Kaguya broke into a cold sweat as she looked at the three muscle-bound men brimming with bloodlust.

Erioh had finally lost patience with Rinji, who'd stolen away his precious great-granddaughter, and in a fit of rage, ordered the clan's top three warriors to "spar" with him.

Realistically, even if the entire Kure clan came at Rinji, they'd still lose. Just three? Not a chance.

But Erioh didn't want him dead. He knew that wasn't possible.

He just wanted Rinji to feel pain.

Whether those three could actually hurt him…

Well, people need to have dreams.

What Erioh didn't know was that, just five minutes ago, Rinji and Kaguya had swapped consciousness again.

Rinji was now playing the role of a powerless rich girl.

And Kaguya was about to get beat down in Rinji's body.

"Gentlemen, I don't know what's going on, but let's calm down."

Kaguya laughed nervously, slowly backing away.

These guys weren't your typical street punks—just one punch would reduce him (her?) to paste.

"Ha! Too late to surrender now, punk!!"

Watching gleefully from the side, Erioh saw "Rinji's" panicked face and laughed smugly.

Hey hey hey, isn't Rinji your great-granddaughter's boyfriend? How can you be this happy watching him get beat up?

Kaguya mentally grumbled.

Then Karura, standing next to Erioh, shouted excitedly, "Rinji! Do your best!"

Do my best!? Your boyfriend's about to get pounded! Though technically… I'm the one getting pounded.

When it came to the incomprehensible ecosystem of the Kure clan, Kaguya was under immense pressure.

I'm done for. I'll probably get beaten to death today… Wait, if I die here, would it be me who dies, or Rinji-kun…?

"Shut up already!! You're so damn noisy!!"

Raian suddenly roared, and with a ferocious grin, his fist appeared right in front of Kaguya.

Ever since he got brutally beaten by Rinji in the Kengan Annihilation Tournament, he'd been looking for a chance to get his win back.

That fist was about to strike the clueless "Rinji" right in the head—

BOOM!!!!!!!

"..."

Kaguya opened her eyes slightly—she had shut them in fear just moments ago.

When she looked again, she saw Raian half-buried headfirst into the ground.

She had just slammed him into the floor.

Although Kaguya usually looked like a fragile high-society young lady, in truth, she was a genius with high achievements in many fields.

In martial arts, aside from her main skill in archery, she also held a second-degree black belt in Aikido.

That may not sound like much, but in most dojos, even assistant instructors only hold a first-degree black belt. Second-degree is often the highest rank achievable by a high schooler.

As Raian's punch came flying, Kaguya instinctively stepped to the outside and dodged it. She then grabbed his wrist with her left hand.

At the same time, she extended her right arm to brace his elbow and twisted her waist, throwing him straight into the ground.

A textbook Juji-nage throw.

Normally, Raian wouldn't be tossed so easily by a Juji-nage. His reflexes and body flexibility alone should be enough to resist joint techniques like that.

But the problem was that Kaguya was using Rinji's body.

Her speed surpassed his reflexes. Her range of motion exceeded his flexibility.

Rinji's physical prowess was so overwhelming that in the Kengan Annihilation Preliminaries, he fought against monstrous opponents while limiting his strength output to about 5%.

Kaguya had no idea how to control that strength—and had just gone all out.

Luckily, she used a throw instead of a strike. Otherwise, with the force she exerted, she might have punched straight through a human body.

The soft earth acted as a buffer, but even so, his body was driven halfway into the ground.

And by the way, during the grab, she also crushed his arm bone.

"Uhh... umm..."

Kaguya was now panicking.

What do I do?! Did I kill him?!

While she stood there frozen, Horris suddenly kicked off the ground and launched an uppercut at Kaguya's chin.

"The fight's not over yet."

"Wait!!"

Though she had no actual fighting experience, with Rinji's body, Kaguya possessed dynamic vision and narrowly dodged the punch. She immediately raised both hands.

"That guy should be—"

"He's not dead."

"Eh—EH!?"

As they spoke, Horio also moved, grabbing Kaguya's hand to prevent her escape and aiming a punch at her face.

At the same time, Horris swung a kick toward her ribs.

"What the hell is happening?!"

Kaguya's right hand, which was being held, suddenly flipped. Her free hand grabbed Horio's elbow, and using a Katate-dori, she threw her cleanly away.

Coincidentally, she threw her directly into Horris's path.

Before his kick could land, Horris was struck by the airborne Horio and both went flying like cannonballs.

This time, Kaguya had learned not to go all out—but even holding back, she could only suppress her strength to about 10%, which was still twice what Rinji had used in official matches.

One heavily injured, two lightly injured—this was the result of Kaguya's first fight in her life.

She stared speechlessly at the mess before her. So many thoughts ran through her head, but she swallowed them all.

She felt like nothing mattered anymore. She just wanted to stop thinking.

"Rinji!!"

Suddenly, a figure lunged at her and clung to "Rinji."

Karura hugged her tightly and said joyfully, "I knew you'd win, Rinji!"

"Ah… yeah."

Kaguya knew this was Rinji's girlfriend, Karura. So she kept her hands by her sides, not daring to hug her back.

First, she didn't want to hug another girl. Second, she was afraid her strength might accidentally hurt Karura.

As Karura clung to her for a bit, she suddenly let go. Her eyes—completely black sclera—revealed some doubt.

"You feel… like you're not Rinji."

Kaguya: "…"