Ippo sat in class listening to the teachers lecture, he started to think about the last few weeks and all that had happened to him. he still couldn't believe it when he thought back to that big tournament and just what winning it meant.
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~flashback~
ippo sat in the locker room showers letting the warm water caress his sore body as he mentally went over how that last exchange really changed the fights outcome.
really he shouldn't have won that match, it was a pure setup from the get go now that he had time to think and wasnt tempted by all the rewards he would get. sawada was a real monster, he would give even takamura a hard time right now. of course takamura should only have had a couple fights and be still a ways away from the title, 'man takamura always got stronger after every fight no matter who it was. of course when he would jump weight classes his strength would show more since he didnt have to get his weight down so far and he could showcase more of his natural power.'
'I really had no hope of winning the fight, at most I should have had a 5 to 10 percent chance at the best senerio to win, and by the gods I won!'
~ding, ding~
ippo raised his head as he heard ths familiar sounds and sure enough he saw a message from his system.
*system message*
congratulation gamer
You have one the amateur
King of the Ring tournament
Here are the following
Rewards:
: 2x loot multiplier
: double stat point gain
: super rare lottery draw
(New system function opened by player winning)
:amature boxing set (COMMON)
(gloves, trunks, boots)
the amature boxing set consists of 3 items, boxing gloves boxing shorts boxing boots. all 3 are graded common the lowest grade of equipment available.
Boxing Gloves - rank common;
STR +10
VIT +7
DEX +5
Boxing shorts
STR +8
VIT +15
DEX +5
Boxing Shoes
STR +5
VIT +7
DEX +10
:¥50,000
:25 - Free stat points
:Platinum Ticket(super rare)[ABYSS]
:new function unlock -
ABYSS Auctions
(abyss black member card)
-addendum;
#1‐ can buy&sell items in the abyss auction
#2‐ 15% discount on fees
#3‐ 20% discount on buying
#4- anonymous(will not be able to have identification about member stolen/bought, from auction house
EXP 20,000
CONGRADULATIONS
LEVEL UP X4
Name – Ippo Makunouchi
Health – 18,000/18,000
CHI – LOCKED (requires deity's blessing)
The Gamer
Title - K.O.R-king of the Ring
Level – 5 EXP- 000/32,000
Species - Homosapien
Race – Japanese
STR – 60 [-15 sealed until muscle fiber is earned back]
VIT – 53 [-38 sealed until muscle fiber is earned back]
DEX – 45 [ -15 sealed until muscle fiber is earned back]
INT – 22[-28 sealed until earned back]
WIS – 22[-13 sealed until earned back]
LUC – 10
Fame – 100
Stat point – 25
Perk point - 0
Money –52,000 ¥
Skill:
Observe LV-4 50%
HP, LV, CHARACTER BIO
1/4 SMASH LV-1 10%
200% increase to strength,
75% increase to dexterity
35% chance to inflict Faint status for 5 seconds
15%chance to inflict knock out status
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ippo couldnt believe the rewards he got for the fight, but he supposed looking at the conditions and how he barely won he could recognize that just the prize money was a worthy reward, it seems gaining the 2xloot multiplier had to mean something.
and now he would definitely have enough to start training at a gym and he wouldn't have to be embarrassed looking for training equipment at that store he met myata at now. with the boxing gear set he got he wouldnt have to buy some now though he would have to look up what all those numbers meant in that strategy guide he saw for sale at the game store.
yeah that's what he would do, first make sure he was OK to leave from the doctor, second goto the game store and third he would sign up for the gym.
with that all planned out ippo finished up showering and went on to the doctor to get checked out.
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and ippo couldnt forget how much stronger he was when he signed up for the gym
*flashback*
ippo had just finished signing up for the gym and taking a tour around, it seemed that the gym carted to both those who like to just exercise to keep in shape and those who focused more on sports.
ippo having already changed after the tour decided to take up the perk his membership gave and had an instructor show him how most of the equipment worked, after just a few times going through the machines ippo went by himself to warm up on a treadmill since it was the latest model it had the feature of terrain si.ulation in that it would incline and speed up and slow down to simulate going uphill and downhill. it even had a feature for simulating high elevation with a breathing mask.
ippo decided he would set it on the incline and set the speed to fluctuate so he could get his body warmed up.
as ippo did this he garnered some attention but not to much as he was running beside afew other gym patrons, as he kept running after 10 minutes the people beside him started trying to keep up but it proved to be harder than they thought as ippos newfound speed and endurance let him keep ahead of everyone else with an ease that No one wanted to believe. as the patrons beside ippo started to faulted and drop he didnt pay much mind as he was use to running long distances and having nobody keep up with him and his stamina.
as ippo finally stopped his machine he looked around in wonder at the people around collapsed and he got a bit embarrassed as they look at him with glares, though ge couldnt figure out why so he meekly headed to the next machine which turned out to be a squat press that exercised the shoulder, arms, back, and legs. ippo started out at a low weight and tested it out till he could feel it was about as heavy as the fishing gear he would haul everyday for his mom, he stepped up and started on his reps keeping in mind that he needed to pace so he would do 15 reps to start and do 5 sets.
as ippo was busy setting up and getting started he didn't notice that he gathered some attention, a few body builders laughdd when they saw him set the weigh for a couple hundred pounds thinking there was noway he would lift that, but when he did they were stupefied and couldnt believe it. so when ippo rested after the first set the onlookers thought if the skinny kid could do it they could too. so a mini weight lifting competition started and ippo never noticed until he was on his 3rd set completion and resting, when he did notice he was very embarrassed and tried to leave. nobody would have that though as they forced him into continuing calling him weakling, coward, worm, puny. most of that ippo could deal with from just a few but when they just kept on and more people joined in ippo felt he had no choice and so continued his sets beating them out in a record time and resting as he watched the others barely make it.
thinking it was over ippo tried to leave but couldn't get away as now they wanted to compete with all the equipment, ippo tried to refuse and used every excuse he could think of and finally when they wouldnt give up he agreed and set up where he would compete on 3 machines and do sets of 10 at a weight of 200lbs as that was the agreed weight for all competitors to make it fair.
~ding~
*new quest available*
beat the weightlifters-
do a full set of 10 x 200lbs x 10
complete competition and impress the gym owner in under:
10min - gain 5000exp
8min - gain 10000exp, 2weeks free membership
5min - gain 20000exp, 1month free membership, 5 B-rank bottles nutrient solution
ippo couldnt believe he got a quest so fast , for being bullied into a competition he didn't even want to participate in but he guessed he could do it since the quest gave him such good incentive.
He set up at the first machine which was a bench press, there were five machines lined up along next to each other Ippo was in the middle with his opponents on either side of him. at the word go Ippo set off do reps like mad he completed 10 reps by the time his opponents could do 5 and only 30 seconds had passed. Ippo rested for 15 seconds and proceeded to do the next rep set, Ippo continue to do the rep sets in shorter intervals take shorter breaks between the rep sets, by the time he was finally on his last set 4 minutes and 20 seconds have passed Ippo push hard his muscles were straining and he was getting tired quick but he just managed to make the five minute time limit.
His opponents on the other hand we're still on their seventh set and each one of them we're covered in sweat faces beat red as they dropped the weight bar on the bench. No one could believe that Ippo had beaten all four of his opponents in just 5 minutes and none of them looked up to continuing on to completing the first challenge let alone the other two challenges.
Ippo was all set to stop the challenge since he didn't want anyone getting hurt needlessly, by everyone of his opponents refused they conceded that they lost the first challenge and couldn't continue but they wanted to sub in other people to continue for them, ippo didnt want to agree since he would already be able to complete the quest with them conceding with not completing the first challenge. however the manager saw an opportunity to increase the business he would get from this competition continuing, so he sweetened the pot for ippo. he would double the reward for each phase of the competition ippo won if he let new people be subbed in for each machine. of course he assured ippo he already would honor the terms for the first competition since he was the only one to finish under the time limit. even if ippo lost both the second and third competition he would still get his reward.
when ippo heard this he was astounded and he was further surprised when his quest updated with the new terms of competition,
*updated quest*
beat the weightlifters-
do a full set of 10 x 200lbs x 10
complete competition and impress the gym owner in under:
10min - gain 5000exp
8min - gain 10000exp, 2weeks free membership
5min - gain 20000exp, 1month free membership, 5 B-rank bottles nutrient solution
*addendum - having already technically won, the owner has decided he wants the competition conitued under new rules and has new rewards if you accept*
complete competition at both 2nd and 3rd machines against new people each time.
reward will be doubled for each win the gamer gets.
bonus reward:
complete both matches in under 10min total time.
X5 platinum Ticket[ABYSS]
Ippo agreed, and they moved on to the second match, this one needed them to go outside to the gyms back warehouse. out here was all the equipment that would need space, such as the one they would be doing now. wich was the tire flip, now this would sound easy but what most didn't know was the tires used here varied in size and they would be using the biggest they had which was the 4foot tractor tires that weighed around 100lbs. to win this competition the competitors would need to flip the tire ened over end the full length of the field which was 30yrds or almost 100ft.
ippo stretched out and tried to loosen up his body so he wouldnt pull a muscle doing this, as both he and his opponent got set ippo gripped the tire and set his feet, he would need all his strength for this.
*honk!!!!*
a loud horn went off and ippo was so startled he forgot to start and he saw his opponent getting ahead already, he dug in and started flipping his tire. as he did ippo noticed that he was using alot more strength than usual doing this and worried he wouldn't be able to make the 5min deadline. as he kept going ge saw his openent still a few feet ahead but realized as they kept going both of them were at the halfway and starting to slow. he was catching up but at the same time it started getting harder and harder to pick up and to push the tire over, ippo looked at the sideline when he heard someone call out 2:30, he realized he wouldn't make it, ippo desperately pushed with all his power and caught up to his competitor but both of them were slowing down way to much. neither could get a grip on the tire as they were only 10yrds from the finish line, ippo kept hearing times being called;
3:00
3:15
3:45
4:15
ippo was so close he was pulling ahead by only a few feet but each flip took so much time he wouldnt make it, at the time he heard the 4:15call he was only 2 flips from finishing. finally ippo realized he needed more power and energy and he had a way to get it but he couldn't use his hands and talking took too much energy which he needed. he finally just screamed in his mind for the system to give him more power and energy.
~bing~
>does the gamer wish to allocate free points to stats STR & VIT? doing so in the middle of a quest will cost the gamer 5 points<
'YES' ippo screamed in his mind
>system acknowledges command, allocating points now<
Ippo felt a rush of energy fill his tired and sore body, immideatly ippo dug in his heels and flipped the tire the final yards across the finish line. panting he listened as he collapsed on the tire, he both saw his openent collapse beside his and heard the anouncement of his time;
5:05
ippo sagged in relife and abit of disappointment he went over time, as now he would only have 4:45min to finish the last match and win, he did not know what the tickets were for but he was concentrated more on the exp he would get and the possible 4months he could add to his already 1month free gym membership.
as ippo rested he was surrounded by all the gym patrons asking him how he got so strong, naturally ippo was still very shy so he stuttered a bit but was able to answer that he did nor.al exercises daily and worked on a fishing boat with his family.
the crowd was amazed by his answer, naturally how could they not be when it was a given that they all exercized daily and couldnt see how that had led to his massive strength and small body, but some were able to pick out that ippo must get some type of exercise that's not normal when working on that fishing boat. the few who had realized this were amazed that one could get such power from something considered so ordinary. what almost no one who didn't work a fishing boat realized is that just regularly working on a boat wouldnt do that, that it was ippo himself who was able to find ways to get his amazing strength doing such ordinary and mundane things.
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finally it was time to start the last match, after giving ippo time to rest for awhile everyone moved to another special area in the warehouse specially designed for boxing, it was a heavy bag but not a ordinary one for sure. this one could aparently move along a track in the ceiling forcing the person using it to move at the same time to maintain contact. there was also a special feature to this heavy bag, it had a pull back function connected to a counter weight system so if one wanted to push the bag along the track they wouldnt just be hitting the bag it would also push back against them simulating how a boxer might push back against a opponent, it could even force the person to step back if they couldn't keep up enough force to keep pushing the bag to the end of the track which held a latch that would stop the bag and hold it in place till the system was reset. there was also the counter weight to consider, the heavier the counter weight set the more effort it would take to push and the more force it would apply back against the user. so if you could not maintain the push till the bag hooked at the end it would crash back against you maybe even forcing you to fall and have to start all over loosing your progress not to mention the amount of fatigue would more than double of not tripple when forced to start over.
seeing this heavy bag everyone was amazed and wondered if either ippo or his competitor could even get halfway before being forced to start again.
"hahaha, well now I wonder how both of our young challengers will be able to complete this stage. we spared no expense getting this heavy bag built, it is a expensive and cutting edge piece of equipment. I will allow both competitors to try the heavy bag at the lowest weight to see how it moves the owner bragged to the amazed crowd
ippo didnt pay much mind to the crowd and set himself to test the heavy bag since he had never seen let alone used one like this, he started to slowly hit the bag seing it sway like normal he decided to give a hard hit. as he punched the bag hard it reeled back a good 5feet, but then it came rolling back at him so he stepped back and watched the bag sway after returning. finally feeling he got a good idea of the bag ippo signaled he was ready as did his opponent, the owner set each counter weight on the bags to 150lbs to give a good representation of a person's average weight.
(Honk!!!)
ippo immediately went and started his attack on the heavy bag, getting a good response from each hit, and pushing quite far along the track. as he reached pass the first quarter distance the heavy bag began to sway more and move eratticly everytime ippo hit it, this confused ippo as he started to miss and the bag came back and hit ippo on his shoulders making him slide back along the ground due to the heavy weight of the bag and the momentum of the swing. ippo had lost about half the ground he gained and had to make it back up, he happened to glance at his competitor and saw even he was having trouble though he had slid back less than ippo it was because he had not advanced as far.
ippo finally really understood why this quest gave such rewards if he was having this much trouble so early.
"1:30" was called out.
hearing this ippo pushed on harder and regained his lost ground, as he started to push farther along he started to see a pattern to how the heavy bag swayed. he was able to see that as he hit the bag it would respond and swing back at the exact angle he punched, now this wouldnt be a problem normally but with the bag moving along a rail it had a wider swing point, about 275° to be presice. wich was further than he had experienced at coach kamogawas gym as all the bags were chained near a wall and so the bag could only swing so far before it hit the wall. also no one was holding the bag to give it more weight response like normal either, as the bag had its own counter weight and could freely swing on that 275° axis it really did simulate an opponent coming back at you.
as ippo was adjusting to this revelation he had eent back and forth in a seesaw of advance and retreat as he would slide back when hit by the bag if he didn't time his hits and trajectory correctly.
"3:00" was called out
ippo was only a little more than half way to the end of the rail and his exhaustion was piling higher, he dug down though and started to lean more forward as he shortened his swings. this seemed to work as it allowed ippo to push harder and slide back less when he miss timed his hits, he glanced over at his openent and saw he was just a few yards behind him pushing hard.
"3:30" was called
as he heard this ippo dug down harder and gave a roar as he pushed off firing jabs and hooks faster than before
"3:45"
but his progress started slowing as he was reaching past the three quarter mark. he kept hitting pushing inch by inch, each step harder to take as he was loosing momentum.
"4:00"
in desperation for the last few feet ippo did something monumentally stupid, he used a technique he had almost no practice using.
"4:15"
ippo was at the end of the track all he had to do is give one good punch and he would finish.
"4:30"
he knew he had only secons to finish and complete the quest challenge, finally ippo grit his teeth hunched up twisted his waist and shoulder then throw all his momentum foward as he twisted every part of his body firing his fist deep into the bag and sending it flying into the catch at the end rattling the mechanism and sensing the bag swaying back and forth widly causing it to clank and crack as the chains and parts jostled about.
(TIME).....
his oppenets bag clanged in after him
and both fell to the ground in exhaustion waiting for the results, but both knew ippo had won by just a hairs breath as his bag had reached the end just before his opponents did. even though exhaustion filled them both they smiled and waited for the results to see if ippo won either the double or quadruple prize.
The crowd waited with baited breath for the results, they wanted to know who won and if ippo had won did he win it all or not.
"with a time of 4:44.9 seconds ippo Makunouchi is our winner!!!" called out the manager excitedly. Even though you would have to pay out such a huge purse the returns he would get for hosting this little competition would more than pay for it.
Ippo exhausted beyond belief slowly got up and made his way to the manager receiving his prize. Amid all the congratulations and hoopla Ippo slowly made his way to the locker room getting changed and heading home, he couldnt believe he got such good luck to win both that tournament and now this gym challenge, even though he was reluctant at first it had definitely paid off in the end.
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ippo came back into his senses as he heard the bell ring, gathering up his belongings he made his way outside since the school day had ended. it maybe a Saturday but ippo still had to deal with school.
ippo slowly made his way home, as he was walking he dicided to look at the prizes he won, first was the level up he had gotten from. the 20,000exp. the next was the 6month free gym membership which would help him save alot of his prize money he had set aside to pay the membership monthly fee. and last was the nutrient sloution. ippo knew there was no such thing available on the open market so it must have come from the system, and if the system can make something so amazing then ippo wondered what else it could create.
*flashback*
he had already sampled the B-rank nutrient drink and it had blown him out of the water how fast it had not only helped his stamina recovery but it had more amazingly took away the pain almost immideatly after drinking and had healed his body of much of the scrapes and bruises he got from both the tournament and the gym challenge. ippo had never realized it but he had alot of lingering bruising of his muscles from the tournament and when he had pushed so hard at the gym challenge he had tore both his right shoulder and had damaged the tendons in his left heel. he had only really felt it when he had started to walk home, as the pain had gotten more and more maddening he finally stopped and had sat on a bench he had been passing by. he had hoped that he was just sore and had took out a bottle of the nutrient to help his thirst but as he sat the pain became more intense he had dropped the bottle when the pain shot up his shoulder. upon recovering from the sudden pain ippo had looked for the bottle seeing it by his foot he grabbed it with his other hand so not to aggravate his hurt shoulder, when he saw the label on the bottle listing the effects he was stunned but then immideatly drank and as he sat after finishing the bottle he began to feel better. for the bottle he just guzzled said in big letters at the bottom pain relief! ippo couldnt believe he got so lucky. aftrr half an hr he finally felt well enough to walk without pain, dont get him wrong he was sore as all hell but the pain had went away almost immediately within that 30min he had waited. *
ippo fully believed he had great luck when he had won those bottle from the system, if he had even one of those bottle at some of his most dangerous fights from his life before he was almost certain he wouldnt have had the damage he had accumulated and lost so bad when he challenged the 2nd world ranker.
ippo went ahead and looked at the last item he won which was a platinum ticket for the new system function abyss auction house, ippo had briefly looked over the new function and had seen alot of things being sold on there, in a way it was like eBay or Amazon, it both sold and auction off items but the thing was the items on this auction house were rare. and not just rare like diamonds he meant rare like one of a kind, like the mona lisa painting, or the imperial regalia of Japan that consist of the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi (草薙劍), the mirror Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡), and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama (八尺瓊勾玉). those were just some of the examples of the items available on the abyss auction.
and aparenly ippo had obtained an item of considerable worth, the platinum tickets are a premium item that was very rarely given since it allowed one to use the lottery function which randomly spit out items of considerable worth. it wouldn't be stange at all if ippo would win a metric ton of gold bullion from a lottery draw which would be worth around ¥6,865,568,000.00 or $64,000,000
so ippo was very wary about using these items since they could litterly make him rich over night and he had no way to explain how he came by this wealth legally. ippo so wanted to use one to give his mom a great gift but again the how he bought it would come up, so ippo held onto the tickets and would only use one if he would have a legit reason to.
after looking through everything ippo closed down his system and realized he was only a few blocks from home, here's to hoping that the next little while wouldnt be as tumultuous as the past couple weeks had been.