The Degree
Ray Morgan's

Ray and Arthur attack Dong Wok in turn. As Arthur deals a blow and Dong Wok holds him back, Ray will take the opportunity to strike his neck with a nunchaku.

And vice versa. The two of them took turns attacking. One busied Dong Wok and the other carried out an attack.

“You guys seem to be used to doing this!” Dong Wok gave a kick towards Ray.

Ray retreats to avoid her but she misjudges. Dong Wok had such long legs that his actions were futile. He needed to hold Dong Wok's kick in his chest with the support of his hand.

“It's disgusting to be in tune with him!” arthur said as if to vomit.

Ray who fell sat cleaning the dirt off his shirt and tried to get up.

“That's a terrible idea. Whatever it is don't say anything annoying!”

Even Ray doesn't like it. He also wondered why there could be chemistry like this? Indeed, they used to fight together but not until it became aligned like this.

Ray doesn't want to admit it but it's true that he and Arthur are a good fit. Had they been on the same side, it could be said the two would have been a deadly duo.

“You really don't get along but can work well together. I wonder where Secret found monsters like you?” Dong Wok might look carefree but in his heart he was restless.

Two against one is not a favorable situation even though he is underdog by his body and physique. But his opponent was not trivial either.

‘Retsuji Arthur. Defend himself probably boxing and Muay Thai. Maybe he still mastered the other martial arts. He is very dangerous if he is in prime condition.’

Arthur had suffered injuries from a suicide blast before and it was quite a burden on his body. If it wasn't for that the situation would probably be much worse.

On the other hand there is Ray Morgan with his nunchaku. Anyone could see the flow of martial arts he used but Dong Wok doubted it.

‘He's a terrible bastard for having a punch as hard as an iron ball even with such a small body. Besides that what the fuck with his martial arts?!’

Dong Wok initially believed that Ray might have been involved in Jet Kune Do because of his use of nunchaku. But every attack he directed had the same pattern as the system.

No. It's much worse. Ray seemed to be unconcerned with the rules in martial arts and only dealt blows in dangerous places.

“Ray, where do you have such capabilities? No, your experience is also not small considering how to fight you dangerous even with just one hand.”

Hearing the words of Dong Wok, Ray was a little nostalgic about his father who gave the curriculum to fight. Ray himself did not really become a master in any particular martial arts.

He was only forced to master some deadly and powerful martial will to cripple his opponent.

Systema, Jet Kune Do or something. Ray doesn't care what he uses for a result called victory.

“Now, it might be because I feel more of a life and death situation than you.”

Ray uses a nunchaku and manages to hit on Dong Wok's thigh shin. Arthur takes that chance and punches right into the solar plexus.

Dong Wok clenched his teeth in pain and slightly lowered his head.

Arthur immediately stepped aside and Ray stepped forward kicking the jaw once more.

“If not mistaken this is Krav Maga, right?”

Ray's kick managed to make Dong Wok's vision tremble and the giant man staggered backwards.

“Because it's a pure fight without firearms, then prepare your body to be beaten!”

Arthur ran forward with full force. Among the human body, there is a place where the blow is more painful than the solar plexus.

“Khak!” For the first time Dong Wok screamed in pain. “You trash! Hit in that place—”

Ray makes Arthur a foothold, his hand grabs Dong Wok's head and slams him into the arch of his right leg violently.

The combo of the two finally managed to make Dong Wok waver and began to collapse. But both are not at all loose.

“It's not an official fight so it's okay to play dirty, right? Huh?!”

Arthur hit once more at that spot. He then grabs Ray's nunchaku and coils it around Dong Wok's neck.

Ray held onto the other part and began to pull it with all his might. The strangled Dong Wok plans to hit the two together, but simultaneously, Ray and Arthur use their legs to hit Dong Wok's face from left and right.

Dong Wok's face began to turn blue as he rebelled with all his might to release himself. But in vain because neither Ray nor Arthur was weak at all.

In the end Dong Wok started to lose his strength and limp. At the last chance he recalled the face of the girl he had been with since childhood until now.

‘Sorry ... Haiyan. I ... failed to beat them both.’

A humiliating defeat for him for willingly however he himself insisted. Dong Wok insists on fighting Arthur and Ray, no matter one by one or directly at once.

He was too confident to win but did not expect that the two were real monsters. How can such a man exist? It's unbelievable.

‘Ah~ I'm stupid. If you know like this .. I should have expressed my feelings.’

Until the end of his life, Dong Wok's love for Haiyan was never conveyed. In the end both of them died from the tragedy they started.

“Hah! Huh! Huh!”

Ray and Arthur lie down and gasp for breath after knocking down a giant named Maa Dong Wok. It was a very exhausting heavyweight fight.

Even Ray had not expected his fight to be this difficult. Although he hated to admit it, but without the existence of Arthur, it was impossible that he could defeat him. Not to mention Ray only had one hand.

“Finally... only the two of us.. are left.” Ray had a small laugh as he stared at the moon shining brightly right above their heads.

“I have... many things to say. and many things to reply to,” said Arthur, staring at the same scene as Ray.

Something exploded not far from their place. The blazing flame light reached their location even though the fire itself might be quite far away.

“With this finally ... I can share my secret with you.”

Ray waits for this moment, when he can talk to Arthur alone before killing each other.

Arthur hit the ground for some reason, “Anxuating! Finally I may understand ... our reasons are so similar but with different paths.”

A different path, Ray smiled hearing that. That means Arthur already has a picture of his Degree.

“Finally ... after so long I can reveal—”

Something Ray hasn't mentioned in all this time. Something only he knows.

“—Degree-ku to the world.”

The title is owned by Ray Morgan.