Chapter 147: The Legend
Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Hitesh_
The sh.o.r.eline suddenly became quiet for a moment, before a wave of deafening cheers and applause erupted. Zhou Sisi"s cla.s.smates carried her over their head and tossed her into the air in celebrating her success.
Ma.s.sa turned his head and looked the other way, allowing the corner of his lips to lift slightly. He noticed that Zhou Sisi had used GN force at the last moment. Although it was forbidden, Ma.s.sa decided to let it ride since he knew that Zhou Sisi didn"t do it intentionally. Although his students might not agree with him, he thought his goal was not to torture the kids but to train them into a stronger fighter. He was satisfied with their results even if Zhou Sisi had failed, and therefore, decided to be lenient for once.
The sky was quickly taking on a dark gray tone. It was almost eight when Rumi appeared at the finis.h.i.+ng line, and w.a.n.g Tong was still somewhere behind her. Starved and exhausted, w.a.n.g Tong finally conceded that it was a tough task than he had initially thought. He remembered that Old Fart had told him to always leave some energy just in case, and regretted that he didn"t follow through his lesson.
Everyone waited patiently. When w.a.n.g Tong figure first appeared at the other end of the finis.h.i.+ng line, Ma.s.sa"s face turned black. It was five to Eight.
"If w.a.n.g Tong can’t finish the test in five minutes, you guys can join him in his "diet" tonight."
"We had a deal! That"s not fair." Karl leaped to his feet and shouted indignantly.
"Yes, we did have a deal, but now, I am adding another term to our agreement, that is to have everyone pa.s.s the finish line before eight should you want to have dinner. You were talking about team spirit, isn"t w.a.n.g Tong part of your team? "
"You despicable..." Karl was about to throw himself at Mr. Horse Face but was stopped by w.a.n.g Ben and Hu Yangxuan.
"Calm down, we still have time."
"w.a.n.g Tong! Hurry up. You got 4 minutes left!"
All the students yelled at w.a.n.g Tong, trying to remind him of the time limit. However, w.a.n.g Tong could not hear anything since he was already half conscious. a.s.sailed by extreme hunger and exhaustion, w.a.n.g Tong felt he was in a test that would never end.
The student noticed a smug smile had crept onto Ma.s.sa"s face. They gritted their teeth, fighting their urge to give Mr. Horse Face a lesson.
A few moments had pa.s.sed, but w.a.n.g Tong didn"t seem to have noticed that his cla.s.smates were calling out to him.
While half leaning on Ma Xiaoru, Zhou Sisi had a light bulb moment as she shouted at the top of her lungs," w.a.n.g Tong! Hurry, roast duck is almost ready!"
Surprise flashed across w.a.n.g Tong"s face, and he seemed to be recovering his consciousness by the second. "Roast Duck! Roast Duck? Where is the roast duck!"
"w.a.n.g Ben has it! Hurry up! He is going to have it all!"
"NO! Leave some for me!"
w.a.n.g Tong looked like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on as he sprung towards the finis.h.i.+ng line. He could no longer feel any hunger. The only thing he was thinking about was the tender, juicy duck meat.
He quickly reached the finis.h.i.+ng line with the speed that terrified everyone.
"Duck! Where is the duck? You didn"t even leave some bones for me? Urghh!" Having failed to find the promised duck, w.a.n.g Tong ran around in circles hysterically, as his teammates stared at him like watching a freak.
w.a.n.g Ben didn"t know what to make of what he had just seen. ‘What does it have anything to do with me?’ He screamed in his mind.
Zhou Sisi posed a V with her index and middle fingers, celebrating her success. She had deployed the ultimate tactic against w.a.n.g Tong, the Tactic of the Roast Duck!
A few moments later, w.a.n.g Tong finally recovered his memory and conceded that roast duck was simply a ruse.
Ma.s.sa sneered at the students as he tried to come to terms with what had just happened. A few words finally escaped his mouth:" Get to the Chapa. Enjoy your dinner."
The crowd boiled over as they danced and cheered on seeing the disappointed look of Mr. Horse Face. They had finally proven themselves and what they believed to the patronizing officer. They even requested roast duck to be one of their dinner dishes.
All the students were elated after their first victory over Mr. Horse Face. However, everyone knew that it was not the end of their battle, and they could not let their guard down just yet. w.a.n.g Tong"s return was a weight off a few students" mind, and therefore, everyone slept well that night. The joy of victory made the students place greater trust in each other, and thus, they felt the even greater joy of being trusted.
w.a.n.g Tong fell asleep almost as soon as he sank his body into the soft bed. Despite the tortuous training, he was happy that he had learned to cope with the four "bracelets" on his body.
Four o clock in the morning, the ear-splitting alarm set off as scheduled. Ma.s.sa looked at his watch as he waited for the students to arrive. He was relieved to find out that the students had finally learned to be on time as all the students had arrived within only five minutes, and appeared to be well rested.
Perhaps Mr. Horse Face wanted to "reward" everyone"s success yesterday, and he had increased the intensity of everyone"s training yet again. His method was more personal this time, as he had given Karl a much greater increase in intensity than anyone else. Ma.s.sa didn"t like the fact that Karl had talked back to him a few times and therefore, had decided to let him pay the price of being a hero.
However, Karl was unruffled by the almost impossible training intensity. The more Ma.s.sa challenged him, the more stubborn he became. As a result, Karl pa.s.sed out twice during his training, and even Rumi felt sorry for him.
w.a.n.g Tong"s "reward," was unsurprisingly even more severe than Karl’s. Not only he needed to struggle with the four "bracelets", but Ma.s.sa also ordered him to carry weight bags. No one knew how heavy those weight bags were, but from w.a.n.g Tong"s expression, it was easy to conclude that they were not light.
The magnetic rings were special ordered form the Military. Therefore, it was hard to find anything like it in the domestic market. Even in the Military, these rings were used only on those gifted soldiers. Ma.s.sa had intended to use these rings on w.a.n.g Ben, but then quickly realized it would be too much for him.
Ever since those rings immobilized w.a.n.g Tong, he became even more serious about his training. The existence of these rings meant that there were people in this world who could not be stopped unless the rings were used against them, just like him. At the thought of a potentially more powerful fighter as his opponent, he felt pressured to push himself to the limits.
The intensive training went on for a few days, during which, students got used to getting up at four o"clock. Although the first couple mornings were torturous, the training seemed to have reinvigorated them, and eventually, they could spring out of bed a few minutes before the alarm went off.
Physical training not only increased the students" endurance, but also improved their overall strength, including soul energy and GN force utilization. Although it had minimal effect on increasing the amount of soul energy, they all felt the flow of soul energy became more fluid, and therefore, it was a huge improvement overall.
On the tenth day, something happened that everyone found to be incredulous; Ma.s.sa didn"t show up in the morning a.s.sembly. Although none of the students liked Mr. Horse Face, his absence somehow made them felt uncomfortable.
Ten minutes after four, and Ma.s.sa was still nowhere to be seen. Instead, Princ.i.p.al Martyrus appeared.
"Everyone, you have successfully finished your first phase of the boot camp training: physical conditioning session. I wish everyone to continually improve your body and endurance even after the session is over."
Martyrus could sense the difference these ten days had made on the students, even though he wagered that the student themselves hadn’t noticed it yet. They had been green and childish, but now, they projected themselves as a professional soldier.
As soon as the students heard the announcement, they felt hollow on the inside. Over the ten days, the only thing they wanted was to defeat Mr. Horse Face. However, when they eventually pa.s.sed Mr. Horse Face"s training session, they missed him like an old friend. Perhaps, that was what"s called a "Frienemy."
"How could he just leave us hanging here? I was still going to prove myself to him."
Martyrus regarded Karl with his observant eyes, "You guys have pa.s.sed this session. I"d like to point out that Officer Ma.s.sa had taken a vacation leave from his work to come to train you guys. For that, all of us should be very appreciative of him. Therefore, I hope you practice what you had learned from him and don’t let him down. "
"Princ.i.p.al, who exactly is this Ma.s.sa?" Luo Manman asked curiously. She had noticed that not only Ma.s.sa"s training method was right on the spot, but he had also hit the mark regarding student"s characters. He applied his ever-increasing expectation on only those who he saw fit for it. For some relatively weak and less confident students such as Rumi, he offered constant encouragement to make them feel stronger. As for students who were lazy, such as Karl, Ma.s.sa had pushed them the hardest. As that was the only effective way to make them move. w.a.n.g Tong was the most special case of all students, because Ma.s.sa deemed him as a genius. Ma.s.sa had simply given him the hardest challenge and kept verbal stimulation at minimal, regardless of encouragement or scolding.
"I wasn"t going to reveal his ident.i.ty to you guys, but I do hope one day you would meet him again in a different setting. Ma.s.sa is the captain of the strongest special force in the Military: Unit G."
Karl"s was astounded by the revelation, "For real? Him? The Special Force?"
"Ha ha. You guys are still babies in the woods. Once you have entered the Military, you will understand what their training is like. Truth be told, officer Ma.s.sa had been very gentle towards you guys for the last ten days." Martyrus smiled, and then he s.h.i.+fted his gaze at w.a.n.g Tong," w.a.n.g Tong, Officer Ma.s.sa left a message for you."
w.a.n.g Tong was perplexed as to why Ma.s.sa had left a message only for him, but everyone else guessed that the message perhaps was Ma.s.sa"s acknowledgment of w.a.n.g Tong as the strongest fighter of the group.
"Officer Ma.s.sa said this: Army would be your heaven."
w.a.n.g Tong cracked a smile and replied, "Thanks, that"s very kind of him to say that."
When Martyrus heard it from Ma.s.sa the first time, he almost couldn"t believe his ears. Ma.s.sa was never generous in his praise, much less outright telling someone that he was the perfect soldier. w.a.n.g Tong never wanted to join the army, since his dream was to get rich as soon as possible. However, after having trained by Ma.s.sa, he found that the idea of being a soldier had started to grow on him.
"What about these things?" w.a.n.g Tong asked Martyrus as he pointed at his bracelets.
"Officer Ma.s.sa said that those were your gift."
"Karl, Officer Ma.s.sa also left a message for you." The announcement caught Karl off guard, and made him wonder what kind of message would an officer with high expectations give to a bottom ranked trainee.