OMH Chapter 14

Oh My Hero – Episode 14

14. Esper and Guide (5)

I met up with the kids to watch the Martial Arts Tournament starting at 1 PM. There are many F-grade Espers, but few participate because they don’t have enough firepower to use in combat.

So the research team isn’t very interested either, so they run 10 matches at once.

Since an F-grade Esper’s combat isn’t much different from that of an ordinary person, they set up panels in a circular stadium with a diameter of 500m and hold several matches at once. It’s also the EGA Association’s will to finish quickly because there isn’t much to observe. The matches up to the E-grade finals are held in this way.

Today, they’re trying to finish all the F-grade matches, so they’re running several matches at once quickly, but the number of matches itself is quite large. In other words, many matches mean many opportunities to bet.

F-grade Espers have low Ability output, so they’re not fun to watch. That’s why not many people come to watch F-grade matches. But the stands weren’t surprisingly empty. Seeing them all huddled around the monitor discussing, they must be gambling addicts like us. Like those people, we huddled around the monitor and talked diligently about who to bet on.

There are more matches until the finals, so there are plenty more opportunities to bet. We bet on all the matches currently assigned and sat in the stands.

The first match was an Enhancement-Type match. The Martial Arts Tournament is held one-on-one for 15 minutes, and the victory goes to the one who knocks out the opponent or gets a surrender. However, apart from that, the researchers watch the match and evaluate the Ability, the sense of handling it, and the ability to cope.

F-grade Enhancement-Type Espers don’t have much fun to watch because their strength enhancement isn’t very powerful. They’re just like strong mixed martial arts fighters. Although they can burst a sandbag with one blow.

Besides, since 12 matches are taking place simultaneously, it’s like a chaotic free-for-all. They set up panels to create their own spaces, but from the distant stands, they only look like people wrestling in compartments. It would be more fun to watch on a monitor.

We watched moderately, but the match ended while we were buying snacks because it was boring. Now is the most important time. Because I have to check if the person I bet on won.

With a pounding heart, I checked the electronic display board.

‘Ah, what is this. I won exactly half.’

I didn’t lose, but rather, I felt like I wasted time because there was no change. Crazy Kid Kim Sanghyuk was happy that he earned 5,000 won.

Now the flower of the Martial Arts Tournament. Nature-Type Martial Arts Tournament begins. Since there are many Nature-Types, it is divided into two sets. Shooting fire, spraying water, and flying electricity while fighting, there’s no way it can’t be fun. Nature-Type Abilities are common, so there are many people.

Hehe, this will be fun. I took out the popcorn and drinks I just bought and watched the match with the kids.

But I realized for the first time that a Nature-Type match could be this boring. So that’s why everyone doesn’t watch F-grade Martial Arts Tournaments. This can’t even be called an Ability Martial Arts Tournament. This is… just a magic show. A magic show with a fight.

I saw a Nature-Type lightning attribute Ability user attack with static electricity for the first time. Look at him making it tingly with static electricity to make him take his hand off. The opponent, a water attribute Ability user, creates a stream of water with his fingers and sprays it on the opponent’s face.

“What is this. Are you a watering can? Anyway, water attribute loses to lightning attribute in match-ups.”

When I jeered, Seunghwan came over and told me that the watering can Esper was the one I bet on.

“Oh really? Then you have to win, because my 5,000 won is on the line. Watering can, cheer up! Spray it in his nostrils! Overcome the lightning attribute static electricity against the prejudices of the world!”

Thanks to my support, the watering can overcame the static electricity and advanced to the next match. Awesome, I made a bet!

Reminding myself that my 5,000 won is going back and forth in each of these people’s matches, the match suddenly became interesting.

“You have to win! For my 5,000 won!”

I cheered hard for my bet.

*

It was evening after watching all the F-grade finals. Sadly, I lost 25,000 won. I was greatly comforted that Crazy Kid Kim Sanghyuk lost 70,000 won.

Teleportation Ability User Haemi says she won 30,000 won, and Seunghwan says he won 110,000 won. Did that Administration Department Seunghwan discover a new Ability to see the future after losing money because of Kim Sanghyuk last year? How did he win that much?

We went Downtown and ate a meal that Seunghwan, who earned 110,000 won, bought.

My gambling addict friends say they’re going to bet on the E-grade Martial Arts Tournament tomorrow again. The E-grade matches have more numbers than the F-grade matches, so they can earn more steadily.

I’ve had a lot of fun, so I decided not to go to prepare for the tournament. I have to work hard to prepare for the tournament with a body that has become light after Woojin’s Guiding.

*

Finally, the day of the B-grade Martial Arts Tournament dawned. There are 120 attribute matches each, but since the match time is 3 minutes from the D-grade match, they finish all the way to the finals in two days.

It means that I will continue to fight in the Martial Arts Tournament from today. If I fight in the B-grade finals, I have to go to the A-grade match as well. As always, the match started with the Enhancement-Type. I’m a dual Ability user, so the order is a bit later.

A dual Ability user, which is often found in C-grade Espers, refers to an Esper who has two or more Abilities like me.

It’s not very noticeable on the outside, but I have two Abilities: Adamantine Body/Invulnerable Physique and strength enhancement. So if I fight against a strength enhancement Esper who is not a dual Ability user, I have an advantage. After all, I don’t get hurt.

After the attribute matches ended once, the attribute matches continued with the dual Ability users included. And it was my turn.

My opponent was Lee HyunJin with sunglasses. This person is an Enhancement-Type Esper who shoots lasers from his eyes, and he wears sunglasses with Ability blocking function in preparation for any possible situation. If you take off your sunglasses, lasers come out like now.

“Ah! It’s hot! Where do you shoot lasers from the start?!”

First, I ran away to avoid getting hit by the laser as much as possible. I heard jeering from the stands.

‘Ugh! Even if it’s Adamantine Body/Invulnerable Physique, it’s hot and painful when you get hit by a laser? It’s dangerous to hit the vitals!’

Lee HyunJin’s laser flies anywhere within sight. It is a rule violation to continuously burn the Martial Arts Tournament opponent, but HyunJin’s laser kept flying towards me intermittently.

If I didn’t have Adamantine Body/Invulnerable Physique, I would have been burned.

Ah, it’s really hot!

I’m running away while looking like I’m being unilaterally attacked, but I know the weakness.

That laser’s power weakens if it’s not well within sight.

Kwaang!

I was far enough away, so I punched the ground and broke it.

The fragments and dust from the broken floor rose in a cloud.

I stirred up a lot of dust and went into it.

It’s to avoid getting in sight as much as possible.

Tadadad-

I quickly approached Lee HyunJin in the rising dust.

Although, the closer I get, the more my location is revealed and I can be hit by the laser strongly, it doesn’t matter.

The power of the laser is also reduced because of the dust particles, and I can win if I hit it right once.

I soon succeeded in reaching near Lee HyunJin.

Soon after, I reached my fist out of the dust as soon as Lee HyunJin came within range.

Pow-

I succeeded in planting my fist in Lee HyunJin’s temple like that,

Thud

I also succeeded in K.O.ing Lee HyunJin.

It was a matter of 1 minute and 45 seconds.

*

Starting with the Martial Arts Tournament with Lee HyunJin, the Martial Arts Tournament with the Enhancement-Type continued.

The Enhancement-Type are mainly Espers who enhance the abilities of the body. Many people use fighting techniques. Of course, types like Lee HyunJin are a bit different.

Anyway, accurately grasping the movements of the body and judging how to deal with it in a short time determines the victory or defeat.

I blocked the fist flying straight at me with my hand.

And I pushed the opponent’s fist away with the blocking hand as it was.

The opponent lost his balance as his fist, which had been weighted, was pushed away with great force.

Of course, I didn’t miss the gap.

Pow-

I knocked the opponent’s temple, which had a gap, and knocked him down.

It’s similar to the way I faced Lee HyunJin, but isn’t that what fighting is all about?

Create a gap in the opponent and subdue him with strength.

It is the Martial Arts Tournament that achieves this simple formula with the body.

I made all the opponents I met in the Martial Arts Tournament show a gap and knocked them down.

Sometimes I met opponents who were strong and didn’t fall in one shot, but those opponents weren’t a big problem either.

If you hit the same spot continuously, they all fall.

I knocked down all the opponents I met in the Martial Arts Tournament in this way.

The attribute matches that started in the morning all ended when the sun was setting.

From tomorrow, I will be running to the finals with the winners of the attribute matches.

Of course, I was on the list of participants for tomorrow, but Crazy Kid Kim Sanghyuk fell out.

He can’t pass the attribute matches this year either. I wanted to buy him a drink of consolation because I felt sorry for him, but since there is a match tomorrow, I should buy it after the tournament.

Today is the second day of the B-grade matches.

I finished two matches in a row and took a break to catch my breath.

I was drinking water in the waiting room when someone knocked and opened the door.

“Hana, do you have some time?”

“Huh? Lee Hwayoung? Isn’t this a busy time right now? Why are you here? And I haven’t even answered yet, how can you burst into the player waiting room?”

I argued about the reckless behavior, but Hwayoung ignored my words and grabbed my wrist, telling me to follow her.

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