Strength Test

Then he left for the Martial Club, and the girls watched him as he departed.

"He sure is hot..."

"AYAKO!!!"

...

In the Martial Arts Club

The sliding doors opened, and a white-haired kid entered. "Good afternoon, Kumiko-nee, and sorry for being late."

"..." but the other woman seemed too engrossed in the book for her attention to shift away from it.

"KUMIKO-NEE!" Seichi's yell woke her up. "Oh... hi, Seichi-kun."

"I understand that Unique Ninjas is a really interesting story, but you are still at work!" Seichi said to Kumiko, whose eyes lit up at his words. "Did you read it as well?"

"Yes, I liked it very much, but unfortunately after the-" the handsome boy's mouth was immediately covered by Kumiko's hand as he began replying to his question. "No spoilers!"

Seichi slowly moved her hand from his mouth. "Ok, ok, Kumiko-nee."

"But..." Seichi began, his eyes brightening too. "What's your favorite character, Kumiko-nee?!"

The older woman's eyes continued to brighten. "Soruto! And yours?"

"Mine's Utochi! And...." and so, their nerdy conversation continued.

...

After ten minutes

*Bam*

The sliding door was loudly opened, the sound so strong that it shifted the two nerds' attention to the door, only to see a short-haired girl. "What the hell are you two nerds doing instead of training?!"

"Oh, hi to you too, Ohara-san, it's a pleasure to see you as always," the excitement that Seichi had when talking about nerd stuff with Kumiko completely disappeared upon Miyuki's arrival.

"Yes, such a pleasure," she moved closer to Seichi and abruptly took him by the ear, forcing him somewhere. "Shut the fuck up now and let's go training"

"Ouch, that hurts."

"You're such a pussy," she continued bringing him by the ear towards the school gym without caring if she hurting him.

...

In the school gym,

"Seichi, shall we start training?" Miyuki inquired as Seichi rubbed his sore ear. The pinching must have been uncomfortable despite his enhanced abilities.

"Yes, but do I really need to wear this kimono? It feels a bit rough," Seichi commented on the white kimono that matched his hair.

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"Not essential, but it might help set the right atmosphere," Miyuki explained as Kumiko, engrossed in her book "Unique Ninjas", chimed in with a compliment. "You do look handsome in it."

"Is it appropriate to say such things to someone much younger than you?" Miyuki's irritation surfaced again. "And why are you reading that stupid book again? You are the one supposed to be teaching him, not me!"

Miyuki was really irritated by her master sitting nearby reading. Kumiko was the adult there, not her!

"What did you call stupid?" The book suddenly lowered from Kumiko's face, revealing her intense gaze. She was quite terryfing.

"A-ah, n-not I didn't intend that" the gazes from Kumiko scared the little girl. She knew that it was better to not anger Kumiko when she had that stare in her eyes.

"Good then," Kumiko got up from the chair, striking Miyuki's head with a fist. "This is for insulting my book."

A great bump appeared on Miyuki's head.

"Now, I didn't want to train you personally, Seichi, because every guy that was trained by me couldn't stand my training, but..." she began. "Since my stupid disciple dared to say that I don't anything, you can blame her for hell descending upon you."

"Eh???"

...

Five minutes later

"Come on, do another one thousand push-ups," Kumiko said to the training Seichi. "You only did five hundred until now."

"Pant...pant... i-it's six hundred actually," Seichi struggled to talk due to the fatigue as he went on another set of push-ups. "A-and may I ask you what does doing so many push-ups have with practicing martial arts? I've been doing them for all the time without stopping."

"Oh, that's because I have a suitable martial art for you that relies a lot on your strength since your peculiarity is, other than the Element Manipulation, your strong body. This is just a test to see if you have enough strength to practice this art," she carefully explained to Seichi before sitting on his back. "What are you doing, Kumiko-nee?"

"I just increased the difficulty of this test," she then took her book out and immersed herself in it. "Continue with me on your back since you have enough energy to ask so many questions."

"Shit, this really is hell," Seichi thought as he continued doing push-up after push-up, without stopping even with Kumiko's weight added.

...

After ten minutes

"N-nine hundred and ninety n-nine," Seichi's arms were constantly trembling as he did that push-up, before he did the last "A-A thousand!"

After doing the last of them, his arms gave out and then he found himself lying on the ground with Kumiko-nee still sitting on him, whose attention the fall managed to steal from the book. "Did you already do them?!"

"Y-yes, Kumiko-nee," His lips could barely move from how tired he was.

"Ok, then, get up!" She quickly got up from Seichi's back, inviting him to do the same. "Now, since you have passed the test, I am gonna teach you this martial art right now."

"Right now?" Seichi said, still lying on the floor, not able to get up. "I can't even move my arms, how can I be able to even do something as sophisticated as martial arts?"

"Stop being a pussy and get up!" Kumiko just stared at Seichi, who, out of fear, immediately got up. "Yes, Kumiko-nee."

He was barely able to stand with his own legs.

"So, what I am going to teach you is a martial art called Iron Will Arts, and it relies on, as I previously mentioned, the strength of the user's body to function. It involves shallow movements combined with a rough and basic use of Genetic Energy, making it quite easy and quick to learn. Perfect for a newcomer like you," she said.

...to be continued

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This is the rewritten version. Please tell me if you like more this one or the previous one.