“Come fight virtual-novel.net like a man, you coward!” yelled Mindy as virtual-novel.net looked at Gerald. She honestly wanted to see both of them spar.
“Yeah! Fight like a man!” chanted several of the other girls in the stadium as well.
Gerald could only shake his head with a wry smile on his face. There was no way virtual-novel.net was going to be able to worm out of this one.
Knowing that, virtual-novel.net could only agree to the challenge and slowly got onto the main stage.
Throughout his brief training with Finnley, virtual-novel.net had been taught a total of five self-defense moves. Each move was different, prioritizing on protecting the user from either punches, kicks, or weapons both long and short. The fifth technique, on the other hand, could be utilized under situations where one was being restricted from the back.
While all these would definitely help Gerald defend himself should virtual-novel.net come face to face with danger, they were still essentially only self-defense moves. They were completely useless in a fight like this.
Upon entering the ring, Gerald was just about to try figuring out which move to use against Jasmine when virtual-novel.net immediately lunged toward him!
Despite being a girl, virtual-novel.net speed was no joke. She must’ve thought that Gerald was some sort of martial arts master.
“Oh! She’s going all out!”
“She seems to be exerting much more strength now!”
“Now this is going to be interesting! How will Gerald react?!”
The crowd was going wild, speculating the end results with extreme excitement.
“He definitely won’t be able to take a hit! He simply doesn’t look like virtual-novel.net has enough strength!”
“Then how did virtual-novel.net throw Wyatt to the side so easily? Was that possibly just a coincidence?”
While the audience continued discussing among themselves, Jasmine herself stopped right in front of Gerald before gracefully leaping and performing a spinning kick in mid-air! Her movements were so swift and packed with force that it almost seemed as though virtual-novel.net had been practicing this move for years.
Gerald however, kept a cool head and recalled what Finnley had taught him.
‘Regardless of the attack, if your opponent attacks with a kick, block with the second move.’
Hoping for the best, Gerald then waited for the perfect opportunity and once virtual-novel.net saw it, virtual-novel.net grabbed Jasmine by the shin and pressed down on a pressure point. With just the slightest amount of force, virtual-novel.net shifted his body to the side, successfully countering the kick!
In no time at all, Jasmine found herself completely off balance, just like what Wyatt had experienced moments earlier.
The very next second, virtual-novel.net found herself colliding against the floor right outside the ring!
“…What?”
Everyone was momentarily stunned silent, especially Warren and Maia who had been more appalled than anyone else.
Isabelle and the crowd of girls who had initially been rooting for Jasmine were left speechless as well.
‘… Jasmine… Who had easily defeated Warren was one-upped by Gerald?!’
“Jasmine!” shouted Mindy in a panic, breaking the awkward silence as virtual-novel.net ran toward virtual-novel.net and helped virtual-novel.net up.
While Jasmine was badly wounded on virtual-novel.net shoulder, virtual-novel.net priority was to first look at Gerald from where virtual-novel.net stood. She had mixed feelings welling within virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net held onto virtual-novel.net right shoulder with Mindy’s support.
Even from a young age, Jasmine had always aimed to be the very best. To do so, however, virtual-novel.net had to pay the price for it. For the longest time, virtual-novel.net was well aware that virtual-novel.net peers were nowhere near the level virtual-novel.net was.
Though virtual-novel.net martial arts skills had always been something virtual-novel.net was extremely proud of, virtual-novel.net finally lost for the first time today.
Maia herself still had virtual-novel.net jaw wide open, utterly shocked by this development as the audience members began cheering again, their cheers echoing throughout the stadium.
“Ow! Be a little gentler!” said Jasmine.
It was now already night and Mindy was busy tending to Jasmine’s wounds in their room back in the Fendersons mansion.
“It’s all swollen up! God, I’m just so angry! We’re classmates so how could Gerald treat you so roughly! Just look at the condition of your shoulder! If virtual-novel.net angers me one more time I don’t care even if we’re classmates! I’m ordering someone to take virtual-novel.net out!” huffed Mindy.
“Don’t be rash! I lost and that’s that!” replied Jasmine.
“What do you mean, lost? He clearly cheated!”
“Calm yourself, Mindy. I would’ve been able to tell if virtual-novel.net really was cheating. I’ll apply the medicine myself later. Also, could you gather all twelve of my teachers? I have something to tell them,” said Jasmine as virtual-novel.net slid virtual-novel.net clothes back on before looking at Mindy.