In a conference room with a lot of advanced equipment and gadgets attached to the walls and the ceiling, a large transparent square-shaped table was placed in the center, and sitting on opposite sides of the table were Ivan’s father and the red-haired warrior who had chatted with Ivan and Nora previously.

The man had a slight smile on his face as he tapped on his side of the table before flickering it gently with his finger, something moved within the table and shot toward Ivan’s father’s side before stopping right in front of him.

Ivan’s father stared at the smiling man with a serious look on his face before looking down; his eyes flashed when he saw what was on the table; it was a sort of holographic file with Ivan’s details on it; the file rapidly moved and changed contents at a fast speed.

It was showing information about Ivan, from the moment he was born till this very second.

The eyes of Ivan’s father moved with speed and he was able to read everything on the files before it flew back to the man’s side.

“What is the meaning of this, sir?” Ivan’s father asked; his tone was respectful, but the red-haired man was able to sense the worry in his voice; he thought Ivan had caused trouble again, and it must have been very serious for the warrior base to compile an investigation about him.

“Be at ease, man. It’s not what you are thinking, though I do need to confirm some things with you,” the red-haired warrior said before proceeding to ask a few questions, such as if Von had ever introduced Ivan to any training program or given him fighting lessons in private.

Von answered all of these questions truthfully, afraid that a wrong answer might cause issues.

“I see, then your son is really a born prodigy; you should be happy,” the man said with a burst of excited laughter.

Von’s eyebrows rose. “What do you mean?”

He asked.

The red-haired man didn’t respond; he instead tapped on the table again before sending a clip to Von. Von lowered his gaze and watched, it was a video.

The video showed Ivan beating up the group of youngsters after they bullied Nora and then showed how Ivan trashed the youth who had just awakened.

Von’s eyebrows twitched as he watched the clip, he could feel his superior smirking at him.

He was honestly shocked while watching the clip, he found it difficult to recognize Ivan as the one who was moving like a member of a special force.

He didn’t know if he should feel the pride and happiness that Ivan was facing so many people and even coming out victorious or if he should get a headache because this was the same as causing trouble.

Before he could say anything, the red-haired man voiced out.

“The youth whom your son beat up at the end is a warrior who just awakened his Ki”

Von’s eyes widened when he heard this.

‘Impossible’

He thought to himself as he raised his gaze to meet those of the red-haired man.

“You should know what this means, right? That lad was a promising seedling and is related to those at the upper level; it won’t end well for your son because even you will find it difficult to protect him.” The man placed both hands together and smiled.

Von’s expression turned cold ‘That brat!’ he cursed in his heart.

” But that is not why we’re here, I have a way out for your son”

Von’s expression eased up a bit when he heard this and he stared at the man with hopeful eyes.

” Your son failed the awakening examination, right?” He asked and Von nodded before the other party continued ” My solution is…the awakening fluid”

Silence.

Von’s face turned extremely cold when he heard this, his eyes turned into a sharp glare.

“The process of using that is too low and painful, chances of succeeding are low and dying isn’t impossible. Also, it’s a high-level treasure of the planet; the higher-ups won’t allow it to be used on him,” Von said with a grave tone.

” I know that, but it’s different if I support him” the other party kept smiling.

Von frowned, what the man said was true. It would be different if he supported Ivan for the awakening fluid but…

“It’s too dangerous; I can’t risk it,” Von breathed.

“You talk about risk? Not doing it is a risk in itself; this is the only way out for your son. Do you think they’ll let him be if he continues with the status of an ordinary human? And just take a look at the clip, do you think someone like him will be unable to withstand the effects of the awakening fluid?”

The man stated with an obvious tone, causing Von’s frown to deepen.

Indeed, Ivan looked very different from what he remembered in the clip. His eyes were like those of someone who had seen a lot in life, and his movements were sharp and deadly but under control; his eyes didn’t even flinch when he faced others; he was like a seasoned fighter with a strong mental fortitude.

“I think you should talk with him about this as well; this concerns his safety; you shouldn’t make a decision all by yourself,” the red-haired man suggested before dismissing Von.

The latter stood up and saluted before walking out of the room.

Immediately after he left, the red-haired man tapped on the table, and a door opened on the wall through which a young woman in white uniform stepped out.

“Prepare the capsule,” the red-haired man didn’t wait for the young woman to speak and ordered her without turning to look at her.

The woman didn’t mind this, her eyes widened slightly before she saluted and left as well.

….

Later that day, Von returned home and discussed the matter with his family; they came to a decision after a long hour of debate.

The next day, Ivan didn’t go to school.

He was brought by his father to the enormous base of the warrior camp in their city, they took an elevator that sent them hundreds of meters underground to a huge laboratory with many people in white coats moving around.

“Haha, I knew you would come!”

A loud voice sounded from the side; Ivan and his father turned to look and recognized the red-haired man.

“Come, I have everything sorted out already” he called out to them while gesturing with his hands.

Ivan followed behind his father as they approached the man, both of them were serious expressions while Ivan scanned the place with his eyes.

“You managed to get approval to use it?” Von saluted before asking.

“At ease, I told you it would be different if I asked,” the man said with a grin; his personality was very jovial.

They exchanged a few more words before immediately moving to serious business.

Ivan was asked to take off his clothes except for his underwear; Ivan already knew the importance of what he was about to do, so he wasn’t shy and swiftly took off his clothes.

He and his father were led by the red-haired man and a group of people in lab coats through a wide metal corridor; they arrived at another wide lab with a circular platform, and a huge glass-like sleeping capsule was placed in the center.

“Get in,” one of the people in lab coats said to Ivan as they pressed a button that made the capsule lower and its lid open.

Ivan looked at his father once before stepping toward the capsule and climbing in, the lid closed back after he got in.

Ivan could still see everyone and everything from inside the capsule but he wasn’t able to hear anything aside from beeping sounds that were caused by the capsule.

He saw one of the people in lab coats take out a pad and tap on it. The capsule suddenly made a brief tremor before tilting, and Ivan was now slanted and was partly facing the metal ceiling of the lab.

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Another beeping sound rang within the capsule and holes suddenly formed in the roof of the capsule through which green liquid began to flow out from and fill the capsule.

Ivan didn’t panic as he had already learned of this before, he patiently waited until the level of the green liquid rose and filled up the capsule, swallowing him completely.

Strangely, he was still able to breathe despite the green liquid covering his face.

Soon, Ivan suddenly began to feel the liquid turning warmer. After just a minute of this change, his eyes widened.

Pain!

A great sense of pain assaulted his brain and made Ivan gasp subconsciously, he immediately swallowed a mouthful of green liquid.

He hurriedly calmed down upon realizing that he would end up choking himself if he kept panicking.

Still, the pain was overbearing. Ivan felt like his body was being cooked and thousands of hot needles were stabbing his flesh. It was unbearable, and Ivan was on the verge of losing consciousness.

But he gritted his teeth and held on as he remembered what his father had said yesterday during their meeting at home.

“You will die if you can’t withstand it”

Ivan gritted his teeth so hard that his teeth were on the verge of shattering.

‘I…can’t…fail!’

Ivan roared in his thought as he endured, he tightened his fists so hard that his fingers dug into his palm.

Without him realizing it, the level of the green liquid slowly began to decrease.

Outside the capsule, the people in lab coats and his father stared at Ivan struggling in the capsule with wide eyes while the red-haired man laughed with an excited expression.

“A genius! A true genius!”

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