Chapter 6: 6; Finishing up
Making way to the exit, denki was suddenly stopped by an irate miniature old woman. Her outfit seemed bizarre against her wrinkled and wizened body.
Pink pads enclosed her face as a visor joined them up over the face. Wearing an oversized lab coat that flapped about as she rushed towards him, like achild playing doctor.
"Stop right there young man! You aren't going anywhere till I've made sure you haven't hurt yourself in that reckless action." She screeched out as she closed in on him.
"Seriously, what is it with you young people and rushing head first towards injury." She tutted as Denki gave in to her damands.
"Im fine miss, just tired is all. See not even a scratch" Denki tried to grin as he lifted his tired arms up in a show, yet the smack to his head from recovery girl shattered his smile.
"Agh, that hurt. What was that for?" He shouted out as a small bruise formed on his head.
"Well now you have a lump, maybe now you'll learn to not act so reclessly!" Was the harsh response he got as he nursed the bruise.
Deciding not to test whether the old bat would hit him again, Denki stayed quiet.
With a sigh, Recovery girl finally relented. He was unscathed just as he'd boasted but it was obvious that he had expended way too much energy in that final fight.
"You should be more careful. What if you were attcked after the bot fell, hmm." She mumbled in mock irritation that barely concealed the obvious concern lacing her words.
Denki smiled softly. "Don't worry, I had enough left in the tank for a quick get away if it came to that," he winked, but then he turned serious. "I know not to leave myself completely defenseless."
Recovery girl stared at him for a second before seemingly seeing something she liked as she nodded and left him be. Denki dragged his tired body to the waiting are as he lay in the sun, breathing in.
During his research, he'd come across the oriental hornet that had developed a unique ability. It had evolved tissue that could absorb both sunlight and electricity to gain the energy it needed to live.
Using this principle Denki experimented with his own Elctircity absorbtion. After countless hours and mulitple dna samples provided by his gramps,
'now that was an awkward moment, explaining why I needed other peoples dna haha' Denki chuckled to himself as he reminisced.
He had managed to roughly discern what part of his dna that had to do with the absorbing and storage of electricity.
In reality he wasn't able to get a perfect look at it with the equipment he had but it had been enough. Using the samples he was able to test how it absorbed electricity by discharging small amounts out in its area.
It was also through this he started realising how little he was currently able to store. Each cell tested his control over his electric discharge, as anything too strong and they would be fried.
Through this he also saw how the cells that weren't destroyed seemed to adapt, becoming more resilient and capable of storing more electricity too.
After some time he realised there was a limit to what he could do with the samples. He needed to test it on himself.
Denki had been using a special type of microscope that used beams of electrons to see even more detail and at a much smaller scale than any light microscope could, to observe his dna.
The problem with that is it had to be done after the charging, meaning he couldn't get accurate data on how it looked as the cells were charging.
Deciding that he would take the gamble Denki had set up a system where a weak current would pass through when he used his own body to complete the system.
While not completely immune to electricity he only suffered from large amounts, meaning he should be completely safe under a weak current.
It worked. Unsurprisingly. Denki had to help the system along by actively discharging the electricity back out his other hand, but still it worked.
Through this he could finally feel his body actively drawing in electricity and learn to understand how it did it.
He had decided from that point on to make it part of his daily training and boy had it paid off.
Sat in the waiting room. Denki regulated his breathing as he focussed on his body. He reached out with his senses. He 'opened' his receptors in his skin as he pulled out a battery.
He could recharge without using any source of electricity but it was much faster with one. The charge flooded into him as he felt his taxxed body relax subtly.
He couldn't fully recharge for now as his body needed time to recover from the great stress that last burst of lightning had caused. His mind cleared as his strained muscles mended up.
Denki was used to this feeling, the constant sparring with that demon of an old man in the ring had left him feeling paralyzed for days as a kid.
Soon the time for the written test came. All excitement passed, most students didn't teally seem to have it in them to care anymore.
Only those who had done well on the practical but were intimately aware of their.. lacking capabilities with the pen, were still worried now.
Everyone else was simply too emotionally spent to work up much more worry. 'I suppose facing down a giant robot as it destroys its way through a city'll do that to you' Denki chuckled at the tired participants looking like a loose bag of frayed nerves.
Denki decided that he might as well get this done quickly as the papers were handed out. Nothing out of the ordinary happened during the whole opening process.
Soon the clock was started as Denki, furtively boosted his mental faculties. He was careful not to fry them after such a huge load earlier on but trusted in himself enough to manage it still.
His pen glided across the papers with ease, his mind and hand working in symphony as answers came to him in seconds. His focus honed as he sped through the test like a machine.
Before long Denki was at the last section. Even this came easily to him as his mind processed the questions at speeds everyone else could only envy.
Putting down his pen with a gentle 'clack' he finally looked up for the first time since starting the test. It was only now he realised he may have not needed to push himself so hard.
As he glanced around, he saw how everyone else was still furiously scribbling down their answers.
Some with looks of fustration as they sat their, head in hands. A look of pure horror as they stared blankly at the piece of paper before them.
Others, more competent, worked methodically through the questions. Lines of working outs filling the boxes as they pushed through to the answers.
Then there were the few who stood out. These teens clearly the smartest of the groups as they desperately wrote down the answers, whizzing through the papers at a decent speed.
'Oops may have over done it a little' Denki thought amusedly as he saw them all. 'ah well not like I care about keeping to their pace anyways.' With that he stood up. Making his way to the front, eyes lifted from their tests.
Many emotions flashed through their faces as they saw Denki stand. Confusion, shock and envy. Oh yes there was plenty of envy.
Reaching the front Denki placed his paper on the desk of the head examiner, before turning to leave.
"Hmm" The examiner lifted his head from his desk to see Denki, his test laying across his desk. "Where are you going?" He asked as Denki paused in his stride.
"I've finished, heres my test." He spoke out nonchalamtly as he turned to leave once again. "Hahhh, look if you are struggling you should still try your best. Maybe you can try get a passing grade. Don't give up already, there is still plenty of time!" The examiner spoke passionately as he admonished Denki somewhat kindly.
"Oh no sir, you misunderstand. I've already answered all the questions." With that Denki didn't wait for a response as he strolled down the aisle and out the back of the hall.
The examiner was left mouth hung open as he processed Denki's words. "Ridiculous! The test has barely even started!" With his loud refusal he quickly picked up Denki's test and started to mark it.
A frown slowly grew across his face as his eyes bulged further out of their sockets as he marked.
Soon he slumped helplessly back in his chair. "That kid is a monster!"
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