---John"s POV---Waking up from my mom"s almost screaming voice from the door, I groggily checked the alarm clock on the left of my bedside and panicked.
(s.h.i.t s.h.i.t s.h.i.t! I can"t believe I"ve overslept! It"s on the first day of the new school year too! Welp, since I"m gonna be late either ways, might as well take my time going to school...) 『John』
Rushing to the bathroom to wash up and quickly putting clothes from my new whole set of wardrobe can"t help but slowly think through all the hardships I"ve faced after starting my training with my Shifu (or sifu in Cantonese is a t.i.tle for and role of a skillful person or a master.) on the way to school. *Sigh* just remembering what I went to through made me shiver and have cold sweats even though it was only a few months of training with him.
Sitting in the metro headed to Midtown, NY I briefly checked my status to verify the progress I had from training with Shang Chi.
Still, it was a huge leap of growth not just in my abilities but also my physical prowess, I can"t believe I didn"t properly squeeze the potential provided by [Radioactive Enhanced Physiology (Yellow)] and [Healing Factor (Black)], the abilities I acquired from Daredevil previously.
It also intrigued me how was I able to acquire a (Yellow) level physiology from daredevil since according to Truck-kun my [Emphatic Mimicry] will only be able to acquire all abilities according to its level, and during the time I encountered him it was only on (Black) level, I guess there are the sealed factors in my bloodline I have yet to consider.
Anyways I"m already at Midtown School so I"ll just make a mental note of this bloodline related stuff for later. I can"t wait to see the reactions of those guys when they see me grow a few more centimeters in height hahaha.
By the way, I"m almost finished with the A.I. Project so I can finally start building up my company to build the gadgets I will require being a hero, Sebas also said that the base was already finished a month ago only awaiting for me to set up the network and security details since I was away at Shifu"s secret training hall I just received the report once I came back home.
Now with all the foundations for my base of operations ready all I need are the techs required to boot up the A.I. in the base which will be funded through borrowing (robbing u003e:3) from OSCORP.
My thoughts were disturbed once I was in front of the bulletin board to know where I am supposed to go to reach my new cla.s.sroom, and checking the name list of the cla.s.s looks like the gang still blessed by the G.o.ddess of luck for we are still cla.s.smates this year with but of course the addition of the lovely Gwen Stacy this year tho she is still keeping a distance from everyone being a new student and all.
This is not like j.a.panese manga or anime the people flock to the new student for being a beautiful blonde or some s.h.i.t, this is reality.
"It"s quite new for you to be late John?" 『Teacher』
"Sorry ma"am, I"m still fixing my sleeping schedule." 『John』
"Well I know everybody enjoyed their summer vacation but since the school year has started don"t extend your vacation or it might just become permanent. Everyone knows you"re a genius but remember to not get that to your head and hopefully this will be the first and last you"ll be tardy am I understood?" 『Teacher』
"Yes, Ma"am…"『John』 I replied while cringing big time and headed to my seat at the back of the room by the window while dazing out and daydreaming the summer I had.
Everyone else might have a wonderful summer but for me, it was more like h.e.l.l! Now I know Kenichi"s (from History"s Strongest Disciple anime/manga) feeling of strong hate regarding the training everyone in Ryōzanpaku has given him, it was almost borderline torture even for me who had good foundations due to my early start in Martial Arts now due to the teacher"s words it made me recall what happened again during the last summer.
(Maybe I should go to j.a.pan sometime to check that maybe… just maybe the Ryōzanpaku exists in this universe.) 『John 』
---Flashback---
"Well then without further ado John, your G.o.dfather and mentor Shang Chi. Shang Chi your G.o.dson John and apprentice. Since both of you are already acquainted, I bet the old b.a.s.t.a.r.d already has plans prepared for you regarding his exams to pa.s.s as a "Direct Disciple" of his yeah? So let"s get it started" 『Conan』
Months ago after my father introduced both me and my G.o.dfather, Shang Chi, we had made our status as disciple and master then and there so I can finally call him "Shifu" since he was of Chinese descent, though I was only considered as in-name disciple first since I haven"t received any teachings from him yet and will only become a legacy disciple after going through all the tests he has in mind.
We had a lovely dinner that day and I heard a lot of shameful things my father and G.o.dfather did back when they were younger and was working from the same "Department" as partners, what shocked me though was that apparently everyone got acquainted with our butler at the company that they all used to work at.
When I inquired Sebas regarding such details he said my parents will explain everything to me in due time so I"ll just leave that for when the time comes since it"s already out of my hands. Shifu also said we"ll start training in summer break since once we start all focus should be on training alone to gain the most benefits.
We will be training in a hidden location to avoid unnecessary disturbances and pollution. My parents already know how everything goes and I was also fine with it because I still have a lot of matters to deal with such as the base construction, and A.I. project.
---Time Skip = Summer Break---
Slowly taking my blindfolds and earm.u.f.fs which I wore ever since we landed at Hong Kong International Airport to keep the location of our secret training base hidden even from me, as I had to close my eyes back from the light glare and adjust to the brightness.
*Gasp*
"Woah! Are we in the immortal realm Shifu?!" 『John』
"Haha no, we"re still on earth you brat!" 『Shang Chi』
I"ve imprinted everything I can see on my mindscape and made the same scenery the edge of Skyrim, even though Shifu wanted to keep the location of our training base secret I kinda narrowed it down to Guilin since I know we"re in China which is one of the most scenic spots in China just from its clean river and a lot of mountains in front of me.
"Go pick out any room on the second floor that has a bed in it, put your stuff there, and change to these clothes before coming down for we still need to check what your current prowess is so that I can make up a proper training regimen suited to you." 『Shifu (Shang Chi) 』 (A/N: kinda getting tired typing out his name)
"Yes, Shifu!" 『John』
I bowed slightly while receiving a bag filled with dozens of training uniforms from Shifu and went to do my stuff. After changing I got my mind blown for the uniform I received, it"s the same one that Goku wears in DBZ the usual orange and blue except for the "Turtle" symbol in front and back while the shoes are the black traditional shoes for Kung Fu.
Wearing such almost if not blatant cosplay got me hyped up for the coming training so ran quickly downstairs to meet up with Shifu who is also wearing old Roshi"s sennin master outfit to head to the training hall which is on the opposite side of our living quarters. (A/N: Google both outfits for visualization.)
Upon entering the training hall which looks exactly the same as in the movie Kung Fu Panda"s (2008) training hall with the exception of flamethrowers at the end of the hall replaced with a group of wooden poles of varying height with a big jumping rope that sweeps the top of the poles, again another mind-blowing experience with Shifu closing my dropped and drooling jaw from staring at the scene.
"You like it? I made all these as a way to past time so that I won"t get rusty while having a break at this place for a month or year or so." 『Shifu』
Looking intently at the training apparatus at what I can imagine where the Furious 5 (Crane, Tigress, Mantis, Monkey, and Snake) had been trained at from Kung Fu Panda (2008) movie, can"t help but ask the same question Po said at the time which I deeply regretted after letting it out.
"Haha Shifu, mind me for asking but… is there a level 0 here as a warm-up? Since all these equipment are already based on your level…" 『John』
"Oh..hoho..ho there is no such thing as Level 0 brat… either you can do it or not is all that matters! Hahaha" 『Shifu』
While slapping my back so hard that it sent me to start the test without enough preparations that cause me bruises, I was so focused on gaining balance on the spinning spring shaped logs that I forgot that there are some swinging blunt spiked logs as the obstacle and got hit hard in the arms when I blocked it a second late which sent me inside the balancing jade cauldron in the middle spinning a few times inside it.
Before I got sent out to the Rotating Wing Chun wooden dummy maze with a groggy mind and drunks like walk that caused me tons of bruises and a busted lips where I also lost consciousness from getting hit in the head multiple times.
(Ugghh hoho… CANADA! That freaking hurt as h.e.l.l!) 『John』
Slowly waking up while cursing in my head, I noticed that I"m back in my room lying on the bed. G.o.d freaking dammit there really is a huge difference from watching stuff on a screen and experiencing all of it personally, I can"t even imagine the pain of the cultivators who had to cultivate their physical body in extreme places/situations just to progress.
Still, with a blurry vision, I cast [Heal (Black)] on myself a couple of times to remove the fatigue and with the help of my [Healing Factor (Black)] removing the bruises all over my body I am back to my peak again. This is the second time I lost consciousness though the situation is much harsher than the accident I still managed because of the [Heal (Black)] skill I acquired back in Chinatown from Healer.
After healing back up, I felt strange energy inside me actively circulating all over my body for a while before dispersing and felt my body state reaching the peak of (Green) level. So that really proves the quote "No pain, No gain", still, no normal human would survive getting hit in the head full force multiple times and not go full r.e.t.a.r.d after.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Are you up already little brat? Come down and have dinner I"ve prepared a feast for you to recover faster!" 『Shifu』
"Comiing!" 『John』
Washing up and changing into my pajamas, still cursing my Shifu internally coming down to the dining hall for making me go start the test unprepared in the training hall because of the surprise attack that got interrupted by the feast prepared by him which made me forgive him for what he did.
The feast is what looked like came from the crossover of DBZxTorikoxOne Piece, I swear I almost had the "Meat eyes" of Luffy whenever he sees meat from the a.s.sortment of delicacies in front of me.
"Are we having guests Shifu?" 『John』
"Hmm? What do you mean guests? Don"t forget we"re in a secluded location where only I"m knowledgeable of the location, if someone really comes here without me knowing then he"ll be sleeping in a box under the soil the next day are we clear on that?"『Shifu』
Said Shifu with a glint coming across his eyes that I briefly noticed which made me shiver from a sudden leak of heavy killing intent. I just shook my head and apologized.
"I"m sorry I forgot, so this food is all for both of us to finished?" 『John』
Turning his head at me after prepping the table staring at me up and down for a minute, he noticed I was already fully healed which gave him a small *gasp* at the discovery then nodded while murmuring to himself something and replying back to me.
"Yes it was supposed to rejuvenate and fill you back up with energy so you can start training in 2 days after recovering for that days but it seems my worry was unneeded and apparently your body is durable enough and can start training early dawn tomorrow. You can just have that couple plates at your side of the table as dinner then, as for the rest will be my compensation for wasting my worry on you brat!" ���Shifu』
"Awww you were worried for me Shifu? After throwing me unprepared at a max level testing grounds?" 『John』 while giving him a smirk
"Hmm, so you can still talk back to me brat? This will be the first and last meal I"ll prepare for you then! For the rest of the training, you have to hunt animals by yourself to prepare your own meals, and if you don"t follow the proper diet I tell you, you"ll receive additional punishment! You also will be responsible for laundry to wash our clothes bedding in the river every now and then. Are.we.clear?" 『Shifu』grinning cunningly.
*Gulp* *Sobs* *Dogeza dash* (A/N: Like kowtow but anime version google it)
"NOOOOOO!!!!! MASTER I"M SO SOWEEEEE!!! Please, at least the food right now can I have more than 2 plates?!" 『John』 while doing puppy eyes.
"Hohoho… I see, no problem then. If you got the ability to take them from me that is…" 『Shifu』with an evil smirk.
(G.o.dd.a.m.nit! Me and my big mouth! Now I get to experience a harsher Teacher-Disciple boodle fight with a p.i.s.sed of Shifu.) 『John』
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And that kids are "How I Met Your Grand*Master"…
*Oops the wrong scene!
---Time Skip = Journal Entry---
It"s been weeks ever since I started formal training from Shifu. First, he said I need to squeeze out the potential hidden inside my body to execute fluently like flowing water the techniques he prepared to hand down to me since some techniques burden the body of the user and cause damage if not performed accordingly.
Morning: Warm-up run for 10km back and forth the area of our living quarters and training hall to clear weeds along the way and create a walking path while being tied to a truck tire with Shifu sitting on it whipping me like a horse whenever I slow down.
Noon: A couple of runs in the Training hall to excite the cells in the muscles and blood then gruesome sparring with Shifu after healing up.
Break: Hunt for food, while also preparing the meals for lunch, dinner, and breakfast tomorrow. I swear it was a heavenly blessing for me to have watched and studied a lot of survival videos/tips with nat geo doc.u.mentaries on the side back when I was a chunibiyo and all that preparation for reincarnation/transmigration in a medieval period. All I have to do is go in my mindscape and play the recording of such memories on a book in the library section of my mindscape. Well done Chunibyo me!!
Night: Endurance and balance training like the one Kenichi (History"s Strongest Disciple MC) does in the anime/manga to make all the muscles in the body pink muscles. (A/N: google the term "Pink muscles" it is one type of a muscle, not just a color.)
Although the coming months had a lot of changes in the routines and exercise we do daily because of my rapid improvement from tearing and healing up my muscles with the healing skill most of them are like what was stated above with some occasion where Shifu gives some words of wisdom when we fish in the river during weekends as a day off and rest day to balance work and rest since everything we work for will crumble if I overstrain myself.
Lots of my abilities improved during the training and by the end of it, we both cooked up lots of meals to celebrate the progress I had gained during this session so we stuff ourselves till we can"t breathe and pa.s.sed out in the ground, waking up laughing our a.s.s out the next morning while we head to our own rooms to pack up and clean to buildings for it will be a year or so before we will come back here again for another training session.
My outfit to leave and not appear a cosplayer back to civilization was wearing a brown leather jacket, navy blue shirt, jeans, and white converse shoes. I headed out to where Shifu was waiting while taking another glance at the place I spent my whole summer at before I"m back to wearing a blindfold and earm.u.f.fs that look like your regular headphones.
"Haha now now don"t get too dramatic on me now. Don"t worry we"ll be back here the next time we get an opportunity and the training for that time will be upped by a notch." 『Shifu』
Shifu replied while pressing my pressure points to seal off my senses since I"m way stronger now after months of training and basic covers on my eyes and ears won"t be enough.
I shivered slightly at that statement and sighed heavily thinking hopefully by then I should have opened one of my bloodline seals and acquired tons of abilities from some people I"m currently targeting.
I spent my time inside my mindscape checking my status while waiting for us to arrive back at Hong Kong International Airport and grinned widely at the new masteries and upgrades my current abilities gained since I haven"t had the spare time to check it during training.
----- Current Status-----
Name: Markly John Wayne
Body State: Blue (Peak Human) ^
Bloodline:
[Wayne – Indomitable Will (Red), Intimidation (Red), Genius Intellect (Red)]
[Unknown – Sealed (Green level required)]
[Transmigrated Soul – Emphatic Mimicry (Yellow) ^, Otherworldly Knowledge]
[Sealed – Violet level required]
Abilities Acquired:
»Masteries (Blue)« ^
[Acrobats] [Mixed Martial Arts] ^ [Weapon Proficiency]
[Eastern Medicine] [Skilled Marksman] [Fishing] [Ch.o.r.es] [Cooking] [Espionage]^
»Mind (Blue)« ^
[Mindscape] ^ (A/N: Forgot to include way at the beginning of booting up system)
[Telepathy] [Telepathic Immunity] [Telekinesis – (FUS RO DAH)] ^
»Body (Blue)« ^
[Radioactive Enhanced Physiology] [Healing Factor]
»Skills«
[Heal (Blue)]^
-----End-----