If you wish to know about the MALAKAS Project, go to Timothy Soro's entry here for more info about the project.

Note: Liberty City, one of the main settings in Grand Theft Auto series mentioned in Kentaro21's lore, is heavily inspired by the real life New York City. So to ease this confusion, in this universe, I'll use New York instead.

Another Note: I made this entry as a Christmas gift for him and his muscle artworks.

Description:
Kentaro lived in New York City, where he ran the martial arts school based on the special fighting style created by his grandfather Byakko and his master Tai-Fu Chen. Known as the "Miyamoto-ryu Karate", it was based on Karate and Aiki-Jujitsu, mixed with traditional Japanese weapon techniques and the Chinese style of Hakkyokuken. The main purposes of founding his own branch of the Miyamoto School were to make ends meet and to help others learn to defend themselves and those weaker than them. Besides that, he also had to be on a lookout for his arch-nemesis Shenlong Zhang, the self-proclaimed immortal dragon and leader of his own clan, who came to the city once he learned about the tiger's whereabouts.

One day in early January 2022 however, there came a brutal war in New York between two native tribes going onto each other's throats, with partial involvement by the Skyes mafia. To make matters worse, Shenlong took advantage of this war by pretending to be a mafia conspirator and tricking a couple of warring tribesmen into attacking the Miyamoto School, claiming it to be ing the opposing tribe. However, Kentaro was quick to hear this and successfully fought back against those tribesmen, but not without telling them about his neutral stance. The Sykes mafia would eventually find out about this incident and hunt down Shenlong for interfering with the tribal war they orchestrated, but with the actual leadership and many gone all through out the event, Shenlong fought down the remnants into submission, taking over the Sykes gang as the result.

For few weeks, Kentaro felt relieved from the unexpected tribal war within the city but still cautious about Shenlong's whereabouts. Yet, he hadn't much about that dragon until two unfamiliar but big and muscular visitors Jake Shibaluki and Rita Nancy came to his school to warn him. Learning Shenlong's intention to ambush him during the deep meditation on Sunday night, and given the news was brought to him on Monday (7 days left), Kentaro decided to start meditating later at night and summoned all of his black belt students to his school to start an emergency series of training by next day (Tuesday). However on Wednesday, Rita and Jake suggested Kentaro to take on the muscle growth serum they received from Christopher North, the supervisor for the MALAKAS Project always situated in California. Kentaro bluntly declined at first, but after performing a brief night meditation in search for advice, he relented. Kentaro also granted Rita and Jake's request to train them, albeit this time for free, as they wished to protect him and his school as well. And by Friday, Rita thanked Kentaro by giving him a kiss on a cheek and another round of serum onto his arm, turning into a Super Soldier (on the MALAKAS' term), much to his amazement.

Normally, a training progression from Recruit till Super Soldier would take three to four months, but given the urgent situation Kentaro was in, he had to get these things done quickly. In fact, the tiger learned from his students that they witnessed something Shenlong had amassed, a newly formed alliance consisting of scores of native Americans from Pennsylvania, the New York Triad, the Yakuza, and the last of the Sykes mafia, as well as dozens of more allies from Sicily, all entirely done in the dark in the same few weeks. While it did dishearten Kentaro, as he and his students were about to face tens of his enemies armed with firearms soon, Rita suggested him another way.

On Sunday night, Shenlong sent his minions and the Yakuza to find Kentaro in his school, while he had the rest of his army waiting outside, just in case when the assassination attempt went wrong. And it did go wrong, as no assailant but one escaped the school, a meekly weasel hurriedly informed Shenlong of what he had witnessed, but the dragon snubbed him and sicced his army onto the Miyamoto School, only to find Kentaro voluntarily walking out. This proved tempting to the amused Shenlong who could've come close and face the lone tiger directly, but he decided to have his men gun him anyway, something even his entire army (except the Italians and the Native Americans) secretly disapproved. But before anyone could even fire a shot, Kentaro quickly injected himself with the third serum, this time turning him into a Juggernaut, a bit bigger than a Super Soldier, making him stronger and even more aggressive. This frightened everyone, including the students still holding up inside the Miyamoto school, but Shenlong ordered his army to attack, in which they did. Kentaro was able to quickly eliminate the third before he could get overwhelmed, but Jake, Rita and her former gang of misfits came out to assist him in defeating the rest, even with the help of the city police and the local tribes who felt disillusioned with the Sykes' manipulation. This became so demoralizing that many of Shenlong's army began to retreat.

However, Shenlong had witnessed too many losses at the hands of his arch-nemesis and his allies, and used his powers to defeat all of those opposing him, as well as his minions in a collateral, except one, Kentaro still standing and unscath. Shenlong was ittedly impressed with Kentaro's sudden progression, but arrogantly bragged that he was still more powerful than Kentaro and dared him to prove him wrong. And so, both the tiger and the dragon engaged in another serious yet collateral battle for an hour, destroying several blocks and damaging tens of buildings more (including the Miyamoto school), until Kentaro wore down from exhaustion. Shenlong was satisfied to see this and taunted him, right before he could use his chi to finally eliminate the defenseless tiger, except that the dragon had excessively used it during the battle, to the point he only emitted magical sparks. This gave Kentaro an edge, prompting him to give Shenlong his last powerful punch, forcibly pushing him into the old church, where it quickly collapsed once hit. Afterwards, Kentaro had collapsed from exhaustion, and the last of Shenlong's army who already got knocked out were brought away by the police.

By the next day, Kentaro was turned back into the Super Soldier, having learned from Rita that being a Juggernaut lasted for a short time, but he could use it at anytime he wanted. Despite the damages inflicted onto his school, all of his black belt students remained unhurt and were happy to see and praise him for saving the school. Kentaro in return felt much more relief, because despite the possibility that Shenlong might someday come back alive for another revenge, this was made yet another victory of the tiger. It was so much for him, that he sought to have another meditation later at night, though it would eventually be interrupted by the unexpected visit by no other than Christopher North himself.

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MALAKAS Project 2024:
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