"Even though I know you're deliberately provoking me… I'm still really, REALLY mad! How about this, then?!"
Steam shot from Happosai's nostrils, his eyes glowing red. His immense aura visibly diminished, replaced by a massive orb of dark energy rapidly forming between his hands.
"ORIGINAL SCHOOL ULTIMATE EVIL KI BOMB!"
"[HAPPO HEAVENLY WHEEL]!!!"
"Hahahaha! Fall straight into Avīci Hell!""
Wild gusts of energy shredded the earth. Clearly, if this attack landed, its destructive power would be catastrophic.
"Now's my chance!" Ray Chu's eyes flashed sharply. Electricity flickered around him as he instantly streaked past Happosai, faster than anyone could follow.
Both figures stood silently, backs to each other.
"Agh! What did you do to me?!"
With a panicked cry, Happosai's twisted body began rapidly shrinking, his limbs visibly weakening. The massive evil energy orb he held dispersed instantly with a weak pop.
"The Joketsuzoku's secret among secrets—Secret Moxibustion of Heavenly Reversal," Cologne explained calmly, leaning on her cane. "By precisely striking specific pressure points, it disrupts an opponent's Ki flow instantly, particularly effective against evil and malicious energies."
"Though no one has mastered this technique in five hundred years, I didn't expect my great-grandson-in-law to grasp it so quickly."
Anticipating how dangerous this battle might be, Cologne had carefully considered and ultimately decided to pass the Secret Moxibustion to Ray Chu before the fight.
Due to the urgency, and her own inability to master it completely, she'd been forced to orally explain the key points. She hadn't imagined Ray Chu would master and successfully execute it so soon.
"I didn't master it at first," Ray Chu admitted calmly. "But I actually have you to thank. Although I don't fully understand how your Happo Five-Yuan Kill is related to this Moxibustion Technique, seeing your move did inspire me."
Two teardrops appeared at Happosai's eyes, and he choked out, "My Happo Five-Yuan Kill… was created after I saw a certain set of Moxibustion Techniques…"
Everyone slowly turned toward Cologne.
With a reminiscing look, Cologne sighed. "Indeed, the Joketsuzoku's secret vault did experience a theft once… Now that I think of it, it was exactly when Happosai visited our tribe."
"Case closed…"
"We found the thief!" Ranma and Akane clenched their fists, smiling darkly as they advanced on the incapacitated Happosai.
"Wait! There's some misunderstanding here—do you really have the heart to bully a weak, frail, innocent old man like me?" Happosai blinked his big, innocent eyes.
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! BAM!
"Stomp him to death!"
With the fight over, the heavy rain cleared, and bright sunlight pierced through the clouds.
Beneath that cheerful sun, Happosai—face swollen and covered in bumps—was tied securely to a stone post, surrounded by the group.
"Hey! Aren't you guys going a bit far? If you're gonna humiliate me like this, you might as well kill me!" Even after the beating, Happosai still had energy to shout.
"Don't worry. You're still my master after all—how could I kill you?" Soun Tendo patted Happosai's shoulder comfortingly, then turned around and said, "Just bury him alive."
Moments later, Happosai's body was buried underground, only his head sticking out.
Akane looked at the exposed head with concern.
"Akane-chan! I knew you'd be the only one to care about me!" Happosai's eyes filled with gratitude.
Akane calmly piled soil, fertilizer, flowers, and water onto Happosai's head.
"There! That looks much nicer!" Akane smiled in satisfaction, dusted her hands off, and walked away.
"Sob sob sob…" Happosai broke down into repentant tears. Nabiki poked his forehead with a twig. "Hey, where's the Tendo family's property deed?"
"I… mortgaged it to someone else already."
"Ah, well. Nothing we can do, then." Nabiki dropped the twig, standing to leave. "And here I was planning to let you out."
"Wait! I'll compensate you all!"
Nabiki halted immediately. "Really?"
Happosai's gaze was extraordinarily sincere. "Reeeaaallyyy!"
Nabiki smiled sweetly. "If you try to cheat us, I'll send Ray-kun after you…"
...
That night, Happosai raided the yakuza's base, stealing huge sums of money along with the Tendo property deed, leaving many gang members badly injured.
After becoming a wanted fugitive by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, he lived a life perpetually on the run.
"Finally, peace and quiet…" Soun Tendo and a giant panda sat at the front entrance, sipping tea in perfect contentment.
On the nearby TV, reporters from Tokyo TV were still broadcasting the strange news about a "monster" battling the police force.
"By the way, where's Ranma?" Soun suddenly remembered.
"He's training in the dojo," the panda's sign read.
"Seems he's gotten motivated. It might be nice if Akane accompanies him."
A moment later, a sharp voice echoed from the dojo, "Ranmaaa!"
Girl Ranma quickly dodged a stone block thrown at her, ignoring the smashed wooden floorboards as she sprinted through the hallway. "You're uncute, violent, and completely unreasonable!"
Akane chased furiously after her. "I won't let you off easy this time!"
"Ah, youth!" Soun sighed wistfully. The panda beside him nodded deeply in agreement.
"Has anyone seen Ray-kun?" Nabiki came out brushing her teeth.
"He went to the Cat Café first thing in the morning," Kasumi replied with a gentle smile.
"I'm going out." Nabiki's face darkened instantly, leaving the house soon after.
"Green—the color of youth!" Soun continued his nostalgic murmuring.
The panda: "…"
...
At Cat Café, the doors swung open abruptly, and Nabiki stepped inside.
"Welcome—oh, it's you." Shampoo's cheerful smile immediately turned into annoyance.
Nabiki completely ignored her, swiftly scanning the café. Unexpectedly, Ray Chu wasn't with Shampoo, but sitting at a table with Cologne.
Curious, she approached quietly, spotting a yellowed parchment on the table between them, filled with diagrams of human pressure points.
Cologne finished speaking just as Nabiki drew near. "…and that concludes all the secrets and essentials of the Joketsuzoku's knowledge on human pressure points. Remember—use them responsibly, never abuse their power."
"I understand." Ray Chu nodded solemnly, bowing deeply toward the elderly woman.
Cologne shook her head slightly. "You don't need to bow. I didn't pass this knowledge to you solely for Shampoo's sake. I can tell you're a genuine martial artist, so I trust you'll develop these arts properly."
She glanced briefly at Shampoo, who watched expectantly from nearby, then coughed gently. "Well, you've wasted enough time with this old woman. Young people should spend more time active outside."
"That's great, Ray! Let's go shopping!" Shampoo cheerfully grabbed Ray Chu's arm.
Having just obtained the Joketsuzoku's secrets for free, Ray Chu couldn't bring himself to refuse, especially under the girl's excited gaze.
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