### Chapter 6: No One Compares
Early the next morning, Riku began his physical training. He felt as though his body had broken through some kind of limit due to eating the Goro Goro no Mi.
According to novels, this should be called the "genetic lock."
The simplest and most obvious comparison was speed.
In his original world, the fastest human record for the 100-meter dash was 9.58 seconds.
During training, he made a simple attempt. Although he didn't time it precisely, he definitely ran it in under 9 seconds without using his abilities.
Do not underestimate a difference of just one second; it represented that he had truly broken through the limits of humanity from his original world.
However, this was just the beginning. In the future, his speed would become faster and faster.
There was also his strength; he could feel his strength gradually increasing.
The Goro Goro no Mi was subtly changing his body.
This feeling was truly mesmerizing.
As for the heartbreak from his girlfriend's cheating, he had long thrown it to the back of his mind.
Hah! Women will only affect the speed at which I discharge electricity.
Soon, the new day of training began. First was the weighted run; this way, he could train his stamina while reducing the travel distance back to the Fairy Tail guild.
Then came the combat training. This time, besides throwing Riku to the ground every time, Gildarts also began to explain the moves. Riku listened and learned with full concentration.
Through the first day of combat, he understood that Uncle Gildarts was a monster not only in terms of Magic Power and Magic but also in basic combat.
This feeling was just like the three Admirals of Marine Headquarters in the *One Piece* anime.
Those three Marine Admirals were powerful Logia Fruit users on one hand, but on the other hand, they were also top-tier powerhouses among humans.
As mentioned in the anime, people like Akainu and Kizaru were known as monsters even in the Marine Academy.
Riku clearly knew that he was not a genius at all. So, he would use more sweat and effort to become a hardworking genius.
While teaching Riku, Gildarts also discovered that Riku's talent in combat wasn't high. Compared to Natsu and Gray, he was quite a bit lacking, and he couldn't even compare to a genius like Erza.
But he found that Riku trained truly hard, and his strength was improving little by little. As long as he continued to train step by step, even if his speed was a bit slower, he could still catch up to or even surpass those geniuses.
Of course, although Riku's combat talent wasn't high, his physical talent and Magic talent were almost unrivaled.
Gildarts felt that Riku's physical fitness was improving every day. No, it shouldn't be called improvement; it should be called evolution.
From the beginning, when blocking Riku's punches and kicks felt like nothing, to now, where getting hit actually hurt a little, plus the constantly increasing weights Riku carried daily—it made Gildarts scream in his heart that this kid was a monster.
There was no need to even mention his Magic talent. This kid's Magic Power was simply a bottomless pit. He was always constantly trying to create new Magic, some of which made Gildarts' heart skip a beat just looking at them. He had never seen anyone's talent compare to this little monster's.
Furthermore, Riku's Magic was too comprehensive. Speed, attack power, perception—these few aspects were almost all maxed out.
Over these few days, he took Riku to find some monsters for actual combat. After all, real combat is the only standard for testing strength.
The result was that so many powerful monsters were all instantly killed by this kid.
That's right! Instantly killed!
The kid's body turned into lightning and passed straight through the monster's body, and the monster was cooked directly.
Gildarts began to ponder in his heart how he would defeat this little monster if he had to face him.
Then he suddenly realized something: even for him, defeating this brat wouldn't be easy. Furthermore, he would have to end the battle as quickly as possible. If it dragged on too long, there was a possibility he would be defeated.
Being defeated?
Truly a rare term. He didn't know how long it had been since he had tasted defeat.
"Truly a monster!"
In the following period, besides the daily fixed training, Gildarts also took Riku to do some missions so that Riku could adapt to the guild's work in advance.
Time flew by, and a month passed.
Magnolia Town.
"Phew~! We're finally here! This is the city where the Fairy Tail guild is located, Magnolia."
Because of training Riku, they stopped and started along the way, turning a journey that should have taken about half a month into a full month.
"Is this Magnolia? We're finally arriving at Fairy Tail."
Having arrived at Magnolia Town, he would be able to see Fairy Tail immediately.
For some reason, Riku suddenly felt a little nervous.
Just as the two stepped into the city.
When the pedestrians on the road saw Gildarts, they all paused, rubbed their eyes carefully, and immediately their faces changed drastically. Their faces filled with horror, they ran towards the interior as if they had seen a monster.
Soon, the phenomenon of people spreading the word appeared.
"Oh no!! It's Gildarts!!"
"Gildarts is back!!"
"..."
Gildarts was instantly rendered somewhat speechless.
Riku teased, "Uncle, aren't you popular in this city? I heard that countless young and beautiful girls like you. Why do I see everyone treating you like a monster?"
Gildarts scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly: "Of course I'm popular. It's just that everyone is too shy, gahahaha."
Suddenly!
Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!
A melodious bell sound rang out.
Inside the Fairy Tail guild, the faces of everyone who heard this bell couldn't help but show excitement.
"This way of ringing the bell...!!"
"Gildarts is back!!"