17 Progress and Pain
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-----Back with the Commander-----
"Sir, have you heard the news about how Daniel may be related to the currently imprisoned girl, and the unknown way she is being held in place?"
"Yes, but if it is him, it should still be within the pardon period meaning none of us can do anything, he seems to have planned this out to some degree if it is his doing."
"Understood sir, we will let you go back to training as we continue to keep a look out for any activity related to Daniel."
-----On Base 50-----
"Lawrence, we have gone over this a hundred times now, when will you tell us what your special plan is?"
"Once we can get a perfect 80% score in this training exorcise or do you not want to know what my plan is?"
"You're being a pain in the ass, both of you! We all have near maxed 'Basic Firearm Aiming' skills. Hell I have now gotten Level 2 'Advanced Firearm Aiming' but I still can only consistently get a 76%!"
"Then shall we have a squad competition and whoever scores the highest teaches everyone else?"
"Fine!"
Lawrence's squad mates called out in unison as they took a step back and slowly began to take turns on the firing range.
Jeramiah: 64%
John: 73%
Harold: 76%
Isaiah: 68%
Quentin: 71%
Kevin: 64%
Percy: 59%
Barnalbe: 79%
Jeff: 53%
Lawrence: 94%
"How the hell did you beat your old record!?"
John exclaimed while seeing that Lawrence increased increased his percentage by 14 percent.
"Remember my recent training change?"
"Yep, what about it?"
"It was sniper training."
"You piece of shit."
"Hey, I was good with slugs I thought I was going to be awesome with snipers and I was."
"So what special skills did you unlock?"
"Only one, 'Accurate Wind Understanding'."
"Ah, so no wind can change your accuracy now huh?"
"No it still can, the only difference is that I can shift my shot to still be on point, As well I have yet to master 'Advanced Firearm Aiming' as well, if I master both Advanced Aiming and my Wind Understanding I should get a perfect score when I do."
"Damn, you're going to surpass us."
"Only to the next rank and so what if I do, I'm going to stay in our squadron."
"You're going places."
"And I'm taking y'all with me."
"Thanks!"
They all say in near unison as they either smile or smirk with a gleam in their eyes.
-----Back with Mr. White-----
"That boy is still doing great stuff even with new found power, I just hope this girl deserves this kind of treatment, if she pissed him off, I feel sorry for her family."
I said to Gerald as we sat in a nearby bar, while we started off just being magic based acquaintances we are now friends and close enough to talk about stuff like this.
"So you knew him before he gained this power, how was he then?"
"Smart and kind, always vented, but never actually wanted to harm anyone, even those who were rude and most would gladly punch out, he was sickly sweet and only ever talked about giving them what he called an asshole tax to make them financially pay more for the same things others would pay off with just being kind."
"So he was someone who talked about small actions to inconvenience those who deserved a punch to the face..."
"Yeah, though he was always held back by his physical ability, he could do a lot more than the average person, but only for a short time before his body began to fight him back, like he wanted to do more than he was able to, he tried to bulk up but he only made himself slower and more tired, so he had to stop to keep up with what was needed."
"Was he on call, or did have a strict schedule?"
"He had a very flexible schedule that he used to keep himself sane and grow to be better than most people as he worked on himself to be better than the stereotype surrounding sociopaths, he doesn't feel the same as others and doesn't mind hurting others and doesn't feel regret but does more than a normal person all for the sake of doing good, he's what most people should strive to be like, and he does it just to be better than what people would assume, hell you can't f*****g tell that he is a sociopath unless you get to know him, once you do he'll ask you, if you think or know if he is a sociopath, and he is very curious as to how he can be obvious about it without just simply saying it, mostly so people don't mess with him, seeing how he reacts, if someone messed with him and pushed him over the edge now, he might just fall into that stereotype, which is honestly scarier to think about."
Mr. white said between sips of his current beer while looking at the TV that played the new of Daniel saying be will do an interview at their HQ, and how it will be early in the morning.
"If I think about it, it sounds like you admire him as much as he admires you."
"That's nice to hear, but I doubt it, though it may simply be because of how he is, he simply doesn't understand how truly frighteningly kind he really is."
"And the kinder the person the worse the fallout when they do finally snap."
"Exactly, the day that happens this world is screwed even worse than it is now, at least he has a limit right now."
-----With the trapped girl-----
"My name is Willith, I don't know why I was trapped here."
She said with tears in her eyes as she talked to her rescuers and those helping her as she looks over her skills once again.
[Special Skills: Manipulate: You can suggest things to people subconsciously and they will act as if it is their own thoughts, does not work on people with a willpower of 25+ or a combined mental resistance of 20+ due to their own abilities being too high for your current level of ability. Level 2/??? 150/200 EXP.]
'That motherfucker will pay, I will destroy his f*****g life for doing this to me, all I wanted was have a little fun with his and that other fucker who wanted to date me, the f**k is wrong with boys to not be able to handle a game or two.'
She thought to herself as she kept up her act to those around her, using her skill as best as she could, many of them could not be manipulated by her right now and she cursed her own inability right now.
Lawrence
140/140 HP
101/101 MP
'Teleport' Amateur 1 Level
Mr. White
120/120 HP
100/100 MP
'Elemental Control' Proficiency: Adept 2 Levels
'Hold Person' Proficiency: Amateur 1 Level
'Elemental Bullet' Proficiency: Adept 3 Levels
Willith
60/60 HP
90/90 ST
'Manipulate' Unawakened Level 2, cost 5 ST per Success, and 10 ST per Failure.
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