Wardogs

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

’There’s more to come but I should be cautious and keep it on the low for now,’

Gustav thought process was like this because, before did this no one was wary and everyone practically let their guards down.

Now that it had become a hot topic, everyone was cautious now.

No one wanted to be the next Gordon or Charles so everyone was watching their backs.

Gustav could tell that it wasn’t going to be easy when next he decided to steal a student’s bloodline now that things had developed to this state.

He wasn’t too bothered though because aside from Hung Jo, Ben, Paul, Charles, and Gordon, there were only about two persons left that bullied him.

Hung Jo was top of the list while the rest of these two left were at the bottom.

The rest of his classmates only talked down on him and called him trash so he wasn’t really planning anything for them but he had decided to face slap a lot of them in the MBO entrance test.

Either way, he decided not to try anything intense like what he did the day before.

Gustav finished his meal later and left the hall after exchanging greetings with some of the chefs.

The latter half of the day was spent

training class three students again.

The instructor was a little bit bothered about Gordon and Charles’s situation but it didn’t affect his plans overall since there were way more students that were better than both of them in class .

The students showed more of their prowess and potential so they could fill in the spot that Charles and Gordon occupied.

Class had over a hundred students.

Although everyone would be attending everyone couldn’t represent the school in duels.

Charles happened to be picked as part of the duel team members while Gordon was picked as a substitute which was why students were showing their prowess today.

They wanted the two empty slots that were currently available.

Also, those that planned to be picked as the captain of the team had to always show their prowess.

It would still take some time before the instructor would pick a captain.

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The school practically ended noisily before everyone went to their houses.

Another three days passed by and it was Monday again.

His weekend with Angy was a pretty interesting one since he was helping her push her speed to the limit by giving her some tasks during the night observation.

Angy was starting to wonder if mixed-breeds were avoiding her presence.

She was always so happy when no mixed-breed showed up.

Gustav realized that she didn’t want the neighborhood and him to be in any form of danger but she had no idea that he was purposely making her come out to patrol with him on days when he was sure they’ll be no mixed-breed appearing.

Gustav headed for school once again with her and arrived at school several minutes later.

-

He was inside the kitchen cooking some meals when Boss Danzo asked to speak with him.

Both of them went to the corridor to exchange conversation.

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"Hey lad, how have you been doing lately?" Boss Danzo asked with a worried tone.

"I’m fine boss, why do you ask?" Gustav was a bit dumbfounded by the sudden question.

"Hmm, I’m just concerned for your well-being is all," Boss Danzo replied.

"Hmm, I understand boss, so why did you want to see me?" Gustav asked with an intrigued look.

"I just want to give you a piece of advice, it’s up to you to listen," Boss Danzo spoke.

"I know you’ve been wronged by lots of people, your family, your peers, and practically the society but son... I’ve noticed you’re getting more colder and colder by the day I don’t want you to become like the people you hate!" Boss Danzo added.

"Now I’m not telling you to like them or forgive them, I’m just saying don’t be like them, be better... If you plan to take revenge on them in the future or anything don’t involve the innocent," Boss Danzo stated.

Gustav nodded with a look of understanding.

"Of course boss Danzo, I won’t become like those rotten people... I have my own way of doing things is all," Gustav replied.

"Good very good... Gustav, do you know who a true man is?" Boss Danzo asked.

Gustav had an intrigued look on his face after hearing that question. He didn’t want to end up saying something dumb so he asked, "Who is a true man?"

"A true man is one with principles that forbid him from turning a blind eye to someone being inflicted with the pain he has gone through," Boss Danzo stated.

Gustav had a contemplative look on his face after hearing that explanation.

"Gustav, are you a true man? Do you have such principles or a similar principle?" Boss Danzo asked with a profound gaze.

Gustav stood there speechless. He didn’t know how to reply.

"Now mind you, my boy, I’m not asking you to become a hero... Becoming a hero in this vast world is not only useless but will also bring about your death... I’m only telling you not to turn a blind eye to something you know you can truly change... If you see a person is being inflicted with the same pain you went through and you have the ability to put an end to it, don’t turn a blind eye! You don’t have to be a hero but being numb to wicked deeds and the likes of those who are a nuisance to the community makes you no different from the people you hate," Boss Danzo patted Gustav’s shoulder after speaking and turned around to leave.

As boss Danzo walked two steps forward Gustav spoke, causing him to pause.

"Boss Danzo... why should I care about being a monster when no one gives a damn about turning me into one? Why won’t I turn my back on the world when it turned its back on me? Why would I bother trying to save people that I believe, if were in my shoes today wouldn’t bother trying to save me when I’m in trouble? Why would a selfish world such as this deserve even an iota of my mercy?" Gustav asked in successions while staring at the floor. In his eyes, only sorrow could be seen.

- Using Recreation

- Using Recreation

- Using Recreation

This topic seemed to have opened a lot of scars for him.

"Hmm, good questions my boy... The answer is something that I’m sure you know deep down but don’t want to admit it," Boss Danzo stated while turning around to face Gustav again.

"Which is?" Gustav asked.

"There are people who are actually decent in this world..." Boss Danzo replied, "And those kinds of people are the type that deserves your mercy since they’ve never hurt anyone," Boss Danzo turned around once again and went in leaving Gustav to wallow in his thoughts.

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Even when the day ended Gustav couldn’t stop thinking about what boss Danzo said.

Maybe he was truly turning a blind eye as he got more powerful.

If boss Danzo had told him to become a hero outright he would have turned him down instantly but the way he spoke made a lot of sense to Gustav.

’I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing... I know for a fact that I haven’t harmed anyone who didn’t deserve it,’ Gustav stopped the internal battle going on within his mind with this.

Everyone left for after school came to an end for the day.

Gustav also left for since today was a free day for him.

Miss Aimee wouldn’t be training him today.

Although he could still go to the Dojo and do self-training, only one thought was in his mind right now and that was to try out recreation.

The only problem was he hadn’t decided on the bloodlines he would combine.

Beast Transformation was still a no, along with atomic manipulation. He didn’t know if he would be able to use them separately after the transformation. Same with his genetic transformation bloodline.

The two he could use in performing the experiment were the ones he extracted from Gordon and Charles.

The reason Gustav was feeling reluctant about he was, he liked Charles’s bloodline and what it could do. He didn’t want to use recreation on it but there was no other bloodline he could use so he had to come to terms with it.

When he thought about it more he realized that this was a better option since he wouldn’t be able to use the abilities in public places.

If he did they would be recognized but with recreation, they could turn out to be something different when mixed and no one would be able to recognize the abilities.

Gustav got later and sat on his bed to test it out.

’"Now that I think about it, will recreation work without the need for requirements like the bloodline acquisition?" Gustav wondered.

But after thinking about it for a while, he decided trying it out would be the best way to know.

’Activate Recreation,’ Gustav said internally.

[Recreation has been activated]

Gustav felt hot on the inside all of a sudden.

"Wow, what’s that?" He wondered.

He could feel the bloodlines around the channel points bubbling with intensity.

[Which bloodlines does host wish to combine?]

The system asked.

’Combine gravitational charge and energy Transmutation bloodline,’ Gustav commanded internally.

[Host has decided to combine gravitational charge and energy transmutation bloodline]

[Gravitational Charge + Energy Transmutation]

[Calculating Compatibility Rate: %]

[Calculating Compatibility Rate: %]

[Calculating Compatibility Rate: %]

Gustav watched as the system calculated the Compatibility Rate.

In a few seconds, it was done.

[Compatibility of combination is %]

[Does Host still wish to combine both bloodlines: Yes/No]

Gustav was about to say yes when a warning notification popped up.

[WARNING! COMBINING THESE BLOODLINES MIGHT CREATE A BLOODLINE THAT WILL BE DANGEROUS TO OTHERS AS WELL AS THE HOST!!!]

Gustav read the warning notification with a look of amazement.

’This can only mean two things, first, the bloodline created from the combination of both bloodlines will be powerful. Second, it will be so powerful and hard to control that I may harm others and myself with it if I’m not able to control it,’ Gustav analyzed.

Surprisingly he looked quite excited instead of looking disturbed.

’Now I’m looking forward to this even more,’ Gustav said inwardly before giving the system his answer.

"Yes combine the bloodlines,"

[Combining energy transmutation and gravity charge]

Gustav suddenly felt a cool and soothing feeling welling up from within.

[Recalibrating bloodlines to their initial genetic form]

[Mixing Endoplasm/Antimycogen/Cellulose...]

Different notifications begin to pop up in his line of sight as Gustav felt his body undergo different kinds of internal changes.

[Combination process will begin]

[Combination procedure: . %/ %]

Gustav watched as the percentage moved up slowly.

[Combination procedure: . %/ %]

Even after two hours, it was still at . . Gustav’s mouth was slightly opened in frustration.

’At this stage, it will take at least two days,’ Gustav sighed internally.

He thought it would be fast like bloodline acquisition but he was wrong.

Recreation didn’t have requirements like bloodline acquisition but the process was really slow.

It was time for Gustav to go do his usual night routine.

He didn’t know if his movement would affect the combination but he had to move or he’ll cancel the combination entirely.

Gustav stood up and went to change his clothes.

The soothing feeling he was getting from the combination came occasionally but he was able to ignore it and move.

The soothing feeling always made him want to lie down and relish the enjoyment coming from within but at the moment he had to block the feeling from affecting his movement.

Gustav went out for neighborhood inspection after a while with Angy.

He arrived back at midnight and just as expected no mixed-breed showed today.

The only reason why Gustav was feeling disappointed was because of the notification that was still displayed in his line of sight.

[Combination procedure: . %/ %]

’This is gonna take a while,’ Gustav said internally.

This meant he would have to go to school the next day, this way.

Gustav went to school the next day with the combination still in process.

Sometimes the soothing feeling would be so good that Gustav would have the urge to moan but he would hold it in.

If he suddenly started moaning in classes, people would think he had gone from being trash to being possessed.

He wasn’t really bothered by his classmates’ thoughts about him right now but he would prefer not to add more to the weird list.

- Embarrassing Situation

- Embarrassing Situation

- Embarrassing Situation

Gustav checked the percentage of the combination procedure almost every hour in school.

It was still moving as slow as ever.

Even after the entire day had passed the procedure was not still completed.

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While he was training with miss Aimee, she noticed his weird state and asked if all was well.

Of course, Gustav replied that everything was alright.

Sometimes he would get a soothing feeling that caused his actions to delay.

Even though it was only for a split second, miss Aimee would notice it because Gustav hardly paused for a millisecond during a battle.

His brain was always in full mode thinking and plotting. Before his first attack has landed he was already preparing for the second and third but this time it wasn’t quite so.

He already decided that the next time he was going to try out recreation, he would lock himself indoors until it was done combining the two bloodlines.

Miss Aimee could see Gustav staring into thin air sometimes which gave her a weird feeling but since he said he was okay, she decided not to pursue it.

After their training ended for the day, Gustav went immediately.

He didn’t want to stick around to embarrass himself by mistake or something.

He got and sat on his bed.

He distributed today’s points from completing daily tasks first.

He placed everything in defense since he wanted to raise it as high as the rest.

"Add five points to defense,"

[+ points has been added to defense]

Gustav was finally starting to sense a little bit of change in his body after defense reached points.

He would have loved to test it out but at the moment there was nothing he could use to test out his defense and he was more worried about recreation right now.

He decided to check the progress again.

[Combination procedure: . %/ %]

Gustav lied on his bed in frustration after seeing the progress.

He knew it would still take till the end of the next day before it would be done.

Gustav was thinking about staying indoors the next day but he decided not to because of his training with miss Aimee.

He only trained with her three days of the week now so he didn’t want to miss any days.

Gustav.

The night quickly passed once again and the next day came.