18 Chapter 18 The smile
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'He is scary.'
'There is no other way to define him, I can't even give the fault of this fear to his quirks, he is quirkless.'
'His blood covering his face, the way he continues to move even with his broken bones, the way he fought, everything about him was scary, I noticed when he scared Takeshi away, but I thought nothing of it since he was defending me, but when those villains appeared he didn't hesitate to fight, AND HE SMILED THE WHOLE TIME.'
'That sickening smile that went from ear to ear, the way it started to get covered in blood but still remained present, how it turned when it saw the child.'
'I can't understand him, I wanted to know him because he was cute and interesting, but now I am worried, what if I anger him? Will he smile at me? I don't know what to do.'
While these thoughts passed through my mind I received a message from him, I didn't open it, scared of him seeing that I had read it.
'Should I ghost him? What if he gets angry, I don't know what to do.'
"MINA GET DOWN DINNER IS READY."
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Izuku's POV
A sigh came out of my mouth after I had just finished reading the book " Life without eyes", the story of a blind man and how he lived his life without his sense, pretty boring and sad, and it's around 400 pages thick, took me 5 hours to finish, so why did I read it?
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Reward: +3 Perception, Skill: Sense Acuity Lv.1
Sense Acuity Lv.1
You might lose in one sense, but others will evolve to fix the problem, by focusing on one certain sense it will be enhanced by (10+ Skill level)%, while others will be blocked by (90-Skill level)%.
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'That's why, my Per has remained at 15 from when I arrived, having it higher won't hurt, and the skill I have received is pretty good as well, even though losing my other sense might endanger me based on the situation, I need to train it.'
I put the book on the pile that had started forming near my bad, and after checking my phone to see if Mina had at least read the message but to no avail, I went to bed, smiling at the gains from a grinding session.
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+6 Str, +4 End, +1 Dex, +5 Agi by training with weights
+2 in Dex, and 1 in Str by Quest Reward
+4 Running and Parkour, +3 Basic Self-Heal, +1 Recovery, not getting as tired as before doesn't help to level up this skill, and a +5 in Speed Reading.
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I smile and decide to finally hit the sack, but not before activating a quick Basi Self-Heal to wake up as fresh as a rose.
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After a quick shower, texting good morning to Mina, and getting ready, I finally headed to Mirko's training facility, but not before recovering a new Quest.
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Due to the current host's physical stats being at or above 20, the possibility of harder training, and better training instruments TRAINING FOR PHYSICAL POWER has evolved to TRAINING FOR PHYSICAL POWER BUT SERIOUS
TRAINING FOR PHYSICAL POWER BUT SERIOUS
Goal: 100 Janda sit-ups, 100 90-degree push-ups, 100 frontal squats, 10 min straight-arm plank, 100 km run, 10 min callisthenics, for every 10 KG of weights that hosts wear, adds a +1 to the reward
Reward: +5 on random physical stats
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'... I am so not going to feel my body by the end of the day, at least Basic Self-Heal will gain some levels... a lot of levels.'
I remove the message and started running to the address told to me by Mirko, a constant smile on my face.
By the time I arrived 30 minutes had already passed and 20 kilometres were removed from my quests, and thanks to my Endurance currently being at 28 I didn't even break a sweat.
The building that corresponded to the address is a... gym? I don't know how else to define it, there were photos of men and women training everywhere, promotions for proteins, shouts, and the smell of sweat, all things that made the structure look like a gym but futuristic due to the number of training equipment.
When I got inside I heard someone calling me and when I turned around I saw Mirko... wearing leggins and a sports top, while her hair was styled in a ponytail.
" You finally arrived, do you already have your training clothes on?"
I looked down and saw my black hoodie, my grey trousers, and my black and green running shoes.
" Yep, all on."
" Perfect, now undress."
"... What?" I asked her.
" What? I need to see how your body currently looks compared to the average quirkless male, and how much you can fare against a man with a body enchanting quirk."
Makes sense.
" Can we at least go somewhere more private and not here right in front of everyone?"
I have the Willpower to do it and not feel embarrassed but I am not degenerate to simply get naked here.
" Fine, follow me." She said while turning around and starting to walk.
I did what she said and followed her until we arrived at what looked like a changing room but just for one person, is it Mirko's?
We got inside and nothing out of the ordinary could be seen, looked and smelt like a normal changing room.
She sat down on a nearby stool and looked at me while holding her head with a hand.
I sighed and started removing my clothes, but when I had just removed my hoodie Mirko started talking.
" Those scars?"
I looked at my body, only now remembering the parts from the more recent scars, I still the scars caused by Bakugo covering about 30% of my upper body.
"... A problem that will soon be settled," I told her with no pause in my words and then continued removing my clothes.
She didn't say anything, but I am quite sure she had noticed the change in my tone at the mention of the scars.
Now here I am, only wearing my boxer, right in front of the rabbit hero Mirko, hoping that a morning woods doesn't arrive.
