<i>[His arms were crossed and his face was cold as ice, but not his eyes. He already had gotten to his destination and nothing else mattered; so a single look at his eyes would reveal as they pierce right through everything.]</i> <i>Name:</i> Ryou Koi <i>Treasured Weapon:</i> Brass Knuckle <i>Misc:</i> His family owns a sushi restaurant in the middle of nowhere. With no particular talent for anything and nothing special he owns but the burning determination to reach the heights he still cannot see, he will make a name for himself no matter what. <i>[After Kyu King's speech, Ryou had but one thing in mind: &quot;The one who I must dethrone.&quot; Just like that, he had a clear goal, ot become the greatest here. But first, he would follow the three teachers]</i>

<i>[Ryou would open his eyes slowly and glare at Itachi. He was of the Blue type. By accepting, he could get insight into himself, a Red, and then a rival.]</i> &quot;I'll accept. I was looking forward to seeing how this plays out.&quot;

<i>[Ryou laughs loudly.]</i> &quot;What's wrong, getting cold feet already? Are you scared of me?&quot; <i>[He takes a single step forward, not breaking eye contact.]</i> &quot;Throw them then, you could do that. What's stopping you? Here, I'll even give you a free hit since your hands keep shaking.&quot; <i>[He would open both hands and show his armored palms at Itachi.]</i> &quot;Not feeling so confident anymore I see. There’s no sad attempts at sarcasm anymore.&quot;

<i>[Ryou keeps his smirk as Itachi does as he expected him to do: to attack first. It doesn't go exactly as he had expected it would go, but it does go in a better case for him. Using a sword in such a way against the same metal of a hammer was not particularly wise, let alone too effective.]</i> &quot;Do your strengths include incorrectly using your weaponry?&quot; <i>[Without missing a single beat in the moment the attack impacts, Ryou brings down his large hammer down with a single hand directly against Itachi, not the weapon, using all his physical power. Whether it impacts directly or not, even if it only hits the ground, one thing would be made very obvious.]</i> &quot;Swords are cutting tools, not blunt weapons like my own. You would imagine that being so snarky and old, you could understand the difference between a butter knife and a meteor.&quot; <i>[Ryou's strength was complete beatdown.]</i>

<i>[Ryou smirks as he sees the painfully obvious choice of the old man in front.]</i> &quot;You act like you're smart, but then you follow suit with your color and go with the heroic blue warrior with a sword in hand.&quot; <i>[Ryou would slowly approach Itachi as he plays the card he had picked by throwing it into the ground, making a large hammer appear, with a long stick and large metal head, looking more like a mallet than a proper hammer.]</i> &quot;It's pathetically obvious you think too highly of yourself.&quot; <i>[He keeps walking towards him, resting the weapon on his shoulder with his other hand inside his pocket.]</i>

&quot;You still don't get it, do you.&quot; <i>[The mere act of getting close to Ryou was an awful mistake. His talent was on dealing terrible damage as quickly as the lightning strikes; the closer one attempts to fight him, the more effective he becomes. Moving the weapon around was not an issue to him as he could move the large hammer with a single hand like normal. Instead, this time he would use both.]</i> &quot;You already lost.&quot; <i>[The sword would impact the hammer but it would not damage it nearly enough to break it immediately. With both hands and using his pure brute force while capitalizing on Itachi foolishly overextending himself near him, Ryou would easily push back against the blade and away from him before he can twist it at all. As quickly as this happens, he brings the hammer down against the sword with full power, aiming more at the man's arms this time, which may break unless he defended himself, or impact his feet upon a dodge.]</i>

<i>[Ryou would go directly back towards the courtyard and keep his arms crossed, letting people pass him by as he merely waits there with eyes closed. Whoever it was, he was aiming for a challenge. Rather than learning through another, he wanted to live it to understand himself in such situation.]</i>

&quot;It's clear enough. We just need to win as soon as possible to reach the top of this place.&quot; <i>[Both arms crossed, he knew he would find a way to win anyways. He merely needed to go to the point each time and not allow himself to get distracted. Understand the minds of the others; learn how they battle, their weaknesses, their strengths, and develop the ultimate strategy to beat them to the ground.]</i> &quot;Gain advantage whatever it takes; every game and battle is like this.&quot;

<i>[Ryou would reach for his deck as he shuffles it for no particular reason before drawing 5 cards and returning them where they belong.]</i> &quot;I'll give you the first move, old man. It's only natural the elderly go first.&quot; <i>[Ryou had already picked a card, merely waiting to reveal it.]</i> &quot;Bring it on, don't break your back while you're at it.&quot;<div class='edited'>(edited by Ryou_)</div>

&quot;And yet the ending is clear as day. You'll keep embarrassing yourself, so open your eyes and give it up.&quot; <i>[Ryou would throw away the damaged large hammer, reducing his hand size to 4 cards. Picking yet another 1 card, he would throw it at the ground as light covers both his hands. A pair of metal gloves cover them, sturdy and with sharp ends on the fingers.]</i> &quot;Come and get it, gramps. You won't strike me with those from far away.&quot; <i>[Ryou claps his hands twice, still standing in the same place as he was before.]</i>