Chapter 9 Basic Training

'How do I even train?' Jack who was now in the plains around the academy thought. 'I guess I'll do some basic exercise.' He contemplated, before dropping to the ground. He began to do a few push ups.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ............ 100, 101, ........ 300." He said as he continually went up and down. After 300 he stopped, and got up. 'I probably could go for much much more if I really tried but it seems useless. Even with this restrictive armor the only way it would really affect me would be with weights.' Jack thought before gazing in front of himself.

"Lets try running." He said to himself, before getting into position. With his knee lowered and both his hands on the ground, he counted in his head. 'GO!' He thought before dashing forward.

Immediately he shot forward moving multiple meters in an instant, running much faster than anyone on Earth. He continued to do this for about an hour till he stopped. 'That was, semi difficult. But none of this is effective.' Jack thought to himself, as he began to contemplate as to how he could continue.

A few seconds later, he thrust his finger towards his neck, immediately the armor began to collapse as it turned into a ring. He then placed the ring on his finger, and transformed, as his muscles bulged and his skin darkened. This, was his full power. (for reference so I don't waste the word count and have to reiterate every time, Boros' unsealed form without the armor well be referred to as full power from now on)

"Lets try this!" He said as he punched forward. The air quaked under the pressure, as Jack smirked. After that he began to punch the air at full force multiple times as he dashed forward.

A few minutes later he stopped with a grin on his face. "Now I always wanted to do this." Jack stated, stopping in place.

He then concentrated his energy towards his eye before making a big motion outward. "DIE!" He shouted as a small beam of energy shot out, before dissipating in the wind.

'What the?' He thought to himself as he wiped his forehead. The outcome was much less than expected, and his energy was severely depleted. 'That was terrible.' He contemplated.

After that he rested a bit before trying again. He felt like it was better this time, but there was no noticeable difference. Seeing this, he decided to try again and again and again. 'With 5x growth rate even if I don't try I will improve, so if I try, I'll definitely kick ass.' He mused before shooting another energy blast.

Soon a few hours passed, and Jack decided to stop, he had done enough for the day. He gazed towards the setting Sun, before putting on his armor and heading home. "Surprisingly, I wasn't disturbed." Jack muttered as he reached towards his dorm.

Once he entered, he found that the room was, empty, surprisingly the others hadn't come back yet. 'Damn if they were going to be so hardworking they could have informed me.' Jack thought before going to the sofa and putting on the tv.

It was very interesting what was playing. "Green Marble's Protector, has yet again been challenged by Endless Mysteries Protector, the fight will be held a year from now on the Heaven's Fighter Arena." The news reporter said as an image of a young man with long black hair, and a hooded man popped up.

'Interesting.' He thought as he flipped through the channels. Person after person showed up, some familiar others not. For example the news reporter was someone he had never seen.

'When you think about it, with 400 years people probably have entire family clans by now.' Jack contemplated as he finally found a channel he wanted.

"The strongest in the Nexus. No.1 All 7 Protectors. Each Protector, protects their respective planet and is deemed the strongest on said planet, because of this they are all theoretically equal, and a balance is lightly kept." The announcer said, before continuing with the list.

'Strongest, I wonder how strong some abilities are actually. Like Legendary level? Maybe even Mythical level? Also do the ranks take into account potential to grow, or do they count the average increase with said ability? As in would a Sharingan be counted as Rare, or would it be counted as an Epic due to its ability to grow into a Rinnegan and maybe even beyond that? At the time Boruto was still being filled up with bull shit powers, so who knows, maybe there's a Rinnegan beyond anything we've ever seen.' Jack speculated, as the door suddenly opened.

It was Conner, he walked in with his fists bruised, with a smile on his face. "What're you watching?" Conner asked, as he looked towards the tv. He didn't like to trouble people with his problems or show off, so upon entering he didn't mention a word about his training.

"Just a list of the strongest people around." Jack replied nonchalantly. "Oh cool, I need to know this." Conner stated before jumping onto the sofa.

"Puu."

It caved in as he landed. "Oi, don't do that, you'll break it." Jack said as he flicked Conner's arm. "Ouch, okay I get it." Conner mumbled as he rubbed his arm.

'I do one irresponsible act and he gets all fussy, but when he starts fights and shit I have to clean up his mess.' Conner thought with a tear in his eye and injustice in his heart, but he knew, no one would speak up for him.

A few minutes later, Bill eventually appeared, grumpy as ever. "I see you went training Conner, but it seems Jack's just been sitting on his ass all day." Bill said as he gazed at Jack with a look of disdain.

"Fuck off, unlike you I recover after training, talk about being weak." Jack responded. Hearing this Bill simply rolled his eyes. "I'll give you that fight, you were impressive, but if you think you can beat me long term, then you're simply fooling yourself." Bill declared before also sitting down.

After that they quickly put the argument to rest as they watched tv, eventually a few hours later, deep into the night Kurt appeared. His eyes were sunken as his hands bloody.

Seeing this, his 3 roommates were immediately alarmed. "Are you okay?" Conner immediately jumped forward, going to help his new friend. "I am fine don't worry, as long as I sleep I'll be fine." Kurt replied, as he moved towards his bed.

"What do you mean you'll be fine? I think, no, I know you need immediate medical care." Conner said as he was about to go call for help. "No, don't bother, by tomorrow I'll be fine believe me." Kurt mumbled, before falling onto his bed.

Hearing this, Conner wasn't sure what to do. "I say leave him, if he's confident on his ability to recover, then leave him recover, you don't need to be such a busy body Conner." Jack said as he gazed at Kurt with fervor.

'Even with a common ability, he trains with such effort, I was taking this too lightly.' Jack thought with determination, the easy route was not an option.

"Bill?" Conner asked, looking towards him. "...Look, if he isn't bothering me, he can do what he pleases but if anything abnormal occurs we can simply call for a teacher or something. What I am saying is, I agree with Jack shit for once." Bill stated.

Conner was a bit disheartened hearing his friend's lack of concern, but he decided to let the matter rest. 'We're all 16, if they don't want to take care of themselves, I can't be held accountable.' Conner thought before going to his bed.

"I am going to go to bed as well. Good night." He said before getting himself ready for bed and going to sleep.

Soon Kurt and Conner were fast asleep, and the only two awake were the two who hated each other the most. "What're you looking at?" Bill asked, as he gazed at Jack in fury.

"Nothing, and can't you keep it down? They're asleep." Jack said as he pointed behind them. Seeing this Bill kept in his anger, and they continued to watch tv.

'He pisses me off.' Bill thought, as they continued to watch tv. Eventually Jack went to bed, and Bill soon followed suit. The room of 4, was finally at rest.