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This seemed to have lost the purpose of training and turned into just a kind of self-torture. However, she remained quiet and decided to just wait, her fingers repeatedly tapping her elbows.
Sona pushed her glasses up as she also frowned, but for a different reason, she was trying to understand why Micael would pursue something like this.
It was clear that it wasn't something as simple as male pride and ego, and if his unperturbed gaze was any indication, she could speculate what it was; he seemed to want to prove his worth. 'But is that really it?...' She thought at the end of her reflection, still in doubt.
"Ara ara, that's...something." Akeno commented lightly with her hand on her cheek. Normally, this kind of brutality would at least make her a little excited, but seeing Micael as the victim didn't make her happy.
Narrowing her eyes slightly, she wondered what he was trying to achieve with this.
Kiba had a serious expression on his face, but surprisingly, or not considering his history, he might be the only one who understood why Micael was doing this, or at least he believed so.
In Koneko's view it was simpler, she took what Micael said literally, he just wanted to test himself and nothing more, the sight of brutality didn't affect her in the slightest, her face remained neutral.
Issei grimaced and shuddered from time to time as he saw the blood spreading across the floor as Micael was hit, his body becoming more and more bruised.
This should have given Issei satisfaction considering the threat he had suffered, and indeed it did, but more than that, it frightened him, because he could clearly see that despite the brutal treatment, Micael did not change his expression, his gaze remained the same since the beginning.
—Thud—Thud—Thud—Thud...
With low thuds sounding, Micael, who was bleeding from his nose, eyebrow, and the cut on his mouth, waited patiently, being beaten continuously until finally the opportunity he had been waiting for appeared.
When attacking, Saji would strike in erratic and unpredictable ways when he hit him, and it was too fast for his eyes to follow, but even in that there was a pattern, a pattern that Micael himself had guided him to create without him realizing it.
Micael simply defended himself in a specific way, guiding himself to receive attacks in certain places that made him predictable, thus creating the opportunity.
And with the opportunity, Micael got out of guard and moved to grab Saji's arms who just pushed his arms away before continuing to punch him, Michael tried again only to get the same reaction, so he tried again and again and again until finally what he wanted appeared.
With the gap, Saji was momentarily distracted when drops of blood hit his eyes, making him close them instinctively, without him being able to react, Micael then abruptly approached and grabbed his collar.
Reopening his eyes, Saji reacted quickly thinking that Micael would try to knock him down, so his hands moved grabbing Micael's forearms while his foot moved to drag him, however, his head abruptly moved forward, his forehead colliding with his nose.
Saji narrowed his eyes in response. The blow hurt, but not enough to faze him. His foot continued its path toward Micael's feet as his hands, clasped tightly on his forearms, finally moved to push him away.s
What he didn't realize was that one of Micael's forearms had already come out of his collar and was just a few millimeters from his neck, and when he realized it, it was too late.
Saji only had time to realize this when he lowered his eyes, which widened when Micael's closed fist hit his Adam's apple and then advanced with an absurd push, forming a one-inch fist.
"Garrgh!" Saji gasped as overwhelming pain immediately washed over him, his eyes narrowed as his face contorted, his moving foot only kicked one of Micael's legs before he quickly pulled him back up for support.
Micael, who had lost his balance, quickly regained his composure, ignoring the dull pain in his shin and quickly crouching down, moving his arms in unison.
One of Micael's arms moved with a clenched fist towards Saji's foot while the other went with an open hand towards his knee.
—Thud
With a sound of impact, his fist hit Saji's little toe while his other hand went to the joint behind his knee, grabbing it tightly and pulling.
And as this happened at the same time as Saji regained his footing, he was still focused on the lack of air and the excruciating pain in his throat to react, then, two new intense pains hit him as he widened his eyes.
"Arrgh-!" He let out a groan of pain before gritting his teeth, forcing himself to regain his calm. He remembered who he was fighting and forced himself to ignore the pain, focusing on Micael.
Meeting Saji's gaze, Micael did not continue to attack in that position, instead, he quickly stood up, but instead of moving away, he went straight towards Saji, quickly raising his fist to seemingly punch him in the face.
With one hand still on his throat, Saji moved the other quickly grabbing Micael's hand, his foot that had its toe crushed rising in preparation to kick Micael in the chest.
However, once again, he was caught off guard when Micael stretched out his fingers, blood gushing towards his eyes.
'Fuc-!' Saji reacted quickly by closing his eyes, the drops hit his eyelids harmlessly, but he was still forced to close his eyes for a moment.
But not getting distracted this time, he kept moving his foot, kicking in front of him.
—Shoosh
However, he did not feel the expected resistance and found only air. Opening his eyes, he saw Micael floating in front of him, his legs retracted, seemingly jumping over his kick.
But that wasn't all, Micael's arms were open as if he was going to hug something.
'Shi-!' Saji only had time to barely curse inwardly before the attack happened.
—Pah!
Which came in the form of slaps that hit his ears, a buzzing sound instantly spreading through his head as he momentarily lost his balance.
Micael naturally didn't miss the opportunity and put his feet back on the ground, going to Saji's side and kicked him in the joint he had already attacked.
This time, even with his superior strength, Saji found himself unable to remain standing, being forced to kneel on one knee.
However, even disoriented by the combination of attacks, Saji still reacted by moving his arm in a quick strike in his half-kneeling position, hitting Micael in the side.
—Crack!
But Micael simply ignored the attack and moved his arm towards Saji's face with his palm exposed.
Saji, who widened his eyes in shock at the feeling of his fist sinking into Micael's ribs, did not react when his open palm approached his face, hitting him squarely in the nose.
—Pah!
With another buzzing sound reverberating in his skull, Saji narrowed his eyes as his body slammed into the ground.
Since he was vulnerable, Micael then crouched down with his knee on his chest and his arms already moving to continue the attack.
Saji, though dazed from the slap on the nose and the shock of breaking Micael's ribs, managed to compose himself again by trying to grab Micael's hands again.
But for the third time, distracted by the attacks, he did not realize that he had made the same mistake of trying to grab Micael instead of attacking him directly.
Although he was also controlling himself so as not to break his bones again, he didn't realize that one of Micael's hands was already against his body, right where his liver was.
The absurd pain then came making him choke again as his grip on Micael's forearms relaxed.
Micael then reached out at the same moment, his fingers touching Saji's eyes, making him close them again.
And taking advantage of that moment, Micael raised his arm, bending it, highlighting the elbow while the other hand remained against Saji's liver.
Then he started the beating.
—Thud
His elbow came down against Saji's nose as his closed fist sent small shockwaves with the One Inch Punch into his liver.
Saji could only writhe, twitching to the side each time his liver was hit while his face grimaced from his nose being hit repeatedly.
He tried to resist by moving his arms to strike Micael, but any attempt to do so resulted in stronger attacks against his liver, practically immobilizing him.
Overcome by excruciating pain that only grew stronger and unable to resist, Saji eventually admitted defeat.
"Fu-! I give-! Enough!" He shouted as he raised his arms in surrender.
Stopping his arm in midair, Micael exhaled deeply through his mouth, he then stepped away from Saji as he stood up and extended his hand.
Holding onto Micael's hand, Saji stood up with a groan of pain. "Ugh, fuck, couldn't you have taken it easy?" After getting up with difficulty, Saji asked while one hand remained by his side and the other went to his nose, wiping the blood that was running down lightly.
"I couldn't take it easy, otherwise I would lose." Micael replied, calmly placing his hands on his hips.
And that was a fact, if this was a real fight and in that first attack Saji had gone with all his strength, Micael would have died in the first attack, that was something they both knew.
Of course, there was also the fact that Micael himself had restrained himself from attacking Saji's private parts, because if it had been a real fight, that would have been the first thing he would have done.
But even if he won in the end, that didn't mean he could defeat someone physically superior to him without his power, not yet, obviously.
Stopping wiping his nose, Saji frowned and looked at Micael, about to start complaining, but then he saw his state.
With a calm face covered in sweat, Micael is standing, with a continuously bleeding nose and a cut on his lip, his cheeks red and slightly swollen, his left eye slightly swollen too which has begun to darken and a cut on his eyebrow that leaks blood down to his chin.
Two giant purple bruises on his forearms, with a few more scattered across his biceps and shoulders, red marks covering the same spots with shallow cuts and scratches.
But what caught Saji's attention the most was the huge purple, greenish bruise that covered most of Micael's torso, from his ribs to his chest and belly.
Not to mention the obvious sinking in place, the sight sending a shiver down Saji's spine.
"Holy shit...man, my bad, I didn't control my strength properly and ended up hurting you badly, sorry bro." With a frown, Saji apologized, feeling really bad about it. He would have bowed too if he hadn't known that Micael would stop him.
"It's okay bro, it's nothing big." Responding casually, Micael activated his power, the bruises and cuts visibly disappearing as the indentation disappeared with his ribs snapping back into place with popping sounds.
Shuddering at the terrifying sight, Saji shook his head in disbelief. "It seems that gaining that power of yours has only made you crazier than you already were. I don't know why you put yourself in such an excruciating situation."
Stretching his arms slightly, Micael replied, meeting his eyes. "Listen, Saji, in this kind of world we live in, willpower alone is not enough. We need to be crazy if we want to survive and endure absurd situations."
Looking at his healed arm and flexing his hand a few times, he turned his gaze to Saji. "Sacrifices are necessary if you seek power. If you don't understand that now, don't worry, you will in the future."
"Alright...not at all threatening, anyway, hurry up and heal me, my liver is killing me." Saji said, extending his hand to him.
Grabbing his hand, Micael used RCT to heal him, Saji's nosebleed stopped while he himself felt immediate relief as the pain in the affected areas lessened.
—Thud—Thud
While healing Saji, a low sound rang out. Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Rias, Sona, and the others waving at them.
Understanding what they wanted, Micael snapped his finger, the barrier immediately lowered and the others approached in response.
Saji immediately felt tense when Sona approached him with the girls, his mistake in not controlling his strength and severely injuring Micael was definitely noticed by her.
He'll definitely get a lecture about this when they get back to school as she promises to increase the difficulty of his training.
It was the lecture, not the training, that made him tense.
"H-haha, Kaichou, hi." He said with an awkward smile as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Are you okay?" Stopping in front of him, Sona asked, her calm gaze sweeping over him from head to toe before meeting his eyes.
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine." Saji felt strange, even though there was nothing to indicate it about her, he felt that she was worried.
She looked at him for a moment before nodding wordlessly, she had nothing to say anyway, the end of the fight was more than shocking but she decided to see it as a learning experience for Saji, she hoped he would get something out of it.
"Saji-kun, I didn't know you were training alone. Your use of that magic you created is quite impressive, congratulations." Tsubaki, standing next to Sona, nodded with a slight smile.
"Ahaha, thank you, I tried really hard." Saji rubbed his nose at the unexpected praise coming from Tsubaki, needless to say he was happy about it.
"Saji, those moves were cool! You have to teach me sometime!" Ruruku said excitedly as she approached him, her eyes practically glowing with her fists clenched close to her chest.
Looking down at her, Saji smiled. "Of course."
"That was impressive, Saji-kun." Momo said smiling with her hands clasped together.
"Yes, you were quite impressive, although the ending was quite bloody," Reya said with a somewhat resigned look, exhaling weakly through her mouth.
"Yeah, it was a cool fight, although you got beat up in the end, but you fought well, impressive." Tomoe said with an amused smile with a hand on her hip.
"I didn't expect you to have that in you, Saji, that was quite impressive." Tsubasa said with her arms crossed, nodding with a look of approval.
Saji smiled embarrassedly at all these words as he rubbed the back of his neck, a faint blush covering his face. "Hahaha, come on guys, if you keep praising me like that, I'm going to be embarrassed."
This response from him made the girls smile at his apparent embarrassment, including Sona, who smiled slightly, although if she or the others had heard his thoughts, they definitely wouldn't be smiling.
'Damn! If I had known I would be treated like this by the girls, I would have let Micael hit me more, what a missed opportunity.'
Shifting from his thoughts, he glanced sideways at Micael and saw him talking to Mari.
"You had to do something stupid when it wasn't necessary, didn't you?" Standing next to Micael with her arms crossed and an eyebrow raised, Mari spoke in a clear tone of accusation.
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