Ethan, wearing his tracksuit and jogging lightly, returned to Bulma's house and was greeted by Mrs. Brief as soon as he entered.
"Ethan, you went for a run again."
"Good morning, Mrs. Brief."
After settling into Bulma's house, Ethan began his planned training routine. Every morning he did some simple warm up exercises, such as one hundred push ups, one hundred sit ups, one hundred squats, and a ten kilometer run.
Although he called it a warm up, for Ethan, who was only a healthy ordinary person, this level of exercise was still somewhat strenuous.
Fortunately, his body was in good condition, so he was able to complete it. At most, he just needed time to recover his stamina. This meant that after finishing his morning warm up, he could not perform too much high intensity exercise for the rest of the morning.
After practicing for several days, Ethan finally began to adapt to this level of exercise today.
At this point, the difference in physical fitness between Ethan and Yoruichi became obvious. Ethan had adapted, while Yoruichi still found it somewhat difficult and was often left far behind by Ethan during the jogging part.
"Yoruichi is back too."
Watching Yoruichi lean on her knees and gasp for breath, Ethan took a towel from a robot servant and handed it to her. He himself held a glass of juice and took small sips.
"How do you feel?"
"Not very good."
Having been used to being powerful, Yoruichi had never experienced feeling so weak. Before, when following Goku and the others, she could only cheer them on. When they encountered enemies, she could not help at all, which was already frustrating. She did not expect that after truly starting training, discovering how weak she was would feel even worse.
Exercises that she once could complete easily now left her nearly exhausted just to finish them. She did not know how long it would take to regain her former strength.
"Take it slowly."
Ethan also realized that the training speed this time was far slower than in the previous world. It was as if he was truly just an ordinary person. Even with hard training, it was difficult to see dramatic changes in a short time.
After finishing their morning exercise, Ethan and Yoruichi, just like on previous days, ate breakfast with Bulma's family, as well as Oolong, Puar, and Yamcha.
Compared to Yamcha, who also woke up early to train, Bulma had clearly just gotten out of bed.
"Bulma, you just got up."
Oolong had already been awake for a while. He thought he was the last one to wake up, but he did not expect Bulma to wake up even later than him. This reminded him of the girls he had taken home before, each one more speechless than the last.
"School starts in a few days, so of course I have to sleep in as much as I can while I still have the chance."
Eating breakfast casually, Bulma did not think there was anything wrong with sleeping in. However, when she looked at the others at the table, Yamcha, Ethan, and Yoruichi had clearly all exercised.
She knew that Ethan and Yoruichi woke up early every day to exercise. She was quite curious why Ethan was working so hard.
"You really want to train in martial arts?"
"Yes."
"I really do not understand it. What is the benefit of training martial arts? Why do all of you like it?" It was not strange for Ethan to want to learn martial arts, but what Bulma did not understand was why Yoruichi, who was clearly a beautiful girl, though her skin was a bit dark, also wanted to train.
"Well, maybe everyone has their own pursuits."
Ethan did not know what to say either. Should he say that he was working so hard just to regain his power and become a god again? He would probably be seen as crazy.
"Bulma, when school starts in a few days, help Ethan and Yamcha with their enrollment procedures."
Yamcha, who was eating, nearly choked and looked at Mrs. Brief in surprise. Dr. Brief, who was drinking coffee nearby, also nodded.
"Hmm, going to school is a good idea."
Not only Yamcha, Ethan, and Yoruichi had to enroll, but even Oolong and Puar had to return to school. In the eyes of the two adults, it was only natural for children to go to school.
The feeling of being poor relatives became even stronger.
Ethan did not want to return to school, so he firmly refused.
"How can young people not go to school?"
Hearing that Ethan did not want to attend school, Dr. Brief showed the authority of an elder. He almost said directly, if you do not go to school, how will you succeed in the future, to educate Ethan.
To clear up the elder's doubts, Ethan had to say that he had already graduated long ago.
"Hmm? How about this. I will give you some questions. If you can complete them, you do not need to go to school."
Dr. Brief did not doubt that Ethan was lying. He himself was a genius, and his daughter Bulma was also a super genius. He thought it was normal for someone to graduate early.
If Ethan had truly graduated, then there was no need for him to return to school.
Seeing how easily Ethan avoided it, the others followed and said they had also graduated. However, after Dr. Brief took out a stack of papers and placed them in front of them, they were all stunned.
Oolong and Puar had received education, but Oolong was expelled before finishing kindergarten. Although Puar graduated, his knowledge level was average.
Yamcha had left to wander early in life, and his knowledge level was not much higher.
Yoruichi was somewhat better. As the young lady and head of the Shihoin family, she had received elite noble education since childhood. However, that was education from Soul Society. In this world, although she was not illiterate, she was not much better.
As a result, all of them failed except Ethan, who barely passed. The technology in this world was no less advanced than that of the Marvel Universe. There was much knowledge he did not understand, but fortunately the basic and intermediate knowledge was similar to other versions of Earth.
"Oh, Ethan's scores are quite good. How about I recommend you to the local university?"
"Uh, let us not."
In the end, except for Ethan, everyone else had their enrollment procedures handled by Mrs. Brief. In a few days they would return to school just like Bulma.
While school had not started yet, Ethan found Yamcha.
"You want to learn the basics?"
"Yes."
"Is learning only the basics enough?"
"It is never wrong to build a solid foundation first."
Yamcha did not hold back. Although he was self taught, he understood the fundamentals and knew how to train them.
Ethan already knew many training methods. The reason he asked Yamcha was not because he lacked knowledge, but to filter and confirm which basic training methods were effective in this world.
After hearing Yamcha's explanation, he confirmed that the training methods in this world focused purely on the body. Although there was a power called ki, there was no training method specifically for ki. To increase one's ki, or energy within the body, the method was simply to continuously strengthen the body.
The next step was simple. Ethan would continuously train his body and improve his physical strength. Although Yamcha said he could act as a sparring partner when needed, Ethan and Yoruichi together were still not strong enough to defeat Yamcha. He did not want to ask for a beating.
After adapting to the basic training, Ethan did not stop. He took out the weighted gear he had prepared earlier, including wristbands, leg weights, and a vest, and began weighted training.
Previously, weighted training had been used to hide the truth of his strength growth. This time, it was truly meant to improve his strength, and he finally understood how painful weighted training could be.
"Does this training method really work?"
"I can definitely say it works."
Yoruichi lightly weighed the wristband in her hand. A single wristband was not too heavy. Ethan's full set of weights totaled only ten kilograms.
However, thinking that he had to wear this gear except when sleeping, even while eating or going to the bathroom, even Yamcha felt uneasy.
"This is just martial arts training. Do you really need to push yourself this hard?"
"Is this considered pushing hard?"
Ethan suddenly remembered that the current Goku could easily defeat Yamcha. When he first went to train with Master Roshi, he initially wore a turtle shell weighing twenty kilograms, and later switched to forty kilograms.
Compared to Goku, he was far weaker now. In comparison, ten kilograms was indeed not light for him.
"If I do not work harder, how can I catch up to Goku?"
"..."
Yamcha had not expected Ethan's goal to be catching up to Goku. In his opinion, Goku was a monster. What ordinary child could transform into a Great Ape? So he had never considered catching up to that boy. His daily training was simply a habit, or because he had nothing else to do.
Seeing Ethan train so seriously now, and even Yoruichi preparing to train desperately, made him seem rather lazy in comparison.
"Are there any extra sets of this weighted gear?"
"There are several sets. They were originally meant as replacements."
"Good, I want to train this way too."
Yamcha reached out to take a set and put it on, but Ethan stopped him.
"If you want to use weighted training, this set is not suitable for you."
"Huh?"
Yamcha looked at Ethan in confusion. Then Ethan bent down and lifted another box from below and placed it on the table.
"With your strength, training with this set will be more effective."
The style was the same, but the weight was doubled. This set weighed twenty kilograms and had originally been prepared as a later replacement.
If Yamcha wanted to use weighted training, this set suited him better.
"..."
Besides weighted training, Ethan also placed the gravity chamber back into his plans. In his training program, the gravity chamber was extremely important. Preparing for it in advance was never a bad idea.
The gravity chamber was the greatest advantage in the Dragon Ball world. Weighted training was only introductory practice.
Soon, Ethan realized he had underestimated the difficulty of physical training. Even ten kilograms of weight required a long time to adapt to. Special training inside a gravity chamber was still very far away.
(To be continued.)
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