SHIN SEKAI: SPARK OF THE NEW WORLD

Fight like me

   You never truly appreciate a miracle unless you heard of it before it happened. That moment when the thing you thought was just too impossible begins to unfold before you for the very first time. There is no look more precious than that of one who has had such experience. 

   Miracles happen only once. After that, it becomes a possibility.

   Cal and Orie were initially rated on a seven to one ratio. This meant that the officials of this tournament believed that Cal was at least seven times more powe6r than Orie and seven times more likely to win. At the current time the ratio had become ten to one.

   It seemed hopeless for the few that had put their faith in Orie. The match wasn't over but the situation made them feel the winner was already decided.

   "What is he doing in there?"

   "Does he have a death wish?"

   "Just give up already!!"

even some of those that were on his opponent's side felt pity for him but Orie was not one to dwell on pity. He could not hear their words, all he could hear was noise and all he wanted to do was to silence that noise.

   

   

   Cal was still keeping up the momentum of his attacks when something hot hit him from behind. It didn't do much damage but it was enough to distract him from his opponent. By the time he regained focus, their was a good distance between them.

   

   "Ahh.." Orie sighed as he took off his shirt

   "This guy is definitely strong" he said as he tossed it aside.

   "But I think I can manage"

   "It's about time I fight like me"

   Some people in the audience began to wonder why Orie took his shirt off.

   "What's that gonna do for him?" They wondered

   "He's already lost"

   Orie's few supporters seem to have lost hope but the moment he made his next move, they regained it immediately.

   He took a deep breath and went low. He closed his eyes and a vortex of wind surrounded his feet. No one saw the step that he took to dash, all they knew was that he was first in his stance then he was suddenly in front of Cal with a kick that aimed for the head. 

   Cal was able to dodge the attack but his opponent immediately switched trajectory and hit him from behind. That was Orie's first direct hit since the beginning of the match.

   Cal felt no significant impact from the strike. He immediately turned around to attack as he said the words "that barely tickles" but Orie was nimble and easily evaded his hand.

   The next attack from Orie came and Cal was able to block it . He blocked with his hand but he felt a similar impact on his side. Cal did not understand what was happening until his opponent took a step back and shot a fire ball at him.

   "The look on your eyes tell me that you finally understand what is going on" Orie said with a smile.

   "You are about to lose"

   What happened after Orie said those words sent the crowd into a frenzy. Suddenly the two men who were initially on different levels seemed to be evenly matched.

   Cal was confident in his ability to destroy everything in his way but the one he wanted to destroy was very good at getting out of it. The hits he got from his opponent inflicted minimal damage but he was unable to return any of them.

   Soon Cal began to realize that he was facing a trickster, someone who was good at manipulating the flow, someone who had complete control. He could not predict were the next attack would come from. His opponent was capable of long range attacks but still threw fists with him, and if he managed to dodge those fists, there was either a fireball, a lightning bolt or some other projectile that came out of nowhere waiting to hit him. 

   Cal may not have had a wide range of abilities but he was very good at using the one he had. He stomped on the floor and caused the arena to cave in and some pieces of it got sent into the air. Cal immediately knocked and threw the floating pieces at Orie who was sent back by the stomp.

   The truth of the moment was that despite all of Orie's feats in the ongoing match, he was yet to convince majority of the audience that he had a chance of winning. It could not be helped, his opponent was a one time champion that made it to the finals many times while he was a first timer that not many people knew. Cal was known to have a strong defense and a great deal of endurance and Orie was yet to land any blow that could bypass them... or so they thought.

   From somewhere in the teacher section of the stadium, Natsumi observed something. Her sensitivity to the surrounding temperature allowed her to notice that Orie was using hot and cool techniques in succession. After some hot shots, he would send in some cold ones. He was doing something similar to fracking.

   Another person to notice this was Waramaki. He had practiced a similar method of fighting but he saw it as a weakling's method.

   Ellie was also able to notice the pattern with her ability to see through other people's eyes. She saw the fight from every possible angle but she couldn't tell much about why he fought in such a manner.

   The Rosewells were able to see it as they had high visual acuity. There were also a few others who noticed it in one form or the other, some read meaning into it while others disregarded it, but the thing about truth is that no matter what anyone thinks or believes that is, only the truth will stand in the end.

    It was like a sick joke, a ridicule to the minds of those that thought themselves rational as what they thought impossible unfolded and Cal fell flat to the floor.

   SHIN SEKAI SECRET: every technique Orie used were self taught. His moves are not based on anyone's style even if they look similar.