Inside the Principal's office, Professor McAllister and Principal Harris were having a conversation about Erik. Principal Harris was seated, as usual, behind his desk with a contemplative look. Professor McAllister, instead, was standing in front of him with a serious look.
"Are you saying that the kid's awakening is not over?" Principal Harris asked Professor McAllister.
"Yes, sir. He is still showing strength improvents he shouldn't have; besides, his ability to learn is too off the charts. I'm not aware of similar cases, but this is what I think is happening. Maybe he himself is not aware of this," Professor McAllister said.
"If it is as you are saying, we are in front of sothing unprecedented, and we must be cautious about what to do from now on."
"So you are..."
"Yes, I'm suggesting not saying anything to the militaries," the principal said, sparking indignation in Professor McAllister.
"But why? If sothing like this is true, we must understand why..." the teacher said.
"Yes, but this would an letting Erik beco a lab rat."
The two n went on with their conversation. Professor McAllister tried in vain to reason with Principal Harris, but he was adamant in his decision. Nothing had to go out about Erik.
As professor McAllister left the room, Principal Harris stood. He went in front of the huge map depicting the continent hanging on the wall and stared at it for several minutes before going to his desk.
***
"You had to see her face!" Floyd said to Erik while telling Erik a funny story about Gwen, pissing her off greatly.
"Are you done?!" the young woman asked.
"Not yet! Hahaha," These were so monts Erik had never had before his fake awakening. He considered these precious ones, but he wasn't fully able to savor them because of his distress.
Having killed Conal, Orson and Logan truly felt marvelous to him, though, at the sa ti, he felt like sothing did break inside of him.
The previous week, he was on cloud nine because he had fixed his deformity and gained a new power. He believed that everything would be good for once. Still, the three bullies decided not to give the young man peace, leading him to take extre asures to resolve the conflict.
"Are you listening, Erik?" Floyd asked.
"Yeah, sorry," Erik sheepishly said.
"I wanted to ask this, but it looks to like you have sothing on your mind. Did sothing happen?" Floyd asked.
Erik was taken aback by the question; he couldn't possibly answer truthfully since he couldn't tell he did kill the three pricks. So he faked his best smile and said, "Nothing at all."
"If you say so... By the way, I was saying..."
Floyd then resud Gwen's shaful stories. He kept telling her tales for an hour before the four friends decided to eat sothing at a local restaurant. Gwen, obviously, was furious with Floyd, but he didn't care, and making fun of her was hilarious.
The evening went by in a flash, and Erik had a lot of fun and was briefly able to forget his problems for a couple of hours. The group chatted about this and that and told funny stories about teachers and other students alike, not even sparing so about Nathaniel and Anderson.
Erik found them funny; the two students were stern and diligent people who didn't joke much. They weren't known around campus as jokesters or pranksters, although there was one thing both knew how to do: put fear into those they hated. Imagining them making goofy mistakes was a breath of fresh air for him. He found out that even the perfect and mighty Nathaniel and Anderson had a silly side.
After dinner, Amber brought her friends ho until Erik remained. Amber opened the car's ceiling as they traveled with her car, revealing a starry sky and a shiny moon illuminating the city landscape as a backdrop.
It was beautiful. They talked about trivial things while riding back to the house where he lived, with Erik having trouble getting his eyes off Amber.
Erik felt attracted by the young red-haired woman, but he was not confident enough to ask her to date. He never did so and didn't even know where to begin with, and besides, he was sure Amber didn't feel attracted to him. Erik still wondered why such a powerful girl had beco friends with him.
These things aside, It seed to Erik that there were no more troubles that this one night couldn't solve, and he enjoyed being there with her.
They arrived shortly after eleven P.M. Erik jumped out of the car after having thanked Amber and then walked alone into his dark apartnt building, feeling empty. The night he had just spent with what he defined as his first friends was able to clear his mind.
Yes, he killed so people, but they deserved it, and whatever happened to him, he decided to embrace it. He was no longer afraid of anyone and wouldn't let anyone take advantage of him from now on. His future could only be bright from that mont onward, and he decided to think of this positive aspect from now on.
As he returned ho, Erik slouched on the couch for a little while. He still had an hour, more or less, to train his neural link so he sat in the lotus position and began channeling mana from and to his brain crystal.
He took deep breaths and focused on his breathing pattern. He thought about how he would do it.
he told himself.
Erik concentrated harder than ever. He closed his eyes and made his mana flow through his body. Erik finally got the hang of establishing neural links.
It turned out much easier than he expected it to be when he still had his deformity. A few hours passed without any significant obstacles, and he was happy to notice that the process was working well.
Though he felt like the process was too slow, and having multiple brain crystal powers and many neural links to establish, he had to find a way to speed up the process.
Erik asked the biological supercomputer.
[ANSWER: THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE HOST'S LINK-ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE. THE BIOLOGICAL SUPERCOMPUTER CAN TRY TO FIX THESE ISSUES. THOUGH ENERGY IS REQUIRED TO START THE PROCEDURE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THIRTY DNA POINTS ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED ENERGY.]
[ANSWER: CORRECT. THIRTY DNA POINTS ARE REQUIRED TO START THE PROCEDURE. FORTY DNA POINTS DETECTED; DO YOU WANT TO USE THEM?]
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