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Shun Kakei had studied in the United States and had played against the real "Eyeshield Mask 21" at Notre Dame High School there. He was a tall player with perfect strength, speed and skill, far superior to the slow-moving players on the Deimon team who only had speed. Therefore, the serious Shun Kakei had mocked Sena before the game, accusing him of being a fake.

The imposter in the match was indeed only outstanding in speed, but Kakei Shun never expected that there was such a terrifying guy in the Deimon team, whose strength was so great that he couldn't stop him at all. In fact, the level of strength that Kanon showed had far exceeded that of the real "Eyeshield Mask 21" from back then, but Kakei Shun had romanticized his past memories, so he thought that the two were about the same strength.

After breaking through Kakei Jun, Kanon had a clear path ahead. She only needed to run to the front line and complete a beautiful long-distance run to score. Now it was time to consider slowing down and not standing out too much in front of everyone...

"Huh?" Hana suddenly looked surprised. She realized someone was chasing after her and turned her head to look... it was Atlantic Ocean!

Kakei Jun fell to the ground, but his self-proclaimed disciples, Atlantic and Pacific, didn't. Ignoring their surprise, they turned and began chasing after Kanon. Atlantic was slightly faster, and since Kanon wasn't running seriously, he actually caught up to her within reach.

"Lie down!" Atlantic shouted, swinging his arm to pull Huayin. His movement was so fast and his momentum so fierce that Huayin immediately realized that this guy's goal was probably to knock her out with a punch.

"You really are suspicious!" It seems that Hanon's perception was correct. Although this Atlantic had never given her a second glance, the killing intent he released was quite strong. The source of her previous unease was him.

Hanon certainly wouldn't ignore such a threat. She suddenly turned around while running, switching from forward to backward, and at the same time, she raised her hand and grabbed Atami's wrist...

Wait a minute, what did Kanon see?

In a flash, Hana clearly saw Atlantic's astonished expression. His arm wasn't clenched into a fist; it was just a normal pulling motion. The murderous aura had vanished without a trace.

All signs indicate that Atami is just an ordinary high school student; Kanon has misjudged the situation...

"But the murderous aura was clearly there just now, how could..." Hana suddenly realized, "Oh no! Ah—"

The one who actually made the move was another tall player, Taihei, who was a little slower.

Author's Note: This part is some free-flowing content, and it will be linked to more plot points later.

Section 288, Chapter 285: Kanon's Great Crisis

Taihei Yoshihiro is the one who truly harbors malice towards Kanon, and this person... is quite skilled in martial arts.

Just as Kanon was shocked by the misunderstanding of the Atlantic Ocean, Taipingyang, who was a few steps behind, suddenly accelerated, his long legs catching up in two strides. He circled around to Kanon's side and then pounced, knocking Kanon to the ground.

On the surface, it looked like a typical American football sack, at most just an overexertion that sent the opponent crashing to the ground. But Kanon's perception was completely different. Having experienced so many battles, she immediately recognized it—this was a martial arts master's move, brimming with killing intent, and a devastating strike of the level of a finishing move!

She never expected to encounter a top-tier martial arts master on the high school football field, especially one with malicious intent and even murderous intent! Her recent daily life had caused Kanon to become quite lax, so she hadn't activated her "Indestructible Vajra" technique, and even her basic muscle contractions weren't fully effective. Meanwhile, Taihei's attack was a deadly strike, making its effect truly exceptional…

Hana lay on the ground, her whole body felt like it was falling apart, her consciousness was blurring, and she was almost fainting—but she couldn't faint!

After the flying shoulder collision, Taihei and Kanon fell to the ground together. However, he was caught off guard and did not become dead. He braced himself with one hand and then, as if by instinct, swung his elbow horizontally with the other, aiming at Kanon's temple! Clearly, he was indeed there to kill Kanon.

In her daze, Kanon caught Taihei's movements. It was difficult for her to immediately activate "Indestructible" due to her usual laxity, so she adopted the most basic and simplest defensive measure - rolling on the spot, not to avoid the elbow strike, but to meet it head-on!

For an elbow strike to land with power, a certain distance needs to be swung. Kanon's sudden roll greatly shortened this distance, rendering Taihei's deadly attack ineffective. Then, Kanon seized his arm, causing all subsequent attacks to miss. It could be said that Kanon neutralized Taihei's series of deadly moves with a slightly clumsy movement—not very elegant, but effective nonetheless.

The audience was made up of ordinary people who came to watch an American football game. Their understanding of martial arts was far less than that of the audience watching the elimination match. They didn't know that Kanon had just suffered an attack that transcended the realm of sports. She had just exchanged a few blows with Taira, and in an instant, she had been on the verge of life and death. In the eyes of the audience, this was like the Deimon team's "Lightning Masked Man 23" having enough strength but lacking speed, knocking aside Kakei Shun and then being captured and killed by the remaining two members of the "Takanami" duo.

Taihei Yoshihiro's first move was too late, and Hanon grabbed his arm, making it impossible for him to attack without being noticed. Just then, the referee blew his whistle: "Four attacks failed, possession changes, Jushin serves."

In American football, if the offensive team advances less than ten yards in four downs, possession is transferred to the opposing team. Therefore, if three downs are ineffective, the original offensive team will often choose to punt, which means kicking the ball as far as possible on the fourth down to voluntarily relinquish possession, while keeping the opponent's attacking position as far away from their scoring zone as possible.

Previously, during Deimon's attack, Sena was intercepted by "Takanami" three times. On the fourth attack, Kanon took the initiative to ask for the ball. Based on his absolute trust in Kanon's strength, Hiruma did not arrange a punt. Unexpectedly, Kanon was still intercepted by "Takanami".

"Damn it, what's wrong with you, Miss?" After Taihei and Kanon both stood up, Hiruma approached Kanon cursing and was about to scold her for being unprofessional, but he immediately froze because he saw that Kanon was bleeding!

Several streaks of blood flowed from Hanon's nose and the corners of her mouth, and even the corners of her eyes were faintly bloodshot. She had just been seriously injured. The damage caused by that attack was something only Kana Aya had ever done in the final elimination tournament. Even Kuroki Gensai had not caused Hanon such great damage because he was careful with his attacks and stopped short of causing serious injury.

Realizing something was wrong, Hiruzen asked, "Are you... alright?"

"...It's nothing." After a moment of silence, Hanon quickly gave a definite answer. She didn't explain why, and Hiruma didn't press for details. After spending some time together, Hanon and Hiruma had developed a tacit understanding. They knew that if the other didn't want to talk about something, it was something they could handle themselves, and there was no need to ask, nor would they get any answers.

In the next round, both sides took their positions. This time, it was a huge attack. The players on the offensive and defensive lines stood facing each other, ready to charge. Kosuke naturally faced Mizumachi, while Kanon went straight into Taipingyang.

American football teams actually have a lot of players, and substitutions are extremely frequent; sometimes, they even field two completely different lineups for offense and defense. Deimon consistently uses the same players for both offense and defense because they have no other options. While the Deep Sea Poseidon team doesn't have many strong players, they have a decent number of average players, enough to fill all the substitution slots. The "Takanami" trio were originally the core of the defensive lineup, but this time, Taira refused to be substituted, insisting on playing against Kanon. Ostensibly, it was because of their previous clashes, which created a rivalry with "Eyeshield 23," but in reality, with the facade shattered, he wanted to "strike while the iron is hot" and finish off Kanon in one fell swoop.

"You are... no, you won't tell." Hanon opened her mouth, wanting to ask Taihei why he wanted to kill her, but then she gave up. This guy was so good at pretending, he definitely wouldn't reveal the answer easily.

"Forget it, I'll arrest you and interrogate you slowly after I defeat you."

Taiping Yang sneered: "Can't killing you be my personal decision? Besides, are you so sure you can defeat me?"

"You really take advantage of my kindness. You're just a nobody who doesn't dare to show your face... Ugh..." Hanon shrugged, aggravating her internal injuries. The pain made her stop mocking. The blow she just received was too real. Even with Hanon's superhuman physical abilities, her internal injuries were severe, and she couldn't take it anymore.

"Hehehe, the legendary new king of the Kengan Association, Hanon, is nothing special!" Upon noticing Hanon's condition, Tairahiro revealed a smug grin: "The effect of my attack is probably only comparable to that of Kanou, the Fang of Metsudou, who inflicted the same level of damage on you, right? I wonder if I'm too strong, or if the Kengan Association is too weak~"

"That proves nothing!" Hanon retorted, "It only proves that you are more shameless than all the fighters in the Kengan Association!"

Hana was secretly adjusting her breathing. Her internal injuries had healed considerably, and her confidence had returned: "Come on, you bastard, let's see how long you can keep jumping around after you show your true colors!"

Author's Note: Is there a future in combining martial arts and combat sports? (In the tone of Stephen Chow in "Shaolin Soccer")

Wait a minute, it seems like "Shaolin Soccer" has already proven to be a promising project?

Emmm...

Section 289, Chapter 286: The Imposter

Despite her serious injuries, Kanon was confident that she would not lose to Taihei in front of her. The only thing she needed to worry about was how to subdue him without being discovered by the audience.

Noticing Hanon's rising momentum, Taihei chuckled: "You're the one who's injured, so why do I seem like the prey?"

Before Hanon could reply, the referee blew his whistle, and Jushin's attack began.

Mizumachi bumped into Koumi again, and the other players also took their positions and began to grapple with their opponents. Kanon naturally faced off against Taihei.

While seemingly grabbing Hanon's collar casually, Taira no Hiroshi's real target wasn't her clothes, but rather a direct punch aimed at Hanon's collarbone. Human collarbones are quite fragile, and damage to them can cause severe pain and weakness in the arm, making them a tricky yet effective target.

However, Taihei failed to succeed. His fist was precisely intercepted by Hanon as soon as it reached her. Taihei then raised his other fist, intending to strike Hanon's abdomen from below, but this time Hanon was even faster. Before Taihei's fist could be delivered, it was caught by Hanon.

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't it a bit too arrogant of you to use a striking technique in front of everyone?" The two clasped arms, and Hanon seemed to be in complete control, even having the energy to speak. On the other hand, Taihei Hiroshi was struggling quite a bit; his back and forehead were covered in sweat, and he couldn't budge Hanon's arm no matter how hard he tried.

"Damn it, you bitch, you have such strength..."

"Huh? You bitch?" Hana gasped. This seemed to be the harshest thing anyone had ever said to her since she transmigrated: "You're brave! But provocation comes at a price!"

Rito can use a finger razor, and Kanon can mimic the same move. This isn't because their fingers are sharper than others, but because the muscle strength in their fingertips far surpasses that of ordinary people. In other words, using a "razor" to cut an opponent is merely the optimal choice in the blink of an eye during combat; this finger strength has many more uses in everyday life. For example, rock climbing, one-finger Zen, tearing coins apart with your bare hands... and of course, tearing apart an opponent's muscles like a claw.

Hanon did just that. Enraged, she struck fiercely, her fingers digging into Taihei's forearm muscles like iron hooks, causing blood to gush out and Taihei to tremble in pain. However, the stadium was in chaos, and both players and spectators were focused on the ball, so no one noticed the commotion.

At this moment, Kanon and Taira were still in a grappling position. Kanon leaned closer to him and hissed, "Who are you? Why did you attack me? Tell me the truth, and I might spare your life and not break your arm!"

"I..." Because of the pain, the sweat on Taihei's body had turned into cold sweat. Hanon could even see the distorted expression under his mask. Just as he was about to speak, a sudden change occurred. Hanon suddenly realized that a new threat had appeared beside her. Several murderous auras attacked her from behind!

"Damn it! There are accomplices?" Hua Yin didn't expect that there would be other assassins on the field. Could it be that the entire Deep Sea God team is a hidden assassin group?

Without a second thought, Hanon quickly twisted her body to dodge, releasing Taihei with both hands. The guy immediately retreated, getting out of Hanon's attack range.

"Huh?" Just like when she misunderstood the Atlantic, when Kanon turned around, she only saw a few innocent high school students. They were just running around in an American football game, including Toba Shozo from the Deimon team. None of them were looking this way, let alone attacking Kanon.

"Ugh, I've been fooled again!" Hanon realized that this Taihei had the skill of releasing killing intent from different angles to mislead his opponents. As an assassin, this was indeed a convenient skill...

Hana's brows furrowed, but she was helpless. After creating distance, she had no suitable reason to get close to Taiping Yang again. She could only stare at him coldly and wait for the next opportunity.

While Kanon and Taihei were locked in a struggle, Mizumachi broke through Kosumi's blockade once again, creating a breakthrough opportunity for his teammates—the Kyojin team scored first!

"Damn it..." Severely injured, tricked by the assassin, and with her team losing points, Kanon's anger was reaching its peak. She secretly decided that at the start of the next round of offense and defense, she would immediately unleash Cosmic Illusion, while also preparing the follow-up moves of Disorder and Rhythmlessness, determined to take down this annoying guy!

Ran goose ...

"Ah, Taiping Yang, how did you get injured?" The deep team members noticed Taiping Yang's arm injury.

"Oh dear, I knew it! He probably got hurt when he went head-to-head with the striker earlier! But it doesn't matter, as long as it creates scoring opportunities for the team, hahaha."

"That won't do. Go down and bandage it up, stop the bleeding first."

"Okay, Master Jian, keep up the good work! I'll be back soon!"

This Taihei is quite the actor. He's clearly badly injured and afraid of Kanon, and desperately wants to leave, but he speaks so eloquently and enthusiastically that Kanon is completely confused: "Is this guy Taihei himself, or an assassin impersonating him?"

Logically speaking, Taihei Hiroshi was just a high school student in his teens. A teenager who hadn't practiced martial arts since childhood wouldn't be capable of seriously injuring Kanon, even with a sneak attack. Furthermore, ordinary martial artists would have difficulty deceiving Kanon's senses. Taihei Hiroshi's ability to create fake killing intent was clearly designed specifically for martial artists, and certainly not something a normal school-aged boy would possess. Therefore, Kanon suspected this was a stand-in impersonating Taihei Hiroshi. Although these words were spoken sincerely and seemed to genuinely belong to Taihei Hiroshi, after some thought, Kanon still believed Taihei Hiroshi was someone else in disguise—at least the one in front of her was.

"Damn it, if he escapes to the lounge, I might never see him again!" Seeing that Taihei had already reached the door, Hana panicked. She didn't know if Taihei would come back, or who would come back. In that instant, she decided to intercept Taihei, even if her identity was exposed.

"Don't—" Hana ran quickly toward Taihei, about to reach out and grab his back, while secretly preparing a dozen or so moves to deal with Taihei's possible counterattack and struggle. But before Taihei could react, a beam of red light shone from the stands and dazzled Hana's eyes.

"Ah!" Hana's vision blurred, and she paused in her steps. When she opened her eyes again, Taihei had already walked into the stadium and disappeared.

Having been successfully ambushed, misled, insulted, and escaped by the assassin Taihei, and even injured, Hanon felt exhausted and knelt on one knee, having to gasp for breath to catch her breath.

"He really did have accomplices." Grabbing a handful of dirt, Hanon was on the verge of exploding! But at this moment, she calmed down: "There were people providing backup in the stands, and assassins lurking in the arena. It seems I'm being targeted..."

Author's Note: The part at the end of yesterday's article might have caused some misunderstanding. Actually, the main purpose of this assassin was to apply a debuff to Hanon and also to help transition through the early stages of American football when the opponents are relatively weak. After all, it's quite boring to just crush everyone all the way through, isn't it?

Section 290, Chapter 287: Let's continue the competition.

In the parking lot outside the stadium, a man leaned against a car, idly waiting for his accomplice. He was playing with a laser pointer, tossing it back and forth.

"Thank you for earlier." A voice of thanks came from behind, and another man emerged from the shadows. He was tall and his face was covered in paint, a mess, but you could still vaguely make out that he was the giant who was over two meters tall, Taiping Yang.

The man playing with the laser pointer saw him and quickly threw him a towel: "You haven't completely removed your disguise makeup yet, wipe it off."

But "Pacific" let the towel fall to the ground without catching it. His gaze fell on his arms, and he said in an unfriendly tone, "Both of my arms are injured, and I can barely move them."

“I see…it was my oversight.” The man with the laser pointer nodded, understanding his companion’s situation: “Then let’s get in the car first.”

Once in the car, "Daipingyang" finally relaxed and sighed: "The new king of the Kengan Association... truly lives up to his reputation. If it were a head-on fight, I would probably be defeated in three to five moves."

"What?" The man with the laser pointer was a little skeptical: "Isn't your Kunlun School's secret technique of creating illusions supposed to be a master killer? The closer one is to the principles of martial arts, the more easily they can be misled..."

"Da Pingyang" shook his head vigorously: "It's not that magical. There are some people in the Kunlun Sect who know this move, but I've never heard of any of them becoming peerless experts. Although the pseudo-body can counter pre-reading, its effectiveness will be greatly reduced when facing a true master, once the principle is seen through. At most, it can only gain an advantage on the first attack. I was lucky enough to fool Ye Huayin twice because she lacked experience. If I encounter her again in the future, I will not dare to use this move again."

The man with the laser pointer was silent for a moment, then said helplessly, "The order from above is to kill or maim, or at least render Ye Huayin unable to move for a year. Now that she's on guard, and with the power of the Yingfeng family and the Kengan Association, it seems we can't achieve this goal... Never mind, let's go back to China first. Have you made arrangements for that brat you were impersonating?"

"Of course, I'm not new to this line of work." The assassin "Pacific Rim" patted his chest and assured him, "I've done everything I could to disguise myself, I've used the sleeping pills, even he can't explain why!"

The assassin's confidence was not unfounded; at this moment, the real Pacific Ocean had returned to the arena.