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Chapter 8: Who is Alex?

As the blood curling scream echoed out in the mess hall, everyone's faces slowly went pale. They all could not believe what they were seeing, an Instructor, who was regarded as one of the strongest in the program, was laying on the ground with his feet bent the wrong way. The name “Steel Fortress” was given to him due to him being nearly invulnerable to physical attacks, so seeing his feet bent the wrong way was a very terrifying sight for them. Everyone looked towards the youth, who was now squatting in front of that Instructor, with eyes filled with dread.

Alex just looked into the mans eyes and said in cold voice, “I don't give a shit who you are or what your nickname is but you dare and touch my students again and I will cut off your fucking balls and shove them up your ass so high, that you can suck on them. Am I clear now?” When the man had recollected what had just happened and the threat the youth made, he immediately nodded. Fear started outweighing the pain for him. He understood that what this youth just said was no joke. The entire mess hall was in complete silence, if someone dropped a pin in there, it would ring out loud and clear.

Just as no one knew what to do, laughter rang out and everyone saw the Director walk out from the crowd. The Director just smiled at Alex and said, “You truly are overprotective of your own. I remember certain someone saying yesterday, that the team you were assigned to was joke. Also if they got into fights or trouble, it would be their own problem. So why are you covering for them so much now? Alex just looked at the Director and said with a helpless face, “Well, now I understand why they are the troublemakers and also, what I said about Instructors yesterday… Seeing this son of a bitch, I stand corrected. These Instructors aren't weak or lenient, they are just sadistic fuckers who find amusement in the suffering of a younger generation.”

When Alex had said that, he pointed at the man who was currently being carried to the infirmary. A tinge of anger flashed across the Directors face when he said, “Oi, even though you were once my student and I specially recruited you to train them, I can't let that one slide.” “Hoo, Well then, mind explaining why they were pointing and laughing at them, when they were being mocked to the ground? Also, why no one stood up to help them, when that student attacked? Had Cristoph taken that punch head on, he would have been in a critical condition. I don't give a shit about you letting this slide, you fucking dragged me out of prison to instruct these guys and now when I say that you need to do a serious inspection on your Instructors, I'm the bad guy? Furthermore, I am not afraid of you. If you want to start a fight, I'll accompany you.” Alex was clearly in a bad mood, when he said that.

When he reached the end of his story, red lightning flashed over his right arm as he looked straight into the Directors eyes. When the Director saw the red lighting, he immediately flinched, shock and dread flashed in his eyes before he said, “You! You have mastered that?” Alex just smiled and said to him, “I haven't completely mastered using it but I have mastered it to a good enough degree to take you on.” Everyone else watched the two in confusion, they could not understand the later part of the conversation. All the Instructors who were previously enraged for being mocked had calmed down and had shame written on their faces. What Alex had said was true and due to that, they had no way of refuting it.

They all quietly listened to the conversation between the Director and Alex. When they heard that Alex was the Directors student everyone felt sweat running down their spine. They had heard of his student before and everything they had heard made them feel like he was out of their league by a mile. They sized up Alex for a second but their thought process was cut short by the Director, who said, “Follow me to the special training room. If you have sufficient control over “That” then I will permit you to use it. If not do not think about ever using it again, I will stake my life on the line to kill you if you disobey me.”

Those words made even Alex sweat. He might be strong but even he could not recklessly take on the Director. Even more so knowing that the Director has not used his other ability and that is what truly makes him scary. The director was also a dual ability holder like Alex and that was the main reason he took Alex in as a student. He had never accepted any other student what so ever. The Director just turned around and gestured Alex to follow. Alex, having no way out of this, followed him quietly. As the two left the mess hall, a huge uproar suddenly broke free.

Everyone was guessing, who he exactly was and what the extent of his abilities was. Everyone looked at his four students and no one dared to say any bad words about them anymore. They understood very clearly, should they keep on picking fights with them like that, they would end up worse off than the instructor and the muscle head did. The four were completely stupefied by this turn of events. Their minds were reeling as they discussed amongst themselves with shocked faces.

“He is the Directors only student, he even managed to take down the Instructor with so little ease. What bothers me the most is however is what he said.” Marina summarized what they had learned. Christoph nodded and added, “The Director released him from prison just to come and teach us. That means, we should not take his words lightly.” They all remembered how they took his words as a joke before but now they felt that they were lucky to be in one piece. They all understood that if he wanted, he could turn their lives into an extreme hell.

Marcus said with a rare serious face, “From now on, we need to follow his words. He does not seem like the person to just fuck around with us. Even though I hate him for being this strict, even I understand that the only way to train us is through exercise. Body comes first, if you don't have the stamina, then you are pretty much screwed out there on the field. Well, let's just say that our attitude hasn't been the best lately.”

Everyone nodded, they had understood, that because the Instructors always made exceptions for them and were lenient, they started to get too haughty. This display of strength immediately brought them back to earth and they understood that they needed to follow his orders if they wanted to be as strong as him. They no longer saw Alex as a Demon but more like a person who was genuinely trying to teach them to survive. He had shown the gap in strength to them yesterday. Suddenly Erica cried out, the entire hall immediately turned to look at her. She said in a pale face, “This is unreal. Guys, Alex is not only an S rank member but is a legend. He wasn't registered in the Department before but was registered in an association called Dragoncross.”

When everyone heard that, they felt their scalps go numb. What is Dragoncross? It is a group of ten who could be called the strongest in the country. A lot of their members are eccentric fellows so a few of them were in the Department. There were 3 people in the Department before: the Director “Gravity King”, Head of the Infirmary “Medical Saint”, and a Special Operations Department Leader “Shadow”.

Erica continued, “I hacked into the government's secret files and can see it clearly. Until two years ago, he was known as the 6th strongest in the country with the nickname “Flash Step” but two years ago he disappeared. It says here that he got taken to prison for castrating a well known businessman, it is the same one that the media is talking about lately.” Erica looked at the other three and all of them were speechless. The 6th strongest person in the country is their Instructor, what kind of a joke was that. While everyone was still in an uproar, two people were quietly eating lunch.

One of them was a busty woman who long blond hair and a slender body, she didn't look a day over 20 while the other was a skinny man with black hair. The woman opened her mouth and said, “Seems like the little one is back, I hope they didn't mistreat him at the prison. If anyone hurt him, this big sister will definitely make them pay.” Fire burned in her eyes as she said that to the man across from her.

The man lifted his gaze from the food and just laughed, “Oi, if anyone managed to mistreat him, I would definitely like to see that person. And you truly are one sadistic “Medical Saint”. Also, what big sister, you are old enough to be his mother for fuck's sake.” The woman flashed a dangerous smile, “Didn't your mother ever teach you to not mention a woman's age Shadow?” The man felt a shiver run down his spine when he saw that smile and continued eating his lunch.

Meanwhile, the duo of Alex and Director had reached an underground training room. The director turned around and said, “This place is made of special materials, no matter how hard someone hits these walls, not a tremor will be felt outside, not a sound can escape and more importantly, not even a scratch can be made. So lets begin.”