Shinji woke up early the next morning and went to visit POX.
That day was the first registration day. There would be five days dedicated to registration, with each registration phase held every 25 days.
Akaimo and his friends arrived at school.
Shino and Shizuku told Momoshimo and Jeisuke to register now so they could fully focus on training with Shinji in the coming days.
Jeisuke and Momoshimo went to wait in a very long line.
Wakaiza arrived lately with his gang.
He cut the line and went straight to register first. Some students protested and told him to follow the line.
Wakaiza got angry and tried to punch one of the students protesting…
But Momoshimo stopped Wakaiza's hand with his Rockic hand. He told him not to mess around and to respect the line. Wakaiza told him to meet at the back of the school grounds.
After completing registration, Momoshimo went behind the school along with his friends.
Wakaiza was already there waiting.
Wakaiza: "So, you brought your little friends. Sounds like you all want to get beaten badly."
Momoshimo: "Touch them and see what happens."
Wakaiza smirked.
Wakaiza: "Aww, how sweet. Looks like you guys feed this fat dog, that's why he's loyal to you."
Momoshimo: "Did you just call me a 'fat dog'?"
Wakaiza: "You're the fattest one here… so yeah, I did."
Momoshimo: "Enough!"
Momoshimo charged at Wakaiza.
Wakaiza had been waiting for that moment.
"Sleepiness of Nature."
Momoshimo instantly collapsed to the ground and fell asleep.
Jeisuke: "What?! How did he do that? As far as I remember from Shinji's book 'Dōryoku o Ataerareta Eyes', there's no move called Sleepiness of Nature… That means—"
Shino: "Yeah. You're right. He created that move himself… which means he's really strong. We have to be careful, guys."
Wakaiza: "Hey! Wait a second… Jeisuke, did you just say Shinji? And his book?"
Jeisuke: "Yeah, I did. Looks like you know him."
Wakaiza: "Of course I do! He's my sensei. He helped me awaken my eyes."
Akaimo (thinking): Why did this guy's tone suddenly change… weirdo.
Shino: "Well… how?"
Wakaiza:
"One day, he sent me to fight a weak Merus monster. He gave me a few pages with information about Mint Eyes and other eyes. I didn't know it was actually a mission. He secretly sent me into a forest where he knew a monster would appear.
Even though it was weak, I still couldn't do anything without awakened eyes. I tried to escape, but it was faster than me. I was about to die… and then my eyes changed its color. Somehow, I managed to fight back and the monster ran away. I also saw some Malius heroes arrive afterward.
Shinji planned everything. He contacted POX beforehand. They sent heroes who hid behind trees so I wouldn't notice them. They were told to attack only if the monster got close enough to touch me. But before they needed to act, my eyes had already awakened.
He told me to remember everything written on those pages while I was heading into the jungle.
By the way, how do you guys know him?"
Shino: "We met him after the Kaito... WAIT, first wake Momoshimo up!"
Wakaiza: "Hey Jeisuke, go kick Momoshimo."
Jeisuke: "He's my friend! I'm not waking him up like that!"
Jeisuke then slowly woke Momoshimo and explained briefly what Wakaiza had said.
Shino continued:
"So yeah… we met him after the Kaito incident."
Shino then explained everything to Wakaiza.
Wakaiza: "So Shinji will be your sensei. In that case, you're basically my friends too."
Shino: "No, we're good. We don't want to be friends with people who bully others."
Wakaiza paused for a moment.
Wakaiza:
"…I don't know. After awakening my eyes, I got a huge ego. I slowly became like this. That's why Shinji keeps his distance from me."
He looked down slightly.
Wakaiza: "Anyway, best of luck to both you and Shizuku with awakening your eyes. And… sorry if I was ever rude."
Shino and his friends left the area.
Wakaiza's gang arrived and asked him why he had suddenly acted so nicely.
Wakaiza replied:
"If I can befriend them, I'll be able to talk to my sensei again… and eventually get even stronger using his knowledge."