"As the two of you know."
The sun had just risen. Daley, who arrived on time, said to Hank and Alan, who had been waiting at the assembly point.
"From today onwards, we are going to collect the final material of the anesthetic, the lustrous flower.”
"No problem!"
Hank replied.
"Where are we going today?"
Looking at the two eager young men, Daley smiled.
"From today onwards, we will be moving in two places at the same time, so the two of you must separate.”
"Doesn't that mean we have to practice one less thing?”
Hank said unhappily.
"Mr. Daley, we want complete training. Money and time are not a problem for us.”
"I know."
Daley looked at the dissatisfied Hank and smiled.
"Actually, the trials these past few days have a certain purpose. I think the two of you also know. However, the next two trials have similar goals. I can reveal it in advance, which is to practice the various techniques of running at high speed. In my opinion, each of you can do one. Of course, if you feel that your companions have to do it once, I won't object.”
Daley shrugged.
"Anyway, after this trial, you will know the location and content of the trial. You can come and do it yourself at any time.”
"Alright then."
Hank thought for a while and nodded reluctantly.
"Before we set off, let me ask the two of you first. Do you know how to swim?”
"Yes."
Hank and Aaron replied in unison.
"That's good. Now, please choose your mission. One is to collect the lustrous flowers. The trial of this mission is a little more painful. Of course, I personally think the effect is better. The second option was to play a pursuit match. The requirements were slightly lower, and the results achieved completely depended on the individual's self-awareness. It was also possible that there was no effect at all.”
After listening to Daley's introduction, the two young men began to discuss in low voices.
"I'll go collect the lustrous flowers."
After the discussion, Hank walked up to Daley.
"Alright, please follow me. As for where Mr. Aaron is going and what he's going to do, I've already told Madam Mary in detail. Mr. Aaron, you just have to listen to Madam Mary's instructions.”
"Please take off all the extra burdens on your body. I'll keep them for you first. This training didn't require the use of weapons. All he needed to do was run quickly.”
Daley instructed Hank after he brought him to the Akara River.
Hank took off all the things that were hindering him from running, threw them into a bag, and handed it to Daley.
"Alright, I'll do it. Please follow me. Please remember the condition of the road we are on now.”
Hearing Daley's words, Hank carefully remembered the direction of the route, the things on the roadside, and the obstacles on the road.
After walking for a while, Daley brought Hank into a small forest.
"Mr. Hank, that's Ying Hua.”
Daley pointed at a patch of blue flowers under a huge beehive. The beehive was about the size of a wine jar and hung on a tree trunk. Many wasps were flying around the beehive, looking like a yellow smoke from afar.
"My mission this time is to get rid of this beehive?”
Hank asked in a low voice, afraid that he would provoke the buzzing guys.
"No, that's not it."
Daley revealed a strange smile.
"This is the nest of the Earth Wasp. Earth wasps were afraid of fire and could not swim. Once they were attacked, they would come out in full force and attack the intruders. However, their toxicity was not high. They mainly relied on the pain secreted when they attacked to make the enemy unbearable and never dare to come again. Of course, if they were stung too many times, they would die. Your mission is to lure the Earth Wasps to chase after me so that I can safely pick the lustrous flowers.”
"Then how do I get rid of them? Do you want me to keep up with their speed until they stop flying? Stop joking."
"How is that possible?"
Daley smiled and shook his head.
"You just need to run to the river where we just walked and dive into the water. Then, use this tube to breathe. In about half an hour, the Earth Wasp will return to the hive if it can't find the enemy. What you have to do is not let the soil wasps catch up to you on this road. It's not far, just a mile. Oh right, this is the antidote to the bee venom. You'd better take it now.”
Hank swallowed the antidote with an ugly expression. He held the tube tightly and tiptoed to a distance of dozens of meters away from the hive. He took a deep breath and threw the soil in his hand at the hive, then immediately turned around and ran. The attacked wasp chased after Hank like a yellow cloud.
"Today, he will definitely be beaten black and blue.”
Seeing the distance between the Hornets and Hank shrinking, Daley shook his head and picked a flower.
"I failed."
An hour later, by the river, Daley was helping Hank pick out the wasp's poison needles while applying a white ointment.
"Beep…Be gentle."
Hank kept inhaling cold air.
"This damn wasp sure flies fast. I thought I could jump into the river safely.”
"Thirty-six needles is a pretty good result for someone who's doing this for the first time. The rarest thing is that you didn't stop when you were attacked. Instead, you sped up. It's really amazing.”
Daley counted the poison needles in his hand and teased.
"Nonsense, I'm not stupid enough to stop after being stung.”
Hank replied angrily.
"This also fully shows that your mind is clear and full of potential. With a few more times, your speed will definitely increase by a notch.”
"Don't say such useless words."
Hank's face was still pale, but the swelling had gradually subsided.
"There must be some trick to this mission. Just tell me directly. Otherwise, I'll go crazy if I keep getting stung like this.”
"There is a trick."
Daley looked at Hank's slightly swollen face and couldn't help but laugh.
"I told you to return to the river, not to run along the road, nor to run in a straight line. No one could outrun a wasp in a long straight line.”
Hearing Daley's words, Hank was stunned for a moment before clapping his hands.
"I see! I can suddenly change directions at certain times, and I can use those trees to hinder them…I always thought that you wanted to train my running speed…"
"Generally speaking, the initiative to change direction is always in the hands of the fleeing person. However, changing direction too much will consume our stamina. We can't beat the Wasps in terms of stamina consumption. Therefore, he needed to choose the right time.”
"Don't worry!"
Hank said excitedly.
"When will this damn swelling go down?”
"I estimate it will take another hour."
An hour later, the competition between Hank and the bees began again.
"Is he a rat?"
Daley muttered to himself in surprise as he watched Hank constantly change directions and make full use of the obstacles.
"He's clearly a young master from a noble family, yet he's able to change directions so accurately and make use of obstacles. His speed of escape is also quite fast. I estimate that he'll be able to complete this trial in two days. Could it be that he was often chased at home?”
Daley couldn't help but imagine Hank being chased by the angry ladies after the incident.
"What am I thinking?"
Daley shook his head and drove the strange image out of his mind.
"Six needles, that's amazing.”
Daley exclaimed as he picked out the poisonous needle.
"Perhaps the day after tomorrow, or even tomorrow, you can pass this test. If you don't mind, can you tell me how you usually train to run in different directions?”
"I'm sorry, this is a personal secret.”
Hearing this question, Hank's embarrassed expression disappeared for a moment and he answered with a straight face.
Seeing Hank's expression, Daley could not help but think of some strange scenes.
At dusk the next day, Hank successfully passed the test.
"Mr. Hank, I didn't expect you to pass the test so quickly. This is my mistake. There are still four days left on your schedule. Do you plan to rest or do something else?”
"Alan's test doesn't seem to have any hard requirements?”
"No, so I don't know how much he has improved.”
"In order to ensure that he improves, I'll take his place and let him experience the trial.”
Hank's face revealed a sinister smile.
"In the past, he didn't share my difficulties with me. I'll let him experience the hardships I suffered at that time in these few days.”
Daley looked at Hank's smile and silently sighed for Alan.
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