Of course he was wrong. She pummeled him black, blue and white. His head ribs and hands suffered the most as she punched the hell out of him.
On the Arena, Vogue laid on the floor and panted heavily. He was sure if his dead mom saw him right now, she would deny it was him.
"Were you holding back yesterday!?" Vogue asked angrily.
Mid-way to removing her dress, Claire paused and shook her head.
Vogue's gaze lit up when he saw her get naked. He immediately stood up and went forward to take an even closer look. As a man of culture, he needed to take in every curve of her body to describe to the boys.
"I improved slightly in my technique." She finally removed her sports cloth till she was naked once more then headed to the bathroom.
"Ahem, to save time to teach you Cruel Sun, I should probably join you, right?" Vogue's heart pounded as he waited for her reply.
"Sure."
A chuckle escaped Vogue's lips in disbelief. It seems this girl's parent are not close with her otherwise.
He shook his head and spoke. "I forgot something in my locker. Give me five minutes."
There was silence at first and only the sound of rushing water could be heard. Then she spoke.
"Alright. But be quick, I don't want my money to waste."
Vogue nodded in agreement and turned to leave.
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"To know your knowledge base, show me the four basic moves you've learnt." Standing across from Claire who was now decently dressed and scenting like a spring Vogue got serious and asked.
Claire nodded and went to grab a wooden sword from the rack of weapons nearby then she began demonstrating the first four moves as she had practiced the Basic Combat Technique to this stage.
Vogue nodded his head as he saw through her movement then spoke. "Basic Combat Axe, Basic Combat fist, Basic Combat swords and other basic combat weapons are all from the Basic Combat technique and are just variations."
"From what I've seen, you've followed the instructions down to the minute detail which is a good thing but the final move isn't something you can learn just by following the textbook, it's an epiphany gained when your mind, body and heart becomes one."
"But I can break these process for you into three stages. If you're able to do these three things then entering Black Sun would become easy for you."
After learning the technique for more than a hundred phantom years, Vogue knew the technique from inside out and he could even create a similar combat just by himself.
Instantly, Vogue's body started to let out humming sounds as he spoke. It was soft as first then it increased like the sound of a bee as his muscles vibrated.
"I call this stage the Humming stage. Your muscles moving at a specific frequency. Then there's the Engine state."
Suddenly, the buzzing stopped and then the sound of a heartbeat stated to grow louder and louder until it could actually be heard through the entire room.
"Ba-dump!" "Ba-dump!"
"Ba-dump!" "Ba-dump!"
It was so loud Claire felt her heart clenched and almost started to beat according to his heart beat!
Then it stared to pick up speed until it sounded like a piston in an engine!
The loud heartbeat stopped and then Vogue continued.
"The mind part, you've quite mastered. Your reaction speed should be at less 0.5 to 0.9 millisecond so you're good.
Claire stared at Vogue with a renewed look on her face. She never thought he was this knowledgeable and smart at the same time, able to break down something people learn due to epiphany, he broke it down to three stages and was certain if she succeeded the three stages, she could easily learn it.
"Are you not scared I will learn it in a day and not pay you for the next few day?" She smiled as she asked slyly.
Vogue smiled brilliantly as his white teeth was in full display. "If it were so easy, I would have surely held back."
Claire rolled her eyes at the money hungry youth and sat cross legged in the arena and started to mimic Vogue.
Vogue gave her some pointer here and there till time eventually ran out.
"Thank you." Claire said seriously as she gave him a wad of cash before he left.
Vogue's eyes twitched. "Why do I feel like a hooker."
"What's a hooker?"
Claire tilted her head and asked curiously.
Vogue was stumped and lost for words. "Don't worry about that. I will tell you during our next spar." He immediately fled the place.
Meeting Manager Tim, Vogue told him to sign him up with more customers which Manager Tim did happily.
Vogue happily got beaten and farm Pain Points till there was no longer any customers.
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As usual, he headed to Caring Hand Hospital to see Nurse Gloria. But before he headed there, he used a bit of money to buy her a Mutated Lily.
These Mutated Lilies are really cute and are reactive when you touch them.
Some are shy, some are playful and some are disrespectful. Of course Vogue bought the shy one. Girls love shy pets.
At least that's what Vogue had been told.
The moment Nurse Gloria saw Vogue, her face changed as she rushed up to him and asked worriedly.
"Are you insane!? Who beat you up like this? Are you okay? Does it hurt? Sit down let me fix your broken wrist."
She bombarded him with questions as she patched him up, not even seeing the flowers he had gotten her.
"I—"
"Shh! Stop talking and let me heal you."
"Even your ribs have cracks in them. Do you really have a death wish?" She scolded him as her fingers glowed free as she healed his broken ribs.
Vogue smiled when he saw the look of concern on her face. She truly was a rare beauty.