A muscular girl is presented to the passionate world of crossover anime.

Is that so? Perhaps, but battles aren't so absolute. Besides strength, timing and location also play a role...

As the snow fog dissipated, Hitomi, Kengo, and Takashi stood in shock beside the snow hut at the edge of the clearing, while in the center were only Hina and a few fallen giant trees.

Xiaochu regained some consciousness and looked around blankly. Was that person... pinned down by her?

The superpowered girl felt a pang of guilt. Was what she was doing wrong...? Could she have killed someone?

Just as the little girl began to feel a complex mix of emotions, including guilt, regret, fear, and sadness, the snow beneath her feet suddenly broke open, and a hand reached out from it.

It was naturally Hana's hand.

Several large trees did block the open space, but there was snow under the trees. The snow was fluffy, and even though it was compacted by the trees, it couldn't trap a strong person like Hanon.

In just a few seconds, Kanon dug a tunnel through the snow with her bare hands and found the spot where Hina was standing. As she reached out and pulled Hina's lower body down the snow, Kanon's upper body also broke through the snow and stood up in a punching motion.

In such a panicked state, Hina didn't have the energy to create a protective shield anymore, and in an instant, Kanon's fist was pressed against her face.

It wasn't until this close, hand-to-hand combat that Kanon, using the moonlight reflected off the snow, could see Hina's face clearly: "Ah! A little girl?"

Hanon is indeed a martial artist with "residual will," but she's also a soft-hearted "non-killer." If she had known beforehand that it was a little girl, Hanon would have used a less lethal move like the "chin trigger." But now, stimulated by the terrifying scene of the giant tree pressing down on her, she unleashed a super-heavy punch with "core explosion" and "attack-dissipation force"—it really could kill!

"No!" With a loud shout, Hanon forcibly stopped her attack just as her fist was about to touch Hina's face. The strong recoil almost made her vomit blood!

After this twist, Xiaochu came to her senses. A thick branch from the giant tree next to her snapped off with a "crack" and fell down, hitting Hanon on the head.

"Thump." Hana's eyes spun around, and she felt dizzy.

A battle needs more than just favorable timing and location; it also requires the right people! This is truly a chaotic and confused fight...

Author's Note: Finishing three minutes ahead of schedule was really difficult...

Section 723, Chapter 715: Flowers and Leaves Flutter, Butterflies Flutter Their Wings

"Ouch...it hurts..."

Huayin slowly awoke, feeling herself being pulled away from the snow by several middle school students. Huayin weighed 130 to 140 pounds, and the students struggled to move her, making her feel quite uncomfortable due to the force of their movements.

On the top of Hanon's head, in the vortex area, a big bump had appeared.

"Miss Hanon, you're awake!" Hitomi was overjoyed. Hanon was alright, and her arrival meant that rescue couldn't be far away. It was a double blessing! Hitomi even shed a few tears!

"What am I doing..."

"Oh no! This older sister has lost her memory after being hit!" "It's all because Hina hit too hard, now there's no way to rescue her." The two male students next to them, Kengo and Takashi, started to make up their bizarre imaginations again.

"Who was that 'ghost' just now?" Without time to argue with the little boy, Hanon asked Kotomi directly.

Hitomi honestly replied, "That's our classmate, Hina Nitta. She... has superpowers. We just found out about it. Hina was trying to prove to me that she has superpowers, but I think she was misunderstood by Kanon-san."

"Superpowers..."

Just now, Kanon had exhausted herself from pulling away with all her might, and then she was hit in a vital spot by the thick tree branch controlled by Kohina, and immediately passed out. How many seconds? Five seconds? Ten seconds? More than that, maybe half a minute.

If it were a fighting match, Kanon would have already lost.

The emotional blow was far more severe than the physical injury. Hana sighed, brushed aside the hands of the middle school students, crawled out of the snow, and lay down on her back on the large tree that Hina had just knocked down, her mind a complete mess.

In fact, Kanon had once held the upper hand in the battle; if she hadn't held back with her final punch, Hina would have been certain to die. However, Kanon's focus wasn't on that, but rather on the existence of supernatural power and that unparalleled power of law.

Since her rebirth, Kanon has been invincible in various tournaments, but she has also been at a disadvantage in competitions. For example, when she first started learning martial arts, she was thrown around by Grandma Mifune, and she was beaten badly when she was being taught and practiced by Uncle Kuroki. She also had an extreme fight against Yujiro Hanma in the Tokyo Dome underground fighting arena. Some of these past battles caused Kanon to lose more thoroughly than today, and some of them caused her to be injured much more severely than today. But the essence of those battles was still the exchange and competition between ordinary humans, which is different from now...

It's very different!

Recalling the battle just now, Hanon's mind was filled with a terrifying sense of oppression. The tension of being seen or caught meant certain death, and the inescapable, unquestionable pressure of the power of the laws made Hanon tremble involuntarily.

In the past, she possessed a talent for muscle manipulation, which was almost a superpower. It didn't matter if she wasn't as good as Grandma Mifune, Gensai Kuroki, or Yujiro Hanma, because Kanon knew that everything was within the framework of martial arts, and within this framework, she could improve faster than them. Even if she couldn't beat them then, she would always have a chance to turn the tables in the future as long as she kept training.

This time it's different. A near-superpower has met a real superpower. The waters of this new world have become even deeper. Even if she can defeat Hina, who knows if a "big Hina" will appear in the future? Superpowers have no blind spots, and all of Kanon's efforts are in vain.

Kanon initially had a good mindset, treating fighting and sports as hobbies, but she wasn't without ambition. For the past two years, martial arts training and combat had been the focus of her life. Just like the words she confided to Mihono before participating in the Kengan Tournament's deadly elimination rounds, once Kanon realized she possessed talent, she didn't want to waste this gift. She wanted to strive for excellence, relentlessly improve herself, and become the "strongest."

However, with the sudden emergence of superpowers and the previous ghosts, it seems that the world's established rules have become loosened. Does this mean that hard work is useless, and even the strongest martial artist cannot withstand a superpowered girl's casual pinch? Will a low-level physical warrior ultimately be no match for a high-level magical mage?

Lying on her back on the giant tree, gazing at the deep starry sky, Hanon felt confused about her second life, her little head full of big question marks... Sigh.

But Kanon is, after all, a positive and energetic young woman with abundant martial virtues, already possessing the demeanor of a grandmaster. She's the only high school student present; the rest are all middle schoolers. She can't afford to collapse first!

Leaping to her feet, Hanon mustered her spirits and said to lighten the mood, "Superpowered girl... I, Hanon, am willing to call you the strongest."

"Hmm?" Hanon blinked. Where's Hina?

“Um, if you’re looking for Hina…” Kotomi smiled wryly and pointed to the snow house in the distance, where Hina was lying: “After you fainted, Miss Kanon, she fainted too… because she was hungry.”

Pfft, so it wasn't just Kanon who lost, it was a lose-lose situation. Kanon thought for a long time, tried to pull herself together, but it was all just talking to thin air...

Okay, at least superpowers require a lot of energy, have amazing explosive power, but lack stamina, so they're not without weaknesses, are they? Just like Batman can take down superpowered people if he finds the right opportunity, anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

The sky cleared, the snow stopped, and Hanon felt confident again... This is a normal psychological curve for humans. After being hit hard, one will inevitably feel particularly disappointed at first, but as time goes by and more information is gathered, one's mind will adjust towards objectivity and confidence.

"Um, I have some food in my backpack. Although it was crushed by the little chick, we can still salvage some. You can have a bite first." With a calm mindset, Hana made the arrangements: "I sent the location to the rescue team when I came here. Even though the GPS is broken, I believe they can still find us."

Kanon was right. Under Uncle Kato's command, the rescue team never stopped searching on the ground. With GPS positioning, they quickly found everyone. At that time, Hina hadn't even finished her snacks and was rummaging through Kanon's backpack...

The junior high school students were all loyal and didn't tell anyone that Hina had superpowers—of course, even if they did, no one would necessarily believe them, and besides, they heard that Hina's "father" was a rather ruthless yakuza, so Kengo and Takashi probably wouldn't dare to say it easily!

When she returned to camp with the rescue team, Kanon's mood improved even more. She had experienced a rollercoaster of emotions, from initial frustration and confusion to realizing that superpowers weren't without weaknesses and could be used against her, and finally, she was brimming with confidence.

If there were no more wonders in this world, then Huayin would have achieved the life of being the best in the world in martial arts, having a net worth of trillions, and being young, beautiful, with girls and friends in just two or three years. Wouldn't the remaining decades or even hundreds of years of her life be very boring?

From this perspective, having something mysterious and unknown to pursue is actually a great blessing in life.

Before leaving, Huayin knocked hard on a passing tree, making it sway: "Being the world's number one martial artist is just a small goal. Since superpowers and ghosts exist in this world, there are probably many mysteries to explore. No, I am a transmigrator myself, which is already strange, isn't it! I feel like I have a new goal in life!"

Speaking of the mysterious, the world is vast and wondrous, filled with inexplicable and complex connections. A butterfly flapping its wings in the East can cause a storm in the West; the shockwave from Hanon's punch to a tree in Hokkaido travels along the earth's crust, reaching the sea and the open ocean…

A small flower trembled slightly, shaking a praying mantis off a leaf. Before the mantis even hit the ground, it was snatched away by a gliding falcon. Because of its greed, the bird missed its companion. Confused, it rested on the tree. The treetop trembled, and a dry branch fell. The vibration of the branch spread to the ground—this was the final vibration. After millions of years of accumulation, the rock layers deep underground finally broke open, revealing a bright salt wall inside.

This is a nuclear waste processing center in Colorado, USA. A group of workers have started construction for an expansion project, and if all goes well, they will be able to dig out a corner of the rock salt layer before spring.

Author's Note: Although this chapter is a bit late again, the skin is almost here.

Of course, superpowers and mysticism are just one part of enriching the setting in this book. Kanon won't actually become Laura or Malaka, at least not hundreds of thousands of words about that aspect... probably. Like I said before, when superpowers officially appear, this book will be nearing its end. I don't know if it can make it past June, maybe the end of June, maybe the beginning of July. Well, at least on the bright side, everyone should know that I conceived the ending of this book a long time ago, so it won't be a rushed and unsatisfactory conclusion.

Section 724, Chapter 716: There is a person from the future.

Hanon spent a bittersweet winter night in Hokkaido.

Akemi, Hibiki, and Ayaka spent a wonderful holiday in Kyoto.

Gina is special. Not only did she travel around with the group of fitness girls, but she also did several cosplay shows with Rimi-sensei and took a lot of beautiful photos. It couldn't be more amazing for Gina, who dreams of becoming an idol.

As for Ms. Rimi, her temple visit with Ms. Mana was a complete disaster, but the last two days of the trip went relatively smoothly.

The most reliable one was Teacher Wu. She went back to her hometown, Wuzhili, and spent a few days with the Wu family's patriarch, a parenting enthusiast, which moved the old man to tears.

Everyone had a perfect holiday... just kidding.

"Hey, Hanon came to the gym today! It's been so long since she came back from her study abroad trip, even after the New Year, and she's only come two or three times, and each time she only does cardio."

“She’s been absent before, but this time she clearly doesn’t seem happy… no, I’d say she’s lacking motivation.”

"Yeah, it's so rare to see Kanon so lacking in energy. Nobody's here to complain with me anymore!"

"I heard she was safe and sound in Hokkaido and rescued her friend, so why does she still look so bitter and resentful?"

"It shouldn't be related to that, maybe it's just my period..."

"I said it was possession by an evil spirit."

"Want to guess? I guess it's because of love troubles."

The fitness girls were whispering among themselves. It wasn't that they were gossipy; they had all asked Kanon the reason before, but Kanon had just smiled and declined. They had no choice but to speculate.

"In short, let's observe further and not provoke Hanon before we understand the cause and effect..." That's the conclusion everyone came to.

"Kane, someone's looking for you!" Coach Machi walked over and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Oops—I forgot to tell Coach Machi!" "Miscalculation, that guy who's always smiling."

The fitness girls collectively facepalmed; they had just agreed not to disturb Kanon.

When Hanon saw who it was, her expression was even more shocked than theirs: "It's you?"

The person who came to see Hanon was an acquaintance, the head instructor of the Japanese Paolinji Kung Fu, Jikai-o.

Kanon wasn't surprised to run into Jikai-ou in Japan; what surprised her was why Jikai-ou had come to Mr. Shirogane's gym looking for her, and why he seemed so anxious.

"Well, after the Grand Tournament, I heard you went to Shaolin Temple to visit ancient sites. I didn't expect to see you again so soon," Hua Yin said.

The Silent Sea King's expression turned solemn: "That is precisely why I have come."

"Ah, there's no rush. Let's not disturb others in the gym." Hana pointed to the side: "Let's talk at a bar."

Mr. Silver's gym has a bar inside, but it doesn't serve alcoholic beverages, only drinks made with protein powder, which is quite unconventional. On weekdays, the bartenders, including Coach Jiexiong, and a bunch of random muscular guys volunteer to act as bartenders, making it practically a muscle cosplay event—it's utterly bizarre.

But there are advantages too. This place is usually not crowded. The most common sight is Coach Jie Xiong coming here to drink protein powder alone. When he is teaching outside, he usually doesn't see anyone, making it a good place to talk business.

As soon as the two sat down, King Ji Hai frowned and said, "Emperor Ye Hai, I'm here to deliver a message from the Martial Arts Department."

"Huh? Passing on a message?" Hanon was taken aback. Although Jikai-ou had the title of "Sea King", he was still a member of a Japanese martial arts school and didn't have such close ties with the Chinese Martial Arts Province. How did he become a messenger?

"Yes, pass on the message. The Chinese martial arts province... does not have your contact information."

Hanon sighed, realizing it was indeed her oversight. After the Grand Tournament, she went straight back to Japan without leaving any contact information. Although "Sea Emperor" was just a title and not someone the Martial Arts Department had the authority to command, it was actually "Sea Emperor" who could order the Martial Arts Department around. But as the spiritual leader of the Martial Arts Department, it was still inappropriate for the department to rely on acquaintances to contact Hanon for important matters.

It seems I need to find time to go back to China again and arrange things in the Martial Arts Province... I'll let Xiaotong, who is capable, do more work and help me manage the Martial Arts Province.

Well, that sounds like she's being lazy, and Kanon really is thinking about slacking off. Actually, her recent low spirits are due to the appearance of the superpowered girl, Hina, which has left her unsure of her future direction. Her mood fluctuates wildly; sometimes she thinks about simply being a "mortal" and enjoying life, sometimes she considers investing in mystical research to explore the truth of the world, and sometimes her interest has returned to martial arts training, where she's been honing her skills even more diligently than before... In short, it's still the same mixed feeling from that night that continues to this day.