Chapter 6

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

When the nearby residents heard that Captain Babacino was going to show off his skills, they were overjoyed.

They had an inexplicable sense of pride and trust in Babacino.

When they heard that Babacino was going to pull the object up to 10 centimeters, almost everyone was certain.

After all, as a big shot who guarded Danafu City-State, Babacino’s strength was naturally recognized by everyone.

In the past, the people’s understanding of this lord came from the bards’ compilation. They had never come into such close contact with Babacino. Today, even though the residents themselves were not strong enough, they would be able to see what it was like to break through the ceiling of Danafu’s strength. This was enough to satisfy their curiosity.

Thus, the crowd called out to their friends and pulled all the other people, who were still working and who did not know about it, over to watch.

“There’s a good show. The captain of the knights, Sir Babacino, is currently competing with someone in the city center!”

“Come and take a look!”

On the other side, Babacino also wanted to see what the so-called pulldown machine was. Although he had already experienced the magical gym, he had only tried the treadmill due to its sudden appearance. He had not tried the other equipment before.

Therefore, Babacino was a little excited when he saw the big guy that had been moved out of the gym.

Meanwhile, the spectators on the side couldn’t wait any longer.

“Captain, come on! Hurry up and show that store manager what you’ve got!”

“Right, let’s show them what true strength is.”

Therefore, under the cheers of the surrounding spectators, Captain Babacino approached the thing called the pulldown machine and wanted to show his skills.

However, because Babacino did not know how to use it, he went to the equipment and did not know what to do with the pulldown machine. He fumbled around for a long time but could not find the trick.

Babacino was originally full of confidence, but at this moment, he was a little embarrassed.

The people who were originally watching all of this were staring intently. Silently, they noticed Captain Babacino’s clumsiness, but they were not discouraged. They all cheered for him.

“Sir, don’t rush. Take your time!”

“Yes, do your best!”

Mike went forward to guide Babacino in the right direction. This was not out of kindness. Rather, it was because Mike was sure that Babacino could not pull it.

Although Babacino was very strong and had broken through to the level of a great swordsman with his own gym, Mike was not worried.

The pulldown machine was as its name suggested. There was a huge heavy object hanging at the end, and the front end was a scale. There was a hard spring in the middle to fix it. It was impossible to pull it up easily.

The test was the strength of the arm muscles. The strength of a person could be seen from the grip and the pulling force.

The pulldown machine started from 0 centimeters. Every centimeter increase was torture for the person who pulled it.

After all, an ordinary person could only pull it up to 2 centimeters at most.

Ten centimeters was very difficult. An ordinary person could not do it!

Therefore, reaching 10 centimeters was enough to get a lifetime free gym card. This was not something that could be casually said. The reason why Mike set it at 10 centimeters was precisely because of this.

With this thought in mind, Mike walked to the side of the crowd and silently watched the show.

On the other side, after everything was prepared, Babacino took a deep breath and steadied his horse stance.

That little episode was a little awkward, but it was normal that Babacino had never seen such an item before, so he calmed down.

Babacino remembered that when he was exercising in the gym, he had never seen that treadmill before either, right?

However, in the end, wasn’t it conquered by him?

In the same way, even though Babacino had never seen the other machine previously, he had natural confidence due to the very good experience from before.

Just 10 centimeters? That was it? Wasn’t that a piece of cake?

Back then, when Babacino had followed the general to the northern wilderness when he was young, he had fought against all the magical beasts that were in charge.

After experiencing such a terrifying scene, how could he lose to a seemingly harmless machine?

“Ten centimeters, right? I’ll pull it to the max for you!”

Thus, Babacino used the strength of his waist and back muscles to pull out with a force enough to move a mountain. In one go, he wanted to grasp the opportunity to pull it out.

In this scene, all the audience stared at the scale of the pulling machine.

They wanted to see what kind of result Babcino could pull out.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The scale quickly went from 0 to 3 centimeters and slowly went from 0 to 4.5 centimeters. The process was extremely slow. Captain Babcino’s waist and entire body were bent backward. The muscles on his arms were also bulging as the blue veins on his forehead became apparent.

It was enough to see how difficult it was to pull.

But after reaching 4.5 centimeters, the dial seemed to not move at all. No matter how hard Babacino tried, it did not move any further.

What was going on?

Countless onlookers were confused.

Was the dial broken?

Babacino’s waist was already bent like the moon?! Why did the dial not move?

How could our brave captain lose to a machine?

Because the guards and some citizens who supported Babacino had high expectations for him, they cheered him on.

“Captain, come on! Don’t lose to this machine!”

“It’s only 10 centimeters!”

For a moment, countless people started shouting.

When Babacino heard the cheering, his eyes turned red, and he pulled harder.

Seeing this, Mike shook his head and chuckled.

Ten centimeters?

Do you know how many things this short 10 centimeters can distinguish? If two different people were to pull, even if it was only a centimeter, the difference between the two could be seen.

However, that was the truth. No matter how much force Babacino used and no matter how many postures he changed into, his strength could only make him reach 4.5 centimeters.

When the dust settled and Babacino saw such an answer, all the audience could not accept it, including himself.

How was that possible? He was a great swordsman, and above all, he was a powerhouse who had broken the record of Danafu City-State for more than a hundred years.

For a moment, Babacino could not accept such a result and muttered to himself, “How could I not even reach 10 centimeters?”

At this moment, some of the audience members shouted.

“He must have done something!”

The people felt that this kid must have fiddled with it. Hence, Babacino could only reach 4.5 centimeters. If not, he should not have reached so little.

It wasn’t a big deal that Babacino didn’t get the free pass to the gym for life, but it would be unforgivable if he was deliberately fooled by someone.

Babacino had the same thoughts. He wondered whether the person in front of him really did something to deliberately fool him.

Although Mike couldn’t be dealt with legally, it wouldn’t make him feel good.

So, Babacino’s eyes stared at Mike, waiting for his answer, but Mike wasn’t affected by the tension around him at all.

Mike answered indifferently, “You suspect that I’ve tampered with the equipment? What if I prove that I can pull it up to 10 centimeters now?”

After saying that, Mike didn’t wait for the others to react.

Mike went directly to the pulldown machine, adjusted his posture slightly, and pulled it up to 10 centimeters with all his might!

And the process was very fast.

Mike didn’t have blue veins like Babacino, and he didn’t bend down like the moon.

As for the equipment, it was not changed at all.

Everyone was shocked!