868 Changes 2 (1/2)
”However, I am quite clear about the temper of that guy over there. I have to go along with him. Otherwise, things will backfire. Over on this side, I can use the way of the wolf...” Red Moon was sulking due to the Nono incident. He looked at Clint and suddenly gave a sinister smile.
”Clint!”
”Ah... Eh?” Clint was just about to get into the state of training his Willpower but was jolted awake. He opened his eyes and had a blank look on his face.
”From today onwards, I will arrange training tasks for you every day. If they are not completed, there will be various punishments. In order to improve your strength and combat awareness as quickly as possible, this is the only way we can do it. After all, we are now in the radiation belt. There are dangers here everywhere and if you do not increase self-awareness, you may not know even know how you died.”
”Oh… Oh… I see, I'll work hard!” Clint nodded his head with seriousness.
”That's good. You have to know that once you don't finish the task, I will punish you by forcefully taking over your body. You have to be clear about this. Well, for the first task of the day, engrave the first layer of the Willpower imprint once again!”
”Ah??” Clint was stunned. Engraving Willpower imprint was the way to training Willpower. Each different training method would have a different imprint and each layer of training method would also have an imprint in increasing complexity which had to be engraved on different parts of the body to activate the Willpower of the cells in that part.
This was also the main method for training Willpower; repeated engraving would deepen the traces. This was the way to continuously progress in the training method.
In the past, it was possible to engrave an imprint once in four days under his normal state. This was considered to be very good for Clint, who had been forcefully advanced to Willpower Level One. Yet now, Red Moon actually asked him to engrave once a day!
”Lord... this...”
”If you cannot do it, you will go for a naked run! Or go show your little wee-wee[1] in front of the convoy's Big Sister and shout three times, ”I'm a scum!”” Red Moon grinned slyly.
”F*ck...” there was absolutely no way he was doing that!!
Clint's head immediately went numb and he had goosebumps all over his body. Quickly, without saying anything else, his whole body and mind went into the state of Willpower training.
He knew that Red Moon would walk his talk. In the event of such a terrible incident, his reputation would be sullied for the rest of his life!
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Garen walked into the academy. The number of students in the academy had decreased significantly as many students had received tasks of patrolling in the city, similar to the tasks he did before, as there was a lack of manpower.
Besides Blackboard Academy, other academies in the region were also doing the same thing. The higher-ups of Blackboard had officially entered into a war with the White Light Organization. With East Fate City as the frontline, both sides had invested large numbers of standard Mech units. The Blackboard army and the Ray Print Mech of White Light had been killing each other. There would be a big scale battle every three days while every two days, a small-scale one. The death toll on both sides was increasing.
The White Light Organization had shown more than just the strength of a terrorist organization. East Fate City was located at the border and back of the Maria Region. It was impossible that this situation did not have the acknowledgment and support of the other two regions.
Blackboard was now dealing with the issue of the forbidden core as well as the implication of a possible inter-region war.
Garen paced slowly on the sidewalk of the academy. The green belt beside that was planted with safflowers had been trimmed neatly. Looking ahead, there were maglev circular displays the size of washbasins playing the news.
'In recent days, the Polar Region and our military have been conducting joint military training. The newest submarine-launched missiles have been revealed. According to relevant sources, the new missiles have not only enhanced the scatter-tracking on the foundation of the Nightingale models, they have also been equipped with a special erosion-type force field generator on their warheads. It can effectively carry out powerful interference attacks on high-level pilots…”
The news broadcaster smiled and spoke confidently as if local high-level pilots could completely overpower the terrorists with just a new type of missile.
Garen strolled past the display as he observed the increasingly tense atmosphere in the Blackboard Region. The atmosphere of the war had already seeped into the academy, where soldiers in military uniforms were often seen entering and leaving the campus.
”My uncle was involved in the research of the new missile. The actual power is not as imagined...” a few passing students shook their heads while discussing among one another.
”How is the situation in East Fate City?”
”Not sure. We were only responsible for the periphery cleaning.”
”If you are an elite student, you will certainly receive an inner job.”
”Some did receive it, but the casualties were quite severe. I heard that even Senior Red Eyes was seriously injured.”
Several students discussed while passing by on Garen's right. They all looked like senior students, each emanating the force field of Level One Willpower. The senior-level eight-petaled flower silver logo was also worn on their chests. Eight years of schooling was the normal level of most students. For the tens of thousands of students in Blackboard Academy, ninety percent of them were actually at such a level. They made up the majority of ordinary people in the academy.
Even if the students were studying at home, they were also talking about the war.
For elites like Garen who could achieve Level Three Willpower, many of them had a lot of military ranks and they could officially enter the battlefield as military soldiers.