Offer

With disguised fury, Silva got up from his chair and shouted at Arthur: "How dare you eat all my stock? More than courage, do you happen to have a black hole in the place of your stomach ???" He was really shocked that Arthur had so much room for food.

"Come on, old man. I know you don't care much and you're just wondering how I managed to eat all of this." With a slight smile, Arthur spoke calmly as if he already knew the whole plot. After all, thanks to the Vision of Soul, he was able to know what people were thinking and their true emotions.

A little shocked to be discovered, Silva soon adjusted his posture and tried to attack him in another way: "And how do you think you will pay me for all this ?? There are at least R$500 in products! If you have no money-"

Before he could finish the sentence, 5 R$100 bills appeared in Arthur's hand and were held out for him to take.

With a sarcastic smile, Arthur said: "Is that all? If so, then I'm going home. I've already done what I had to do. I appreciate the kindness of having offered me breakfast. I'm leaving!" Finishing speaking, he handed the notes into Silva's hand and was leaving.

But before he got very far, he heard a shout from behind.

"Boy, you are a very interesting guy! Seeing your skill and attitude, I started to think about something. Come work for me!" Silva had already put the R$500 in his pocket and spoke authoritatively and courageously to Arthur.

Turning, Arthur looked at Silva with calm eyes, ignoring all the bravado, and asked: "And why should I do this? What are the benefits in this story for me?"

"Many things. First: I will train you! I realized that your training had a greater purpose than just being nice to go to the beach, so, as a veteran in this matter, I am willing to help you. Second: The food is up to me and you can eat as much as you want, as long as you accept the offer. And third: I will be giving you the opportunity to work! Getting a job is very difficult today. I am getting old, so not everything is easier to do as before!" Silva spoke with pride, as if this work was the best thing that Arthur could accept.

Arthur realized that the first and second parts were true, as he perceived Silva's animation in training him and seeing how far he could go, while the third was half true, since Silva's body was as young and energetic as a 30-year-old bodybuilder.

Seeing his options a little, Arthur saw that he wouldn't do anything very interesting during his vacation, apart from training and going to the Arena at night, so he agreed, with some conditions.

"I agree, but I have two conditions before. The first is that I will only go to work during my vacation, which in this case ends on the 4th of February. And the second is that I will only work until noon, because I have my own business to do! " Arthur spoke lightly. He was also wondering how this old man would train him.

Showing an expression of happiness and relief, Silva said: "Okay, start tomorrow! Be prepared and arrive here at 5:10, without any more time. Bring a cap and mask too. It will help in training and in the tent, because I don't have extra caps neither masks. "

"Okay then. Tomorrow I'll be here!" Arthur then waved goodbye to Silva and left.

Looking at Arthur, walking in the distance, he thought: 'If this boy went through hell today, tomorrow I will make him think that his training was heaven! Hahaha, just wait, boy! I will return today's humiliation! ' He really took to heart what Arthur did in the tent.

***

Arthur walked lightly back to the hotel. He was really feeling very comfortable. It was the first time that he felt so satisfied and full of energy.

He was always very hungry at the orphanage and struggled day and night to get some food for him and Thomas. Especially Thomas, since he was in the growth phase and his body required large volumes of nutrients to grow healthy. The fats that Arthur had before were simply due to poor diet and his body that was unable to use it properly and ended up accumulating a lot.

After taking the elevator up to the top floor, Arthur entered the room and saw that Thomas was still asleep. He then walked very carefully towards the bathroom and then closed the door. After taking off his clothes and waited for the bathtub to be filled up, Arthur finally got into it and stayed there resting for a while.

His mind and body were active, but he was not used to waking up these hours, so after entering a relaxing environment, Arthur immediately became a little lazy and did not plan to get out of the bath anytime soon.

After an hour or so, Arthur finally came out of the bathroom with clean clothes that he picked up and saw that Thomas was already awake.

"Good morning! Did you sleep well?" Asked Arthur as he threw himself on his bed and took his cell phone out of the bag of clothes.

"Good morning. I slept well. What about you? Why did you wake up so early?" Thomas was still a little groggy from sleep, but he was slowly waking up.

"I went to do some exercises to wake up the body. They say it is healthy. Besides, I already ordered breakfast, so it's about to arrive. In the meantime, why don't you tell me more about what you learned yesterday." Talking to Thomas, Arthur was browsing on his cell phone and saw that there was nothing interesting. He then turned off the screen and paid attention to Thomas.

"In addition to what I told you, there is not much else. I can make some applications and use a little bit of Databases, in addition to hacking people safely." The more he talked, the more Thomas was waking up. He then went over to the laptop and turned it on.

"So you can do it all? Dude, you are some kind of computer god! All of this in just one day is too much to understand." Arthur was really frightened by Thomas' mental prowess.

After that, Arthur was idle all day, sometimes watching TV, sometimes watching what Thomas was doing and also eating the meals brought by the hotel. The employees who brought the food were a little impressed with the amount of food, especially at lunch, as it was the main meal.

After many hours of waiting, it was finally time for Arthur to go out in the dead of night to go to the long-awaited Arena!