Chapter 281, Practice

Ling and Zhuo are both serious about their work. Needless to say, Ling will do what she decides to do even if it costs her life. Zhuo doesn't like to do things usually, but once she makes a decision, she will not change it easily.

Even when you spend time at home, you two won’t do anything special, but will mostly just stare blankly.

On today's day off, Ling sat next to Zhuo as usual, and she had already decided what to do.

That is to go to the wasteland in the suburbs to practice "vector movement".

There were no topics related to the opposite sex in the occasional conversations between the two after lunch, only questions and explanations to each other to see if they understood. Although the two were not dating, all this made people doubt. Is this really the state that a young and energetic man and woman should be in when they are alone in a room?

“Whoosh—whoosh—bomm—that’s what happened.”

"Yes. It accelerates itself by changing the direction of gravity. It should not be just that. It should also change the direction of air resistance to help itself accelerate a second time, so it can achieve a speed exceeding the speed of sound in an instant."

"Yeah, that's what the great sage said."

"I understand. Now what we need to do is to adapt to the dynamic vision under high-speed movement. In other words, we must observe with our eyes open. If we can rebound the direction of the force, we don't have to worry about getting hurt when practicing."

After nearly two hours of this conversation, Zhuo Ben wanted to drink something, but then he saw that the glasses of both people on the table were empty.

Ling, who was concentrating on writing in the notebook, or doing calculations, did not notice that Zhuo had sat up.

Zhuo stretched his neck to look over. On the draft paper in front of Ling were densely packed formulas that Zhuo could not understand, including "The activation speed of the spiritual word spirit is equivalent to the speed of light (because it is mediated by sight)", "How long does it take to accelerate to the speed of light through the gravitational acceleration g and the air resistance F", "F=0.5*p*A*Cd*v^2", "The maximum speed can be reached within 200 milliseconds"... and so on.

By the way, p is the air density and 200 milliseconds is the reaction time of the human brain.

[Answer: Romanov concluded through calculations that it is impossible to "compete with the speed of light in terms of explosive power", so she is recalculating the method of racing with the "human body's reaction speed". Her plan is correct. Unlike the previous world, your body has not been modified. To deal with those strange rule-based attacks, you must keep your distance and maintain long-range sniping outside the enemy's area. This is what I advocate. You don't need to learn how to attack, you just need to learn how to escape. ]

"Great Sage."

【Answer: I am here.】

"You don't have to say the last sentence. You can also use a more euphemistic term, such as 'pulling'."

[Answer: wa ka ri ma si ta. 】

Zhuo stood up quietly.

He wanted to refill the empty cup as well, so he quietly took the cup away and went to the kitchen, then poured coffee into the cup. It was indeed cold brew coffee, it only needed to be brewed in the morning and set aside, so it could be drunk anytime without much effort.

Zhuo came back from the kitchen quietly and put down the cup a little away from Ling. No matter how focused Ling was, she noticed it. She raised her head and blinked at Zhuo.

"Thank you."

"Because Zero usually makes it for me. I only need one serving of syrup, right?"

"Yes."

Facing Ling's gentle eyes, Zhuo couldn't help but avoid his gaze and sat back on the mat.

Ling also seemed to be preparing for a break. He put down the writing tools in his hand and took a sip of coffee instead.

"…When did you remember my love for you?"

"That's not the case. We've been together for almost two years. However, even though I know your preferences, there are still some things I can't do anything about. Zero is the type who prefers black tea to coffee."

Although Zhuo also drinks black tea, it can only be regarded as a kind of drinking for fun. It is not easy to manage the temperature of regular black tea. The flavor of black tea seems to change greatly depending on the time the tea leaves are steamed. Therefore, Zhuo would not touch the tea leaves that Ling brought with the gift. He did not want to use the tea leaves that Ling brought to make a failed black tea, because it looked like a very high-end thing, and with Utsunomiya's family, it is very likely that they will not be able to afford those luxury goods in the short term.

"No. For me, it's enough for me to be happy that you are willing to make coffee for me."

"It's rare that you brought such good tea leaves, I don't want to waste it. And I also want to make delicious black tea, so I'll wait until the day I can make good tea."

"I'm looking forward to it... I always feel that you've been very serious lately." Ling suddenly turned around, handed over a thick stack of papers and touched Zhuo's brow, "This records the possible response plans for Word Spirits that may appear in the future. No matter how powerful you are, the result of being hit by a Rule-based Word Spirit will be the same. The Great Sage can help you control your abilities, but he can't help you think. At least you have to understand what the situation is." Zhuo blinked, "If it makes you happy, it's natural for you to want to work hard... I'm not trying to please you just to avoid studying."

When encountering emergencies, the Great Sage can help him come up with a plan and control his abilities. So Zhuo doesn't need to think about those things, he just needs to preview the possible situations, so that when the incident happens, he won't be stupid like a puppet and know nothing.

"I'm thankful you made me some tea."

"Isn't that sarcasm?" Zhuo glanced at her suspiciously.

Zero shook his head slightly.

"Even so, it's always better to make it taste better. If it can make people who drink it happier, then the tea I brew will have value, and I will feel a sense of accomplishment."

Since he had already dodged, he had to be prepared to protect himself; since he was going to make tea, Zhuo certainly wanted to provide delicious tea - if it could make Ling happy, he didn't mind putting in so much effort.

Although Zhuo said what was in his heart, Ling frowned slightly.

"...You shouldn't think like that...I know you don't have any desires, but if you can be a little bolder and greedier occasionally, and not just limited to these little things...never mind."

"Greed is not a positive word. And even if you have a desire, it would be even more painful if you don't get it in the end. Even if I'm bold, I don't think I can really change anything."

"That's not the case. I don't think it would scare you..." As if she felt that she had gone too far, Ling lowered her head to drink the cold brew coffee in the cup. Her light blonde hair hung down in front of her forehead, covering her expression. She added: "For example, your ability, even if you don't do anything illegal, can help you a lot at work."

"I don't understand what you mean. Besides, it doesn't matter what you do, as long as you change jobs."

Ling looked up at him after hearing what he said. I don't know if it was because Zhuo saw it wrong, or because Ling was drinking coffee, so Ling's lips were slightly pouted, making people feel that she was a little girl who was sulking. Then she sighed again: "...If you say so, then so. Although I feel a little complicated, it's not bad to spend a little longer like this."

Not sure what time she was talking about, Zhuo tilted his head and looked at Ling.

Ling sighed for the third time as he recalled the troubled past, and patted Zhuo's head with a helpless and loving look. He said nothing and ate and took a sip of coffee.

...

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After dark, Utsunomiya Shuo was dragged by Zero to the back hill of a park in the suburbs.

It seems that because of the factors that Zero had already investigated, this back mountain has not been developed yet. From a distance, it is dark and there is nothing. Even if you walk in the mountain, you can only barely see the road through the moonlight above your head. Thanks to this, there are neither old men and women doing morning exercises nor families taking evening walks. It can be said that there is no movement except for each other's breathing and footsteps.

A single man and a single woman, wearing loose sportswear, ran to the deserted back mountain together.

"Too——" BANG!!!

With the loud sound of his sleeves puffing and floating in the air, Utsunomiya Sou dived headfirst into a big tree - literally "dive headfirst", his head entered the tree while his butt remained outside.

"The purpose of the exercise is to make you adapt to the fast-paced changes. If you close your eyes when you encounter a situation, you won't achieve the same effect as the exercise."

Zero appeared behind Utsunomiya Shuo, and even though he was facing a "butt", he was able to calmly correct Shuo's problems without any tone, and explained the purpose of this trip.

"I know that, but there's nothing I can do." Zhuo's head was stuck inside the tree trunk, and his voice was muffled, as if he was talking under a blanket: "Every boy has thought that he must bombard and hold on for an hour, but there's nothing I can do."

"..." Ling opened his mouth but swallowed his words back, changing his tone to a gentler one, "This is all a misunderstanding. An hour can easily cause damage."

"..."

This time it was Zhuo who got stuck. Fortunately, his face was hidden in the tree and no one could see him. He smacked his lips and said, "…It's just a metaphor."

　I was wondering why there are suddenly so many monthly tickets, it must be doubled, right?

　　Fine.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)