Chapter 388: Flywheel Arm (1/2)
Chapter 388: Flywheel Arm
Translator: Strivon
Luo Nan examined both the exterior and interior of the gadget and got a general understanding. Only then did he nod and follow the explanation in the manual. He reached with his arm and pointed at the jungle before Gear, but Papercut promptly stopped Luo Nan, indicating that he should pay attention to the construction workers inside and outside of Gear. ”Be a bit more low-key. Go deeper inside.”
Luo Nan smirked, revealing a wry expression, ”It's nothing. Everyone knows quite a bit already...”
Papercut knew what Luo Nan meant, but he couldn't say it out loud. He just chuckled and pulled Luo Nan into the depths of the jungle.
Before they could even walk two steps, Xue Lei appeared from the corner of a small pathway in the jungle. He saw the two pulling each other and was a bit stupefied, ”Where are you guys going?”
”Yo, Leister, you're here,” laughed Papercut in greeting. Papercut and Xue Lei were quite familiar with each other.
”Brother Papercut,” Xue Lei returned a greeting. In the end, he finally figured it out. ”You've come for lessons.”
Luo Nan, who was in the middle, started sweating a bit when he heard Xue Lei's words. Luckily, Papercut's response was quite vague as well, ”I've come to check the goods. Let's check it out together.”
”What goods?” Xue Lei wasn't quite on the same page.
Luo Nan's gaze was sharp. He could tell that these goods were of sinister design with a single glance. Xue Lei wanted to seize him to do sanshou training together. There were even training cloths in his hands!
How could he let Xue Lei prevail? Luo Nan immediately made up his mind. Today, he would rely on Brother Papercut for protection. He would certainly hug this thick leg even in death. He would have Xue Lei feel awkward enough to not be too forceful.
The thoughts flashed in his mind, and Luo Nan used 'trying out the control class” as an excuse. He pulled Xue Lei into the jungle, then turned his head and said, ”Brother Papercut. Everyone's here today. If you're free tonight, let's all go together.”
Papercut went, ”Ha,” expressing his surprise. He knew Luo Nan's nature quite well. Luo Nan was quite pure, but how could he understand the ways of the world? He had taught Luo Nan lessons for over a dozen days in the past, but he had never seen this kind of treatment then.
In general, fatties knew themselves quite well. Papercut asked, ”Where did this idea come from? You're not just inviting me, right? Who else is there?”
Luo Nan knew that his invitation was given too abruptly, and he didn't dare let Papercut have much time to think. He just laughed, giving better reasons and bargaining chips, ”Just come, come! Let's have fun together. I invited Leister. Yes, and also... Also, Cat Eyes....”
”Huh?” Endlessly new tones of voice were heard from Papercut throughout this day. There was no other way to express his confused thoughts. He just barely tidied up the overall context and couldn't refrain from being skeptical, ”Who did you just say? Cat Eyes?”
”Cat Eyes?” Xue Lei was stupefied as well. Could it be that Luo Nan's get-together was not the same as the one he mentioned today at noon?
Luo Nan gaped, wishing that he had a smooth mouth. Today was a typical case of not thinking over the details and wanting to be lazy, but instead, he had piled all his troubles atop each other.
Hey! Don't rush to conclusions!
Luo Nan was suddenly blessed with inspiration. He blinked his eyes. There was an excuse he could use, and he didn't need to fake it. He swallowed and began speaking the heavenly-fallen masterpiece, ”Isn't this because she changed her specialty...?”
Papercut believed to have understood upon seeing Luo Nan's subtly embarrassed expression. He nodded and laughed, ”You really think that Cat Eyes gave up pursuing all-encompassing perception because of you? Who told you?”
”This one,” Luo Nan turned his gaze.
”It was me.” Xue Lei half raised his arm, confessing obediently. His source of information was the gossip circulating on the Psychic Wave Network, which possessed a lot of inferences in nature. He couldn't avoid feeling a bit embarrassed right now.
Papercut looked at these two sixteen, seventeen year-old teenagers and felt that the matter of education was a long road. He felt a great sense of responsibility, and he explained patiently, ”This isn't called changing one's specialty. It is just focusing on choosing a more appropriate route of development. In the past, people looked forward to Cat Eyes's long-range perception the most, okay? You don't need to be embarrassed because of this, but you also can't blindly gossip about it. After all, spreading these rumors is the same as spitting on one's reputation. One bad move and both sides will be slandered!”
Luo Nan and Xue Lei obediently listened to the lecture with lowered heads.
Papercut thought about the get together tonight and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, ”Cat Eyes actually agreed? She doesn't feel awkward at all...?”
She really doesn't feel awkward. She's depressed.
Luo Nan was discovering more and more that inviting Papercut to be an overseer was quite a decent choice. He could act as a buffer, at the very least, and help Luo Nan get through the most awkward early stages of meeting. As for eliminating misunderstandings in deep conversations, Luo Nan could only play it by ear.
With the conversation reaching this point, it became awkward for Papercut to refuse. He was also worried about these two teenagers who weren't good at social conversation. They might cause something bad to happen even with good intentions and rip cat eyes a new one.
Cat Eyes was very well known in the Society for her strange temperament.
Having decided to participate, Papercut didn't waste his breath, conserving his strength for the get-together at night. He sighed and brought the conversation back to the main topic, ”Come on. Let's first operate the Flywheel Arm.”
Though Luo Nan didn't have much interest in this sort of combat machinery, he would still choose this one over sanshou boxing training if he had to choose one or the other. He pumped himself up, preparing to follow the requirements of the manual, and he mobilized his interference power.
Papercut wanted to teach him how to aim instead, ”This toy's safety factor is quite high; it's not easy to hurt yourself, so you can stand in all sorts of stances without issue. However, you need to know that this isn't like those energy beams that shoot out from the palm of your hand; that would be far too stupid. Clawing your fingers, extending your arm, it's all wasteful.”
Luo Nan was a bit bewildered by what Papercut said, ”Then what sort of stance should I use?”
”There are many! This most effective technique is the throw! Just imagine throwing a dart, or throwing a fist, or cleaving with a chop of the hand... and so on. It's all okay.”
Luo Nan swung his arms stiffly, ”Like this?”
Xue Lei smirked at the side, ”Zero foundation.”
Clearly, Xue Lei already made some judgments from the many times Luo Nan avoided sanshou boxing training. He gave Luo Nan this jab.
Luo Nan pretended not to hear him. He tried the Flywheel Arm twice, beginning by mobilizing his interference power and pouring it into the wrist guard to start it up.
As the God Gear and Body Gear meshed and turned, the heart lantern of the eyes orifice lit up, illuminating Luo Nan's skull. Just as before, this was the sign of the formation of interference power.
Though Luo Nan hadn't focused too much on cultivating the internal refinement over the past two days, his foundation was truly thick and sturdy. Under the drive of many factors, such as the aid of the Wraith Sign's meteor-like boost, the eyes orifice was not the only things that was a success. There was also the mouth and tongue orifice. It had turned into a spiritual pond of nectar, and it resonated with the heart lantern of the eyes orifice from afar.
In the internal refinement technique, the heart lantern and the spiritual pond were like the spring sun melting snow. The cold and warmth stimulated each other. When it came to the interference of the mental and the material planes, the spiritual pond became overflowing with nectar upon the lighting of the heart lantern. This nectar became the most excellent lantern oil, as it connected with the heart lantern and aided its flame.