Chapter 8

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{1 hour later}

" So this is Silverman gym, no wonder it's one of the best gyms in the world, the place is massive." Ekko set his eyes on the largest gym he has ever seen.

There was a long staircase leading up to the gym but the most eye-catching thing was probably, the giant silver statue of a bodybuilder flexing his muscles.

'Let's head in then see what this place is about.' Ekko walked up the stairs and passed the sliding doors. The first thing he saw was a long reception desk with what looked like potential customers or already paying members.

"Hello, how can I help you." One of the receptionists who was free asked in a friendly tone.

Ekko noticed how cute she was, in fact, most women in this new world were attractive, Ekko had noticed." Hi, I'm new to the country and I saw your flyer and was wondering if this deal for first-timers is still valid."

" Why yes, it is. You will normally pay 300 Yen for each visit but since it's your first time it's completely free.

Or you could go with our monthly membership which is 15,000 yen monthly, but that also includes unlimited use, for all our facilities."

" That sounds fine just give me 2 months of membership. Do you guys also have a pool?" Ekko asked curiously.

" We do Indeed but the pool is on the 3rd floor, but the tour guide will show you all we have to offer."

Ekko spoke with the receptionist for a little while longer before doing all of the paperwork. Once all the information was filled in they took his money and he got a card that he just had to swipe to enter.

He was then escorted to a waiting area where he would meet his tour guide. And he didn't have to wait long as an athletic-looking woman walked toward him 15 minutes later.

" You must be Mr. Makena, my name is Hana Aoi, ill be showing you around, sorry to ask but...are you really only 16 years old."

" Ye I get that a lot, so shall we go." Ekko asked and Hana led. He was escorted to all 3 levels of the building. The first level was the biking and sports athletes area, there was even a running track. On the second floor, it mostly focused on martial artists, like boxing and judo. Of course, the third level was the swimming pool which he already knew about and finally, the fourth level was your typical gym with state-of-the-art equipment and machines.

" This gym is newly built and only 6 months old, but it's ranked 28th in the world. Here at Silverman gym, we take great pride in our workout equipment.

The Silverman gym franchise has over three million members in twenty-eight countries around the world. Our members include athletes, active bodybuilders, and nationally ranked-fitness models. We also train several world-class martial artists."

"And here we are, this is the training room." She pointed at the doors that opened on their own.

The moment Ekko took his first look inside he was surprised. All sorts of grunts and moans could be heard as jacked men pumped heavy loads of weight.

"GUHHHHHHH!!!"

"THAT'S IT ONE MORE, DEEPER DEEPER."

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!"

"..."

"Would you like me to introduce you to some of our trainers?"

" No thanks, I think I can handle things from here, thanks for showing me around Hana-san." Ekko said.

" Your very welcome, then ill be off don't feel any shame in asking any of our trainers for advice or help." With that said she left Ekko to his own devices.

'So this is Silverman gym, not bad, I was thinking of just buying equipment to exercise at home, but coming here isn't a bad alternative either.'

He took a good look around before he set his sights on a bench press set. "What weight should I start at... how about 160 kg, that should do for the warm-up."

Ekko said not noticing that a certain Stripper/poser had heard what he had said.

He was one of the personal trainers at Silverman gym and wanted to warn Ekko about putting too much weight on his first lift but was surprised when he saw Ekko lift The 160 kg bar like it was nothing.

"Interesting, Could he be just like me."

Ekko decided to do three sets of 10 before adding another 40 kilograms to the bar. Just as he was about to start lifting again a shadow appeared from right above him." Huh, do you need something, if you want to use the machine don't worry ill be done after this set?"

" No I don't want to use the machine, I'm actually a personal trainer here at Silverman. The names Machio Naruzo but if you like you can just call me Muscle bro Machio." He said flexing his thin arms.

" Oh nice to meet you I'm Ekko, Ekko Makena Afia, I just moved here from England."

" Really, you speak Japanese really well, you must have practised a lot. I came over because I saw you were lifting some pretty heavy weights and wondered If you needed a spotter."

" Mhh, I think ill be fine, these weights aren't even that heavy, but thanks for worrying."

" Are you sure you don't need any assistance, it's better to be safe than sorry?" Ekko was going to refuse politely again but his mouth closed for a second before smiling." Hey, Muscle bro was it, how about a friendly competition."

" A Competition?" Machio asked.

" Ye, a competition where whoever benches the most is the winner. We can go up in increments of 10 or 20 and whoever can outlift the other, mhhh let's see, they have to buy that person's protein powder for an entire month.

All of a sudden the gym went quiet, there were no more grunts or people working out, instead, they wore all looking At Ekko like he had just awoken a lion.

' What the hell is with everyone and what's with the sudden sombre atmosphere...and where the hell did your eyes go Machio-san, you look like a hentai protagonist right now.'

" So what your saying is, you're challenging me...to a MUSCLE OFF."

Machio said, before at the end of his sentence, he flexed so hard his Tracksuit that had been hiding his Harnnold Dogegenchonegger-like physique ripped to shreds and flew everywhere.

{Que Ekko's deadpan Saitama face.}

{New scenario in progress, New choices have been generated, Choices...