"Hugo what's happening?" Kana freaked.
I looked at her with a caring smile, "don't worry babe, this just means I'm healing my broken knee cap" I reassured her, trying to laugh off the pain.
Ronald tried to touch it "does it hurt?" He asked curiously.
I shot him a glare, "Jee I don't know Ronald, if I broke your knee would it hurt?" I asked sarcastically.
Kana went to get a first aid kit before I grabbed her by the hand, she tried to squirm her way out but my grip was too tight, "babe I said don't worry, one thing that changed is my recovery speed is anywhere between 1-3 minutes." I said with a grin.
"Just because you heal fast doesn't mean I won't worry!" Kana snapped.
"Does that mean you care." I teased.
"Hugo, this is no laughing matter," Kana continued.
I looked at her, my grin slowly growing in size, "Ronald stabbed me a few minutes ago and I'm still alive, also I stabbed my own arm but no blood was seen" I announced grinning like a fool.
"Kana get a syringe, we need to draw some blood," Ronald demanded.
Kana looked at Ronald then back at me, "I'll be right back" she complied with no complaints.
I leaned in close to Ronald practically kissing him, "Ronald I'm going for her, any objections?" I asked seriously.
Ronald didn't reply right away, he sat quietly for a few long seconds. Kana was heading back our way before Ronald answered "go for it, I'm not into small women" he declared with a smile.
Kana was right on top of us but luckily Ronald remembered how to whisper. I was suspicious about his willingness to give up so easily.
"Here, let me try first… I'm feeling left out" Kana said with a big toothy smile. She stuck the syringe in and began extracting blood to our surprise. I couldn't explain why I didn't bleed before, maybe large cuts don't bleed or something along those lines.
Kana pulled out the syringe and smiled before walking off to get the examination started. The hole the syringe left healed up the moment the syringe came out. When Kana came back she brought a few tools to do a physical and test my strength.
"Hugo, let's start with a simple physical, I'll listen to your heartbeat and continue from there" Kana told me.
I took off my shirt revealing my new muscular physique that surprised Ronald but not Kana. Kana put the stethoscope up to my chest and after a few seconds gasped.
I looked at her concerned, "what's wrong?" I asked.
Kana looked at me hesitantly "your heart isn't beating, so you're technically not alive right now..." she answered honestly, "but we should probably run some more tests like your stamina to determine whether it will affect you in any way" she continued.
Ronald handed Kana a small mallet to test my reflexes. When she hit my knee my leg moved showing my reflexes were normal. Then she tested my pupil dilation and that was normal, nothing wrong except my heart not beating.
That's when the not so normal tests began. Kana began to test my senses like hearing and sight. She put me through an eye exam which came out inconclusive, I stood 40 feet away and saw the ant sized letters as if I was right in front of them putting my eyesight way above that of a normal human. One theory was that it might be because I can control my pupil dilation like many animals, another being that I developed denser receptors in my eyes.
My second unusual test was my hearing, Kana blew a dog whistle that I can clearly hear and with my eyes closed I could visualize my surroundings like a bat with echolocation, which was possibly due to my ears ability to move more than most humans. There were most likely more factors that played that role but I wasn't too interested, my biggest interest was my strength which was the last test.
Sense of smell was third which was kind of boring, I just had to smell non harmful chemicals and guess what they were and to no one's surprise I guessed every single one correctly. When Kana began to mix the chemicals it didn't change anything.
We couldn't test sense of touch so we moved onto reflexes which were interesting. I played a piano game and got very high scores, not the worlds highest but very close. I began to complain about it for a little bit before I heard what I wanted to hear.
"Hugo next we will test your strength, grip should go first" Kana announced, making me overjoyed.
Kana handed me a grip test that I squeezed with all my might and accidentally broke. Turned out it was another inconclusive test.
"Sugar bun, should we hit the gym now?" I asked.
Kana gave me a glare and sighed, "yes let's go" she answered.
I got up and put my shirt back on and we headed for the university gym. Ronald was barely grasping the fact that I'm actually back from the grave. We soon arrived at the gym and the people still there weren't very welcoming because three nerds walked in.
"Hey nerds I'm John the boss around here, I think you three should leave before you embarrass yourselves" John mocked us with a cocky smirk.
"Ok lame brain how about we place a bet, if any of you meatheads can outlift me we will leave without a complaint, but if you can't I take your title as boss" I said confidently.
"Hey boys you hear this guy he thinks he's stronger than us… let's show him what actual weight looks like" John mocked.
I removed my jacket that hid my chiseled muscles making them finally take this a little serious.
"Do you mind if I remove my shirt, it's a little constricting" I taunted.
"Fine do what makes you comfortable, let's start with the bench at my 855lbs max" John said seriously.
John laid down on the bench and struggled to pull the bar up but got it after a few seconds. It was my turn and I wasn't sure that I could but went for it anyway, I laid down and took a deep breath and pulled it up without issue. Everyone was finally watching me after that little stunt.
"Hey, big guy put on some extra weight that was easy, reminds me of lifting paper" I commanded.
John complied and brought the weight up to 1200lbs which when I tried I lifted with ease. I sighed and asked for more which they brought up to 1800lbs and once again I lifted it with ease, I asked for more but John turned me down due to the bar having a max limit. I was disappointed that another inconclusive test came up but we moved to deadlift.
John put on 735lbs on the deadlift bar and struggled to pull it up for a few seconds before finishing.
"Hey Johnny boy how about we go to the max from the beginning?" I kindly asked.
John just stared at me and put on 1500lbs without saying anything. I lifted the bar like a child lifting a sheet of paper and dropped it out of frustration.
Kana stood next to me and just recorded the results but couldn't resist being impressed. I overheard some guys hitting on Kana across the gym and looked at them.
"Hey boys this one is mine so... if you get any ideas I'll tear you a new one" I said intimidating them.
"Squat is next, but I'm not sure we need to even test that seeing that you did everything so easily" John said, "I admit you're strong for a nerd, so you are the boss now" he continued.
I patted John on the shoulder out of respect and said "John you're no joke, you can be boss… hm just call me king and if you need any help just give me a call."
I made eye contact with Kana over my shoulder and she quickly looked away beat red.
"Babe what's wrong?" I asked.
She walked up to me and slapped me with the clipboard, "I never said I'm yours yet so try not to presume I am, it's beneath you" she answered and walked away.
"Ronald you heard her say yet, so that means I'm close" I celebrated.