3 Chapter 3: Almost

(POV CHANGE)

I walked into my room and slumped down on my bed, sighed heavily, and lifted my sore arms.

"I should head to bed."

I turned off my light and dozed off into a deep sleep.

I awoke to my alarm sounding from my phone, I sat up and groggily turned it off. Rubbing my eyes, I got out of bed and instantly dropped to the floor. I started with my pushups, around 35 My arms started getting tired and I was slowing down a bit, at 65 I was still struggling a bit, but I could go a bit more. And at 75 I had to stop because I couldn't go any longer, and with my break, I did my situps in the meantime.

After finishing my situps, my core felt like it was on fire. But I didn't seem to mind, I got back down and instantly finished my pushups.

[Ding!]

[Pushups: 100/100] - COMPLETE

[Situps: 100/100] - COMPLETE

I decided to go ahead and do the pain-inducing planks that felt like an eternity. I got down and assumed the position, at the 50-second mark I was already feeling the burn. My body quaked and ached as the seconds passed, and as I hit a minute and a half everything got even worse. It felt impossible to keep going, but I pushed forward knowing it was worth it.

"Almost...almost...a bit more....just a bit more..it's a-all worth it in the end."

I forced myself to hold up just a bit more, making my body uphold that position for even more extended periods of time. around 2 minutes my body finally gave in and I fell to the floor, sweat dripping from my face and my shirt drenched.

I slick my hair back a bit, sit up from the floor, and scroll through my phone, deciding to take a break and let my body rest. After that, I got back up and continued the plank. After struggling for a long amount of time I finally finished the planking.

[Ding!]

[Plank: 5/5 MIN] -COMPLETE

"I'll do the run on the way to school."

I walked to my closet and put on my uniform, getting ready for a long day of school. Grabbing my bag as I walked out of the door I started my light jog toward my school.

Arriving in front of the building, I wasn't sweating a lot surprisingly, and I wiped the small sweat pellets off my forehead. I stepped into school and was met with insults and smacks on my head.

I rubbed my head and neck slowly, trying to ease the pain. "Ow.."

"This little shit is a bit late isn't he? HA-HA!"

He continued to smack my head repeatedly, his little lackeys laughing in the background as it happened. I just looked at the ground and didn't let it faze me, this made Riko angry that I didn't seem to care.

"Hm? Has this bastard grown some balls? He mocked me.

I looked at him with blood-lusted eyes, it sent chills down his spine. He had never felt such hatred from a single person. His throat felt choked up for a second before he finally spoke, "W-What? you scared of something?"

'No..not yet, not like this..' I calmed down and stopped looking at him. Riko felt a sense of relief wash over him before he continued to troll and mock me.

"That's what I thought!..." He grabbed my hair and swung my head around swiftly.

He slapped my face rapidly, I looked up at him but turned back to head to my class.

I sit at my desk and one by one every one of his lackeys slap my head as they walk by. I grow angrier by the second, but I conceal it, holding back and trying not to care.

After sitting through multiple classes and being ridiculed to the point of extreme anger the day was finally over.

While walking out of class without finally being bullied, I see my crush. Her elegant face and curvaceous body make my heart nearly pound out of my chest. I try not to stare but it's hard, but I slowly look up and see one of my frequent bullies flirting as she flirts back. I look down with not sadness but anger and disappointment.

'Why would she hang with a guy like that? does she like bullies and thugs? why? why?.....'

I didn't seem to care anymore, the only thing I focused on was getting stronger and defeating all of those bastards.

At home, I sat down on the couch but was interrupted by my alcoholic father. I tried to walk away but he spoke, "Where the hell are you going?~"

With his drunk breath, my nose closed a bit. I back away and respond, "T-To my room."

"Hm... what's up with these marks on your neck? you getting bullied or something?"

I tried to slowly hide the red marks on my neck, "What?..n-no."

"Sigh~ it's only been a good month yet you're getting bullied? fuckin' weakling."

My dad dismissed my bullying as a sort of weakness and just mocked me as well.

I walked into my room after that.

At school, on the streets, at home. No matter where I went, someone was there to mess and fuck with me. My rage was overflowing from within, I didn't care anymore, I didn't care about anything. The only thing on my mind was to beat all of those fuckers senseless and make them bow under my feet.

I opened the panel.

[Pushups: 100/100] -COMPLETED

[Situps: 100/100] -COMPLETED

[Plank: 5/5 MIN] -COMPLETED

[Run: 15/15KM] -COMPLETED

Rewards: Loot Box, +10 Points in all stats, Level up, +100 coins.]

"A loot box hmm...and all the other rewards are good as well...almost..I'll kill all of those bastards!.."

"I'll open the loot box now."

[Opening loot box...]

[Loading...]

[+200 Coins]

"Hm..I should use the coins."

I would open the [Shop].

----[Shop]----

[Basic Fighting Styles]

[Elite Fighting Styles] -LOCKED

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[Gang Creation]

SLOTS:

[BLANK]

_________________

[WEAPONS] -LOCKED

I would take in all the information in front of me, I would then click the basic fighting styles and look at the options.

[Basic Boxing Style] -(125 Coins)

[Basic Karate Style]-(125 Coins)

[Basic Taekwondo Style](125 Coins)

"Hm..I'll go with boxing for now."

As I clicked the [Basic Boxing Style] a loud ding rang throughout my head and then an overload of information nearly fry my brain. I understood the basics of boxing and could utilize it perfectly.

"I should also check my attributes."

[-----Gang System-----]

[Name: Yama]

[Level: 0>>>1]

(Exp: 0/1200)

[Gang(s): None]

[Fighting style/skills: Basic Boxing Style]

[-----Attributes-----]

[Strength: 19]

[Agility: 25]

[Endurance: 21]

[Stamina: 18]

[Dexterity: 12]

[-Quest-]

[-Shop-]

[-Lottery-]

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"My stats are rising pretty fast, with a few more daily quest I could probably beat them all."

I stood up and looked in my cracked and greasy mirror, I realized that my body was already changing from just almost 3 days of daily quest.

It seems that my body can progress and change far faster than anything normal, I can already see the toned body coming in even thought it's very faint.

I do a bit more pushups and situps for the night and finally rest.

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