MAKING A PLAN

The rest of the night was a bore, as I just finished the assignment we had which was due Wednesday, Grey came back smiling like a fool while Khalil had left as usual.

After Grey and Enri fell asleep I had an in-depth discussion with Blue on how to improve myself in the shortest time possible and the best he could come up with was to have me undergo hardcore training. Our conversation went like this;

"How do I improve in the shortest time possible" I asked.

"The only way to get stronger in the fastest way possible is to undergo hardcore training, I suggest you take the offer of the gym coach and join the school's sports team but do not select any team in particular and have him draft an intense training regime for all categories" said Blue before he took a drag from his pipe as he stood there like he was some professor.

"Wouldn't that do more harm than good?" I asked.

"If I make another adjustment to help you learn things faster by having your brain analyze details in real time and help you reduce the amount of time you would use in correcting every mistake which you might make when training, it would lead to large improvements" he said as he projected a graph showing the expected growth rate after the adjustment.

"Another upgrade?" I asked "Does the continuous upgrade not affect potential growth rate" I asked.

"No need to think hard about it?" Blue simply said "Or would you prefer being dead?" he asked.

"Of course, not" I answered.

"Then don't think about it" he said.

"Would the upgrade generate another stat?" I asked.

"Why do you concern yourself with stats? Just let me worry about how to much adjustment your body can handle" Blue said as he snappily while puffing out smoke.

Until now I still found it weird an alien living in my brain has such an unhealthy lifestyle.

"Ok"

"Now I'll tell you more about some upgrades which your body has after the upgrades last time" said Blue as he projected a screen showing a video"

"Alright"

"You can now slow down the image of anything you see, so much that you could see a fly's wing if it were flying" said Blue.

"Cool" I unconsciously said out loud.

"Let me finish" he said "This will help you have more time in judging an opponent's move and more time to make a plan, despite being able to slow down the image you see you may not be able to react to it if your agility stat is not high enough" Said Blue as he finished.

"Why?" I asked.

"Your ability to react to an attack is tied to your speed and agility, with enough speed you might be able to dodge an attack but with both your speed and agility stat being high you can not only dodge an attack but you would be able to counter attack" said Blue "do you understand?".

"Yes, continue"

"Alright"

"Although your basic combat ability is good after the adjustment but if you train in fighting techniques your muscle is now capable of remembering the movements learned, you can say it's muscle memory like they taught you in class last time" said Blue.

"Woah!!" I said "That means I could reach the level of a master when it comes to fighting in a short while" I thought, of course I didn't dare say it to Blue he would probably search for a smug reply online in a nanosecond.

"So, what do you think?" asked Blue.

"It's not bad, coupled together with the training it shouldn't be that hard to improve in a short while" I said.

"Good, so I'll make another adjustment this night, that is if you agree" said Blue as he looked at me.

"Yes" I said.

…

Morning came and Blue woke me up as he gave a quick report about the adjustment before helping me set a reminder for me to meet with the gym instructor.

After classes, I was about to leave Grey and Enri,

"where are you going to?" asked Grey as he blocked my way.

"The gym" I said as I tried to slip past Grey only to be blocked by Enri.

"Why would you go to the gym?" asked Enri.

"What do people go to the gym to do" I said giving Enri a look that said I didn't expect this from you.

"Ok, we'll come along" said Grey.

"What?!!!" asked Enri completely surprised by the turn of events.

"Why?" I asked.

"Who's going where?" asked Enri.

"Yeah, we're coming with you" said Grey as he looked at Enri before asking "Right?".

"No… I mean yeah" said Enri flustered.

"Fine, let's go" I said as I dashed in to the gym.

When we reached the building both Grey and Enri were out of breath but I was feeling relaxed as if I had just jogged a couple of blocks. The distance from our lecture room to the gym was quite far, it would take us five minutes of biking to get to the gym but we ran all the way here.

"What are you guys doing?" I asked.

"Give us a second we need to catch our breath" said Enri in-between breaths.

"Yeah… catch… our… breaths" said Grey before he sat down on the floor.

"Ok, meet me at the special building for the school's sports team" I said as I walked.

"Yeah… we're… right… behind you" said Grey.

…

Stepping into the special building I meet the receptionist there,

"How can I help you?" asked the receptionist.

"uhm… I'm looking for coach Michael" I said.

"May I know who's looking for him so I can call him or do you have an appointment" she asked.

"Hyla" I said, "He said I should come look for him" I explained.

"Sorry but I don't think you will be able to meet him today, how about you make an appointment first" she said.

"Ohh…"

"What did you say your name was" asked a well-built guy as he passed by.

"Hyla" I answered.

"Come with me" he said as he nudged me with his shoulder.

"Mr. Samuel but people can't just enter the building without authorization" said the receptionist hurriedly as she left her desk to obstruct us.