Begin!
A back suplex!
He's flying! A man is flying!
What's this?! He's boxing!
Andreanof Garland has fearsome combat abilities!
There's no guessing what he'll let loose with next!
Is Jack Hammer helpless against his incredibly superior strength?!
"The Man Who Abandoned Tomorrow"
30 years have passed since I began researching human improvement.
At some point, my research to create a superhuman by our own hand
was deemed heretical, and I soon found myself ignored by all.
I began to feel my research was doomed myself, when one day...
I saw it... That most terrifying sight!
Yes...
I witnessed it with my own two eyes!
An ultra-powerful being that routed a polar bear with its bare hands!
On that day,
I swore that my life's goal would be to combine all modern science
to create that man- no, an even superior "Frankenstein's Monster"!
I had a goal again, but I eventually ran into the ultimate dilemma...
I needed a body to put my research into practice.
But, three years ago, I finally came across the ultimate collaborator,
who agreed to put my long years of research into use!
My encounter with him- with Jack Hammer-
Ied me onto this path of madness!
Oh? Garland grabs Jack Hammer from behind!
Wrestlers the world over prefer to take the fall once I grab them.
Do you know why?
Because they fear being thrown by me!
There it is! The Garland Special!
That had to hurt!
He took head-on the deadly move feared by wrestlers the world over!
Another throw!
He has superior strength in every way!
Andreanof Garland is to be feared!
Jack Hammer is helpless to do anything!
Jack Hammer! I thought you gave the fangs back to fighting?!
I do not wish for a victory like this!
An honorable fight! That is all I desire!
It was three years ago that I met him- Jack Hammer.
It was at a kickboxing gym an old friend worked at as a trainer.
His body was as emaciated as a skeleton,
and he faced the sandbag as if possessed.
Shockingly, he had continued to punch the sandbag for over 12 hours,
without eating, resting, or even using the restroom!
And that bizarre training was not limited to that day!
What could have driven him that far?!
Y-you idiot! Stop!
Sorry, but wait until later if you need something...
Who is this man?!
I was suddenly interested in this unusual man known as Jack Hammer!
What will Jack Hammer do?!
Oh, my! What's this?!
An arm bar from below! Where did he have this kind of power left?!
Garland falls forward!
Will this get him?!
No, he stays up! He endures it with his left arm!
Oh?! Is he going to lift Jack up now?!
Garland is incredible! Too incredible!
T-there it is! Jack Hammer's terrifying bite attack!
Though it isn't against the underground arena's supreme rules,
what on earth is this audacity?!
Curse you! You've marred my body!
My entire body exists solely for the future of the motherland!
So what you've hurt just now is really a part of my motherland!
The punishment for injuring my country is exceptionally severe!
Garland charges with rage!
Incredible! Jack Hammer counterattacks!
It's incredibly effective!
Jack Hammer now fires off a chop-blow!
The two-meter giant flies directly into the fence!
G- Garland finally collapses!
How nauseating...
A loser like you who clings to a nation and dreams about its future
only now admits he can't possibly beat me!
What's this?! Garland seizes Jack again!
I guess it's time I show it to you, too...
W-what the-?! Jack's face is suddenly transforming!
I'll show you a fighting hell that surpasses even your blizzards!
He's prepared to die here...
Having much interest in Jack Hammer, I decided to research his past.
From this, I learned about the incredibly bizarre life he had led.
His weight training, for example.
Even after managing to do the usual amount, he still wouldn't stop.
Muscles would wail as he continued to shoot pain through his body.
Eventually, he would overheat his muscles,
and once it was physically impossible to keep the barbell up...
...his training would finally be complete.
Yes. Clear overwork...
It's common sense that such wrong training would shrink his muscles.
He went to many fighting gyms, but it was always the same.
With such a frail body, it was only natural he would see no results.
He was so abnormal that he was seen as a pest wherever he went.
Yes, just like me and the academic societies...
I openly warned this ultimate weakling of ultimate training.
It's no lie!
If you keep this up, you'll meet your death in less than half a year!
I don't know what it is you're trying to do.
But if you die, you'll lose everything!
Why do you do this?!
I want to win.
I want to beat a certain man. That's all.
To beat that man, I require hard training.
B-but, Jack! Your body has clearly gotten weaker!
I probably could approach that man's level using scientific training.
But this is the only way to catch up- and surpass him!
If my body does fail me and I die in half a year,
that'll just show how much of a man I was.
Jack!
Are you saying you'd do whatever it takes to beat this man?
Even if it means death,
or selling your soul to the devil to win?!
What do you say, Jack? Will you entrust your life to me?
If you have the courage for it, that is...
This is a sample of my human improvement drug.
It's one-tenth the normal concentration.
Think you can handle it? I can't guarantee you'll survive, though...
You can continue to train as you have been.
These too.
Though the first week could be a bit severe, due to the pain
that comes with sudden bodily changes...
...but you can handle that, right?
In a mere week, the withered branches that were his arms
were reborn as giant arms the size of thermos jugs!
His chest, which was once thinner and flatter than my house's door,
became extremely dense, as if compacted rubber was trapped inside!
His frail grasshopper legs
gained thoroughbred strength and antelope mobility,
and grew to the size of mufflers on Mack trucks!
Now you can be a superhuman beyond all human comprehension!
At that time, I didn't give a rat's ass about what he was after.
I was simply elated to have my 30 years of research proved successful!
The physical abilities of the mighty body he gained from my research
bested world records with the greatest of ease!
Next.
But the honeymoon did not last long.
More! I need a body that can withstand even harder training!
B-but all the training and drugs has put your body at its critical point!
Any more of the drugs and-
I never once planned to live a long life!
I've long been ready to exchange the strongest body ever for death!
Jack... You're fine with becoming Frankenstein's Monster then?!
He's my ideal vision.
Please, God... Forgive me...
Garland has a strong hold on Jack! What is he about to show us?!
He throws him!
N-no! Jack forcefully counters!
Garland gets sent flying!
Being able to throw the 189-kg gargantuan this easily...
Jack Hammer is truly a super-monster beyond monsters!
Jack...
At this very moment, you're probably far away in Tokyo,
battling it out with the adversaries you had so longed for...
I have no regrets about these past 30 years of research. But...
For the-
For the motherland!
When you deserted my dream and began your futureless rampage...
Not being able to stop that is my one and only regret...
W-what's this?!
A nukite beneath the ribs?!
No, the target is above that!
Because that rampage placed you in the superhuman realm of God-
no, in the realm of the devil...
This is bad! Match over!
A-alright...
Jack. You'll probably continue to win like a demon
as your latent abilities are gradually brought out.
And in the final match, your abilities will likely reach their max.
When that happens, you'll become a being in no way inferior
to the embodiment of violence I saw that day!
Now, in the face of the final test results you left one month ago,
I finish this report.
My conclusion...
...is that I can fight with God no more.
Match over!
The match is over!
Jack Hammer literally tears apart the 600-0 Andreanof Garland
to move to the semifinals!
He punctured his heart with the ribs he broke with his nukite!
Any normal person woulda been long dead!
He does some mighty cruel work!
Jack Hammer...
You've grown too strong!
Why do they clench their fists? For whom do they take swords cuts?
No matter how many times they're hurt,
no matter how many years they're covered in blood,
the men simply repeat one wish...
To become strong!
Next Episode- "Doppo Flies!"