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Chapter 15: Choosing a Dragon as a teacher
Chapter 15: Choosing a Dragon as a teacher
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"If you can't do something, then don't. Focus on what you can."
-SHIROE, (LOG HORIZON)
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It turned out that Helena was quite a friendly and kind-hearted girl, just somewhat frustrated for some reason, probably the effect of the criminal relatives in her family.
She had quickly become friends with Bruce and the other two girls after talking with them for some time in the cafeteria. She didn't mention anything about her family to them but that didn't stop Vicki from enquiring about it which Helena skillfully dodged.
Helena was a lot more mature than Selina or even Vicki. So it was quite easy for Bruce to converse with her.
By the time school ended that day, the trio had become a quartet although Bruce wasn't ever gonna call their group that since it sounded really weird.
"So, did you two have fun?" Alfred asked after school ended as Selina and Bruce went to him standing at the school gate with their car.
"No," Bruce said simply as he went directly inside the car to sit. Yes, he wasn't bored at school as he was able to talk with Selina and Vicki and later even Helena all day even though they talked like little girls which they were. But it didn't mean that he enjoyed school. Enjoy was a very strong word.
"He did," Selina whispered to Alfred with a cheeky smile. Bruce was able to hear her but didn't respond. He was too lazy to argue with her. He just wanted to go home and work on his drones.
He had sworn that once his drones were complete, he would use them first to find out about some of Alfred's secrets so that he could blackmail the butler into agreeing with him to not go to school. But again that would be difficult. Alfred was the most savage and sigma male he had ever seen. Bruce doubted that the butler would even care if he found out any of his dirty secrets.
The entire way to their home Selina explained to Alfred about their newest friendship with Helena as well as her rivalry with Vicki while Bruce just remained quiet.
"This Helena girl, is her full name Helena Bertinelli?" Alfred asked with a frown.
"Yes, do you know her?" Selina asked.
"Yes, indeed I do. Her family is quite famous in Gotham. Did you approach her or did she approach you?" Alfred asked with concern in his voice.
"It's not what you think Alfred. She didn't try to get close to us because of her family or anything. She was just an interesting girl, so we decided to befriend her. As for her 'family', I indeed know who they are and what they do but you don't have to worry, her family probably doesn't even know about her being friends with us and I don't think she is gonna tell either. She only seemed to truly like her siblings amongst all her family members." Bruce said quickly before Selina could answer.
'Ohh." Bruce said. He had forgotten how rich and powerful they were. Hiring the best, most expensive, and premium teachers in the country or even the world wasn't a very big deal for them.
"Anyways, I'll look at the files and tell you the person or persons I want to hire for my training," Bruce said as he opened the first file to see if he was someone worth hiring.
"Okay master, call me when you have decided or if you need anything," Alfred said as he slowly turned back and left.
"Let's see, Oliver Lee Thomson, three times International judo champion with five years of paramilitary training. Hmm, pretty good. I guess he could be good as a close combat martial art teacher." Bruce said already impressed.
"Next, Safir Nikolai, four times Olympics gold medal winner in fifty-meter men's shooting event. Served ten years in the military as a sniper. Very very impressive." Bruce thought as he looked over every file and tried to get an idea about their rough qualification and overall achievements.
But it was only the last file that surprised him.
"Richard Dragon. Professional martial art trainer, unarmed combat expert. No military service. Certified archaeologist and adventurer. Winner of Japan International Jiu-Jutsu competition, winner of World Wushe Championship in Chinese Kung Fu, Gold medal winner in World Kung Fu championship...." Bruce was stunned.
He could not believe what he had just read. He knew about Richard Dragon. He was perhaps one of the most famous martial artists in DC who trained the majority of Gotham vigilantes. He was one of the best martial artists out there, only a few people like Lady Shiva or Karate Kid were able to match him.
"I want him, no question," Bruce said. He did not know how or why Richard Dragon's name was in these files but he NEEDED him to be his teacher. That was his first step to be potentially better than even Batman as the original Bruce Wayne wasn't trained by Richard. If he was, then Bruce would probably eat villains like Bane for breakfast. Richard was that good especially if he is ready to teach him how to use chi.
'Although I still have to find a teacher for more modern weapons like guns and stuff, I still think my future is suddenly looking very bright now. Who knows I might even be as good as Karate Kid under his training.' Bruce thought as he daydreamed about him knocking out Kryptonians with karate chops.
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