Chapter 149: Setting The Stage
’I’m tired of living in the shadows! I need to get away from this bastard!’
While Henry was making a personal resolution to stay away from Jason, the woman, Naomi, who had been giving an announcement before Jason arrived, cleared her throat as she began talking again.
"We will now be heading in for your assessment, and you will be divided into groups according to a predetermined standard. Please, try to remain quiet and orderly in the building. There are various SMD agents and superhuman Enforcers working hard inside, so no level of rowdiness will be entertained. Am I understood?"
Naomi turned to give Jason a hard look when she finished talking, and she narrowed her eyes at him when she saw him shrug! Jason’s arrival here had already made a bad impression on her, and from the way he was dressed, Naomi could tell that Jason was one of those rowdy bad-boy types who liked to strut around and cause issues for people with their very presence! Naomi already knew they were going to have issues with him before the assessment even started, so she would definitely keep her eyes on him!
The teenagers were murmuring and whispering when they heard Naomi say that there were going to be Enforcers in the building! Even though they were new to the superhuman world, the teenagers had also heard about the infamous Enforcers and the insane level of skill that was needed in order to become one of them! Other than this assessment, there was another separate assessment that the students had been told about. That assessment was far more difficult than this one and was meant for those superhumans who wanted to take a step higher in the superhuman world and become Enforcers.
Only one in a hundred superhumans ever pass that test and become Enforcers, but once you pass it, there was no doubt that you would become one of the Elites!
Naomi cleared her throat at the students, and their whispering finally calmed down as they all turned to her attentively. She looked over all of them and smiled slightly when she saw the young, naive, eager faces, but her smile died a brutal death when she turned to Jason’s mature, bored look. Naomi frowned at him before shaking her head and turning around.
"Come on then, children. It is time for your assessment."
The doors leading into the building opened, and the teenagers followed after Naomi like ducklings following their mother. As they walked through the pristine-looking SMD building, the children couldn’t hide their awe at how enormous it was! The grand-looking hall and the numerous SMD agents and Enforcers walking around drew their attention, and they became more and more excited the further they walked!
Jason, on the other hand, was bored. He had already been here before, so Jason didn’t have any interest in looking around. Instead, Jason just walked with his hands in his pockets and tried his best not to let the boredom get to him. As Jason walked, he caught a pair of eyes looking at him from the side and he turned slightly to see a beautiful receptionist at the side giving him a coy grin before winking at him.
Jason scoffed and turned away, but his eyes immediately caught the eyes of another woman who was looking back at him while walking away. She was swinging her hips seductively, and Jason raised a brow while watching her go. Not bad.
The employees in the SMD building all recognized Jason from when he came here the last time, as well as from all the online pictures and videos they had seen of him, so there was hardly anyone in the building who didn’t know him!
"Boss, are you seeing this!? The women are all looking at me!"
Darren whispered while leaning over to Jason with wide, disbelieving eyes, and Jason scoffed again! Darren was standing right beside Jason, so whenever a woman looked at Jason, it would look like she was also staring at Darren! Jason didn’t want to burst Darren’s bubble by telling him he was only imagining things, so he just ignored the boy and allowed him to enjoy his fake popularity for the time being.
"Hehehe~ Look at those boobs."
Darren suddenly started lagging behind the others when a particular woman with an impressive rack leaned forward to give Jason a deep stare, and Jason smacked Darren on the back of his head to snap him out of it!
Smack!
"Shit, boss! What was that for!?"
"Stop getting distracted by women, you idiot. Come on."
Jason didn’t even bother turning around to make sure that Darren was following him. Jason knew that there were many women out there who would be more than willing to sleep with him if he showed even the slightest bit of interest. But Jason believed that you shouldn’t allow yourself to get distracted by every woman you see.
Darren rubbed the back of his head while glancing at the woman’s breasts again, and he gave one last perverted chuckle before he started jogging to catch up with Jason and the others! As they walked, Jason caught sight of a uniformed man walking towards the group at a brisk pace, and he raised a brow in surprise when he recognized him as Keith Ledger, the superhuman Enforcer who had escorted Jason the last time he was here.
Keith caught Jason’s eyes from a distance, and he gave him a simple nod before looking away. The superhuman agents that were walking around made sure to walk faster so they didn’t get in Keith’s way, and all the women who had been giving Jason suggestive looks were suddenly completely focused on their work!
Naomi stopped leading the group when she saw Keith walk up to her, and she waited tensely as Keith spoke to her for a few seconds. Even though Naomi knew she had done nothing wrong, it was still impossible for her to remain calm while an Enforcer was standing right in front of her! The reputation the Enforces had built was just too terrifying to regular Superhuman! All the teenagers following behind Naomi could only stare in awe as they waited for Keith and Naomi to finish their conversation. Once they were done, Naomi nodded and continued on her way as Keith fell in line with the teenagers.
"It’s an Enforcer. What’s he doing here?"
"I don’t know, but look how cool that uniform is. It’s like something out of a fantasy game!"
"Hey, that’s Keith. The Master of Sand! I heard he caught a superhuman criminal yesterday on the west side of the city! Some B-Rank called Raygun!!"
"I heard about that too! Agiel was there as well!"
"Man, I want to join the Enforcers!"
"Yeah, right. I heard they only take in high-level B Ranks and above."
"But we just awakened! We can still grow!"
"We awakened as F Ranks, but I heard Keith awakened as a high-level D Rank and became a C Rank in less than a month! Hell, Commander Agiel awakened as a fucking C Rank and she was already a B Rank in half a year! Your awakening level determines a lot about how far you’ll go, so we don’t stand a chance!"
"Aww man!"
Jason was barely paying attention to the chatter from the teenagers around him. Instead, he wondered what Keith was doing there and if it had anything to do with the conversation they had with the female Director of the SMD earlier. The group went up an elevator, and they got to the thirtieth floor before they got off and entered a large white hallway. The hallway was large enough to fit everyone without anyone needing to squeeze in tight, and they followed in a group as Naomi headed for a large double door at the end of the hall. She turned to them before opening it and spoke.
"Please try to maintain your distance at all times. If you get too close, then you will be dragged in."
After that cryptic message that left some people wondering what Naomi was talking about, Naomi finally opened the large doors and the teenagers all gasped in awe.