LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 15: Training
"Oh, by your expression, it seems you recognized me?" The girl now identified as Robin, spoke up as she saw his stunned expression.
Ren who was still shocked by the unexpected situation hurriedly nodded.
"You're a hero, right?" Ren asked.
In truth, he already knew her and was just covering up his momentary shocked expression.
Nico Robin was shockingly beautiful and alluring, and he wondered if this world was worth living in just due to her.
She closed her door using her card and then moved closer.
"Fufu, that's right, perhaps do you want an autograph?" In her eyes Ren appeared like a regular person, he didn't look like he was particularly strong, and his build appeared normal, due to the clothes he was wearing.
She was also aware of her beauty, as such there was no use paying to anyone who ogled at her.
She was used to it and occasionally enjoyed the attention, as it meant she still got it.
But only when it was appreciative, and not being looked on as a piece of meat.
She was a superhero, a B ranked one, and she had a skill related to observation.
Something like this, she could easily notice, and while Ren was checking her out sexually, she could infer that he was just admiring her and not treating her as an object.
However, if one were to deeply scrutinize her, one would notice a very faint blush on her cheeks.
For a while now, she had just been feeling a bit weird.
Ever since laying eyes on him… there was a weird attraction toward him.
Ren for his part shook his head.
"I was just surprised to see a superhero so close, haha" He laughed embarrassedly.
Meanwhile, Robin turned to look at their surrounding before finally looking back at him and smiling.
Ren who was watching intently, reddened even more as he could understand the meaning behind her gesture.
'Idiot! Of course, you'll meet superheroes here, this is a superhero gym' Inside he was cursing himself for being stupid.
But it couldn't be helped, boys like him would usually get stuck at seeing her beauty, and they may stutter or say something stupid.
Not to mention, this person in front of him, was one from an anime.
A very beautiful character he liked a lot.
Now coming face to face like this was just too much for him.
But he hurriedly caught himself.
"If you don't mind, can I take a picture with you?" His heart was pounding in his chest as he hopefully asked her.
A picture with Nico Robin… he definitely won't waste such a chance.
Beautiful blue eyes started at Ren for a bit.
Before she finally smiled.
"No, I don't mind" She moved closer to him, and waited for him to take the picture while looking at him sideways.
Her cheeks reddened a bit more, but Ren wasn't able to notice.
'What's the matter with me…' She thought to herself.
Thankfully Ren wasn't that much of an idiot.
As even though his heart was beating like a drum, he didn't cross the line and didn't grab her hand or wrap his hand on her waist.
Instead, he operated his phone with one hand and put the other one in his pocket.
Meanwhile, as she saw him do so, she smiled and looked at the camera, raising her hand in a V shape.
Ren who saw her smile wondered.
'Will the camera malfunction due to that?'
Still, his hands moved and he took the picture.
He then saw how it turned out. A smile couldn't help but make its way to his face as soon as he saw the pic.
"Let me see how it turned out," She asked, as she leaned a bit more towards him.
Ren was surprised at the gesture, her beautiful perfume wafting to his nose, and then all of a sudden, he just felt an impulse to push her down right then and there, but he hurriedly erased such a thought.
Cough, cough
He coughed to hide his embarrassment and then turned the phone towards her.
She nodded to herself.
"It turned out well, you can keep it." She gave the phone back with a graceful smile.
Ren thanked her after he got his bearing.
"Thank you very much." He inclined his head a bit in thanks. The smile still not leaving his face.
'Cute…' Robin couldn't help but think so.
"Well then, I'll be leaving now, maybe I'll see you later, bye, bye" She then bid him goodbye as she started walking and waved her hands at him.
'What an intriguing guy…' She thought to herself. The way her body reacted in front of him was something that had never happened before.
Ren's eyes, however, couldn't help but trace after her figure until she entered the elevator.
Her butt jiggling and bouncing in a rhythmically hypnotizing sexy way.
Right before the doors closed though, Ren's eyes met her's and she smiled a knowing smile.
"Shit" He cursed himself. He didn't want to leave a bad first impression.
But it was too late.
'What's wrong with me today… sigh,' He wasn't usually like this. He didn't lose calm so easily.
He shook his head and entered the room inside.
'Alright, let's forget about this for now, and focus on what's important'
He started observing the room to see what was inside and also to distract himself from what happened before.
The room appeared to be empty for now and he had already heard about this from the clerk earlier.
He moved to a panel near the door and activated it using his card.
He then specified what he needed.
For now, he wanted to train his strength.
You can train what you wanted, whether it was speed, magic, or strength. The room can provide you with the equipment needed.
A regular metal bench popped up from the ground after he had entered what he needed.
He then put his bag to the side and took off the jacket for now.
He then moved and sat on the bench.
"Let's start training then." He motived himself before he started.
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The training room was fairly simple to use. You can control whether to add or take off weights via voice command and it would do so automatically.
Ren spent his time like that, trying it out first. He saw videos on the screen in the room about the right method of training and also about how the training differed for the superheroes.
It turned out that it wasn't vastly different. Your stats by training can reach the same rank as your trait.
But the increase would take time. An example was given that from rank C to rank B which was his rank, it can take at least a year of very intense training.
Ren didn't mind after all a B rank can destroy various large buildings on his own, so their strength can't be underestimated.
He was ready to take that step forward and increase his strength.
The next thing he did was trains his speed.
This was done by running on a very huge treadmill, while at the same time dodging projectiles thrown at him.
This exercise was actually harder than the strength one since it leaves him quite exhausted.
By the time he was done with both and he was sure he couldn't train anymore, he focused on his magic.
The training method so far was trying to exceed your limit by training, and the magic training wasn't any different.
He had to exhaust his mana by using his weapons mastery trait, and then wait for it to fill up again before repeating the same exercise.
A few hours later, Ren was totally exhausted and after taking a bath, he quickly wore his clothes and started heading home.
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