Chapter 27: Real battle (1/2)

After finally being able to leave a scratch on Arthur, Novis thought he would finally be able to play the game again. Sure, he still had a long way to go and a lot to learn but he should have been good enough against bronze players at least. Instead, Arthur told him he needed to face real-life opponents first.

Whenever Novis would question Arthur what he meant by this, Arthur would simply say he would let him know when the time was right.

Novis had currently just finished school and was heading to his grandfather's dojo. He took the same path every day and he was currently walking down a street in a quiet neighbourhood. As Novis was walking home he noticed what looked like a businessman walking down the street. He had big glasses and black hair. The man was holding a laptop briefcase and also wearing a watch that looked like it was worth a fair bit of money.

It was rare to see someone like him be in a quiet neighbourhood like this one. His grandpa didn't live in a rich part of town. In fact, his grandpa started the dojo in order to get kids off the street and focus on something else instead.

Novis was starting to get worried as he watched the man. Currently behind the man were four men with their hoods up. Novis was afraid that they might be out to rob the man.

Suddenly another man appeared in front of the businessman.

”Sorry, sir do you know what the time is?” The man asked.

”Sure.” The man then looked down to look at his watch, at the same time the man pushed him into the alleyway. The group of four that was following from behind quickly went down the alleyway as well.

It was as Novis had expected. The man was currently getting robbed. It was a common technique for robbers to get a single person to approach someone and ask them a simple question to catch them off guard. (Note be careful guys this actually happened to me the Author).

Novis saw the situation and immediately took out his phone to call the police.

”Wait a second Novis, this is what I have been waiting for,” Arthur said.

Novis paused for a second wondering what Arthur was talking about.

”After this, our basic training will be complete, I want you to save that man and defeat those five men.”

”This is the real-life situation you were talking about!” Novis shouted.

One of the men down the alleyway heard Novis but when he turned to only see a kid, he completely ignored him and carried on.

Arthur then simply nodded.

”But how? I don't even have a weapon and their adults.”

”Just go find a stick, look if it gets out of hand, I will take control of your body and deal with the situation myself.”

Novis thought for a while, He did indeed trust Arthur but was wondering if he himself could actually do it. Then he saw the businessman take a punch to the stomach. Novis had made up his mind and quickly went off looking for a sturdy enough stick.