Chapter 8: [Grinding]
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As I sat in the hollow tree, I used a mix of [Basic Scan] and [Grimm Scan] to keep track of Zero Two while I watched over her hunting animals for dinner.
This wasn't the first time this happened.
It started when Zero Two wanted to test her skills in combat against a wild animal.
And to be honest I felt bad for the wild animal. It was basically a punching bag.
I also felt a tiny bit jealous of her strength, but that went away pretty fast.
Oh no, it wasn't because of cliche shit like I can't feel jealous of my friend, no, it away because of who I am and how my mind works.
I also wouldn't be lying if my [Emotion Masking] started to affect me.
And I couldn't care less if it did. The more if did the better.
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Helping Zero Two cook was like trying to assist a baby do Calculus.
It was FUCKING FRUSTRATING.
I swear she is either acting like she is bad, or she is worst than a goddamn single cell bacteria trying to cook.
In the end, she only skinned the animals while I cooked.
There also wasn't much communication between us for various reasons and in the two weeks that we spent together, we both understood each other's nature and how we work.
I'm that quiet lonely type person and Zero Two could be considered a 'cold' and 'calculating' person.
At first, she was really cheerful and annoying, but after spending some time with me, she slowly changed.
And thank god she did, cause I was barely tolerating her annoying cheerful behavior.
She also started calling me Darling for some fucking reason whenever she addresses me.
I mean she did let me read her book that seemed STRANGELY EXACTLY like Ozpin and Salem's story.
And for some reason in the story, Ozpin and Salem got married and they started calling each other darling.
It doesn't help that apparently Zero Two and I are now married.
How it happened, well let's just say it was an accident.
It was also a week after meeting Zero Two and I was crafting a bow when Zero Two approached me with her book.
And still developing her vocal cords and speech, she mostly tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a picture in her book.
The picture was a picture of Ozpin and Salem getting married.
And since I was really focused on making my bow, I absentmindedly said sure sure and tried to wave her off.
The next thing I knew was that Zero Two threw herself on me while screaming mwarry (married).
I then took the sweet time to look at the picture carefully before sighing and shrugging my shoulders.
Also wouldn't this usually be the moment when two heirs of a clan marry and said two clans unite and join together in a Wuxia novel?
Except I'm part of a bandit tribe and Zero Two is part of a secret organization that wants to end humanity.
OOF
Anyways, I would say that Zero Two is extremely proficient in Karate and Tae Kwon Do, while she has the basics mastered in Bo-staff and both of us together started to learn how to use the bow.
All in all, I would say that we could best a 3rd-year Signal Student with skills only if we take out, size, strength, and speed.
If we include size, strength, speed, and overall everything included, then I can take out a first-year Beacon student [IF] I can use my Supers and [Complete Scan] and that's barely making it alive while Zero two can take out a late fourth-year Signal student with ease because of her strength and speed from her Grimm origins, although the strength and speed will definitely improve the older she gets like how a Grimm gets stronger and smarter the older they get.
Although my speed and strength only can match to a second-year Signal student.
Together we could take a second-year Beacon Student.
It's mostly my Supers that are the heavy weight of my skillset, but I definitely don't want to depend on it.
Their mostly a last resort thing.
Also, if Lars Anderson can shoot 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds or 3 arrows in 0.6 while being in a non-energy world, then both of us HAVE to shoot double that amount in half that time by next year.
Zero Two and I will have to be able to turn arrows, catch arrows mid-flight, shoot arrows that are mid-flight, be able to shoot in every situation we can think of and such.
I also have to work on my gun shooting skills.
So let the grind begin.
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Short chapter, but I had to do this in school.
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