Time always flies by in a fulfilling and regular day.
Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.
New York has officially entered deep winter.
Long Island ushered in a rare heavy snowfall. Snowflakes fell all night, covering the entire Manor with a thick layer of silver.
The cold morning air was breathed into the lungs, bringing with it a refreshing chill.
The large area of villa Backyard Lawn has now become a natural testing ground.
Although the weather is so cold that people just want to huddle under the covers, for these children, this temperature is just right to stretch their muscles.
The snowflakes in the air are still falling slowly.
Suddenly, in this quiet snow scene, a strange scene appeared.
Reggie stood in the middle of the snow and took a deep breath of cold air.
At the moment when his breathing stopped, everything around him seemed to have pressed the pause button.
The snowflakes that were originally flying and falling were completely still in his eyes, like white diamonds suspended in mid-air.
The dead trees on the branches in the distance that were broken and fallen due to the heavy snow were also strangely stagnant in mid-air.
Even the sound of the wind disappeared.
This is the result of Reggie's special training in this month, Bullet Time.
Not only can he run fast, but now his brain's nerve reaction speed has completely caught up with the explosive power of his body.
In this still world that he absolutely dominated, he slowly walked around the suspended snowflakes, walked to the corner of Backyard, took the broken dead branch in his hand, and walked back to the place as if taking a walk.
When he exhaled the cold air heavily, the gears of the world turned again.
With a cry, the sound of wind filled my ears again.
Snowflakes continued to fall, and Reggie already had a branch in his hand, shaking it proudly at Tommy not far away.
"See, this is the pinnacle of speed. I even have time to go to the kitchen and make myself a cup of hot cocoa before the snowflakes fall."
Tommy was wearing a thick down jacket and didn't even look at Reggie.
He was standing not far from the swimming pool with his hands in his pockets.
Although he had to do heavy physical housework every day for a month and had to be distracted to control Telekinesis, this kind of special training that was almost torture made this little mage's endurance make a qualitative leap.
In the past, he would turn pale and sweat profusely when using Telekinesis to move a few large rocks, but now, he doesn't even need to take his hands out of his pockets.
An invisible and huge Telekinesis is like a huge transparent cover, directly covering the entire Backyard open-air swimming pool and the surrounding area of dozens of square meters.
The snowflakes fell on the invisible cover and automatically slid to both sides, forming a tall snow wall around the swimming pool.
Tommy didn't even take a breath, his face was so rosy that he could even chew gum.
"Save it, Reggie."
Tommy spit out a bubble, "No matter how fast you go, you can't break my defense. Now I can maintain this shield all day long without getting tired."
The water in the swimming pool is not frozen because Annie is standing on the edge of the pool.
The blonde girl now no longer has to limit herself to rolling two balls of light in her hands.
With her eyes closed, her body exuded a warm and dazzling golden light, like a miniature version of the sun.
The high heat brought by light energy not only melts the surrounding snow, but also heats the water in the swimming pool to the temperature of a hot spring, and white steam swirls on the surface of the water.
And in this warm pool, a huge thing was tumbling.
Kevin stood on the shore, his face full of calmness and confidence.
He looked at the Deep monster in the pool, which was five or six meters long, with sharp dorsal fins and a terrifying mouth, and waved gently.
"Charlie, turn over."
The monster, which looked like it could bite a car in half with one bite, immediately rolled in the pool water like a docile pet dog, splashing a large amount of water. Then it fawningly brought the ferocious big head to Kevin's hand, allowing the boy to stroke its rough scales.
"Charlie is so cool now."
Annie opened his eyes, put away part of the light energy, smiled and praised.
Kevin scratched his head in embarrassment, but he couldn't hide the pride in his eyes.
Just as several people in the front yard were showing each other their progress over the past month, there was a dull sound of fists and flesh hitting each other in the small woods in the back hill.
There are no light and shadow effects, no high temperature of Heat Vision, and not even a little sonic boom brought by Supersonic.
Only the purest fighting.
The snow crunched under the feet.
John was wearing a thin gray long-sleeved sweatshirt and a pair of black half-finger fighting gloves on his hands.
His eyes were extremely focused, staring intently at the silent man wearing a black mask in front of him.
Black Noir held two unedged short knives in his hands. His steps were weird and messy, like a ghost lurking in the snow. Every time he made a move, he went straight to John's throat, joints and visual blind spots.
John's breathing is very rhythmic.
He completely restrained the power in his body that could destroy the world.
I didn't use my body of steel to carry it, nor did I use my super strength to crush it.
He was like an ordinary fighting apprentice, relying on his muscle memory and the combat consciousness he had developed over the past few months by Black Noir, flashing and moving in the light of the sword.
The wooden knife in Black Noir's left hand stabbed John's ribs fiercely at an extremely fast speed.
John did not step back, but took half a step forward.
He accurately blocked the back of the wooden knife with his right forearm. With the force of Black Noir's forward thrust, he made a fist with his left hand, twisted his waist suddenly, and struck Black Noir's masked chin with a beautiful uppercut.
Black Noir also reacted extremely quickly. He immediately raised his head to avoid it, and at the same time swept out a snow mist in the snow with his right foot, trying to destroy the center of gravity of John's lower body.
John took advantage of the force and did a backflip to widen the distance, landing smoothly on the snow without even losing his breath.
The two faced each other with a distance of several meters.
Black Noir slowly put down the wooden knife in his hand and stood up straight.
He looked at the blond boy in front of him, a hint of appreciation flashing in his eyes under the mask.
He didn't speak, just nodded silently to John.
This means that in terms of pure fighting skills, John can already tie with him.
For a monster who is used to using Superpower to solve all problems, Black Noir knows better than anyone how much restraint and understanding it takes to be able to send and receive power so freely.
John looked at Black Noir and nodded, and his tense shoulders slowly relaxed.
He looked down at his hands wearing half-finger gloves, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Okay, today's morning activities are over."
Lynn's voice came from the corridor of Backyard.
He was wearing an off-white turtleneck sweater today, with the deep Gray Cashmere Scarf gift from John hanging loosely around his neck. He was holding a huge tray with several cups of steaming chocolate milk on it.
Buddy is wearing a somewhat funny red plaid pet sweater, which Annie knitted for him last week using his pocket money to buy yarn.
This Big Golden Retriever stepped on the snow, shook the snow from its paws in disgust, and sauntered out behind Lynn.
"God, when will this damn winter end? My paw pads are almost frozen."
Buddy came close to the edge of Tommy's shield, feeling the heat emitted by Annie, and shivered comfortably, "It's still more comfortable to be close to Microwave Girl."
When several children heard the voice of Lynn, they immediately stopped what they were doing.
Kevin waved his hand, and the Deep beast in the pool instantly shrank and turned back into the round, fat Goldfish, blowing bubbles in the warm water.
Tommy removed Telekinesis's shield, and Reggie dodged and rushed to the corridor, picking up a cup of hot cocoa with precision.
John ran back from the back mountain. His clothes were stained with some snow water and his hair was a little messy, but his Azure eyes were sparkling.
He walked up to Lynn and was not in a hurry to get something to drink.
"I just blocked thirty consecutive attacks of Black Noir without using any Superpower."
John looked at Lynn. Although his tone was calm, the expectation of being praised was like a little tail that was about to rise to the sky.
Lynn looked at the sweaty blond boy and handed a cup of hot cocoa to his hand.
"I saw it, the footwork was very steady, and the defensive counterattack in the last blow was very good."
Lynn stretched out his hand, rubbed John's short golden hair twice as usual, and patted the snowflakes off his shoulders.
John was holding hot cocoa, feeling the temperature coming from the wall of the cup, and his smile became stronger and stronger.
He turned his head and glanced at the white snowy scene in the distance, and then looked at Reggie and Tommy who were bickering over the last cup of hot cocoa, as well as the golden retriever wearing a funny sweater.
A cold wind blew, but he felt that this was the warmest winter he had experienced in nine years.
Lynn leaned against the wooden pillar in the corridor, drinking black coffee from the cup.
He looked at the children in the yard who were taught by him with deep eyes.
After several months of precipitation, the knife in Long Island Estate has completely lost its original frenzy and rusty impurities.
They learned control, restraint, and the weight of bonds.
Now, the knife has been sharpened enough and obedient enough.