In the anime, their emotions can be combined into strange props

Xia Yan took a sip of coffee, leaned against the window in the hospital corridor, and looked at the scenery outside: "All I can say is that I can directly locate the monster with the information I have collected, so I will entrust you to help investigate the case committed by the monster."

Hikigaya nodded in understanding, then hesitantly asked, "Second question, is that monster an exception, or..."

"If you ask me how they got here, I really don't know, but as for that question, I can only say that this is the third case I've seen."

"..."

After a long silence, Hikigaya finally spoke with a dry throat: "Will Komachi and I encounter those monsters again?"

"Da~da~"

Without waiting for Xia Yan's answer, Hikigaya turned around and saw Xia Yan holding a mobile phone in his hand, looking at him thoughtfully. Then he suddenly said, "Hikigaya, although it's a bit inappropriate to ask this when you have just recovered from a serious injury, have you ever thought about going to the gym?"

At this moment, several thoughts and guesses flashed through Hikigaya's mind, but in the next second, all these thoughts were cut off by him.

His intuition pointed all these thoughts to the same destination—he instantly knelt down and bowed, sincerely shouting, "I can go to the gym to strengthen my physique. Please accept me as your disciple, Master!"

"Why are you so skilled?"

Xia Yan, who had just searched on his phone and unexpectedly discovered that the Silver Gym wasn't far from here, complained a little speechlessly, "Anyway, you should get up first. And don't call me that, it's creepy."

Although he said this, he did not mean to deny it.

……

……

There wasn't much special meaning behind Xia Yan bringing Hikigaya to the gym.

Simply because neither fighting nor martial arts are easy.

Although cheat-like skill additions can save you several years of basic training time;

Although the direct upgrade to a bloody battle with your "teacher" in the skill learning space can also provide you with valuable combat experience in the early stages, but...

These alone are still not enough.

For beginners, the real threshold to combat is actually: pain.

Just think about it, if an ordinary person scrapes a piece of skin or a scratch on the flesh, they have to apply medicine and feel unbearable pain, and if they break a bone, they have to lie in bed. This is natural, right?

Then let's look at the original work, where Juu Kija Ouma is at the end of the Kengan Fatal Tournament. He keeps moving even when his thigh is pierced, he doesn't care when his ribs are kicked, and he keeps punching even when his shoulder blades are split...

If you want to win, you must endure the severe pain and keep fighting.

The battles with monsters like ghouls and demons would be even more brutal. It would be a fight to the death where even surrender was not allowed.

If Hikigaya really wants to gain some power to protect himself and embark on this path, then the first thing he has to overcome is the pain of the skill learning space and... death!

And now, Xia Yan just wanted him to come over and try and experience it in advance.

As for what to experience...

"Hey, Xia, it's been a while. Have you been busy lately? Why haven't I seen you come to the gym?"

Inside the Baiyin Gymnasium, Xia Yan saw Coach Jie Xiongmingzao for the first time in a long time—well, he was wearing his normal blue and white tracksuit. "I can't help it. I've been having so much trouble lately that I even took a few days off from school. I just happened to be nearby so I came over to check on him."

"Oh, what happened..."

After exchanging pleasantries with Jie Xiongming for a while, Xia Yan suddenly pointed at Hikigaya beside him and said, "Coach Jie Xiong, I came here to bring you a new customer. Could you please—"

"To train all his muscles to the limit before he dies?"

Chapter 60: Painting a Pie for Hikigaya

"That won't do, Xia-san."

Jie Xiongmingzao looked embarrassed and repeatedly shook his head to refuse. "Fitness isn't about the amount of training, the better. It all depends on the fitness and condition of the person exercising. Otherwise, excessive exercise won't only not benefit the muscles, but may actually cause damage to the body."

"Please rest assured about this, Coach Jie Xiong. You also know that I practice martial arts, right?"

Xia Yan started to lie again without blinking, "To be honest, I have a special medicinal oil passed down from my family that can effectively relieve muscle soreness, fatigue, and injuries. So please feel free to train my friend and build a solid muscle foundation for him."

Well, although he did lie about the process, he had no intention of lying about the final result - it was just a muscle injury, and Qi therapy could cure everything!

He has tried it himself and found it to be completely effective with no side effects.

"This one……"

"How about this? After you train him to his limit today, my friend can come over tomorrow and show you how he's recovered."

Jianjie Yumeizo still looked hesitant, and Xia Yan couldn't help but say, "And you can also ask... Oh, his name is Hikigaya Hachiman, he's my classmate, you can also ask his opinion."

"..."

Seeing the two people's gazes, Hikigaya was actually a little timid and hesitant. Just by listening to Xia Yan's words, he could already imagine how terrifying the amount of training he would face in the future would be.

But when he thought about last night's rainy night, when a ghost had held him like a dead fish on a chopping board, letting him be slaughtered, and how he couldn't even protect his own sister, he gritted his teeth, nodded firmly, and then - he also started to lie:

"Yes, I've tried that medicinal oil and it's very effective, so Coach Jie Xiong, please train me as much as you want!"

"Now that you have said so..."

"Senior Xia, it's been a long time. I thought you would stop coming to the gym after seven days of heat, just like Zhu Mei said."

Just as Jie Xiongmingzhao reluctantly agreed and was about to take Hikigaya to exercise, Sakura Hibiki's voice suddenly came from their right. She was holding the back of her head with both hands and teasing Xia Yan with a bit of joy: "After all, you don't have to be like me, thinking about losing weight every day."

After nodding and greeting Sakura Hibiki and Zou Ryuin Akemi, who had been maintaining her ladylike demeanor in front of him because she suspected his purpose, Xia Yan couldn't help but look at the two new faces next to them.

"This is our world history teacher, Mr. Tachibana."

Seeing this, Sakura Hibiki cheerfully stretched out her hands to the side and started introducing them. The first person she introduced was a female teacher with short black hair, who looked intellectual and pretty... but her real identity was a super shy (not) cosplay enthusiast.

"And this is my dear friend, Ayaka Uehara."

Then Sakura Hibiki directed her hands to the next person, a slender girl with healthy tan skin, wearing a tight blue sportswear that revealed her striking and beautiful abdominal muscles. "Her family runs a boxing gym."

"Oh, by the way, it seems her family's Glory Boxing Gym invited you to join them, Senior?"

"Hello."

Upon hearing this, Uehara Ayaka looked at this senior whom she had heard of before with some curiosity, but as soon as she looked over, she found that Xia Yan was looking at her with a strange look.

After greeting her politely, Xia Yan suddenly changed his target and looked at Sakura Hibiki in front of him and asked, "Although it may be a bit abrupt, Sakura-san, are you interested in hitting the sandbag today?"

Hearing this, boxer Ayaka Uehara's eyes lit up. At that moment, she understood that this senior, like her, was also the one who discovered the talent of her good friend Sakura Hibiki, so:

"Xiang, how are you doing today? Why don't you try again and see if your boxing strength has improved?"

"Huh? But..."

Sakura Hibiki was about to refuse this sudden request, but the next second she heard Xia Yan waving a money offensive: "Actually, I asked you to do this, Sakura-san, and it can be considered as helping me a little, so after this is over - how about I treat you to a barbecue as a reward?"

half an hour.

The useless Xianggui was successfully hooked by a barbecue and stood in front of the training sandbag in the Silver Gym.

"Hiroshi, come on!"

"Well, don't worry even if I don't perform well."

Not far from her, a row of people were cheering for her. This was what the cosplay teacher, Rimi Tachibana, who had no idea of ​​the current situation, said: "Just go for it, Sakura-san."

Xia Yan and Uehara Ayaka both smiled as if they were enjoying the fun.

Hikigaya, who somehow ended up watching someone punching a sandbag, was also confused. But his intuition told him that Xia Yan suddenly made such a request to the girl, probably with the purpose of doing something for him.

But Hikigaya had no idea what it was, so he could only focus his attention on the girl in front of the sandbag.

Although Sakura Hibiki talks about losing weight every day, she is actually not fat. It's just that her thighs and abdomen are fuller than those of slim girls. Coupled with her wheat-colored skin, she actually looks attractive.

But girls are all like this when it comes to weight.

Now she is standing in front of the sandbag, stretching her plump legs, raising her fists, and opening her emerald green eyes. She looks very cute.

"I don't know what Xia wants me to see. Judging from the girl's appearance, she probably won't be able to perform well..."

"boom!!"

Before Hikigaya could finish his thought, he heard the sound of a chain breaking and tearing through the air. A huge 1.8-meter sandbag almost flew past him and finally crashed into the wall of the gym.

"Correct."

Hikigaya was so shocked that he couldn't even utter the last word of his inner thoughts. After a long while, he raised a trembling finger in the direction of Sakura Hibiki who had just thrown a punch. At the same time, he looked at Xia Yan who was clapping and praising Sakura Hibiki beside him with a somewhat dull expression: "Oh~, you really are worthy of being the future Royal Sakura Fang."

Seeing his gaze directed at him, Xia Yan also turned his head and said in a tone as if coaxing a child: "That's right, if you work hard and practice, you will be able to reach this level soon."

Hikigaya: "..."

At this point, Hikigaya would definitely understand that Xia Yan's purpose could be summed up in two words: to paint a rosy picture for him!

It's still a very poorly drawn pie, who would be fooled by it...

"Oooo!"

In a few minutes, Mr. Hikigaya Hachiman began to exercise frantically under the guidance of Coach Kaixiong.

Xia Yan: "So, men."

Chapter 61 Starting Tomorrow

“My knees are laughing at me.”

"Why don't you just say your legs feel weak?"

Xia Yan glanced at Hikigaya, who was leaning against the wall, his legs shaking like a quail, yet still making fun of himself. He couldn't help but grumble, "And you still have three sets of training to complete. Do you want to continue?"

Hikigaya must be in a very uncomfortable situation right now. Excessive exercise has caused most of his muscles to feel hot and painful as if they are about to melt. Every step he takes probably causes a sharp pain in his body.

Excessive sweating leads to insufficient blood supply to the brain, and can also cause an extremely uncomfortable feeling of dizziness and nausea.

But even so...

"Of course!"

He also gritted his teeth and chose to continue without hesitation. In fact, Hikigaya was just believing in Xia Yan, believing that he would not let himself make efforts without getting any rewards.

It seems that his willpower is pretty good. Xia Yan nodded in approval, and then... Huh?

Hikigaya lowered his head and his legs trembled for two seconds. Before he could hear Xia Yan continue speaking, he couldn't help but look up with a bit of surprise, and then he saw that Xia Yan seemed to be staring blankly in one direction.

Following his gaze, Hikigaya saw the girls that Xia Yan met in the gym, oh?

There seemed to be two new faces on their side, and the atmosphere became more lively.

What Xia Yan was staring at was one of the mature women who was wearing a purple kimono, squinting her eyes, and had a gentle temperament like a Yamato Nadeshiko.

"That seems to be that teacher's colleague. What happened to her? Why are you looking at her like that?"

When he said this, Hikigaya hadn't noticed anything was wrong yet and was just asking casually.

But when he saw an expression of desire on Xia Yan's face, and he stood up in a daze and walked towards the gentle female teacher in kimono, he took a breath and stretched out Hikigaya's hand to stop him.

It's not good, Xia, calm down and listen to their conversation - the married woman's situation is not good!

Unfortunately, Hikigaya was now in a state of exhaustion with almost all his strength exhausted, and he didn't have the chance to call out to someone who wanted to step into the unfortunate XP realm in reality.

He approached the kimono teacher, extended his right hand respectfully, and said affectionately, "Madam, could you please..."

“Will you fight with all your might?”

"Uh?"

"What are you talking about, Senior Xia?!"

In the end, it was Sakura Hibiki, the only one among the group who could be considered a friend of Xia Yan, who stopped him. "This is the oldest among us. Why are you sparring with a weak girl like her? Do you want to kill her?!"

Weak woman...

Xia Yan looked at the woman in front of him with a gentle smile and couldn't help but complain inwardly, but when he came to his senses, he realized that he was indeed too impulsive, so he didn't resist Sakura Hibiki's action of pushing him away.

However, he also didn't notice that Zou Ryuin Akemi, who was following Sakura Hibiki and kept muttering "Imperial Sakura Fang" or something like that, was also looking at him with a puzzled look.

After seeing those students walk away, the cosplayer, Tachibana, awkwardly tried to smooth things over with Teacher Wu next to her. "Uh, Teacher Wu, I think that kid was just joking. Don't mind it."

"Ala, ala, the young people nowadays..."

Then, Teacher Wu didn't seem to care much. He just touched his face with his left hand helplessly, a gentle smile still on his face: "You really look like a monster!"

"Eh?"