But while he thinks she is stupid, he can't deny that she is strong. In fact, he thinks highly of her strength and potential. He can still feel the ache in his jaws from where she struck him. She was the reason why he put on the bone armor.
It was to increase his defense after discovering that she only had speed, not fortification or any defensive enhancement.
These are weaknesses that she can fix with game points. But she is content with surviving and being mildly exceptional.
She is like the heroes that his father hated. His father would call them hypocrites and say, "Only when humans are well fed and have no worries do they worry about others and talk about morals. But deep down, we are no different from animals. Make my words, when hunger comes, when it comes down to it, humans will eat each other for survival."
He can attest to that last part. But he doesn't hate heroes. If anything, he finds them to be annoying. He also finds her wasted potential an eyesore.
If she had put her mind to it, she could have done better than he did. After all, she is faster than him. She could have killed five people before anyone could react.
He rubbed his jaws and said, "It is not to have an arch rival. At the very least, it will increase my publicity. If she becomes a big hero someday and I defeat her, then I will get bigger publicity."
He said that, but he didn't let his mild success get to his head. He thought about what he had seen about her and made up his mind to search for more information about speedsters.
He is interested in her weaknesses. From what he knows, he believes that she is weak physically and also lacking stamina because she wasn't able to sustain her speed for long.
But he wants to know more about his so called archenemy, and he also wants to know more about his own weaknesses so that she won't be the one to get the drop on him.
With his mind made up, he returned to the real world. He found himself sitting on the same chair he was sitting on before the game.
There were no injuries on his body, as the tower had healed them completely. It is one of the benefits of surviving a game. He didn't need it, as he could heal himself. But the same can't be said for others.
As for those he maimed in the game, their injuries will only be healed by half. So they will very much be near death and will require immediate medical assistance.
He didn't think about that. Instead, he called out his name, "Augustus."
"Hmmm," he said to himself. "It just feels right. I think I'll keep it."
His borrowed phone was still in his hands, so he opened it with his borrowed fingerprint and went onto the internet to do the research he promised himself to make.
There was a lot of information about speedsters for his perusal. They divided speedsters into two types: the physique class like him and the mental class. The two of them behave similarly, but are vastly different.
The physique class of speedsters rely on their bodies to run quickly. As their ability evolves, their bodies also change and become stronger.
These changes include more and better nerve distribution, more and better musculature, more and better blood distribution system, and faster perception such as better eyes and ears.
They rely mostly on stamina to support their speed, and their most important weakness is their legs.
He slapped his head and said, "Of course. I should have expected that. But how do I get the legs of a speedster? They are too fast."
Apparently any injury to their legs can cripple the physique class of speedsters. But the same is not for the mental class of speedsters.
The mental class relies mostly on their mind for their speed. Their abilities can manifest as a forcefield around their bodies that grants them speed. It could be anything, but it doesn't affect their bodies.
Because of the reliance on their minds instead of their bodies, stamina and injuries to their legs are the least of their worries. Injuries to their legs will slow them down, but it won't cripple them. They will still be able to run as long as they can move their legs.
He read for a long time, but the mental class of speedsters has the fewest weaknesses. He found it ironic that the mental class are the most durable and fastest speedsters.
Their weakness is that bodies are weak and can be easily injured. In fact, they can be easily killed if they are caught unawares. Apart from that, they are weak to the null class of supers. The physique class of speedsters, on the other hand, are immune to nullification.
"But where do I find null that can help me? Do I even want to find a null? My ability is active too, so I bet a null can easily kill me."
He grumbled some more after realizing that either way, Alena will not be easy to kill. Then he got an idea that made his eyes light up.
He searched online for the words "Alena Gold Light."
That was her name, and it brought up her face as the top search result. The find made him chuckle evilly.
"Well, what do we have here?" He said as he clicked the link to her social media account.
Her information was all over the internet for him to see. It turned out that she was a mental class speedster. She had awakened four months ago, and she was no stranger to the games because her parents were heroes.
Apparently, the Gold Light family was a famous hero family. Her parents were D-rank heroes with fans in the tens of thousands. They were not the most popular heroes, but they were still significant.
The Gold Light family was rich. It was to be expected since they were heroes. They lived in a large mansion and had a lot of food. They were celebrities in the city they lived in because they were the main protectors of the city.