Nova Barthélémon. ......

　Quietly, but pregnant with great anger, there was a woman biting down on her back teeth just in time.

　It was Yukari.

　She was secretly hoping. That General, the "strongest of mankind," would be able to entertain the Second, she thought.


　She felt betrayed.

　I had no idea that she was such a despicable woman. You can't help but think that you are a fool for expecting ...... and hearing that sudden declaration.

　It's not just a matter of time before you're ready to go.


It's a good idea. I can understand Yukari-sama's anger, but ...... I agree with her.
Convinced?

　When Champagne, who was watching Yukari's situation from behind, muttered, Elle, who was sitting next to her, reacted.

''Yes. You know the alias of the Nova Fighting God (...), right?
...... ah, ......

　Elle notices something when she hears that it's an alias, and for the first time, she gives him a look that says "it makes sense".

　What is Nova Valtelemon called behind the scenes?

　It's--


"The Virgin for life!"　It has a nice ring to it~


　Cosmos spoke up without hesitation.

　All of the servants who heard it all looked at each other with a look of "Oh dear", however, they also gained that the Nova Fighting God was exactly who he said he was.


　According to ...... she "must be a stronger man than I am to be with her".


　And everyone who heard the rumor couldn't help but think: "She's definitely a virgin for life. She will definitely be a virgin for life.

　The reason is that there is no one in the world who can beat her.

　She was so overwhelming that I couldn't help but think so.

　In fact, until now, at the age of twenty-six, she was completely undefeated. She had won all her matches by a wide margin.

　Hence, she is a lifelong virgin, and people talk about it as an honor.


　However, that was six months ago.

　There was only one man who might fit that bill.

　Yes, that's what people call the number one man in the world - the number one man in the world.



　　* * * *.



"Second First test!　I've missed you!

　Standing in the arena, with her arms outstretched, was the current head of the Tōshin'i group, a woman a little shorter than I was, with big, explosive breasts and long, reddish-black hair.

　She's a little shorter than I am in height, a big woman with big, explosive breasts, long red-black hair, and a cozy, beautiful, explosive, abdominal muscle-busting beauty.

　She gives me a hot look and shows me her teeth, which are sharp enough to bite off the bones of a small animal, and says, "Kuh-haha! And he's laughing vigorously.


　What's that ...... strange feeling of deja vu?

　Wait. What did you say her name was? Didn't she say her name was Barthelémon, that lieutenant colonel?

　...... No, no way. Well, let's just say hello.


"Nice to meet you, God of War. Nice to meet you, but I don't remember you.
'So be it. After all, I've been thinking about you one way or another.
Yeah, yeah.
'You're the one who deserves my son-in-law!　It just seems that way to me.
...... Oh, yeah.

　That's for sure. A bad ass.


But that's only if you can fight the good fight against me.

"Huh?

"Listen, Second. You must be stronger than me to trust me with your life. Undefeated and undefeated, the greatest of all mankind, the God of War is this Nova Barthélémon. I suggest you remember that.

"............ hoo-hoo.


　Is this a fight? Or is he being serious?

　Either way, you're out.


You've never lost a fight.

Of course. Hence, I'm here.

I guess we should celebrate.

"--


　For a moment, Nova's body cowered.

　Why did she cower?　I don't know. But she was definitely on to something.


"...... Amazing. This is the real thing. I guess I'll have to learn a thing or two.
Is it real?
Spirit. What do you have on your shoulders?　What do you have to take on to be that way?　You just look so big to me.
Spirited. ...... I see.

　I hadn't even thought about it.

　However, it was still the case in Mevion that the opponent looked bigger.

　The idea that if you lose by what you carry, you look bigger, you have a point.

　There is a "battle that you can never lose" for everyone.

　It's a fight with your life on the line. The spirit of that fight is unbelievably big and heavy.

　It's all about how much you want to win.


'You said you'd take me as your son-in-law if you beat me.
I said, "You don't like ......?
No. So what if you lose?
Of course I'll marry her. I don't care if you are a slave. You can boil her, roast her, do whatever you want with her.

　Roughly ...... and the crowd suddenly became noisy.

　I looked at the contestants' table and saw Commander Davidoff's shouting face, like a famous painting.

　'So, you're going to bet everything you've built up, everything you've built up, everything you've got, on this?


Maybe that's the difference.
What?

　Nova gives me a look that says she doesn't understand.

　She has been a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and, to top it all off, a slave. Sure, it would be a once-in-a-lifetime match for her.

　But it's not. It's much, much simpler than that.


"I'm sorry, but I bet you nothing. There's nothing that hurts more than losing.

......!!!


　I'm in the game of my life, one fight at a time. It's about being number one in the world.

　It doesn't matter what kind of grit, or how much weight I've got. You just have to win. You're going to lose, and it's over. Even death can seem like a lukewarm thing, the pain of burning through your whole body slowly and gradually starts to hit you that night. From the moment you lose, you spend your life in fear of the pain, wallow in it, and endure it in silence until the next time you win, a pain that will never heal. There is no escaping this pain. If you run away, the pain will stay with you forever. There is no other way to be saved from the pain except to fight and win again.

　...... Hey. You know how many times I've lost, yeah?　I can't tell you how many times I've felt more pain than death. Hey.


"I'll take a gamble. If I lose, slave or not, you can have me all you want. But when you lose, you offer me ...... and that's your 'loss'. And you're going to give me a loss that's going to stay with me forever.

...... kuh-ha!　Kuh-ha-ha!　You're a funny guy after all!　Fine, you can have it!


　That's settled.



Bow to each other!　Ready!

　At the call of the judges, they take their positions.

　A moment later, the noise fades away.
　I can feel myself getting immersed in it.

　...... In the unlikely event that the billionth, my blasted prediction (・・・・・・・) is correct, she's a hell of a lot stronger.

　Oh please, please stay on target.
　I just hope I'm right now.


"--start!

　A signal to start.

　I immediately tried the Dragon Horse Body Technique.
　Nova did the same with the Dragon Horse Body Technique.

　We closed the distance between us with dashing punches, and right before the punches, we canceled our skills and immediately activated the Silver General Body Technique.

　With the exact same motions, they clashed their fists with each other from the exact same direction.


''Kuhahaha!''

　An altercation occurred, and the partition was resumed with both sides closing in on each other.

　Nova laughed as if she couldn't stand it.

　Not yet, I still don't understand. But if you take her skills alone, she is exactly - ranker level.


''So that's how it comes!

　When I prepared the 《Infantry Body Technique》 and immediately activated it, Nova laughed as she said happily.

　She performed the "Incense Body Technique" a beat later. It was a sharp foot technique.

　There are three options here. Either clash with each other and connect to the next move, or cut back while ducking the incense car from the infantry cancellation, or go to hit the infantry while ducking the incense car.

　The best thing to do is to cancel the infantry, but to compete with her, it's appropriate to bump into each other. She must have felt the same way.

''Come on!''

　There you go. You're invited.


　So what happens now?

　The difference in power between the Infantry Body Technique and the Incense Body Technique isn't that great. Therefore, if they clash, they'll both get a little bit of a kick out of each other, and we'll have to start all over again.


　But if my prediction is correct...


'Huh!'



　--I'm going to get blown up.


Oh, my God!

　I was flung backwards about five meters and I just barely managed to hold on without falling down.

　Nova, who had swung her legs out of the way, saw me and didn't dare to chase after me.

　...... shrewd. I cancel the "flying body technique" that I had begun preparing for while being quietly sent flying and open my mouth.


''I knew it,''

　I can't help but smile.

'What's so funny?'

　Oh, I'm sorry. It's for my own good.
　I just want to laugh at this stuff.


"You have the blood of Nevad Barthélémon in you?

"!　You know your grandfather (...)?

Yeah, I know. Yeah, I know.


　Nevad Barthélémon--also known as Old Man Physical. He is an NPC who is said to be the strongest character in the game when it comes to 【Body Technique】.

　He looks like a raggedy old man who looks like a hermit, but his status is outrageous. Many players have suffered from the old man's formidable strength.

　In Mevion, he is a stragglers' sorcerer who has defected from the Kingdom of Castal, where Bawel became king, because he couldn't put his faith in it, and is wandering the lands to find a master to serve. I believe the storyline was something like this: the player comes to him and joins him in a battle to bring him into the upcoming war with the Marvel Empire.

　The battle with Nevad was so difficult that it was even referred to as a "losing event". Nevad's status was close to that of the world's rankers at the time, and his behavioral patterns were so varied that it seemed like he was being harassed, and he was said to be many times more troublesome than those of other A-class bosses.


　I didn't expect such an NPC to have any descendants.

　And moreover, that their status was inherited (...)!

　No, it wouldn't be a simple status inherited. Yes, in other words, Nevad's "strange growth type unique to NPCs" may have been inherited. That growth type could be a super body-specialized type. Hence, my granddaughter Nova must have specialised in [body arts] to this extent.

　This was my crazy prediction.

''Your parents were strong too, right?''
Of course. Valthelemon is of the fighting gods.
I know.

　See, that's what I'm talking about, isn't it?　I have a feeling.


Don't talk too much.
Yeah, sorry, I'm just curious.

　Well, let's get back to clearing things up.


　Nova. You must be a genius, too. I sense a certain talent and a skill to match. In addition, your status is also very impressive. I'm sure you're also very intelligent. You can clearly sense his intelligence in his conversations. I also liked his exuberance, his boldness, his confidence and spirit, and the humor he displayed.

　I have no complaints about it. I'd be punished if I said anything more extravagant.


What's the matter with you?　If you don't come to me, then I'll--



　Sorry about that .............


　How many months has it been? More than a year has passed.

　It's a blood-curdling game.

　I can't stand it anymore.






　Instantly, she was raptured.

　That gasp of Nova's breath, that gush of sweat all at once, the instantaneous clenched fist, the erratic breathing, even the sound of her bouncing heart, played a slow, solemn music in my ears.

　I breathed in with my chest full of air and enjoyed the nostalgic aroma.

　It's a blissful moment, as if one second feels like ten seconds or a hundred.


　I'm ready.

　Now, Atsushi and I are ready to see...


　-- "Seven Systems　


!

　First of all, he closed the gap between the two.

　Realizing that this was not the time to cower, Nova reacted immediately.

　No good, he's 0.3 seconds late.

　But this isn't the kind of opponent who would leave that as a weakness.

　It looks like she's going to take advantage of the initial delay and aim for a spinning kick of the 《Kakuyo Body Technique》 while retreating.

　Then let me dare to break it down there.

''U......!''

　The first move, Gui Ma Body Jutsu, was cancelled immediately after it was activated, and connected to the Incense Body Jutsu, using Gui Ma's initial speed to kick up.

　In the second move, Nova crossed his arms with the "Golden General Body Technique" from the corner line cancellation to try to win the defense.

　Third move, I dare the kick to miss sideways while turning my back to spin around and start preparing for the Dragon Horse Body Technique.

　Fourth move, the alerted Nova tries to crush me with the Infantry Body Technique after the Golden General cancellation.

　In the fifth move, I canceled the Dragon Horse Body Technique after 0.02 seconds and switched to the Infantry Body Technique, but I was the first to complete my preparations.


''Ugh, ......!

　Five pairs of hands, my "Infantry Body Art" was thrust into Nova's abdomen.

　Next, I looked directly at the "Infantry Body Technique" struck by Nova and ducked, while preparing the "Gui Ma Body Technique" and launching it at zero distance.

''---!

　A flying kick lands to Nova's throat. He kicks away as hard as he can as he pushes off.

　Now he's down.


Let's connect.

　He refuses to say a word and connects with the combo.

　He pushes forward and tackles Nova in a kneeling stance with the Golden General Body Technique, then hits him with the Infantry Body Technique while pushing him into a corner for more damage, then brushes off his feet with the Incense Body Technique, floats him with the Samaso of the Angular Body Technique, and then blows him away by slamming his fist into Nova's face as he falls with the Silver General Body Technique.

　Completely down. Nova was stretched out on the floor.


　Not yet. This is not an opponent to give up after this.

　I carefully built up my Flying Body Technique to the very limit and fired at Nova, who had just recovered from being down, with maximum power.

''Kuh-uh!

　Nova shows a big smile while splattering blood antipathy and activates the skill at the same time.

　《Infantry Body Technique】...... i.e., the same system of skills as the flying car, at the same speed and direction, and at the same time.


''--Nah!

　I know you'll be the last one to go. That you're going to be the last one to try to offset.

　Putting your opponent in a situation where they have no choice but to do this is what the Seven System is all about. And then, all you have to do is prepare a decisive move there.

　I spun around three times to duck from the flying car cancellation to the outside of Nova's swinging arm.


　She should have a hunch. She said that the spinning kick of the 《Kakuyo Body Technique》 is coming.

　She triggered the infantry, ducked, and decided to kick it. How brilliant.

　The next move, Nova is taking a gamble. No, she has no choice but to take the bet.

　There is no choice but to counteract my spinning kick with a kick from the "incense body technique".

　However, the attack coming from an opponent who is in the midst of spinning at this last minute and right now, I can offset the attack by spinning and kicking myself as well, a super advanced technique that even the world rankers are blue.

　However, infantry to infantry can't make it in time because they can't connect their combos well. Guillermo also can't make it in time. The same goes for the Silver General. Anything more than the Gold General was out of the question.

　That's right, the only means left is the incense car.


"Kuh!

　And she took a gamble.

　She predicted the moment I would unleash my attack and activated the Incense Body Technique at the perfect moment.


　...... the best. The best timing imaginable, the best speed, the best direction, and the best kicking.

　Brilliant. It's a tremendous sense. I didn't think he'd succeed in offsetting this high degree of difficulty in an impromptu fight.



　Lose, right?




　............ If my attack was an angular body technique.



The ......f......?


　Nova's kick went straight over my head.

　Instead, my fist (...) hits her in the abdomen with a critical hit.


''...... uu, back, fist ...... or ......!


　Yes, what I had prepared was the Silver General Body Technique. Instead of using it as a punch, I used it as a back fist (...). This kind of usage is also possible.

　When you betray your expectations, just a little bit is enough. It's okay if it's only an error, maybe. I think the most important thing is how to use it.


　There's still a lot of interesting stuff going on.
　I can teach you, and you can teach me.

　And I want you to show me how to use it.
　Now that the world is finally connected.


Nova.

　Just before she faints (stuns), I say the words I've been meaning to tell her.

　It's a memorial. I, of all people, have to give her a piece of my mind right here and now.


Congratulations.

　Welcome to the world.



...... ku, ha ......


　I don't know if she got the truth or not.

　But, in her own way, she must have understood. Finally, she laughed with a refreshed face.



'--That's it!　Winner, second first test!

　Seven crowns.