Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 112 - Inner Struggle
Apollo was upside down, Hiroto was watching him ,"Just 10 more hours to go." Apollo had been balancing with one finger on a spike for 14 hours already. The massively enhanced gravity was really weighing on him but he wasn't going to give in. He was sweating, Hiroto said ,"You look like you need a little more gravity," BWOOOSH. Apollo's teeth mashed together. Hiroto had been increasing the gravity every hour by some unknown multiplier. Hiroto yelled at him ,"DON'T EVEN THINK OF DROPPING!!!" Apollo moaned and groaned but still he pushed himself. Apollo asked himself (Why did I ask for his help again?)...
…Time passed and Apollo was at his wits end, Hiroto said ,"Push yourself for these last few seconds, I'm increasing the gravity by a shit ton. This is about 1 trillion solar masses, 10 9, 2 trillion, 8 7, 3 trillion, 6 5, 4 trillion, 4 3, 5 trillion, 2 1, 6 trillion. AND DONE." The insane gravity finally stopped pressing down on him, Apollo gasped for air, his organs begging for mercy. He fell to the ground, spitting out blood, he quickly regenerated the damage done to him. Hiroto looked down ,"Good job, get up and see how you feel." Apollo, upon trying to get up, pushed himself into the ceiling ,"AHHH," BOOM. The added pressure of the enhanced gravity made him too accustomed to the added weight. Hiroto laughed ,"Feel light don't ya, you're welcome." Apollo exhaustedly said ,"You asshole, where'd you learn to train people like that?" ,"An old woman way back when taught a student like that, she was rude as hell but she taught me a few things." ,"What now?" ,"It's time to rest," ,"What?" ,"You need to train hard but you also need to rest, you can't always go full gas," ,"But.." ,"No buts, sleep."
Apollo went over to his sleeping bag and closed his eyes, faking sleep. He got up and turned on the gravity runes on his clothes, he did push ups by himself. He thought (I need to be stronger, I can't save anyone the way I am now. But really, this room is amazing, the gravity this place is able to withstand is astounding, I remember him calling it a higher plane pocket dimension?). He felt a presence behind him, arms were wrapped around his neck and legs hooked his hips, he was being choked unconscious. Hiroto said ,"I thought I told you to rest, well I guess I'll have to make you rest the forceful way." Apollo tried to talk but he couldn't find the energy for the words (WHAT THE.. hell) BAM. Apollo hit the floor into unconsciousness, Hiroto accentuated the effect by adding Art: Force Unconscious.
Hiroto looked at his unconscious grandson ,"He's definitely going to stretch himself too thin if I leave him to his own devices, I need to make sure he realizes that it's not his fault that John got trapped. This will lead to something bad if I don't make sure he knows that." Hiroto exhaled ,"Not that I was any better."
…Hiroto kicked his grandson awake ,"Rise and shine." ,"AHHH," Apollo didn't even hear a sound ,"How'd you do that? Making yourself that invisible." Hiroto scoffed ,"I thought you put yourself in the military, did they not teach you how to absorb your sound energy?" ,"They did teach me how to absorb the excess energy I release and gain more from outside of myself, is that the same thing?" ,"Yes, it's just that it's different in this case, wanna try?" ,"Sure." Apollo stepped out of his sleeping bag and walked forward, making sure to absorb all the sound energy he exerted (IT'S SILENT, MY FOOTSTEPS ARE SILENT!). Hiroto was excited ,"It seems you did learn a few things." He smiled before heading over to the pull up bar ,"Remember our exercise from yesterday? Instead of that, it's time for pullups." Apollo nodded, walking towards the bar, he then turned around ,"Wait, I thought you talked about how important fighting techniques are. When are we going to get back to that?" Hiroto dropped his smile ,"When I observed you fighting, I noticed you have been way too distracted, so when you cope with your inner thoughts, I will allow you to return to fighting. For now, you need to work out some of your problems with good ol' fashioned weight training." Apollo furrowed his brows ,"That's not fair, how am I going to be able to fight again?!? I mean seriously, if don't kill that thing then…" ,"SHUT UP, think, I really want you to THINK, people are almost guaranteed to die in the military. Only those of us lucky enough to survive are granted the chance to continue the fallen's legacies, so get a hold of yourself." Apollo was stunned, he silently turned and closed his mouth, walking to the pull up bar and jumping up to get on it. Hiroto looked down with a lick of sadness ,"Alright my boy, 1 2 3 4…"