"Yes sir, I have found the perfect vessel," the thin figure on the phone said as he started speaking to the nanotech smartwatch from the deepest and darkest part of the dojo mansion. He had his back to the entrance and his arm raised near his mouth."Oh, who is it?" The man whose voice was coming from the watch speaker inquired.The man standing in the shadows said, "His name is Dave Stark, Miss Isabella's student," after checking to make sure no one was approaching by turning to the left and right.The voice on the other end of the phone responded, "That's new. Nevertheless, come back to the base and give me the whole report."The skinny man ended the phone and came outside, saying quietly, "Yes, sir."He made adjustments to his hair and clothing."Hey Mark, we thought you went home," a man said as he passed by him."Oh, Miss Isabella sent me on an errand and I got lost." He said this while maintaining a serious expression."Oh well," the man said, "she's gone back with her student to

"The shadow punishers," Dave said, looking at their faces and waiting for their responses, he gently put his arm into his Pocket with the breeze against my hair."That's nice, yeah we like the name!" they all shouted. Dave smiled, showing his white teeth. He felt proud of my naming sense. {Ding…. Congratulations on creating your gang} the system notification appeared right in front of me. Stroking his chin he said, "I see, so the system now approved that I officially created my gang when I named it since it didn't when Peter was maintaining them before." "Hmm that's nice," Dave said to himself, his foot crushing a dead branch as he moved forward a bit.'So where's my reward?' he asked himself, frowning a bit since the system hasn't said anything yet.Peter walked forward and tapped my soldier, "so what's gonna be our motto or slang?" he asked.Tapping Dave out of his thoughts, He replied after a few seconds of thinking. "What about shadow punishers, one with the shadow," He said

Only Joshua, Dave, and MJ remained in the classroom after all the students had left for the day."Alright, see you in the dorm," Joshua said, picking up his bag and leaving.He noticed Dave wanted to talk with MJ, and besides, he didn't want to be oppressed by the two or be the third wheel, so he took his leave first."Hey, I will walk you to your apartment," Dave said, getting closer to her. MJ didn't reply and just went out of the class, so Dave went after her.MJ and Dave got out of the classroom and could be seen walking along in the hallway."Why did you do that earlier?" MJ asked after a few minutes of silence between them."Do what?" Dave scratched his head, acting innocent despite fully understanding what she meant.MJ was irritated, knowing he was acting stupid. "What did you do in the morning at the classroom entrance?" she inquired."Oh, you wanted to ignore me, so I decided to tease you a little," Dave said."Tease me? a little? "You called that a little and you did it in f

"It's your turn now," Isabella said.There was no longer any reason for him to wait. Dave exited the spectator area and entered the battle arena. He quickly made some minor changes to his appearance to avoid people recognizing him in real life. When he was finished, he went to the search function.Dave wanted to play his first match against a level 10 user with the same power level as him.The game had assigned him an opponent, who was immediately teleported to an arena. When the countdown had finished, the match could begin.Isabella was already seated as a bystander.Dave was cautious at first because the student in front of him appeared fierce, but he also wanted to test something out.Dave moved in close to the student, ready for whatever came next. That's when the student transformed his hands into gorilla hands and punched Dave in the stomach.The attack was fast and powerful, but not fast enough because Dave could have blocked and countered the attack but chose not to, allowing

Isabella's office interior…"Qi?" Dave posed a query.Isabella answered, "Yes, Qi.'What is Qi?' He asked."All living things possess a form of energy known as qi. Qi is an energy that, in addition to our regular blessed powers, may increase your life force, give you superhuman strength, bolster both the internal and external forces of your body, and give you the ability to perform magic-like abilities". She gave details.The fresh information dump astonished Dave, and he was curious to find out more.Isabella observed his enthusiasm and continued her explanation, "The first stage, second stage, and third stage are the three stages of qi that I am aware of"."The first step is sensing the Qi around you or within you; the second stage is having the ability to use the Qi on things or weapons; and the third stage is having the ability to stretch the Qi outside the body and use it as a weapon or a shield.""And Miss Isabella, what stage are you at?" Dave questioned inquisitively.Isabella