Chapter 3

Aliff awoke in the middle of a quiet forest. He looked around, observing the tall trees towering above. After a moment, he slowly stood up. "Hmm... the pain in my body is gone," he whispered softly to himself.

"Huh?!... It seems I'm hungry… Hmm… what is that sound?... Aliff looked toward the noise...

Suddenly, a woman's voice came from behind. "Eh, it looks like you're awake," said Ina as she approached Aliff with a bag of food. Her face was as expressionless as usual.

"Ina?... Did you come here to bring me food again?"

"By the way, this woman, does she never smile at people? Why is her face always blank?" Aliff thought to himself.

"Never mind that, why should I care about that?...

"You see that I'm already awake, right? What kind of foolish woman is this?" Aliff hissed, his eyes glaring sharply.

Ina just looked at him with a blank stare. "Ohh, I see... well, here you go," she said, handing the food to Aliff. "By the way, why do you suddenly want to become strong? I heard from Grandpa that you're not actually from this world."

"Huh?!...

"You're asking why I want to be strong? Isn't it obvious? To protect myself in this world. Right now, I'm too weak; I don't even know what's in the city," Aliff replied calmly.

"I still haven't met the MC in this novel, and I also don't know what the MC in this novel looks like," he thought to himself.

Ina looked at Aliff with deep curiosity. "Hmm... I think you want to become strong too quickly. Why don't you wait until you're 15 years old? Judging by your body, you must be only 7 years old."

Aliff looked at Ina with a bit of annoyance. "Just so you know, I'm actually older than you," Aliff thought to himself. "I want to be strong; that's my business.

"I think the training Grandpa gave you is too tough for you; why don't you just give up and wait until you're older?" she said calmly.

"Hmm… give up? Unfortunately, I will never give up, no matter what training it is. I'm sure I will complete it.

"Besides, if my father finds out that I gave up on this training, he'll surely scold me. My father really dislikes people who give up easily," he thought to himself.

"Ohh, you seem like an interesting person...

"Huh?!... What do you mean by that?... Aliff asked.

"Hmm… nothing," Ina paused for a moment, then smiled slightly. "It's up to you, do your best… Alright, I'm heading back," she said softly before turning to leave Aliff.

"Did she just smile at me?... I didn't expect her to smile at me; her smile is very beautiful, I can't deny it at all…

"But unfortunately... our age difference is too much; I can't fall in love with a 9-year-old child, even though my body now looks like a 7-year-old, but I'm actually 18 years old…

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After Aliff finished eating the food Ina brought, he began preparing to continue his training.

"Today's training is:

Push-ups: 150 times,

Sit-ups: 150 times.

Squats: 150 times.

Running: 15 kilometers.

"Let's start with push-ups...

"After I finish the training:

Push-ups: 50 times,

Sit-ups: 50 times.

Squats: 50 times.

Running: 5 kilometers.

"My body feels stronger; I think I can still finish this training today.

"Let's begin the training,

Aliff started with 150 push-ups on the ground, and in 2 hours, he was ready to do all of that.

Then, he continued with 150 sit-ups, taking roughly the same time as the push-ups.

Now, he continued with 150 squats. The time he used was faster than the previous two exercises.

Now for the final training: Running 15 kilometers. He ran until nightfall when Ina would bring him food.

Aliff continuously trained his body until it became very strong.

Aliff continuously and persistently trained his body for 6 months in the forest, increasing the training every day, for example:

Push-ups initially: 150 times, increased to > 200 times.

Sit-ups initially: 150 times. Increased to > 200 times.

Squats initially: 150 times. Increased to > 200 times.

Running initially: 15 kilometers. Increased to > 20 kilometers.

Every day, push-ups would increase by 50 times, as would sit-ups and squats, and running would increase by 5 kilometers each day.

For food, Ina would always bring him healthy meals. There was actually a large river in the forest where Aliff could bathe.

Ina was the one who told Aliff about the river, and he was truly grateful to her. Although she was a bit cold, she had a kind heart.

And now, it's been 6 months since he began training his body in the forest..."

"I can't believe it's been 6 months since I started this training. I can also feel the changes in my body; I can feel that my body is now very strong.

Just then, it started to rain...

"Rain?!... Aliff stood upright, looking up.

"Forget it, now let's start the real training," Aliff looked at the large rock behind him,

"Today, I will complete this interesting training...

"Let's start pulling this rock..." he said calmly...

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At his teacher's house...

At that moment, his teacher was watching TV. This world is similar to Earth; what exists on Earth also exists in this world...

While his teacher was watching TV, he suddenly heard something fall outside his house,

"What was that sound..." his teacher got up from the sofa and opened the door. Outside, he saw someone he knew, and it was Aliff who had managed to pull the rock from the forest to the house, but now Aliff was unconscious, lying on the floor.

"This kid... managed to pull this rock all the way here in 6 months; this kid is truly crazy," said his teacher, seeing his student lying on the floor.

"It seems, this kid's talent is truly insane...