Chapter 56: Self Realization
Fred already loosens his grasp on Tenan and the Latter breakaway and runs towards his cousin.
Tristan immediately rushed towards him, and seeing him rushing, Julia activated her wind element and used "Wind Blade"
Tristan also used an "18 Pound Slash" toward her.
Shwwwing
Shwaaang
Both collided in a draw.
Julia frowned looking at him.
She can see that he's only in an Early Stage, but that Sword Mastery was Intermediate.
It's surprising for her.
What has her cousin provoked this time?
And by the way, who is he?
Tristan frowned as he looked at the brown-haired woman on the other side. Just as he was about to act, a huge ice wall appeared in front of him.
Tsk, that woman again.
Iris.
He glared at her coldly, and she returned his gaze with a cold stare of her own.
On the other side, when Alfred, Gerald, Astrid, and Lorraine greeted each other, they also happened to see Tristan and Julia fighting and they looked at them.
Upon seeing Tristan, they were surprised. They were familiar with him, as news of his release had circulated for over a month. Upon seeing the news, they felt unbelievable, as they had not expected that the person who had been punished before would return in such an unexpected way.
An S-Ticket Holder!
And the most shocking thing is Tristan unexpectedly broke through the expert stage in the harsh environment of the Black Region with no resources or anything.
How could it be?
This means if he wasn't get punished two years ago, this guy can...?
And now seeing him fighting Julia, an Intermediate Sword Mastery!
Gerald felt pressured by him a bit.
This was the guy whom he has always beaten before, and now, he already surpassed him in terms of mastery. The good thing is, he's still in an early stage.
However, if the management or higher-ups find out about this, he isn't sure if they'll regret it. For sure, there will be big changes in the system at Gale Feather High School.
What he meant by changes is, someone will take responsibility and will get fired. Alfred and Astrid were snatched, they let it pass, and now there's another one, it's too much. Who knows if there's another one in the future.
Lorraine and Astrid also had the same expression this time. Tristan had always been their enemy before because of his problematic attitudes, which included arrogance, narcissism, self-centeredness, bullying, and possessiveness towards things and people that didn't belong to him. You could say that he had all the negative traits one could think of.
When he was punished before, they thought they had already forgotten about him, as if he were just a side character in the story, appearing in a few episodes before disappearing again. But now this person has suddenly reappeared like a protagonist coming back in later episodes
"Iris! What are you trying to do?" Tristan shouted her name directly, showing no respect this time.
"It should be us who ask that question, Tristan. What the hell are you trying to do?" Iris looked at him coldly.
"Tristan, can you clear your head a bit and calm down? We're not your enemy, which is why we're here to clarify the situation and ask what happened. If you just do what you want, it won't help anything. You'll only make things worse and turn all the people here into your enemies." Fred shouted.
"Brother, that's enough!" Tiffany rushed towards him and hugs his arm to stop his action.
"Third child!" Seeing Tiffany, Tristan stopped.
The latter stopped but Tenan on the other side cannot be stopped: "Cousin you must help me and arrest him, this guy was planning to kill me"
Huh?
Tristan looked coldly at him.
"Hi..." Seeing Tristan's cold look, Tenan shrunk behind his cousin. Then he looked at her: "Did you see it, cousin he's planning to kill me"
"Are you going to do it?" She looked at Tristan.
"Hmph, why not?" Tristan snorted and said. He was about to act when he feels another vibration.
There's another group appeared.
MCCI members appeared.
"Cousin! You're here! You must help me this time, that, that guy, he's going to kill me!" Tenan rushed toward Stella.
"Little brother tell me who?" Ian Asana asked.
"Brother, that-that guy!" Seeing the light blue-haired man, Tenan knew who is it. One of Stella's suitors.
Lorraine, on the other hand, frowned and ignored her elder brother as if they had nothing to do with each other when she saw him.
Ian Asana, is currently, ranked 12th in Youth University Ranking.
"So, it's you" Ian looked at Tristan with a fighting intent in his eyes.
"Ian stop it, we must clarify the situation first" Stella warned him.
"Sister, that guy wants to kill me, there's no need to clarify, catch him quickly" Tenan wants to persuade her quickly.
Hearing Ian, Tristan just snorted and said: "So, what if it's me?"
"Oh, dare to hurt minors, and now you still have guts, Stella, there's no need to clarify, I will catch him!" Ian prepared his spear and released his pressure.
Expert Middle-Peak Stages
And this pressure was stronger than Fred!
It's obvious that this guy was already on the verge of breaking through Late Stage.
"Third child, step back"
"This... Brother no" Tiffany hug his arm tightly.
Tristan forces his hand to let go of her.
META!
Metang also appeared on the top floating behind Tristan, it looking at Ian vigilantly.
Others were also surprised to see this metal guy.
What is this?
Is this a contract beast?
They didn't know this, whether in the books that they read before.
But the people who were most shocked the most was Tristan's teammate.
They're familiar with Tristan's contract beasts, isn't it the little white iron ball?
How come it became a huge white metal like this, what happened?
Then they saw the appearance of it and felt the resemblance of that iron ball.
Could it be?
It's transformed?
They couldn't help but take a deep breath and think.
No wonder, Tristan's invested so much on this guy, not because it's a weakling, or a pet but because this metal guy had a capability.
And if the most of his teammates were shocked, Iris was already in the stage of doubt.
Why did she not know it?
What is it?
She takes a look at Metang with doubt and looked at Tristan curiously.
Who the hell are you?
Ian, on the other hand, was also confused, but seeing this metal guy didn't seem very strong, just like a normal Late-Stage Beast. He didn't budge and was about to move when another group appeared.
This time it's the Alliance Police.
"STOP IT!"
One of the male officers followed by other subordinates rushed toward the crowd and said.
"What's happening here?"
"Sir, there are some heavily injured people here"
"Tell me what happened here?" The police leader asked them.
It's the previous police who also appeared in the bookstore incident. Tristan thought while looking at him.
"Sir that guy was the one making trouble here, you must catch him, he dares to hurt minors" Ian pointed at Tristan.
"Yes, sir police, you must catch him, he almost kill me before, if my parents know about it, they will not let it pass. My father was Elite Theo" Tenan even shamelessly introduced his father to pressure the police.
If it were another police officer or police officer in the Green Region, most of them would take Tenan's words seriously, but the male officer today didn't seem to care and even frowned when he heard what Tenan said.
He hates people who use their background to belittle and condescend to others. Just like this guy, he cannot feel the sincerity of what he said.
"Sir, there are two individuals with an amputated arm. The cuts appear to be recent. I suspect that this is connected to the incident that occurred today."
"Someone dares!"
"Hmph, I dare" Tristan snorted and said.
"It's you kid" This police officer remembers Tristan because he's wearing unique clothes.
"It's me"
"Officer did you hear what he said, you must catch him quickly" Tenan pointed at Tristan and looked at the officer, and said.
"Sir, the two people who got amputated were from Blood Mercenary"
Oh, is there still another party? He thought
"All who participated, come with me, including all of you here, especially you, you, and you" He pointed at Tristan, Tenan, and Ian.
"What, me?" Tenan asked him.
"Sir, my little brother was still minor" Ian said.
"Don't make me repeat myself, no matter who you are, where you're from, and what you did, as long as you're here, no one is an exception"
(AN: HAHAHAHA)
This...
Tenan felt hesitant.
Stella and some people also noticed it, and they knew this guy was guilty of something related here.
And then there were other people who appeared.
Timothy and his freshmen appeared. Ponce let Tiffany stay with her classmates for now.
Other core members and Instructors also appeared and some other universities.
But other universities cannot go because they can't testify.
And this time it's Kenile, Bobby, and Shiela of SHU also appeared.
Behind Shiela, it's Gato and Ted.
They already received the information and immediately rushed here. When they heard Tristan making trouble this time, they became nervous. If they know this will happen, they should guard this guy or make other core members watch him.
They didn't learn in the previous incident and now Tristan is making another scene here.
While walking to the alliance police station.
"Fred, what happened?" Kenile asked him about the situation.
Fred sighed and told what happened based on what he has seen.
Paul, Alfred, and others also told him.
A few minutes later.
"Bastard, what the hell did you do?" Shiela smacks Tristan's head with the hilt of her spear.
"What else? I just kicked their asses!" Tristan replies.
"Is that all? You say it such as easy and simple like that, do you realize you're in big trouble this time?" Shiela said.
"Even if I've gotten in trouble, it's just a punishment, going to Black Region or whatever danger region it is, I don't care"
"You... you don't seem to care, but we do. We spent an S-Ticket on you, and now you're in trouble. If something happens to you, our efforts will have been for nothing." Shiela angrily said to him.
"Tristan, can you stop saying only for just yourselves, only for your sake? What do you think about us, are we others to you?" Bobby interjected and said to him.
Tristan was silent.
"In training or team fight, you've always had your own world, others were confused as to why you're always crazy in training, we'll always ask you but you're just avoiding us, do we as instructors have shortcomings for you to treat us like that?"
"In team cooperation, you always kept your distance from your team, do you even treat them as your teammate?"
"And now, they're trying to help you by asking what happened, they're concerned with you, I and other instructors, and even the Headmaster were concerned about you, so stop thinking it's just for yourselves, we're not fighting as one but as a whole"
Tristan looked down and didn't speak. He's contemplating about what Instructor Bobby's said. Everything he said really resonated with him.
Since coming to the Black Region, after his third captain's death, no one dare to invite him, he also learned to be alone, he also felt if he had a companion, the others were only be implicated by him just like his third captain. Most of the people there are sly and cunning. On the surface, they may seem trustworthy, but they'll stab you in the back if they're given the chance.
He witnessed it from other people. That's why he's always staying away from them.
Having a good person like Anderson, Jigo, Gato, Ted, and some others there was already a miracle.
He doesn't trust anyone except for the system and Metang.
But today, hearing what Instructor Bobby said really touched him. These people are not like the people there.
And while he's contemplating.
"Uhmm, Master..." Gato suddenly interjected.
"Huh? Say, what is it?" Shiela looked at him.
"Ah, eh, master, you know it right? I, Ted, and Tristan were from Black Region."
Shiela didn't speak and just waited on what he will say next.
But other core members were surprised, there were still other people besides Tristan.
And yeah, they also happened to see Gato in these months and they really felt unfamiliar, they thought he was Shiela's assistant, but they didn't think they'd also come from Black Region.
"Most of the people there, Uhm, what to say, uhm, you could say, cannot be trusted, and having in that environment more than a year, people there learned to be vigilant, similar to Tristan and I and others."
"I knew him before, he's the person who dares to fight someone who's provoked him, and even when he's still senior, he even dares to face an Expert. But I also know that he won't do anything extreme method like today to someone if the others didn't provoke him. There must be something that really angered him today"
"That's what just I think" Gato said.
Hearing what he said, Shiela and others think something.
Then Shiela looked at Tristan and asked: "Is it true, what he said right now?"
"I'm sorry"
But Tristan's answer seems different from what she asked. And this was the first time he apologized.
"Huh, what do you mean?" Shiela was confused.
"I'm thinking about what the Instructor said and it's indeed my fault" Tristan said while looking at Instructor Bobby.
Then he looked at Fred, Iris, Jade, and others.
"I apologized for my action before, I'm sorry I treated you like that, I tried to change it a bit"
He looked at them calmly and spoke. He began to realize that if it weren't for them, he would still be in the Black Region. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't have improved as fast as he has now. It's the team's, instructors', and others' efforts that made it all possible. He shouldn't be ungrateful and only think for himself.
At this time all of them were looking at Tristan dumbfoundedly.
SHOCKED!
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