026 UNLIMITED PASS
Dan glanced at Zairgid, who rely shrugged, smirking. "That's Wrangle Snow. Total idiot. Ignore him."
"I'm not an idiot!" Wrangle snapped. "I'm the heir of the Snow family!"
Dan stepped forward, unflinching. "Wrangle, I don't care about your family na or your reservations. This is my apartnt. Get lost."
Dan was exhilarated. It was the first ti he scolded soone in school. Previously he was only the recipient of insults and now the tables have turned.
"You little—!" Wrangle lunged, his fist blazing with ta-energy. The energy ford a spectral snow lion which roared to life around his arm, tearing through the air rushing to destroy Dan.
"Snow Lion Blaze"
"Is this a ta skill? How did he summon a lion?" Dan mused.
"It's just a proprietary skill of the Snow family. The lion is just special effects… more sound than bite. It's nothing a genius like you can't resolve", Zairgid inford smiling.
Zairgid wasn't there to help him. He planned to watch the fight and see how strong Dan was… to beco a genius who could afford the luxury apartnt.
Dan didn't care about Zairgid's motives. He didn't need help anyway.
He also wasn't deterred at all by the unexpected attack.
Bang!
The snow lion shattered against an invisible barrier inches away from Dan. Dan summoned a glass fra of ta energy before him.
"Summon Shield"
"No, how can you block my lion? It's the strongest of our family's ta skill," Wrangler scread with disappointnt. His family's heirloom skill was disintegrated so easily.
"That's because your family skill is useless", Zairgid laughs.
Dan did not plan to wait around and chat.
"Fast Dash," Dan murmured, then he dashed towards Wrangle, seized his wrist, before pivoting hard. With a single fluid motion, he hurled him over the corridor railing.
Wrangle crashed into the courtyard below, scrambling up with a snarl. "This isn't over! You hear ? This isn't over!"
"Wow… you didn't kill him, did ya?" Zairgid said surprised.
Dan said nothing. He simply raised his phone and snapped a picture.
Na: Wrangle Snow
Rank: H
Strength: 10.0| Charm: 4.0 ta: 8.0 | Command: 7.5
He studied the stats, comparing them to the force of their encounter. Then he exhaled, almost disappointed.
"I didn't expect high school students to be this weak," he muttered.
Zairgid's smirk faded. "Careful. Say that too loud, and you won't just make an enemy…you'll make the whole school your enemy. That Wrangle isn't a nobody, and his family is one of the majors in town."
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After Dan settled into his apartnt, there was another knock at the door.
It was Zairgid, his neighbor.
"Hey, neighbor. Wanna go out?" Zairgid asked.
"Where to?" Dan replied.
"The usual spot… plenty of chicks there."
Dan hesitated. He was still a teenager…. girls weren't exactly out of his mind. But after everything he'd been through, flirting seed trivial compared to the bigger challenges ahead.
"Sorry, I'm heading to collect my school resources," Dan said.
Zairgid grinned. "Then I'll tag along."
"You'll what? There are no chicks in the admin departnt."
"Says who? The nurses there are pretty cute," Zairgid shot back.
Dan shook his head, but let him co along.
The school had promised Dan unlimited access to the ta Amplifier room when they recruited him—a privilege regular students only got for two hours a week. There were other perks too, and today he intended to claim them.
At the counter, the admin clerk froze when she heard his na. "You are… Dan Dark? The genius who scored full marks in the middle school aptitude tests?"
"That's ," Dan said without hesitation.
Zairgid nudged him. "Go on, hurry it up. We don't have all day."
"Hurry for what?" Dan asked.
"You'll see."
The clerk handed Dan an unlimited pass to the Amplifier room, then led him to another door. "You're also entitled to a weekly dose. Normal students only get theirs monthly."
"Dose of what?" Dan asked.
"Ecstasy," Zairgid whispered with a smirk.
Dan raised a brow but didn't press. If the school provided it, surely it would be safe.
Inside, two busty won in white coats and face masks waited. Zairgid lit up like a kid in a candy shop.
"Seriously? This excites you?" Dan muttered.
"It's a fetish," Zairgid whispered back, his eyes glued to them.
Dan ignored him and sat down. One nurse approached with a syringe.
"What's that?" he asked.
"It's SynGen Genomics," she explained. "For ta-humans, pushing past genetic limits isn't easy. This treatnt modifies your biology… giving you a stronger body, faster developnt, and resistance to most diseases. Think of it as an upgrade."
That caught Dan's attention.
It didn't sound like a drug at all—it sounded like superpower. He offered his arm without another word.
The second nurse noticed Zairgid hovering. "You're not authorized here. Out."
Zairgid clutched his chest in mock despair. "No! He's just a kid…he's afraid of needles! He needs here."
"Damn you," Dan muttered under his breath.
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After taking his weekly dose of GenSyn Genomics, Dan didn't feel much different. Maybe the effects were subtle, creeping in over ti rather than all at once.
"Where should we go now?" Zairgid asked casually.
"I'm heading to the ta-Amplifier room. I want to try it out," Dan replied.
"I'll co with you," Zairgid said without hesitation.
The two of them made their way to an annex building that housed a dium-sized auditorium. Two guards stood at the entrance.
One of them barked without waiting for greetings:
"Two hours of ditation per session. If you overstay, we'll throw you out."
Dan only flashed his unlimited pass.
The guard's expression shifted instantly, his eyes widening. "Unlimited pass? Then… the rule doesn't apply to you."
He hurried to open the door, even gesturing toward the pri seat nearest the amplifier core where the concentration of ta particles was strongest.
"You—out," the guard ordered the student occupying the seat.
The student jumped up imdiately, not daring to argue, and vacated his spot. Dan sat down.
Beside him, Zairgid gave a single glance to the student on the next chair. That was enough…the boy recognized him and scrambled to his feet and offered his place without a word.
Dan noticed and frowned inwardly. "This Zairgid isn't ordinary at all…"
They settled into ditation. Minutes blurred into hours. The two-hour mark passed, but no guard ca to remove them. Another hour slipped by.
Then, commotion erupted outside the amplifying hall.
Dan opened his eyes just as the door slamd open.
"Who the hell is hogging our amplifying space?" a burly student roared, storming in with a pack of followers.
The guards rushed forward, but the intruder launched a kinetic blast. One guard was hurled into the wall with a sickening thud. The other guards stopped quickly making phone calls to request backup.
"Don't make ask again!" the burly student shouted.
The remaining students pointed nervously toward Dan and Zairgid.
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