Shin Nagato woke up in the clinic room. He tried to get to his feet, but his joints were stiff all over, and his head was pounding with dizziness. All he could do was turn his head to the side.
The ninja found his headband on a table.
"Ugh…" He groaned, forcing himself to take that thing. Slowly, his hand moved to it, though with a great shake.
"Why are you still thinking about your clan, Nagato-san?"
The ninja glanced around the corner to find Matt sitting in a chair. The president crossed his legs, his fingers intertwined and resting on one knee.
"Ah, I'm so rude." That young man smiled. "Good morning, Nagato-san. How do you feel?"
"Are you the one who made my body like this?" Shin tried to grab his headband again.
Matt sighed. "That's because I find it very difficult to meet you, even though I want to talk to you."
The ninja didn't answer, prompting Matt to ruffle his hair in frustration.
"Don't the cheers fr
"Come on, Rory." Lexi tailed the red-haired warrior. "Train with me as usual, please. Why do you stay away from me after that show? Is it because I'm a woman?" Rory snorted, finally stopping and turning around. "No, it's not because of that. I have several fellow warriors who are also women….. But to be honest, I feel weird seeing you like this, that voice, that outfit, that heels…. It's…. I'm having a hard time explaining it with words." "What's wrong with my voice and my appearance?" Lexi checked the transparent dress she was wearing. Then she leaned forward a bit. With a breathy voice, she sighed. "You don't like the way I am?" Rory averted his eyes from that woman's cleavage. "It's not like that…. I'm just not used to it…. Well, okay, then. I'll practice with you, but can you wear more proper clothes and not act like that?" "Unfortunately, this is the real me, Rory." That woman brought her face closer to that man. "I don't understand why y
Rory walked towards the fighter's dormitory while clenched his fists. He doesn't understand. Matt should have realized his extraordinary ability. He showed that he is the best in MFC. Besides that, he has also shown that he really wants to fight here. But why did the president choose those two instead? They don't think about this organization at all. "Hi, Rory." Jun Tokuma, sitting at the door of the red-haired warrior's residence, waved with a smile. "I can call you Rory, right?" "You still want to persuade me to give victory to you?" Rory put his hands on his hips, deciding not to use that friendly expression anymore. "I told you, give up. I don't want to leave. I still want to fight here." "But maybe the others don't think like you do." Jun stood up while patting his pants. "Maybe they want to run away but don't want to admit it for fear of punishment." Rory was getting irritated. "You are so stupid, huh?" "Let's not give Matt what
"So, some of my fighters protest because they feel we are intruding on their privacy, huh?" While sitting in the backstage stadium seats, Matt muttered. "I never asked those drones to enter their residence, though." Matt already knew that would happen. That is the impact of the video trailer that they spread. "There's nothing for you to worry about." Megumi, standing beside the president, smiled. "I don't think they'll be able to do much more than protest." "Yeah, we better focus on other things that are more important." Matt stood up as soon as he got a clue from a crew. "Good luck, sir." Megumi cheered her boss on. Matt came out of the room, met Lognar, and they followed the crew. This time, the president felt an even crazier heartbeat than during MFC 1. He didn't want the quality of the show this time to be much lower than before, or else the audience would turn away from them. While passing through the hallway, Matt found S
Rory managed to escape from Jun, then gave a combination of successive attacks to the Zenreider. Jun didn't have time to do anything and finally fell. "You really don't deserve to be here." Rory brought the tip of his sword to his enemy's face. "But since this is our president's wish, I have no choice but to fight you. Honestly, I'm sick of you." "You are a warrior." Jun held the sword, then started to get up. "Aren't you also fighting evil? Or are you just the lackey of your government? The higher-ups asked you to fight for them? Just like those monsters I defeated?" Rory's emotions immediately bubbled up. He hit Jun as hard as he could with his shield, making that man fall again. "Don't talk to me like that." Rory gritted his teeth. This time, he couldn't hold back his rage anymore. "You know nothing about me." "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The crowd's support rained down on the arena. "By bowing to Matthew Nash, you are only changing maste
"Please, I don't want to hit you again." Jun's voice started to crack, but his hands were still tightly clenched. The spectators berated Jun for not continuing with the attack. "Hit him again, c*nt!!!" "What are you here for if you don't fight, Bastard!!??" "I'm sick of looking at you!!!" Rory stood up, feeling a pain in his jaw and a dizzy in his head. The helmet pretty much dampened Zerneider's punch. "Then I will attack you." The red-haired warrior charged at his enemy and slashed at him. This time Jun didn't resist, resignedly accepting the attacks all over his body. "At least Jun put up a good fight earlier." Lognar sighed. "Fortunately, he didn't slam his opponent as he did to Lexi." "With that armor, any slamming will not affect Rory." Matt narrowed his eyes. "And I think Rory has been positioned himself in such a way as to make it hard for Jun to grab him." the Dwarf added. On the umpteenth shiel
"To be honest, I still can't move on from the previous match, Matt," Lognar muttered, even though now a new fighter had entered the arena. "But we have to focus on the next match." "Yeah, we should talk about this fighter, Lognar." Matt chimed in as the sounds of leaves rustling, the hissing of serpents, and the violent river flow filled the stadium. Those sounds merge into a powerful melody. "From Thelm, Universe 300!!!" Vivianne made her usual announcement. "Urukkaaaaa!!!" A nearly seven-foot-tall lizardman with green scales walked towards the arena. He raised his spear while shouting, but the audience's response was far from what Matt expected. Like Lognar, those people still talk about the Rory vs Jun fight. Well, he couldn't blame them. That battle was beyond expectations. Urukka then let out a roar from his long-snouted mouth. With his tail wagging wildly, he cursed. "You damn audience! You don't want to see me!? Just go home!!!
"Well, this match was quite interesting, even though it was short." Lognar grimaced as he looked at Urukka's almost shapeless body being carried by the staff. "Poor Arael, she has to reconstruct that lizardman's body." Meanwhile, Liam seems disoriented. Shirtless and already back in his human form, he had to be led by an official to get out of the arena. "Let's move on to the next match," Matt said after the staff finished cleaning the arena. "You're going to love this, Lognar." "Yeah, apart from Norug, I'm also curious about that other new fighter we're going to watch. I've never seen her train, so I don't know what to expect." As the stadium's light dimmed, accordion sounds, guitar melodies, and drum beats filled the air. As in the previous show, Norug Bonebuckle walked into the arena, slamming a clay alcohol bottle on his head. "Norug said he would fight as best he could so that Shori would like him even more." Lognar chuckled while Norug h
"No, I can already see it from far away." Elisa put her hands back. "I will defeat you. My words are absolute." Norug's annoyance was peaked, even to the point of triggering his veins to bulge. Lognar studied the Dwarf Warrior's expression. "He's confused, and it gets him. This opponent was truly beyond his comprehension. Even Salvia, someone from a completely different culture, could still be analyzed. While Elisha…. She's so unique and terrifying, despite her appearance." "Interesting take." Matt rubbed his chin. "I slightly heard what Norug said earlier. He's never seen anything like Elisha." The dwarf warrior started pounding the floor with his hammer. This time, those outside the arena were unaffected. The magic dampener had been enhanced many times over. You will only see the arena and cage shaking from the outside. "Ooooh!!!" Lognar shouted, and his gaze shifted to Elisa, who seemed unaffected by it, even though Javier, the referee, had