Practicing

　　Ryota's desire to find a training ground is no fad.

　　Grim Reaper, Grudge, Sachiko, Red Advent... a series of strange phenomena make him acutely aware of the dangers of this world.

　　If he wanted to live a better life and protect the people around him, he needed powerful strength. Thus, he had to work hard to become stronger.

　　Finding a suitable training ground for Ming Hong to practice his sword skills was the first step.

　　Simply put, get the skills right first!

　　In the first three bridges of the second stage of the Military Commander System, the mind influences the body.

　　The body will be greatly strengthened, but that is only laying the groundwork. In terms of combat methods, he had to dig his own.

　　And the Ming Hong Sword gave him an unparalleled talent in swordsmanship. If he didn't practice his sword skills properly, it would be a waste of talent.

　　Once it was practiced, its strength would definitely increase by a large amount at its original base.

　　"There is also the work of stabilizing the 'Bridge of Fear', which must be increased."

　　Ryota thought about his own situation.

　　After the Military Commander System reached the second stage, if he wanted to advance, the test would be the spiritual level.

　　For example, right now, he had to stabilize the "Bridge of Fear" first before starting the construction of the second bridge.

　　And the way to become stable is to keep repeating the process of overcoming fear with courage and turning the soul towards perfection.

　　Considering that he has a slight fear of heights, Ryota has arranged for him to participate in bungee jumping, high-altitude skydiving and other sports. He would even attempt the deadly behavior of high-level parkour.

　　With this strength, there shouldn't be a "try and die" situation.

　　Of course, he had not forgotten the most important point in taking the initiative to exorcise and eliminate ghosts. So he is not ready to take part in the adventure now.

　　If he fully understood his current strength, he would be more confident in scoring points when taking risks.

　　"There is also a language problem. When I adventure, I don't know which world to take to. Need to master a few more languages."

　　Ryota considered all aspects.

　　When it was almost noon, he and Hayasaka Ai made an appointment to meet, then left the house.

　　...

　　When Ryota arrived at the meeting place, he found that Hayasaka was still dressed like a hot girl.

　　The youthful and beautiful atmosphere and lively and outgoing temperament have become a beautiful scene on the street.

　　It's not an exaggeration to say super beautiful girl.

　　Even as the two were talking, a talent scout approached and chatted a few words with her.

　　After hearing her clear intention to refuse, he revealed a regretful expression.

　　Then the scout started talking to Ryota in a friendly way, asking if he would be interested in giving it a try.

　　Ryouta: "..."

　　The two quickly left the place and rushed towards the villa. On the way, Ryota couldn't help but complain:

　　"T-virus evolution fluid is really scary..."

　　"T-virus?" Hayasaka showed doubt.

　　"It's nothing," Ryota changed the subject, "By the way, Hayasaka, why are you still dressing like a hot girl now? Since you don't need to wear a mask anymore, why don't you return to your original self?"

　　"It's hard to take off the mask after wearing it for a long time."

　　Hayasaka sighed softly.

　　"Even I was a little confused about myself at first. Moreover, my network at school was all based on hot girl characters. If I don't want to give up, I can only play it for now. "

　　"Wouldn't it be very tiring?"

　　"It doesn't matter. Now that I don't have that burden, it's actually quite interesting to play certain characters. So don't worry, I'm fine."

　　Hayasaka smiled.

　　Nothing is forced in a smile.

　　Seeing this, Ryota didn't really care. Just curious asking:

　　"The last time we came back from Kyoto, when we were sitting on the train, that coquettish attitude of yours, was it actually like that?"

　　"...No!" Hayasaka's face suddenly turned red: "Don't talk nonsense! That time… that time was out of control."

　　Judging by the reaction... it should be.

　　But Ryota saw it and didn't say it.

　　While chatting, the goal has arrived.

　　Hayasaka took Ryota to register and entered a large villa. Then hand over the villa key. Since he had never been here before, there was no way he would take the lead to familiarize himself with the structure of the villa.

　　Ryota can only explore on his own. Before Hayasaka left, he returned the tens of thousands of yen he had borrowed at the station to her.

　　Ryota is more principled, if he eats soft rice, he will eat soft rice, but he still has to legally pay back the money he borrowed.

　　So far, the problem of the training ground has been resolved.

　　There was only one problem that made Ryota worry more.

　　When Hayasaka left, she answered a phone call from her mother.

　　While answering the phone, the girl's demeanor became gentler, and she said a few spoiled words one after another, her tone becoming very cute.

　　Ryota knows that Hayasaka is Mother-con, and she would remove all disguises in front of her mother, so it's no surprise.

　　That's not what Ryota cares about. He was far away at the time, but his keen hearing still inadvertently picked up some of the conversation.

　　Hayasaka's mother seems to have known of his existence.

　　She also knows that he helped her daughter a lot and solved Shinomiya Oko's problem.

　　The words were full of gratitude to him.

　　The conversation here is quite normal.

　　But when it comes to the latter, when words like "like", "live together", "nurture", "endure" appear, Ryota feels something is wrong.

　　What are they talking about?

　　...

　　In the next few days, Ryota is busy.

　　First of all, he has experienced various extreme sports many times.

　　The gaps in the mind continued to increase, and the "Bridge of Fear" became more and more stable.

　　Presumably in a short time, construction of the second bridge can begin.

　　In terms of language, he asked Kei to call Chika, and then proceeded to find this girl who is proficient in several languages every night for foreign language lessons.

　　Of course, not extra foreign language types require quotation marks.

　　It's a normal conversation.

　　Relying on the increased memory brought about by his spirit attribute, his speaking ability had improved greatly in the constant communication.

　　Moreover, this is sword skill training.

Fortunately, Ming Hong really listened to him in this matter.

　　Every time practicing sword skills, the little girl would step out and act as his teacher, correcting every detail of his moves from time to time.

　　Occasionally even teaching him some sword moves that could be used with soul force.

　　Some even opened the meridians. In terms of style, it's almost leaning towards sword moves in fantasy novels that require a combination of skill and mind.

　　It made Ryota feel the urge to complain strongly.

　　But the power is real.

　　Ryota couldn't help but feel how powerful the Military Command System was.

　　The mind influences the body, not just strengthens it.

　　Even gradual body modification is possible.

　　For example, to open the meridians and so on. When he had this thought, his body started to turn in this direction.

　　Meridians leave the body.

　　Soul power was flowing within, making it more efficient and powerful to use.

　　In addition to his unrivaled talent in swordsmanship, he was able to learn some sword moves that others would take years or even decades to learn.

　　Ryota could feel that after a few days, his fighting power might multiply several times.

　　He became more and more addicted to this feeling of growing stronger.

　　On the fourth day.

　　He received a phone call and had to stop training.

　　It was the minister of an official organization.

　　Remind him that he has to take a job.