Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 111 - Back to Training
,"Have you seen Apollo?" Cias asked ,"No," ,"What about you?" ,"Sorry man." Cias was worried about his friend, he hadn't seen him in a whole month since the incident. He thought after a few weeks he'd come back but he was wrong. He had completely gone into hiding, using Art: Conceal Presence, he hadn't told anyone where he'd go off too. And he was way too fast for any normal person to even keep track of him. His ability to distort air was masterful with Art: Water Refraction. Cias sat down, thinking to himself (Where did he go?)
Hiroto looked at his grandson, Apollo's face both scared and angry ,"What happened?" ,"I wasn't strong enough," ,"I mean what happened exactly?" Apollo emotionlessly looked at him, telling the whole experience. Hiroto frowned slightly ,"Why didn't you go to your parents?" ,"I visited them earlier, but I don't feel that I should tell them what happened. I trust that you'll make me stronger, and I trust that you'll keep this between me and you." Hiroto smiled ,"I'm glad you trust me." Hiroto walked up to Apollo, putting an arm over his shoulder, walking him into the estate. ,"This isn't your fault," Hiroto exclaimed ,"I know how you feel, that loss can feel like it's your fault, but sometimes… sometimes, it's just how it is. Too many numbers, too strong, too fast, too good. I've dealt with this kind of loss before, and truly, it doesn't go away, however, what are you going to do about it?" Apollo swallowed the dense saliva in his throat ,"I'm going to get stronger," ,"That's my boy." Although Apollo didn't really feel any better, he felt reassured that someone knew how he felt.
Hiroto led Apollo to a room decked out with an insane amount of training equipment. The inside was lined with runes and tech. Apollo looked at Hiroto ,"What is this room?" ,"What do you mean ,'What is this room?' It's obviously my personal training room." Hiroto sighed ,"It's hard to train out there, not because of some obscure reason like I'm embarrassed but because I am simply too strong to be training out there. Now I could set up a bunch of measures to make sure that this planet stays safe but I'd rather do the easy thing. So with the money I had coming out of the interdimensional military, I bought this room, to train myself." Apollo scoured the room, looking at the amount of care that went into everything, it was bigger than it was from the outside due to what exactly it was ,"Just so you know, this is a Higher Plane Pocket Dimension. A portable pocket dimension with more dimensions that the outside suggests, it's made within with highly complex ingenuity, something I have trouble explaining myself." Hiroto furrowed his eyebrows ,"You will be training here," He then activated his ki ,"With me."
Apollo was surprised (Has grandpa grown stronger?). Hiroto without a beat smirked ,"What? you thought I was weak? You must've forgotten who I was." His energy started spewing electricity through the air. Apollo went back into a fighting stance BOOM. Apollo blocked the hook from his grandfather ,"Nicely done my boy, but let's see about this." He spun around and hooked his leg, swiping it across his grandson's face KABOOM. Hiroto laughed ,"HAHAHA, I may be old, but I've learned a few things."...
Akane walked through the training door, Apollo was sent whizzing past her ,"It seems like you guys are having fun." Hiroto laughed yet again ,"Why yes, wouldn't you agree?" Apollo groaned from the other side of the room ,"Sure…" Apollo used Art: Recovery, healing his wounds to be able to eat dinner. Chowing down at ludicrous speeds, Hiroto and Apollo finished dinner ,"You ready for another round, Apollo?" ,"Of course!!!" Apollo was excited, seeing his grandpa this strong inspired him to grow even stronger. ,"There's no fast way to strength other than to fight, so give me all you got." Apollo nodded his head, charging forward, throwing a front punch, Hiroto disappeared and reappeared on his arm. Hiroto then used momentum to throw him and Apollo onto the ground. Hiroto talked ,"I see you haven't practiced grappling in a while, let's change that!" Apollo winced in pain as he felt SNAP ,"AAGGGGHHHH." Hiroto looked on ,"You've gone through worse pain, c'mon, get up, I feel like I've got a good sense of your skill and strength levels now. So let's train in earnest."