The year was 2020, a couple of decades after the end of the millennium! Wataru Ito, just your ordinary Japanese high schooler, six foot four with god-like muscles, was going... to school! Shockingly, it was four in the morning! That’s early! Why so early!? Dear Readers, it’s only natural that you would be astonished! This, however, was nothing more and nothing less than his daily routine! Leave his house at four! Get to school! And practice his spelling before class! Who among us could refuse the urge to send our stupendous Wataru the biggest bravo!?
Just like any other day, Wataru, in his pitch-black school uniform, was sprinting down the sidewalk at 120 km/h, when suddenly! A Red Light appeared at the crosswalk!
“Brk!!!” Wataru channeled all his might into bracing himself, stunningly stopping himself a full three feet short of the crosswalk!
“Th-That was a close one... Crossing on red is suicide...!”
It goes without saying that crossing a crosswalk on red is a serious felony! Seconds later, the light at the crosswalk turned green, as if to applaud Wataru as he was helplessly stopped in his tracks!
“Gotta go fast!”
Wataru immediately looked to his right! Then to his left! And once again to his right, without a shred of complacency! How many foolish men and women have lost their lives for failing to perform this simple precaution!? But worry not, Dear Readers! Wataru was never complacent! He sprinted across the street at top speed! Suddenly, the unthinkable happened!
“Wha!?!?”
Oh, the humanity! A truck came barreling around the blind 90-degree corner to his left! A horrific accident that no amount of precaution could have prevented! And the truck was —unmistakably!— a 10-tonner! A monstrous monster of a machine, scientifically named Truckus Giganticus! Out of control, the truck plowed into Wataru, maintaining its insane speed! Dead as a doornail! Gory, R-Rated death scene incoming! ...If Wataru was any other man! But I repeat: worry not, Dear Readers! Wataru is invincible! An ordinary, invincible highschooler! Not one who would die from the mere impact of a Truckus Giganticus going at its Maximum Velocity!
“Trk!!!!!”
Without so much as a single shred of panic, Wataru spread his arms wide and expelled the air from his mighty lungs! Flexing all the muscles in his body, he stopped the 10-ton truck right in its tracks!
KRRRRsmashakablammmmm! The crash echoed through the morning air!
Behold! The form he used to stop the truck was none other than Carstop*, a stance from the Ryukyu Bujutsu, a form of martial arts passed down from Ancient Okinawa.
(*Carstop: A move invented by a young man studying karate in Ryukyu, around the year 1200. The user lowers his stance, spreads his arms open wide, and braces for the opponent to come charging into him. By using all four limbs to reduce the impact of the collision, the user can bring his opponent to a halt without suffering any injuries to his own person. A few days after inventing Carstop, the young man went on to defeat the legendary beast of Ryukyu, the Shisa. It goes without saying that Carstop was the move that decided their epic contest. [1])
Now, allow me to explain, Dear Readers! Wataru held the 10th dan in both karate and judo! His hobbies were sumo and kendo! His grip strength was a mind-blowing 1000 pounds! He was, through and through, a fighting teenager!!! Therefore, worry not about Wataru, run over by a truck! Instead, worry about the driver, he whose truck runneth over! A 10-ton truck going from full speed to a full stop in an instant places unimaginable stresses on the driver’s body! The one in danger at this very moment was, in fact, the driver!
“Dammit!!!”
Wataru believed in the kindness of Bushido, like any Japanese boy should! He realized that, if he continued to allow the truck to stop itself against his invulnerable, unassailable, immovable form, the force would be the death of the driver! He couldn’t help but... loosen his grip! I must insist, Dear Readers, that Wataru was not being complacent! His only weakness was that he was too kind! Then...!
Shwabamalammathoooooom!!!!!!
“Nrrrragh!”
Wataru was hurled away by the truck! He flew for over 150 feet! His head collided with the asphalt! The Mighty Wataru... passed out!! While we’re at it, the road exploded on impact!!!! The passersby, businessmen coming home after a night of drinking and nightclub hosts coming off of work, were utterly confused!
H-How could this be!? Wataru, unconscious!? Of course, he probably wasn’t dead, but even this was a shocking turn of events! This rollercoaster conclusion to our story must evoke tears of amazement from our Dear Readers! However, seeing as our protagonist is unconscious, I’m afraid I can’t continue to write this book until he comes to! This is the end of the story!!!
Every remaining page will be dedicated to the postscript!!!!!!!!!
Farewell, Wataru! Your hardcore battle will be forever ingrained into the minds of our Dear Readers!!!!!
This has been WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!!
THE!!!!!! END!!!!!!
*Sources:
[1] Ryukyu Karate and Physics 101 — Isekai Tensei Publishing