Chapter 7 150 Push Ups

• "Who's Aèos?" Isaac asked.
• Tanaka froze.
• Nishida and James stared at Tanaka, almost as if he's taken something so dear to them.
• 'See why I dislike you Aèos? You are simply a living hell, occupying the space in my body. Now I'm screwed.'
• Tanaka forced a smile on his face.
• "Did I really say Aèos? Because I didn't."
• Isaac stared deeply at Tanaka.
• "You've been acting strange since you returned. Are you alright?"
• Tanaka's heart stopped.
• 'This guy—'
• "Have I? I don't think so. I have a match due for tomorrow so I'll rest a bit." With that, Tanaka walked ahead, faster than the three boys, actually forgetting that they were going into the same room.
• Tanaka entered a compartment, very minimalistic that suits the taste of the boys. He stopped to gaze around for a while.
• Not that he hadn't been in this room before. But for a fact that he had almost lost it forever.
• Tanaka for the first time felt very grateful to the system. It had actually come at the right time, when he had almost thought that all hope was lost — when he had almost killed himself due to the shame and embarrassment.
• True gratitude. And suddenly a system notification àppeared in his line of sight.
• Ding!
• [Congratulations, you have won the God of Wisdom's approval by 1%]
• Exclusive benefits:
• +2 increment for every reward obtained by performing a task.
• Free access to the internet, twice per day. Anymore than that will demand your attribute points.
• +1 Virtual Loot Box.
• [OPEN]
• Tanaka blinked.
• He did not know that true gratitude could actually make the system favor him. If he had known, maybe by now Aèos would have been much nicer and calmer. Who knows.
• However, his hope was crushed almost instantly.
• [I'm the same Aèos you know, I never change. You get one tiny fragment of my approval ànd then, you misbehave? What a jackass]
• Tanaka snapped.
• "Who talked about misbehaving here? And how dare you call me a jackass???"
• But he stopped responding to Aèos the moment James, Isaac and Nishida walked into the room slamming the door behind them.
• It was at this moment that Tanaka looked over at his bed and realized that it had been moved out.
• The empty spot that was meant for the position of his bed gave Tanaka a slight feeling of depression.
• "Share my bed Tanaka. I'm sorry we overreacted and moved your bed. Honestly, we did not think that you'd be back again." Isaac said calmly, staring at Tanaka.
• But Tanaka sighed.
• "It doesn't matter. I'll just share with Nishida. His bed is just as comfortable as mine was."
• Tanaka followed Nishida to the lower bunk and he crashed into the soft mattress, feeling the welcoming breeze of sleep. But right at that moment, Nishida asked a question.
• "Have you been in contact with your family?"
• Tanaka blinked.
• 'Seriously, at this time? A question?'
• He sighed.
• "I haven't. I didn't think it was necessary at this time."
• Nishida's brows furrowed. "You didn't think it was necessary? Someone lost their family yesterday to a fire outbreak, and you do not think it is necessary?"
• "Someone?"
• "Yes. He had to take a permit to leave the balling school yesterday. My point being, check up on your family, it is healthy."
• Tanaka forced a smile. "Of course I'll check up on them." Then he muttered under his breath, "gosh, what a cheesy boy."
• He collapsed under the mattress and didn't let any other sound in until he dozed off.
• The next morning.
• Ding!
• [Daily Mission: Effort X Reward.
• Description: You're not good enough. Try harder.
• Daily goal:
• 0/150 pushups
• 0/150 abs
• 0/150 Squats
• 0/200 KM run
• Rewards:
• +3 Star Point
• +1 Loot Box].
• 'Ugh Aèos, do I really have to be doing these missions everyday?'
• [Yes, missions and daily goals are practically inescapable. When you fail to comply, there's always a penalty for every disobedience.]
• Tanaka tsked and jumped off the bed.
• He started his daily goals. From pushups…
• "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…"
• Nishida's eyes cracked open.
• "Tànaka, it's too early. Please count softly please."
• "19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24…"
• Nishida rolled his eyes. Of course everyone knows how Tanaka is, he had a very noisy personality that no one could force him to change from.
• He can be annoying, noisy and a bit spiteful.
• "Let him be Nishida, that's how he is." Isaac said in a lazy tone, dismissing Tanaka's annoying counting…
• But wait, how many pushups is he doing? Even Isaac couldn't reach beat such an amount without falling on his stomach.
• "45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50…"
• Isaac stood up from his bed and stared at Tanaka, his eyes wide.
• Nishida stared at Isaac, his eyes burning with something — passionate. He actually wanted to beat Tanaka's pushup record.
• But when Tànaka reached a certain number, Isaac's face paled.
• Nishida felt the same. And James happened to wake up at that moment only to freeze.
• "Who does pushups and never stop?"
• Tanaka kept going.
• "99, 100, 101, 102, 103…"
• And finally.
• …150."
• Tanaka jumped to his feet.
• His breathing was labored, almost as if he's done a very strenuous job. The thing is… Tanaka would have likely stopped in-between the pushups and not completed it all through, but the moment Isaac and Nishida watched him, it felt so good that he wanted to do 200.
• 'No, the system might make it 200 tomorrow. And why on earth is the count even increasing by 50 every single day?'
• [It improves you physically and, you're welcomed]
• [150/150 pushups ✓]
• Tànaka sneered.
• 'And of course I did not thank you, duhh.'
• [Typical]
• Tanaka ignored him and instantly went for his 20KM run.
• He left the dormitory, leaving the boys shocked.
• "He did 150?" Isaac stuttered.
• "I see it too." Nishida whispered.
• James stared at the two. "I did not expect that."
• And indeed, no one expected a shabby and frail looking Tanaka to actually do 150 pushups. It was quite exhilarating.