Today, leaving the canteen, the students were far more excited than any other day. Everyone was walking together in a large group, following two specific individuals to their match.Witnessing one of the top rankers fight was usually quite a spectacle, because the top rankers only ever fought against others who were close to the top. This would allow the other students to see a high level of skills being displayed, and showed everyone just how far or close they were to catching up.However, the reason the students were even more hyped up than usual was that ever since the current batch of top rankers had risen to their position, they had made a pact that they wouldn’t fight. This meant that no high level fights had taken place since nobody had dared to antagonise the top rankers so far. Ever since Gary had openly mocked Sty, the students had hoped that something would come out of it, and now that it did they were all elated, even though the green haired newcomer wasn’t the one who wou

While lying on his bed in his new room, Gary stared at the ceiling with his mind full of thoughts. He was struggling with the current predicament in front of him.'What do I do?' This was the question in his mind. The scene at the end of the previous fight flashed over and over in his head. Numba's bloody and swollen face, with which he could barely see or talk, appeared in his mind, yet, in the end, Numba had mustered up the strength to tell Gary to get away from him.'Have I done the right thing? Did I believe everything else would be effortless after the Underdogs just because I managed to get rid of them? Either way, I screwed up. 'If I take out Sty, then he'll direct his frustration on Numba, and I'm not sure even getting a higher position than him would do anything. The way they treat Numba might even worsen after this.'Right now, Gary was honestly missing the Howlers more than anything. Making decisions on his own was hard. If he could, he would have picked up his phone and

Some Altereds in the facility couldn't believe what they saw in the arena. The Altered in front of them wasn't the typical one they would see. With razor-sharp fangs, long claws, saliva dripping from his mouth, and red eyes, he looked like a monster out of their worst nightmares. Many felt a chill just looking at Gary's form. It was a rare sight for a lot of them to see. Altereds first learned how to transform their certain body parts, and as time passed on, they would mix and change their body to whatever was best suited to them, but Altereds were rarely able to change into their full beast form.Some Altereds didn't even know what their actual beast form would look like since it was hard for them to imagine what their beast was based on from the few parts they could change. Although, depending on how they became Altered, companies such as NIRV would allow one to see the beast which had been used for their DNA.Either way, Altereds were still seen as human by many but seeing Gary,

With Izzy suddenly pleading their case with such fervour, Gary was left speechless. He didn’t really know what to say. He had half processed what they were saying, but at the same time didn't really understand. “First of all, can you guys please get off the floor? It makes me feel uncomfortable when you act like that. We're the same age, and I'm just a student like you guys. Heck, technically all of us are still just student candidates for the AFA.” Gary said, pinching the bridge of his nose.Lifting their heads off the floor, all of them had eager faces since the green haired teenager had not yet refused their request. He was certain that Izzy was putting on a pair of large puppy eyes, which made things extra hard on him, and just made him want to look away.“Gary, it took a lot for us to ask that of you.” Ian confessed. “It’s nice of you to say we're the same, but let’s be honest, it’s obvious we’re not. Take a look at the number on your badge, and then take a look at the number on

Everyone in the facility was stunned, as it was hard for them to tell what Sty’s goal was. It was clear that he had lost the last match on purpose, so why was he now the one challenging his fellow top ranker, especially one he already outranked? His action was completely legitimate. The rules merely stated that someone who had already fought was allowed to refuse any further challenges on that day, yet there was no limit to how often someone could challenge others. As long as a challenger didn’t have any severe injuries forcing the teacher to take them away for healing, they were technically free to fight to their heart’s desire.Usually, only students at the lower ranks would fight more than once, as the strength disparity between them wasn’t overly great. The higher the rank, the bigger the gap became, so fights between high rankers normally resulted in injuries for both sides. However, the situation right now was outside the norm.Since the rank 7 student had nothing to lose by ac