The next morning...
"I think it's better for you to stay here and not go to school yet"
Miguel said to Kaito who was about to get up from bed as he was getting ready for School and continued to say
"Graduation is one week away but the recruitment exams are also coming up, according to the rumors it's going to be held in the wild and our opponents are going to be monsters, of they are going to be servant class and few warrior class"
After humans regained their foothold on the planet they established the Federation, which consist of the the powerful Ability users in the world
Some of these people after the world has stabilized established families in various base in the world
Later on the Federation released a ranking for monsters and ability users
Monster strength are ranked Servant, Warrior, General, King, Sovereign, Lord with Lord being the highest while servant the lowest
Ability users strength ranking includes; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Master, Grandmaster, Saint
The monster strength ranking corresponds with the Ability users strength ranking which implies that a basic ability user should be able to match an iron level monster of course this conjecture is not always applicable as there are variety of abilities some of which are non-combatant
"Plus we don't know what reaction Luke will have seeing you alive, not just alive but also all healed up, so keep a low profile until the final practice exams" Miguel said seriously as he finally finished arranging his things for School
"Alright, alright you are going to be late" Kaito said to Miguel
"Alright see ya then"
Miguel said as he leaves the dorm room and closes the door behind him, looking at Miguel as he closes the door, Kaito gets up from bed and washes his face after which he did some exercises to work up a little sweat
After doing few push ups, squats and some sit ups he then went to the bathroom to freshen up after which he changed into a clean set of clothes
Standing in the middle of their dorm room, he looked down at his arms wrapped in bandages and smiled
"I finally have my own ability...the only downside is that I don't have much time to master my ability to an extent, but I can try so see what I can figure out" Kaito said cheerfully as he drops his hands with a smile
Kaito picks up his phone sits on his bed and starts typing away
'only thing I know right now is that these things are able to act on their own, let's do a little research then on abilities that manifest as part of the user'
With that he searched for related content and went through them trying to understand his own ability somewhat
"Wow! This guy's whole body has rubber properties? That's... well..."
'what of...?'
Kaito shakes his head to get of rid of the image on his head
"She is a frog mutant? Damn! Thank goodness my abilities didn't make me weird like that" Kaito said while he keeps scrolling
'hmmm...but she can control her mutations that's good too'
"His hair can grow then become steel spikes that can be shot like a projectile? Isn't this a hedgehog?"
"She hair can be lit on fire plus it can grow that's...and this one can transform into vines that's crazy..."
'I have never really paid attention to these kind of things, there are myriads of abilities out there, everyone slowly figures out how their own abilities work...one thing I understand is most of them have an initial manner of control over them' Kaito thought while searching for something else
"Let's see... mastering my ability..." He types and searched
He scrolled through the appearing content and gradually noticed something among them
'tho some of these are total rubbish, most of these things have something on common... that's concentration basically concentrate on the new feeling that comes with the ability' with that Kaito sits up and drops his phone
Closing his eyes trying to feel what has changed on his body ever since he awakened his ability
Few minutes past...
"Yeah I've got nothing" Kaito opens his eyes his bandaged arms come into sight as he looks down then he slaps his thighs in realization
"That's right, what was I supposed to feel? The obvious change is my bandaged arms, stupid"
With that he paid close attention to his arms and slowly organized his thoughts
'I've been moving off track from the beginning from everything that happened yesterday, these things are really different from what I saw online' Kaito thought, remembering the images from yesterday
"They are obviously sentient... I just can't seem to communicate with it any more like yesterday"
Looking the bandage on his arms, Kaito seemed helpless and he then lay down
'I wonder how Miguel was able to control his ability'
Helpless he could only try the most random method that came to him
He put his bandaged right arm on his forehead.
Focusing his mind and calming his restless thoughts, he tries to feel what different a out his arms
The bandages on his arms slowly unwraps then extends slowly and Kaito then opens his eyes as smile appears on his face then confusion
"Strange..." He mutters
Looking at the bandage extremities from his arms, now one meter long and waving around him
'I'm happy that I got it to work but why do I feel like I just woke up altogether?'
"I know it's kind of sentient but... I feel something different " Kaito said remembering something
"Not just that...those images from before too it's a mental connection type of shit" looking at the bandage extremities as he then get up
'if this works the way I think, then it should have basically controlled my ability'
Then he looks at the cupboard and then bandages from his arms extend and wrapps around the handles and pulls them open
"Great! Now this is very nice, it's like having an extra pair of hands, or... having and extra pair of bandages in this case" He mutters
As the bandages easily pulls out a pair of jeans and folds it neatly,
"Really, no different from arms, only that it's more flexible and there are so many possibilities"
After returning the clothe closing the cupboard
'if I'm asked to explain how I'm able to master my ability so much, well, I'm not. The thing is... it's like asking me to tell you how use my hands or how I even walk, this thing really is connected to me more than just being part of my body there seems to be more to it... I just can't figure it out yet'
Lost in his thoughts Kaito allowed the bandages to retract and wrap around his arms and then he ordered takeout for both him and Miguel while he watches continued to ponder on his ability
"Yesterday I was wrapped up fully even my face I wonder if I could..."
The with a thought the bandages rapidly extends and wraps around most of all of his body below his eyes
Then he walks to the bathroom and looks at the mirror, a figure wrapped looking like Kakashi Hatake appeared on the mirror
"it's really cool looking tho...and really breathable"
While he was admiring his image on the mirror he suddenly stops and walks out of the bathroom and looks towards the door of the dorm room
"This... really is strange..."
A knocks sounds at the door
"Takeout order?" A voice sounds from behind the door
Kaito was about to walk to the door, but he then stops, looking down at his body and then back at the door then walks towards his bed while bandage extremities swiftly extend towards the door and opens it.
The dilivery guy looked on with wide eyes and mouth agape with shock, as the bandage extremities wrapped around the lunchboxes and retreated back into the room with it dropping them in cupboard while Kaito walked over with his phone while the bandage extremities retracted back into his body
"So...where do I sign?" Kaito asked the guy
Only then did the guy come back to his senses only to be shocked once again
'what's happening today, I've seen weird but...this?' the dilivery guy thought as he looked at Kaito's current get up
"Uhh...mister?" Kaito's voice sounds again bringing the guy's lost thought back
"Sign here please" he said after he regained composure
With everything done the guy left and Kaito closed the door
"This is far too convenient" Kaito said but then confusion clouded his face again
'what was that before? That strange feeling, it felt like I knew that guy was coming'
Looking at down at his body
"Could it be? Right this things has some kind of perception...like last night"
Kaito then sits on the floor and closes his eyes, immediately another world appears before his eyes, the same gray world from his memories
'I can sense the environment around in a spherical direction through the changes in the air plus the red glows from before, also it has no conflict with my own perception, interesting...also if I lose my regular sight in a situation where I am in a kind of illusion, I could really use this' Kaito thought as he opens his eyes as everything returns to normal
"This is really cool...and when I open my eyes it becomes more like an instinct it's there just not the main view more like sixth sense"
Kaito gets up and walks towards his bed as the bandages on his face unwraps and brings one lunchbox out of the cupboard and brought it to him and he takes it and the bandage retreats into his clothes
"I could get used to this" Kaito says with a smile
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