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nAt this time, Randy had already arrived at Sky Rise City after a few hours of walking on foot. Although he would have loved to glide on the wind with his assimilated state's Gale Riding skill, he could not afford to do so simply because he was already exhausted after overusing his abilities to the extreme.

nTherefore, he had no choice but to commute to the city on foot. Even though it took longer because of this, it was still better than forcefully exerting himself to use his Gale Riding Skill by entering the assimilated state.

nThen again, at this time, he finally came to realize that his assimilated abilities that were in a form of skills had flaws in their usage or application to real combat situations.

nAlthough he was well aware of these flaws at the beginning, he was very optimistic at the time and still thought it would be okay as long as he was well prepared.

nBut this time's event made him realize that borrowed power like assimilated abilities that he obtained through assimilation would guarantee his survival in the future and that if he depended too much on them, he might limit his growth instead.

nTherefore, he decided that he would focus on increasing his base strength and power rather than relying on his assimilated state.

nHowever, it was not like he would completely stop using the assimilated state or its abilities, he would just not depend on it all the time when fighting his opponent, and only during critical situations would he activate his assimilated state.

nThinking of this, his expression became calm and resolute as he walked through the city gate after displaying his identification card.

nAt this point, he had already transformed back into his true form with his curly blond hair that fell over his face, covering his eyes as he walked the road that led straight into the city.

nWhile thinking further, he was suddenly reminded of what happened a while ago when he delivered the chimera monster's corpse to the instructors of his school.

nHe did not expect the culprit behind this incident to be meticulous in their plan and even made the corpse of the chimera monster decompose a few minutes after its death.

nHe wondered what the outcome would be if at that time he had decided to dismantle the chimera monster's dead body to search for its monster core without knowing about its true identity from his system.

nWhen he thought about it for a bit, he suddenly felt a chill run his spine, as he thought about the possibility of the corrosive effect of what decomposed the chimera monster affecting him during the process.

nAt this point, he suddenly felt thankful to the system, because, without it, he might have been too greedy and would have decided to search for its monster core to sell for some money.

nHowever, because of the information he received from the system after he purified the blood of the dead chimera monster, he was able to tell that the chimera monster was, in reality, a human.

nAnd therefore, he assumed that the chimera monster would naturally not have any monster core inside them, so he decided not to dismantle it at the time.

nThinking back to his action at the time, he was glad that he made that decision.

nBut then again, he wondered why someone would send something like that to the students and instructors of the academy? Not to mention they even had surveillance robots to capture the events as if to confirm something.

nAt this moment, Randy suddenly thought of a possibility, but he decided to dismiss this thought as he had no evidence, and besides, he did not think that person would be so daring after the event that transpired that day.

nUnless he was that daring, but even still, he did not have any evidence for now. But that does not mean he had ruled out this possibility of that being the case.

n'Yeah, there's no way he would do something so drastic within such a short time. But in the off chance that he was responsible for this, I definitely seek my revenge when that time comes. But for now, I need to increase my base strength and power level for that to happen.' Randy silently thought with conviction.

nIn the past, when he was being humiliated, called names, and bullied by his classmates, he did not fight back. That was because it was pointless to do so, as it would only make the situation worse than it already is.

nAnother reason why he did not fight back was that nobody thought to take his side when he reported that he was being bullied at the time.

nAnd with the academy's policy that allowed students of the academy to compete with each other, the other students always used that as an excuse to bully him just because he had slightly higher basic statistics than them or other petty reasons.

nBecause of this reason, he had no choice but to bear with their unreasonable actions for a long while, but there was a limit to what someone could take on before they start to break or harbor hatred towards the ones that hurt them.

nIn his case, it was the same.

nThus, after enduring this for so long, he could not take it anymore and wanted to retaliate. But without the ability or energy compatibility, he could do anything to them.

nThe only thing he could do was train his body physically, hoping for some miracle to happen, and he awakens somehow through that. But even that did not do much and only served to increase his basic statistics.

nBut now things were different from the past, he had awakened to his innate ability, and he found out that his energy incompatibility might have something to do with his physique thanks to his system.

nRight now, he could get stronger just like everyone else, he could practice techniques just like everyone else, and he could fully use his own unique ability on par with everyone else who had awakened their abilities slightly ahead of him.

nRandy, the loser was no more!

nRandy, the coward was no more!

nRandy, the weakling was no more!

nIn the first place, he has only posed as a weakling with a cowardly attitude in the past. But that did not change anything in his daily life. He was still continuously mocked, ridiculed, and looked down on for all those years, but that pretense was too exhausting for him.

nBecause deep down, that was not him at all, he always wished to tear those people that looked down on him apart if he ever awakened his ability, and so he endured.

nAnd that was why when he first awakened his innate ability along with his assimilated abilities, he was dying to test it out on someone or anything for that matter to see how effective his awakened ability was.

nAnd also to witness with his own eyes how much he had grown after awakening.

nWith such a mindset, the sudden appearance of that burglar was a perfect situation, or rather a perfect excuse for him to test out his newfound ability.

nAs for the things that he tried to steal from him, those were only bonus rewards or trophy so to speak after he had subdued the other party.

nFurthermore, the things that the other party had stolen from the government's vault were truly valuable items, and he could not afford to miss a chance to get himself a technique or weapon without depending on his parents for once.

nHe had already depended on them for too long.

nAs he thought of this as he walked, Randy suddenly found himself at the vicinity of that abandoned building, where it all began; he had returned to the beginning, the place that changed his life.

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