Sid: Are you using the back door?

The person they had controlled had already been released, and now only he and Uvogin remained.

"Besides Blink, I haven't found any other abilities, and his strength isn't that great," Uvogin replied in a muffled voice.

"I really don't know if the so-called Vulture is too weak, or if the Church's admission requirements are really that lenient..." Shalnark said with a casual tone, his hands behind his head.

At the same time, they stepped into the Troupe's base.

Their leader was, as always, sitting in his usual spot reading a book. Phinks, covered in bandages, stood like a shadow beside the leader Chrollo, along with Pakunoda. Machi sat alone to the side, while Feitan and Franklin were playing a game. Franklin and Nobunaga sat together.

"You guys are back a little late today. Did anything happen on the way?"

Hearing the sound, Franklin and Nobunaga looked up and greeted the two. Franklin asked, his gaze fixed on Uvogin.

"I played with a kid from the Church for a while," Uvogin casually replied as he sat cross-legged beside them.

As for the specifics of the fight? There wasn't much to say.

"A kid from the Church? The ability user from yesterday? How was his strength?" Chrollo, who had been looking down at his book, raised his head and suddenly asked.

Yesterday, the Troupe wasn't in Meteor City; they were outside. Most of the time, their members were scattered across the globe, only gathering together for major operations.

Even today, not all their members were present.

They had just taken some time to come back, and incidentally, bring back some things for their fellow Meteor City residents who were also outside.

The Troupe wasn't the only benefactor of Meteor City.

"His escape ability is decent, nothing else worth mentioning," Shalnark said, sitting down next to Feitan and thinking as he replied.

At least, that's what he saw.

"Is that so? Then there's no need to pay too much attention," Chrollo said dismissively, and returned to reading his book.

Silence returned to the Troupe's hideout, a quiet atmosphere that nonetheless conveyed harmony and tacit understanding.

Meanwhile, at the Church on the other side, Sid watched the white-haired young man sitting beside him, idly eating and doing nothing. He spoke with a stern face:

"From now on, you'll train with those brats."

Su Wu's chewing paused for a moment, and he looked at the person before him.

Being stared at by those azure eyes, which seemed to hold flowing clouds, always made one's heart skip a beat.

Sid thought the boy wanted to argue, but instead heard him say, "Their training intensity isn't enough for me."

Su Wu said calmly and earnestly.

His current physical condition was already quite good, but he hadn't fully unleashed his potential. It was like possessing a treasure chest without knowing it.

To unleash his body's potential, training was indeed a good choice.

The person he sparred with before was Uvogin. Furthermore, he only used simple punches, and the Cursed Energy attached to his fists was minimal. It was just to see if he could trigger Black Flash, so Uvogin's impression was average. After all, he hadn't fought seriously. If he could easily defeat Uvogin, how boring would this world be?

He didn't mind training with other children, but the intensity of that training was of no use to him.

"You... wait a moment, I'll find Pampas," Sid said, pulling out a phone and starting to contact Pampas.

They had phones in Meteor City too...

Right, even though it was a junkyard, it wasn't a place without network signals. Otherwise, how would they get information from the outside world?

It's just that ordinary residents couldn't even get their hands on a mobile phone.

The call connected quickly. Before Pampas could speak on the other end, Sid spoke first, "Lend me Sapp for a bit."

"What kind of prop are you making this time? Wait a moment, I'll have him come over later," Pampas asked casually, without needing an answer, and replied very decisively.

"Oh, right, is the new kid your son?" Sid suddenly remembered the question that flashed through his mind before hanging up and asked curiously.

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"...Are you crazy?" Pampas's tone was cold, tinged with disbelief.

Had Sid finally gone mad from taking care of children?

He saw a child and assumed it was his son?

The phone was hung up without any hesitation. Sid chuckled and looked at the young man beside him.

The smile on the young man's face seemed to carry a hint of mockery, or perhaps boredom at his outlandish idea.

Fortunately, the young man didn't intend to prolong his embarrassment. He asked nonchalantly, "Who is Sapp?"

"He's also a member of the Church, with a rather special ability," Sid said vaguely.

Half an hour later, Su Wu met Sapp.

He was also dressed as a priest, and... he was two meters tall, extremely muscular, and had a shiny bald head.

A good candidate to be a Warrior Monk.

"Yo, Sapp, I'll have to trouble you again, but not for me, for this kid," Sid greeted him familiarly, gesturing towards Su Wu.

"Like you? " Sapp looked at Su Wu, but asked Sid instead.

"Let's start with... twenty kilograms," Sid said, stroking his chin.

Sapp then pulled out several black iron bars from his clothes and bent them into rings with his bare hands. "Extend your hands," he gestured to Su Wu.

Su Wu cooperatively extended his hands, and the next second, two black rings were placed on his hands. At the same time, a sense of gravity caused his hands to involuntarily sink downwards.

"Lift your feet," Sapp continued.

Su Wu looked at his heavy hands and lifted his feet.

Immediately, his feet also felt a sense of gravity.

Twenty kilograms, so it meant twenty kilograms per iron ring. With four iron rings, he was now carrying a hundred and sixty jin.

But his physical condition was indeed good; he could still move, though his movements were a little slower.

Although this was nothing to his body, he still couldn't quite control his current body well.

It was like a pauper suddenly having a trillion and not knowing how to spend it.

Of course, if he used Cursed Energy to enhance his body, it wouldn't be this difficult.

But since this was training specifically for his body, there was no need to use Cursed Energy. If he used Cursed Energy, everything would lose its meaning.

"I can train with these on, but are those kids going to fight me?" Su Wu stood there, stretching his limbs as if warming up, his movements slow.

The iron rings he put on at first seemed to have no weight. Did Sapp do something later to make them heavier?

He looked at Sapp, who was clearly an Enhancer, but it turned out he wasn't.

"Let's go," Sapp said crisply after finishing everything and left.

"I'll have to trouble you again in a month," Sid called out, waving goodbye.

"Will I take them off in a month?" Su Wu asked absentmindedly, looking down at the unremarkable black rings on his hands.

Speaking of which, these black bracelets matched his tattoos quite well.

"No, we'll continue to increase the weight after a month. Also, your training opponent will be me," Sid's smile revealed a sinister aura.

Increasing the weight beyond a hundred and sixty jin...

His current body could handle it. If it were his previous physique, the current weight would have made him rage impotently.

But now, he was looking forward to the future.

He wanted to obtain the unprecedented, powerful strength he never had the chance to get before.

The world was so big; since he was here, he should see it all.

Powerful strength was the prerequisite for everything.

"Then bring it on." The white-haired, blue-eyed youth with black facial markings' tone clearly conveyed his delight, his smile unrestrained.