BOOM!
Suddenly, dark clouds churned overhead, thunder rumbling as a heavy downpour fell from the sky.
Under the chilling rain, Ray Chu's Pikachu form abruptly shifted into a strikingly handsome young man.
The psychic powers he'd been wielding instantly faded away.
It was worth mentioning that Ray Chu's Pikachu had been dressed in clothes made from advanced nano-materials sourced from the Dragon Ball universe, preventing them from ripping even after transforming back into human form.
Thus, the scene Shampoo and Nabiki had eagerly anticipated sadly did not occur.
"Oh no!" Ranma and the others cried in shock, turning their gazes anxiously toward the sinister figure rising again.
"Hehehe... Your biggest mistake was not killing me immediately!"
Happosai's bruised, swollen face made his expression unreadable, yet his voice dripped with malevolence through the rain as he pointed straight at Ray Chu. "In your current form, you're nothing compared to before!"
Everyone gasped. Truth be told, if any of them had received such a brutal beating, they'd never have gotten up again.
"Such cockroach-like vitality!"
Happosai clenched his fists, dramatically thrusting his right hand toward the sky. "I've endured countless beatings! I've trained my resistance by surviving endless chases and group thrashings! Someone like me could never be beaten by mere humans!"
A deafening thunderclap sounded as dazzling lightning struck the ground just behind Happosai, illuminating his tiny form and giving his righteous declaration an inexplicably heroic aura.
"He's just stealing underwear, right?" Akane deadpanned.
"Definitely just stealing underwear," Girl Ranma agreed.
"How can he declare something so shameful with such righteousness?!" Akane shouted.
"Perhaps it's precisely this shamelessness that makes him so strong," Cologne murmured gravely, eyes fixed unblinking on Happosai. "His evil has transcended human comprehension."
"Misunderstood by the world! Chased and beaten mercilessly! Rejected time and again by cute girls! Despair! Coldness! Suffering! Trapped forever in endless darkness without a glimmer of hope! That's why I shall unleash upon this world—[HAPPOSAI'S REVENGE]!"
As if answering Happosai's cries, the storm intensified, wind roaring and twisting his features into madness. A strange symbol resembling women's panties appeared on his forehead, and his already immense evil aura skyrocketed to terrifying heights.
"I could never lose now!"
"Ray-kun… catch this!" Akane suddenly dashed forward, tossing him a kettle of hot water.
"I won't let you!" Happosai quickly formed a hand seal with his thumb and index finger forming a circular hole. "Dark Morning Exercises—Evil, Chaos, Lust, Wickedness, Misfortune! Happo Five-Yuan Kill!"
"DARK MORNING EXERCISES—EVIL, CHAOS, LUST, WICKEDNESS, MISFORTUNE!"
"[HAPPO FIVE-YUAN KILL]!"
A sphere of pitch-black energy shot from between his fingers, obliterating the kettle into vapor and debris. Its momentum didn't cease there—it punched a massive hole through the nearby school building wall.
"What terrifying power!" Everyone stared in shock.
Thankfully, school had long ended for the day, so few students remained. Of course, that didn't mean there were none…
"Who dares to damage our school buildings?!" Tatewaki Kuno emerged from the building, instantly brightening at the sight of Girl Ranma and Akane. "Pigtailed girl, Akane-san, fear not—I shall protect you!"
He pivoted heroically, drawing his sword and confronting Happosai. "You! You are the culprit behind all this!"
"[HAPPO FIVE-YUAN KILL]!"
Kuno was instantly blown away, defeated without a struggle.
"My turn!" Girl Ranma rushed forward without hesitation.
With a sinister grin, Happosai aimed his finger-ring at the attacking Ranma. A black energy drained instantly from her body, and she collapsed weakly to the ground.
"What's going on? My strength!" Girl Ranma stared helplessly at her trembling hands. At that moment, most of her energy had vanished, completely disrupting her attack.
Cologne's voice rang out sharply, "Just as I suspected—the Happo Five-Yuan Kill absorbs and weaponizes five negative emotions: evil, chaos, lust, wickedness, and misfortune. The more negative energy the user has, the stronger it becomes. And Happosai, after nearly a century of accumulating wicked deeds, possesses negative emotions of unimaginable intensity."
"In that case, Ray is in trouble…!"
Shampoo anxiously tried to rush forward, but Cologne firmly blocked her. "If you interfere now, you'll only distract him. Right now, we must believe in Ray Chu."
Internally, however, Cologne pondered, Such tremendous accumulated evil must consume enormous amounts of energy. If Ray Chu can just withstand the initial barrage, Happosai's power will weaken—that will be his only chance to win. But…can he last that long…?
"Hehehe… I won't let you hold out long enough! Defeat and death await!" Happosai cackled wildly as he hurled a barrage of dark energy spheres toward Ray Chu.
"No!"
At this critical moment, images of the Turtle School's dodging training flashed instinctively through Ray Chu's mind. His body reacted faster than thought, slipping perfectly between gaps in the onslaught, expertly dodging each successive explosion.
"Incredible! If Happosai's vitality is that of a cockroach, then my great-grandson-in-law possesses the instincts of a natural predator. Both are truly martial artists at the peak of their art!"
Failing to land a decisive blow, Happosai changed tactics, his tiny body shooting forward like a bullet toward Ray Chu.
Bang!
Their fists collided, chaotic shockwaves bursting out repeatedly as blow after blow connected. To the onlookers, the two fighters became opposite spirals of black and white tornadoes, violently clashing amidst the raging storm, each intent on utterly destroying the other.
BOOM!
Lightning crashed down from above, winds whipped wildly, and electricity crackled violently, forcing the two combatants apart again.
"Damn!"
Happosai had never faced such a troublesome opponent before. His ultimate technique, the Happo Five-Yuan Kill, couldn't finish this fight quickly, and in physical combat, his opponent was every bit his equal despite Happosai's century of experience.
"How could that idiot Genma train such a formidable disciple? It's impossible!"
Ray Chu clenched his fists tightly. That lightning strike a moment ago had sent a strange thrill surging through his body, as if awakening something dormant deep inside him.
"Since you can't even defeat a mere student of Genma-sensei, what right do you have to call yourself the founder of Anything-Goes Martial Arts? You should just end yourself right now!" When it came to trash talk, Ray Chu was no amateur.
"And you're so short and creepy—I bet you've never even had a girlfriend in your entire miserable life!"
"So…so ruthless!" The spectators shuddered.
As for Happosai himself, those two short sentences made smoke nearly pour from his ears, sending him into an apoplectic rage.
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