What a sunny day...
Maybe too sunny, because it was hot in this Palu city even though it was not yet 12 o'clock in the noon.
Aril and Putri did their daily activities when they didn't have any other activities.
Gardening and raising chickens.
Right on the side of the field next to the house, there is a patch of land used as a place to grow vegetables such as cucumbers, eggplants, and also some chili.
Not far from the gardening land, a chicken coop stands firmly, a 2-story chicken coop made of wood.
Putri cleared the wild weeds around the vegetables. She then took a bucket of water and drew water from it using a plastic dipper and poured the water over the vegetables.
Aril cleaned the chicken coop which was empty and full of feces. The 10 chickens were now roaming around doing their business. 9 hens and 1 rooster.
"One of my missions is complete," said Putri who had just finished watering the vegetables in their garden.
Aril immediately turned around and watched her intently. "Did you get the gardening mission?"
"Yep, the XP is also quite a lot."
Aril chuckled softly and then laughed and then shouted desperately.
"THIS ISN'T FAIR!!!"
Putri laughed after seeing the young man's reaction. "The world isn't fair, so get used to it."
Aril looked at the Putri cynically. "I hate you."
Putri smiled mockingly instead. "Eh? Do you get jealous? Jealous, huh?"
Aril walked past Putri without responding at all.
"Eh?! Don't ignore me!" said Putri who didn't like the fact that he is ignoring her insult.
Aril stretched briefly then ran on the sidelines of the field for a few laps.
Putri just stood still then squatted down while watching the young man do his exercise.
"Aril is exercising, mom is off training somewhere, as usual. It's boring," said a rather sullen Putri.
After finishing his cardio, Aril took a short break and then did push-ups.
Putri walked to Aril. "I'm bored."
"None of my business," Aril replied swiftly while continuing to do push-ups.
"Let's go spar."
"But you always complain when you lose."
"That's because you always cheat! You can win because you cheat!"
"Results are results. The enemy won't care about your excuses."
Putri puffed out her cheeks and her eyebrows lowered, frowned and annoyed.
The girl immediately jumped onto Aril's back and made the young man's hands wobble, forcing him to lie on the ground.
Aril sighed. "Alright, we're sparring."
"But this time, you can't cheat!" said Putri.
Aril sighed heavily. "Alright, I won't use any cheating methods."
"You have to promise!"
Aril sighed once more. "I promise I won't use cheating techniques."
Putri immediately smiled widely. "Good! Now the victory is mine. Hahahaha!"
Putri got off Aril's back and walked to the center of the empty field.
"Come, you will taste your first defeat, today," she said with such confident smile.
Reluctantly, he followed her lead.
The two stood and stared at each other.
Aril and Putri set up a stance and both seemed to be silent and observing. No one initiated the first move.
Aril knew very well that if he was weaker and slower, reacting was the best strategy he could do right now.
Putri also knew that Aril had many tricks and techniques, and the girl was not stupid enough to allow Aril to react to her first attack.
Both of them just stood still in their respective stances. The two slowly approached each other while keeping an eye out for their opponent.
The two of them continued to approach slowly but surely.
There was only 1 meter between the two and Aril suddenly leaned forward and made Putri's eyes contract instantly.
The girl immediately raised her right knee and kicked forward, but Aril already jumped to Putri's left side.
How could Aril have such quick reflexes after lunging forward?
In fact, Aril didn't lunge forward, his body just leaned forward, both feet still staying in place.
The moment Putri started to raise her knees, that's when Aril jumped to the side.
By the time Putri's foot had kicked forward, Aril was beside her already.
With a quick reflex, Putri slightly turned her body to lean slightly to the left, towards Aril and kicked straight at the young man.
Putri kicked into empty air and Aril was on Putri's right side.
Once again, the girl was surprised. But then again, it wasn't a reflex, Aril had predicted the kick the moment she moved slightly.
This time, it was Aril who lunged forward and immediately set up a sturdy stance with a position ready to punch with his right hand.
Putri reacted quickly and jumped backward while twisting her body to the right and immediately launched a powerful kick with her left foot.
Aril had no time to dodge, he raised his right hand to block the attack.
*Krak!
The pressure was so intense that it cracked Aril's right hand bone and forced the young man to kneel on the ground.
Putri lifted her left leg into the air high enough to deliver a vertical kick to Aril's shoulder.
Aril jumped back the moment he saw Putri's leg slightly lifted.
By the time he managed to dodge the kick, the ground had cracked.
The speed and power were beyond normal human being. If Aril had not predicted 2 seconds into the future, his shoulder would have been crushed.
Aril retreated as far as possible in a sitting position while dragging his right hand that was shaking from the pain.
Putri smiled at Aril who could no longer use his right hand.
The girl immediately jumped forward and immediately prepared to do a vertical kick from above towards Aril's shoulder using her left foot.
Aril's right hand suddenly stopped shaking and the young man immediately stood up and slightly dodged to the right side while positioning both hands to the left side as if preparing to catch something.
By the time the vertical kick was delivered, Aril was already beside the Putri's leg.
Putri was surprised to see Aril who had made preparations.
The young man immediately grasped the girl's leg and slammed her to the ground with all his might.
*BLAM!
Putri lay on the ground while Aril stood upright grinning.
"Even without dirty trick, I can still beat you," Aril said while grinning pridefully.
"You're pretending to be in pain! Your right hand! You tricked me!" shouted the angry Putri.
"I'm not lying, my right hand is indeed in pain," said Aril as he showed his right hand which was slightly swollen from the her kick.
"I just rested it for a while before using it again," Aril continued to explain.
"You still cheating! Cheating! Cheating!" screamed Putri as if she was about to cry.