<h4>Chapter 1277. Crushing Negatives / Distraction</h4>


    「 With me? 」


    Grace Marinka-san has a dumbfounded look when Kyouko-san told her to have a match.


    「 I can understand the people over there, but you? 」


    Kyouko-san looked at Miss Cordelia and Eenie.


    「 Yes, why don’t we try it out 」


    Kyouko-san grinned.


    I finally noticed what Kyouko-san’s trying to do.


    「 Yes, I’m strong you know. Much stronger than you think 」


    Edie and everyone knows that Kyouko-san is strong, but…


    Grace Marinka-san doesn’t know that.


    No, she might’ve seen Kyouko-san fight Rei-chan on TV several times, but…


    Grace Marinka only thinks of Kyouko-san now as the same Kyouko Messer on TV.


    「 Come here, here 」


    Kyouko-san gives Grace-san some light punches.


    「 Hey, you 」


    Grace-san looks displeased.


    Yes, Kyouko-san…


    She’s hiding her strength.


    The way she walks, she uses her muscle, the way she behaves.


    She’s erased the atmosphere that she’s a strong person.


    That’s why Grace-san can only see her as someone weak as it’s their first time meeting.


    「 Hm, what? 」


    Suddenly, Kyouko-san swings her fist so fast.


    Suban!!


    「 Ngu!! 」


    She throws a heavy fist on Grace-san’s stomach.


    「 You won’t call that unfair, would you? It’s your fault for showing me the opportunity 」


    Kyouko-san attacks Grace-san with a roundhouse kick, but…


    「 Hmph!! 」


    Grace-san caught Kyouko-san’s legs like an elementary student in dodgeball.


    「 Besides, you seem tough 」


    「 Zuwaaaaa!!! 」


    Grace-san then tries to twist Kyouko-san’s legs she caught, but…


    「 I won’t let you do that!! 」


    Kyouko-san spins her body and shook off Grace-san’s hand that was grabbing her leg.


    Then, she went behind Grace-san’s back with such great speed…


    She grabbed Grace-san’s waist and lifted her tall body…


    「 There we go!! 」


    And then she bent her body and tossed Grace-san behind.


    Oh well…


    「 That was the German Suplex Hold!!! 」


    Edie shouts.


    Kyouko-san’s body arch in a bridge and press both Grace-san’s shoulders against the grass.


    「 Nei, count! 」


    Kyouko-san said. Nei immediately went;


    「 1, 2 」


    Grace-san tries to free herself but Kyouko-san’s grip is tight, pushing her to the ground, and so she can’t raise her shoulders.


    「 3!!! 」


    In professional wrestling, Grace-san loses.


    However, Kyouko-san lets go of Grace-san’s body, and then.


    「 Okay, another round! 」


    She smiles.


    「 Oh, just so you know, I’m only doing this German Suplex hold this morning out of my respect for Karl Gotch 」


    「 Why? Wha? 」


    Kyouko-san got behind Grace-san in no time and then…


    She tossed her to the back again.


    「 1, 2, 3!! 」


    As soon as the count ends, Kyouko-san releases Grace-san again.


    「 Let’s go at it again 」


    「 Guh!! 」


    Grace-san got serious and tried to fight Kyouko-san, but…


    「 Toote! 」


    Suban!!


    She gets behind her again and tosses her to the ground again.


    「 1, 2, 3!! 」


    「 Okay, we’re back to square one 」


    Kyouko-san lets go, grabs her, and tosses her.


    Zuban!!!


    「 We’re on thewn so it doesn’t hurt, right? Your body’s going to smell like the earth though 」


    「 1, 2, 3!! Kyouko-san’s win! 」


    「 Okay, another one! 」


    Let go, grab, toss, hold.


    Grace-san is busy trying not to get caught, far from fighting Kyouko-san.


    But, she gets caught in no time.


    「 Okay, toote again! 」


    Zuban!!


    「 1, 2, 3! Kyouko-san’s win!! 」


    「 Guh 」


    Grace-san bites her lips out of frustration.


    「 What now? Are you going to admit that you lost to me? 」


    Kyouko-san told Grace-sanughingly.


    「 If you’re going to ept your defeat, then spin three times and bark. Cutely 」


    「 I won’t do that! 」


    Grace Marinka-san jumped at Kyouko-san.


    「 Oh, good. I like girls who have strong spirit 」


    But, she’s tossed again.


    Then, held to the ground once again.


    「 1, 2, 3! Kyouko-san’s win! 」


    And she lost again.


    Grace-san’s shoulders and hair arepletely covered in mud.


    「 Are we done? 」


    「 Uuuu!!! 」


    Then, Grace-san lost to Kyouko-san’s German Suplex Hold ten more times.


    「 Haaaa, haaaa, haaa, haaa 」


    Grace-san’s lying on the grass, breathing roughly.


    「 What? You’re the one getting tossed around and yet, you’re the one who’s tired already? I haven’t even broken a sweat 」


    Kyouko-san’sposure remains, just as she mentions.


    Her clothes and hair don’t have any dirt on them.


    After taking in a German Suplex multiple times, her body’s making a bridge, not touching the ground.


    「 Geez, you’re a pro wrestler, and yet you don’t have the stamina 」


    Kyouko-san snorts.


    「 Papa, are pro wrestlers weak? 」


    Agnes asks.


    「 I don’t think they are. Pro wrestlers go around the country and y matches for several days in a row. They need to have tough bodies 」


    I said.


    「 They fight every day, and at most, twice a day. Furthermore, their matches say that it’s a 60-minute fight, but that’s not the case, and if it’s a tag team, half of the match-time is taken off 」


    Edie said.


    「 They need a tough body to withstand shocks, but they don’t need a lot of stamina. That’s why they can fight every day. That’s the reason why even those in their 50’s are still active 」


    Oh, true, pro wrestlers have a long active time.


    「 A former sumo wrestler who retired from sumo 15-years-ago, and had been on a losing streak in MMA won his traditional belt in his mid-40s 」


    Edie said.


    「 Well, pro wrestling is the sport that’s as close to the entertainment you can get. No, it’s more of entertainment than sports. Anyway, it’s a show business 」


    Kyouko-san said.


    It’s a business where they profit when guests are watching.


    「 That’s why they’re boring. They decide who wins or who loses, it’s boring 」


    Grace-san said.


    「 I see. So, did you lose? 」


    Kyouko-san asks.


    「 I ignore them. I don’t like losing 」


    「 But, if you don’t follow the “book” that thepany decided, won’t that be troublesome? 」


    Book?


    「 “Booking” is where it’s predetermined who will win and in what order. The storyline that takes ce outside the ring before and after the match is called the “angle” 」


    Edie said.


    「 There was a lot of trouble. There were times when it was supposed to be a battle royale, and yet, everyonees after me. It was 5v1 」


    Grace-san said.


    「 I see. So, what happened in that match 」


    Kyouko-san asks.


    「 It was my win. All five of them copsed. I didn’t lose 」


    I see.


    「 Anyway, I’m good as long as I’m strong. If it’s just a bit strong, then they’ll take me out, but if I’m too strong, they don’tin. I was free to do what I want 」


    「 That seems like pro wrestling too. Those who are too strong don’t get crushed. Everyone gets afraid 」


    「 But they could put something in my food so I don’t eat with everyone else. I never eat lunches that thepany provides. I also am careful when sleeping at night so I don’t get attacked 」


    Grace-san says. Edie.


    「 It was really interesting when we slept in the same roomst night. Jun sleeps to bed with a weapon prepared at the bedside, ready to fight anytime. It’s like she’s a Yakuza from the Edo period 」


    「 I was on a tour before and a senior wrestler who didn’t like me attacked me in the middle of the night with his minions 」


    Grace-san speaks with a nonchnt face.


    「 Of course, I turned the tables on them, but I got careful since then. All three of them retired when I counterattacked them that time 」


    Pro wrestling world is quite absurd.


    「 I just didn’t want to lose. If there was an athlete that was stronger than me, then I’ll ept the loss. But, there wasn’t one 」


    Grace-san’s true colors.


    Her overwhelming skills meant that the other wrestlers can’tpete with her.


    「 That’s why recently they started to hate having a match with me. That’s why I quit wrestling and went to the tournament the other day. Thepany wouldn’t let me fight so I beat them all up 」


    Oh right, the president and everyone got sent to the hospital. All thanks to her.


    「 Well, it can’t be helped. After all, it’s a weak wrestling organization, right? There’s no way the management and the yers are decent people 」


    Kyouko-san smiles wryly.


    「 I just want a ce where I could fight with all my might 」


    Grace-san said.


    「 I thought that pro wrestling is that kind of world but it’s different when I went in. It wasn’t fun at all. They’re all weak, and that’s why… 」


    「 I get how you feel, but in the end, you’re ignorant of the ways of the world. Your sin is ignorance. All you did was be a nuisance to the wrestlingpany… 」


    Kyouko-san said.


    「 I think it’s the right choice toe here. I finally found someone I can fight with all my might 」


    Grace-san looked at Kyouko-san and said.


    「 I wonder? Sorry, but to me, you’re just a kid, a distraction to me. I mean, you’re too weak that you have so many gaps 」


    That’s…


    「 It’s not about fighting with all your might. To me, a child like you is no better than a waddling baby. All you’ve been doing is forcing on your own desires and convenience on people around you by force, see? I won’t y along with such a bad girl 」


    True, Grace-san only lives on her desire to fight against the strong and not wanting to lose.


    She’scking from an outsider’s perspective.


    「 I think that you need to lose to someone properly. If you continue as you are, then you’ll get old without being able to use your physical prowess without any purpose 」