Chapter 03: Step by step

It's been 2 weeks since I started to learn mechanics with Hastume and it has been great so far. She knows so much and has a true passion for her "babies". She explains well too. I started training physically too, looking and to train well on any website or book that look legit. I follow a daily training that changes each week, adding intensity each time. It's hard but it's only been half a month so I can cry later.

"Hey, Izu! Come here now! I just found something really interesting."

I put back down my training weights, take some time to stretch and follow her voice trough the room next door to arrive face to face with a pile of metallic junk. We are at her home, in a sort of garage and workshop. Her parents didn't ask any reason about taking over these "room", even if it's understanding since Mei already occupied the majority of the rooms with his creations. We did a lot of work finding a place for everything, creating a sublime place to work, research and test anything that will not explode the whole place. With the remaining place, we store all the training tools. I was equally happy and surprised that her father had such stuff and let me use it for nothing.

"Yes, Mei-chan?"

"Oh please, drop the "chan". Just Mei is fine" she said still looking at something that looked like gauntlets.

"Maybe Mei-Sensei?" I respond with a little smug smile.

"Stop saying nonsense and come here! I need you to try that new baby I have been working on for the last days!! Working well, you could try grab things from 10 to 15 meters away!" she said expiring exaltation. The gear was three more time bigger than my own hand, looking heavy and tough, but with a design thought out well to be able to move freely enough.

"You sure it won't crush my hand again, right? It's still hurt you know." I still had little marks of the crushing her last creation did to me when I tried to active the mechanics supposed to make it absorbs air to projet it like a air gun. Little did we know that the tank was not strong enough to withstand the power she put in.

"Arrrg. Stop remembering that. I arranged it just fine, you know. Pretty sure it will work out now when you will finally accept to try it again. Now try this!!" she finish by launching the equipment in my gut, causing me to stumble a step backwards, breath cut.

"Fine, but where should we test it?"

"I know the perfect place" she respond with a smile and eyes very looking like some of a predator, ready to jump on the next dinner. "Follow me now!" she said before turning back "Mama needs to go get some test done now. Be great while waiting, you fabulous little children. Mama love you."

'She is really crazy, must be one of the prerequisite to being a genius at that age' our green little boy thought before leaving for outside, waiting for Hastume to finish her goodbyes. "Hope you work well, I don't want a hand missing tomorrow."