Education: English x 3
[English: 15 + 15 (10 + 5 (Yamato)) + 15 (10 + 5 (Yamato)) + 15 (10 + 5 (Yamato)) = 60]
So, you'll fully admit this. English was one of your worst subjects.
You could barely get through the lessons before falling asleep in class, or having your eyes get tired from all the lines you had to read. Trying to understand another language was just...really hard, ok? Especially one where something like "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is considered a grammatically correct sentence. It just wasn't something that clicked in your head.
Which is why your bro is such a fucking Godsend.
Compared to your professor, Yamato just makes everything so simple. His monotone voice would induce apathy and a need to sleep if it was coming out of anyone else. But somehow he's able to make you hang on to his every word.
And you can understand every word!
By the time your meeting with Hose comes around, you're FAR better at understanding and writing English than you ever were. You're extremely thankful to Yamato for this, even though he keeps saying it's no trouble.
[Education: All 20]
"Brother, was Nobunaga called the Demon King from birth?"
"No, he was called The Fool. He was extremely flippant and carefree. To the point that everyone expected his brother Nobukatsu to take over instead. It wasn't until after Nobukatsu's death, and Nobunaga's surprise attack on the Imagawa that he started to become 'The Demon King'."
Yamato is quiet after you answer. You don't realize why until you start walking away from the shower door, towel wrapped around your shoulders. Then you pause in the door way of the living room as what you just staid begins to register.
You...managed to recall that information...without looking at your notes.
"How the-"
Yamato is in your face before you can keep going, holding up a piece of paper with English writing on it, "What does this say?"
"The Cherry Blossoms are blooming this year," you say without missing a beat. Then you eyes go wide as Yamato yanks the paper out of your face, "Wait, what the-"
"Look at this screen," he doesn't give you a chance to breathe before shoving his phone screen in front of your eyes. You soon realize that this is a smaller, shorter version of the mathematics you see Yamato doing all the time. Whenever you looked at it, all you saw was a jumbled mess of numbers and symbols.
And that's what you see now.
But you can make sense of it all.
"I...I can understand this now. What the hell?"
"It seems our study sessions have born fruit. Come with me please, brother," Yamato heads towards his laptop. With little else to do besides stand around being confused, you follow him to see where this is all going.
New Perk Obtained: Polymath: You know a lot of information that most people would probably forget after a while. Yet you're able to remember it really easily. Auto-Pass 1 History, English, or Math Check. This Auto-Pass only works on 1 Check, thus you can't pass a History Check then pass an English Check.
[Education: All 50]
By the time your brother is done with you, you fully understand exactly what he's getting at.
And it is both confusing and amazing.
Somehow, through your brother's tutoring, you've managed to get closer to his level when it comes to this stuff. You're not equal, of course. He's still got you beat when it comes to stuff like hacking, coding, and extremely esoteric stuff.
But you're able to remember obscure historical facts down to specific detail, understand even advanced English sentences, and make sense of the jumble of numbers on his laptop. All off the top of your head! No notes, no ciphers, just you're brain.
When it's all over, you're smiling like a loon while your brother gives a sagely nod, "Excellent, Hayato. I believe Midterms will no longer be an issue for you."
"Forget Midterms, I'm gonna blow through the Finals easy!" you shout to the sky.
"Do not get overconfident, brother. Though, I am glad you are happy." The two of you share a laugh while you start getting ready to go see Hose.
Polymath Upgraded Into Pantomath: You know a lot of information. To the point where you're just about a walking library of History, English, and Math. It's kind of scary how much you're able to recall off the top of your head. Auto-Pass 1 History, English, or Math Check. This Auto-Pass works on multiple Checks, however they must happen one after the other.
"You good, Nagai?"
"Yeah....I'm good," you're fucking lying right now.
Hose was quick to say yes to a chance to spar with you. Especially with the Martial Arts Club closed until classes start back up. Though that did mean you had to find a place outside of school and away from prying eyes to practice. The good news was that Hose actually knew a place. An empty underpass beneath a bridge that went over one of the rivers in town. There were a few scattered pieces of litter around the place, but it was still good for your purposes. The two of you made small talk for a bit before dropping your coats and bags to get to business.
You asked Hose how you would do this. He said it'd be a typical spar, with him stopping every now and then to give you pointers where he could. You agreed and prepped yourself for a practice bout. You were really curious as to how Hose fought. Even more so after seeing how much stamina he had at the gym.
And now you're here. On the ground, hand on your chest, as you grit your teeth trying to ignore the immense amount of PAIN shooting through your body.
Hose's attacks weren't as powerful as Ritsuko's fists, that was for sure. What they were though was precise. He knew exactly where to hit you to inflict the highest amount of damage possible. Solar plexus, your heart, joints, whatever was in his reach he went for. And he was no slouch in speed either. All these attacks came out faster than you could see. By the time you realized what had happened, the pain had already set in.
And the kicker?
You had been going at it for about five minutes now.
He was completely fine and had a five hit lead on you.
You were running on fumes, and had only managed a single graze against his chin.
You try to stand up on shaky legs but Hose quickly holds up a hand, "Ok. I can see you're tired. Let's stop for now."
You silently thank every god above before slumping to the ground. Hose comes over with his bag in his hands, tossing you a bottle of water from within. While you chug that life giving liquid down he sits next to you and starts giving you the run down of what he's seen of you so far.
And truth be told, he's pretty analytical when it comes to it. He lays out how you tended to put too much weight on a single foot or toe, how to twist your body in just the right way to add more force to your punch, how to deal with speedy opponents and more.
You're feeling a lot more confident when you get your second wind, and get back to it.
Then you're knocked on your ass again.
Hose points out that you're not gonna be able to do all he said just cause you heard it once.
You acknowledge his wisdom and get ready for a long training session.
[MMA: 16 + 25 (15 + 10 (Hose Training) = 41]
Oh, to answer before anyone ask, yes Yamato has had Pantomath this whole time.
Why? Intellectual Trait.
