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Chapter 191: True Transmission
Chapter 191: True Transmission
Normally, to learn combat techniques, one must first train physical strength, then consider routines and techniques. But… since he only has two or three days, I might as well teach him some quick survival skills first?
Looking at the slim-built Leon who had taken off his old overcoat from five steps away, the policewoman hesitated slightly before asking:
"The combat techniques I know are quite varied, but the most suitable for a crash course are police and military combat techniques. Which one do you want to learn?"
Leon, who knew nothing about combat, hesitated for a moment before asking:
"What’s the difference between these two?"
"Their objectives and characteristics differ. Military techniques are mainly for quick incapacitation, making the opponent lose their ability to fight… like this!"
Just as the policewoman finished speaking, her entire body suddenly sank, approaching the ground at a speed as if she had fallen into the earth. She then swiftly traversed the nearly three-meter distance between them, reaching Leon in a ghostly manner.
What the hell?
From the moment the policewoman crouched, Leon tried to track her movements with his eyes. Even with the high reaction speed brought by a 4.1 Corruption Value, he could only see a blurry figure "arching" towards him, and could not even distinguish the positions of her hands and feet in the chaos.
When Leon instinctively retreated backward, a leg clad in black tight pants, with astonishing elasticity, had already stomped his left side of the right knee. With just a slight lift following Leon’s backward force, it directly unbalanced his entire body, sending him sprawling backward.
Immediately, before his body fully hit the ground, while he was still flailing in mid-air, the spot between his third and fourth left ribs, closest to his heart, was lightly poked by someone.
"If I had a dagger in my hand, you would already be dead."
Standing in Leon’s original position, the policewoman raised two fingers and made a horizontal stabbing motion, satisfied with Leon’s shocked expression, she secretly pressed her lips together to suppress a smile and said with a serious face:
"You only lasted 0.5 seconds under my hands! Listen up, the first thing to learn in combat isn’t how to knock your opponent down, but ‘don’t move around recklessly’! Your body is much sturdier than it looks, and in a standing stance, your legs have a longer range than me as I’m advancing. If you hadn’t retreated recklessly just now and instead had the courage to stretch your leg and kick, the result would have been different!"
Stretching his leg to kick?
Recalling the scene just now, Leon patted the dirt off his clothes and stood up, thinking aloud:
"If I had stretched my leg to kick, would I have been able to block your move just now?"
"You wouldn’t have been able to block it."
The policewoman shook her head:
"But you would have died a bit slower. I would have to make a second move to finish you off, and the total time would have been extended from 0.5 seconds to about 0.8 seconds."
???
So, the difference between kicking and not kicking is that I would have gone from dying on the spot to kicking once and then dying, right?
Hmph! To let him down!
Seeing Leon’s depressed face after her answer, the policewoman, who had been maintaining a stern expression, finally couldn’t help but smile, then similarly thoughtfully evaluated Leon.
For combat, explaining it ten times is not as memorable as experiencing it oneself. Therefore, my sudden assault was intended to give this guy a wake-up call and teach him the first lesson in combat—open your eyes.
Yes, the first lesson for beginners isn’t ‘don’t move around recklessly,’ but to learn to open your eyes.
When a novice combatant is approached by an enemy and attacked in the face, they will instinctively close their eyes. For a beginner who can only observe their opponent with their eyes, this habit is no different from conceding defeat directly.
So the policewoman’s original plan was to advance directly to Leon’s front and punch his face, scaring him into closing his eyes, and teaching him this most important first lesson: to learn combat, one must overcome the instinct to close their eyes.
However, the policewoman hadn’t expected that although Leon’s eyes couldn’t keep up with her movements, his brain and body reacted, and he seemed to have vaguely judged her attack target, retreating in time to move his face out of the attack range. Thus, the first lesson in combat temporarily changed from ‘don’t close your eyes’ to ‘don’t move around recklessly.’
Hmm… long limbs, quick reflexes, accurate intuition or judgment, and physical strength… seems to be much sturdier than it looks?
Slightly moving her right leg, recalling the instinctive resistance she felt when her leg met Leon’s, the policewoman roughly gauged Leon’s “base” and nodded slightly, already knowing how to teach him.
"You shouldn’t learn military combat techniques. Although they have greater lethality, many of the small routines involve assassinating and powerful strikes, requiring high strength and specific environments. Although you meet the learning requirements, it doesn’t seem to suit your force application habits.
"She came over and pinched Lyon's shoulder muscles, then squatted down and patted his thighs a few times. The female officer, now calm, assessed,
'Lyon, you may look skinny, but you have decent strength. However, compared to your speed and reflexes, it's just average. Your abilities in those areas are probably... hmm... exceptional, and your judgment is excellent.'
'Unlike military combat techniques, the goal of police combat techniques is to arrest, control, defend, and restrict movement. In simple terms, it's about seizing the initiative, limiting the opponent's force, and then controlling the situation with joint locks and other techniques.'
'The challenge in police combat techniques lies in the high demands on speed and on-the-spot judgment, but it suits your situation perfectly. I believe that even with just two or three days of training, you'll be able to learn several very effective practical moves.'
'Then I'll learn police combat techniques.'
Although he was a bit envious of the swift and decisive knife strike he had just witnessed, Lyon, who knew nothing about combat, naturally trusted the professional's judgment and obediently watched as the female officer demonstrated police combat techniques.
...
'There are 22 basic moves in Kingdom Police Combat Techniques, 3 of which are offensive, 3 for teamwork to control the target, and the remaining 16 are for various defensive counterattacks.'
After demonstrating the basic postures of Kingdom Police Combat Techniques, the slightly flushed female officer exhaled a puff of white breath and then, with utmost seriousness, explained to Lyon:
'Since you only have three days, I'll pick 3 typical moves from these 16 defensive counterattacks to teach you. With your physical qualities, you'll be able to instantly subdue most people one-on-one if you master these three moves.'
'Can you teach me a few more? I think I'm a fast learner.'
After checking his badge panel, Lyon, determined to 'cheat', made a suggestion:
'Can you also teach me the offensive moves? It's not like I can just defend all the time, right?'
'Don't aim too high! In such a short time, it's already difficult for you to learn these three defensive moves!'
Hearing this, the female officer stopped her movements and sternly admonished:
'Don't think of defense as just taking hits. Defensive moves should actually be called defensive counterattack moves. The key is to seize the openings in the opponent's attacks and counter them. Offensive moves will definitely expose your vulnerabilities!
More importantly, even if your defensive counterattacks are mediocre, they can still help you defend. If you're not good at offensive moves, you might end up exposing your vital points to the opponent's blade!'
'Oh...'
Fine... I'll learn these for now. If I don't get a badge, then what she says must be right. If I do get a badge, I'll learn the rest from her later.'
Unaware of Lyon's thoughts, seeing that he was no longer stubborn and was learning diligently, the female officer nodded in satisfaction and said:
'Watch closely! The three moves I'm teaching you are the most important and fundamental defensive counterattacks: when your upper body is attacked, when your lower body is attacked, and when you're attacked from behind.'
As she spoke, the female officer demonstrated an outer arm block.
'Use your arms as shields... No, that's too abstract. Come here! Punch me! Faster!'
'Okay!'
Lyon nodded in agreement and stood in front of the female officer, punching as instructed. In an instant, the female officer, who had been facing him, suddenly dropped down, half of her body disappearing from Lyon's field of vision. Lyon felt a sharp pain on the inside of his arm, and his attack was effortlessly deflected.
At that moment, two soft 'black snakes' climbed up, locking his shoulder joints. His neck was bumped, and his left knee was skillfully hooked by a slender calf, causing him to fall backward. His stomach was gently tapped by a foot.
'Use your arm bones to strike the opponent's nerves, seize the moment of paralysis to pull them into your embrace, lock their shoulders, and use your forehead to strike their neck... If you want to finish them off, strike their Adam's apple!'
The female officer demonstrated a move of locking the shoulders and lowering her head, her tone slightly menacing as she continued:
'What I just showed you is the upper body part of this move, but your lower body should also be in motion. As you strike their neck, use your leg to hook their leg, and as they lose balance, press forward with your body, finishing with a final kick! If you're going for the kill, don't kick the stomach; aim lower and stomp the groin!'
Lyon shuddered at the sight of the female officer's powerful kick, her small shoe just a punch away from his sensitive area. A primal fear was awakened within him.
And so the first move was a groin kick! It seems the assistant to the Minister of Public Security was right; competitions really do limit Isha's abilities...
"Did you remember?"
Ignoring Lyon's shock, the female police officer, now in teaching mode, added a hint of cold sternness to her expression. She pulled Lyon up from the ground and instructed seriously:
"Remember, and switch partners. This time, I'll attack, and you block and trip me!"
"Okay..."
Lyon stood up and assumed the correct stance as instructed. Facing the female officer's right punch, Lyon tried to mimic her movements, sinking his shoulders to block, then using both hands to lock her shoulders and headbutt her.
However, Lyon's movements were still unfamiliar, and he sank his shoulders too deeply. Combined with the female officer's long legs and height, which was no less than an average man's, the headbutt that should have hit her neck was slightly off target, hitting lower.
Oh no!
Realizing his mistake after the headbutt, Lyon quickly grabbed the female officer's shoulder to prevent her from falling. He also retracted his leg, which was about to hook her knee, and blocked his vital areas, fearing a direct hit that would send him to the palace.
To his surprise, the female officer, despite being headbutted, only stiffened slightly. She didn't resist but instead went with the force of Lyon's headbutt, lying down and even protecting Lyon's head with her hand to prevent it from hitting the ground.
"..."
"That was terrible!"
After pushing Lyon away to regain her balance, the female officer stood up and brushed off the dirt from her clothes, her face filled with displeasure. "Your movements were completely deformed! Apart from successfully blocking my nerves, your headbutt missed its target! Your footwork didn't follow through!
And most importantly, you forgot to release my shoulders, causing us both to fall. Your final kick couldn't even land! Get up, and let's practice again!"
Oh...
She's not angry? And she didn't even ask for an explanation? Are you usually so reasonable? What happened to the fierce and aggressive Isha who would flip my food tray if I argued with her?
"Don't just stand there, let's go again!"
Seeing Lyon's incredulous expression as he repeatedly scrutinized her, the female officer's ears turned slightly red. She couldn't hold back any longer and stomped her foot in frustration. "Come on, you have a dangerous mission in three days, don't you? The more you practice now, the safer you'll be then! Stop thinking about all that nonsense! Let's go!"
"..."
So... she's worried about my safety, which is why she's holding back her temper? Lyon couldn't help but chuckle lightly as he noticed the female officer secretly tugging at her clothes, trying to maintain her fierce expression. Straightening up, Lyon assumed the defensive stance once more, his face serious as he shouted:
"Again! I'll definitely learn it this time!"
...
【Through Isha Hill's dedicated and repeated practice, you successfully activated the Black Iron Rank Emblem "Combat Novice."】
【Combat Novice: After a relatively systematic practice, a fighter who has mastered certain combat techniques. Although their level is not high, they have laid a solid foundation.】
【Equip Effect: As a novice fighter, your techniques may be immature. However, after correcting your force application and strike habits, you will experience a slight increase in strength and speed during combat.】
【Progression: This emblem will automatically advance to the Bronze Rank Emblem "Combat Veteran" after completing 20 real combat instances or 200 companion practices. Current progress: 0/20, 0/200】
【Hidden Trait: Due to proper training and strict discipline, your combat intuition has significantly developed, granting you the ability to slightly anticipate the direction of enemy attacks.】
"Ziz..."
【Through self-learning and thinking, you have acquired low-level combat skills, activating the Unique Rank Emblem "Materialistic Soul - Red."】
Your combat level is "Low," but your ability to think critically and self-adjust allows you to learn some unique techniques from your instructor.
When attacking the enemy's eyes and groin, your hit rate and inflicted damage will significantly increase.
(End of Chapter)
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