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Chapter 45 The World is Out of Touch

Leica kicked at Kobayashi's wrist in an attempt to break free, but Kobayashi didn't care and released him beforehand.

The two of them slightly increased the distance between them.

It is said that a master's skill can be seen from their first move, and in that brief exchange just now, Lyca felt the pressure.

"I admit I underestimated you a bit, but now I'm going to show you my true strength!"

"Is this all your last words?"

Xiaolin twisted his neck and clenched his right hand fingers one by one, making a series of cracking sounds.

Now it's Leica that's being looked down upon.

Feeling humiliated, Lyca twitched her lips, her eyes becoming even more dangerous, before charging forward again.

As quiet as a virgin, as active as a stripped rabbit!

Leica didn't hold back anymore. He appeared before them in the blink of an eye, as fast as lightning!

With both fists thrusting out simultaneously, the attack was relentless and fierce, like a storm, raining down on Kobayashi.

Kobayashi, not to be outdone, also retaliated with a swing of his fists.

The two men clashed violently in mid-air, their fists and palms colliding, producing loud thuds.

Seeing that he couldn't break through after a long attack, Leica slightly shifted his body, found an opening in Kobayashi's defense, and launched a 270-degree side spinning kick, carrying an unparalleled and powerful sharp force, which suddenly attacked Kobayashi's temple!

The temple is a vulnerable spot in the brain; a blow to the temple with force will at least result in unconsciousness and shock.

As expected of a master of the Imperial Fist Temple.

Whether it's the force, the angle, or the timing, everything is just right.

This is a deadly move; if Kobayashi were hit, he would definitely die on the spot.

However, Kobayashi remained completely calm, because he was too methodical. He simply bent down slightly and dodged the fierce attack.

His fight with Leone made him more accustomed to the enemy's chaotic attacks; he saw only flaws in such methodical moves.

The battle continued, but Kobayashi started muttering something under his breath.

"Thrust punch, low kick, back elbow strike, palm strike, side kick, hook punch..."

"What are you muttering to yourself?"

"It's nothing, I just figured out your moves and routines."

"……What?!"

In the instant that Leica was stunned, a glint flashed in Kobayashi's eyes. He stepped forward, leaned close to Leica, twisted his body, and elbowed him hard in the chest.

"Pfft!"

Lyca suffered a severe blow, and her energy stagnates, causing her to fall backward and create distance.

Kobayashi didn't pursue, but instead took out a card, looked at the "Imperial Fist Temple Style" on it, and couldn't help but chuckle, saying a...

"—You're surprisingly talentless."

……

"You have no talent."

The abbot gave him such a cruel assessment.

At the age of 15, after three years at the temple, Leica finally became the most outstanding student in her class thanks to her talent and hard work.

Lyca thought she would grow stronger and stronger, eventually reaching the level of a substitute master, a view shared by even the old boxers in the temple.

However, after meeting the abbot and uttering the words "I have no talent," he was plunged into the abyss.

From that day on, the nightmare began.

And it lasted for a full 20 years!

He seemed to be cursed, his strength stagnating for a full 20 years!

Nobody knows the reason, nobody can figure out the cause.

Some say he was cursed, that all his talent and ability had been used up. Even he himself believed that it was because his talent and ability had been exhausted that his strength could not improve.

He racked his brains, trying to find a solution.

at last!

He came up with a brilliant idea!

Since you've already exhausted your own talents and abilities, why not just plunder others'?

That's right!

That's exactly how it should be done!

Having become possessed by demons, he believed that this would allow him to seize the talents and abilities of others.

Taking himself as an example, he believed that the ages of 12 to 15 were the age when talent and ability would burst forth, so he would hunt children of the same age, stimulate them in different ways, and then take their heads.

He was obsessed with the idea that this would increase his talent and ability.

Little did they know, he had already fallen into demonic possession!

Kobayashi looked at the adventurer card, unsure of what to say.

He could master boxing techniques to the point where he only needed to watch them two or three times to make them a skill. But boxing requires more flexibility and creativity. For a moment, it was hard to say whether he was a genius or a fool.

"Shut up……"

"Ok?"

"I told you to shut up! I've already absorbed the talent! Give me time, and I'll become even stronger!"

Leica roared loudly, as if denying something.

Seeing his contorted expression, Xiaolin never expected that a thoughtless remark would hit his sore spot.

"What talent? It's just the madness of a fanatic."

"I told you to shut up!!!"

Lyca charged at Kobayashi again, still using his signature Imperial Fist style, but after his moves were broken, he couldn't even touch Kobayashi's clothes.

In addition, losing his temper led to more unnecessary actions.

Next move: stepping kick.

Seizing the opportunity, Kobayashi suddenly launched an attack, kicking him in the left knee.

"Gah-"

The blow caused Leica's knees to buckle and he collapsed to the ground.

Kobayashi looked down at him and said coldly, "What's wrong? Isn't the next move a palm strike? Can't you use it? Of course you can, because your left knee, which you're using to generate power, can't exert any force. That's why I said you have no talent and can only use moves mechanically."

"Varied……?!"

Xiaolin's sarcasm made his face change drastically, but before he could react, he was grabbed by the neck and lifted high.

Without any hesitation, she directly used the Lich-type basic magic—Absorption Touch—on him.

Leica's face turned horrified as she sensed something draining from her body.

"What is this? Something is leaking out of my body!"

"It's talent."

"W-what?!"

"Haven't you plundered a lot of talent? I'm absorbing that talent now."

It is actually vitality.

But in order to punish Leica and give him the despair he least wanted to hear, Kobayashi changed his tune and said he was capable.

"No! No! That talent is mine! It's mine! Give it back to me! Give it back to me now!!!"

Sure enough, he went even crazier.

"I'm not giving it back to you."

Kobayashi grinned, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and said, "Thank you for collecting these talents for me. I'll make good use of them."

After saying that, he increased the absorption rate.

Now Leica felt it even more clearly, and the look of terror on his face became even more pronounced. No matter how wildly he struggled, he couldn't break free from Kobayashi's massive grip.

"Give it back! Give it back! Give it back to me! Give it back to me! It's mine, it's my talent! It's my talent! Give it back to me!!! Give it back...to me!...Give it...to me...!"

The initial intense reaction gradually faded into silence, yet even then, the person kept chanting "talent," and the dance of death of this fanatical and possessed individual unfolded before the Night Raid members' eyes.

But those present did not feel that Leica deserved sympathy.

After he fell completely silent, Kobayashi released his grip, and with a thud, Lyca's body fell to the ground.

"How could you possibly plunder talent, you idiot?"

"Master Xiaolin..."

Liu Zi walked to his side and handed him a sphere wrapped in cloth.

Kobayashi knew what it was.

He accepted it in silence, a wave of sadness brewing within him.

why?

Didn't you already know that?

This is a world where people eat people, and anyone can die. So why feel sad? Why have the desire to do something?

……

I know.

It is good.

It's the goodness in my heart that makes me want to do something.