Breakthrough

"Sorry for not returning sooner. I had a lot of things on my mind." That was all Alexis ever said to Ning after returning.

Ning tried to probe for more answers, but Alexis wouldn't give him any. She started acting like nothing had ever happened.

Soon, they got back to training again. 

Time passed slowly. Ning continued his training while working in the tower. With his strength and expertise, he was making a small name for himself amongst the civilians.

At the same time, he worked with people from the headquarters to supply glass beads with the Aether liquid solution to distribute all over the world to the various law force at first, then other public locations that might need it.

In exchange, every once in a while, Ning let the tower have some of the liquid. 

This way, he started earning quite a large sum of money too.