Being suddenly kneed in the stomach woke Johnathan out of his world. Jack released his hands and Johnathan hurriedly retreated. Now, he began focusing on the fight. Previously, he had simply been attacking, forgetting that this was a fight where he could be hit.r
Jack's lack of offense had made him completely submerge in the state where he only thought of attacking.r
Now that he could focus, he noticed that of all the punches that he had thrown, none of them had actually managed to land on Jack. Not feeling convinced, Johnathan attacked. This time, he made sure that he was ready to defend any strike that came from Jack.r
He threw a kick this time. Since punches didn't work, he decided to try kicking. Perhaps he would actually be able to land a hit on him.r
But against his expectations, Jack didn't stand there. He took a few steps backwards and evaded the kick.r
Johnathan who had expected that Jack would actually parry the attack was caught unprepared. So, the force that he had thrown the kick with made him lean to the side.r
At the same time, Jack made a move. Just as Johnathan was trying to gain his footing, a punch arrived, heading straight for his face.r
Surprised, Johnathan instinctively reacted and raised his left hand to block the attack.r
When the fist landed on his hand, he felt a great deal of pain as he was pushed backwards. He didn't expect that Jack's punch would be this strong.r
Although he had misjudged Jack previously, that didn't mean that he was not a fighter. Instead, he was someone that had undergone several life and death fights. So, his combat experience was high.r
Now that he had taken the fight serious, he dared not make a rookie mistake like the one that he had made when he tried kicking Jack.r
The two attacked, defended and evaded attacks one after the other. But if there was a person that was watching the fight, they would find that Johnathan was at a great disadvantage. He was being suppressed by Jack as time went on.r
This was basically due to the fact that Johnathan had spent a lot of strength when he was attacking Jack at the beginning. And now, he wasn't having the same momentum as at the beginning.r
Jack was maintaining the strength and speed of his punches. He made sure that he didn't use much strength lest he badly injured Johnathan.r
Still, he enjoyed the feeling of suppressing Johnathan. This was the sense of satisfaction that came from the fact that Johnathan had been messing with him all this time and Jack had no way of paying back. So, this was his opportunity.r
On the other hand, Johnathan could feel that Jack was playing with him. He felt that no matter what he did, he was bound to lose. But all the same, he was unwilling to give up. He was the one that had suggested that they had to fight. So, he wasn't going to be the first one to submit.r
But as time went on and more and more of Jack's attacks landed on him, Johnathan had no choice but to agree that he was no match for Jack. Now, both of his eyes had already turned black. The cheeks had already swollen.r
In other words, Jack was simply beating him up! This was not a fight at all.r
"I have something else to do. So, goodbye!" Johnathan said before he ran off.r
Jack who was preparing to attack again was stunned. He never expected that Johnathan would actually run away. What thing did he want to do? He was simply giving up and he wasn't willing to say loud that he was admitting defeat.r
But at the end of it all, Jack was amazed by the strength that he had gotten from the professional combat ability. Not only was he good in terms of strength. He was also good in terms of techniques and knowledge.r
In other words, he was just like a person that had experienced several fights in his life. So no matter how strong Jonathan was, and no matter how many fights Jonathan had been engaged into, he would never be able to compare to Jack in terms of experience.r
Shaking his head, Jack decided to follow Jonathan back into the suite. Since he had already tested the efficiency of the body straightening pill, he might as well start preparing the solution for the other 20 that were already here in Cardinals Supreme Hotel.r
After getting back to his room, Jack used to the big measuring cylinder to measure 200ml of water and poured it into a beaker. After that, he took 40 body strengthening pills and dissolved them inside it.r
Then following the procedure that was in the prescription, he prepared another body strengthening solution.r
After that, he measured 10 ml of the solution and poured it into 20 small glass bottles. With everything done, he gave Klein a call and asked him to come to pick up the solutions.r
About 5 minutes later, Klein arrived. Jack handed him the solution and instructed. "Each one of you will take a single bottle. Drink the solution inside and make sure that you go to train immediately after you've taken it."r
Although he was confused about what Jack have given him, he still decided to obey Jack's order and headed back to his room where he called for the others to come and join him.r
He gave them the solution and gave them the same instruction as Jack had told him. And just like him, they too were confused and none of them could tell what it was that Jack had given them.r
"Do you think that this is one of those illegal drugs that have been banned?" One of them asked.r
"Why do you think so?" Another asked.r
"Don't you think that it's strange that he gave this thing to us and said that we had to take it when we were working out?" The first guy said.r
"It does make sense. But, what is the use of that kind of drug? I don't think that boss is that kind of person. Why would he want us to use illegal drugs?" Another guy refuted.r
"In any case, I trust that boss will not give us something that will end up harming us. The private team has just been formed. And considering that he said that we are of great use to him, that means that he has no intention of doing us harm." Klein stated.r
"That's right. Just think about it. If we think that this is a drug, we might as well quit the private team and head our own ways. It's not like he's going to force us to continue being his subordinates."r
The group went on to think about what Jack might be intending to do. There were some among them that were reluctant to drink the solution.r
But in the end, since the majority of the group had decided that they would take the solution and that they trusted Jack, this group of minority also agreed to follow.r
The following morning, the group went to a nearby gym. Immediately after they were ready to start working out, they each drank the solution that Jack had given them. They did this in private.r
At that exact moment, they felt that their strength had gotten a drastic increase. They were just normal men and women before taking the solution. But now, they were extremely strong.r
These guys finally understood why Jack had stated that they had to work out immediately after they had taken the solution. So, they each went ahead to do the activity that they thought would help them vent the excessive energy in their bodies.r
Some used the treadmill and ran at their maximum speed. Others went to the dumbbells and began lifting and so on. In other words, they each did something that they thought they could manage.r
Those that were watching from the side were amazed by this group of people. They stopped practicing and focused their attention on them. Some even began recording their actions.r
"What do these people eat?"r
"Right, do we even eat the same things?"r
"Hey, have you noticed that just one of them here can break the world record?"r
"Now that you mention it, it's true."r
"Biggie, didn't you say that you are the strongest person in the gym? Why don't you go ahead and defend your position?"r
"Man, there are times that we have to agree that we are no match for others. Don't you know that there is always someone stronger than you?"r
"What the heck! Is that a woman?"r
"It's only now that you are noticing it?"r
"Yeah. I had simply thought that all of them are men. Who knew that there was a woman amongst them?"r
"There are two of them, not one."r
"Why are you acting as if this is normal?"r
"My wife is like that. She always beats me up whenever we have a fight."r
"Tsk, who said that your wife is strong? It's just that you are so weak. You can't even lift the least heavy weight in the gym for ten reps."r
"You are talking as if you can compete against the women there."r
"…."r
As the crowd that was watching continued to clamor on how strong the twenty men and women were, the ones that were at the center of attention were not even paying attention to them.r
They were now feeling their strength being elevated to a higher level. The more they worked out, the stronger they became.r
Furthermore, it wasn't just an increase in strength. They were also having an increase in their speed, endurance and so on. They felt that the bones in their bodies were being strengthened as well.r
After over half an hour of intense workout, the group finally stopped one after the other. The group could feel that they were now tired and the only thing that they wanted to do at that point was to get a good sleep to relax.r
So, without caring about the crowd that was trying to talk to them or ask them questions about how they got this strong, the group walked out of the gym.r
The good thing was that, the gym wasn't that far from the hotel. So, they easily got back to their rooms and fell on their beds without caring that they had to take a shower first.r
…r
Jack didn't know the effect of the solution on the twenty. Currently, he was thinking about what he was going to do to make sure that the group would get trained.r
Being strong wasn't enough for the group to be part of the private team. They needed more than that.
