Reborn with Steve Stand-Chapter 589: Power of Beliefs

"Welcome to my gym."

In the basement of the villa, Fang Mo said with a smile to the two people.

"Are you... sure?"

However, after hearing Fang Mo's statement, not only was the Puri-Puri Prisoner confused, but so was Super Alloy Darkshine: "This doesn't look like a gym at all, does it?"

Indeed, this basement looked less like a gym and more like a huge storeroom.

In fact, the underground structure of Fang Mo's villa was quite simple, with most of the first level being used as storage cellars for things like liquor, cheese, ham, or pickles.

As for the second level, it included places like the energy room and more storerooms.

This place was rarely used, only occasionally serving as a temporary lab for Doctor Genus and Xiao Yao , who tinkered with some odd things.

Super Alloy Darkshine and Puri-Puri Prisoner were initially excited, thinking Fang Mo had a fantastic gym, but after they eagerly entered, they found nothing but dust and some incomprehensible machines. Naturally, they were baffled.

Though Puri-Puri Prisoner and Darkshine were confused, Fang Mo remained unusually calm.

"No matter the environment."

Fang Mo calmly extended a finger: "With determination, we can be fit anytime, anywhere."

The two didn't know what to say upon hearing this.

Seeing that they remained silent, Fang Mo smiled and slowly reached for his collar: "Well, since this is a gym, it's time for some real action..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Mo suddenly pulled his arms apart with force.

Activated by a custom animation effect from Steve, his shirt tore open with a ripping sound as if it were mere paper.

In the next moment, under the astonished gazes of Super Alloy Darkshine and Puri-Puri Prisoner, Fang Mo's body began to rapidly grow taller and bulkier, his bones becoming abnormally large and strong, his back as if it could support the heavens and earth, and his shoulders unimaginably broad.

Every muscle fiber on his body shone brilliantly, a divine gift of strength and hardness, beyond any metal or gem, perfectly uniform across his entire body.

"This... this..."

Seeing this scene, Super Alloy Darkshine was utterly shocked: "How is it possible... How can a human have such perfect muscles?"

"So this is the real form of the Priest?"

And Puri-Puri Prisoner, upon seeing this, was clearly very surprised, even feeling a flutter of excitement: "Priest... your physique is just too perfect."

"Do you see? This is the legendary power of a king."

Faced with their astonished reactions, Fang Mo replied with a smile.

Despite his body brimming with explosive power, his head remained as always, bright and handsome... To be honest, it was a bit too bizarre, like something out of a cold joke about Nezha.

With a handsome face and a broad, strong back.

These eight characters were almost perfectly demonstrated by Fang Mo.

"The power of a king?"

Rather than mocking his appearance, Puri-Puri Prisoner was more curious about how Fang Mo became stronger, and immediately asked curiously: "Priest... what is that?"

"That is the creator of Shin-Nippori, proposed by the philosopher of the Three Beliefs, the great fairy of the forest."

As Fang Mo spoke, he flashed a sunny, cheerful smile: "Billy King... the spiritual leader of Shin-Nippori, the power I am teaching you actually comes from his spiritual will."

"It sounds like he was a great man."

Puri-Puri Prisoner scratched his head and said: "But... I've never heard of him before?"

"Oh, that's right."

Fang Mo shrugged and explained: "The space where Shin-Nippori exists is different from reality; they are independent of time and space. Though there are human counterparts... ahem, parallel entities, those in reality are fake and have no connection to the real Nippori."

"Ah? So that's how it is?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner listened somewhat understandingly, scratching his head subconsciously.

"Even in reality, while Billy King might just be a testosterone movie actor of low intelligence, the real ones are false entities, not inheriting the memories and will of their originals, even if they die, it doesn't affect anything in the Shin-Nippori timeline."

Fang Mo spread his hands and said: "Anyway, you should inherit his spiritual will from now on... By the way, I have a saying from him, perfect for you."

"What is it?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner was curious.

"The king allows! The king acknowledges! The king bears the weight of the whole world!" Fang Mo suddenly raised both hands and shouted earnestly, his posture resembling that of an ancient king whose name he preferred not to disclose.

"Ah?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner was clearly confused after listening.

But to be honest, his comprehension was actually quite high, especially in the reboot where his strength grew even faster, and by the later stages, he could even defeat the Deep Sea King with a single punch.

After pondering for a moment...

A strange enlightenment seemed to rise in Puri-Puri Prisoner's eyes.

"I... I think I understand."

Suddenly, Puri-Puri Prisoner looked up at Fang Mo and asked: "Since I need to inherit that, uh, great fairy of the forest's will, does that mean I also have to become an existence like a 'king'?"

And as he spoke...

Puri-Puri Prisoner's aura really began to change.

He suddenly became serious, his entire person slightly furrowing his brows, a demeanor like that of a strong person slowly emanating from him.

"During the battle with that self-proclaimed Deep Sea King, I actually realized this."

Puri-Puri Prisoner closed his eyes, reminiscing and speaking: "His fists hurt more than mine... I could feel the will wrapped in those fists, that murderous intent, a fist without murderous intent cannot truly defeat an enemy."

"The Deep Sea King is also a king, he implemented his own will as a king for his people."

As Puri-Puri Prisoner spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, speaking faster and faster, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, the confusion disappearing: "I understand! I really understand! So this is the will of a king, I... I must become a king!"

...

Listening to this, Fang Mo also fell into thought not far away.

He felt like he might have led them a bit off track, but thinking about the setting of Billy King and the Brother series... he felt he hadn't led them astray after all.

"Priest really knows a lot."

As Fang Mo was considering this, Puri-Puri Prisoner, on the other hand, smiled happily: "I didn't expect just a few words from you would bring about such a big change... That's great, I really found the right person this time!"

However, unlike Puri-Puri Prisoner.

Super Alloy Darkshine's face was filled with confusion at this moment.

"This... the power of a king?"

Super Alloy Darkshine looked bewildered, honestly, he also wanted his muscles to improve again, but the things Fang Mo said, to be honest, he couldn't understand a word: "Strange... Does this stuff really work?"

"Of course, it works, little Black!"

Hearing his good friend's doubts, Puri-Puri Prisoner was also excitedly telling him: "Look at my hand, this is the power of a king!"

Super Alloy Darkshine looked at Puri-Puri Prisoner's hand.

At this moment, the other party clenched his fist, which indeed gave him an indescribable feeling, as if... it had become harder than before.

But as a fitness expert, Super Alloy Darkshine understood that muscles had to be continuously trained day after day to become stronger, just listening to a few inexplicable words and then suddenly having muscles harden, that was nonsense.

If it really was possible to become stronger that way... what was the point of sweating day after day in the gym?

Thinking this.

Super Alloy Darkshine also began to doubt his life.

However, Puri-Puri Prisoner was in high spirits and didn't notice his friend's condition, turning his head directly towards Fang Mo.

"Priest, please teach me more about philosophy!"

Puri-Puri Prisoner earnestly said.

"Oh, alright."

Fang Mo was also happy to see this, leading characters astray was his pleasure, and seeing Puri-Puri Prisoner so cooperative, he was naturally happy: "Then I'll teach you the three beliefs of philosophy first."

"Okay, please tell me."

Puri-Puri Prisoner immediately listened intently.

Even Super Alloy Darkshine quietly began to listen, seemingly intending to sneak a lesson if possible.

"The three beliefs of philosophy refer to the absolute truths of this thought."

Fang Mo raised a finger, recalling the ancient nonsensical materials in his mind: "The three beliefs... refer respectively to the heart of admonishment, the heart of praise, and the heart of tolerance."

"Admonishment? Praise? Tolerance?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner seemed to have entered a state of enlightenment, and subconsciously said after listening: "These sound like... some kind of personal virtues, does it mean the virtues that I as a king and hero should have?"

"That's... "

"I get it!"

Even before Fang Mo could speak, Puri-Puri Prisoner suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted: "To constantly admonish oneself, to maintain one's humility, to understand that one's efforts are not enough, this is the heart of admonishment!"

"To constantly praise others, to have a tolerant attitude towards others."

"That is the heart of praise and the heart of tolerance!"

...

Fang Mo was a bit stunned by Puri-Puri Prisoner in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he could only give a thumbs up to the other party.

"6..."

Fang Mo said, holding his forehead.

In any case, it must be said that Puri-Puri Prisoner really had a talent in this area.

Although Fang Mo was basically spouting nonsense throughout, as mentioned before, the world of One Punch Man is very idealistic, much like the world of Chainsaw Man.

Puri-Puri Prisoner was already a very promising guy, the nonsensical settings Fang Mo talked about just confirmed his desire to become stronger, and it was this strong desire that triggered his potential, allowing him to truly become stronger.

After this.

Fang Mo also simply taught him some nonsensical skills.

Like Muji Ghost Step, FA Instrument, God's Salvation, Ougi Very Cool, Dragon Leg Cannon, King's Roll, Angel's Hand Blade, Deep Dark Fantasy Form, etc.

Of course, these things were all nonsense by Fang Mo.

But Puri-Puri Prisoner really believed it...

After all, his previous skills were also similar, like Angel☆Impact, Angel☆Rush, basically a muscle-bound naked man attacking monsters in weird poses.

To ordinary citizens, this was no different from watching a Brother series nonsensical video.

Anyway, it was all just eye-watering stuff.

Only Fang Mo didn't expect that just when he had taught these skills to Puri-Puri Prisoner, the latter eagerly proposed a sparring request.

"Please fight with me... Priest!"

Puri-Puri Prisoner earnestly looked at Fang Mo, his eyes filled with eagerness.

"...What's this?"

Fang Mo couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth after hearing this: "I kindly taught you some techniques, and now you want to wrestle with me, huh? I've already said we're not training in the same metal... You still don't understand human speech? I've already turned off Brother mode, okay?"

Yes, after teaching Puri-Puri Prisoner, Fang Mo had indeed returned to his original appearance.

It was indeed a bit weird to always be a devil muscle man.

"Uh, no, Priest, you misunderstood."

Puri-Puri Prisoner waved his hands: "I really just want to find a sparring partner to practice a bit, I'm grateful to you, and I understand your orientation, I certainly won't have any ulterior motives towards you."

"Then you go find Darkshine to spar."

Fang Mo immediately said.

"I... I'd better not."

However, unexpectedly, Super Alloy Darkshine seemed to have been hit hard at the moment, barely managing a forced smile: "I'm a bit uncomfortable, I probably can't be your sparring partner today."

"Huh?"

Fang Mo looked at Darkshine in surprise, not expecting his mentality to be so poor.

Yes, Super Alloy Darkshine's mentality was indeed very poor, despite his physical strength being among the top in the S-class, his mentality could be said to be the worst among them.

In the original story, his defense was just slightly broken by Garou, and his mentality instantly collapsed.

And Garou took the opportunity to scold him harshly, mocking him as a "stupid fool who only knew how to show off his muscles," becoming a hero just to have everyone praise his muscles, and not really a hero at all, his pretentious behavior was disgusting.

He firmly believed that his body was invincible, and once this belief was shattered, his hero's will would be completely lost.

However, in the original story, Darkshine only broke down during the Monster Association arc.

But Fang Mo didn't expect that now he would just see Puri-Puri Prisoner become stronger through enlightenment, and his mentality would collapse... Honestly, that was really weak.

"Little Black, what's wrong with you?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner also noticed Darkshine's change, and walked up a bit strangely: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"Uh... I..."

Super Alloy Darkshine's gaze avoided for a moment, and he said evasively: "I... I have a bit of a stomachache..."

"Could it be from eating too much watermelon?"

Puri-Puri Prisoner scratched his head, also a bit puzzled.

But before he could say anything else, suddenly a series of footsteps sounded outside, followed by a creaking sound as the door was pushed open.

Fang Mo turned his head to look, and saw that it was Mumen Rider who had come.

And behind him was Sonic.

"...What's going on with you two?" Fang Mo asked a bit strangely.

"Teacher Fang Mo."

Mumen Rider looked a bit embarrassed as he glanced behind at Sonic, but still said seriously: "It's Miss Ah Xue who asked me to come down and tell you that dinner is ready, and also..."

"Shut up! You guy!"

However, before Mumen Rider could finish his sentence, Sonic fiercely covered his mouth: "Didn't we agree? Each person brings down one sentence, are you trying to hog the credit for two?"

"Umm..."

Mumen Rider quickly shook his head.

"Hmph!"

Sonic then let go of his hand, and immediately crossed his arms and looked at Fang Mo unhappily: "Anyway, there are people from the Hero Association at the door looking for you."

"People from the Association looking for me?"

Fang Mo also couldn't help but feel a bit strange: "Is there a mission? Why didn't they just call me?"

"I don't know."

Sonic turned his head away, somewhat tsundere: "They said there's something very important this time, planning to gather all the S-class heroes, you... should you go up and see?"

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