Truth Beyond the Veil Chapter 8: Chapter 7: MVP: Miss Noir

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Summer, 13:05 Location: Theo's Villa "Again!" Victor shouted as he executed a single-leg sweep towards Leo, which he narrowly avoided by jumping. But as he rose, he felt a rush of air at the back, and he instinctively bent backward and raised his arms to deflect the incoming flying kick. "Ke Ke Ke… you guys are good! Now it's my turn!" Leo let out a derisive laugh as he mocked them. While trash-talking, Leo maintained his footing with deftness and threw a straight punch at Victor, keeping a watchful eye on Theo in case of a sneak attack. As soon as he felt the punch connect, without missing a beat, he spun and performed a back kick at Theo, who leapt into the air to dodge. As if expecting Theo to dodge, Leo rotated his lower body, stabilised his footing, dashed forward a little, and performed a strong punch, which Theo was unable to block mid-air, and was thrown back. Though both of them managed to block Leo’s attack, they couldn’t land a hit on him. Now that Leo had created enough distance from both, Theo and Victor immediately fell at a disadvantage. Beep…Beep… “The 20 th match has been concluded with Sir Leon as the winner, a ring-out finish. No injuries detected. New match will be starting in 30 seconds”, Ai-Chan announced. “As expected, can't compare in raw strength with you!!” Victor said as he took a few steps back and entered into a fighting stance once more. Leo replied with a smug grin, "I would be surprised if you guys can compare to me with raw strength." "Tsk… thrown out again… It seems we have to change some tactics. Noir! Come here! I know you are waiting for this moment. You have my permission,” Theo shamelessly involved Noir, who immediately entered the room as if waiting for this moment. Victor looked at Theo with a deadpan expression at his shamelessness, but still asked Noir to enter the combat area, “Come inside the ring, let's see what you can do too.” As soon as she heard it, her eyes lit up as she slowly entered the ring and looked at Leo with a condescending gaze, while licking her paws. "Heh... One more won’t make a difference. If I can beat you both alone, I can beat you three alone, too", Leo said in a cocky tone. Theo muttered, "We will see about that!" “Brother Leo, you should never underestimate someone…”, he added while adjusting his specs. “30 seconds are over. Countdown will begin now!” “Starting... 3… 2…1… 0” As soon as the countdown hit zero, Victor charged at Leo, ducked down, and executed a double sweep. Leo managed to dodge the first sweep but lost balance on the second because he had never expected a double sweep. He immediately tried to find his footing, just in time to see Theo dash at him with his upper body in a basic strong punch stance. Not on my watch... Hastily, Leo predicted where Theo’s punch would land, sidestepped, and bent his already unbalanced body. His eyes widened when he saw Theo grinning, the basic strong punch stance shifting into a double jump kick. He never expected them to use the feint twice in a row, especially with such coordination. Hmph… Leo, with his extreme dexterity and experience, managed to change course again, but realizing he couldn't avoid or dodge it, he chose to defend as best he could, completely ignoring someone far more eager than both Victor and Theo combined. As soon as the match had started. Noir, who had been waiting for this moment since the first spar, didn’t hesitate before dashing into a successful blind spot, and that was Victor’s shadow, and somehow this whole thing was completely ignored by the trio. The moment Noir saw Leo ignore her and sidestep to avoid Theo’s punch, she sprang into action. She came out of Victor’s shadow, dashed at an extreme speed, and again successfully hid in Leo’s shadow without being noticed by anyone. When she noticed Leo had again changed course to avoid the jumping kick, she immediately grabbed onto the moment and jumped, climbing onto Leo's body from his leg. She quickly reached his chest, offered him a co