"Guess I was wrong; the kid is smarter than he looks."
Mason commented watching Alex convince the city officials. And while it was mostly because they had an earlier hint on the matter, it was easier for Alex's words to convince them.
"Mm."
Zol nodded in agreement. He hadn't known the kid for long, but the surprises he gave him always held his curiosity.
While the majority of the other students were trying to do everything themselves with the power they held, Alex had already seen through the essence and was already making progress.
'He'll be a fine hunter.'
Just having strength, mana and fighting prowess wasn't enough to become a good hunter. They had to also understand that not all matters can be solved with force, especially when put in a leadership position.
Words can equally be as powerful, though only in the human setting. Void creatures and the other dangers of the universe don't apply, but hunters don't just deal with void creatures.
"But that is the easy part…"
Convincing the officials was the easy part. However, telling millions of people to suddenly abandon everything and move because of a potential tsunami hitting the city without causing mass hysteria was the difficult part.
"I'm sure he'll think of something."
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Alex told the officials about the mountain range in the distance being enough to provide high grounds for everyone to survive.
He had seen how high the tsunami was before and knew his plan was viable.
The officials did see the merit in such a proposal but there was one little problem.
"That's fine and all, but how do we tell millions of people to move towards the mountain range without causing mass panic?"
Every then turned to look at Alex who could only show a bittersweet smile. He expected this as well, and while he didn't have a concrete way to go about it, he believed it would work, hopefully.
"Well… I have a plan for that. All you have to do is make the preparations to inform the city to move as quickly as possible. Make transportation available as well."
The officials stared at him with narrowed eyes, trying to see if he was being serious about what his plan was and when he didn't fold, they backed off.
"Fine. We'll make our preparations on our end. But how are we going to know when you started with whatever 'plan' you have?"
Monica said and made air quotes as she inquired. She had become more relaxed around him after seeing how he behaved despite having so much power. His nature was easy to discern if you looked closely at the way he spoke and handled himself.
'He's a good kid.'
That was her honest opinion and why she didn't have trouble coming out previously. That, and the fact that they knew something like this was going to happen.
"Trust me, you'll know.
"Also, before you give out the main information, let the news outlets make people aware that you're about to deliver an important announcement and should be on standby. I'll do what I have to do and you'll take that as your cue to inform the city."
"I see… This way, it would appear as if we predicted something like this was about to happen, but before we could tell the people, it came earlier than expected."
The others too grasp the intention behind his words. To prevent people from panicking and also get to take action, leaders sometimes have to do something to convince them.
"Heh… And here I was thinking you were just a kid trying to do the right thing."
Alex shrugged in response, "Sometimes you have to do things in an unorthodox manner to protect what you care about."
They were slightly taken aback by his response. And they weren't the only ones.
"Was Alex that smart from the beginning?" An instructor asked, impressed by Alex's action.
"What do you mean from the beginning? No one knew anything about him until he became a celebrity after surviving the cosmic mana wave."
"Right… I forgot. But still…who would have thought he was this mature."
"Indeed…"
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"Well said, kid."
Monica felt proud of how the boy thought. 'He has the makings of a fine leader.'
"Do you need something for what you plan on doing?"
Another official chipped in after a second, having become more relaxed to speak up.
Alex thought for a moment before giving a reply.
"Do you have weapons? Specifically spears?" He asked looking at the officials. What he had in mind required him to bring out as much power as possible.
'In the end, my strength will still be useful.'
"A spear…? Why not something like a plasma gun?"
Monica was confused a bit. Why use such outdated weaponry when he could have state-of-the-art weapons?
"Same reason the guards couldn't harm me. They're useless against people like me. Besides, what I'm going to do requires a weapon like that."
'What's the point of a gun if void creatures move faster than they can fire? Even abilities move faster after reaching a certain level. They are only useful on immobile targets.'
His words sounded like boosting, but they couldn't argue when they witnessed it themselves.
"Right… sorry."
Monica muttered feeling stupid for having to mention that in the first place. Luckily, she didn't have to dwell on the issue when the commander finally made his appearance, catching everyone's attention.
"Took you long enough. Just how bad were you knocked out?" One of the leaders chided and while it wasn't his fault, he was the head in charge of security.
"That's okay. It wasn't his fault."
Monica stepped in to stop her coworkers from chiding him when he did nothing wrong.
The commander apologized and then looked at Alex with a bit of anger, feeling humiliated before his subordinates. Yet he understood that there was nothing he could do to the person.
"Commander, can you take our guest here to the armoury? He wants a spear."
"A spear?" The commander tilted his head not quite understanding what was going on.
"You'll understand later, we've already wasted a lot of time."
"Yes, ma'am." A sharp salute later, he turned to Alex and instructed him to follow.
"You'll know when you hear it."
Alex left behind those words and disappeared with the commander. A few seconds later, the officials moved to carry out the evacuation.