Martial Arts Worlds-Chapter 282: BoneWorks

In a dark room, somewhere in Irio, a computer screen flickered to life, illuminating the dimly lit space.

Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!

Hand moved in and out of the potato chip bag, moving the salty snack to the mouth, and the sound of chewing echoed throughout the room.

"Yes!"

He raised his arms in triumph as on the computer screen, Karuza High's match ended in victory, and then the screen showed crying members of Baobab High.

"Haha, keep crying! We won, and we will win the championships! Haha, you guys lost to the second fighter! Our ace Kiernan didn't even have to fight, losers!"

With salty fingers, he typed on the social media website and checked the comments about their victory.

[De4D: Julian is so strong! I thought Roy would steamroll him, but suddenly he became weaker?]

[LokoMan: Kinda disappointing, I was rooting for Roy to win]

[Methos: Karuza High is strong, but the rest of the fights aren't randomized as the bracket has already been set. I just checked their quarterfinals opponent, and wow…]

'Who is their opponent?'

The young man frowned, quickly went to the nationals website, and checked out the bracket.

Right next to the bracket, there were the nation's power rankings of the school, and he saw two names, identical, almost right next to each other.

"What in the world…"

His face wrinkled in annoyance.

[Karuza High vs. Kanyon High]

It was the second-ranked school, Kanyon High, and its ultimate ace, Thorsten Reed, who received the honor of being in the Top Five Youth, but he was also ranked as one of the greatest talents in New Rakuya!

"You must be kidding me! Thorsten Reed and Kanyon High? Hah, what are people thinking about that fight?"

He quickly shifted back to the social media and read through the comments.

[WayWeaker: Karuza High vs. Kanyon High?! That is an insane matchup. It could even be finals!]

[HazyMoo: Thorsten <3 I trust you will crush that coward, Kiernan. He doesn't stand a chance against you!]

[ClassicNoon: Sure, Thorsten might be able to defeat Kiernan, but there is also Julian]

[ThatWaris: Kiernan got slapped the fuck out by Zachary. I heard rumors that him losing to Johan completely broke him mentally, causing cracks in his martial soul after he realized that he wasn't a match for Johan]

[FlowerBot: I thought that was a stupid rumor shared by Tiamut High's fans?]

[ThatWaris: A rumor that seems to be very true! Why else is Kiernan avoiding the fights? He is only sitting on the bench, hiding behind Julian like a coward!]

"What are these fools talking about?"

The young man hissed in anger and cracked his knuckles, warming up his keyboard typing hands.

While he was not in school, his past school hour hobby was being a keyboard warrior.

"Whoo…"

He took a deep breath and looked at the posters across the walls. It had posters of ancient martial artists and some that were currently participating in the World Fighting League.

However, there was also a poster of Kiernan, strangely enough, of him fighting against Johan Yeager.

Right next to the poster, his school uniform of Karuza High hung from a nail on the wall. It meant that he was a student of the same school!

However, he was actually only a former student. He wanted to go with them to the boarding school, but his parents didn't allow that.

"It is time to protect my Lord Kiernan! These fools don't know anything!"

His fingers started dancing across the keyboard, and the constant tapping sound bounced off the walls.

[BoneWorks: None of you know anything! If you guys bothered to pick your brains from whatever dumpster you tossed them into, you would realize that Kiernan hasn't had need to fight because Karuza High is strong enough to get to quarterfinals without him!]

[BoneWorks: If I were you all, I would be scared as hell! With Kiernan in the mix, none of the schools stand a chance! Zachary, Ariadne, Thorsten, and Dietmar, it doesn't matter!]

[BoneWorks: You all will look like fools when Kiernan destroys all of your shit school, you shitters!]

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

The young man breathed heavily and saw the dislike ratio of his comments go to the moon. It didn't look like people liked him disrespecting their schools.

A war of words started in the comment section, and people started insulting Karuza High, Kiernan, and the entire city of Irio.

The young man, as a one-man army, tirelessly wrote back until his fingers turned numb, and the nails chipped away.

"Motherfuckers! Who do you think you are?! We shall win!"

BANG!

At that moment, the door opened, and a disheveled-haired woman emerged with a tired and annoyed look on her face.

"Lucas… I have a night shift, and I only have a few hours of napping time… It doesn't help that your screams are heard across the entire house!"

"I-I am sorry, mom…"

Lucas timidly said.

"Be quiet, please!"

His mom slammed the door shut, stomped away, and then the sound of another door slamming shut was heard.

"Hmph!"

Lucas shifted back to watching the nationals broadcast and saw the rest of the fights slowly ending as well.

After the matches ended, it showed some highlights. In one of them, Zachary snapped Kenneth's arm in half and then stomped on his ankle.

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"Ouch…"

Lucas gulped as he looked at Zachary.

'I don't understand how a high school student can be so… big. He looks like he can be a bodybuilder.'

At that moment, he had a crazy thought that Zachary might be using some underhanded methods of gaining such strength, but after realizing how crazy it sounded, he shrugged it off.

"Naah… I don't know what he eats, but my Lord Kiernan will still punch his jaw off if they ever happen to face each other!"

However, he hoped that Zachary would accidentally fall off the ring during his match, and his school happened to lose because of it.

He really didn't want his school fighting against Zachary's school. It made him extremely nervous.

'T-they might have a monster, but Karuza High has two! Haha!'