The Hidden Advantage

Fair and square?

Even as children, the seasoned orphans couldn't help but ridicule the words they just heard in their hearts. Had anything they experienced from the very moment they set foot in the Heavenly Furnace been fair?

'Do we have a choice anyway?'

'Two' didn't dare dilly-dally like his predecessor, running towards the instructor in full force and throwing a punch on his unguarded stomach.

Tuck.

The battle instructor lowered his arm, easily blocking the punch, but he still remained in position. Without his fists still free, the child chaotically threw two more, though their fate didn't differ much.

Quickly retreating, 'Two' crossed his arms in an attempt to cover some of his body. He had miraculously managed to finish the training list earlier, so he had the energy to move around.

Tuck! Tuck!

'Huh?'