THE STRONGEST NEXULYTE

After the gathering, the trainees had all left the hall.

The lobby was currently packed with excited trainees and gloomy-looking trainees; those who passed and those who failed were given two days to leave or report to the tower as official members.

Sitting in a corner of the lobby were Ivan, Ralph, and Glen. The three of them gazed at the trainees' purple tracksuit moving around chaotically; this had been their everyday sight for months, leaving everything now just felt wrong.

Ivan returned his focus to the storage device that he had been given during the gathering.

Inside it was a complete set of three ceremonial black uniforms of the Owen Tower, three sets of black combat uniforms, and three sets of black body suits.

Aside from the uniforms, Ivan saw the contract that James had presented to them back then in the awakening center. Documents of the Villa he had promised them, as well as a black card that contained some money; as for how much, Ivan had no idea.

"What should we do next? Should we go check out our new home or return to the outskirts first?"

Glen's voice pulled Ivan's attention from the storage device.

"The place promised by the tower master would need some work before we can settle in; we should deal with all these first before bringing them over," Ralph said. By 'them' he was talking about their families.

" Oh! We have a week's time off before we resume duties in the tower; we can finish everything before that time," Glen added.

" What do you think?" Ralph turned to Ivan and asked seeing that the latter wasn't saying anything. After all, Ivan didn't have anyone in the outskirts so it would be reasonable if he didn't want to return with them.

Contrary to Ralph's speculation, Ivan nodded in agreement that they should finish setting up their new homes before going to the outskirts together.

" But before that, I have something to take care of,"  Ivan suddenly added before standing up.

" What's that?" Glen and Ralph asked at the same time and stood up as well.

" The training room," Ivan said seriously.

Ralph "..."

Glen "..."

The what now?!

"We're already done with training, what's the deal with the training room?" Glen could not help it and snapped at Ivan. What was this freak's problem?

Ivan did not respond and started heading in the direction of the elevator; he had only moved a couple of steps when a group of people appeared in front of him.

They were Camellia, Joseph, Rose, and Susan; Mari wasn't with them.

"Hello, Ivan," Camellia waved with a sweet smile on her face.

Ivan looked at them and nodded in response, not saying a word; his eyes fell on Rose, who was staring at him so passionately; the girl immediately looked away with a red face when their eyes met.

"I…I..want" Rose tried to speak but couldn't stop herself from stuttering. After fumbling with her words for a few seconds, she became so embarrassed that escaped with a face so red that her head was almost letting out steam.

Ivan stared at her back with an expression that asked "What's wrong with her?"

"Don't mind her, she's just too shy when you're involved," Joseph said with a chuckle as he wrapped an arm around Ivan's shoulder before saying again.

"What she was trying to say is that you should try to visit us when we leave the tower. Since we were all on the same team during our final training, we should bond more. Rose is from the Weston family located in the northern side, Camellia is from the Stalin family and they're in the same area with Rose's family…"

Joseph went on to inform Ivan about their backgrounds and how to find them after they left the tower, Ivan just stood there and silently listened.

" We'll be meeting at Rose's place in five days' time; try to come if you have time," Joseph said before suddenly moving his head close to Ivan's ear and whispering, " In case you haven't realized it yet, Rose likes you…a lot. Better put up a good behavior before her family." Joseph finally let go of Ivan and winked; he waved goodbye before leaving with the others.

" Rose likes me?" Ivan muttered to himself, a bizarre expression on his face.

How come he didn't notice? The girl never showed any behavior that hinted at her liking him.

Ivan "too dumb to notice a girl's feelings" Von Charles.

After Joseph and the others left, Glen immediately rained Ivan with questions. Unlike Ivan who was too blunt to notice Rose's actions, Glen and Ralph were fast to realize what was going on.

"My goodness, you're a true player. Not just Sommy and that petite katana demon, you even got a cold beauty to fall for you. You're my idol from now on, bro," Glen said with a peaceful face after raining Ivan with questions that the latter didn't bother to answer.

"Shut up," Ivan mumbled and resumed moving toward the elevator; the two followed him.

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A few seconds later, the eyes of the two almost popped out when they found themselves in front of James' office.

This was the office of the tower master, how could anyone visit it so casually? Was this allowed?

Of course, they were not aware of how often Ivan had come to this place during the past months; they wouldn't be so shocked if they did.

Ivan ignored their piercing gazes and knocked on the door.

"Come in," James' voice came from inside; Ivan pushed the door and walked in; Glen and Ralph followed him after a moment of hesitation.

Inside, they found James standing in front of the large glass panel at the back of his office and staring into the distance.

"Take a seat"

James said to the trio without turning back. The three of them sat on the seats in front of the desk.

"Six months ago, you boys were newly awakened Nexulytes. It's amazing how much you've changed after six months, most Nexulytes don't manage to reach this level in their lifetime; I hope you all remember the goodwill of the tower and hold up to the agreement" James said and turned around, staring at the trio with a faint smile while taking the seat on the other side of the desk.

Ralph and Glen looked at each other before turning to stare at Ivan, they felt that it wasn't in their place to speak.

"Understood," Ivan said calmly.

Staring at the calmed-faced Ivan, James nodded before saying.

" Is there a problem with the items in your storage devices? What could you be here for instead of going to your families?" James said as his gaze swept over the faces of the three.

" Today is the last day of our training and still counts as part of the training program, right?" Ivan asked.

" Technically, you're right," James nodded.

" Then I can still enter the training room, right?"

" You want to go back to the training room?!" James was stunned by Ivan's question for a moment but quickly recovered.

" If that is all you want, you can enter the training room," James said after a while.

Ivan stood up and bowed in gratitude before turning to leave, Glen and Ralph followed behind him.

"Mind if I ask, is there a reason for this?"

They had just reached the door when they heard James' voice from behind, causing their steps to pause.

"No, it's nothing serious" Ivan turned and said.

"I see. Then you don't mind if I come along, right?" James pressed on.

Ivan looked at him with a dull look in his eyes for a few seconds before shaking his head.

" Good, let's go," James smiled and rose from his seat.