Chapter 196: Void Training III [1]
Chapter 196: Void Training III [1]
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Amon opened his eyes as he heard his pod open with a bulging pop.
Cold steam poured out as the lid opened and he stepped out.
Like always, everyone in the hall was silent, staring at him.
However, this time even fear was included in those gazes.
Amon didn't care though.
He ignored all of the stares and looked at Adam and Alya who stepped out of their pods.
He smiled subtly and gave a thumbs-up.
"Congratulations to us for winning the team battles." His silent voice occurred in the hall.
From the front, he saw the opposing team step out as well.
Liliana's eyes were empty kind of. Soulless in a way.
She simply left the hall without a word even when Alya and Charlotte called her.
Ren, however, clicked his tongue.
"Fuck...so close." He said.
He didn't seem to be fazed by what happened in the match.
Rather, he looked at Amon and came running locking him in a hug.
"Yo, congrats for winning the event bro!"
He tapped his chest.
"Nice beat up to the bitch as well."
Amon's face erupted into a small laughter.
"Yeah."
"Your strength is crazy," Ren commented with wide eyes.
"You would have clapped them all from early on if you chose to reveal your powers." He laughed and Amon shrugged.
"If I did that, then I would have never met you guys."
Ren laughed back and patted his back.
"True. I'm glad that we all met back then on the first day."
Amon nodded.
"Yeah. Me too."
After breaking off with Ren, Amon walked over to Maxville who congratulated him for the win.
After some chatter with him as well, Amon decided to walk out of the building when he saw Elizabeth standing in the distance.
Her silver eyes locked with him and he saw her instantly avert her gaze.
'Hmm?' Amon tilted his head.
He subtly activated [Void Eyes] to see what was wrong with her.
'Oh.'
It was then that he noticed the sweat on her face and her occasional trembling of gaze whenever she looked at his hands.
He realized the problem with her.
She was scared.
Scared of what he had done in that FULLDIVE match.
'She fears me as well huh...'
He remained silent for a few moments, waiting to see if she would reciprocate his gaze.
But she didn't even and eventually walked out.
Amon stared silently at the spot where she was standing before shrugging.
'Whatever.' He walked out of the building.
***
As Amon arrived out of the building, he heard a familiar voice shout out to him.
A smile pulled on his lips as he recognized who it was.
He looked up and saw Katherine and Amelia heading toward him.
Katherine hugged him with a beaming face.
"Heartiest Congratulations!"
Amon smiled and reciprocated the hug.
"Thanks sis. Appreciate it."
They stayed like that for a few seconds before she broke off her hug and his gaze moved to Amelia.
"That was a great match. Congrats on winning the competition Amon." She greeted him.
Amon extended his hand to greet her back before he suddenly stopped, remembering the scene with Elizabeth just now.
'She might be the same.'n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
He was about to pull back when she shook his hand, catching him by surprise.
"It's okay. I don't mind it." She said, referencing to Elizabeth.
Amon was surprised to know that she had seen it.
'You saw?'
She gestured to an empty spot beside her, making Amon realize.
Alice was probably with them as well but she had separated when she saw Elizabeth rushing
out like that.
Which was seen by Amelia and Katherine as well.
'Ah.' Amon opened his mouth subtly before closing it.
He smiled, shaking her hand back.
It was surprising for him to see Amelia unaffected by what he had done.
Except for his sister, everyone had been looking at him with weird gazes ever since he came
out.
So to find someone looking at him normally with a smile...
It felt good. That people didn't take it to their minds.
It felt warm.
"Since the team battles have already concluded today, tomorrow should be a day off right?"
Amelia asked.
Amon nodded.
"Yeah, probably."
He looked over to Katherine.
"Is that the case?"
She nodded back.
"Probably. I should get a notification related to it soon from the management."
After that, the trio made some small chatter before Katherine excused herself and Amelia.
"Well, we two have to get back to our duties now. You can go back to the apartment and rest, I'm sure you are tired." Katherine ruffled his hair.
Amon nodded, waving at them with a smile.
"Alright. Take care, you guys."
They waved back and then left.
Amon sighed.
It truly was a tiring day.
But he couldn't go back to the apartment yet.
There was something else he had to do.
***
In a hospital room, the machines beeped at a constant rate.
They were one of the two sounds that were breaking the dark silence of the room.
And the second...
Was tired and labored breathing of the person on the bed.
It was very slow and silent. As if the person was holding onto the last clutches of their life.
All of a sudden, the sound of something rolling was heard in the room.
It was very faint. So faint that the person on the bed remained undisturbed in their sleep.
And in the next second, a person suddenly appeared in the room.
They had a black cloak around them with a cane in their hand.
The cane slowly tapped on the ground as the person walked up to the patient on the bed.
The patient still hadn't noticed the presence in the room.
As the cloaked man arrived before the patient's bad, he raised his hand holding the cane.
It remained in the air for one second before he put it down.
And then, he started walking off, his cane tapping against the ground again.
Just like he had entered, he disappeared as well.
The room returned to its usual silence and state.
As if no one had entered or left at all.
It was just like before.
However, no one would be able to notice the small blipping green dot, that was hidden on the
patient's body.