5. Not to brag

The train scheduled for that day, Friday, was in the south military facilities. As previous visits, he was there to learn more special fighting techniques and information about the modern gun power they’d found in some ships that he stopped. Sometimes they spoke about new tactics or countermeasures worth to change, but that mostly happened the first weeks after the latest attack or ship sighting.

For that day, however, he was sent with some elite soldiers to train. Some were around his age, some older and two youngers, all of them with the muscles trained and showing off, a big contrast with his thinner and shorter physique. In fact, all of them were laughing about it, taking a photo before the exercise, preparing for the video while exercising and hoping the photo after was as funny as the first one.

When he began learning about fighting, something he never did before, he gave his trainers a hard time. At first because his physical condition was the worst, although he was not overweight, he was absolutely not used to physical activity like running, so he had to train that part before learning how to punch.

He detested being sweaty and tired, but he still put all his efforts in getting better, even when fighting without using his abilities, he was trying his best. Once they let him mix his supernatural abilities with his fighting style, he became a lot better.

As much as he liked to be modest and stand out the less, his new life as the protector was everything but that. In less than twenty minutes he defeated the fifteen of them while using his powers, because that’s what they asked him to do.

In the second exercise they used weapons against him, same that he evaded as nothing and tackled them once more to the ground. The final one was without using his abilities. He was tired, so his experienced opponents, so the exercise was a bit longer and effort needed, same that he lost because he wasn’t physical stronger than them.

“I can’t wait to train with you in like two years,” said one of the youngest while drinking their special water after the last photo was taken.

“No to brag but I bet he’d beat you in five months if he trains a lot more,” joined his current trainer.

“Sorry but I don’t want to be so buff… I like my current weakling self; it makes the enemies to underestimated me.” With that, all of them laugh again, knowing it was true.