"AAARGH!!" I shout, not in pain but to let go mu frustration. Since I know that the electrocute shock won't hurt me physically, I totally ignore the pain. But this.. have to be slower than sloth is really getting my nerve.
"I give up!" I burst out.
"You can't give up," Master Long's voice is heard. "Unless you wanna trap in here forever," he adds.
" I can't be slower than sloth"
"You don't have to be slower than sloth. Just don't be faster than it."
I huff, saying no word except, "Again !"
It starts all over again. For the umpteenth times, I fail even before I made my first step.
"I don't even know how slow is the sloth. Give me time to learn.."
"You don't need to know. Just be a sloth."
"What ??!'
"Yes. Be a sloth, then you will definitely have its speed." Master Long says it like it is as easy as breathing.
"Do you think it's easy to convince my brain to be a sloth ?"
"Well.. why is it hard ?"
"Because I am NOT A SLOTH!" I burst out again. "Beside.. nothing good can come out for me being a sloth."
"Well, that's why you keep failing this level, because you resist being that slow."
"What's good being slow anyway ?" I ask.
"What do you think my age is ?"
"70.. 80 ?"
"I am 124"
"Wow !!" This old man is really old.. "That's because you being a sloth ?"
"One of the reason, Yes," he says. "When you slow down, you can observe everything around you and within you better. You can do anything with a full mind thus have the best result of what you do."
"But I'll be left behind.."
"I'm not telling you to be a sloth all the time. But the ability to tell your brain to really slow down will help it take a break and rest."
I feel like I have a light bulb turned on inside my brain. Being a sloth might keep my brain away from explode. That is exactly what I was looking for, right ?
"Again!" I say, this time with full determination and positive attitude.
Still, it is not easy to convince my brain that I am a sloth. I lost count of how many I failed before I am now currently running side by side with the sloth. I can see the finish line right in front of me. It is only few steps away..
"Mr. Bennet.. Mr. Bennet," somebody calls my name while shaking my shoulder. Slowly, I open my eyes. Han's rounded face is in front of me.
"Why were you sleeping here ?" he asks.
"What.. Why.." I rub my eyes. "How long did I sleep ?"
"I don't know. I just found you here and woke you up," Han answers.
So that long training was only a dream ? I ask inwardly.
"Master Long told me to give you this," Han says, handing me a tiny paper.
I receive and read it. Congratulation. It is written on the paper. My mood is automatically boosted up. It was not a dream.
"Where is he now ?" I ask Han.
"Master Long left early in the morning to catch up plane to Mainland," Han answers.
It's too bad I can't say my gratitude to him personally.
"Are you okay ?" Han asks. I nod then get up off the floor. Fortunately Master Long didn't forget to set my body free before hr left.
"Please tell him my thank..."
I halt my words, seeing a knife, spear, and some kind of energy ball coming toward Han's back out of nowhere.
"Watch out!" I warn Han then in a split second whisper to my self, "fighter jet."
Those three weird things and Han suddenly stop moving. I change the directions of knife and spear to the floor. Since I can't touch the energy ball, I finally jump on Han to move him away from it
Less than a second after I said "Human", a loud explosion is heard and the wall near where Han was standing is crumbling a little bit.
"What.. What happened ?!" Han asks in total shock.
I'm about to answer him when suddenly I hear a giggling voice of Master Long in my ear, "Hehehe... Great reaction Mr. Bennet. You passed the test !"
I bulge my eyes in disbelief.