Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Luna and Otsu – TheEpilogue
There was a throbbing sensation on Luna’s right leg, and the pain there prevented her from putting a lot of pressure on the leg, but the adrenaline coursing through Luna’s veins prevented her from checking the wound to see how bad it was.

Luna knew that one mistake on her part would give Otsu the opening she had been looking for, and that would be the end. Otsu was standing calmly with her knife held in a reverse grip, and she ran her hand across her face and looked down at the blood that was leaking from her nose. She clicked her tongue in irritation and spun the knife around while crouching into a ready stance.

“I will gut you like a squid.”

‘What the actual fuck?’

Luna was still a bit disoriented, but she managed to keep her guard up even with the pain in her leg and shoulder. Luna was not a novice in hand-to-hand combat. Luna learned hand-to-hand combat from some of the best specialists in the world. She knew that there could always be a time when her opponent could get close enough to engage her in close-quarter combat, and so she prepared against it.

But all of the moves that she learned were meant to be augmented with mana in order to deliver as much damage as possible. Luna was a master at manipulating mana, so even the smallest application of mana would make her simple moves seem like bone-breaking attacks. As she is now, Luna is not capable of putting power into her punches and kicks because she does not have any control over her mana anymore.

Otsu rushed at Luna, and Luna immediately countered the slash that Otsu released with a kick that pushed Otsu back. Luna grimaced as her leg throbbed, but she still rushed forward and slammed her fist into Otsu’s shoulder before dodging as Otsu tried to slash her with her knife again! Luna dodged to the opposite side and punched Otsu in the stomach! Otsu slammed her elbow into Luna’s shoulder before sending a knee into Luna’s stomach which made Luna lose all the breath in her lungs! Luna grit her teeth and tackled Otsu off her feet to make her fall back before she grabbed Otsu’s head and slammed it into the floor while Luna drove her forehead into Otsu’s nose!

Crack!

Another loud crack echoed through the region, and Otsu yelled in pained fury as she slashed wildly with her knife while holding her nose in pain! Luna jumped back to get some breathing room before she rushed forward again before Otsu could get her bearings! She grabbed the wrist of Otsu’s knife hand as Otsu tried to slash her, and she slammed her elbow into Otsu’s elbow!

Crack!

Otsu cried out in pain before she slammed her foot into Luna’s thigh, making Luna let go of her as the pain in her leg became unbearable! Otsu went low and her hand shot forward as she stabbed her knife into Luna’s side!

Luna barely moved her body away so she only got a scratch on her side instead of being stabbed through the liver! Luna was forced to retreat, and she dodged a stab from Otsu and redirected her knife to the side before slamming her fist into Otsu’s jaw!

Slam!

Luna hoped that the punch would knock Otsu out. Luna put all her weight into that punch, and she really thought that Otsu would go down, but she did not expect the punch that Otsu countered with!

Boom!

The punch slammed into her stomach, and she was almost carried off her feet by the force! The two women stumbled back to catch their breath, and Luna coughed in pain as she finally got a chance to glance at her leg. Luna grimaced as she saw the large red stain on her jeans. That was definitely going to be an issue.

But really, where the hell did all this come from!? Luna thought Otsu was a gentle woman! Luna had been watching Otsu since the meeting started, and she thought that Otsu would be an easy opponent because of how mellow Otsu was. She thought that Otsu was just a kind woman who liked to serve tea! Where the hell did those attacks come from!?

Luna suddenly remembered that Otsu lived in the age of samurai where even the smallest child had to learn how to wield a knife to survive. It was only natural that even the women would know how to fight in case they were ever attacked by rival clans. Sometimes, they learned how to handle a knife so that they would be able to kill themselves if they were ever captured, but it was all the same.

Otsu was already back on her feet, and she cleaned a small line of blood that was leaking from the side of her chin. Her right hand was hanging limply from her shoulder – Luna had dislocated it with that elbow strike – but that was not enough to make Otsu back down. In fact, it only lit a fire inside Otsu that fueled her fighting spirit even more. There was no emotion on her face, and her eyes had this demonic, empty look that made Luna’s entire body shiver. Even though Otsu’s nose was red and bloody, she didn’t look bothered at all as she glared straight at Luna fearlessly.

When Luna looked into those eyes, Luna knew that she was not going to win.

It didn’t matter how long they fought for or how much effort Luna put into the battle, there was nothing that Luna could do against Otsu without her mana! Oh well, it was time for her to get out of here.

Mark told her that she didn’t need to fight, but she just thought that she should at least try to win against Otsu since she was here. But now that she knew she couldn’t win, she was out.

“Wiik-Bat!”

“Wiik! Wiik!”

The Wiik-Bat appeared from the side as Luna called on it, and it chirped in joy as it flapped around her. Luna immediately told it to send a message to Mark, and the Wiik-Bat wasted no time as it sent the message immediately.

SLAM!

The roof of the building suddenly crashed in as Mark tackled Hercules through the glass roof of the dome. His face was twisted into an angry grimace as he slammed Hercules into the ground, but Hercules didn’t stay down for long as he kicked Mark off him!

Bam!

Mark was sent reeling back, but he managed to stop himself from flying further back as he prepared to go into the fight again. But the Wiik-Bat suddenly came up to him and told him what Luna had told it, and Mark immediately changed direction as he bolted towards Luna!