Evan was being fussed over by Zara and Miu as they dressed his wounds with some bandages they got from a local pharmacy.
Whil he was being patched up the mysterious man in the shadows left with Alicia to make a call to some familiar friends of Evan.
Zong was berating his song Hyo about making a business deal without his consent before Hyo stops his father and explains how it will benefit them in the future. Especially with how famous Evan will make Zaras gym in the future. It would be beneficial to have such powerful and famous business partners for their future endeavors.
Zong hangs his head in shame for not thinking of that and agrees that he will reach out to Zaras father about making it an official contract.
Hyo nods before looking to Evan and promising himself that he will do better to match such a promising individual.
Zara just got done dressing Evans wounds and berating him alongside Miu about not doing such reckless bets in the future when he noticed another system notification.
*You have gained exp! You have leveled up 4 times! You have gaines two new styles!
Southern Monkey fist Rank 1!
Path Reading Fist rank 1!*
Evan understood the monkey style, but was confused over what the path reading style was.
He checked in his system for it and found that it was how he read the path of the blows so well. You read the path and go into their flow to interrupt it with your own. This style is not normally used but it is scary efficient.
Evan smirked slightly before turning to Zara and Miu with an apologetic smile. "Sorry for worrying you both. I won't do anything like that again until I get much stronger."
Both girls smile back briefly, before they outright glare at him making Evan seize up in fear at the intensity.
They both yell out, "NEVER DO THAT AGAIN! PERIOD!"
Their cries were so loud everyone in the park covered their ears and winced. Well everyone except the half deaf grandfathers who were locked in an intense chinese chess match. They simply tapped their hearing aids and went to the next move.
Evan nods quickly to appease the wrath of the two ladies before they smile for real this time and drag him away to the cafe they had in mind before the rude interruption.
The intensity of the girls also made Zong sweat drop hard as he promises himself to get that contract quickly and without and heel dragging on his side.
Evan relaxes in a nice cat cafe that the girls brought him to as they all enjoyed some nice light snacks and drinks while enjoying the cuddly cats who loved the attention.
After the cafe they went around to book stores, movie stores, sporting goods as well. And Evan made sure to use his remaining 2k money to treat the girls.
Though to be honest this upcoming week he will need to rely on the lotto ticket strategy once again as he notices the girls combined food, movie, shopping all totaled to about 1,023$.
Evan sweat dropped before thinking, 'Okay I owe an apology to all husbands out there whose wives spend half their paycheck on clothing. I now know a bit of their pain!'
He walks the girls to the gym apartments safely and waits outside their door while they out away the bags.
Once they are done Zara comes out and kisses Evan straight away. Evan gulps in shock at first before melting into it and enjoying it completely.
They pull away after a solid minute and he asks, "So does this mean we are making it official? Or are we still just in the dating phase?"
Zara taps her chin coyly before smirking at him and saying, "This? Between us? I call it boyfriend and girlfriend status. See around handsome!"
She goes inside leaving a blushing and internally cheering Evan stunned in the hallway before he sees Miu come out. She kisses him on the cheek instead and says, "For me? Still dating phase. But I do like you! Keep on treating us well and Zoey well and we won't have any problem!"
Evan nods at her with a slight smile before he perks up at that last part.
"Wait what about Zoey?"
*Slam*
Evan stares dumbfounded at the door in his face before he simply shrugs and surrenders himself to the whims of a woman. He walks off before getting a call from an unknown number.
He picks it up before hearing Hyo on the other end.
"Hello? Is this Evan? I hope I have the right number."
Evan speaks up, "Greetings Hyo! I wasn't expecting you to call me! Everything alright? And how did you get my number?"
Hyo is heard chuckling as he answers, "Well my father rushed to make a training contract with your gym after your words reached him. And I got your number from the gym records on request as I volunteered to be the representative from my dojo on business visits. However everything is not fine for you."
Evan goes on guard at that and Hyos voice takes on a dangerous edge.
"You see that woman Alicia is a dangerous person with dangerous people backing her. We are a small dojo and dare not challenge the people behind her. However they seem dead set on you for some reason. They are a mafia family with powerful fighters from over seas in their ranks. You had best be careful Evan. Train hard for whenever they try to make a move."
Evan nods and says, "I promise Hyo thanks for the warning. I'll train hard to prepare myself for them."
With a confirmation Hyo hung up leaving Evan to his thoughts.
Evan thinks hard and reviews his skills, 'I have a target now huh? And a mafia group at that? Maybe they are the ones who pushed my previous job to cancel.my employment thanks to their leverage in the underground? Plus not like my manager liked me anyway.'
Evan sighs at that memory before knowing what he had to do next.
With his martial arts prodigy helping him with automatically refining his skills to a new level he felt as if he suddenly knew the smaller details that make his movements more efficient and quicker.
He will definitely use this to his advantage!
But to think he also has to make sue he has date time to take out Zara, Miu, and Zoey apparently. That last one shocks him. But he isn't against it as he now knows who she is inside and just needs to get to know her better going forward.
He huffs in pride at his plan as he walks off to put his new visual learner skill into practice and to use his lotto ticket strategy tomorrow to get money for a new slew of skills and skill upgrades.
As he walks off Zara is busy squealing in happiness into her pillow before slumping in depression as she remembers she has three night shifts with the police department for the next three days so her time to go on a date with Evan again would have to wait until Thursday or later.
She laments before going back to being happy at now having a boyfriend again.
Miu is happily humming to herself before she looks at one of the pieces of jewelry that Evan bought for her on the date today. It was a pair of panda earrings that she found adorable. She put them on and swore she would be wearing them tomorrow during yoga to show them off ot the other members.
As both girls were enjoying the date after glow Zoey was going over her clothes to see what she could wear to a possible date/hangout with Evan. She got a call from Miu that morning about whether she had feelings for the man and she admitted that she did.
She didn't deny it and bashfully admitted that she had a budding crush on the handsome and skilled martial artist. Miu simply smirked and told Zoey about the poly relationship they are pursuing with him. And that they didn't mind her pursuing Evan as long as they all became better friends and sisters in love. Zoey quickly agreed and sadly admitted that this would be her first official relationship and that she was looking forward to having close friends.
Miu sadly said she would be more than happy to be the first of their group to give her an olive branch in friendship and peace so they can make this relationship work. Zoey readily agreed and the two officially made plans to hang out and have girl time one of these days with Zara.
Zoey was now back in her room stuck on any date clothes she could wear for a date with Evan. But one problem arose.
She had literally no date worthy clothes!
She only had two types! Gym and casual outing. And even those were meant for easy movement and being ready for combat at the drop of a hat.
She blushes at her mentality literally matching those of the vikings like her heritage and sighs in defeat.
She calls up Miu and asks if she could stop by for advice on what kinds of clothes she will need to grab.
Miu readily invites her over and makes Zoey happy to hear that. She rushes over to Mius apartment and knocks on the door.
She suddenly sees the door open and twin pairs of eyes gleaming in the darkness with eagerness apparent in them. They are so intense that Zoey is on high alert and defense and reactively assumes a wrestling position. However it proves fruitless as both her arms are grabbed by the pair of giggling women in the door who hiss out, "Let's talk clothing~ Woman to woman~"
Zoey sweat drops in fear and goes, "Help! Anyone! I'm being forcefully girl talked against my will! AAAAAA!"
*SLAM!* *Click!*
Everyone else in the apartment hallway all think the same thing. 'Yet another victim of Miu and Zara and their version of 'Girl Talk' been nice training with you Zoey'
Everyone offers her a prayer for her safe return and her mentality in check.