Countless martial arts schools and countless experts chose to participate because of the incredible prize money, making the entire world lively with excitement.
But things remained peaceful on Ryuji's side.
"Yes, raise your hand a little higher."
Ryuji watched Tifa's punch, then stepped closer, and slightly raised her arm.
Feeling Ryuji's body drawing closer and closer, as well as the embrace that she could enter simply by turning her body slightly when he held her arm, Tifa's cheeks became slightly flushed.
After saying those embarrassing things last time, she had immediately run away in embarrassment and gone to school.
But at school, her only friend, Kasumi Todoh, had asked her if she wanted to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament.
Although Tifa had declined, saying that she already had a team, Kasumi's disappointed expression still made her realize just how attractive this World Martial Arts Tournament had become.
It wasn't just because of the prize money. Some people simply wanted to broaden their horizons and see the world.
So, Tifa wanted to know who Ryuji would team up with when the time came to go and fight in the World Martial Arts Tournament.
Therefore, just as Ryuji released her and was about to leave, Tifa asked him.
"Ryuji, who are you planning to team up with?"
Deep down, she really wanted to fight alongside Ryuji, but she also knew that her strength was indeed not suitable for fighting alongside him.
"Didn't I tell you before? Bison and Rugal."
Ryuji paused for a moment, saw Tifa's disappointed expression, and then explained.
"My cooperation with them is basically ill-intentioned, so we'll mainly be keeping each other in check. As for you, team up with Mai and Chun-Li. The three of you have relatively similar fighting styles, and you're all quite familiar with each other."
It wasn't that Ryuji simply wanted to put together a 2D girls team. Rather, the three of them really did have relatively similar fighting styles.
To be more precise, many of the female martial artists were the same, following an agile fighting style.
Chun-Li was somewhat different, but Mai's original fighting style actually contained quite a few joint techniques and throws.
However, in the new Shiranui style he had developed, most of those things had more or less disappeared. Basically, like Tifa and Chun-Li, it followed an agile fighting style.
So, when Ryuji said that their fighting styles were relatively similar, he had good reason for saying so.
"You'll be able to complement each other's weaknesses during battle and see your own shortcomings. That'll be very beneficial to your growth."
Ryuji casually explained it, then walked over to the side to correct the postures of the others.
For example, Cammy had also come over out of curiosity, and Ryuji had taught her the Zangan-style training method, allowing her to train her physical techniques while simultaneously developing the mental power within her body.
He could clearly sense that Cammy's mental power was not weak, but it simply hadn't been awakened. Not only that, it seemed to have been suppressed for a very long time.
Therefore, what suited Cammy better right now was Zangan-style martial arts, and her fighting style had also changed as a result.
As for Mai and Kasumi Shiranui, as well as Chun-Li, who was training alone on the side, Ryuji didn't have much to teach them.
Their paths were already very correct, and their strength hadn't reached the point where he could teach them something new. For now, he could only wait and see how much inspiration the World Martial Arts Tournament could give them.
When that time came, he would teach them other things.
However, just as Ryuji finished observing everyone and was planning to continue his own training, he saw Honoka, who had just arrived, curiously looking at everything here. There was also a pure power of qi emanating from her body.
"Oh? Are you interested in martial arts too?"
Ryuji looked at Honoka curiously. Although she was technically a mistress that Douglas had given him, Ryuji also knew that she had the potential to become a martial artist, so he asked out of curiosity.
"Mm, yes…"
Honoka was startled when she saw Ryuji approaching. Their current relationship made it difficult for her to remain calm when facing him, not to mention that Ryuji was a classic harem protagonist.
She couldn't help taking another look at Ryuji before lowering her head.
Although Ryuji treated her fairly well and had even allowed her to continue attending school, every time she saw him, she would think of how those people had paid money to make her offer her body as an apology to Ryuji.
Even though she had willingly agreed to do it in order to save her grandmother, Honoka still felt somewhat awkward whenever she saw Ryuji, thinking that Ryuji wasn't exactly a good person.
"I see…"
Ryuji reached out, and amidst the girl's startled cry, grabbed her arm. He immediately discovered a tremendous amount of qi coiling around her arm, and this qi was much more powerful than that of the others. Ryuji didn't know why and could only describe it as simply being exceptionally powerful.
Furthermore, her voluptuous body wasn't composed entirely of accumulated fat. Her muscular strength was remarkably powerful. With the same amount of muscle tissue, her exertive strength was at least two or three times that of an ordinary person. If it were combined with sufficient qi, she could easily display the combat power of a first-rate martial artist!
Ryuji was genuinely curious about the girl's unusual constitution. After all, she seemed to have been abandoned and later taken in, so he really wanted to know who could have given birth to a daughter with such incredible talent.
However, as Ryuji grabbed her arm and kept squeezing and examining the muscles on her arm, Honoka blushed furiously and her heartbeat started racing.
Having already made up her mind, Honoka naturally knew that her body now belonged to Ryuji. As long as he wanted it, both she and Kokoro would have to serve him at any time and become his mistresses.
So, although she was embarrassed and wanted to run away, Honoka still remained where she was, allowing Ryuji to examine her body. But she couldn't help trembling a little, afraid of what might happen next.
Ryuji naturally noticed this, but the problem was that he hadn't even made a move on Tifa yet. Although Honoka's body was also very tempting, he really wanted to have Tifa first before dealing with anything else.
So, he immediately released her and patted Honoka on the shoulder.
"I can see that you have excellent potential. Would you be interested in learning how to fight from me?"
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