Chapter 16
After breakfast, the whole friends went to their homeroom class. On the way there, Vynn and Sophia met up with the rest of the room on the way to the homeroom class. After the class, they went to their combat class.
When they got to combat class, they all did their physical training which was mandatory everyday and then they practiced 'The Triple Threat' skill over and over again. After some time, they rested before they decided to spar with each other. That was when Kate came over to Jake to spar with him.
"Hey, do you mind if we sparred?" Kate asked coming over.
"Sure. Why not." Jake answered.
They started sparring with each other slow and steady.
"So didn't you notice how weirdly Sophia and Vynn behaved today" Kate said.
"I think everyone noticed that. What do you think it might be?" Jake asked.
"I'm not really sure about that. And they don't want to open up to us." Kate said sighing.
After that, they continued sparring with each other that was when Kate decided to ask something.
"So what do you think about Sophia?" Kate asked.
"I think she's okay but a little cold. Why?" Jake asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just asking." Kate answered. "I don't think he has any feelings for Sophia." Kate thought.
"So you said your dad owns a dojo right?" Jake asked.
"Yes, the dojo is not that popular but he has a few number of students." Kate answered.
"Do you know any martial arts move that you could, you know, teach me or something. I would love to learn martial arts." Jake said.
"Sure. But first you need to learn 'The Triple Threat' skill first before I teach you anything. Kate answered.
"Why?" Jake asked raising an eyebrow.
"Because martial arts is all about timing, skill and patience. In order to learn martial arts,you have to learn how to get timing right. And that is what this triple threat skill is about." Kate explained.
"I have heard you." Jake said.
After thirty minutes of sparring, they were all dismissed for the day but before they left, Lee had one more thing to say.
"Starting from next week, you will all have to pick a weapons class that you love. Because not all of you can use swords properly. So I will advice you quickly decide the class you will love to attend." Lee said now dismissing the students.
The students all went to their dorms. When they got to their dorms, they didn't know what to do to spend the rest of their afternoon. So Jake decided to head off to the gym to see if he could perfect 'The Triple Threat' technique. Meanwhile Vynn left the room for somewhere unknown.
Vynn walked for sometime while looking left and right to see if he was being followed by anyone. After some time, Vynn finally got to where he was going to. He was on his way to the second year building. After some time, a few second years stopped Vynn and they turned into an alleyway.
"So what have you decided?" A second year asked.
"My answer is still no." Vynn answered. "Just because my friend bumped into you and you wanna use me to exact revenge on him. I can't and I will not."
The second year sighed. "I was hoping we won't need to do it the hard way. But you have forced my hand."
The three second year started beating of Vynn terribly. With each hit, it felt like Vynn was going to die any second now. They kept on hitting him until Vynn couldn't talk again.
"We will keep on doing this until you agree to do what we asked." The second year said.
They all left Vynn In the alleyway. Vynn was so bruised that he couldn't walk for some time. Even breathing felt torturous to him. After some time, he managed to steel himself and went to the academy clinic to get treated.
At the same time, Jake just got to the gym and straight away started practicing 'The Triple Threat' technique for an hour straight until he finally managed to get it right.
"Yes yes yes." Jake excitedly jumped up and down. "I finally managed to learn the skill."
Jake performed the skill five times to check if he could perform the skill again. After the fifth time, Jake heard a ding in his head.
"Woah! This is truly awesome! I didn't know that by just learning 'The Triple Threat' technique, it will automatically be added to my system. Did you have any idea about this?" Jake asked Zee.
"No, not really. I'm also surprised as you are now." Zee answered. "Maybe the system felt the need to reward you after seeing your dedication and frustration about getting stronger."
"Regardless, this is still cool." Jake said.
Jake decided to check his skill tab to see if the skill was truly added to his skill tab.
"Wow! It truly added the technique." Jake said. "Well that is great." Jake was about to leave the gym when an idea struck him. He went towards the drum like thing and took a stance and used his system to activate 'The Triple Threat' technique and then when it was finally in the third stage, Jake quickly struck the drum with all his might. He felt the drum's vibrations when his fist connected with it and the drum echoed out very loudly that he quickly used his hands to cover his ears. Then the drum rapidly shuffled until it stopped on a number. Jake's mouth was left hanging. "How!? How Is this possible?" Jake thought. "Uhmm, Zee are you seeing what I'm seeing?" "Yes. I- I'm also shocked by this." Zee replied. Jake was surprised and shocked because currently the drum was displaying his strength as 35 instead of his previous 22.