Chapter 280: Tom, don't shoot, we are one of them
"98, 99, 100! Phew..." Wendy finished her last sit-up and lay on the mat with a sigh of relief.
"Is everything okay, Wendy?" Xia Lulu asked with concern.
Wendy sat up and shook her head, "Well, it's okay. This is just the beginning. Xia Lulu, you are the one. Don't force yourself."
"I'm not forcing myself. I agreed to exercise with Wendy." Xia Lulu did sit-ups with Wendy, but maybe it was because of the cat's body structure, she finished before Wendy.
A little white cat was lying on the ground doing sit-ups, and Zhang Da was almost bleeding from its cuteness.
Tom had originally planned to practice with Xia Lulu, and in his attempt to show off, he did sit-ups so fast that an afterimage appeared.
After finishing, he didn't stop there. He ran to Xia Lulu with dumbbells to show off his muscles. After showing off for a while, Tom felt that it was not attractive enough, so he took out his guitar and phonograph and started lip-syncing.
In the end, Tom was kicked out of the martial arts hall by Zhang Daye on the grounds of interfering with training. He did not object to Tom's pursuit of love, but just wanted to stop the harassment because of his lust.
Tom lay at the door with his chin in his hand thinking about a solution. If the dog was guarding the door, Tom would try to lure it away or knock it out and sneak in, but the dog was guarding the door... It was difficult, so he decided to go get some food first.
"Rest for five minutes and prepare for the next item, 100 push-ups." After the troublesome cat was gone, Zhang Da continued to arrange a training plan for Wendy, following Teacher Saitama's method. Today, the main purpose was to see where Wendy's limit was.
An ordinary child might not be able to stand such torture, but Wendy is not an ordinary child.
In the Fairy Tail world, magic is closely related to physical strength and vitality. Without magic, a wizard cannot even stand up. With magic, he can jump up and continue fighting even if he is beaten half to death by the enemy.
Therefore, as long as you exercise more physical strength, your magic power will naturally increase. In many cases, enough magic power means strength.
"Yes!" Wendy and Xia Lulu answered enthusiastically.
"Why... I have to practice too!" Perona only did twenty or thirty reps and then she just wanted to lie on her back and didn't want to stand up .
Zhang Da also said: "I just changed your daily physical education class a little bit. Don't you always dislike doing radio gymnastics?"
"This is much more tiring than radio gymnastics. I don't want to do it!" Perona stretched out her arms and rolled around on the mat to act like a spoiled child.
Are you Umaru-chan? Zhang Da also wondered whether he should tempt her with Coke and potato chips.
Wendy tried to persuade him, "Brother Tatsuya, if Perona doesn't want to exercise, then don't force her, okay?"
"Wendy! You're the best!" Perona stopped rolling around, hugged Wendy and rubbed her face against hers. After being happy, she looked at Zhang Daye pitifully.
Acting cute doesn't work for me! Zhang Da also waved his hand: "Okay, okay, then you do a set of radio gymnastics, and then go find Tom to play."
If you think about it carefully, Perona is different from others. She has no worries about food and clothing, and her safety is not a problem. Although she may have some troubles occasionally when traveling with everyone, she is very happy every day and has no desire to become stronger.
After realizing this, Zhang Da stopped forcing her and let her do what she wanted.
"Great!" Perona cheered, humming a cheerful tune and doing radio gymnastics perfunctorily at the side.
Wendy and Xia Lulu did push-ups accompanied by Zhang Daye.
"Be steady, pay attention to your breathing, and hold on..." Zhang Da also shared his six-month training experience.
Wendy learned and practiced very seriously, and Xia Lulu followed suit just as hard, but Xia Lulu had short arms and legs and a big head, so the movements were a little difficult for her.
After Perona finished a set of radio gymnastics, she happily wanted to say hello to Zhang Da and leave, but she couldn't open her mouth when she saw how hard Wendy and Xia Lulu were working.
At this time, Wendy supported herself on the ground with her hands, her arms were shaking a little. Her long blue hair, which was tied into a ponytail to facilitate movement, was draped over her back. The bangs in front of her forehead hung down, shaking with the ups and downs of her body.
Her arms were already starting to feel sore, but Wendy pursed her lips tightly, persisting with a stubborn look on her face.
Zhang Da also said, "Wendy, if you feel like you've reached your limit, don't try to be brave."
"Yes, I'm still okay... I don't want to be as weak as before." Wendy's voice was intermittent, but her tone was firm.
Zhang Da wasn't sure if she was just being stubborn, so he had to start thinking about how to give her cold compresses if Wendy had a muscle strain.
This little sister who appears weak and pitiful on the surface is actually so strong inside that it makes people feel distressed.
Perona turned around and walked to the door without saying a word, ready to leave: "What? I didn't want to exercise in the first place, why do I suddenly feel like a deserter?"
Putting her hand on the door handle, Perona lowered her head and caught a glimpse of a drop of sweat falling onto the floor along Wendy's bangs. She seemed to hear a clicking sound in her ears, but the door handle would not go down no matter what she did.
Zhang Da also looked in surprise at the pink-haired figure who lay back on the mat and started doing sit-ups again:
"Perona? Didn't you want to go play with Tom? Why are you back? Tom might be secretly giving himself a snack again. If you go, you might be able to get a cup of hot cocoa."
He felt that the little girl's attitude was not right, so he tried to use his trump card to coax her.
Perona did another sit-up, keeping her hands still, resting her head on her legs, and said in a muffled voice: "The third rule of elementary school students is to keep exercising and actively participate in extracurricular activities."
"Well... there is such a thing, but it only allows you to maintain a certain amount of activity to stay healthy. It does not mean to force you to exercise hard." Zhang Da also thought that he had spoken too harshly before.
The main thing is that Perona's posture when she speaks now is almost the same as crouching with her head in her hands, which makes her look really aggrieved.
"Stop talking nonsense. Can't I exercise with Wendy?" Perona said angrily.
Zhang Da was not frightened at all. He just felt that the little girl's mind was too difficult to guess. He had no idea what she was thinking because her thoughts changed all of a sudden.
Injuries caused by over-exercise are easy to deal with. Just ask Wendy to treat it. The only thing Zhang Da is worried about is that she has gotten into some strange dilemma.
Perona did sit-ups again and again, and every time she stood up, her big eyes would glance at Zhang Daye.
Seeing his worried expression, Perona couldn't help but explain: "It's just that I suddenly had a new dream."
"Dream?" Zhang Da was also confused.
"Wendy works so hard because she has a dream of becoming an excellent dragon slayer, right?" Perona said, "I also want to work hard because I have a dream."
Zhang Da also asked curiously: "What is the dream?"
Perona tilted her neck back: "Humph, why should I tell you?"
"Forget it. It's probably another boring dream of stealing some cute animals or something." Zhang Da also maliciously provoked, "Are you trying to defeat Wendy and steal Xia Lulu?"
Wendy, who had just finished her last push-up, was startled and asked in surprise, lying on the mat: "Is that so?"
"No way!" Perona denied loudly, "Well, since Wendy wants to know, I'll tell you."
Wendy has a silly look on her face. Did I just say you want to know?
"My dream is to become stronger and then defeat you. Finally, I will give all the homework to you to do. Do each question ten times, no, a hundred times! Hahahahahahahaha..." Perona laughed like a little devil, "I will also confiscate your snacks and prevent Tom from cooking for you!"
Wendy hugged Xia Lulu tightly. Although she didn't know what was going on, she suddenly felt that what Perona had just said seemed very scary.
"Ah, what a cruel dream. I'm almost crying." Zhang Da didn't take Perona's words seriously. He thought it was probably just something Perona made up to fool him. "Let's go. The next item is running. Let's go to the deck."
"You don't take what I said seriously. Humph, you'll be in trouble!" Perona threatened Zhang Daye from behind.
Zhang Da didn't care and said, "Then hurry up and finish today's homework. I will take a good look at it."
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The Amber is only about 40 meters long, so the range of movement is a bit small if you are running, but you can make do with it. Running 100 laps around the outer deck is almost 10 kilometers.
If the weather wasn't a little cold, swimming could actually be used instead. Zhang Da also had the idea of winter swimming, as he would definitely be able to handle it with his current physical condition.
Wendy and Xia Lulu ran around the deck. Perona was probably tired from the first two exercises, and it took her a while to come out and run with Wendy.
After receiving Brook's singing therapy for a while, Shark Chili practiced Fishman Karate at the bow of the ship, while Rui Mengmeng was at the stern, studying her swordsmanship and the Six Styles of the Navy that she had acquired before.
Ye Yan should be taking a nap in his room at this time. At this time, Altria was in the observation room, observing the surrounding situation while continuing to struggle with the photo on the treasure map.
Zhang Da also went to the kitchen to take a look. After making sure that Tom was just stealing food and not destroying the house or damaging the food, he took a sword and started to review his iron-cutting skills. He didn't want to experience the embarrassing situation of failing to pretend again.
After practicing swordsmanship for a while, Zhang Da also began to try to practice shaving. However, he was not as talented as Tom and failed after practicing many times.
At this time, Ye Yan came out of the cabin yawning, looked at Zhang Daye's movements and teased: "Boss Ye, are you learning tap dance? Actually, I know a little bit about tap dance, why don't we exchange some ideas?"
As he spoke, Ye Yan performed a somewhat ambiguous tap dance on the spot, still wearing the candied haws suit.
Zhang Da didn't respond to his question, but asked, "You don't wear this when you sleep, do you? Can you sleep well?"
"Don't underestimate my pursuit of performance art. Tom's craftsmanship is very good and the clothes he makes are very comfortable." Ye Yan said, "Also, has anyone ever told you that you are terrible at changing the subject?"
"Yes, yes, I look like a tap dancer when I practice shaving, okay? It's better than some people who can't reach the threshold of learning the six styles." Hurting each other, who is afraid of who? Zhang Da also patted Ye Yan's shoulder and said:
"I have good news for you. Wendy has great potential. It won't take long for her to surpass you in terms of physical fitness. But don't be sad. After all, Wendy is already a 12-year-old girl. It doesn't matter if you can't beat her."
Ye Yan: ...
Feeling a bit complicated, Ye Yan looked at the blue-haired girl running around the deck, and carefully recalled that Wendy seemed to eat more than him during the past two days. This was not good.
Thinking of this, Ye Yan began to take off his clothes.
Zhang Da also covered his chest with a look of fear: "What are you going to do?"
Ye Yan roared, "Why do you have that expression? I'm not a pervert!"
Zhang Da also imitated Ye Yan's usual dead fish eyes and complained: "This is the only thing that is completely unreliable."
"If you can't learn it, don't force yourself to learn it. Your eyelids are about to cramp! I'm just taking off my clothes and getting ready for exercise!"
Ye Yan exaggeratedly made a gesture of struggle: "Exercise is urgent, so I decided to go winter swimming, which can not only exercise my body but also temper my will!"
Zhang Da also asked, "Are you not doing performance art anymore?"
"Of course I have to. I ordered a set of clothes in the Seven Water City. It's just right for this moment!" Ye Yan ran back to the room.
A few minutes later, Zhang Da also saw the brand new Ye Yan, who was wearing diving goggles, a swimming cap shaped like a shark's dorsal fin, and a fishtail cap on his lower body.
"This is the inspiration I got when I was talking about mermaids in Tom's studio - a swimming shark man!" Ye Yan showed off his outfit, and after warming up, he jumped into the water and swam beside the Amber.
The shark dorsal fin swimming cap is made to just show above the water surface and looks like a real shark.
"What a fun guy! He was able to get on the boat in this condition." Zhang Da watched for a while to make sure Ye Yan was not in any danger, then continued to practice his own exercises and decided to go back and try winter swimming himself.
If I were with Ye Yan, would it be considered a new type of performance art—a real man never looks back at the shark?
Bah, why do you want to do performance art? It’s bad enough that I was led astray by Tom, I absolutely cannot be led astray by Ye Yan again!
Time passed minute by minute, and Wendy, Xia Lulu and Perona who were running laps finally persevered to the end and sat down on the deck in sweat.
"Finished...finished!" Wendy sat in the standard duck position, with her hands on the ground. Her bangs were already wet with sweat, sticking to her forehead, and sweat flowed down her cheeks to her chin.
To be honest , besides being tired, she felt a little dizzy from running around in such a small space.
"Wendy, you did a great job!" Xia Lulu also sat down very tiredly, but even so she did not forget to encourage Wendy.
Perona laid on the deck gasping for breath without caring about her image. Her favorite princess hat rolled to the side and she was too lazy to raise her hand to pick it up: "No, I feel like I'm going to die. I must be crazy to do such a thing."
Wendy and Xia Lulu looked at each other and said in unison: "Perona is great!"
"Hey? Don't praise me all of a sudden." Perona said shyly, "You guys are the real deal..."
The three little ones encouraged each other and had a lot of fun.
"After strenuous exercise, it's best to get up and move around a bit, gently pat and massage the muscles on your legs, and if your clothes are soaked with sweat, go back and change them to avoid catching a cold..."
"Okay!" Wendy and Xia Lulu stood up obediently. Perona looked at Zhang Daya with disdain, the hateful guy who ruined the atmosphere.
Ding! A crisp sound rang out.
It was Tom who knocked on the triangle and came out with a large tray, indicating that it was time for afternoon tea.
Of course the one with the best ears at this moment was Altria, who came to the deck from the observation room in an instant and sat upright next to the small round table.
Zhang Da also laughed. Does this mean that not being active while eating is a problem?
"Ye Yan, come up for afternoon tea!" Zhang Da also shouted while lying on the side of the boat.
Is Ye Yan swimming? Tom put the drinks and snacks on the table and took a curious look. When he saw the shark's dorsal fin, he was startled and threw the empty tray in his hand over.
"Tom , don't shoot, we are one family!" Zhang Da also shouted hurriedly.
But it was too late, the tray had already flown out. Ye Yan heard Zhang Daye's voice, and as soon as he showed his head, the tray hit Ye Yan on the forehead.
The swimming shark man just lay on his back on the sea with foam coming out of his mouth.
Tom was biting his hand. It seemed that Meow had accidentally gotten into trouble again?
