Must avoid trouble!

----3rd POV----

21:32 AM...

Down went the sun. Only a dark cover loomed over part of the earth signaling night time.

Most if not everyone would be inside their home right now.

Of course there are always exceptions.

James Lee is only one of many...

Currently in a relatively calm neighborhood where sometimes dogs and cats would wander around the streets looking for food, a local 'big' man has been running laps for quite a while now.

Or more precisely 3 hours.

His palms were sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, he looks exhausted but on the contrary he looks determined and ready.

Running past a dog named Berry, he waved at him, but again he continued running.

Huff! Huff! Huff!

Controlled breathing that would make many Demon Slayers burn with envy, he was determined, but then he encountered something unpredictable, quite despicable and a little 'predictable'.

Why so?

[Host, stay low. Incoming trouble.]

James stopped under a lamp post before looking around.

He found a large garbage bin and hid behind it, before answering.

'And make it double, what's up?'

[...?]

'Continue.' James wiped the sweat of himself as he tried to calm himself.

[As the system told you during your jog, there have been numerous people keeping an eye on you. However someone has been 'secretly' taking them out, making it easier for you.]

'Yes, I have also been noticing it, after all, loud anguished screams cannot be contained.'

James said in his mind before peeking around.

'Besides, I didn't know you would help me to this extent...'

James as of now looked a bit different. During those 2 hours, the system made everything as effective as possible, providing maximum performance and efficiency.

Thus, a routine and strict diet that would've taken several weeks to a few months to get this kind of result, took just 3 hours.

James lost 20 pounds.

Side effects? Normally losing this much amount of weight in such a short time would tremendously hamper the body's ability to manage and weight loss in the future.

But James with a system that defies logic can easily manage as such.

[Host, there are 4 people.]

'Yeah, I can see that.'

He poked his head out of the corner a bit.

There he saw 4 black clothed men, holding different weapons, all of them muscular with sunglasses on...

'Why would they wear sunglasses, it's already night.'

He questioned but continued observing them.

For some reason though, they looked a bit tense and stiff while constantly looking around vigilantly, seemingly hoping to find someone.

In this moment of time where darkness loomed over and silence ruled the area, slow steps of what seemed like boots echoed around.

James also tensed up a bit as he looked at the direction where that sound came from...

Like a beast that came out of the dark night, a slender and tall figure emerged.

'Facial features unknown due to a mask and lack of light obscuring my vision...this is bad.'

[Host, you should silently turn back and take slow and steady steps.]

'Is that the right choice though?'

He was nervous, extremely so 'cause someone capable of making such a dramatic entrance should be a big shot right? If so wouldn't they already notice that he was there? In addition, James was 99% sure that this was the person who dealt with his 'stalkers' a few hours back.

Something interrupted his thoughts as the masked person immediately sped up and arrived in front of those four men.

'Fast!'

Crossing approximately 8 meters in only 2 seconds was really impressive especially so as the person kneed one of the men.

Crunch!

A sickening sound could be heard upon contact, and with a tremendous force that you wouldn't expect from such a person, the victim flew back before hitting a wall.

Knocked out cold.

And they continued with a high kick.

However that gave the leftovers enough time to react and attack.

The man saw the kick coming and tried to block, only for the kick to suddenly twist at a different angle, hitting the back of his head.

"What is this?"

"FUCK! She's strong!"

They cursed as they both moved at her with incredible speed of their own.

Tightening their fists they both struck her with power no less than a hammer.

However...

"What?!" They both sound bewildered.

And so was James, however he had different reasons to be so.

'I can copy and understand them... these moves.' He exclaimed before continuing to watch this massacre.

Right as they were about to hit her, she used the person who she knocked out as a meat shield, thus the reason they reacted as such.

And using the opportunity, she threw the body away then held both theirs head and smashed it against each other.

'Holy shit that's mad!'

If that wasn't enough she continued smashing their heads together until throwing both the bodies away.

Such strength was already on another level...

The unknown person, now identified as a woman looked at the direction James was hiding at.

"..."

"..."

However, what he didn't expect was the woman nodding at him, before going back into the direction she came from.

James was still confused and before he realized it, he released his breath that he was holding from start to finish.

Huff! Huff! Huff!

"That was scary!" He muttered under his breath while calming himself down.

After a few minutes, he finally composed himself.

[Host. I recommend using the remaining time to jog while you still have the time to do so.]

'Are you seri- Hahh, fine. Assuming that the unknown woman is still around here I can be protected.'

James stood up, stretched and continued running, he was also careful to not step on these bodies.

As his figure was getting further until his back cannot be seen anymore, the woman came out of the shadow.

She looked at his direction before a slight smile crept her face.

She was surprised to see James here, especially exercising at this point in time.

'He's starting to lose weight. His form is perfect too while running...'

She praised him for working so hard.

'It must be hard to do this for a few months.' She lamented before sending a message on her phone.

{Miss. The boy is safe.} 21:43AM

{Good. Continue guarding him} 21:43AM

With that she went back to her duty.

Unknown to her, James only took 3 hours to lose this amount of weight.

'Now, how am I going to explain this loss of weight to them...'

It had already been more than 20 minutes since the incident happened and James was already on his way back home.

He was in a dilemma.

However he was broken out of his thoughts when he suddenly tried something.

He took a stance, tightened his fist before throwing a punch.

'Is that how he did it?'

James asked himself before throwing a couple more straight punches.

'I feel like this is good enough.' He thought before continuing on his way home.

What James didn't know was that if a master martial artist saw that they would be incredibly surprised.

His posture, shoulder movement, and the form of his punch was perfectly executed.

And if that kind of punch hit a person...

Moreover he's still losing weight.

[Host, I recommend doing this routine for a week, before moving on to build strength.]

'I see, it's still okay if I continue running right?'

[Yes, since you will need to be strong, stamina is always important no matter what. Running is one of the best ways to do so.]

'Thank you for the advice.'

[No problem.]

Before they knew it, he already arrived in front of his house. He was about to get his keys out, but the door already opened and what greeted him was the sight of his older sister carrying a shake of some sorts?

He confusedly looked at her, his gaze indicating that he wanted an answer.

Without word, she gave the shake to him and walked to the living room, not forgetting to look back at him with a scrutinizing gaze and saying with a flat tone.

"Protein shake."

She then left.

"..."

He looked at the protein shake in his hand.

'System.'

[Yes]

'No poison?'

[Absolutely save, Host]

'Aight.'

He then went up stairs and locked himself in his room.

PLOP

His body sank into his comfortable bedsheets, his eyes set on the ceiling.

Not even a few minutes later, he stood back up and moved according to the movements from that woman from earlier.

And so the sound of feet shuffling could be heard inside the room while punches were consecutively thrown out.

...

...

...

Fumiko sat on the couch while on her phone.

However her mind was preoccupied on something else.

She was impressed at the weight loss of her younger brother.

Moreover in one day...though surprisingly she didn't think too much about it.

After all she had seen some special cases where that is possible...some people in this world are just a bit different than normal.

She consciously covered up her face while she couldn't stop her smile.

'Brother is determined again.'

She was really happy and couldn't wait to tell her mother.