Thump!
The Cubic Stone moved while producing a loud, piercing friction sound!
Ives, who witnessed this, was shocked. Just a few weeks ago, Biscuit had only been able to push it a few inches, but now she had pushed it two meters and was still moving!
"Come on!" Biscuit's face was already red, but she still forced her body to keep moving. When she reached the three-meter mark, she finally stopped and panting. Maybe because she was too tired, she forgot that the stone would return to its original position after a few seconds. Luckily, Ives is there. He quickly pulled her to his side.
When she ended up in the man's arms, her cheeks immediately turned red. She was sweaty and didn't want to get him dirty, but because she was too tired, she didn't have the strength left to push him away, so she just shyly hugged him.
"Good job, Biscuit." Ives praised as he stroked the girl's hair.
"Thank you..."
"Now, take a rest. I want to see how far I've progressed, too." Sitting the cute girl aside, he approached the Cubic Stone.
"Ives, good luck!" Biscuit encouraged him from the side.
"Hmm." Ives gave her a nod. Placing both hands on the stone, he began to push on it. And sure enough, it actually moved!
One meter, two meters, three meters, it kept moving. Touching the five-meter mark, suddenly, there was a loud bang and flying dust, but he ignored it and kept pushing. When it reached the six-meter mark, he couldn't move it anymore and finally stopped. Not wanting to get run over, he immediately jumped to the side and went to Biscuit while wiping his sweat.
"H-how could you push it that far?!" Biscuit was shocked.
"Don't you want to congratulate me?" Seeing her cutely shocked, he chuckled. The reason his progress was more drastic was obvious: it was because of his additional training. As he explained, the benefits of opening aura nodes increased as time passed.
"Hmph, you cheated! But, still, congratulations." Although she eventually congratulated her man, she was still pouting. She didn't want to be outdone by this man!
"Don't be upset, Biscuit. You'll catch up soon." Ives tried to comfort her.
"Hmph, still. But does this have something to do with your additional training? If so, then from now on, I won't lose and will train as well!"
"That's the Biscuit I know, full of energy. And yes, this has something to do with my extra training." This girl's tsundere and stubborn attitude just makes her even cuter.
"Let's stop our training for today. I'm tired." Biscuit said while doing akimbo, but she was still pouting and didn't want to think about her defeat anymore.
"Okay, okay. Why don't we check that way? I heard there's a beautiful waterfall there. Maybe we can check it?" He complied and suggested something interesting to her.
"Really? Okay, since you insist, then let's go." Without further ado, she turned around and headed in the direction that Ives had previously pointed out.
'This girl.' From behind, he could only shake his head with a smile. Jogging lightly, he quickly followed and held his arm around her.
At another place.
"Ohohoho... Interesting, interesting." Inside his exclusive room, Netero, who was about to attend an important meeting, took a quick peek at his students' training.
Through the ok-gesture, he witnessed their rapid progress. Biscuit could push a ten-ton Cubic Stone three meters away, while Ives broke through the twenty-ton mark.
That's right; besides having a mechanism to return to its original position, the stone also has a mechanism to increase its weight by doubling every five meters! So, suppose the stone touches the five-meter mark. In that case, it will automatically become twenty tons. When it reaches ten meters, it will be forty tons, and so on.
"Quicker than I thought, but I like this more. Next will be Nen, I can't wait." How he could activate their Nen was already on his mind, especially for Ives. All the sparring he had done had not been without reason, and every time he fought the young man, he felt his lock loosening. It was only a matter of time before his Nen truly awakened.
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