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Suoh and Blaire watched in silence at the scene before them. Suoh had known of Russell dying in the fight, but after him doing a lot of impossible things she believed that he was invincible but reality can be cruel. No matter how strong you become, someone else will always be on top of you. 

"Oi... don't fuck with me... This isn't funny! I refuse to believe this is how you go down. We still got a score to settle so get up and fight!" Ohma yelled.  

"That's  -" The referee was about to stop the match until stopping mid-sentence when he saw Raian glaring at him.

"Finish this game and I'll rip you limb from limb! Got it little piggy!?" Raian said while looking at the defeated form of his opponent. Whenever he let his guard down this guy got up with something that could match him. 

"I have to hand it to you, pal. This is the most fun I've had since we last fought. I mean it. So get up! I'll kill you with everything I got as respect for making this more enjoyable for me."  He said and approached him.

"Russell, get up! Get up!" Blaire said. "Please, I'm begging you, get up!" She said. No matter how short it was, Russell was the first person she had grown fond of.  

"The first time we met I thought I was stupid for trusting a stranger the fate of my father's company but..." Suoh said recalling every match. "You proved me wrong, you showed me there was hope in saving my company. Pulling crazy stunts and come out in one piece and kept on winning, no matter how impossible it was. So please... STAND UP!" Her pleas however were unheard. Despair was upon them.

Russell however was still awake though he lost his hearing he still could tell that Suoh and Blaire were cheering for him. However, his mind was preoccupied with something else. "Shit, this hurts! This is a deep pain." He thought before feeling one of his organs somehow erupting. "Oh, cool, it's getting worse." He muttered in sarcasm. 

 "Well now, I was expecting it to be Ohma, but I was not expecting to see you kid." He heard a familiar voice, one who was already dead. Oh Great, he was now hallucinating, what's next? Yujiro wearing polka dots clothing?

"Hey, that stings, you know," Niko said with a grin. "Though if you're wondering why I'm here, that weird ring of yours somehow acted on its own and took a piece of Tokita Niko's soul. So I'm more a remnant of Tokita Niko."  

 What the hell can his weapons do that he hadn't discovered yet? "If you've been living inside, why haven't you contacted me?" Russell asked. "I tried, but nothing worked until now." Niko immediately took on a serious look. "So you used a dangerous move... what do you call it? Oh yeah, Limitless Demon. You already knew what would happen, and you still did it. For someone who keeps telling a knucklehead not to do dangerous moves your not setting an excellent example." Niko said. 

"Well, hate to disappoint you, but in case you haven't noticed, my attacks are not doing anything!" He said in frustration. "Is that what you think? You moron...  Then why didn't you use your other skills like the first match? You already copied a lot of things, so why aren't you using it?" Niko asked. "If you don't plan using it, why are you even fighting here in the first place?" 

Russell blinked, why did he bother using Limitless Demon when he knew the price. It was powerful, but he knew the power was something he couldn't control yet, but he could direct it to a target. "Stupid, stupid, stupid... You stupid idiot!" He growled to himself. He had every advantage from the very start. He had copied powerful techniques, even those that are unique only to the fighters. While it was not top-notch he still could have won, but no, he wanted to brawl. 

Russell groaned as he twitched. It was small, but Raian had noticed it. Soon everyone erupted in cheers as they saw Russell was slowly getting up.

"Get up!!!" Ohma yelled as he watched his friend stand. Katsumi, Doppo, Retsu, and Shibukawa grinned as they watched the fight.  Raian grinned as he watched his rival struggling to get up.  

"Thanks, Niko..."  Russell muttered while finally getting his breathing back. Niko chuckled while placing patting his student's back. "What are you talking about? All I did was just talk. Anyway, stop panicking over the small tough, you're already strong, so chill out. It's holding you back. The match would have settled by now with you as the victor." 

"I-" Russell was about to say something, but Niko immediately buts in. "No need to apologize you just have a nasty habit of making stupid decisions whenever you can't handle the stress, you're good at covering it up though," Niko said while smiling. Russell chuckled, but his master was right.  When Suoh's life was on the line, he wanted the fight to be over as quickly as he could so he could come up with a plan to save her except in his haste it only ended in him making stupid decisions and hid it under a calm and even cocky facade. "Now show everyone what you're made of and give this kid the ass-kicking he needs with YOUR Niko style." With that, Niko's remnant vanished. "Later kid, it was nice seeing you."

"He's up, he's up! Russell is back on his feet." Sayaka said. Jerry dropped his jaws as he noticed something. "Holy shit! I don't believe it." He yelled.

When Russell finally stood up everyone flinched a bit as they saw just how messed up his body was. "Observe... Let's see... broken bones, internal bleeding, vision impairment, hearing loss, messed up organs, at least my guts aren't hanging out. Yeesh, I did it this time..." He muttered while using Observe on his body. Checking his health bar, it was already down to the red zone. Using Healer one last time, his health bar went back to the yellow zone. "Okay, not much, but I got my hearing and vision back. I healed most of my organs up so I should be able to use Limitless if things go south again."

Looking towards Raian, he quickly checks him out before shutting off his Observe. "Shit looks like Raian still has enough juice to keep up that form." He thought. "Any last words?" Raian asked while grinning. 

Russell grinned. "Okay, focus on the fight I have plenty of time to think of something to make sure Suoh is safe later." Russell thought. 

Raian roared as he charged towards him with his strongest blow that would kill his prey.  Russell grinned as he steps in and began punching Raian at all angles while moving. "This trick again? You don't learn, do you?" Raian growled before predicting Russell's position again and threw a punch.

The audience gasped when Russell seemed to phase through the punch and before they knew it Raian went flying to a wall. "Who said I was doing the same trick? Get your ass up!" Russell said with a grin before getting into a fighting stance and rushes towards his opponent.  

"His character completely changed." The spectators thought. "No, it's more like his..." Kuroki Gensai thought before his eyes widened in disbelief.   

"Looks like he calmed himself down. Welcome back, moron." Ohma thought. At first, he thought it was the training that had affected his friend's fighting capability until he remembered Russell's fatal flaw.  Whatever it was, it set him off and made him choose the wrong strategies to finish it. 

Raian growled before rushing towards his opponent.  Both fighters met and Raian threw the first punch only for Russell to move his head away and counters it with a jab. The audience drop their jaws while covering their ears when they saw Raian went flying.

Meanwhile, in the audience, everyone was going wild as they saw Russell was now keeping up with Raian once more. "That was... Blast Core."  Wakatsuki Takeshi yelled. He never used it on the first stage, so how did he copy it. There was no way he could have seen him training once. "Still, the height difference between them was in Raian's favor, so he had the range advantage. For Russell's punch to land, he had to risk himself being inside Raian's range." He muttered while watching the fight.

"Imai, did you see it?" Nishihonji Akira asked. "Yeah... I don't how to say this, but did his arm stretched out?" Imai Cosmo asked in confusion.  "No, I saw it too. His arm extended when he countered Raian's punch," Adam muttered.

"So his joints are just as flexible as mine..." Yohei Bando muttered in his cell while watching the fight. "He dislocates the joints as soon as he throws the punch, therefore increasing its reach." He had recognized it. But while Russell can extend his Joints, it seems he could only do it in certain motions of attacks.  

"Looks like his training paid off. That jab differed completely from the last match." Doppo said. "He combined sunkei and Mach fist and created a whole new technique." Retsu thought. "He always complained about its weaknesses," Katsumi said while grinning grinned happy that his student was up and achieved something new. Shibukawa was taking notes on his student's techniques.

Russell knew that for Mach fist and Sunkei to be effective it involved being rooted on the ground, however, what happens when your enemy is moving or capable of overpowering it. Hence he took the mechanics of both and reconstructed it. By compressing all of his muscles to a single point in the center of his body and then unleashing it with fluidity, he could practically use it even when he is moving.

"Damn it! I couldn't see it..." Raian growled and rushed towards his opponent after getting struck once more. Throwing a powerful strike, he saw his opponent and dodged, but this time his opponent redirected it and countered with an elbow. Raian grunted before throwing a kick however Russell saw this coming and quickly uses Aiki which sent the Kure off balance before using the Jet stream kata, rapidly punches him on the solar plexus, and finished it by kicking him to the face. 

Raian growled as he tries to get up, but only receives a kick to his nuts before feeling his head was being grabbed. Russell immediately smashes his head on the ground with Vector Kata. His eyes widen as his opponent launches a surprise uppercut.

The audience flinched when they saw Russell getting hit until the image vanished. "Now his using Zone!" Cosmo yelled.  "Russell Redgrave... it seems he is still growing." Kanoh Agito thought. 

As soon as Raian threw the uppercut Russell immediately went on Raian's shoulder with the head locked in his legs before spinning.  His opponent however acted quickly and immediately changed his footing to stop the technique, but this was what Russell expected. "I'll take this." He thought as he immediately grabs Raian's outstretched arm and pulled.  

Raian immediately lost his balance and forced to a prone position While Russell grips the same arm like an armlock.

"He used the spinning Lotus to make an opening!" Katsumi yelled. "No, the boy was about to perform the Spinning Lotus but switched tactics as soon as Raian stopped him from using it,"  Retsu said. "He even used Aiki and his Jet stream Kata to counter the attacks," Shibukawa noted. He had refused to take Russell as a student until he showed him his water kata and said he wanted to change it. As a martial artist, he was curious about what it could become, hence he took him in.

"Oh my, this is interesting," Rino said while watching with Rei grumbling that Rino was looking at another man.

 Raian grunted as he felt his arm cracking, but while this was happening his mind was on another matter. "Your thinking 'What the hell is with this guy? His moves and rhythm differ completely from before.' right?" Russell said while holding his arm.

"What the hell is with this guy? His moves and rhythm differs completely from before." Raian thought and before blinking. Russell grinned before activating Limitless and dislocating Raian's arm. His opponent only grunted before throwing him off. 

"I used Limitless the wrong way, I need to be in a relax state." He thought.  

Suoh was about to yell at her fighter when she noticed something. "Dr. Hanafusa is there something wrong?" She asked. Hanafusa frowned, seeing Russell using that technique again, but what he found strange was that the technique wasn't putting any strain on his body anymore. So what changed? His body was changing as if it was developing into something else.

"Bastard..." Raian muttered as he fixed his arm while grinning. His opponent went to a fighting stance, but this one was different. "My Niko style will know no defeat," Russell said before using Flashbang Kata to close the distance. When Raian went on guard Russell quickly used Tricks and appears in front of him and delivers a powerful blow to the body. 

As Raian quickly punched his opponent but Russell sidesteps out of it before he catches him in a headlock, leaning down using the momentum of his run. Raian growled before throwing Russell off him and immediately rushes after him.

Russell quickly rights himself before punching Raian with Adamantium Kata while using Tricks and Flashbang Kata.

"Give him some variation," Kazuo yelled while making a shadow boxing and as if he heard him, Russell immediately switched with Raging Iron, Vibranium, and Flicker randomly while using Tricks cover the distance or get away from any surprise attacks. "Tricks can only teleport front and back so long as there's a target and depends on how many enemies I face, so it's at its strongest when in a crowded place but if it's one on one I have to move before teleporting."

"He's switching his styles too fast for Raian to keep up and with him doing it randomly it's hard to pin down what he will use and defend," Ohma muttered.   

"Do your best, Russell!" Blaire cheered as she waves her arms while wearing a cheerleader outfit with pom-poms.

Both fighters clashed once more with Russell, displaying techniques that were throwing Raian off by the rapid changes of his fighting style. Kaneda however noticed something. 

"His foresight... has transcended." Kaneda Suekichi said. "Huh? What are you talking about?"  Himuro asked. "I can't explain the details, but Russell's foresight is on another level. He isn't just predicting how Raian will move in certain situations. The way he is acting is like he had already 'seen and lived' this scenario." Kaneda said. "So you're saying he can see into the future?" Okubo Naoya said in confusion. "I guess? I mean in a figurative sense, yeah. I'm jealous of it."

Kaneda was correct in picking up the details of what Russell was doing. Since he couldn't use Observe to pick up signs mid-combat like normally he had to look for another angle. By using Observe to gather the data of his opponent, he had analyzed his opponent's gait, breathing, and even blinking to form "images" of them inside his mind. He faced off against these "images" many times, as he mentally simulates the thousands of attack patterns and countermeasures that Raian might possess. For now, he would call this Observe Thousand Imagery.

"I've seen this one, this one and this one, and this one... I saw this one too!" Russell thought while dodging Raian's attacks before attacking on his own. Raian seems to have caught up with him now. Russell blinked as Raian grabbed his head. "He's already used to the Tricks retreat range," he thought. Raian grinned as held his opponent's head.  "Got ya." He muttered as headbutts him only for him to receive an uppercut. "Not this time, asshole," Russell said as Raian staggers back and grabs his arm, and launches a barrage of Mach punches with his right hand. 

Raian growled before using another Kure Clan technique this time it was a kick. Russell immediately blocks the kick, but the force sent him skidding. The two looked at each other as they recovered their stamina. 

"It seems both fighters are on their last legs," Sayaka said. "That's very true both fighters have accumulated a lot of damage throughout the fight with Russell being on a dangerous spot," Jerry said. "If he wants to win this fight, he better finish this."

The two fighters immediately rushed towards each other. "I made this just for you." Raian thought as he threw his punch. The strength itself would pierce the body and stop the heart, and with his tremendous speed, it wouldn't stop it but also destroy it. Russell however redirects it and delivers a counter.

"Vector Kata for control of the direction of attack, Flashbang Kata for positioning and speed. Adamantium Kata for striking power and piercing. Jet stream Kata for the precision and fluidity. Niko style Secret Technique: Godsbane." Russell thought before punching Raian in the face for a moment Raian had lost consciousness and for Russell, this was his chance.  During the duration of their fight, Russell had been striking every vital organ of his opponent, more so the head.  After sustaining much damage to Raian's head, the last punch finally settled it. 

Godsbane was his version of Demonsbane and unlike the latter which was a counter and requiring the user to have experienced the heightened sense of awareness that comes with a near-death experience, Godsbane can be for offensive while removing the requirement of heightened senses from the equation. 

Still, the problem was the damage to his body, all he could use was a small portion of it. However, no one ever said he can use it only once.

Russell quickly follows in and punches Raian with Godsbane before sending another one and another until it became a brutal rush. "Ah shit..." Raian thought while being pummeled to the ground. Russell was about to throw the finishing blow but stopped as he noticed that Raian was already out.

"We have a winner! Russell Redgrave!"

After the announcement, the audience cheered as Russell raised his fist while Suoh rushed towards her fighter and immediately hugs him with Blaire doing the same. Russell quickly deactivated Limitless before approaching the two.

"You idiot! How could you be so reckless!?" Suoh said while trying to slam her fist to his chest weakly. "Don't you have any idea how dangerous you placed yourself into?" She said while tears escaped her eyes. "Russell, I don't care how much trouble you think we are in, but next time don't risk your life like that," Blaire said while looking serious.

"Sorry about that. How about I cook some food once I'm healed?" Russell said before heading towards where the medical center. By the time he got there, Hanafusa was already waiting for him. The healing process was fine with Hanafusa always asking him questions about his ability to heal rapidly, something that provoked the doctor's urge to dissect him before the nurse stopped him. Karla was also there to greet him and congratulated his victory with Elena crying and thanking God. With his Ring of Salazar, he was back to top condition, which still baffled the doctor and nurse on his fast recovery.

Time-skip a few hours later

"What are you doing here?" Erioh asked while glaring at Russell and wondered how Russell could heal so quickly.  "What does it look like? I came to bargain. In exchange for sparing Mihono's life, I will pay you." Russell said with a monotone voice. "I understand that as a clan of assassins you leave no witnesses, but I'm asking to let