Having achieved S-rank in a short period of time, Takeda Yu-Shin had boasted that he would become the leader of the next generation of Japanese players. However, he collapsed at a single strike from Yu-Seong. Neither those who watched the scene with their own eyes nor those who saw it through the cameras for the broadcast could believe it. They all had the same question.

"What did I just see?" Chairman Takaku posed the question.

However, Nioh Kyosuke, the master who had personally trained Takeda Yu-Shin, found himself unable to provide an answer. He had no choice but to be silent because the match had ended in a split second.

Even more perplexing was the fact that everyone had clearly witnessed Yu-Seong's attack during this confrontation. In other words, his movements were not so swift or flashy that even ordinary people, not just the players, could clearly see how Yu-Seong moved.

Rather, the drones equipped with special cameras for capturing the players' actions had, in fact, missed the movements of Takeda Yu-Shin. His movements appeared to linger like an afterimage, while Yu-Seong stood there, seemingly dazed, before calmly launching a straight punch.

It didn't make sense, but absurdly, the situation ended with Takeda Yu-Shin, who was hit by that slow punch, spinning about five times in mid-air and dropping onto the floor with...