– Their Leader... was so savage! (Class K)
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"Hey hey, I heard that today Hawley and Colley apologized in front of Class I!"
"Hm? Really? Apologized for what?"
"Hawley apologized for taking up team competition time for his own business. And Colley apologized for behaving badly to everyone recently."
"Ha ha, such hot news! I wonder if Leader knows this?"
"You think he cares?"
"..."
With a total score of One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty Six out of One Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty (1486/1520) after eight weeks of training, in addition to successfully maintaining the First position of Base Five, Angus was also the First-ranked student on the National Individual Ranking.
This "miracle" not only earned the highest appreciation from teachers at Base Five, but also made the teachers at the remaining four bases to staring at the rankings until their eyes nearly fell out.
Some people suspected that the system had been hacked.
Ha ha, stop kidding! How a system which was specially programmed and placed under the strict management of both Army and Government could be hacked!
This was the comprehensive basis for assessing the younger generation, thereby appointing important positions to serve the country later! It was not a few systems publicly sold on the market that could easily be hacked!
Even if it was really hacked, the top of the rankings should have belonged to some wealthy or powerful families. But here...
Angus Farley?
Farley? In the list of the most prominent families in Pacific, including the factions with the tendency to oppose the government and the most potential dangers, there was no people with this last name.
It was a very ordinary last name.
In addition, the origin of this student named Angus Farley also had nothing suspicious: The family had only two members, including grandfather Hubert Farley and grandson Angus Farley. Simple to the point of not being more simple!
Could it be... there really was a once in a hundred year genius?
But no matter how those people tried to guess, the curriculum for freshmen had to continue as scheduled.
Angus did not know his background had just been secretly investigated by a few people. Right now, he was with Class K in the Fifth Base, entering a new phase of the study curriculum.
With what Angus had done for Class K in the last two months, Angus obviously received nineteen absolute votes for the position of Class Leader.
If someone became a Class Leader, he or she had the right to schedule training time and training contents for the class out of the physical training time, as well as organize training competitions among members of the class.
These things were not too difficult for Angus. On the one hand it's because of his gift, on the other hand –
Before he officially became Class Leader, Angus' role in Class K had not been much different from a Class Leader!
After selecting the Class Leader, the program progressed to the stage where the teacher directly taught students about power controlling and fighting skills.
Right. The power control learning time that all freshmen had been waiting for the most – had finally come.
Today, all Class K students were gathering at the training ground, with the eagerness clearly visible on their faces.
For the first time since enrollment, the homeroom teacher Eugene and three teaching assistants Glynis, Ralph, Nyomi stood together in front of the whole class. They all wore military training uniforms, with long sleeves and pants, and a short jacket outside.
Eugene kept his usual relaxed manner, freely speaking to the students:
"Perhaps some of you learned about internal power, even had the ability to control it."
"However, when you are at the base, except for the Class Leader who has the right to decide on his own, the remaining members will follow the general progress of the class, learn the basics of power control and how to coordinate in combat."
"Outside of general studying hours, each person can come to see the teaching assistant who has the same style to learn specific fighting skills."
Besides the homeroom teachers who were the best ones from the Army and Government, the Ministry of Education intentionally allocated three teaching assistant of three different styles, each of whom would be responsible for teaching the dragon group having the same style with them.
For Class K, teaching assistant Glynis had Lightning style, teaching assistant Ralph belonged to the Fire style, and teaching assistant Nyomi used the Water style.
"Today you guys will learn how to accumulate and concentrate your internal power."
Eugene motioned to the teaching assistants to distribute some "toys" to the students.
Students with Water styles each received a glass sphere containing some water inside.
Students with Fire styles each received a sphere with a glass upper half and a copper lower half, which also contained some water inside.
Students with Lightning styles each received a sphere with a glass upper half and a silver lower half, containing a small light bulb with a wire connected to the silver part.
Some of the freshmen were dazzled.
It was Silver... One hundred percent pure silver!
Ha ha, it was just introductory lesson but the Ministry of Education played so big!
The way to practice was simple: For the Fire races, concentrate the internal power to make the water in the sphere heat up. For Water races, use internal power to make the water flow in a circular fashion. And for Lightning races, use internal power to electrify and lighten the bulb through the silver part.
While the teacher was explaining, the Class K members sometimes gazed furtively at Angus.
Leader... Yeah, now he was not their Team Leader any more, but their Class Leader!
Their Leader, he normally was very quiet, and he did not waste any time, even when he was waiting for everyone to finish the races, he also brought books to read.
According to Teacher Eugene, even if some one was already able to use power, he or she still had to follow to the progress of the class. They could only practice as they like in after-school hours.
But Class Leader was different! Class Leader had a privilege!
Class Leader could skip these basic training steps, directly ask the homeroom teacher to instruct him or her specific skills at higher level to improve themselves.
Because Leader Angus always took the best advantage of time, Class K speculated that he would not study with them.
But when it came time to practice, Angus still joined the class, holding the glass sphere in his hand, concentrating his internal power. He not only participated in training with everyone, but also practiced very attentively.
Undoubtedly, the image of Angus in the hearts of Class K again rose like a rocket.
As expected, our Leader was the best!
He already knew how to use power to fight, but he still spent time on practicing again!
Surely Leader wanted to find out new things, as each time of practice was each time of studying!!
Such talented as Leader but still so studious, they themselves had to try more and more!!!
So all Class K was like being pumped with bull blood, eagerly practice with their highest spirit. The training ground briefly rang out a series of shouting sounds.
Three teaching assistants Glynis, Ralph and Nyomi: "..." Did these kids pop the wrong pills today?
But... in fact, Class K thought too much.
The reason Angus participated in training with them was simply because –
This way of practice was different from how he practiced when he was on the Earth. He joined just because of feeling curious!
Angus infused a little internal power into the sphere, feeling the flow of water move inside the sphere.
This feeling...
To infuse power into the object...
He had been maintaining the habit of meditation in one hour every night for consecutive six weeks, which helped his strength become better, and be able to use "magic" as the time being on the Earth. His Water power was even better than before, but... Fire power remained the same.
Yes, besides Water power, Angus could also use Fire power!
But his Fire power...
If he separated "them", then the fire could not last for long, and the flames were too small to be used for attacking. On the other hand, leaving a "mixed flame" like that – he could use this for attacking well, but his body would be covered in such painful feeling...
After all, what should he do to be able to use Fire power as good as Water power???
Following Angus constant thoughts, the water inside the sphere on his hand was spinning around while being heated up, then –
Boom!
The glass sphere exploded.
The K Class: "..."
"Sorry. Just by accident." Angus calmly explained, calmly took another glass sphere, then calmly continued to practice.
Seeing the glass fragments splattering on the ground, the students of Class K were sweating.
How... savage was their Leader!
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'Feel the direction of the flow of energy, grasp the speed of its movement, direct the flow of energy through the palm and release it into a technique...'
Direction of the flow of energy? What flow of energy? Where was it?
Movement speed? Movement speed of what?
Having read this passage over and over twenty times but not getting any benefits, Angus crubbed his hand through his hair in frustration, closing the book. The book "Introduction to Power Control" lonely lied on the desk.
Angus walked to the bed, freely dropping his body on it.
The words in the book – he could understand every single word, but when combining them into a sentence, he could not get any meaning! It was a book, wasn't it? Could they write it a bit more clearly?
Rolling on the bed in frustration for a while, Angus finally made a decision. He locked the door of his room and went out.
Eugene had just taken a shower, but before he could dry his wet hair with the towel, the doorbell rang. He frowned. Who would come to see him at this time? This was time for resting, wasn't it?
He strode to the door of the door, walking and holding a washcloth indiscriminately moving on his hair. After seeing the one outside through the door viewer, Eugene opened the door.
No one else but the new Class Leader of Class K.
"Teacher." Angus bowed.
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