The Life Of Normal-Taro

Chapter 173: Scarlet's training

"What the hell did I just watch?" Thankappan questioned himself as he saw Scarlet wailing in the ground.

"I don't know either man!" Taro shrugged as he checked upon Scarlet. "Dude, are you okay?" He asked.

"Yea, yea. I'm fine! Don't worry about me!" Scarlet assured him and tried getting up, only to collapse back to the ground the very next second.

Seeing this sad state of his, Taro decided to pick him up and placed him on a seat.

"There you go." Taro sighed as he did that.

"You didn't have to-" Scarlet tried to be modest about it, but Taro wasn't having none.

"Who are you kidding? That was a clean hit. It surely hurts, right?" The Wadorian asked,

"Not really. Hell, the hit wasn't that perfect one. So, it really didn't-" Scarlet tried the same shtick yet again, but this time around, it was Thankappan who countered it.

"Just don't. I know that you are having a hard time to accept that your invisibility doesn't account to shit before Taro. But that's part of growing up, right? I mean, you're not really worried about John noticing now, are you?" He asked.

Scarlet thought for quite some time before replying. "Hmm, you make good points. I really can't consider John as a MASSIVE threat like I perceived before. He's still a threat, but it does feel like I can overcome him in due time." He spoke out his mind.

"See? This defeat brought out the motivation in you. That's pretty good, right?" Thankappan asked again.

"I guess? I'm not sure." Scarlet shrugged.

"Don't worry. You'll get it in due time." Thankappan spoke, patting the Crimsoner's shoulder.

"I sure do hope so." Scarlet sighed.

After "consoling" Scarlet for some time, Thankappan left the premises since he felt like loitering for some time. So, Taro occupied the seat that the MIB agent previously sat and glanced at him.

"Are you alright?" Taro asked Scarlet, who obviously didn't look fine at all.

"Yea, I'm swell!" Scarlet replied, when he obviously wasn't anywhere near swell.

"Dude, I'm not blind, you know? I can see your state right now. I apologize. I didn't expect the surprise attack, so I became way more vigilant than and this is the stuff that happened due to that." Taro sighed.

"Taro, I'm not blind either. You got power and an absurd amount of it. So, to think that you're apologizing to me even after controlling yourself is simply amazing." Scarlet spoke in awe.

"Well-" Taro was about to say something, but he was interrupted by the noises of the footsteps. He didn't know who these footsteps belonged to, but it really didn't matter much. So, instead of standing his ground, he quickly got hold of Scarlet and got him to a safe distance and returned back to his original position. 

And this action was beneficial since the one behind the footsteps were neither Thankappan or the other aliens. Instead, it was John who came, so it seemed as if his intuitions were right after all. 

"What are you doing here?"John asked.

"Why? Can't I stand here?" Taro asked back.

"Nah, I didn't mean it like that! What I mean is that it's pretty freaking chilly today!"John spoke.

"It sure is." Taro nodded his head along to that.

"So.... Why the hell are you standing out like this when it's this chilly?" John asked.

"I don't know! I felt like it, I guess?" Taro shrugged as he spoke.

"Is that so? I don't know why, but I felt like you were having a conversation with someone." John spoke.

"What made you think that?" Taro asked.

"I heard some kinda voice from here. It was muttering something that wasn't clearly audible. So, yea. That's how I came up with the conclusion." John replied.

"You really got a good sense of hearing, for real!" Taro was astonished by this skill.

"Was I right, then?" He asked.

"Yes and no, if you ask me." The Wadorian replied.

"What do you mean?" John tilted his head in visible confusion as he heard that.

"I mean, you were right about the talking part, but I wasn't talking to anyone in particular. Rather, I was talking to myself at that time." Taro gave out a gentle smile.as he said that.

"Really? I guess that would match it as well." John shrugged as he walked back to his room.

"Ha, today's been a long day, hasn't it? I guess I should take a little nap. But before that-" Taro ran back and retried Scarlet out from the safe zone and placed him on the extra bed that they bought for him. "Are you fine with this?" Taro asked.

"Yea! Just not sure that I'll be even able to get up tomorrow." Scarlet replied.

"Don't worry about that. John's not gonna come to this place. And even if he did, you can just turn invisible for a quick second." Taro suggested.

"Let's see what I'll be able to do when such a time comes around." Scarlet sighed.

"Meh, don't worry. You'll do fine." Taro assured him before heading to sleep.

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Scarlet; he didn't have a last name, but this barely mattered in the Crimson Planet, since no one had the surname thing in the Crimson Planet. Anyhow during his time around the universes, he always thought that his skill was one of the superior skills. So, when people lined up to fight him, he never declined a single one-on-one match. And to no one's surprise, they always lost against Scarlet. So, he was basically a celebrity in the underground, where he had an undefeated streak at a very young age.

Anyhow, this fame and people seriously overrating his skills as if it's something Godly sure did fly by his head back then to the point that he became a bit haughty since there were none who could have a compelling fight with him. If only the Scarlet from the past knew about the quick defeat he conceded, his pride wouldn't have been this high.

So, this particular defeat, it took a toll on both physical and mental levels. However, Scarlet wasn't gonna give up anytime soon. Before all the haughtiness and stuff came by, Scarlet was a normal person who had to work his ass off to get to where he was. So, hard work was not a problem for him. However, the problem was to pick a place to train.

Initially he thought of continuing what he did earlier and wanted to work around John. However, he knew his body better than anyone and he was well aware that he won't be able to go toe-to-toe with a guy like John in his condition. Although that was the case, he was pulling for a quick recovery so that he can go against John once again and eventually surpass him.

So, the initial pick was simple. He went for Giblithe one with least awareness of the surroundings. The Arkian was perfect in this situation, in Scarlet's mind.

And his mind was on point with that. He trained his heart out without making Gibli notice him even once.

And hence, Scarlet changed the training personnel from the Arkian to the plankton. The plankton could actually sense him at times, which either meant that he was lacking or that it was a random coincidence. Scarlet thought of it as the former and trained his heart out until Kunjan was no longer able to sense him.

Even then, there was one person who intently stared at him as he did all those stuffTaro. He constantly stared darts at Scarlet to the point that he continued doing so even after he left the next training circle.

He wasn't confident with John just yet, so he decided that going out was the better idea. When he was about to do that, the man staring at him told about it to the concerned personnel, that is, Thankappan, who started following him with the help of Taro. The MIB agent was worried that Scarlet might escape their confinement, but the Crimsoner simply didn't have such plans since he wasn't nowhere near the strength to actually pull off something like that.

Anyhow, with the crowd training, Scarlet was able to retain much of the nimble skills that he lost and he felt like he was one step closer to actually attaining his previous strength.

And hence, he finally trained his body with long distance running without removing the invisibility for an extra challenge. Initially, it felt like hell, but eventually it got better. Scarlet felt as if he returned to the past with all this hard work. It was as if he just regained something of his that went missing a long time ago.

So, after the conditioning of his body, he felt it. He regained his previous strengths and was ready to train around John. He was hesitant about doing it soon after recovery, but he felt like there was no other way if he had to get better at it. Thus he headed to John with a strong resolution.

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