Every time Kitasan Black emerged from the Hypoxic Chamber, she felt as if she had just gone through an arduous race. Her clothes were drenched in sweat, and her legs trembled slightly.
But tired as she was, judging by the occasional delight on Anjing Zhen and Agnes Tachyon's faces, she felt she must have made considerable progress.
Not only that, whenever she quietly checked in with herself, she could vaguely sense changes in her body as well.
That was probably the improvement Anjing Zhen and the others had spoken of. It was precisely because of those gains that, even though she was exhausted, she found herself enjoying it endlessly.
Perhaps she had become too absorbed in her intense, busy training. That day, when she hazily heard her phone alarm go off, Kitasan Black rolled over and shut it off. She glanced at the screen, then suddenly widened her eyes.
"C-crap! H-how is it already past eight...? I'm done for! Morning training... I'm going to be late for morning training..."
Panicking, she flipped over and scrambled out of bed.
Just as she reached toward the clothes rack at the foot of her bed out of habit, she suddenly realized that this was not her dorm at Central Treisen Academy, but her bedroom at home.
"...Oh, right... I really slept myself stupid. Today's a rest day..."
Sitting on her heels with her legs splayed like duck feet, she scratched her head and chuckled foolishly at her empty bedroom. Then, in the next instant, she jolted again.
"No! Even if I don't have training... I still have a date with Little Anzu and Diamond-chan! And there's still my usual morning workout..."
Turning frantic all over again, she hurriedly changed into her workout clothes and rushed out of her room. After greeting a startled