176 The Training Begins (1/2)

Nolen School C

Misae looked towards the notice in her hand with bewilderment. ”Kanae is going to skip school again? Won't she get left behind in the lessons if this continues?”

”I doubt it,” Alice smiled wryly.

”You're right,” Misae sighed. ”There are a lot of people skipping school today.”

Alice nodded her head. The teacher also mentioned this as in the first-years alone there were already more than five students skipping class: Jay, Tommy, and Kanae included. From the second and third-years there were also more students skipping class.

”If it's about Jay, I heard that he has some matter to deal with in his clan,” Alice said timidly.

Misae nodded her head. She had heard the news from her mother. The clans were fighting to claim the territory that previously belonged to the Zone Clan. Although the leader of the clan was still trying his best to hold on to his position, so far the situation seemed grim.

At first, only the small and local gangs tried to create trouble, but later on, the Souhon Clan started to make a move. It was rumored that the two clans clashed a lot and that the small clans were expanding their territory little by little from the previously Zone Clan's territory.

”Those clans are still very annoying,” Misae sighed lightly. ”I just want to have a normal high school life, fall in love like in the novels, and have fun participating in various school events.”

Alice giggled slightly. She watched as her friend opened the book again unwillingly. Her eyes dropped down to her own hands as she slowly took out her own book. For the civilians, they only wanted peace without the clans. As for the clans' members, they had to live with the fact that they could never escape from the underworld.

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Jason's Private Training Villa

”You woke up, Kanae,” Jason greeted when he saw Kanae walk out from her room in training clothes. ”You seem to be in high spirits.”

”Yeah, I want to train and get stronger,” Kanae nodded her head. She remembered her previous encounter with the elite from the Zone Clan and felt ashamed whenever she thought about that. The two of them were clearly not at the top level, but they managed to hurt her quite badly, so she needed to train hard.

Jason nodded his head. ”You should eat first.”

Kanae saw that the table was filled with various foods and her mouth started to water. There were plenty of carbs and protein: pork, rice, soup, eggs, and many others. She immediately sat down and grabbed a plate to eat.

”Did you cook, Brother Jason?”

”Yep, do you think the food can just appear by itself? But you're not allowed to touch the cooking utensils, Kanae. You're here to train martial arts and not your cooking skill.”

”I understand.”

In their previous training session, she almost burned down the residence with her cooking. Jason had to remind her a lot of times about how to cook correctly or it would be a disaster.

Tommy and Shiro appeared not long after. Compared with Jason and Kanae who were used to waking up early, these two were slightly lazier. Shiro already woke up a long time ago, but he rested on his bed because he was lazy. As for Tommy, he truly had just woken up.

”Shiro, it's your turn to cook tomorrow,” Jason reminded.

Shiro nodded his head. ”Don't forget to occasionally buy some takeout. It's tiring to cook for these gluttons.”

The gluttons were obviously the four of them, but Shiro never admitted that he was part of them.

”I will, don't worry. For now, this is our breakfast.”

”It's time to eat!”