Time in a collapsing world

"Don't worry, it's just a discussion. Even Hen, I'm so gentle to him, how could I be so harsh on you?"

Seeing Kosmo's hesitation, Li comforted him, but it aroused Hen's dissatisfaction.

"What does 'even a trace' mean? Have I ever offended you somewhere?"

"How could it be? You have never offended me, and even if you offended me, I will not be angry, dear father-in-law."

"...Did you just say some taboo words?"

"Really? No, I don't know what you are talking about, father-in-law~"

"You kid is really plotting against my Gracie!"

Hen rolled up his sleeves. It seemed that his responsibility as a father made him forget about the possible gap in combat power.

"I'm kidding you. I'm a good citizen and a moral model. How could I have such thoughts of breaking the law?"

Li spread her hands, "The most I can do is call you my future father-in-law. When will Gracie... become an adult?"

"You are looking for death!!!"

Hen completely lost his mind, grabbed Li's body and fought with him.

Of course, the end result was that Hen was beaten to the ground like a dead fish, while Li stood there peacefully.

"It's pretty hard..."

Li shook his aching arm. He could easily break the armor on Hen's arm, but it still took a lot of effort to break through the defense on his chest.

Although this guy is a calm middle-aged man of a certain age, as long as Gratius is involved, it is easy to get him to take the bait.

Li treated the unconscious Hen's injuries, and came to the conclusion from the battle just now that this guy's defense ability is very strong, at least better than his own. If Li's last punch hit him, it would definitely be able to Beating it into a bloody mist, but the blow to Hen's body only broke his armor. It can be seen that Hen's defensive ability may really be the biggest gift he got from the operation.

"……gentle?"

Kosmo stared blankly at Heng who was lying on the ground unable to get up, feeling that Li had some misunderstanding of the word "gentle".

"I was very gentle to him...but as you saw, he was the one who made the first move."

Li raised her hands to express innocence.

"..."

Kosmo nodded silently, but he knew very well who started the fight.

"...Li."

Kosma thought of a question.

"Want to start fighting?"

"...are those things you just said to Hen true?"

"What?"

"Father-in-law or something..."

Kosmo's eyes were fixed on Li's face. If Li was really planning something against Gracie, how on earth could he stop him?

"You believe it?"

"..."

To be honest, Kosma wanted to nod, but thought better of it, lest Ri hit him harder later.

"Don't worry, I'm mentally healthy. I have a pure relationship with Gratius between a brother and a sister. I have no intention of committing a crime."

"……That's good."

Kosmo breathed a sigh of relief.

"No problem?"

"It's gone... right?"

"Then... let's begin the trial called 'Unlocking the Potential of Kos Demon'."

Li distanced herself from Kosmo and took a more serious attitude than when facing Hen, because Li could feel that the power contained in Kosmo's body was definitely much stronger than Hen's.

I hope I won’t be beaten down by my juniors without using my abilities...

"...Well, let's get started."

Kosmo also made an attack stance, and the battle between the two was about to break out.

……

The battle came and went quickly. Literally, in just ten seconds, Kosmo was beaten to the ground by Li Li.

"Um……"

"..."

"Kosmo, should I say sorry to you?"

"……Need not."

"It's better to say sorry...I didn't expect you...uh, to be such a bad guy?"

Li looked at Kosmo whose whole body was embedded in the ground, and felt a little embarrassed. This time it was indeed his mistake. Before the battle, Li judged that he might need to use more strength to defeat Kosmo, so The difficulty was slightly increased, but Kosmo's actual ability was a little weaker than Hen's, so it ended up like this, and he was beaten into this ghostly state in ten seconds.

"..."

Kosmo suddenly felt that his heart had been stabbed several times.

"Do it again, you fell too fast and didn't even have time to activate your abilities."

"it is good."

Being defeated so easily, even Kosmo would feel dissatisfied. After all, he was still a young man at heart, so he stood up quickly. This unwillingness to admit defeat was much better than that of a middle-aged uncle.

So next on this training ground, Li and Kosmo fought dozens of non-stop battles. Although Li suppressed Kosmo and fought, the result was unsatisfactory. Kosmo's abilities were not stimulated. When he came out, even if Li hit him hard once and almost knocked Kosmo out of his body with one punch, his body still didn't react abnormally.

...Is it his imagination? Obviously the pressure he felt from Kosmo was more than that of Hen, but why was it not as good as Hen in this fight?

"Forget it, it's useless to continue fighting. Let's call it a day."

Li motioned to Kosmo to relax and there was no need to continue.

"..."

Kosmo nodded dejectedly, and the expression on his face also looked quite depressed. Not only was he beaten by Li, but his abilities were not stimulated, both of which dealt a huge blow to his self-confidence.

"Don't be discouraged. You are much better than Hen. Look at him. He just sparred for a few times and fell to the ground unable to get up. Compared with him, at least you are still standing." Li comforted, "As for The stimulation of abilities...I don't know, maybe our method is wrong? Fighting is not the only way. Go back to sleep and eat, maybe the abilities will be stimulated?"

Riya couldn't figure out why there was no movement in Kosmo's abilities. It was clear that Kevin, Alicia and Hen could all use their abilities immediately after the surgery. Why did it take so much effort to get to Kosmo?

"What is the Honkaimon you fused with? Did Mebius or anyone else tell you?"

After thinking for a moment, Li decided to start from this aspect.

"...Vishnu, Dr. Mebius said the one I fused was Vishnu."

Based on his own memory, Kosma recounted the words of Mebius that he vaguely heard just after the operation was completed.

"What level?"

"...I never said that."

Maybe he didn't think that Kosma could understand the knowledge about Honkaimon, so Mebius just said his name casually and kicked him out.

"I'll help you ask next time. The ability of the Honkaiju you fused should be the ability you inherited, just like your captain."

"……Um."