Then Michael took her to the lawn behind the house. A man around Michael's age with a well built structure was standing on the ground, he was wearing sports wear and he looked well trained and healthy.
Looking at him, Amara understood he is her trainer.
"Amara meet Mr. Gabriel, he is a close friend of mine and is a very important member of our Russo gang, he is caporegime, he heads a crew of soldiers and has a huge influence in the organization. He is a very close friend of mine."
"Caporegime?" Amara asked as this term was new to her.
"You can call him captain." Michael explained.
"Hello captain"
Gabriel ignored her and looked at Michael, he had an expressionless face so it was difficult for Amara to understand what he was thinking but the way he ignored her it was obvious he doesn't like her.
"Gab, you trust me?"
"Of Course I do." Gabriel said in a serious tone, his voice carried a macho tone to it.
"Then start the training."
Gabriel was interested in training Amara, he is at a very high position and has a huge influence in the market and Michael wants him to train this girl, although Michael explicitly didn't say it but Gab knew he wants this girl to be his successor, though Gab completely trusts Michael, he doesn't trust this girl who is Bria's granddaughter.
Bria cheated all of them and ran away for a low class person she fell in love with, in front of love she lost her mind, so he can't trust someone who is indirectly a part of her.
The biggest weakness of people working in the mafia is their leader, Gabriel respects Michael the most and therefore he couldn't say no to him and had to come here to train this apparent successor.
"Fine, let's start" Gabriel coldly looked at Amara.
Amara didn't care about his attitude, she doesn't know why he dislikes her but she understands there must be a reason, so she didn't delve much into it and decided to focus on the training.
Gabriel taught her some warm-up exercises and she followed his lead.
Michael sat on a chair near the lawn and was observing the training while sipping the juice, he was enjoying this.
The way Amara was doing basic exercises it was obvious she had been training her body and was not a delicate darling he expected her to be.
"Were you a part of any physical training in the past?" He asked her, Michael smiled as he understood that Gabriel is now changing his attitude towards Amara.
"Would Martial Arts, Swimming, Shooting, Running would count as physical training?"
"Yes"
"Then yes I was a part of physical training in the past."
"What type of Martial Arts do you know?"
"Taekwondo and Fencing"
"Karate?"
"It was next on my list"
"Let's see how good you are at Taekwondo. Where did it originate from?"
"Korea"
"Follow me"
Amara was not sure what was happening but decided to follow Gabriel. He then took her to the top floor in the mansion.
Amara then realized that Michael skipped this floor when he took her on the house tour.
Gabriel then took her to a room which had a perfect setting for a Taekwondo battle. Michael too followed the two and silently observed everything.
There was a 10m square mat in the middle.
"I am assuming you know the main two rules."
"Yes"
Gabriel looked at Amara, hinting her to continue.
"Rule 1: The aim of taekwondo is to land as many kicks and blows as you can on your opponent in the allowed target areas.
Rule 2: Victory in a taekwondo bout can be achieved by knockout, by scoring the most points, or by default if the opponent is disqualified." Amara confidently replied.
"Let's start the bout"
Amara and Gabriel started the bout, initially Amara was more in defense and Gabriel was the one who strike her, then when Gabriel tried to kick Amara she was able to dodge it and landed a blow on his face which Gabriel didn't see coming.
Gabriel was surprised by the blow and he started attacking her more fiercely than before and surprisingly Amara was able to dodge his attacks and counter-attack him, Gabriel managed to dodge her attacks.
After the bout Amara still lost but the difference between the two was only one point but Michael was happy and he saw the way Amara fought was very impressive.
"Amara which belt did you reach?" Gabriel asked.
She hesitated before answering, "Black Belt"
"That's good, why do you seem ashamed of it?" Gabriel's attitude improved towards her.
"Because I still lost. You didn't use your complete potential and I still lost"
Gabriel chuckled, "Obviously, I am an expert but the way you fought is worth appreciation. I am honestly very impressed."
He said the last sentence looking at Michael.
Gabriel continued, "Amara I have to first see your potential, next we will have a fencing match, then we will go to the shooting range and I want to see how efficient you are in that, then I will check your running and swimming speed."
Amara nodded in excitement as she loved all these activities.
Gabriel and Amara had a fencing match and Amara was brilliant in it and rather defeated Gabriel, then they went to the shooting range and Amara was astonished to see the professional level shooting area. There was an electronic scoring system. Amara shot the target 10 times and her scores were: 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 9, 8, 10, total being 86.
Gabriel was so impressed by Amara, he now became more friendlier with her and started treating her as his granddaughter.
Compared to other trained professionals Amara's performance was not very great but coming from a non-mafia background she was very impressive as a rookie. There were people in line to be the successor for the Russo Gang and currently they were more capable than her but Michael wanted someone from the Russo bloodline to be his successor, which his close allies saw as an impossible dream but now after meeting Amara, Gabriel knew with proper training, Amara will be undefeated in the mafia world and will be the most appropriate successor to the Russo gang.