Chaptet 119- FOR THE SEAT

THE gong sounded, and Hiroshi and Asahi limped and stumbled back to their starting marks. They exchanged pleasantries of bowing to each other and their grandfather. Hiroshi went to his defensive stance, while Asahi went on to his offensive strikes.

The round kicked off with Asahi screaming wildly, smashing his left hand and his feet against Hiroshi’s defenses. Hiroshi blocked what must have been a dozen strikes effectively despite his poor balance with one good leg. Finally, Asahi seemed to collapse as his eyes closed. Instinctively, Hiroshi, tried catching his brother.

Leopold saw what was happening before Asahi opened his eyes.

Exploiting your older brother’s protective instinct to get him to drop his guard. You rotten bastard! Leopold thought at the back of his mind.

Asahi’s left hand sprung like a rattlesnake toward the center or Hiroshi’s chest. Hiroshi gripped his brother’s forearm, desperately trying to keep the lethal object of his hand off her heart. Asahi seesawed with hi