Spy-x-War Showdown-Chapter 48 - 47 Not a Rookie

48: Chapter 47: Not a Rookie

48 -47: Not a Rookie

Yang Yi swore the training in his imagination was nothing like this!

Throughout his life, Yang Yi had always been the perfect student in the eyes of any teacher, no matter what he studied or who his teacher was.

Having a student like Yang Yi was definitely a stroke of luck for any teacher because teaching him was just too worry-free and too satisfying.

An eidetic memory should be a talent rather than a skill, but possessing this talent made learning a simple, easy, and pleasant experience.

Not only did he have an eidetic memory, but more importantly, Yang Yi’s observational abilities and logical thinking were also exceptional.

So, from a very young age, Yang Yi always felt a strong sense of intellectual superiority.

Precisely because he was so clever, clever to the point of genius, Yang Yi had never developed any special pursuit in learning nor had he put in any special effort.

Everything came to him after a single lesson, never presenting any difficulty; naturally, he didn’t have to put in much effort.

But now, when Yang Yi finally had the chance to learn a skill he regarded as very important at the moment, he was shocked to find his pride shattered in just a single morning.

“I’ve never taught anyone before, but I’ve also never taught a disciple as dumb as you.

Really, really, really, you’re just too weak!”

Ye Ming repeated “really” several times to emphasize his feelings, shaking his head repeatedly before saying to Yang Yi, “Stop, stop, stop it now.”

Yang Yi immediately relaxed his arms, letting Ye Ming help him put the barbell back on the rack.

“Do you know how much you were pushing?”

“I know, a barbell weighing fifteen kilos, and on each side, a five-kilo plate, totaling twenty-five kilos.”

Ye Ming sighed, pointing to a woman doing bench presses not far away, and said, “Do you know how much she’s lifting?”

“Forty kilos…”

“She does three sets of bench presses at forty kilos, and you, at twenty-five kilos, can’t push past six reps.

I’m just…

I’m just speechless!”

Yang Yi, both helpless and unwilling to accept it, said, “This is just the beginning, only the beginning.

I’ll get better quickly.”

Ye Ming pulled Yang Yi up to sit and started counting on his fingers, “I’m not good at math, let’s do the calculations.

With your strength, what do you think you can do?

What can you actually do?

I could poke you to death with my little finger, do you believe me?

Yes, you’ll definitely improve with training, but how long will it take?

Let’s assume we have three months.

In three months, you can go from your feeble chicken state to a rooster state, but still a chick, right?”

What could Yang Yi say?

Besides bowing his head and taking a scolding, there was nothing else he could do.

Ye Ming said with a bitter face, “What effect do you want?

Let’s not talk about something outlandish, at the very least you should be able to take on three or four average guys, right?

I’m not asking you to get as strong as your brother, but you should at least be passable, right?

With your current state, at least six months, no less.”

“Fine, six months then.

We’ll take it slow, I’m helpless too…”

Ye Ming sighed deeply again, and it was at this moment that Wang Wenjiang, dressed in athletic gear, finally arrived at the gym.

Wang Wenjiang walked directly over to the two of them.

His face was still sweaty; casually wiping it off, he smiled at Ye Ming and asked, “How’s it going?”

Ye Ming answered listlessly, “It took me thirty-four minutes on the run over here.”

Wang Wenjiang immediately exclaimed in surprise, “It took you thirty-four minutes to run that close distance?”

“Yeah, shaking the battle ropes, at best I can last a minute and a half.

Squats, I can do fifty in a row at most, then my legs go soft.

For the bench press, twenty-five kilos, I can lift it six times, six times at most.”

Ye Ming spoke with resignation while Wang Wenjiang looked astonishedly at Yang Yi, saying, “You shouldn’t be this weak.

Have you been too lenient on yourself?”

Ye Ming let out a sigh and said, “I’d nearly kill him if I could!

Young people these days, they have it too good.

They’re all pampered like pigs.

They look like they’re well-built, but their physical fitness is a complete mess.”

Wang Wenjiang looked at Yang Yi and asked, “Don’t you exercise regularly?”

“I do exercise.”

“What do you do?”

“Play basketball.”

“That shouldn’t leave you in this shape!”

“Haven’t played in two years…”

Wang Wenjiang frowned deeply and said, “How am I supposed to teach this?

What do I do with this?

Too weak.

What’s the point of training to fight if you can’t even take down someone standing still and letting you hit them?”

Ye Ming shook his head, gave Wang Wenjiang a bitter smile, and said, “The captain has really given us a tough job.

Let me put it to you this way, we all thought this kid was a newbie, but he’s not even that.

He’s just an egg.

Not even hatched into a newbie yet, and a dumb one at that!”

Yang Yi had been insulted before, but this was the first time anyone had dared call him a dummy.

Wang Wenjiang looked thoughtful and said, “How do I teach him indeed?

Should I also make him train physically?

But you can’t just train blindly all the time; it could ruin your body.”

Feeling embarrassed, annoyed, and somewhat indignant, Yang Yi quickly said, “Let’s train together, just train along!”

Wang Wenjiang was more considerate than Ye Ming.

He didn’t mock Yang Yi but instead furrowed his brow and said, “Of course, you can train physical fitness and combat together, but physical fitness is the foundation of all sports.

If your fitness isn’t up to par, what can I teach you?

The movements you do won’t even be proper.

We’re limited on time.

If I just casually teach you a few moves, I’d be letting you down.

How would I explain it to the captain?

You have to understand, what we seek isn’t just learning some movements or mastering some techniques; our sole pursuit is to be able to take down an opponent.”

Yang Yi felt exhausted.

He spread his hands and said with a sense of helplessness, “I can’t help it, my foundation is just that bad.

What can I do?”

Wang Wenjiang sighed and said with a sense of resignation, “It’s a no-win situation, then let’s just start with that.”

Ye Ming patted Yang Yi on the shoulder, gave a bitter smile, and said, “I say, Little Egg…”

“What?”

Seeing Yang Yi’s look of surprise, Ye Ming laughed and said, “Otherwise, what should I call you?

Dummy?

Little Dummy?”

“Bro, can you call me Little Yang or Little Yi?

Or you can call me Ross, or I’ll just make up a name?”

Ye Ming shook his head, still smiling, and said, “I just want to call you Dummy, or Little Egg, you choose.”

Yang Yi expressed his attitude with silence.

Ye Ming still had a look of sympathy as he said, “Little Egg, you have such a weak foundation, poor basics.

Train slowly, train well.

I have something to do this afternoon, so I’m heading off first.”

After patting Yang Yi on the shoulder again, Ye Ming walked off, shaking his head.

Wang Wenjiang sighed and said to Yang Yi, “Little Eggy, then let’s start from the basics as well, come with me.”

Yang Yi became anxious and raised his voice saying, “Can we please not call me Little Egg?

Is that okay?”

“Fine, you’ve warmed up now.

Let’s start from the very basics.

Come this way, hey, Little Egg, what do you know about fighting?”

Yang Yi stopped in his tracks.

After grinding his teeth for a while, he finally said resentfully, “Fine, just call me whatever.

There will be a day you’ll regret this.

I don’t know much about fighting, you decide what to do.”