Martial Arts Worlds-Chapter 288: First Loss

"Ah… ahhh!"

Jonathan held his broken finger in agony.

"Ouch…"

Hedda touched her face in pain.

There were two bruised marks on her face. One in the chin and another in the nose, but there was a faint mark on her forehead.

If Jonathan had successfully landed the forehead hit, he could've won right there and then, but it failed because the forehead pressure point was the hardest to hit.

It was because the forehead was one of the strongest parts of the human body, and to hit the correct point with enough force and precision was extremely difficult.

"Tch!"

Hedda bit her teeth together and punched Jonathan in the chest. The fist pushed against his chest, and then she reeled back her other fist and punched him again.

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

Constant punches rained at Jonathan's chest, and he struggled to catch her fists and restrain her.

Landed! Landed! Landed! Landed!

Every single one of the punches hit him like a ton of bricks.

In Jonathan's body, he felt pain in every muscle and bone. If his body could speak, it would be yelling, "Stop getting hit, fool!", but there was nothing he could do.

Thump!

He fell on one knee.

Hedda smashed her knee into his face and followed with a front kick to the face. Jonathan sprawled down to the ground.

"Isn't this enough? The match is over."

Julian said with a cold look.

"Don't… say that just yet."

Coach Jin said while biting his nails.

'Come on, Jonathan!'

Jonathan swung his fist, but Hedda locked it under her armpit and headbutted him right at his broken nose.

'It is over!'

Hedda moved her fist to the left of her waist and then punched forward, the clenched fist spearing through the air like a missile.

BAM!

The fist landed on his chest.

"…"

Jonathan coughed in pain, but then, he suddenly moved his left hand and grabbed Hedda by her face.

It was Sky Drop stance!

"Go!"

Coach Jin screamed.

"Shit!"

The coach of Kanyon High paled.

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"You're still trying that? Hah."

Hedda grabbed his arm, then jumped off the ground and wrapped her legs around Jonathan's neck like a serpent.

'Tch! I can't breathe!'

Jonathan's face turned purple quickly. He then lifted Hedda's light body high in the air while she was still grabbing her by the arm and then swung his arm down towards the ground.

He was planning to smash Hedda into the concrete ground!

The onlookers watched with round, shocked eyes. If this attack landed, Hedda would be done for!

Hedda suddenly let go of his arm, and with the help of her legs wrapped around Jonathan's neck, she moved over to his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Squeeze!

In an instant, Jonathan lost his ability to breathe, and he fell down to his knees. He tried to remove Hedda's arms from his neck, but they were choking him even tighter with each passing second.

Thud!

In silence, Jonathan collapsed down to the ground, his tongue dangling outside his mouth and his vision fading to black.

The referee quickly ran over to him, checked that he was indeed unconscious, and then raised his arm high.

"Jonathan is unconscious! The winner is Hedda of Kanyon High!"

Kanyon High's supporters cheered the victory like they had just won a championship. The chant of "Hedda! Hedda!" filled the stadium as Jonathan was carried out on a stretcher.

"They lost the first match…"

Karma said with a serious look.

However, they all knew that Karuza High had two monsters left that were way beyond Jonathan's level.

To defeat those two monsters was a Herculean task!

…

"They lost…"

Bella sighed and then took some potato chips from the bag before stuffing them into her mouth.

However, as she reached in for more potato chips, she suddenly touched a hand. She turned to the side and saw her sister, Nevaeh, hold her hand with a cheeky smile.

"?"

Bella tilted her head in confusion.

"You're rarely eating any snacks. You left for a minute and came back with snacks… I thought it was weird, but since you're eating them so frequently, it can only mean one thing…

"You indeed saw something in the laptop! A person you recognized perhaps, and I might know who… the father of your son!"

Nevaeh proudly said her findings.

"You sneaky detective…"

Bella turned her gaze away, and with a deep sigh, she nodded.

"Yeah, I saw him in the audience. It does not matter, though."

"Who was it?! I want to see!"

Nevaeh clung to her little sister's side and begged for her to show the moment when the father of her son appeared on the broadcast.

However, Bella firmly said no and kept shaking her head.

"No means no! That man has nothing to do with us. Please, Nevaeh, just let it go. I don't want to talk about it anymore."

"Mou…"

Nevaeh pouted and rested her head on her little sister's shoulder.

"You're always so stubborn. I understand that you don't want to talk about him. He is basically a stranger to you, after all, and I know that it is a painful night to remember."

"…"

Bella sighed deeply, and then, in the broadcast, the bench of Karuza High appeared, and her son, Kiernan, was sitting with a strange calmness that made her heart race.

"It's Kiernan!"

Her mood immediately improved, and she hoped that her son would be next to stand up and go to the stage.

However, to her disappointment, the young man beside him, Julian, stood up with a cold look on his face and slowly made his way up to the stage.

"Ah…"

Bella rested her head on the table and sighed deeply.

"Oh, you…"

Nevaeh touched Bella's lengthy hair and stroked it like a mother would to a child. She was very much enjoying this new Bella, a childish version of her.

For years, she had retreated into a cold shell that no one could break. Not even Nevaeh. However, that shell broke as soon as she met her son, Kiernan.