“Man, my body is tired. I’m sure Carl and Jacob are probably having fun playing games and stuff. What is it you want to tell me, Sensei?” He seemed to get even more serious when I said that last sentence. “Ren, today I had another phone call like yesterday. Yesterday, Carl and Jacob had been ambushed by bounty hunters, and when they refused to give up your location they were killed, and now, the one I got this morning before you came outside told me that… Your family was also killed when they didn’t know where you were, and according to the cover-up team, your mom’s last phone call was to you, trying to hear your voice one last time.” His last words broke me. I burst into tears. “I-I didn’t answer her last call, and I blocked her instead. Carl and Jacob, even though they barely knew me, gave up their lives for me.” My sadness quickly turns into rage. “Those BOUNTY HUNTERS! I’ll kill every last one of them!” Suddenly, the same type of energy flame that covered Sensei’s hand when he was opening the school gates appeared, but it was green this time. I yell as loud as I can with the tears streaked on my face and punch the massive rock by me. It cracks and breaks into 12 pieces. Sensei grabs my shoulder and whispers, “Ren, you’ve done it.” I stare at the rock that I just shattered. “Sensei what did I just… do?” “You broke the rock just with your Neutral energy and your hand without using any techniques that I have taught you. You used the energy to hard coat your hand so the force exerted back on your hand decreases drastically. Since you haven’t learned how to properly hard coat with energy you do have some scratches on your hand, but wow,” he speaks like he actually means it, like he’s never seen anyone do it before. I seemed to have calmed down a bit. “I want to see them.” “You will tomorrow at 10:30. I’ll take you.” “I’m going to my room.” “Fair enough. You’re dismissed.” He looks at me. “If you want water there are some bottles right up ahead outside the living quarters for students.” “Thanks Sensei.”
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I head to the water bottles, I drink some and use the rest to wash my face. I head to my room to make some dinner, but just before I open the door I realize that I don’t have any groceries. “Aww, shit how am I going to make anything if I don’t have groceries,” I say as the thought of my family crosses my mind again and again. “Yes you do, well now well now at least.” A voice calls from behind me, I turn around and see a white kid who looks around my age carrying groceries in both hands. “Hi, my name is Kuro Mizorogi.” “Hi Kuro, I’m Ren Vance.” Instead of freaking out he stayed calm. “Oh, nice to meet you Ren, aren’t you one with Neutral energy?” “Yeah, and a bounty on my head.” His tone changes a bit “That must be so cool having Neutral energy, what’s your technique? Wanna know mine, I have abilities related to the Grim Reaper. I can even summon him and he takes over my body and summons his scythe and uses his own abilities, but I kind of go crazy and can’t control myself so I have to carry these medicines that force the grim reaper to forcefully leave my body. I’m a Negative energy user by the way. What’s your technique?” “Actually I haven’t manifested one yet.” “No problem, it’ll happen soon. If you need anything I’m your neighbor just by your room, and I almost forgot here are your groceries.” He enters his room. I go in with the groceries and start making some sushi and sashimi with the groceries he got me. I live in Japan after all.