Chapter 15: Hot springs and learning

The two heroines left their morning job and headed to their afternoon work. They seemed to take a long time. In reality, they hadn't drunk much due to their stomach's limit. After eating, they found a room and rented a small space to rest. Suddenly, Thea remembered something. She had to go to the forest to meet the old man and learn martial arts. She was a little drunk and not fully focused. She was in a rather bad state. She called the bar owner to ask if there was a place to take a bath.

"Are you treating me like a resort?" Despite being annoyed, the bar owner didn't dare say no to his mother-in-law's guest. He just led her to a small bath specially opened in the back and said it had never been used before.

Felicity was planning to go home, but when she heard the bath was free, she entered. The owner saw them talking all day and wasn't sure if she had anything to do with Thea, so he didn't dare stop her.

Thea changed into a robe and entered the room, where she found that the owner had dug a hot spring and built a small circle around it. The pool wasn't big, and it was already quite crowded with four people. One person would fit better, and two barely fit. She thought it would be a private bath, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

"Oh, little Thea, you're so clever! We should've found such a nice place earlier!" Felicity looked around and saw there were no strangers. She stripped down and jumped into the pool, having a great time.

Wow, she really is in good shape, Thea whispered. Felicity was wet for a while and noticed Thea was still stunned, holding her hand and saying, "What are you looking at? Come in already." "You can't take a bath in the spring after drinking, I heard it's bad for the body..." Thea realized it was bad to meet her so openly and unprepared. She vaguely remembered this statement and hurried to explain. "We finished drinking three hours ago! And everything was directed at people who are sick. Let's just take a dip, it will be fine. I can relax while reading!" Thea had no choice but to hesitantly enter the bath, her robe falling into the pool.

"Hey, there are no strangers here, why are you still in your lingerie?"

"Wow, Thea, your skin is so smooth."

"Hehe, Thea, you really are very young!"

The shameless scoundrel successfully teased the future heroine. Thea's face turned red, which meant the room was very humid, and Felicity took off her glasses, becoming a little short-sighted. Although it was a bit embarrassing at first, she soon realized how comfortable it was to have a bit of wine before going to the hot springs! She didn't know that. This also began the prelude to the superheroines' meetings in the hot spring. Although she always reminded all the girls not to drink, Wonder Woman always said, "They are all superheroes, afraid of being birds..."

The two made quite a mess, but didn't do anything excessive. Felicity took Thea to the dense forest, and they said their goodbyes.

Thea looked around. Malcolm still hadn't arrived. She also needed to stabilize herself. She found a large tree and sat cross-legged.

In reality, Malcolm had already arrived some time ago. Nearly all of Thea's daily routine was under his watch. He arrived five minutes before Thea. He had been discovered early last time. This time, he was much more cautious, testing his perception range, always watching the perimeter.

Through some detailed comparisons, it was estimated that Thea's effective perception range was nearly ten meters in radius. Five meters, by the Assassin Alliance's selection criteria, were considered talented. The number one in the world, Mrs. Wu-San, who I saw, seems to be able to perceive up to a 20-meter range, but she has been trained for years. Except for sniper rifles, Mrs. Wu-San can completely escape any hot or cold weapon, and no one can steal from her.

Thea still couldn't do that, but she believed that through her own training, she could completely escape from mid-range weapons, like bows, arrows, throwing knives, etc., within her detection range, and could also dodge long-range pistols. Such impressive talent!

Seeing Thea sitting still under the tree, Malcolm also understood her patience, intelligence, talent, and her endurance, resistance, and youth. Her conditions were so good that he felt a bit envious.

He stepped out from behind the tree and said in a rough voice, "Thea Queen, are you ready to train?"

In reality, Thea had already sensed him a long time ago and didn't say anything. Malcolm was wrong. Her perception range was about 12 meters in radius. The original Thea 1.0 was a supporting heroine. Although her strength was average, she was much stronger when she worked with the various soldiers of the Assassin Alliance. Now, this upgraded and merged 2.0 version is even more capable. It seems like just a bunch of numbers. In fact, it's a huge leap in strength and potential. It's like running 100 meters in 10 seconds and in 5 seconds. The difference is very large.

"I'm ready, please teach me, I'm not afraid of suffering."

"Alright, I see your determination. You can call me Black Arrow. From now on, I will teach you several fighting techniques. What do you want to learn first?" Malcolm carried an air of superiority on his back.

Thea smiled inwardly, "I want to learn the 72 transformations, do you know how?" She said seriously, "Since you're known as Black Arrow, then learn archery first, let me see your level."

That's a bit arrogant. My old man came to teach me all the time. What do you want to test me on? A just hero could simply roll up their sleeves and leave, but Malcolm is a great villain, a bit temperamental, but he likes it.

She took a tennis ball from her backpack and handed it to Thea, letting her throw it randomly into the sky.

Fortunately, foreigners don't care about hierarchy, otherwise, my brother couldn't even greet me in the future! The Master Ninja has lived for over 800 years and is known as the world's greatest gardener in DC. He has peaches and plums scattered around the world. As an immortal supervillain, he has cultivated numerous superheroes. This is really a sad story.

Without thinking about sighing for the Master Ninja, Thea took a tennis ball and threw it into the air while watching Malcolm's feet and movements. With a "thwack," a black arrow hit the tennis ball and pinned it to the tree trunk...

This trick is difficult. It's much harder than Oliver shooting at the wall. After all, the arrow's landing point has to be kept on the trunk, or it won't be good for flying. No wonder the old Malcolm from season one didn't want to compete with Green Arrow; he really is better than Green Arrow!

Then, Thea continued throwing the tennis ball up or down. Malcolm was really at his peak. If it were useful, after a few chords, all the arrows would land at the center of the ball. With precision, she hit nine tennis balls on the trunk, one by one.

"This is amazing, I want to learn this!" Thea said with wide eyes.

"Hu" he breathed deeply. In fact, Malcolm was also a bit above his level today. After all, people in their 40s and 50s aren't the type who've trained in martial arts since childhood. To not disappoint his daughter, he never focused his attention. If Thea threw a few more balls, he really wouldn't be able to hit them. That's the biggest difference between him and Green Arrow. His physical strength or endurance isn't as good as Green Arrow's. He could beat Green Arrow with a short concentration time. No, Green Arrow, as an ordinary person without any enhancements, was tested by history.