Buchikome High Kick- -final- -aokumashii- -

He stood on the rooftop of Todoroki Dojo, his family's legacy, now a gutted husk of splintered wood and shattered signboards. Three weeks ago, the Buchikome High Kick Tournament had been stolen. Not won. Stolen . The Kurokawa-gumi, a yakuza syndicate with a fetish for martial arts, had rigged the final match, drugged the champion, and declared their enforcer—a mountain of a man named Goro "The Pulverizer" Mutō—the "King of Kicks."

He unwrapped Akari’s headband from his forehead, folded it carefully, and placed it on Goro’s chest. Buchikome High kick- -Final- -Aokumashii-

The Kurokawa men laughed. The lieutenant lit a cigarette. He stood on the rooftop of Todoroki Dojo,

He looked up. Goro was walking toward him slowly, savoring the moment. He raised his steel-shod right leg for the final axe kick—the same one that had crushed Akari’s skull. Stolen