Contract And Bang.

In an almost dark and large place was a boy. The boy was floating with his eyes closed as though he was asleep.

A few moments later, he slowly opened his eyes and looking in front of him, he saw something or... someone.

In front of the boy was gigantic fish like creature with many eyes and countless scales. How big the creature was, could not be measured with the naked eye.

'Is that guardian of this floor? I guess every guardian and their appearance.'

"I am the guardian of this floor. I believe you are here for a contract or..?"

The boy heard a voice say.

He could not pinpoint the exact direction the voice came from but he believed it to the guardian's voice.

"I am Fang Yuan and I am not here to form a contract." The boy said softly with a friendly and nervous expression as he looked at the guardian.

"Hmm, I guess then you want to fight?"

As soon as its voice fell, Fang Yuan then saw the guardian move closer.

He immediately raised his hands in surrender and said in a hurried tone: "That's not it either."

"Hmmmm, Is that so? Let me have a look, boy."

As soon as the guardian's voice faded, Fang Yuan felt as if he had been laid bare. All his secrets exposed.

"You are from the outside." Fang Yuan heard the guardian say after some time.

'I guess the cat is out f the bag. I hope he doesn't tell anyone.'

The guardian continued: "Since you don't want to fight and neither do you want to form contract. Bye, bye."

Fang Yuan immediately felt the shinsu surround him. But before he could be sent out, he shouted: "Can you keep it a secret?"

He heard the guardian then say: "Hmm, sure. Consider it a favor."

Fang Yuan nodded slightly and then everything became white in his vision.

When he came back to his senses, he was in the class with a message on his pocket saying.

[No Contract Formed, 2F]

Fang Yuan then heard the haughty instructor say: " That is it for the day, you may leave. End of class."

Right after, the instructor walked out.

Soon other regulars started walking out of the class whiles others were chatting.

Fang Yuan then got up and left and headed to the cafeteria.

'I am going to find something to eat and later dig some information about wave controllers from the net. After that, I would do some training. I already feel I have gotten a hang of this younger body.'

***

[THE NEXT DAY.]

"In the tower, the most important element is shinsu. In the tower, shinsu is life. Shinsu is the world itself. Of all the energies in the tower, shinsu is their father and mother. Shinsu can change in infinite number of ways and become anything. The light you see is shinsu. The wind is also shinsu. The clouds are made from shinsu. The stars are also madd from shinsu. Controlling Shinsu is like interrupting the role of a god and therefore, a very dangerous endeavor."

A burly man stood in front of 9 regulars as he lectured them in an arrogant tone.

They were standing on a circular grass field with balloons floating in the air above them. If one observed the balloons carefully, he or she would see they were almost stationary as if they were held in place by some invisible force.

The burly man continued as the regulars listened.

"The basic unit of a clump of Shinsu is the 'Baang'. The size and quality of a Baang is called 'Myun' and the concentration of a Baang is called 'Soo'. These terms are very important but to wave controllers such as yourselves, the Baang is the most important. Generally, the higher the number of Baangs you control, the greater your Shinsu control and you can therefore suppress the enemy more . For instance, if you were to fight with an enemy who can control more Baangs than you, it will be difficult to defeat that enemy. This is because, he or she can neutralize your own Baangs and then attacks with Baangs that are remaining from his or her own. But beware, controlling many Baangs is very difficult. It is like trying to do two or more things simultaneously."

"Now I will show you how to make a Baang. Stretch out your palm and imagine the world in your palm. Imagine the world as a sphere."

All the regulars did as they were told and soon in the palms of a few of them, a pale gold colored round ball appeared. But in some palms, it quickly disappeared.

Fang Yuan was one of those who achieved a pale gold ball in their palms but his stayed longer than the majority before disappearing.

The burly man looked at them and said: "What appeared in the palms of some of you was a Baang but far from a standard Baang. The Baang you formed has absolutely no use in battle. A standard Baang should be able to be shot and destroy at least one of the floating balloons."

After saying that, he stretched out his left palm and immediately the surrounding Shinsu gathered in his palm and formed a blue ball the size of a tennis ball.

He aimed at a balloon and almost instantly a blue laser like beam shot out of his left palm destroying the aimed balloon and 2 others surrounding it. And even after that, the shot Baang did not immediately disperse but continued to travel for a while before disappearing.

Fang Yuan and the rest of regulars were amazed.

Looking at their amazed expression, the burly man laughed and said: "That was a standard Baang. Since normally it would take even four years for even geniuses to form a standard Baang, I would not ask much of you. You have two months to train and form a Baang that can at least last for 1 minute without dispersing after being formed. Only then will you pass this class. No need for it to be flashy as mine. I have taught you all I can teach you. I will assess you after two months. This means no more classes. Use the rest of the time to train. Dismissed."

The regulars then left.

'Time to go to the cafeteria again I guess. Time for lunch and after that, endless training to form a baang.' Fang Yuan thought as he walked away.

***

In the regular's cafeteria sat a long black haired boy in thought as he ate.

Sitting at the same table with the boy were two other regulars; a boy and a girl.

'Though I don't know my shinsu talent, I wouldn't want to be training at the field and suddenly form a standard baang. That will only draw unwanted attention. With how advanced the technology here is, there must be some kind of surveillance cameras almost everywhere. I can only train in my room.'

"Fang Yuan, how was class?" The boy in thought heard a girlish voice call his name and ask.

Without even lifting his heard to look at the source of the voice, Fang Yuan answered softly: "Good. What about you, Ah-Cha?"

"Hmm let me see, we were taught what a light bearer is, their roles and so on. But that was yesterday. Today, we were taught how to manipulate a light house but only theoretically. We will be having practice on lighthouse manipulation tomorrow and the next one week. And our instructor told us that, each light bearer will be given an E-rank light house for free." A voice

from the Ah-Cha's pocket replied in an excited tone whiles Ah-Cha herself was silently looking at Fang Yuan.

"What about you, Igor. Tell us how your days have been?" The same voice from the Ah-Cha's pocket asked the other boy.

But this time the voice was filled with slight provocation.

The other boy, Igor, stopped eating upon hearing the question and looked at the girl fiercely. But Ah-Cha was not frightened by his gaze but smiled at him instead.

Seeing this, Igor's stared straight into the Ah-Cha's red eyes. He seemed to be trying to intimidate her.

But the girl calmly stared back. They seemed to be having a staring contest. After a while, they both heard a soft cough and withdrew their gazes.

But before Igor resumed eating, he answered in an even tone: "Good."

It was unknown whether he was answering the previous question or commenting on the situation.

Looking at the two of them, Fang Yuan felt slightly amused. He sighed inwardly in thought.

'Ever since I beat up Igor and I intentional let her know, Ah-Cha has been enjoying Igor's misfortune. As a person of pride, intelligent and schemer, how could Igor tolerate her antics. If it wasn't because of me, I am sure Ah-Cha would have been taken care off. I have talk to her. I have given her enough time and chance to have her revenge for what happened during the fourth test. Besides, Igor has learnt his lesson. Time to end this play and let things return to their normal order.'

"Ah-Cha, I want to talk to you after here."

Ah-Cha heard an unquestionable and cold voice say. She felt a chill down her spine for some reason and nodded timidly.