“I must be dreaming, but that's Jayden Tiger, right?” Wu asked with glowing eyes. His fellow students were just as baffled to see the Altered celebrity in person, but without a doubt, this was the famous ‘White Tiger’.
Snow frantically started searching his pockets for something to give to one of his idols, eventually pulling out a carrot while also dropping a few on the floor. It was amazing itself how one could hide so many carrots on one’s body in the first place.
With the carrot in hand, he was running over to Jayden’s side.
“Would you mind signing it for me?” Snow asked with some slight embarrassment. “It’s the only thing I have on me right now.”
In some situations, this might have been embarrassing but the others were just jealous that they didn’t have anything that Jayden could sign right now.
“Just what strings did the AFA pull to get the 48th strongest AFC to teach us a lesson?” Sty wondered out loud. It was normal for students to be star struck when meeting someone from the AFC, even more so since this wasn't just a regular fighter but someone within the top fifty of the world. Even those who didn’t watch AFC fights would recognise him with ease.
“Thanks for all the praise, but I’m actually back to rank 49 after yesterday’s fight. In the end, I lost by a few points.” Jayden admitted freely. Since he didn't have a pen on him to sign Snow’s carrot, the young adult simply transformed his finger nail into a claw and used that to make an indentation of his signature instead. “There you go. It’s my rest day today, so i decided to pay a visit.”
“Do you think it was the AFA or NIRV who asked him to come here to teach us? I mean, his schedule must be filled to the brim with training, shoots, and more?” Numba whispered to Gary by his side. Although the two weren’t on the same team, since they were friends it was natural for the two of them to stand next to each other, but Gary had moved to the back of the group still covering his face with two of his hands, even though nobody seems to have connected the dots that Jayden had addressed him with that awful nickname.
“What are you getting all shy for, shouldn't you at least say hi?” Jayden prompted, as he looked toward the back of the room, making everyone turn their heads. “When I heard that you not only managed to make it into the real AFA, but also joined the special lessons, I just had to pay you a visit. It's been awhile since we last fought, so I’m looking forward to see how much you improved.”
‘Gary… y-you actually know Jayden personally?! Just what kind of relationship do the two of you have for him to not only be interested in you, but also make time to teach us a lesson?! And what does he mean, since you last fought?’ Numba’s head was filled with questions, but now didn’t seem like the right time to ask his friend about those.
He wasn't the only one whose opinion about Gary changed drastically.
‘I knew it!’ Apollo smirked. ‘Someone that strong, couldn't have come from some no-name Tier-3 town. He has to have connections, I just never thought that Jayden Tiger would be one of them. I’ll seriously need to ask one of the teachers to allow me to have a match against him, but for now… I'm more excited to see how I fare against an actual AFC fighter.’
Apollo started to punch his fist into the palm of his hand, and Jayden saw this, which made him clear his throat.
“Ahem, let’s focus on the contents of this extra special lesson please. There will be more than enough time for us all to talk afterwards, provided you do good enough.” Jayden stated, not forgetting to offer them some extra motivation. “For the next fifteen minutes, both teams are to attack me as if I were your enemy. There’s no need to hold back, so I advise you to turn into your Altered forms.
“I will be the one grading both teams, and the one to do better will win the reward. It’s up to you whether you want to work together, or get in the way of the other team. From what I saw from your last special lesson, unless the six of you come at me together, you won’t stand a chance of actually defeating me.”
With the rules explained it was time for them to get ready. The red team, Apollo, Sty and Numba, stayed on the right side, while the blue team, Gary, Wu and Snow stayed on the left. Then there was Jayden who was standing on the other side of the fifty metre fighting room.
“BEGIN!” Jayden shouted which sounded almost like a growl as his face started to change. White fur appeared on his face with loose black marks, as his nails turned into claws. It was a small partial transformation but just this slight change made the teenagers feel a slight form of pressure.
‘The last time we fought, he didn’t transform but I did see him use some of his strange skills against that red colour gang. We have to be careful.’ Gary thought, but just when he wanted to warn his teammembers, he could see that everyone else had decided to recklessly charge in.
Numba had transformed into his goat-like state, the horns on the top of his head pointing at Jayden. Wu had the same antennas on him as before with his body covered in sweat. Then there was Snow with his fluffy white fur and large legs hopping around. Sty was in his bug like state and was flying around.
All of them seemed confident in their skills as they charged ahead, and even Apollo was towards the front as well.
“Really, your big plan is to charge at me all at once?” Jayden scratched the back of his head as he let out a low sigh. “I guess you’re confident in numbers. If people saw this many Altered coming at them even if they were Altered themselves they would be frightened, but you have to remember… I'm not your regular Altered.”
Jayden placed his leg back slightly, as he got in position and swung his hand back, the next moment he threw his hand out with massive force. The group had yet to reach him, there was still a good 15 metres before any one of them were in striking distance.
When his arm swung, a large powerful gust of wind came out. It immediately hit the others like a concrete wall. They were kicked off their feet, into the air, their bodies spinning as they crashed on the floor. The wind was too hard for Sty to continue flying as he fell as well.
“Oh, one of you managed to break through that. Good job.” Jayden praised, as he could see something akin to a giant white polar bear rush through his attack. Apollo’s Altered form still looked made him look human but it was as if he had grown an entire size. His cheeks had transformed a little making them puffier but the details of his face were still there. Charging ahead on all fours, he was running at an incredibly fast speed for someone of that size.
“You’re good.” Jayden said, as he glided across the floor suddenly being pushed by the wind. He didn't even move his feet; it looked like he flew over. Apollo had carefully watched his feet, but because of that he was unprepared for Jayden to suddenly appear in front of him throwing out a fist. It was launched right into the Polar Bear Altered’s stomach, and once again a large rush of wind came out of the strike lifting Apollo high up in the air, causing him to crash and land on the floor.
Only a few seconds had passed, and Gary had just stayed at the back and watched everything.
‘One swing knocked down four of them and a single punch was enough to do Apollo in. Is this what it means to be the best of the best… no, he himself admitted that there are Altered out there even stronger than… and he isn’t even taking this completely serious…’
“They don’t call me White Tiger and Master of the Wind for nothing.” Jayden boasted proudly, making a fist.
‘If I want to protect my family and the gang in the future then I need to become stronger than him.’
[Skill activated Controlled Transformation]
[New Quest received]
[Honorable Fight 3.0!]
[Among your team, you’re the last man standing!]
[Condition: Survive fifteen minutes or knock your opponent out]
[Reward: ???]
[Failure: ???]
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