During his 2 days of independence, even as Eliot tried to adapt and survive independently alongside brother, he also did some experiments.
One of these experiments was related to his support system.
“Umm, support system, can I use the system on others apart from myself?”
[An active request has been made!]
[You have unlocked Support System Gimmick: Snooping Tool!]
[Snooping Tool: This gimmick enables you to use the system to spy on other organism’s status.]
[NOTE: The requirements to use the snooping tool on a target is either be affiliated to said organism or get the permission of the said organism.]
After this, Eliot did not hesitate to use the snooping tool on brother.
[Snooping Tool Activated!]
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Name: Brother Bonkers
Level: 3
Stats:
Power: 2.3
Speed: 7
Mind: 2
Toughness: 1.8
Luck: 0
[Health Points: 25/25]
[Skills: Dash; Bite; Devour; Camouflage; Mate]
[Species: Chinook Salmon]
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Brother bonkers like Eliot approved of the system to call him was level 3 and it was clear, he was stronger than the current Eliot.
The most prominent of his stats though was his speed.
Apart from ex chief with a ridiculous speed of 15.5 and that one Salmon, brother bonkers was the fastest fish in the whole fish school.
That day, before the whole school, Eliot started his reforms.
“Currently, we’re 40 in number and we are more than enough to do more than swimming aimlessly in search of prey”.
“Today, I will be dividing the fish school into 3 major departments”.
“…!” All the fish looked on at their chief, confused but Eliot did not care.
He knew that he had a lot of explaining and teaching to do and he was ready for it, afterall he taught at a primary school before he became Professor Gagam’s assistant at the institute of evolutionary studies.
“From today, the fish school shall be divided into the attack department, the defense department, and the scouting department”.
“The attack department shall comprise of all the strongest fish in the school and they’ll be responsible for hunting and protecting the school”.
“The defense department shall comprise of the weakest fish in the school”.
“Their responsibility is to work on digging holes according to my instructions for the school, these holes shall be our bunker and shelter in times of trouble”.
“These holes can also serve as a mobile fortress for us if used right”.
“What’s mobile fortress?” They all asked.
“…!” If Eliot had a hand, he would scratch his head.
“Never mind, you’ll understand after its built”.
“As for the scouting department, they shall comprise of the absolute fastest fish in the school and I already have a candidate to become the commander of the scouting department”.
“Brother bonkers is the first commander of the scouting department”.
“…!” The fish were stunned at first but as the realization of this moment came in, they erupted in cheers.
“Commander Bonkers!”
“Commander Bonkers!”
[Snooping Tool Activated!]
Eliot used the snooping tool repeatedly as he meticulously went through the stats of all 39 fish in this school apart from himself.
In the end, he ended up dividing all remaining 37 fish apart from ex chief into departments as he also named commanders for the attack and defense departments.
The commander of the defense department was the fish with the best-balanced stats of the school, she was not spectacular in any stat but neither was she deficient in anyone in particular.
“From today, you shall not just be sister, you shall be sister Blinky”.
“Blinky?” This fish was stunned.
The others clearly didn’t care though as they cheered her on.
“Commander Blinky!”
“Commander Blinky!”
As for the commander of the attack department, this fish already caught Eliot’s eyes since his first day in this school. He was the biggest of all the fish asides ex chief and like ex chief, he was also level 5.
He was by far the strongest fish in the school, even more than chief.
Eliot wondered why this monster Salmon didn’t challenge chief for the title.
He looked at the huge Salmon who stood before him. “From today, you shall not just be called brother, you are now brother Bomber”.
“Commander Bomber!”
“Commander Bomber!”
The other fish hailed him on enthusiastically.
And that was the end of Eliot’s reforms, his ideal fish school was ready and the next thing on the agenda was to officially commence training.
His first focus was on the scouting department.
Eliot spent hours drilling into the heads of this fish the basics of scouting and organized retreat in the face of danger.
Having spent 2 days with him already, brother bonkers was able to catch up fast and in no time, Eliot finally felt comfortable leaving the training to them.
After the scouting department, he focused on the attack department.
They were arguably the most important department of the school.
The first thing that he drilled into their skulls was how they should react in the face of danger.
Instead of screaming danger and running haphazardly like ex chief already drilled into them, he spent a long-time drilling into them that the best strategy was to calm down and analyze the situation.
They were no longer individual Salmon fish.
Now, they were the protectors of this school and they had to live up to expectations. Eliot taught them basic attacking strategies that he thought up on the spot that he deemed convenient for a group of attacking Chinook Salmon.
Like he expected, brother bomber was the best learner of the combat basics by a margin as in a few days, he was able to master the basics.
During these days, Eliot did not neglect the defense department as in those locations that he identified as ideal for the Salmons to hide, led by commander Blinky, the weaker fish worked hard to dig clever holes that could fit them.
During these days of training, Eliot only allowed the absolute minimum hunting to just make ends meet in terms of calories needed for day-to-day activities of the school and the attack department took care of this admirably.
The training needed to be complete before he was confident of leading his new followers into the dangerous expanse of the Thunder Reef.
Like the rolling pages of a book, training took time as the days rolled over.
And in no time, it was already a week and 5 days since Eliot was reincarnated into this world of Utopia.
And finally, the fish school’s training was complete.
On that day, Eliot summoned ex chief who he already made his assistant.
It was time to go into the world and conquer.
Eliot used the past few days as the chief productively.Apart from training the previously chaotic fish school into a cohesive unit, he also did some personal observation on his part.Led by Commander Bomber, as the fish of the attack department went out to hunt successfully for the fish school, Eliot noticed something.During the past few days of hunting, a few of the fish in the attack department were able to level up, he noticed due to his snooping tool.This was when he arrived at a theory after careful analysis.‘Commander Bomber and ex chief are already level 5 fish’.‘It’s clear that level 5 is the first climax point for Salmon fish, to grow further, they need to use a single species evolution orb to evolve and gain magic’.This brought an idea to tweak the hunt strategy of the attack department.‘Since Commander Bomber no longer has use for XP unless he uses a single species evolution orb, there’s no use for him landing the killing blow to prey’.‘I will introduce a strategy t
[WARNING! A powerful predator has been discovered!][You have encountered a Barracuda Fish!][Support system tip: Escape!]“Game on!” Eliot was excited.The Barracuda of the West was huge.Almost 3 times as big as the average Chinook Salmon in this hunt force, the Salmon fish could not help but be intimidated on the first sight of the beast.This was the first time that they were hunting a beast bigger than them.Most times, ex chief only targeted fish schools that were smaller and weaker than them, this was the safest avenue to eat and grow in his opinion.But not anymore, chief Eliot was different.Despite this Barracuda not evolving to access magic yet, it was clear that he was a veteran hunter. This muscular fish with its streamlined, torpedo-shaped body screamed danger no matter how you looked at it.Its mouth was equipped with an impressive set of razor-sharp teeth.It looked even more menacing due to its lower jaw jutting out past its upper jaw, exposing its dozens of terrifyin
[You have killed a Barracuda fish!][You have been rewarded with XP!]…[You have fulfilled the requirements to level up!][You have leveled up!][Congratulations! You are now a level 3 Chinook Salmon!][Your attributes have increased…]…[Your power has increased by 0.8][Your speed has increased by 1.6][Your mind has increased by 0.4][Your toughness has increased by 0.6][Your luck has increased by 0][Your health points have increased by 5]-----Name: Virgin EliotLevel: 3Stats:Power: 2.4Speed: 6.8Mind: 2.7Toughness: 1.7Luck: 0[Health Points: 25/25][Skills: Dash; Bite; Devour; Camouflage; Mate][Species: Chinook Salmon]----In an instant, Eliot felt himself become marginally bigger.The process of leveling up was a phenomenon that he still couldn’t wrap his head around. ‘Is it a biological process?’‘Is it a magical process?’‘Damn! Everything in this world truly feels so novel and new’.‘I wonder when I’ll be able to learn it all’.Eliot finally paid attention to the p
Today was Eliot’s first big day as chief of this fish school.He led them to an unprecedented victory, killing multiple small fish and 2 powerful predators in the form of the Giant Barracuda and the Diving Bell Spider.Eliot was not someone that loved work though.He could be lazy like any other person. The reason why he put in so much effort to become the chief and lead this fish school was because he had goals.He had a lot of mysteries in his mind that he wanted to clarify.And most of all, evolution.[You have activated innate bloodline ability: Infinite Evolution!][Congratulations! You have killed a Diving Bell Spider!][Kickstarting evolution process…, please wait!][Process kickstarted!]Commander Blinky did a good job in executing the picture that the chief presented in digging out the labyrinth lair of the fish school.Inside the lair, there was a separate dug hole for the chief.As soon as Eliot returned from the hunt, while most of the Salmon fish in the attack department
“Ok, ok, this is how we’ll do it”. Eliot faced his assistant. “We have to trim the options down so we’ll use this strategy”. “Which of them do you hate the most?” “We’ll use that to narrow them down first”. Eliot barely finished when ex chief roared. “Definitely those f*ckers!” Eliot stared at him. “Who?” “Those f*ckers!” ‘Damn, I swear I’ll kill this mother*cker one day’. Eliot thought in exasperation as he glared at ex chief. “Who?!” “Ahh…, sorry, it’s those Mata Mata”. “Gosh, they’re so arrogant”. “They kill with style, so arrogant and foolish!” Ex chief stared at Eliot again. “Not only them, the Vampire fish crew too but unlike the Mata Mata, I truly fear them”. “Even during the days of Chief, their raids left us with huge casualties”. “I don’t want us to fight them”. “The Stingray clan too, I hate them”. “And the Tiger Fish clan too, those f*ckers!” “And I think…” “Wait!” Eliot stopped him. “I think that’s enough”. “Let’s narrow it down further, tell me about th
Rustle!The leaves on the seabed waved gently to the rhythm of the water even as the waves hit against the coral reef, leaving behind a whistling sound.Whoosh!The sound of the waves hitting against solid ground reverberated in intervals, giving Eliot the clue he needed that land was probably nearby.‘This proves that there’s definitely a beach nearby or something’.‘I can’t wait to be level 5 to truly check it out’. He felt excited.The home of the Goliath Tigerfish clan was at another edge of the coral reef and at these early hours of the morning, it was as silent as a graveyard.Around the lair of the Tigerfish was a gathering of sea plants that did a good job in hiding the tiny entrance that led into the lair of these fish.Their chief was clearly intelligent to make this place their lair.It was what kept them alive and thriving for so long.Discovering this place was a testament to Commander Bonkers’ ability and the overall ability of the scouting department of the fish school.
“Danger!”“Run!”“Run!”If the Goliath Tigerfish that could speak reacted like this, what was the reaction of the poor weaker and undeveloped ones?It was a pretty chaotic sight.The Goliath Tigerfish that reacted on time charged out of their lair filled with panic, forgetting the fact that they were safest when cohesive inside their lair.Instantly after they came out, the defense department reacted.“Kill!” Commander Blinky roared.The 25 Salmon Fish of the defense department went on the attack led by their Commander. In this scenario, with at least 3 Salmon fish ganging up on 1 Goliath Tigerfish, the Tigerfish stood no chance.The 11 Tigerfish that charged out of the lair would meet death in no time.Not all the Tigerfish were awake yet though, some of them slept deeper and for others, even if they woke up, they didn’t know how to react to the sudden situation that befell their clan.And besides, with the strongest of the clan having woken up ahead of time and reacted by panicking,
[WARNING! A powerful predator has been discovered!] [You have encountered a family of mutated Piranhas!] [Support system tip: Escape!] SNAP! Another Salmon fish fell prey to the predators. The 5 Piranha fish were having the time of their lives. It was early morning and they already encountered this tasty treat, they would not be Piranhas if they did not take advantage of the opportunity to get as much free food as they wanted. “…!” Commander Blinky was petrified in shock on seeing them. This fish felt like she was seeing ghosts. The arrival of the Piranha fish threw all the raid plans down the drain. The Chief was good at creating strategies to turn tides around in battle but before overwhelming power, strategy meant nothing. No amount of strategy would make the school of Salmon fish suddenly good enough to take on these hyper aggressive predators. By now, after the death of their chief, the Goliath Tigerfish clan was already coming really close to extinction by the hands o