The man turned around a looked at Itachi once again. "Hi I'm Fei" fei said while he tapped Itachi on the shoulder. "Let's go".
Fei led Itachi towards the training course. Everyone stopped what they were doing and bowed towards Fei. "Greetings Mr Fei!!" They all screamed in unison.
"Everybody line up, we've got a newcomer you guys might know him already as the drooling statue of the academy." Fei said
Itachi didn't know but during the time he was in front of those pages he would be as still as a statue while drooling, so the nickname the drooling statue of the academy was born.
Itachi was a little embarrassed with the nickname but more confused on how it came about.
"I will get Brother Gou to demonstrate 1 time for him and then you can go back to your training." Mr Fei said and stepped back.
Brother Gou was wearing a very nice suit, but with a stomp he flew out, he cleared every obstacle with ease and his face remained calm. It took only minute for him to complete the entire course. Everyone beside Fei had a sparkle in their eyes. Brother Gou was one of many they idolised.
Brother Gou finished the course with ease and there was not even a slight crease on his suit. He walked back and stood next to Fei.
"Looks easy doesn't it Itachi?" Fei said. "Alright get back to it my little pups."
"Yes Mr Fei!!" The group saluted then ran back towards the course. "What do you think Itachi, you can do it right?" Fei said with a cheeky grin on his face. "well then off you go you've got the skills of a grandmaster it's just that your body isn't there yet." Fei walked away. "Ohh and don't let big boss down or I'll break your legs. See yah."
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Itachi nodded and went to the starting line for the obstacle course. Just before he was about to start he heard someone yell out in excitement.
"Yeahhhh 10minutes lessgooo!!! Top of the table yahooo catch up bums hahaha" the man punched the air excitedly. "Okay now I gotta beat that, let's go again he said before going to the start of the obstacle course.
"Is it that hard" Itachi thought to himself. "Ten minutes I better get to cracking"
"Let's see what you can do new guy, you better not embarrass big boss or else all us brothers will break your legs." The man said as he got to where Itachi was.
Itachi rushed out and climbed over the first wall, then bang he came flying back towards the starting line.
Swoosh he flew through the air then rolled a few times. "What the fuck…. Is this thing trying to kill me?"
"Hahaha well it might if your not careful, use all your senses that might help." The man said and helped Itachi up. "You can do this" the man reached out his hand. "I'm Hei Long.
Itachi shook the mans hand before turning towards the obstacle course
Itachi closed his eyes to concentrate and focused on his mind and body becoming one.
Swoosh
Itachi flew out made it over the first wall, dodged the incoming sandbags, then he ran across the balance beam while dodging and punching the sand bags flying towards him. He ran, jumped, dodged and punched his way through the obstacle course, sometimes he'd get hit and stumble back a few times but was never sent into the mud.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched his movements as he made his way through. Finally Itachi finished and collapsed on the floor panting heavily.
"Woahhhhhh we got a new record guy look 4 minutes and 52 seconds"
"What 4 minutes and 52 seconds thats crazy, bro a can't believe it!"
Everyone started screaming out excitedly and no one felt discouraged or jealous, instead they felt more pumped up and raring to go. They all ran over to Itachi and helped him up.
"Bro that was incredible."
"I reckon I can beat that"
"Wow bro you did that in 4 minutes and 52 seconds that's crazy."
Some of the men said and then back to start again after helping Itachi to his feet.
"He's a freak" brother Gou said to Fei as they watched on from afar.
"Yup" Fei couldn't help but agree. "I'll let him go a few more times before taking him to the academy."
30 minutes later Itachi lay on the floor panting heavily after his 5th round of the obstacle course. "I only beat it by 20 seconds, what the hell huhhhhahhh." He said to himself while breathing heavily.
Before he could even catch his breath, Fei walked over told him to get up. "Come on we're going to the academy now."
Itachi could only nod and drag himself to the car. The car sped off and in no time they were at the academy.
"I don't know if you noticed but you helped those guys back there. Their times improved a lot because you motivated them" Fei said as he led him towards the training grounds in the academy.
"This is Master Tan Long he and a few Masters we'll train you in Martial arts. Alright see yah." Fei introduced him to Tan Long a Advanced Grandmaster that teaches at the academy then left.
"H-Hello Master Tan please take care of me" Itachi clasped his hands together and bowed towards Master Tan.
Master Tan patted Itachi on the shoulder. "Don't be nervous alright, I'll take care of you. Okay let's get started, you won't learn everything in one shot so let's take it one step at a time."
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An hour later Master Tan was lost for words. Itachi learnt everything he could teach to perfection. "This kid is a monster" he thought to himself. "This must be what Old master felt when he was teaching Fang Qiu." He murmured.
"This is awesome master Tan what's next?" Itachis exited voice brought Tan Long back to his senses. He waved his hands around lost. "That's it for today you can train on your own now or go find someone to spar."
"Ohh okay thank you Master Tan." Itachi bowed then spun around and headed straight for the punching dummy. He pushed the techniques he learnt to the max and broke a few of the dummies before stopping and chugging down a huge bottle of water.
For a whole month this repeated itself. Early morning he'd spend half the day at the training facility and the other half would be spent at the Extreme Fist Academy.
During this time he found out about the wolves, the guardian angels of Donghai and how Brother Gou and number 2 had another 27 brothers just like them. There used to be 30 but one died early on.
Itachis advancement in strength shocked everyone even Jiang Ning. Jiang Ning thought he would need 3 months but it took Itachi a month and a half to take everything taught to him and incorporate it into his own Extreme Fist way.