?
Zha Can continued, “Losing was not a big deal at first. As long as we work hard to improve ourselves and win it back during the Recruit Tournament!”
Park Jong-Hwan said with a look of resentment, “But after they won and were about to leave, they dared to say that all of us here in East Asia are still a bunch of sick men of East Asia.”
“Sick men of East Asia?”
Qin Fen came to a halt. Although they had already entered the Federation era, there were actually still people who used this insulting phrase.
“Yes.” Gang Benwu had the same ugly expression, “So, we told both of them that the King of Battle in our boot camp was away for training, and dared them to stay for another fight.”
Qin Fen began to understand why these young martial artists who used to be presumptuous had all gathered here. Winning or losing doesn’t matter, but insulting people as sick men of East Asia after winning was not something a man could tolerate. Plus, all true martial artists have a proud ego. If they remained indifferent in the face of such insult, there would no longer be the possibility for their powers to increase in their martial journey throughout their lives.
Qin Fen looked at Zha Can. Among all of the recruits, he was considered the strongest one.
“Incredibly strong.” A hint of admiration flashed across Zha Can’s eyes, “The physical fitness of Westerners are indeed tiptop. If I didn’t use my biochemical beast, I would have been defeated within seconds.”
“I used my biochemical beast…” Kyokushin Genichi went on to say, “And was still defeated within seconds.”
As their voices faded, a sense of dissatisfaction was shown within the resentful aura of the crowd. As someone who had fought with both Qin Fen as well as the American recruits, and thus had a rough grasp of both their strengths, he still wasn’t exactly certain that Qin Fen could win.
A loud sound barrier roared over the sky and temporarily cut off the dissatisfactory aura among the people.
An X2 military helicopter soon landed. The airflow generated by the spinning of the huge helicopter fan blew at the young men coming down from the plane. Their clothes were flapping, and their short hair was swaying. The only things that were not affected at all by the strong wind were their steady footsteps.
Qin Fen smiled while standing at the same place. He did not expect that those who left for training with him would also return to the same boot camp on the same day.
Kyokushin Genichi was even more shocked to see these people. After not seeing this young man called Du Peng for so long, the spirit his actions brought had become completely different from when they had battled previously.
For a martial artist to have a major change in his spirit, he would either have gone through a great impact, causing his spirit to be weak or a major breakthrough in his martial strength.
Du Peng, who got off the plane, didn’t show the slightest sorrow in his eyes though he no longer had the aura that was once as sharp as a knife.
His body was exuding a calm and steady vibe. His body clearly did not become much stronger, yet he gave out a sense of steadiness like a heavy mountain.
Du Peng’s footsteps were steady but not slow in pace. The ground under his feet seemed to have shortened between his steps, and he quickly arrived in front of Qin Fen.
Du Peng glanced at the person beside Qin Fen, and his eyes suddenly showed the same look as Qin Fen had earlier. Finally, he set his vision on Qin Fen’s face.
The moment their eyes met, they saw admiration in each other’s eyes.
“Let’s talk while we walk.”
Qin Fen’s suggestion was immediately agreed upon by Du Peng.
This time, Qin Fen was the one to explain the reason why the others were injured and why they appeared here.
After a brief and concise explanation, Du Peng’s face also turned cold as he heard the words “sick men of East Asia”.
An insult that came all the way from the other side of Earth across the sea to their doorstep was no longer just a random small state’s matter. It was a matter that involved every East Asian recruit.
“Do you need a break before going?”
The Indian state recruit, who had never spoken before, raised a question slowly.
Qin Fen and Du Peng exchanged a glance again and replied simultaneously, “No, now is the best time.”
It was not difficult to locate where the American recruits were staying. They were staying at a corner of the boot camp. There was a small field opposite their front door that allowed them to carry out their daily training activities and practices.
The surface of the field was no longer as flat as it was before. The ground was filled with deep marks of soles.
A shiny head was on the ground, chewing gum in an inverted posture, and evaluating Qin Fen and the others lazily.
“This is James.” Park Jong-Hwan said softly, “Coming from one of the birthplaces of neo-martial arts, he had already practiced the ‘The Superman’s Power’ of neo martial art. Apparently, he had already gone through six surgical transplants. If he didn’t have a body that was strong enough, he would not have been able to bear the load of six surgical transplants at such a young age.”
Superman’s Power? Qin Fen nodded slightly. He had already heard of this extremely expensive neo martial art during his days where he was just a so-called expert. It was a special technique the was developed according to the model of the American comic superhero, Superman.
When you’ve reached the apex-level in practicing Superman’s Power, you would naturally have the power as strong as Superman.
Of course, Qin Fen had heard about Superman’s Power. It was rumored that Superman had the strength to speed up Earth’s rotation. However, nobody knew if those who practiced Superman’s Power actually had the strength similar to Superman in the end.
But Qin Fen was very clear on the price of Superman’s Power, as well as the strict conditions required for practice. This new martial art that required an extraordinarily strong body; it could be said that this martial art was created specifically for the Westerners physique.
James tucked and stretched his neck, and bounced his body up like a spring, returning to the upright position with his feet on the ground. He reached for his shiny and slippery head and shouted with exaggeration, “Wow. Let me see who this is. Our lovely little sheep are here. Thomas! I think we have reached the time for us to go home.”
The door opened with a squeak, Thomas was holding a comb made of rhinoceros bone and was grooming his golden hair. The metal tag that was hanging on his chest shook gently.
“You have been beaten, you have been bashed, and you have been sent to the hospital…” Thomas pointed his comb to Park Jong-Hwan and others in order, and finally stopped midway, “Eh? Didn’t you say that there was only one person we haven’t bashed up? Why are there two?”
“Thomas…” Chewing his gum, James walked brazenly to Thomas and condemned him, “This is where you’re wrong. Our lovely little sheep were afraid that our friendship would be destroyed from fighting over beating up just one person, so they specially provided two of them for us.”
“Ohh…so that’s the case.” Thomas showed an exaggerated smile. He tucked his comb in his waist and tucked his hair behind his ears: “The Easterns are indeed hospitable. I didn’t believe it before, but I am finally willing to believe it now. Not only did some of their women welcome us with incredible hospitality, but now, even the men are equally as hospitable.”
Zha Can’s face suddenly became gloomy. There were indeed a few female soldiers from the boot camp that had secretly done things with these two men that violated the military rules.
“Which of you is first?” Thomas rolled his shoulders slowly and swayed his body left to right irregularly, “If you are afraid, you can both come together. Rest assured, this will not affect my friendship with James.”
“Thomas, neo martial art Steel War Body.” Kyokushin Genichi’s eyes twitched slightly as if he was recalling the tragic situation during their fight, “His martial skills are extremely messy; there’s the new Karate method, judo, and even boxing…”