Tempokai

  Grug is a Grug. Grug live simple life: smash rock, eat herb, avoid tiger. But one day, tiger come. Tiger no care about Grug’s smashing. Tiger big. Tiger hungry. Tiger see Grug’s herb, herb that make Grug feel good. Grug sad because herb gone. Grug can’t punch tiger. Grug weak. Then Grug has think-think.

  Grug remember: magical air in air. Grug call it "chi" because Grug doesn’t have big word-think yet. Chi make grass grow, make water flow, make sun go up and down. Grug think, “If grass and water can grow strong, maybe Grug can too!” Grug sit and breathe magical air. He snort it. He slurp it. He focus very hard, harder than when Grug try to remember how fire work. Magical air go into Grug’s belly. Grug feel warm. Grug think, “Grug now strong!” Grug punch tree. Tree ugh at Grug. Grug not strong yet.

  Grug learn. Grug not just breathe. Grug need fancy poses. Grug call them “Sky Punch” and “Earth Sit.” Grug move hands in circle. Grug kick like bird. Other Grugs ugh. They say, “Why Grug not smash rock like normal Grug?” But Grug no listen. Grug keep breathing magical air, doing silly moves. One day, Grug feel something snap. Not in leg—no, this snap in belly. Grug call it “breakthrough.” Grug now Level Two Grug.

  Now tiger come back. Grug see tiger, but Grug not scared. Grug punch tiger. Tiger fly. Tiger hit tree. Tiger confused. Tiger no eat herb. Grug feel strong. Grug ugh. Other Grugs see and say, “Grug strong now. Grug teach us magical air tricks.”

  So Grug teach. Grugs make names for tricks. “Sky Punch” becomes “Heaven-Splitting Fist.” “Earth Sit” becomes “Mountain-Crushing Meditation.” Grugs get stronger, but now Grugs fight. They fight for herb, for rock, for tiger skin. Stronger Grugs say, “I Level Four Grug, you Level Two Grug. I take your herb.”

  Now Grug life is more complicated. Grugs build big cave and call it “Sect.” Leader Grug sits on big rock throne. They call him “Ancestor Grug” because he Level Ten Grug. He punch mountain and mountain say, “Sorry.” Ancestor Grug tell weaker Grugs, “You follow me or I smash you.” Weaker Grugs say, “Okay.” They make rules. No more herb-stealing. Only duel. But duel is just fancy herb-stealing with crowd watching.

  Some Grugs leave Sect. They say, “Sect dumb. Ancestor Grug mean.” These Grugs go to forest, make own Sect. Then more fighting. Grugs invent “Heavenly Grug Council” to stop all fighting. But Council also fight, just with words. Grug politics.

  Meanwhile, smart Grugs write book. They say, “If you breathe magical air this way, you get stronger faster. If you breathe wrong, you explode.” Grugs call it “Cultivation Manual.” But smart Grugs no share book for free. They say, “Give me herb, I give you book.” Some Grugs no want to pay. They steal book. Then more fighting.

  Grug now think, “Why tiger no do magical air? Why only Grugs?” But Grug too busy leveling up to care. Grug learn new moves, like “Heavenly Palm That Makes Big Boom” and “Dragon Kick That Shakes Ground.” Grug fight other Grugs, make big explosions. Trees cry. Rocks crack. But Grug happy because Grug strong. Grug call it “Immortal Path.”

  But here big joke: Grug never happy. Grug think, “If I Level Ten Grug, I happy.” But when Grug Level Ten, Grug think, “Why not Level Eleven?” Grug always want more. Grug no enjoy herb anymore. Grug only care about punching stronger tiger, punching stronger Grug. And when Grug punch too much, magical air get angry. Sky say, “No more punch.” Sky send big lightning. Grug call it “Heavenly Tribution.” But really, sky just annoyed.

  So Grug run from lightning. If Grug survive, Grug say, “I now True Immortal Grug!” If Grug no survive, Grug explode. Other Grugs loot exploded Grug’s herb and manual. Cycle continue.

  In the end, Grug’s life not about tiger or herb. It about breathing magical air, punching everything, and hoping sky not mad. Grug call it “cultivation.” Rest of world call it “Grug nonsense.”