57. Not Simple

The moment the signal was given, Evan jumped to the side. Like lightning he drew out his pistol and shot at Leo.

However what happened next shocked him. The bullets seemed as if it was plunged into a quagmire, it slowed down and hovered infront of Leo.

Evan had the scare of his life, he blankly stared at Leo for sometime and laughed dryly, "You win."

He put back his gun and walked away, Leo also stepped down and went to his seat. Along the way everyone looked at him with shock, curiousity and admiration. Even Arthur had a serious look on his face.

The staff went onto the stage and collected the bullets. However they were surprised to find scars all over the bullet, they didn't think further and left.

Dalia had stars in her eyes as she watched Leo. The whole match didn't even last five minutes, Leo just went up, greeted his opponent and won right after the match started. Deducting the time to walk to the stage back and forth, he only spend roughly two minute on the stage.

Dalia said with admiration, "That was cool."

Leo chuckled, when he sat down he could still feel those pair of eyes glaring at him, if looks could kill Leo would have died a thousand times.

After Leo's battle Dalia's name was called out. Her opponent was a class B Extraordinary. The battle was intense and it took some time but ultimately she won. Leo and Dalia had two more matches before the first round came to a close.

The first round sorted out the strongest combatants from each class. Leo was categorised into class A which came as a shock to everyone, after all he was just nineteen.

The class S Extraordinaries watching from above all had serious expressions. The head of Dark Light, Edward Highland said, "That guy..."

A man similar to his age smoked a cigar and asked, "He defeated a class A Extraordinary just like that, this kid is not simple."

Edward replied, "Larry, I know what you are thinking but it's useless. He isn't an Extraordinary, he is a normal human."

Hm?

Several pairs of eyes looked at him.

Edward turned his gaze towards them and said, "He train in something called Breathing Techniques, it basically works by providing huge volume of oxygen to our blood and thus strengthening every aspect of our body."

"However a major drawback is that it takes too much time. Just mastering the the technique would take a year and that's for those with talent. It takes even more time to master forms that comes with it."

"This kid is talented enough to train to such an extent given his young age."

A middle-aged man sitting next to Larry said, "So it's a completely different system."

Edward nodded his head, "It takes too much time, only talented individuals can reach class A in a short time. And I am not even sure if an Extraordinary will be able to train in his methods."

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, "Why so?"

Larry snorted, "Hmph! Did he give you say that?"

Seeing Larry angry another person seated with them, a beautiful woman in her thirties said with a smile, "Calm down gentleman. I am sure Edward has a reason behind his words."

Edward smiled, "Looks like Christine knows me best."

The beautiful woman named Christine chuckled, "So, why do you think Extraordinaries can't train in this 'Breathing Techniques'?"

Edward sighed at her question and said, "From where he come from there is a species called demons. Like Extraordinaries demons have heightened strength, speed and regeneration. However they have one weakness, sunlight."

"Demons feed on humans, so to battle them they use Breathing Techniques. These Breathing Techniques gives a normal human higher speed and strength to contend against demons."

"However demons are incapable of using Breathing Techniques. Atleast that's what he told me. Since demons and Extraordinaries are kind of similar, I believe Extraordinaries wouldn't be able to use them either."

Christine narrowed her eyes and asked, "And the scientific basis for this is?"

Edward explained patiently, "I had doubts like you all did so I passed the information onto the Research department. It was them that came with a theory."

"They believe Breathing Techniques will only work on normal humans or pure humans. It's like a building, for a normal human their foundation would be weak and frail. Breathing techniques would break it down and build a stronger one."

"However for an Extraordinary or a demon, their foundations are way too strong. It's impossible to break it down to build a stronger one. And Breathing Techniques work in a way that it starts our slow but gets incredibly stronger later."

"So, it works on normal humans and is useless for any other."

All of them thought for a while and nodded.

Larry suddenly asked, "It can be trained by normal humans?"

Edward got the underlying meaning behind his words.

The others also went silent, they were tempted by the power Leo showcased but they weren't quite willing to spend that much time to train people and that too without a guarantee that they will succeed.

After all an Extraordinary with decent capability can be awakened just be injecting the serum.

"Hmm, Leo's going on stage."

Edward suddenly commented. The other three looked down and saw Leo stand against a man in his twenties.

Christine had a smile on her face as she commented, "Let's see how he fares against a class A Extraordinary. After all class B and class A are entirely different."

Larry also smiled widely, "Haha, let's see how that kid does against a class A Extraordinary!"

Edward didn't comment. He just silently watched what was happening.

Leo stood against his opponent and waited for the referee to give the signal. His soul sense was spread out, he sensed a powerful energy emanating from this man before him.

So this is class A. Let's see what tricks you are hiding.

The signal was given.

The young man pulled out his gun in the blink of an eye and fired. However he wasn't firing at Leo, his shots were all over the place and off aim.

Leo frowned, just as he thinking if his opponent had problems with his sight all those bullets flying around him suddenly burst out with incredible momentum and shot straight for Leo.

Leo thought.

This guy is different.