Chapter 68
Eno neighborhood.
Luke had a date with Fatty today to teach him to fight.
Wrong, it was physical exercise.
It wasn’t uncommon for students to get into fights, almost every school had them, but it was rare to hear of sports students getting beaten up.
Why?
They’re strong, and they have a bunch of equally strong buddies, so they’re lucky if they don’t beat up someone else.
Harley had just parked in the yard when the little fat man heard the commotion and came running out on his ass.
“Luke, you’re late.”
Luke took off his helmet, “Something came up today and the station was a little busy.”
Luke glanced at his watch, “Get started, I have to leave at eight.”
Fatty was a little disappointed, “I thought you were staying home today.”
“I’d like to stay home too, but …… I have a mission.”
“Come on, I’m not a kid anymore. Don’t fool me with such excuses.”
The little fat man came over and asked in a curious whisper, “Are you with that female lawyer, I won’t tell mom.”
Luke asked back, “What about your little girlfriend Maggie? Planning on telling mom when?”
“Uh oh ……,” the little fat man looked as if he’d been choked, and looked toward the door a little sheepishly, “You win. Let’s get started, I can’t wait.”
“GOOD, what do you want to learn?”
“I don’t know, what can you teach me?”
“Boxing, grappling, sparring, wrestling, you can pick one.”
“Wow wow, you know so many different fighting techniques, how did I not know.”
Luke had two lives, boxing was learned in this life, grappling, sparring, and wrestling were practiced in his last life: “You don’t know much, don’t waste your time.”
The little fat man thought carefully, “I want to learn boxing.”
“WHY?”
“That piece of shit Andrew just punched me with his fists and I want to punch back.”
“OK, I have a pair of boxing gloves and guards in my room that you can use just fine.”
Soon, Luke brought a pair of black gloves and gauntlets for the little fatty to put on.
Seeing that Luke also gave himself a headgear, Little Fatty was a little worried, “Will you beat me up?”
If you want to learn how to fight, you have to start with getting hit.”
“You won’t come for real, right?” Little Fatty’s face immediately changed.
“Either you get beaten up by me or by Andrew, you choose one?”
Little Fatty didn’t dwell on it for too long, “OK, you go lighter.”
Seeing him like this, Luke really had the idea of punching him.
“Look at me.” Luke assumed a boxing attack posture, “To practice boxing, you have to learn to anticipate, walk flexibly, block, maintain a proper attack distance from your opponent, and learn to counterattack defensively.
As long as you learn to anticipate, position, and block, it’s okay for someone to punch you a few times. If you can’t learn how to block, you might be blindsided by one punch. Or even KO.”
“I’ll start attacking.” After saying that, Luke threw a straight punch to Little Fatty’s cheek.
Little Fatty hurriedly blocked both of his arms in front of him.
Luke’s fist passed between his two arms and stopped a centimeter away from his cheeks, “Jack, your arms are raised too high and spaced too far apart, this is an ineffective block.
Luke taught very seriously, and the little fat man learned very seriously.
After teaching for half an hour, Luke felt that Little Fatty was not suitable for boxing.
The blocking skills he learned quite fast, and his anticipation was okay, but he was too fat, his body was not flexible enough, and his stamina was poorer, so he would suffer a lot when he fought.
“Jack, you can’t do this, the most important thing in boxing is the pace, you have to learn to be flexible in your position.”
The little fat man was already a bit out of breath as he spoke, wiping the sweat from his face with his arm, “Can you take a break?”
Luke sighed lightly, “I think you should work on your physical fitness first, you can’t keep up with your stamina, you’ll get tired after a few punches and you’ll only get punched.”
The little fat man sat on his butt on the lawn, “How long will it take me to learn how to beat Andrew.”
“Looking at Andrew’s stance that day he should have learned boxing, although it’s not considered proficient, it’s definitely better than you. You haven’t even started yet, it’s too early to ask that question.”
“Then what if he hits me again?”
Luke thought for a moment and said, “Andrew himself practiced boxing, and it wouldn’t have been easy for you to beat him in the way he was good at.
In fact, I suggest you learn something else, maybe there’s something more suitable.”
“Practice what?”
“Wrestling.”
“Why do you want me to practice wrestling?”
“You’re fatter, practicing wrestling would be just the right physical advantage.”
“You really think I’m better suited for wrestling?”
“I don’t think Andrew has ever learned wrestling, and regardless of how well you learn, you’re better than him in that regard. At least you won’t just take a beating.”
Little Fatty thought about it and felt that his brother had a point, Andrew had learned boxing and was already better than himself.
If he himself practiced boxing, not only would he have to learn it, he would also have to be more proficient than him in order to beat him.
To be honest, he wasn’t sure.
He also didn’t have the patience to wait, maybe by the time he learned and became proficient, his girlfriend would have already been snatched away.
Wrestling, he didn’t know, and neither did Andrew.
If he learned it, he was better than Andrew and had a chance of winning.
“I’m going to learn wrestling!” Little Fatty rekindled his fighting spirit.
“Then I’ll first give you the essentials of wrestling, there are a few main points.
Grip force, to hold the opponent steadily, it can be any part or clothing.
Waist and hip strength, to wrestle or fling the opponent out.
Leg strength, in addition to standing firmly, but also learn to hook, hang, sweep, mix the moves.
Endurance, this needs more practice.
After explaining the basics, Luke began to teach his brother to practice wrestling.
Among them, there were also some grappling techniques mixed in.
His fighting skills were more mixed, and so was the teaching.
The purpose of teaching his younger brother was not to train the other party to be more powerful, but just to make him more powerful than ordinary people.
The way of learning was also tailored for the little fat man, and it boiled down to something simple.
Utilizing wrestling and grappling techniques to wrestle the opponent to the ground, while later using the weight advantage to subdue or strike the opponent.
The following morning.
Detective Bureau.
Deputy Chief Reed walked into his office and clapped his hands, “Gentlemen, let go of the task at hand, I have an announcement to make.
The heavily corroded Ford has been tested, restored, and compared to the exact same vehicle from the ‘Telson Manor Disappearance Case’, and the Bureau has decided to reopen the investigation into the case.
The lieutenant asked, “What about the DNA match of the two bodies in the automobile?”
Reed explained, “According to the forensics the two bones should have been dead for almost twenty years, there is some difficulty in extracting DNA samples from the aged bones and they need more time.
But the Ford’s engine number is unique and that can’t be faked.
This is a major discovery and new evidence and I think the time has come to reopen the case.
On a side note, I was involved in this case twenty years ago ……”
The lieutenant said, “I agree.
The time of death of the bones is also similar to the time when the victims of the Telson Manor disappearance were killed, so I think it’s better to start the investigation now instead of sitting around and waiting.
I don’t want to miss the best time to investigate like I did twenty years ago.”
Reed took a piece of information and put it on the projector, “This is the file of the ‘Telson Manor Disappearance Case’ twenty years ago, there are three victims, the date of disappearance, 2002, August 6th.
Mistress of the manor, Anna Miller, date of birth, February 4, 1970.
Son, Shuart Miller, date of birth, 1992, March 7th.
Youngest daughter, Lily Miller, date of birth, June 9, 2000.”
Luke scrutinized the information on the projector, and judging by the age of the victims, the two bones in the car were probably Anna Miller, the estate’s matriarch, and her son, Shuart Miller.
In other words, it was possible that the youngest daughter, Lily Miller, was still alive.