*Knock* *Knock*
"Hey! It's Ryu, from yesterday. Open up."
On the bed, Zayn slowly rose up and drowsily walked to the door.
"Wait… a second." Opening the door, Zayn yawned.
"Hahahahahaha still sleeping, huh?"
"Yeah… so, what do you need?"
"Well, as I walked out of the dormitory, I saw Teacher Bolt with a package. I greeted him and asked him about the package. He told me it was for you and asked me to deliver it. So yeah, here is the package."
"Package? From Teacher Bolt?"
"Yeah, he told me it was your school uniform."
"Ahh, finally something new to wear." Zayn then slowly leaned forward and whispered into Ryu's ear.
"Between you and me, my old clothes attracted way too much attention."
Ryu again laughed and added. "Right, I should also tell you from Teacher Bolt. And I quote: "Your School Uniform because you like to stick out!""
"Wait what?!? It's not like I wanted to stick out, I just didn't know that my old clothes attracted that much attention."
"I don't think Teacher Bolt was talking about your clothes…"
"…?"
Zayn was confused. Only his clothes attracted way too much attention. He did not do anything else to stand out. If Vown was not talking about his clothes what else could he be talking about?
"You don't remember? Yesterday against Flint, you displayed the True Thunder Fist. Right now, everyone in the academy knows about this feat."
"Seriously?!? Was it that big of an achievement?"
"Hahahaahahahahah you seriously are one of a kind. I like that. I think I didn't properly introduce myself. I am Ryu, currently in 2nd Grade. I am Teacher Leaf's direct student and 15 years old."
"Nice to meet you, Ryu. I am Zayn the direct student of Teacher Bolt. I newly entered the school and I am… I am-"
Suddenly a piercing headache interrupted Zayn introduction. Following that he covered his head with his hand trying to lose the pain.
'I am…I… How old am I? Why don't I know my age?!?'
Trying to recall his age gave him an even more painful headache. He lost focus and was caught up in his thoughts.
"Zayn? Zayn! Are you all right?"
'I am Zayn… From earth… my best friend is Harry…What else? Why can't I remember more? Wait! Right, I was kidnapped with Harry before I landed in this world. But anything else? My age, my family name? My family? Did I even go to school?!?'
His thought did not stop. It poured out like a waterfall. Then suddenly again a piercing headache came over Zayn. It was interrupted by a flash of light, making Zayn lose his complete vision.
.
A screeching sound brought Zayn back to consciousness.
"Zayn, are you all right? You were sleeping the whole time. Don't worry we are nearly there."
A middle-aged man's voice hurriedly commented. Zayn regained his vision and found himself in a car. The middle-aged man sat in front of the wheel and drove the car. Zayn sat in the backseat. In the passenger seat sat a middle-aged woman.
'Where am I?'
It was night time and rain could be heard from outside. Zayn could not tell if this experience was real or not. He just sat there, not knowing what to do. The two adults in front seemed to be in a hurry. He had the feeling that they were fleeing from something. This uneasiness feeling overwhelmed him.
"Zayn listen, we have to hurry up when we arrive, you hear? The plane will immediately-"
"Sweetie! Look out!"
Another screeching sound was heard. A light engulfed Zayn, making him lose his vision again.
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"Zayn?!?"
"…"
"Zayn! HELLO?!?"
"Uhm… sorry?"
"You were introducing yourself when you stopped and just stood there."
"Ahahahaha… Sorry, Ryu. I think I was done." He scratched his head and laughed it off.
"Well, I have to meet up with Vown- I mean Teacher Bolt and first of all change into the school uniform. See you later, Ryu!"
Zayn walked into his room and closed the door. After that, his facial expression changed. From a happy, cheerful expression to a depressed uneasiness expression. He could not recall many things from his life on earth. He knew generally about the earth and his life, but not specific details. Trying to recall about it, gave him pain.
And then there was this flash. He could not tell what it was. A scattered dream? A far-off memory? He needed answers. The only one he could think of to answer all his questions was Daisy. The Daily System. The thing that brought him here in the first place.
Sulking about the situation, the package came into Zayn's mind again. 'Right, I have to meet up with Vown.' He opened the package and was stunned by what was inside.
'…Are you serious, Vown?!?'
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Inside the academy, a young boy stood out like no one else. He was walking towards somewhere and wearing the school uniform. But his school uniform was not the ordinary white robe purple stripes with a purple logo, instead, he was wearing a purple robe with white stripes and a white logo, resembling thunder.
The school did not really care about the school uniform and unique designs, as long as one could recognize the Thunder Head Academy behind that. The Teachers were always the ones deciding about their student's uniform. If the Teacher did not mind at all, the student could design his uniform as he wanted, but there was not even a single one who permitted it.
So, the boy with his unique purple robe uniform stood out like no one else there. Of course, the boy we were talking about, was Zayn. Vown himself designed Zayn's uniform and sent it to him. Zayn did not like the attention at all. First with his old clothes from earth and now with the custom-made uniform.
Inside Zayn's mind, Vown's message ringed over and over.
'Your School Uniform because you like to stick out!'
'DAMN YOU VOWN!'
Arriving at Vown's lodge, Zayn immediately let his frustration out.
"VOWN! Why the hell did you do that?!?"
After hearing Zayn, Vown came out from his lodge. He started to laugh after seeing Zayn's uniform and only commented.
"It's your fault. You had to display the True Thunder Fist yesterday."
"You told me that it was only a slightly above average result! How could I know that it would attract the whole academy's attention?"
"Hahahahahahaha nothing to change now!"
Talking with Vown, Zayn noticed that Vown was not wearing the tattered black robe from yesterday. He wore a new looking black robe with white stripes.
"What's with your robe?"
"Well, I thought we had to look like teacher and students. What do you think? Looks great right?"
"…"
"Right, I wanted to ask you about something. Yesterday, in the competition against Flint, I won 3 qi pills… So, yeah… What's a qi pill?"
"Yeah, yeah right. You don't know anything about cultivation or common sense…I forgot. Listen, qi pills are additional tools to enhance your cultivation. Inside a qi pill is qi stored, consuming it, you release the qi inside your body and then only need to refine it. Normally, you would have to absorb qi and then refine qi. With the help of the qi pill, you skip the absorbing part, meaning you will use up less time for the same effect. It can really save you time. Qi Pill also works as a currency, as every cultivator can use it. It's worth 100 Gold. In Green Leaf City a qi pill is really valuable, but traveling towards the capital, it becomes more common. The academy gives out monthly qi pills to the students. The 1st Grade students will receive 3 qi pills a month. But don't worry with Flint's background he has far more than any normal student."
"All right! So, what are we doing now?"
"Well, I reserved a cultivation room for you, but first of all, I have a question. You received the Fire Fist, yesterday right?"
"Yes."
"So, did you already achieve the True Fire Fist?"
"Yes."
"…" "Show me."
"All right!"
After saying that, Zayn formed a fist. The qi in the surroundings was immediately drawn towards Zayn's fist. In contrast to Flint's Fire Fist, no sparks of fire were formed in the environment and the heat did not change at all. A breath later, without the flames being formed, Zayn's fist was burning.
The True Fire Fist.
"Amazing! You even mastered it to the point where you can skip the creation of flames. What about your Thunder Fist? Can you also skip the creation of sparks?"
Zayn dissolved the True Fire Fist and immediately displayed the True Thunder Fist. This time he also did not create sparks of thunder in the environment and also skipped to create the sparks of thunder around his fist. The True Thunder Fist was displayed in less than a breath.
"Great!"