CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
๐๏ธ June 17th, 2005
SYSTEM SYNC BEFORE THE STORM...
๐ LEVEL 12 โ XP: 2740 / 5000
๐ฌ Current STAT SHEET:
Strength: 30
Agility: 27
Endurance: 29
Charisma: 68
Technique: 29
Intelligence: 20
Money Maker: 15
๐น Traits Active:
๐ง Tactical Genius I (+15% move-read accuracy vs BWF-level opponents)
๐ธ Business Mindset I (+5% sponsor income) โก Hype Engine (Passive: crowd momentum grows faster)
๐ผ Side Hustler (Passive: financial boost per match)
๐ช Signature Move: Skyfall Judgment
๐ Finisher: CROWN CRUSHER (Head Stomp)
BWF PRESENTS: HEATWAVE
Pyro. Screaming fans. Hot lights.
And one main event everyone was dying to see.
The arena was thunderous as the announcers hyped the match.
๐ค "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time... for the MAIN EVENT!"
BRICK BRONSON entered first. A walking tank in a custom black and gold jacket, stomping down the ramp with bandages peeking from under his collar. No mic. No words. Just fury in his eyes.
The lights dimmed. Drums echoed. Tribal horns blew. Then...
MALIK "THE TRIBAL CHIEF" SMITH JR. appeared. Title on shoulder. Wrist tape tight. Eyes like fire.
He raised one finger to the skyโ The crowd followed.
๐ถ "Acknowledge him!"
Then he walked.
One step at a time. Like a king ready for war.
MATCH TYPE: NO DISQUALIFICATION โ BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
DING DING DING!
They locked up like bulls. Strikes flew. Malik hit a jumping knee. Bronson countered with a spinebuster.
Chairs came out. Tables broke. Steel met skin.
10 minutes inโblood on both their foreheads.
Bronson hits Signature Move #1: "Earth Splitter Slam"โkickout at two.
Signature #2: "Corner Trainwreck"โkickout.
#3 and #4: Combo to backbreaker and DDTโkickout.
Then his Finisher. "BRICK WALL COLLAPSE" โ BOOM!
Malik kicks out at 2.9.
Second timeโagain, Malik kicks. Third. Fourth.
FIFTH FINISHER.
๐ KICKOUT.
The crowd explodes.
๐๏ธ "This kid won't stay down!"
Malik rises. Shaky. Bloody. But furious.
He hits a Skyfall Judgment.
Then another. Then a third.
Bronson staggers.
CROWN CRUSHER!
1... 2... KICKOUT.
The ring shakes. The crowd chants: "FIGHT FOREVER! FIGHT FOREVER!"
Malik roars.
Second CROWN CRUSHER!
Bronson lies still. Ref countsโ
1... 2...
KICKOUT!!!
The bell hasn't rung. But legends are already being written.
They lay side by side. Broken. Breathing. Neither willing to die.
To Be Continued...
[End of Chapter 22 โ "Heatwave: Rise or Burn"]