Just as Hutson's fist was about to slam into his stomach, Kaito moved. It was a simple, fluid shift—his weight flowing onto one leg as he pivoted sideways, effortlessly letting the punch whistle past him. He didn’t stop there. In the same motion, his free leg swept out in a low, precise arc, hooking behind Hutson’s ankle and tripping him hard. The club president stumbled forward and crashed face-first onto the mat with a heavy thud.As the president of the Taekwondo club, Hutson couldn’t afford to be embarrassed in front of the juniors who looked up to him. Fueled by pride and anger, he performed a flashy kip-up, springing back to his feet. With a spinning flourish, he launched a high roundhouse kick aimed at Kaito’s head.Kaito simply crossed his forearms in an X-block, absorbing the impact with a solid thwack. He didn’t wait for Hutson to retract his leg. One of Kaito’s hands shot forward like a hawk’s talon, his fingers clamping down vise-tight around Hutson’s ankle.“Gotcha!” Kait

"Who's Lawrence? Why did the president choose him?"Everyone in the gym followed Kaito's pointed gaze, their eyes landing on Lawrence. A ripple of confusion and murmurs spread through the crowd."Why would he pick a guy like that? Is he into guys? I mean, Lawrence is… decent-looking, but why waste such a rare opportunity on him?""Yeah, what a waste!"Not far away, Sophia and Nova's expressions shifted from curiosity to immediate alarm. They hadn't expected such a blatantly petty move from Kaito."Sophia, it seems the incident in the hallway is still fresh in his mind. He hasn't forgiven Lawrence," Nova whispered, her voice tense."What a petty-minded person. So what if he's rich? People like him are truly disgusting," Sophia said, her voice cold as she shot a look of pure disdain toward Kaito. In her heart, her dislike for him solidified into something sharper. Even though the insult wasn't directed at her, it was aimed at Lawrence—someone she deeply cared for. That was enough."Do y

"What the hell did you say?" Many of the people present were Taekwondo students and were immediately angered by Lawrence words.Lucy and the others also looked at Lawrence with some surprises. They didn't expect Lawrence to suddenly become so tough."Heh!" Lucy sneer as she saw Sophia by his side, her jealousy brewing harder, "he is forming hard guy due to his crush being close by." She said as if she understood everything."Let's just wait and see if he can back his words up." Claire added, turning her camera to video Sophia in specific, she hated her now that they were no longer friends."Lawrence... You... What..." Sophia was confused. She has given him a chance to slip away without getting blamed and he didn't take it which left her confused. Wasn't this stepping into the trap lay by Kaito at the end?As expected Kaito words come next, covered in cold tone, "heh! Big words from a small fly. Since you so badly look down on Taekwondo then come up and practice with me. Let me see h

Just as everyone was about to cheer for Kaito, their voices stop mid speech or mid yell?"What... What the fuck actually happened?" One of them couldn't help but curse out.Even Ralph who was standing by the side ready to drag Lawrence out immediately if he detects danger was left confused as his mouth open wide.He never expected for Lawrence to change this drastically. Wasn't it like just 2 weeks ago that Lawrence was almost beaten by Micheal?How did he changed this big?And that slap, who's ever slapped a man across the stage?This isn't Bollywood okay? It's real life, what sort of logic is that?Even Sophia and Nova were stunned watching the scene.Meanwhile, Lucy and Claire felt like they had ate a fly. Their face totally messed up, especially Claire.Lucy kept muttering "impossible... How did he... This is cheating..." It was like her mind was cracked down and her thoughts process lagging.She's instead of making a video did a life stream directly.Meaning this scene couldn't b

Just as Lawrence was about to respond to Ralph, his phone rang. He glanced at the screen—an unfamiliar number. Confused but curious, he answered."Greetings, little brother. Guess who's calling?" a flirting, melodic voice purred through the speaker.Lawrence sighed softly. He recognized that tone immediately."Good afternoon, Miss Vivian," he replied.Yep. It was her. He hadn't expected her to call, especially not now. Truth be told, he’d almost completely forgotten about her after leaving the underground fighting arena that night."Hehehe, it's me. Are you free today? I’d like to take you out for a meal, if you don’t mind. And remember, you promised I could take you out anytime I wanted, okay?" Her voice was playful, insistent."I said that?" Lawrence was genuinely confused. His memory of that chaotic night was blurry at best. Then again, he didn’t think she’d outright lie… but would she remember that he might not remember?"How long will it take?" Lawrence asked, checking his watch.