Sweat was starting to form rapidly on Jim' forehead and soon, his back was entirely drenched with sweat. It took a lot of effort to observe a small little table tennis ball that can even go through a sonic boom in the short period of time. It was dangerous, imagine a bullet fired but multiply that but numerous time. Even though, Jim was able to enter hyper speed more easily and comfortably, it still take a lot of concentration, needless to say when his life was actually on the line. He had to grab the ball in a certain manner that Miss Anna taught him such that the speed on the ball would be reduced before grabbing and not having an immediate direct contact with it.
And there were at least 3,000 balls on the floor right now.
" Why are you doing this to me? It is just a training, why is my life even at stake here?"
" Only when you are exposed to risk and near death scenario when your body will react and your true potential steps in subconsciously."
That was actually true as Jim felt his body putting in more when under such situations. Soon, the tray behind the ball feeding machine was empty. Jim immediately bent forward and was puffing strenuously. It had only been 30 minutes but it felt like hours had passed.
" Go take a quick rest and grab yourself a drink, i want to show you something "
When Jim returned with his cold espresso, Miss Anna had blue light beams coming out from her eyes and was shining on a projector screen.
" Your dad, Jin, had the same skill and i will show you how much he had train to be the best in it"
There were thousands of training records on the screen before she settled down on 'Training Record 157'.
This was his first time seeing his dad's image again after countless of years, the video showed a man that looked exactly like himself but with way messier and ruffled hair, same blue eyes. However, he was brimming with confidence, which was completely unlike Jim himself.
Jin was standing in front of a similar ball feeder machine as what was in front of Jim. Multiple shiny objects were sent at him and jin took his time before blurring into nothing and the sounds of metal objects dropping on the floor resonated the room.
" Are those knives?"
" Yep they are and at high speeds similar to yours. This was not in the lesson plans at all but he tinkered the machine such that it was able to feed knives. He wanted to place himself at a greater risk to see how far he could go. Of course, there were some thinking the more reckless you are, the stronger you will get. But one' s potential definitely has a cap on it. "
Suddenly, right after she said that, the coin in the pocket started burning furiously hot. He took it out carefully and saw it turning slighty red.
" That is a sign that it is time for you to wake up. Something is waking you up on the other side Please return to your world before the coin explode, which can be really problematic"