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Chapter 388: Stubborn
My Werewolf System

The next day, Ian, Izzy, and Numba woke up groaning in pain. Their bodies felt sore all over after their nightly exercise. It took each one of them half an hour of stretching and twisting until their aches and pains had gone down to tolerable levels, just in time to head to the canteen.

“I knew he was a monster, but if this is his idea of training, I’m worried we might not survive our stay here.” Ian complained as they met up in front of the canteen. “It’s frightening how much stamina that guy has. Sh*t, I just realised that he did all of that pretty much on an empty stomach. Doesn’t that mean, tonight it’s going to get even worse?!”

“His stamina isn’t the only concerning thing.” Numba added. “Even after the three of us finally managed to trap him thanks to Izzy’s idea, we were unable to damage him, even though I made sure to not hold back my punches. I might not have been in peak condition… but he didn’t even flinch. It was as if I was punching an iron wall!”

Unbeknownst to the Goat Altered, Gary had felt it. Unfortunately for him, given the Werewolf’s high Endurance and large Health pool, he had remained calm, aware that he could sustain dozens of punches without having to worry about his well-being.

“He’s surprisingly good at analysing fights.” Izzy spoke up. “All those points he made about us were spot on. When you showed off, I noticed the same thing as he did. However, his talent to do that during a fight is clearly one notch above mine. Sigh, it’s as if he was practically born to become an AFC champion.”

While the three of them were bantering casually, they entered the canteen. The atmosphere inside was unusually heavy. Rather than the normal chit-chat, the place was filled with hushed whispers as everyone was waiting for something to happen between the top rankers and those in the top 25.

“That's right, I nearly forgot that today’s the last day before the assessment. Apollo and his group just need to keep their positions to advance. Since no one has seen them fight, there are some people that are going to hedge their bets and challenge them. At least that's what most students assume is going to happen.” Izzy commented, when the three of them sat down at their table.

“Well, Gary won't have to worry about anything then. Truth be told, I hope something will actually go down today. No offence, Numba, but if we ignore the fact that Sty kicked your butt, him fighting was pretty impressive. I wouldn’t mind seeing the other top rankers show off their abilities.” Ian said.

“Speaking of rumours, I’ve heard one about our future treatment in the AFA being linked to what rank we end up with before advancing. However, seeing as the top rankers don’t exactly seem overeager to challenge those above them, it might only be something the teachers spread to encourage fighting.” Izzy shared her thoughts while enjoying her meal.

“In that regard, it’s actually a smart way to force us to fight each other. It would certainly fit in line with those weekly assessments where the teachers decide what rank each of us should have instead of allowing the rank 11-20 students to become the new top rankers.

“Any one of them who fails to enter the top 10 would automatically have an incentive to challenge the new top rankers, thus making it hard for everyone to keep their positions for a week…”

“Only Apollo broke that System, so who knows what kind of assessment awaits us today.” Numba pointed out.

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Numerous dishes were being brought out one after the other. Just the ingredients that were being used to make them rivalled the yearly income of the average Tier-3 family. While everyone was staring at this spectacle, a certain green haired teenager only had eyes for the food in front of him.

Atop five plates were different types of steaks, but the one thing they all had in common was that all of them had been cooked blue. What’s more, there were eight to ten per plate, spreading their aroma throughout the canteen.

‘They weren’t kidding about serving whatever my heart desires. This is EXACTLY what I’ve been dreaming of!’ Gary didn’t care about the fact that he was drooling, without caring the slightest bit about his image, he started digging in at an incredible pace.

To the onlookers, it appeared as if he was barely chewing his food, devouring all of it like a black hole. Even after he had topped up his Energy, the Werewolf didn’t stop. After all, it was all free!!! In his eyes, he was earning money for each steak he consumed.

‘I’m going to eat my fill until my stomach explodes!’ Gary thought in glee.

“For a small body, you sure eat a lot.” Apollo laughed when the rank 4 student asked for seconds.

“Oi, Wolf bastard, there are other people at this table. Can’t you mind your manners even a little?” A girl whose badge showed the number 8 complained.

“Sorry.” Gary apologised while licking the juice off his fingers. He hadn’t bothered using a knife or fork to eat. “After having only soup for days, I really needed this. You guys will leave after today, so I hope you can tolerate my behaviour for one day.”

It wasn't that he didn’t have manners, his mum had brought him and his sister up well, it was just that for the first time in his life, he wanted to act as he pleased without having to care about others. Since this place advocated might make right and neither Apollo nor his friends said anything about Gary’s behaviour, the Werewolf enjoyed letting loose for once.

With breakfast over, the students were excited because the time most challenges and fights occurred was between breakfast and lunch, followed by after lunch. When heading back and exiting the canteen doors, everyone was looking around, looking for the first challenger.

“Sty!” A voice shouted and pointed towards the student whose badge now showed the number 5. “I challenge you for your position.”

The challenger was rank 11, the student who had left the top ranks due to Gary. Many found it reasonable that the guy would be pissed, and since Sty had been seriously injured in yesterday’s fight, he might not be in peak form today.

As for the pact between the top rankers, with this being the last day, it was practically useless. After his fight, rank 11 could make use of the rules to refuse any challenges for this day, so he had nothing to fear.

The two of them walked into the fighting arena, and the match began. Immediately, the challenger ran across and punched Sty, who just stood there taking it. He didn't transform and just remained on the floor.

‘What is he doing?’ Izzy thought. ‘If he just wins this match, then he gets through and can join the academy!’

However, the Fly Altered remained on the floor and didn't get up. Only once the match had been deemed resolved, and his badge changed to the number 6, did he finally get up.

‘I’ll stay here, and I’ll make sure that damned Goat quits on his own. It's because of him and his green haired friend that I got so humiliated!!!’ Sty thought, as he pointed at the student whose rank was one above his current one, Rank 7.

“I challenge you to a fight!”

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    Chapter—392:
    The goat and fly. (Part 1)

    If Gary had a disliking before for Sty, he certainly had an even greater one now. Everyone here was fellow students, and they were all for the same thing. Gary had seen those that trained hard day in and out, all to reach the top and advance to the actual academy. He had even heard of those that had been stuck in this place for years.

    Sty had the chance to leave this place yet had decided to stay. So he could prove to everyone that he could beat Numba? He had already proven that. He had already won once. Which was why Gary believed that Sty was an incredibly petty person. That needed to be taught a bigger lesson than the last one.

    However, there was a chance that if Numba could beat Sty in the fight, that it would bring an end to everything. Numba would be the one that had humbled his opponent.

    "It's going to be hard, we only had a little bit of training, but you were the one that improved the most. If you can get a hit on him like you did me... it will be interesting."

    The two in the centre had transformed, and just like before, they looked no different. Numba had his large Ram-like horns that would curl and extend past his face. In contrast, Sty had his large bug eyes and wings on his back.

    However, the start was different compared to before. Rather than charging in from the get go, Numba had gotten into a crouched position, one where he could kick off from his legs with explosive power when needed.

    He looked right where Sty was. Seeing this, Sty started to fly around and decided to try to approach Numba from a different angle. At that moment, lifting his front foot and swirling around, Numba had made it, so his body was facing Sty.

    Seeing this, Sty was changing direction, trying to get behind Numba in some way, flying to his left to right, and each time Numba would follow him, not allowing for his back or side to be facing Sty, constantly swirling on his feet and having a bounce in his steps as he swirled around.

    "Man, just watching Numba is making me feel dizzy," Ian said, holding his stomach.

    "He just keeps turning and turning. Can't one of them just attack already?"

    For the people watching, they were getting restless as well. While it was tense, the fight had no such action yet, making them get bored as they hurled insults and began to chant the words.

    "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

    However, Numba wasn't going to let anything get to him as he continued to do this, waiting for the right opportunity.

    "You're annoying more than ever. You think you have everything figured out?" Sty said as he flew forward. No longer trying to find an opening.

    Numba waited for Sty to get closer, and closer, then when he was in range. His back feet pushed off, and the sudden explosive charge was set. His head was held down as he was ready to hit Sty on with full force.

    Regardless of this, Sty's reaction speed was incredibly fast, as he flew upward slightly and pressed his hand right on top of Numba's head. Spinning in the air before coming back down and kicking him right in the back of the head.

    It was a strong kick, and due to it being in the back of the head, Numba saw black spots for a few seconds. He stumbled on the ground slightly and found his hands touching the floor.

    "He's still faster than me... he can still avoid my charge... but that's not all I have." Numba thought, quickly spinning around using his knees to pivot him into position before standing up again, taking the same position as before.

    "Man, I thought he had him there. "

    "That was a good chance, his timing was perfect, and his speed improved a lot more after doing all those drills." Ian commented.

    "I have to admit. Sty is really fast; he might even be faster than me." Gary said nervously. He realised that if he hadn't used his magnetic howl skill, maybe even Sty would have been able to react and avoid the attack.

    It was only because of his skills and raw power he was able to do something before Sty could. Maybe everyone here, including him, had underestimated Sty.

    "Faster, faster. I need to move faster... maybe if I wait till the last second, or if I swirl and then punch at the moment he thinks I'm going to change." Instead, Numba had come up with another idea at that moment.

    Once again, Sty was hovering in the air, waiting for his opportunity. He flew from side to side and could see Numba was doing the same thing. At this point, he was testing to see if Numba had slowed down after the last attack, but he was just as fast, so Sty would be cautious once more.

    Diving in, he went straight ahead at full speed. Numba waited carefully, again trying to find the right time to push off, and that's when he could see his opportunity. He blasted off, heading straight for Sty.

    As usual, his Altered Form allowed him to have an ultra-fast reaction speed, that could move him in less than a second, react to what he saw, and in doing so, he would take off, avoiding a second strike, intending to strike back.

    At that moment, though, Numba, using every muscle fibre he could in his leg, had stopped his advance suddenly. There was great pain in his joints, suddenly stopping as he had done, but bearing through the pain, there was a repeated word in his head.

    "Just one hit... I just need to get one hit..and then I know I can take him out!"

    After suddenly stopping, using his explosive power, he twisted his body, turning him back to face Sty, who was now in front of him. A loud bang was heard on the floor when placing Numba's foot down.

    Sty couldn't believe it. As he went to attack Numba, his leg was already in a Kicking motion like last time, only this time, Numba was facing him.

    Once again, using all his strength, Numba kicked off his two feet, charging forward A suddenly.

    It was a seamless three-move motion. One time charging in, a stop and another burst spinning around and then a final burst straight towards Sty.

    With his fast reactions again, Sty started to move backwards as he could see the horns coming toward him, but that wasn't what he needed to worry about because there was an overhand being thrown at the same time heading straight for Sty's face.

    Swinging it out, Numba couldn't see, but he felt contact as Sty was sent sliding across the floor.

    "I did it... I hit him." Numba said out loud he was so pleased.

    "Well done." Sty said, wiping away the blood from his mouth. "So you hit me once, but do you really think that's enough to A win?"

    At that moment, another part of Sty's body began to transform. There was a lot more that Sty could do, far more that he hadn't shown.
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      Chapter—393:
      The Goat and Fly (Part 2)

      Looking at his fist, Numba could tell although he had hit Sty, it wasn't a full contact hit. Sty had still managed to react at the last second, pulling his body back and allowing for most of the energy to disappear.

      Although there was blood, it wasn't a solid hit, and Numba knew that Sty wasn't badly hurt, but it did manage to get a reaction out of Sty.

      "I see. You think you're now a someone ever since you met him. You have some sort of strange confidence around you." Sty shouted, but it was getting harder to understand him. Almost as if his voice was getting muffled.

      Looking down and avoiding eye contact, Sty had tensed both of his arms.

      "You are still nothing!" Sty charged forward.

      His wings flapped fast, and Gary could hear his fast heart rate from here. It was faster than he was at the start, the fastest he had moved in the fight so far.

      "It's like I thought. Humfree was right. These scouted students are good. I only got the upper hand because I had the element of surprise."

      "Sty probably never even had to go all out against someone before. So he thought he could do the same with me." Gary thought.

      Numba, seeing the change in speed, had somewhat panicked and just charged forward again. He was hoping for blind luck as he threw out his hand.

      "If he moves faster, I can get to him faster as well." Numba thought, unsure if his timing was right or not.

      That was when he could see something green coming straight towards him. It hit him in the face, and the substance was quite sticky. Immediately Numba threw out his fist, but it hit nothing but air as he tried to figure out what was on his face.

      "My eyes!" Numba cried, he could feel they were slightly burning.

      At the same time, the sensation was felt all over his skin. While in pain, a great force was felt right in his stomach. It was a strong kick that lifted both his feet off the ground.

      The next second, and an axe kick was thrown straight on his back, hitting him back down and sending him onto the floor. The Burning sensation, bruises and pain were felt all over his body.

      Seeing this, Sty flew up in the air, as high as possible, and now that everyone could get a good look at him, they could see the change in his body. It was his mouth. It had elongated, looking now like a large tube with a few hairs growing around it.

      More and more, Sty was looking like a giant fly and seeing this; something clicked in one of the student's heads.

      "That has to be some type of acid," Izzy explained. "Fly's before they eat their food they have to break it down, turn it into liquid form."

      "If he's based on some type of Fly beast like we have seen so far, then that acid has to be quite strong, that was thrown up."

      "You're saying there's like super sick on Numba right now?" Ian asked.

      "Yeah... and if it got in his eyes... I'm afraid that Numba might not be able to see anything at all."

      It was a tense situation, and Gary was getting more nervous by the second. Had he given Numba too much hope in him just being able to hit him? Once again, Gary was feeling like he was unable to help. After Numba had helped him get into the facility in the first place, Numba had been met with difficulties, and Gary had just been making his life harder, not easier.

      "You can do it... come on." Gary thought.

      Numba had placed his hands in a press-up like position, trying to get his body off the ground. He had only been hit three times in total, four if one counted the strange green goo which had already dissolved but was still hurting him.

      Yet, he was probably in more pain than last time. Still, with his body shaking, Numba knew he needed to do something. With a strong explosive push, Numba pushed off the ground, and his whole body was lifted in the air.

      He was a good metre off the ground, and soon he landed but quickly fell to one knee. Opening his eyes, they were stinging badly, and everything was a blur as expected. There was no way for him to see anything.

      Sty had noticed this and his slow movements. He thought now that his prey had been injured it was time to go in. From this high up, he was able to pick up speed diving down. The speed was getting faster and faster, and he was getting closer to Numba.

      "I can't watch this. How is he meant to do anything if he can't see!" Ian cried out.

      "Well, there is one thing... but..."Izzy had a thought and was wondering if Numba had the same.

      Finally, realising that nothing could work, Numba stood up and began crouching his legs. Gary had noticed his fist was tense as well. If there was one thing Numba would never do, it was giving up.

      The next second, Sty had crashed with his fist hitting Numba. It had landed so hard that his fist went through Numba's horn. As it pushed down with force, the horn snapped off, breaking it. Blood was spilling out, and extreme pain was being felt, but now Numba knew where Sty was.

      The fist continued to go down towards Numba's face, but at the same time, using all the strength in his legs, Numba jumped up, and threw his fist in an uppercut. Not only had his legs emptied an explosive power, but his fist as well as it suddenly went towards Sty's face as well.

      Turning his head slightly, both of them tried to lessen the damage as much as they could, and at that moment, Sty's fist landed right on Numba's face, and his vision was turning black, but Numba's fist had landed directly on Sty's as well.

      Numba fell to the ground on his back, his face hit, while sty had crashed to the ground, breaking the flooring. It had caused some dust to be hit up, but one thing was clear. Both of the contestants were lying still on the floor, not moving.

      "Is this a... draw? What happens now?" Gary asked.
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    Chapter—389:
    Last Day.

    Everyone in the facility was stunned, as it was hard for them to tell what Sty's goal was. It was clear that he had lost the last match on purpose, so why was he now the one challenging his fellow top ranker, especially one he already outranked?

    His action was completely legitimate. The rules merely stated that someone who had already fought was allowed to refuse any further challenges on that day, yet there was no limit to how often someone could challenge others. As long as a challenger didn't have any severe injuries forcing the teacher to take them away for healing, they were technically free to fight to their heart's desire.

    Usually, only students at the lower ranks would fight more than once, as the strength disparity between them wasn't overly great. The higher the rank, the bigger the gap became, so fights between high rankers normally resulted in injuries for both sides. However, the situation right now was outside the norm.

    Since the rank 7 student had nothing to lose by accepting this challenge, he agreed to it.

    "I forfeit the match." Sty announced loudly, the moment it started.

    "He's purposely losing to others. Why would he do that?" Izzy wondered, trying to come up with a reason why someone so close to the finish line would act in this manner. The only one that came to mind was that he might... want to stay. Coming to that conclusion, she looked over to Numba, who looked quite tense.

    "It looks like we're thinking the same thing. He must want to stay to mess with us... and by us, I mean me and Gary." Numba stated, although he wasn't so sure how Sty would deal with Gary after the Werewolf had beaten the Fly Altered in the duel. Nevertheless, he understood that he had to tread carefully in the future.

    "No, I should see this as an opportunity. If he is staying here, then I can't pass this place, until I beat him!" Numba reassured himself.

    As suspected, Sty continued to challenge those lower ranked than him, until his badge finally displayed the number 11. Turning towards Numba he smiled before walking out of the place to his new room.

    "Man, that bug guy is seriously weird." Gary uttered out what had been on the mind of every other student.

    The rumours had been correct about the top 25 planning to challenge the top rankers today. Unfortunately, Sty's bout of challenges had made it impossible for them to enact their plan. Everyone who had beaten the Fly Altered were now protected by the rules and could simply refuse the challenge.

    This meant that only the top four could now be challenged. Some of those in the top 25 looked at Gary, yet soon turned their heads. They knew their own strength well enough to understand that they would be unable to beat Sty, so none of them dared to challenge the one who had beaten him.

    “Hey, why don't we just go for it?” One of the students whispered to another. "It's not like we have much to lose. Worst case scenario, we remain at our current rank."

    "Best case scenario, they turn out weak and we can boast our reputation and make it so that the others might not want to challenge us during the next week."

    In the end, rank 15, a lean student who had been spending most of his time in the training room, walked forward and pointed towards none other than Wu Chen, issuing a challenge.

    "Me? Hey, Apollo, you saw it, right? I didn't go looking for a fight, he chose me of his own volition!" Wu exclaimed, jumping up in excitement, over a few of the other students heads, even kicking off the bald head of another student to help him get to the main stage faster.

    "Come on, let's do this!" Wu shouted, ripping his shirt and revealing his body. His hard trained body was already covered in sweat. His body fat was so low that the saturation of his muscles could be seen as he tensed his arms and chest. He wasn't large and muscular by any means, but there looked to not be an ounce of fat on him.

    The moment the fight began, the challenger started to transform, and out from the side of his ribs, a pair of extra arms grew out. By the time his transformation finished, Wu was already directly in front of him.

    The rank 3 student grabbed one of the freshly grown arms and with a kick up, he bent it in the wrong direction. Wu slammed his foot on the ground, or more correctly on his opponent's toes. It was so hard that the floor beneath actually cracked, and the same was true for the challenger's entire foot.

    Pushing through the pain, rank 15 tried to punch him using his two hands on the other side, but before he could, he suffered a direct punch towards his chest. He lifted his foot, and the student was sent hurtling to the other side, being caught by the teachers just before crashing into the crowd of onlookers.

    "... a complete defeat." Ian uttered, his mouth left open. "It wasn't even a contest and the guy didn't even change into his Altered form either."

    "Looks like they're not just there because of their position. They actually have the strength to back it up."

    Izzy agreed with Ian. If Rank 3 was already this strong, it was most likely that his two friends were even stronger. Seeing how one of their own had been dealt with, none of the other high rankers came forward to challenge Snow or Wu.

    Lunch came and passed, turning into evening. During the meal, there had been only a single question on everyone's mind.

    What would Gary do?!

    "Why does everyone expect me to do something?" Gary complained when Ian asked him that very question. The four of them were in his room, getting ready to go to their next training session that Gary had planned for them.

    "Because you have nothing to lose!" Ian replied.

    "You can challenge them without the risk of losing your rank, and it will let you see how you fare against them. If you don't do it now, you might not get a chance to fight them."

    "I heard that in the normal academy fighting between students isn't allowed without the permission of a teacher. Are you really going to waste your chance?"

    "Well, I don't really care." Gary shrugged.

    "Sure, I like fighting, but If it's meant to be, then I'll end up fighting them some time down the line in the future. I have no grudge against any of them."

    There was another reason Gary wasn't feeling competitive. He knew that he wouldn't hold back, even if just for a "simple spar". Seeing Wu in action, the Werewolf understood that he would have to fight all out if he wanted to win. If that was the case there was a high chance of something going wrong. After what happened with Sty he didn't want to have yet another Billy scare.

    The students here weren't like the Underdogs, or the gang members he had been fighting in Slough. Many of them might be arrogant, but none of them had committed any crimes... at least not that he was aware of.

    "Come on, let's go train. You guys don't want to be stuck here forever, right?" Gary said, walking forward. Opening the door, he nearly collided with the large frame of Apollo.
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      Chapter—390:
      Hit Rank.

      Apollo had not expected for Gary to come out of his room the moment he had been about to knock. His hand remained in mid -air for a moment before he took it down and smiled at the Werewolf.

      The other three behind Gary gulped as they saw why the green haired teenager had suddenly stopped. Since the day was mostly over, none of them had expected that another fight would break out.

      However, why else would Apollo appear right at Gary's doorstep if he wasn't looking to challenge the newcomer away from prying eyes?

      "Aren't you going to invite me in?" Apollo asked in a humorous tone to break the awkward silence.

      "I think that's a bad idea. You see, I have a terrible stomach ache. Must have been all the food I ate earlier." Gary quickly replied, holding in his stomach. Just like everyone else, the Werewolf hadn't even entertained the idea that trouble might come looking for him. He had thought that as long as he avoided the other, all would be good.

      Alas, the rank 1 student simply entered the room before Gary could close the door in his face.

      "Your excuse isn't very believable when you have three other visitors waiting inside your room, especially when your outfit clearly shows you were about to head out to train. Don't worry, I haven't come here to challenge you."

      "Should the two of us fight, then I want you to be at your very best... and I've noticed in your fight against Sty that there appears to be something holding you back in here."

      Gary wasn't sure how to react to being seen through. Apollo was right, since all their fights were being watched, the green haired teenager didn't feel it safe to fight at his full strength.

      "I've simply come to offer you a piece of advice before I leave." Apollo explained.

      "Maybe you or your friends have already heard some rumours that your rank dictates your treatment in the AFA. That is only one half of the truth. The time it takes you to advance is also very important."

      "Given your earlier performance, I don't think I'll have to worry about what rank you end up as. But I have one word of advice, go through at least in the top three if you wish to see me. I'll be waiting for you in the academy then."

      Having said his piece, Apollo was already on his way out and when he finally left, Gary heard three loud breaths behind him.

      "Man, I was only one second away from taking cover behind your bed." Ian blurted out, touching his heart in an attempt to calm down his racing organ.

      "Well... that wasn't at all what I had expected, but I think this might be the best result in the end." Izzy commented, as she got ready to leave the place and so did the others, but as the door was opened, and she turned around, she could see Gary just thinking as he stared at the floor, his fist was shaking.

      "I see... you're one of those types." Izzy smiled.

      "Earth to Gary, you promised to train us, remember?"

      Inside the personal training room, the three weren't sparing against the Werewolf, at least not together. After some intense warm-ups, he had asked each of them to use their best skills against him. It was part of the homework he had given them yesterday, when he had told them to figure out what their strengths were and come up with ideas to improve upon them.

      This was the way for them to get stronger quickly in this place. The fundamentals were important, but all three already had a good set of fundamentals so rather than to try and improve those to a master level, he wanted to help them come up with something that would allow them to become top rankers like him.

      Izzy, and Ian had done well in showing off, and had improved far quicker than Gary could imagine. Ian was focusing on trying to get his Altered form to come out, since it would be hard to do much in terms of improving his strength. As for Izzy, her strength came from her logical thinking and how she used her head to come up with strategies. Honestly, she was seeing a lot of improvement just by being able to fight someone at Gary's level.

      "Gary... I want to thank you." Numba said when it was his turn.

      "Your words, the stress I was suffering from and the will to push through, I feel like what I have learnt to do, all of it was because of you. Which is why I'm asking you now... to be careful and brace yourself!" With that the Goat Altered started to transform and began his attack.

      A few moments later, both Ian and Izzy were left with their mouths wide open, completely speechless. Numba who was on the floor, panting and sweating, yet above him stood a partially transformed Gary, whose frame had been pushed into the wall, surrounded by cracks.

      "Thanks for the warning." Gary coughed, his body a bit tensed up. "I think you've got this."

      The next day started with an announcement, informing the students that all those who had been eligible had passed on to the AFA. They were quickly escorted out of the place, as the other students had things they needed to do as well. They were then told to follow the teachers who would accompany them for today's assessment.

      According to what they had learned the assessments differed from time to time, it could be a game similar to what they had done when joining or just a simple series of tests. As it turned out, today was the latter. 100-Metre sprint, strength test, flexibility test, reflex test among others.

      Everything was being done in the open, with no real surprises. One was allowed to transform during the test, yet Gary had chosen to remain as he was.

      Nevertheless, he gave it his all because Apollo's "advice" was still ringing in his head.

      "Everyone, please pay attention!" One of the teachers called out to the students who had returned to the facility.

      "The screen will display the ranks of everybody. If you're dissatisfied with your ranks, do better next time, or claim the rank you feel you deserve!"

      The screen flicked as it showed them their results, starting from the bottom, going up.

      Izzy's name was the first one to show up. Her new rank was 54, and she was very satisfied with it. While some students were already eyeing her with a challenging look, she felt that after Gary's draconian training, there was no need to fear them. In fact, she might even try to secure a place in the top 50 after a few more days. The next name to show up was Ian's. His new rank was 23, a very impressive feat for someone unable to access his Altered form. Similar to Izzy, he wasn't afraid of having to defend his rank, in fact he was looking forward to being challenged. Perhaps it would give him the needed push to allow him to transform, even if only partially.

      Then there was Numba. He was by far the biggest surprise, ending up as rank 15. Meanwhile, Gary's name showed up as the very last one, right after Sty's.

      "I could have done even better if I had chosen to transform, yet it was enough to get me to rank 1. Did the teachers take that fact into account?" Gary wondered as he looked up at the display. The Werewolf had already spent a while in this facility, and this morning the system had reminded him that he didn't have time to idle.

      [15 days until the next full moon]

      "I have to make sure to pass this week."
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        Chapter—391:
        The New Top Dogs.

        As usual, many were very displeased with their new rankings, especially those whose rank had shifted by a large margin. Many had suspected those in the former top 20 to become the new top rankers, but other than Gary and Sty everyone else was a new face. Even the two former top rankers who lost their qualifications had only ended up in the top 20 this time.

        It was somewhat like Izzy had predicted and because of this, there were non-stop challenges going off, even before breakfast had begun. Finally, when they went to eat, Gary had finished his food quickly and gone over to sit with the three.

        People always made space for the higher ranks to sit with the lower ranks, but it wasn't the same the other way round.

        "Man, do you think you could order me some food?" Ian asked shamelessly.

        "Don't get me wrong, the menu for the top 25 is great and all, but pretty much the entire canteen gets a whiff of your steaks, and my meal just can't compare to that."

        "I would be seriously in your debt, if you could sneak over a single one... even a bite!"

        "Don't you think it would taste a lot better if you actually earned one of those steaks by becoming a top ranker? That way, you can eat as many as you like, and won't have to eat someone's scraps." Numba commented.

        "It doesn't even have to be steak, you could order whatever you want. Aren't you getting sick of eating so many of them, Gary?"

        The three of them waited for their friend to answer, but he was clearly distracted by something on his mind.

        "Hellooo, meat boy!" Izzy called out after a whole minute had passed, waving in front of Gary's face.

        "Hmm? What? No, steak is great. It's super expensive for me outside this place... and it's meat, which is all I need." He finally replied, still somewhat absentmindedly. It was a strange answer, but then again the green haired teenager was a strange person to begin with, so none of them pried any deeper into it.

        As for what was on Gary's mind it was the system message he had recently seen.

        "With levelling up, I've been on a plateau, but that's okay... the gang isn't in any trouble or anything, but what I'm more worried about is the next two weeks."

        "I haven't even really figured out what I'm going to do. I mean, with all this food around can I really starve myself?"

        "I don't have help like last time...i t won't work, and after what happened with Sty I'm worried my hunger might take over."

        Thinking of Sty, the rank 2 hadn't been challenged at all, and he had completely ignored the Werewolf throughout the day.

        From what he had learned from Izzy, Sty was part of Apollo's group, so she was worried that once Apollo was gone that Sty might have some plans for Gary, but there had been nothing so far.

        When breakfast ended and everyone returned to the main hall, though. Sty had turned around, and looked towards all of them.

        "Damn it... here he goes... is he going to want another beating?" Gary thought.

        Seeing his hand rise, Sty was certainly getting ready to challenge one of them, yet his finger was pointing at the Goat Altered.

        "I challenge you to a fight." Sty said, a smile on his face.

        Raised eyebrows were seen from Izzy, Ian, and even a few other students that heard this. The two of them had fought before, so why was Sty going after Numba who had a lower rank than him?

        "Shit, what is this bug doing?" Gary thought.

        "Is he trying to get revenge on me by beating Numba? Does Sty want to keep beating him up so he won't be able to advance?"

        "Am I going to have to challenge Sty every day and beat him to the punch, so he can't challenge Numba?"

        "Or maybe... wait, couldn't I just give Numba my position on the last day. Get Numba to challenge me, and lose the fight on purpose?"

        However, the moment he came up with the idea, Apollo's advice rang in his head again, telling him that he should try to get through this thing as rank 1.

        Honestly, Gary thought he wouldn't care about such a thing, it was just a number and either way he would get in the academy, so would there really be that much of a difference if he entered as rank 1 or rank 2?

        While worrying, Gary felt a hand on his shoulder.

        "Don't worry too much about me. You've done enough of it. I can't even imagine what someone as strong as you has to worry about." Numba said.

        "To be honest, I want to get to the AFA together with you, so I was planning to challenge one of the top rankers later. I just didn't intend to go for Sty... at least not straight away, but I feel like this is meant to be."

        "I've trained with you and I know it hasn't been for very long, but I know how strong you are Gary. If I can last even a minute against you, then I have the confidence to crush that stupid bug!"

        The fight was on, and the two of them moved towards the arena in the centre of the room. Since it was a rematch and a grudge match, there were those that were quite excited to witness it. The only thing was, most thought it would be the same outcome as last time.

        After all, the difference between the two of them was too great, despite the surprisingly high rank of the Goat Altered.

        "Look at your smug face." Sty commented.

        "Just because you have a strong friend, you think I can't touch you? He might be strong, but at the end of the day he's just some Tier-3 gangster who can do nothing to help you against my family!"

        "However, I don't need them. In here, I'm going to make good on my promise to let you experience hell! For as long as I'm here, you won't pass!"

        The Fly Altered began to transform.

        "And once I'm out of this place... we will see just what will happen!"
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      Pro to the rescue, yippee 💃
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