Bet

1 month spent training rokushiki and evolution... monstrously.

To master the soru I took 1 week right after the geppo, which is also connected with the legs facilitating the training and taking only 3 days. Rankyaku took 2 days to learn but soon after I chose tekkai to strengthen the body and make it tense, which took 4 days, then it was shigan...

'Thanks for being made of rubber in that training, bones would be broken...' Luffy shuddered as he remembered his first attempt.

And finally, Kami-e came, it was a little difficult because it involved relaxing the whole body, which I only do when I'm asleep and still on alert.

'Kami-e is almost useless with my kenbushoku but I need everyone's knowledge to reach the summit of Rokushiki, the Roukogan the secret technique of roukishiki and to learn it I need total mastery in all techniques.'

And one bonus thing I got from this workout...

*Smash *Boom

*Track x8

*BAM!!

"U-uh, did the t-tree explode?!" There was something different in my hand...

"Did I advance? Busoshoku hardening?" Before I could analyze it further, he disappeared.

"So my physical requirements are sufficient- !!!" I quickly fell to the ground and made my entire body shake.

"A-Ah!!" And 'fainted'.

After a minute and a half, I got up again.

"Tsk! It's annoying to have to fake it every time, when 'he' is looking at me." Bill is watching me and this is the third time.

'I hope he's already lost interest in me and thinks I'm going to die at any moment in this forest.' I cleaned myself up and remembered how the busoshoku armor felt.

I tried to replicate it, but not much happened.

"Just momentarily?..."

I put that issue aside for now and practiced a little more tekkai kenpo version of Garp instead of Jabra.

'If I can master the Garp technique and reach the same level of busoshoku as him... Even without the power of Luffy's fruit, I can handle a lot.'

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I came home using soru and got some meat for the folks.

*woof

"Oh, Ravi!" I hugged him and he responded by licking my face.

"Every day I see you're bigger, are you having growth spurts by any chance?" I said jokingly but his growth is much greater than expected, he is already bigger than a German Shepherd in his teens.

'Could he be bigger than a human being?' I looked at Ravi.

He was looking at me with his tongue hanging out and head cocked.

'Haha, I'm imagining things, how could this little one get bigger than a human being?' I finished petting Ravi and started roasting the meat.

'By adding rokushiki to my training, my strength will only increase but I can't add it completely because my body couldn't handle the stress.' I decided to make a stew with this meat using some mushrooms, some squeezed fruit to sweeten it, and salt.

I tried some of the stew.

"Invigorating, a little pepper to top it off." I used the healing water on the stew, Iron showed me around.

Well, it was more him taking me than me following the direction he said but just details.

"Guys! The stew is ready!" I made some wooden bowls out of the destroyed trees, planted their seeds, and collected their fruits if they had them.

I asked Uncle McGucket to make me a pot, 1 big one and a medium one for Iron who doesn't eat meat.

Iron stew is made from fruits, herbs, and honey left over from my grandparents.

"Wait for it to cool before devouring the food, especially you Iron, I couldn't make an adaptable pot for you due to lack of wood, so you'll have to use your trunk." I picked up my food bowl and blew on it once and started to devour the food.

Some were eager to try the stew and as I was already eating they thought it was already at the ideal temperature to eat.

*Yelp x18

Well, many didn't follow my advice and Ravi was in that part of those who already wanted to eat, and of course, I'm not going to miss this chance.

"So someone~ Burned their tongue, didn't they? I warned you to wait because it was too hot for your sensitive tongue, but no~"

Ravi looked at me and his stew.

He thought about throwing this stew in his face but was taught by Luffy not to waste food.

Unless Luffy takes it, a plan has already been worked out in Ravi's mind, so he takes the bowl and throws it in Luffy's face.

Luffy quickly reacted and stretched out his mouth to eat the stew that was flying in his face.

And when I did, Ravi, as if expecting my action, took a pepper left over from the stew and threw it with the soup.

I noticed that, but there was nothing I could do if I didn't want to waste the soup.

* munch

*Gulp

Luffy's face quickly turned red and some smoke came out and the moment I opened my mouth, fire came out.

"HOT! Water, water, water..." Luffy quickly jumped into the artificial lake,

*Splash

*Ping*Ping*Ping*

"You look as funny as ever, Ravi." I took out half a pepper left over from the stew from my pocket.

"Today you don't escape." *Pretentious smile.

Ravi had a bad feeling as he turned and started to run.

*Swoosh

Luffy appeared in front of him and stuffed the pepper into his mouth.

*Gulp

Ravi started to turn red and soon after he also jumped into the water.

'Training soru was worth it, he didn't escape this time.' Luffy nodded to himself.

So everyone finished eating happily with the new menu, except Ravi, who was upset at being caught so easily.

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The next day, after training, Luffy decided to go to Gravity Falls for 3 reasons: 1 To visit his grandparents; 2 Visit McGucket; 3 to Get a job at Mystery Shack.

So Luffy ran into town using soru as resistance training and, as usual, my grandparents welcomed me warmly, McGucket digging up the trash...

"Uncle McGucket, you have to stop rummaging through the trash, it's no use." I handed him some fruit that I started to bring.

"I can't depend on you Luffy..." He took the fruit a little reluctantly this time, as it has become so frequent, but he knows I will insist like every other time.

"Great that you didn't refuse this time, how is your son?" I asked while eating an apple.

"He looks great until he got a job recently!" McGucket was overjoyed to share his son's accomplishments and you could tell he was a little proud of him.

'Too bad he didn't notice...' I finished my apple.

"I'm going to say goodbye early now, Uncle McGucket, I'm going to get a job." I got up and said goodbye to McGucket.

"Don't even think about destruction uncle, every time I arrive you're making a "deadly weapon" for uses I don't know, but if it was just to test it would be fine except... revenge on some people." I warned him before leaving.

"Leave it to me-" He was quickly distracted by a mouse that entered the alley and ran after him.

'He has no way... hahaha' I headed towards the Mystery Shack to convince Stanley to hire me, which won't be easy *sigh.

Arriving at Mystery Shack, Stanley introduced the tourists to the attractions.

'Full of tourists as usual... let's follow and wait for him to be free.'

"Here my friends we have something completely unknown is it a cat? A fish? A chicken? Or a squirrel disguised as all that? It's not known but one thing I do know is that nothing here is normal like that wolf hanging on the wall." He pointed in one direction and started to guide the tourists.

As we approached I was quite surprised that the wolf that flew through the skies ended up landing here, its face showing fear.

"This is skywolfear with a very interesting story, but oh I forgot the story, maybe a little money will help me remember." Normally one would trade, but this city has anything but the normal tourists and even the tourists. . .

"Tell the story!..." "I want to hear it" This kind of phrase came out of the crowd with everyone with their hands full of money.

"You can put everything here in this box, be quick before I forget the whole story." Soon everyone was putting their money in the box.

"Well, where do we start... He was a fierce predator! One of the fiercest of his pack! Almost unbeatable! Until one day, something terrible happened... He found an opponent he couldn't defeat, an opponent imaginable more strong!"

"What was your size?"

"Oh, he was 3 times bigger than me and nothing the wolf could do could hurt him then with one slap he flew out of the forest terrified by his opponent's strength but didn't survive and took his last breath still in the air ... And at the end of his fall he landed right here at Mystery Shack a place that attracts mysteries so you should come regularly..." The story quickly turned into propaganda.

'I'm impressed with the story he created with so little information even though it's not true that I'm 5 meters tall, I didn't get hurt or end the whole fight with just one slap...' Stan guided the tourists for a while until the tour ended.

Gift Shop

As Wendy hadn't been hired yet, he took care of the cashier himself.

After he served the last customer, I was the only one left and he must not have seen me because my height still doesn't reach the counter.

"Refund only for our own pocket!" Stan closed the door and turned around whistling with another day full of cash.

"Excuse me."

"Oh!" Stan jumped up and looked around at whoever had spoken.

He saw a child, barely reaching his waist, in front of him and blindfolded.

"Sorry brat, but we're closed unless you want to buy this one..." He looked around and grabbed a Rubik's Cube from the junk.

"Invisible Rubik's Cube for only $!00- No, no, not $150- $300 dollars just for you." Stan was looking to sell me that 'invisible' cube.

Even though he's trying to trick a kid right now, he's still good in his own way.

'Besides, he has a motive.'

"Sorry sir, but I didn't come to buy anything actually-"

"If you're not going to buy anything, then there's no reason to be here." He was going to kick me out, literally kick me out.

"I want to work with you, sir!" I stated this as seriously as possible, but still to him I was just a child bothering him.

"Why would I hire you? Besides you being a kid like...what?...5 years old, you probably wouldn't even be able to work being blind." Stan didn't stop his walk.

"I'm not blind!"

"Umhm, I know..." He didn't believe me.

"Let me prove my worth! I'm very smart!" I proudly stated, that having Azmuth's IQ the highest of 4 universes in the world of Ben 10 is no joke.

Stan set me down, looked at my face, and rubbed his brows.

'Must be a little stressed to deal with me...' I thought but I won't give up and I won't leave here until I'm hired.

"Look, I have a lot of employees who are way smarter than you are." Stan stated pointing at me.

"Mr. Pines, I was cleaning the furniture and I found half a hot dog." Soos appeared with a few crumbs in his mouth.

"I already ate half of it and I didn't feel a thing..." Soos said and stopped his sentence in mid-sentence when he saw me.

Soos swallowed the rest of the hot dog.

"Oh, a child!" Soos approached me excitedly.

"Tell me, do you have magical powers?" Soos asked as he approached me suspiciously.

Stan slapped himself on the forehead and pushed Soos away.

"Get back to work Soos!"

"Yes, Mr. Pines!" Soos left to fulfill his handyman duty.

Stan turned his head and saw me looking at him with a small smile.

"Okay, he doesn't count. He's not my only employee." Stan said and crossed his arms, only for Soos' voice to come from above.

"Mr. Pines! I think I got stuck!... Oh, chips..." We stood there looking at each other.

"Alright, how can you prove to me that you're as smart as you say you are." Stan spoke sarcastically.

"Well..." I took the Rubik's Cube and started to solve it.

"Then?" I showed Rubik's Cube which was solved in 1,5 seconds.

Stan was surprised to have solved the cube even further without seeing it, but he wasn't fooled by a simple toy.

"Anyone can do it, boy." Stan picked up the Rubik's Cube and looked at it for a while before placing it on the counter.

"Let me at least prove my worth sir, hire me for 1 month and if I don't do a good job you can fire me without paying a penny but... If I win... my salary must be double the salary from Soos!" I decided to gamble with a person who loves risks and gambles.

"No way! I won't pay you a salary like that!-" Before he could continue I said:

"Are you afraid?" I made a teasing smile.

Stan froze, intending to refute my words. "I-"

"Are you not at the advantage?" I interrupted it again

"If you win, you get 1 extra employee for free for a month and that's if I do a good job and complete all tasks."

"A free employee... You know boy, you convinced me, closed!" We both shook hands.

Stan planning to do his best to take advantage of my free service and me planning my best to exceed his expectations so he can't fire me even if he has to pay double Soos' salary to keep me.

But we know how tough Luffy is and he doesn't get carried away with simple tasks like mowing grass in the scorching sun.

"So when do I start?" I asked to know what time I have to come tomorrow.

"Now." Stan said with a smile.

"Now?" I asked starting to wonder if I could go home.

"Yeah, now. Do you think it's easy? Come on you have to clean the statues, toilet, fix the cart, and help Soos who's stuck upstairs."

"That would help a lot!" Soos exclaimed showing that he's still stuck, probably just eating his chips while stuck.

"Okay, and when can I come home?" I hope I can get back before midnight at least.

"You can't leave until you're done! I want this house to be able to show my reflection." Stan said with the certainty that he wouldn't finish everything today or it would look bad.

"Serious?!" I asked happy to be able to finish quickly and go home, but for Stanley, it's like I'm in shock and I can't finish today.

"What's up? Are you going to quit on day one? Know that you still have 31 days until you get out of here." Stanley said pointing to the calendar and circling the 15th of the next month.

"No sir, I'll start cleaning now." I started heading towards Soos to get him out of where he was trapped.

'I have to thank Soos formally after he made it so much easier for me to approach Stanley to get a job and not have to do crazy things like pestering Stanley for a whole month until I got hired.' I thought as I walked to Soos.

Once there, Soos sees me and waves.

"Are you here already? So you're going to help me out of here, want some chips?" Soos offered me his one free arm.

"Where did you get them?" I asked knowing it could have come from anywhere.

"Ah, it fell off the top of this bookcase, it had a little dust, but it was sealed.*Munch"

"Not overdue?" I asked fearing Soos would get a stomachache.

Soos looked at the expiration date and replied, "...Four years ago... the snack is just a little tougher in texture, otherwise, it's still good." Soos offered me again.

"Oh ok, I'll take some yes" Munch*

'It's not that bad...' Compared to eating rare meat without salt it's much better.

We ate for a while in silence with Soos not minding being trapped between the furniture.

Interrupting the peaceful environment I started driving to get Soos out of there without showing that I'm strong at least not now.

"We'll get you out of there right away, push the shelf with your remaining hand and I'll help you push on three." Soos took the last bite and put the wrapper in his pocket.

"Alright, ready Soos?" He positioned his arm and nodded.

"One two three!" I helped put the furniture in place, being careful not to show my strength.

"Phew, thanks little buddy, you got me out of trouble." Soos thanks him and adjusts his cap.

"Soos, can you show me where the cleaning supplies are?" I know where it is, but it's a good question for anyone who doesn't know about this fact.

"Of course, they're near the kitchen. Let me show you." Soos took me there while he chatted and asked me some normal questions compared to our first date.

"Mr. Pines called me, but if you need help, you can count on me." I said goodbye to Soos, who will probably have the whole day off because Stan wants to give me more work.

'You want to increase my workload... I'm not one to give up easily.' I started to clean the whole house, not letting a speck of dust through, as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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Soos pov

"Are you sure about this Mr. Pines?" I asked him who was drinking a peach soda while watching Luffy running around the house.

"He can handle it, even if he doesn't clean today, he still has tomorrow, it'll just give me a reason to fire him. *Gulp" Stan relaxed into the chair and turned on the TV.

"Why do you want to fire him so much, Mr. Pines?" Soos asked really curious for the answer.

"Soos, I made a bet with that boy and I don't make bets not to win.*Gulp x2."

"Mister Stan!" Luffy suddenly appeared in the room, quite surprising Stan.

*Pffffffff...

"*Cough x3* What are you doing here brat? I told you you're not leaving until you're done cleaning up, so don't waste time and get back to work." Stan turned his attention to the TV.

"But I'm done." Luffy tilted his head.

"WHAT?!" Stanley was shocked that the brat finished an hour and a half to clean the entire house.

*brzz

"Oh, the cool grannies are passing by."

Soos didn't pay much attention to this news, but her favorite show at the moment.

"Know that if you're lying to me I-"

"Check for yourself then sir." Luffy replied calmly and confidently that he didn't have a speck of dirt around the house, even in Dipper and Mabel's future bedroom.

Stan looked around the entire house to see that everything was really spotless, not a speck of dust wherever he looked.

"Nothing here either..." he muttered looking under the furniture.

'He even washed the dishes.'

'Nothing in the kitchen.'

'And up to the ceiling. If I look closely, I can see my own reflection.'

"How did you manage to clean the ceiling? I'm sure we don't have stairs here." Stanley asked very curiously as not even Soos can clean the ceiling without climbing on a table or chair with the second floor being impossible without a ladder.

"Secret! Mr. Stan or should I start calling you Mr. Pines?" Luffy replied with a smile of who has already won.

"Hmph, that's not all you have to do to be prepared tomorrow." Stan was walking into the room looking around with everything clear, he wouldn't admit defeat just for that.

"What time sir?" Luffy asked to arrive on time.

Stanley flashed a smug smile and replied, "At 6 am."

"Okay, Mr. Stan! I say goodbye now, have a good night." Luffy turned towards the exit to make the food for the staff and rest to wake up early tomorrow.

"Yes, good night, hehe..." Stan smiled at the success of his plan.

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I thought it would be much more but ok, I would continue but you guys needed this chapter as soon as possible and I can say that some are anxious.

If I continued it would take 1 more week and I wouldn't like that for you guys so I hope you enjoyed the chapter that took me a while to do with my tight time and a little flu but I'm better and 100% healthy.

"ANTIBODIES WORK!" That's my sentence and it's with it that I haven't had the flu for over 5 years, if it weren't for the thermal shock that occurred several times I don't think I would get the flu. from cold.) I hope my effort was worth it and that I didn't have a misspelling in the middle that went through the middle eye.

Thanks for reading.