Capítulo 89: Chapter 89 - Sparring Techniques

"So, if I'm understanding this correctly," I said, reacting to Esposito's sudden change of appearance, "that's because you have a high strength stat, right?"

"Yeah," his voice changed into a deeper variant of his usual self, "I can manifest my stat in this form."

"Uh-huh," I said, "Wait… I have a high Intelligence stat. Would my brain grow twice the size then?"

"No, that's not really how it works," he explained, changing back to his normal look, "It's more about what the stat is. Intelligence is such a passive thing, that it wouldn't normally appear physically," he paused, "What's your stat?"

"Fifty," I said nonchalantly.

"Excuse me?" he looked at me with the biggest surprise on his face.

"I know, it's absurd, right?"

"It's unthinkable…" he said, "And the way you act so dumb…"

"I'm not?" I replied.

"Then it has to be a mistake somewhere," he tried to calm himself, "Are you using an out of date [Display]?"