I rember that first day vividly.
Very, very vividly.
After we got out of the chas, we were imdiately herded into a huge lift along with a few other kids who had arrived by cha as well. The fifty or so of us fit into the lift comfortably and with room to spare.
"Gifted program. Prepare to exit." A tall and burly lift operator called out.
"Bye Emma! All the best! Thanks for not telling anything about my very important first day!" I said to her half sincerely and half sarcastically.
"You're welco." She grinned at . "Whatever happens, don't give up! AND make sure you look after Tes!"
She gave Tes a quick hug and then stepped out of the lift as soon as the doors opened.
Apparently they had gotten quite close during the past few days.
I had no idea what happened.
The past few days were a blur of absorbing cha cores and then trying my best to ingest them as fast as I could.
After so many long hours of ingesting all that cha cores and blue chas which my big bro and Jeanette had so generously left for during the purge, the red energy within my body had grown much stronger than before.
At that ti I didn't know for sure, but I also suspected that my RPL had increased once more!
And the real good news was, I had successfully absorbed fifty percent of the white cha "gifted" by Alia Dragonos. I would be able to wield the full power of a white cha enhanced by the power of thirty-three blue chas within the month.
"In one month, if push cos to shove and the assassins co once more, I would be able to eat them all for breakfast." I thought grimly.
Although I had no combat skills to speak of, the sheer power that my cha suit afforded allowed to completely overlook that glaring absence.
Sledgehamrs needed no finesse to smash their targets.
I was absolutely brimming with power!
After Emma exited the lift, it was the other Whitefrost kids' turn.
"All of you, except first years, please exit the lift." The operator said in a totally bored voice.
"Bye guys. Thanks for leaving in the dark." I resud my sarcastic goodbyes.
"Rember, make us proud!" Julie said as she left the lift.
I rolled my eyes at her as the lift door closed on us.
"Any guesses what we'll be going through soon?" I asked Tes.
"Guesses? I don't need to guess. My parents told yesterday." Tes shrugged.
"WHAT?! You knew? And you didn't tell ?" I half shouted at her.
"You seriously don't know?" The lift operator looked at in slight surprise. "Where were you for the past few years of your life? It's common knowledge."
"I was… Overseas." I quickly ca out with an excuse. "What is it? Can you tell ?"
"Well… You'll know in a few seconds. I might as well let you find out for yourself. It's so rare that soone actually doesn't know about the orientation week of the academy. I won't ruin your surprise. Haha!" The lift operator barked out a satisfied laugh.
"You… Tes! Will you tell ? Please?" I turned to Tes and pleaded her.
"Well… Emma said to let you find out during the start of the event itself. So… I'll let you do that." Tes giggled lightly. Around us, the other first years looked at with amused smiles and pitying looks.
But before I could give vent to my mounting exasperation, however, we arrived at our destination.
Ding!
"Alright first years. Go on out and all the very best. Especially for you boy." The lift operator said with a laugh as he shooed us out of the lift.
I rolled my eyes at him.
We stepped out into an utterly massive space which could only be called an arena.
It was so huge that a horse would take many long minutes just to run a straight line from one end to the other! And all around the massive arena were rows and rows of seats. The seating area surrounding the arena was so huge that it could probably seat a million people!
At that mont, almost twenty percent of the arena was filled. That's almost two hundred thousand people!
They were probably the family mbers of the participants, the staff and students, as well as important guests.
The first day of the National cha Pilot Academy's orientation week for first years had always been a big event, and there were no lack of people who wanted to watch the event.
"Whaaat the… This is so much bigger than I had imagined. Coolios!!" A nerdy boy around Tes' height exclaid in surprise.
"Amazing." Tes whispered as she too was astounded by the sight that laid before us.
As far as the normal human eye can see (not my eyes of course, because mine were enhanced), huge blue chas stood neatly in rows and columns.
There were all sorts of chas with all sorts of equipnt in the humongous arena. Light, dium and heavy chas were all represented there. So had flight modules, so carried lee weapons, so carried rifles, and there were even so which were completely unard.
"Interesting!!" I imdiately cried out in my heart as I gazed at the awe-inspiring sight.
However, I soon narrowed my eyes as I did a quick calculation.
"Fifty by one hundred. That's exactly five thousand chas." I muttered.
"Tes. DO NOT tell we are going to have a GRAND LEE as our opening event?? A five thousand cha free for all fight??" I turned to look at her seriously.
Tes rely smiled at and nodded.
"Hehehe. Finally you know what you've gotten yourself into." The nerdy and apparently very talkative boy laughed out loud. "Don't pee in your pants!"
"Don't worry. The cha seats are made of leather. You can pee as much as you like. Haha!" A tall girl dressed in comfortable sports wear joined him in teasing .
I ignored them as my jaw dropped at her confirmation.
"What kind of school takes their first years and imdiately dumps them into a five-thousand-cha GRAND LEE?! On the freaking FIRST DAY?!" I thought in shock.
However, my heart began to pound in exhilaration as I answered my own question.
"THE MOST AWESO TYPE OF SCHOOL!!" I shouted to myself.
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