Learning Martial Arts (2)

As soon as the match ended and Holly was taken away for treatment, the sound of music could be heard and people started dancing unworriedly, that's when Emmy remembered what this place is meant for and quickly find his way out.

Going back to his silence dark street was a lot harder than he thought, he didn't know they have gone far away from the region he was exploring and it was already late at night. But somehow, he navigated his way home, Jone was already waiting for him outside the building.

"Hey, it's dangerous out here, so don't come out alone again."

He said as he patted his dog and lifted him up walking inside.

Tired, he opened the system window and claimed his reward for his daily quest and gulped down half of the content. He was rewarded the same food as the previous one, but Emmy didn't complain, instead he was happy that he has something to eat.

It's was already 10:56pm when he finished his food, lying down he opened the system window again. When he was exploring the system after his freedom, he never read the description of the 'Date Storage' and the 'Storage Space' because they were both blank and the 'Market' which was locked. But after seeing the message he received in the Disco before the match between the two professional elites started, he wanted to check what the two storage could do.

[Date Storage]

[Date Storage: This storage keeps any data received or recorded by the system for the user to analyze later or to be used in the future. Analyzing the stored data will help the user greatly.

Data that could be stored included; Video, Audio, Information on Living and Non-living things. Information on living and non-livings things are; personal info, attributes, skills, abilities and so on.

The skill to gathered information on living and non-living things have not been unlocked yet]

"Huh? Great, this is just too great."

[Storage Space]

[Storage: This storage keeps living and non-living objects. The user can keep any object in this space, including their gears which can be summoned at any moment in an instant.

User needs to reach level 10 in order to keep living things in this space]

"This is just like gear storage device that people used, but this is different, it can keep living beings. Wow"

The first thing Emmy did was keep his remaining food in the storage space, and it disappear in an instant. Summoning it back, it appears in a matter of seconds.

"Wow, this is too great."

Keeping the food in the space, he decided to check the market, but sadly – it requires him to reach level 5 in order to have access to the market.

Satisfied, he closed his eyes and sleep, he had decided to analyze the match between Raze and the Scary man tomorrow, who knows maybe he will be able to learn a few things there.

Waking up in the morning by the system alarm, Emmy cursed as he remembered how his beautiful sleep was disturbed by the sound of countless footstep again. The unknown guests visit the building again. But all he did was turning around and sleep peacefully, he didn't even stand up in fear that they might kidnapped him.

Only a crazed person will sleep peacefully at the sound of the footseps of unknown guests visiting their lair every midnight. Or is it that the building belongs to the unknown guests? Emmy didn't know maybe he's the guest instead.

'Someone with no purpose in life will also sleep peacefully at the sound of unknown guests visiting their lair every midnight. But damn it, I'm living with a purpose.'

As usual he wasted no time going to the stream and wash his body before the lingering shade of dark sky disappear. He summoned his food package, wash his teeth with the eternal chilled water and consumed the remaining food with Jone. Consuming the bread and ground meat, Emmy smile as he recalled the last time he had brushed his teeth, it was the day he left his home. It felt like a year ago because of everything that happened to him after leaving his home, but it hasn't even been a week, it's just a few days. Tomorrow will make it a week since he left his home.

What made him remembered this is how he felt washing his teeth with cold water, it was no different from washing his teeth with toothbrush and paste, apart from the hard surface of his brush with the taste of the paste and the cold chilling he gets from using this chilled water, it was no different at all. They both removed his teeth gem, save his mouth from odour and make his teeth clean as ever.

"I wondered if scientist have discovered this secret yet."

He smiled, finishing his food, he sat on the floor and opened the system window, he wanted to review yesterday's match.

Opening the saved video, his view changed immediately, it's as if the match was being projected for him or watching it on his smartphone. Everything was displayed as it occurred yesterday. From the moment the two fighter both summon their weapon, lunged at each other, Holly using his ability diligently and the beauty of Raze using different skills and style to deflect Holly aggressive assault. The video displayed everything in details to the point of defeat/victory.

Defeat for Holly and victory for Raze.

Emmy was surprised, he was very surprised to the point he started laughing hysterically with tears rolling down his eyes.

"Is this what the system means by analyzing the stored data will help the user greatly?"

He laughed again as he couldn't believe his eyes.

He wasn't surprised because the video was captured and replayed to him in detail, instead he was surprised because of how the video was displayed to him.

The moves, the battle style, the skills, the mistake, good moves, blunt moves, calculated moves, bad and desperate moves were all listed in the video. What was wrong, what led to the other fighter's defeat, what led to the other's victory, the mistake made, what should have been done. Everything was relayed to him in details in a slow mode.

"This is a cheat, for real, I can't believe it. With this, I can learn martial arts and become the best fighter. I can learn football and be the greatest of all time. With this I can face my fears, show people who looked down on him what I can do and preserve no mercy for those who bully me. F*ck you Lord Lucifer, your cursed gift later turned to a blessing."

Emmy laughed hysterically.

All he needs to do is calculation.

Emmy sits comfortably and watch the video again. He was in no rush to school today, because he has promised himself to get to school late when the test is going on, finish his test before everyone else, submit and leave the class before anybody else. That's his plan for today, so he has plenty time to go over the video again.

Watching the video, he realized that the first mistake in the match came from Raze, but the young Elite had realized his mistake immediately and fought diligently. At the start of the match, knowing what Holly ability was, Raze was not supposed to wait for him to attack first, instead, he was supposed to charge forward and get close to him not giving him a chance to use his ability freely.

There were not a lot of mistakes in the match, which shows how dangerous Elites professional fighters are. Most of their moves were well calculated, but there are a few blunt and desperate moves here and there.

Holly made the most calculated moves, most of his attacked were blunt because of his ability who put Raze in an awkward situation and led him to defend himself desperately and bluntly. But it never showed on his face, he preserved his calm demeanor. If it wasn't for the system pinpointing his every moves in the video, Emmy would never know the young Elite was struggling in the match. 

The two calculated moves Raze made led to his victory. One was a calculated desperate move, when he fell and made Holly clash with his own attack. It was a calculated desperate move that left Holly with no choice but to defend himself against his own attack. The second calculated move was when Raze delivered the dangerous finishing kick to Holly which led to his victory.

The analysis also pinpoint how the two moves should have been countered without leading to defeat but a minor injury will be received.

Emmy watched the video few more times, although for now, it hadn't help him in anyway but all he did was to consume time by watching the video so he would get to school late. But he also planned to practice some of the moves made by Raze when he got back home.

After Emmy was satisfied with the time he spent at home, he got up and started walking to school, the time is 9:56 am, so the test will start in four minutes' time which is Okay for him. He looked at his fist which hadn't healed finish and sigh.

"Can I train with this fist. I really need to find healing pills as quick as possible."

He got to class three minutes after the test started, for a couple minutes, all eyes were on him as soon as he entered the class. The teacher also looked at him in surprise, John was boiling with anger that he almost left his seat, fiery flame was burning in the depth of his eyes.

Even Emmy was a little scared as he noticed that all eyes were on him but he put a calm mask on his face and walk to his seat after greeting the teacher.

About ten minutes later, Emmy submitted his test, close his window frame and left the class, it was only the teacher that saw him leaving. This time, he isn't planning to go home street, instead he's going to the martial art club to watch and store some training. He didn't go to the one the students used, that is only opened on Wednesday which is tomorrow and non-martial arts student won't even be allowed.

There's another martial art training hall which is not for the students but for outsiders who train under the school martial art coach, both male and female, teenagers and adults.

Emmy stood at the window of the training hall and watches as the training go on. There were about thirty pupils training in the hall while an old man with white bears and wrinkled face oversees them. They all had the same uniform, the only different is the belt they had on their uniform.

Some were having duel, some training with doll while some were performing different moves. By the time Emmy left the hall, it was already lunch time, he had spent more than thirty minutes watching their training and they are still training, but Emmy decided to leave and go home straight. The training hall is a few meters away from the gate, so he didn't run into many student on his way out.

Getting home, he put off his school uniform, wrapped a pieces of cotton on his wrist and put on his black tight body suit.

"It's time to learn martial arts."