1.07.1 Tournament mule.

Luvi was an abnormal individual who only few people in the academy were aware of. Or so it would seem, because of his slight incidence where he had a little bit of drama with Rose. People are starting to notice the recluse.

Who he was and how he was able to remain in his room.

"This ought to be illegal." Said the guy who used to hack and sell ID's of inactive accounts for a petty cash.

Which goes to show how much of a hypocrite Luvi was in reality, but this didn't mean what he said was wrong.

"My whole life history on forums. Just how famous Rose and her boyfriend are for this to happen?"

After sending the two students away who threatened him. He opened his pc and checked what all this problem was about.

And much to his surprise, while searching for the reason, his name popped up. Which not including his past, but also who his family is and what his talent ranking is.

'Yolo6969!' Luvi read the name of the poster but nothing came to his mind and when looking at the post history, there was also nothing.

'An ID made to just post this, they were thorough.'

If Luvi wished to, he can do some work and find some trails leading to the perpetrator. But there was something more important than that.

"It would seem they learned about me by accident." Luvi came to this conclusion after he read the details noted on the post.

It would seem some people were digging into Ram's past and while they collected information about him, they also learned about Luvi as well.

'I was a bit outspoken even then.' And due to Luvi's outspoken nature, he stood out even in the past. So they were able to learn about him this way as well.

'I don't think this is the reason.'

But Luvi also noted one thing, not many people seemed to be interested in his past as he had expected. There were barely 30 views on this post and just two comments who were making fun of Luvi for trying to act tough and bully their god and goddess.

"The Hamid guy was trying to stop his friend from speaking about the reason. So finding it in a public forum is next to impossible." Luvi let out a tired sigh, knowing that unless he put in some effort, he won't be finding any answers.

And due to his current state of body, he didn't wish to do any harsh work.

So he just went to the top of the forum and started browsing. Learning of what was popular and what was the craze at the moment

'Hah, what did I expect? These people are just talking about the gift I bestowed to them.' Luvi felt proud.

He understood that knowledge can only show its might in the hands of the people that appreciate it and have talent for it.

And he was only one of those people. So he filtered out all the tags that focused on practice and then he found something that caused an interest in him.

"Inter-city Tournament delayed?"

It would seem due to the knowledge he spread in the world, he caused some certain changes to curriculum in awakener academies. And so that every student has an equal opportunity to learn the method and get stronger, they are giving extra time.

'Extra time for weaker students?'

But Luvi understood what was going on in here. While the weaker and talentless students just initiate in their practice. Those talented enough might have gotten even stronger in tandem with their talent and the practice method.

This is probably done for those special few that might cause quite a sensation in the tournament. It would be a good chance for those students to show why they are special and that even with all the new and faster methods of progression, they will remain on top.

A tournament is also a perfect place to be recruited by hero firms or hunter guilds. Which means that many high profile people would come to watch this spectacle, which is good for the tournament organizers who wanted to just earn lots of money as well as connections.

'This is the perfect time to showcase the power of the power systems I have introduced in the world.'

Luvi understood that those that have more combat oriented abilities won't use the martial arts that will be released soon. Because their own ability is enough and why should they bother to practice something else,

Everyone wanted more time, so wasting it on activities that won't be fruitful would only harm their goal.

Which is where Luvi's came in.

'Ah Andy, you wanted to be a hero right?'

Like Luvi needed a sandbag as well as a wooden stump to practice his fist arts. Andy required iron sand and a specific poison that is weak to heat.

A kind of poison extracted from a mutated tree called Dark willow. Which only grew inside the cave and its sap had luminescent properties. This same sap was the poison which when burned kept the insects at bay for a long time.

But that was the simplest use. Currently since the mutations of many fauna began, the sap of this tree is used in many medicines and is also commercially available in the market.

The only problem being, the one available in market is commercialized version where all its lethality is neutered and the sap itself is watered down.

Which makes it completely useless for Poison claw practice.

Those art required poison to begin with. So a neutered sap would be completely useless in practice.

Which is why Luvi went to the dark web and searched on a black market site for raw material.

"The cheapest is still three times more expensive than the market."

This increase in price was common to see and Luvi was ready to pay good money for it. 'Hah, I should probably request for some funds from my secret group'

Luvi sighed at his wallet before clicking the buy option.

'200 grams ought to be enough for him.'

As for why Luvi bought it for his friend?

It was simple, he was well aware that his friend would probably buy the one available in the market and use it for practice. Not knowing the reason why this sap was used to begin with.

But Luvi understood that he can't fault his friend for it. He changed the name of the technique and some special details that might make it stand out from the rest. He just added the bare minimum to fool the fools.

While also giving enough to not harm those fools.

"Andy will become the perfect shield after the tournament."

While there might be those that would try practicing claw techniques instead of multitudes of others. But most will probably fail after realizing the material problem.

Giving a huge edge to Andy.

And while Luvi dreamed of his grand plan of making Andy the perfect shield. Someone rang his doorbell again.

'Just how many times has it been?'

Luvi, while looking at the time, got up and opened his door again.

But this time, his face scrunched up.

'Those bastards.' Luvi lifted Andy on his shoulder and took him into his room.

And after seeing that Andy was breathing fine, he knew the situation was not serious.

"Yes, he is in my room. His breathing is fine, but he is bleeding from his nose and his arm seems bent."

Luvi called the hospital first and sent Andy's photos, who was out cold on his bed.

After which he called the dormitory manager and requested help from him. Though the answer he got from the dormitory manager was something surprising.

"Don't make a noise, I will send someone to take care of his injuries. No need to call the hospital."

"Hmm, but I already called them."

"..."

"The nurse will be there soon, don't worry."

'Hmm.'

Luvi had started to understand what was going on.

'Do they really think a game like this would work?'

'I can't show worry.'

"Oh! Then no worries, Please take him out of my room fast, I don't have much place to rest due to him."

Luvi said in a nonchalant way. Suppressing any signs of worry in his voice.

He can't have any weakness, he can't show vulnerability. It doesn't matter if others suffer due to it.

So he still maintained his act. "I will inform the hospital to not worry." Luvi had a small smile as he said these words.

Though the moment he put down his phone, his face twisted in anger.

"These fucking cunts really went and did that."

Luvi was angered.

He was genuinely angry at this time.

And it would seem even the dormitory manager was involved. And from Andy's past history, Luvi also understood that he can't believe in the school officials at all.

He might end up being blamed for this.

"He is too injured to walk to my door on his own, someone put him there." And this someone should be one of the enemies that wanted to beat him up.

But why would someone do something so direct? Mind you, the corridors are covered with cameras. An essential tool when surveilling and managing dormitories filled with awakeners.

'These bastards… they are looking down on me too much.'

He said, while he ignored his injured friend that grown in pain from time to time while he waited for the promised nurse as he watched some anime.