[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda":3,"chapter-vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-chapter-239":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","VISION GRID SYSTEM: THE COMEBACK OF RYOMA TAKEDA",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},730343,969,"Chapter 239: Half A Beat Ahead","vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-chapter-239",239,"\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the blue corner moves with quiet precision. Hiroshi presses a chilled end-swell against the faint puff beneath Ryoma’s eye and the right corner of his mouth; the metal is cool and steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Kenta works Ryoma’s legs with light, measured strokes, just enough to keep the muscles loose, not tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn,\" Ryoma mutters. \"I cracked his first trick, and he immediately layered another one on... even blended it into the same rhythm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sera’s voice cuts in, cool and flat. \"If you hang on to that anger, you’ll just exhaust yourself faster, and cloud your head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma flicks a glance at him, still irritated. But after a moment, he lowers his gaze, closes his eyes, and pulls his breathing down until it’s even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then does he replay the round in his head and pick it apart, calm and precise. Once he opens his eyes again, he looks a bit calmer now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cracked his slapping left,\" he says. \"But then he used it as misdirection, and hit me with a Detroit shotgun jab. Two simple tricks, blending them well with reversal misdirection, and he broke my rhythm. The slapping jab’s light. But that Detroit jab lands with real weight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t you just slip away?\" Hiroshi asks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I can,\" Ryoma answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then just get away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sadly, he has to stay in range,\" Nakahara cuts in. \"We’re behind on points now. We can’t run away. They’ve forced us to chase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or Ryoma goes hit-and-run,\" Kenta suggests. \"Use the legs, pick and move. Sure he’ll burn more, but we can’t let Sekino control the fight forever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nakahara and Sera exchange a look; neither objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think, kid?\" Nakahara asks. \"Eight rounds left. Think you can keep using your legs that long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma doesn’t answer at once. He measures himself, and does the math.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If everything stays clean he figures he can keep using his legs at fullest until the eighth, maybe the seventh round if Sekino lands just once or twice on the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he’s not banking on Sekino being generous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He breathes in, lets the plan settle. \"Let me keep this pace a little longer,\" he says. \"If it still isn’t working, I’ll change it mid-round.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that settled, Nakahara crouches, putting his palm on his tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let’s solve this puzzle first,\" he says. \"Both the slapping left and the stiff Detroit jab come from a forward stance. He sets them up with a jab for misdirection, then, without pulling the arm back, fires again, a two-beat flicker. But if you can break the setup...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah,\" Ryoma says. \"I already cracked the setup for his first trick. Now I need a way to shut down the reverse one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arena is still alive. The air is thick with noise, hot and electric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From somewhere near the upper stands, the Cruel King’s Army roars their anthem into the din:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long live the Chameleon King... Cla-clap-clap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crown of the cruel, rule of the ring! Cla-clap-clap!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chant ripples outward, catching rhythm, until half the hall is shouting the words in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sekino still holds control,\" one commentator says over the noise. \"The veteran’s timing and tempo are flawless so far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But look at the stands!\" the other shouts. \"Ryoma’s supporters are going wild. if he wants to keep his crown as Korakuen’s Cruel King, he’d better answer them soon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The referee’s voice finally cuts through the noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seconds out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners move with practiced efficiency, slipping through the ropes as both fighters roll their shoulders, loosening the tension one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Round three begins, two master technicians back in motion. Let’s see whose rhythm breaks first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both fighters rush to the center, moving almost in sync. Ryoma doesn’t circle this time; no patience, no testing steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino also abandons his Philly Shell guard. His rear foot stays slightly behind, but his shoulders are squared now, a stance that says he’s not waiting for Ryoma to start anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then comes the opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino pivots his lead foot forward, widening his stance, and in the same breath whips his left hand twice. Two flickers snap out like lashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma’s gloves rise instantly, catching both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thic! Thic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Sekino drags his rear foot a half-step forward, resetting his base to square again, and fires a string of textbook jabs and one cross; clean, crisp, and piston-fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dsh! Dsh! Dsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All are blocked, but he’s dictating now; the rhythm, the range, the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma’s already reacting, forced into the role of responder. He doesn’t strike back yet. His eyes track every motion, wary of the shifts, the double-beat flicker and the sudden reverse shotgun jab, the trap hidden inside the pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He can’t afford to bite too early. So he keeps his defense rhythm fluid; blocking, slipping, stepping off-line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His shoulders roll with the rhythm, his feet slide diagonally, never staying where Sekino expects him to be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino advances with calm precision, left hand twitching, right shoulder coiled. Each flicker probes, testing distance, waiting for Ryoma’s counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No big swings yet, not even one clean hit. Even so, the sheer precision on display, offense and defense woven together at high level, drives the crowd into a higher roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the commentators speak low over the swelling noise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re reading each other in real time now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One mistake here, and the punishment’s coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly a minute passes before Sekino changes the rhythm. He starts with stiff textbook jabs, snapping them in quick succession and forcing Ryoma’s guard high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dsh! Dsh! Dsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after the last one meets Ryoma’s gloves, Sekino widens the next arc, the two-beat flicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma sees it clearly. He ducks, letting the left carve the air above his head, and dives in with his right cocked for a counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sekino doesn’t repeat the same mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You read me. But I can read you too...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cuts across with a chopping right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma halts, canceling his body shot just in time as the punch whistles past his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally fires back, but Sekino’s already shifted into a compact Philly Shell, his left forearm guarding his ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dug!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma’s glove smacks the guard, and Sekino slides away before the follow-up hook can reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch... he never lets his defense drop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino steps back in, his left flickering again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whsst!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whsst! Whsst!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma rolls under the first two, but the third comes wider, faster, aiming at his temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raises his right glove to cover the right side of his head...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dug!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino doesn’t fully pull the hand back. He slides his lead foot deeper and fires a shotgun jab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ryoma’s ready this time, shifting his guard to the front, covering his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not going to work on me anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dug!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...blocked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But suddenly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dsh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slap catches his right cheek from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Sekino doesn’t let him breathe. He steps in closer, slamming a right into Ryoma’s guard...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dug!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...then slips his glove against Ryoma’s elbow before snapping it back, prying open the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryoma’s breath catches. His ribs are exposed, and...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sekino digs a left hook into the opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa! Did you see that?\" one commentator shouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Ryoma tries to answer...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But no, Sekino’s already gone! He’s piling up points, landing clean and slipping away again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... it’s the third round already, and Ryoma still hasn’t found his rhythm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the first time, he’s up against someone so good, it’s like he’s forgotten how to box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1254,"2026-06-02T11:09:26.935Z",1,"novelbin.me","7ea0db0061abe8e7a640abf50b444b686230e95e59742f9efe14612d9fb649ab","vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-chapter-240","vision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-chapter-238",762,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fvision-grid-system-the-comeback-of-ryoma-takeda-cover.jpg"]