Chapter 10 - struggle

Naoto headed to a forest at the bottom of the mountain and walked there among the green trees

He has no idea what shadow is following him in secret

Naoto stood in a clearing among the trees

Naoto opened the store

(the shop :

1/Tools

2/ Skills

3/Elixirs

4/ Cards

)

Then he started researching elixirs

Nothing interesting was found in the first level, all of which were strengthening and healing potions in small proportions

Then go to the second level

He started browsing and his eyes fell on

Bone Crushing Potion

It was a special potion that required 2,500 points. It broke down the bones and then repaired them, making them harder and stronger. Naoto did not want to waste his points on it, so he went to the tools window and bought a training suit made of iron for 1,200 points. Naoto wore it and felt a great weight on his body as well. If he was carrying a boulder on his shoulders and then started running slowly, he would not have been able to bear the weight. The advantage of this suit was that it restricted all of Naoto's stats to 10, and when he reached his body's maximum, the suit would be automatically destroyed.

Naoto began to train. He started running around the forest, but without warning, Naoto was hit in the head by a stone. He quickly turned around to see who had thrown it, and his eyes fell on a boy with short, straight black hair and a broad, muscular body holding a small stone. He threw it upwards several times Before he spoke

"It's been a long time, Naoto."

Naoto's eyes widened for a moment but soon returned to normal and showed an aggressive look

"What's wrong, Hiroshi?"

Hiroshi raised his hands up, a mischievous smile on his face

"Why all this hostility, I'm here to invite you, it's been a long time since I went to karate classes so how about a friendly fight?"

Naoto looked confused

"now?"

"Choose a time and place if it suits you."

Naoto realized that he couldn't back out of the fight, but the timing was wrong, and with him wearing the suit, he wouldn't be able to fully defend himself.

"Okay, tomorrow is twelve at the karate club."

"you got it"

When Naoto turned to continue training, Naoto jumped to the side, dodging a punch that was aimed at his spinal cord.

"How did you know I was going to hit you?"

Hiroshi was startled for a second

"It's simple, if you wanted to talk you wouldn't have thrown a stone at me in the first place, then the appearance of exactly who I had a feud with after defeating Akihiro obviously told you about me."

Hiroshi laughed, mocking Naoto:

"Good, it seems your brain is still working fine."

Hiroshi quickly rushed towards Naoto, grabbed him by his clothes, and threw him flying until he hit a tree

'Seonagi'

Naoto leaned against a tree and started coughing from the impact and said:

"Cough..I didn't expect you to...use seonagai."

Hiroshi approached Naoto, grabbed him by the collar, and started slapping him

"Hey, this isn't fun. This was just a little greeting, but you look like you're about to die."

'How could he be so weak, didn't he defeat Akihiro?'

With each slap, Hiroshi uttered a single word with a wide smile on his face

"Come on, fight back."

"Resist"

"Res.."

"Re..."

The sound continued to gradually disappear until Naoto fell unconscious, then Hiroshi spat on his head, smiled proudly, and spoke in a loud voice.

"You better bring your money tomorrow."

Hiroshi left the scene, leaving Naoto leaning against a tree unconscious

As Naoto slowly opened his eyes, the sun was barely creeping through the dense tree leaves, creating intermittent shapes of light and shadows on the ground. After a moment of confusion and thought, Naoto slammed his fist into the ground.

"Am I that weak? No, the problem is that the timing is wrong, and I was wearing this thing and couldn't defend myself, but even if I hadn't worn this thing, would I have won?"

Doubt began to creep into his mind little by little, and corrupt his character.

(A mission has been launched

Difficulty: C+

Description: Take care of those who hurt you

Requirement: Defeat Hiroshi in a fight with his sport

Duration: one day

Reward:

300 experience points

Free withdrawal opportunity

Random skill

failure:

Backtrack five levels

)

He got up from his place and started running quickly around the forest. The forest was about 10 km long, and he ran it, but he got tired after covering a distance of 100 metres. Despite his strong motivation, he could not bear the weight of the suit he was wearing, since it restricted the majority of his strength to ten, so he thought that the weight of The suit would increase as he grew, and he began to run slowly, until he began to fall and get up again. When he fell, he did push-ups and quickly stood up and continued. In a moment, his leg muscle tore, so he continued running on one leg, and his expression was full of indignation and anger. He remembered how he could not resist, and was vulnerable to loss. ,

He fell again and performed a push-up exercise, and his shoulder muscle was torn (the biceps for those who do not know). The pain was unbearable, but he succeeded and the suit was automatically destroyed, leaving Naoto in severe pain. He was on the verge of collapse, and every inch of his muscles was wailing in pain.

(Do you want to get a healing elixir for 500 points)

"Yes"

Naoto drank the dose and felt that his muscles were tightening in place, and the pain was severe. After the treatment was over, he checked his condition

(the condition

Name: Heigai Naoto

Age: 15 years

Level 7 (220/550)

Strength: 18

Endurance capacity: 29

Fitness: 24

Intelligence: 11

Status Points: 10

Sentiment points: 1927

Ability

Skills. the shop. The store. Missions

Gambling

)

"I need missions, this is the only way to get stronger."

(Didn't you see the task that was just issued)

"I need the strength to carry out this mission."

(There is another way)

"Tell me"

(Return to the test world in the cave)

"No, this will take a lot of time."

(Buy a 2nd level card from the card shop, Training Card)

Naoto put his hand under his chin and began to think

"What is the price"

(800 points)

"Buy it"

(Purchased successfully)

The card appeared in front of Naoto, flying into the sky

(Choose enemy)

"Hiroshi"

The card took on a snow-white shape and gradually began to take on the shape of Hiroshi

(start)

Naoto rushed towards Hiroshi's avatar

He directed a side punch, targeting his lower jaw, but the avatar avoided it backwards, so Naoto completed the direction of the punch so that he could turn around, then directed a side kick towards his ribs, but the avatar quickly jumped back, and while Naoto was trying to balance after his failed kick, the avatar delivered a strong blow to his stomach, which made him fall on the ground.

Naoto got up and moved towards him and fired a series of successive punches and kicks, but the incarnation was avoiding them. Although the avatar's expression was stern, Naoto felt angry just seeing his face

In an instant, Hiroshi's avatar managed to grab Naoto's arm and spin him around, then forcefully throw him to the ground. When Naoto tried to stand up, the avatar delivered a punch with his left hand towards Naoto's head, causing him to lie on the ground.

(Host lost, card is now destroyed)

The incarnation began to break and disappear, then Naoto got up from the ground and returned to his home. He was feeling frustrated and angry with himself. He was going to try to train more, but it seemed to him that training more would be useless.

He entered his house, greeted his grandparents, and went straight to his room

He sat on his bed

'What are you doing,do you will start crying like a little baby''

Naoto clenched his hands as he hugged himself curled up into a ball

'Is this a good time for your damned condition to worsen?'

Naoto's heartbeat was gradually increasing to high speeds

'Let this continue, if you don't get up now when will you?'

The voice was getting angrier and more arrogant with time

'Fuck you and your weakness.'

The sound completely disappeared from Naoto's ear

He remained in this state on the bed until he fell into a deep sleep as if there was no tomorrow

Early in the morning, Naoto woke up with a feeling of frustration and disappointment, put on his school clothes, went downstairs and had breakfast with his grandparents, then set off for school.

He arrived at school and entered his class. The lessons were passing for Naoto with difficulty, and all he was thinking about was his defeat in the final battle against Hiroshi. But when the break arrived, his heart began to beat strongly as if it was about to stop, but he could not hold back. He went to the karate club and stood in front of the door and began to think. Every possibility he put in his mind was doomed to failure, so he decided to enter and let what happened happen. He opened the door to find... Hiroshi stood there punching one of the students until blood ran from the student's face onto his fist. Hiroshi took out a rag and began cleaning the blood stuck to his fist.

"You really came, go into the changing room, you will find the kimono there."

Naoto entered the room and began to change his clothes

(Host, do you want to use your status points)

"Put it all into the force"

He went out to the training hall and stood in front of Hiroshi

"Don't tell me you forgot how to fight."

Hiroshi had a big laugh

"Now let's get started"

The two bowed in front of each other as a combat greeting, assumed a fighting stance, and began.

As expected, Hiroshi rushed toward Naoto. Naoto threw a punch, catching him unawares, but Hiroshi avoided the punch and inserted his knee, hitting Naoto's stomach. Akihiro grabbed Naoto and began hitting Naoto's stomach repeatedly with his knee.

"You're so pathetic."