Another Side Of The Universe

Chapter 7: Of Gossip, Training and Promotion

As the semester end, Kaizo recovered from his injuries. The rank announcement of the semester is shown at the station's rank board. Cadets swarm the rank board to see their semester result.

"As expected from Kaizo. He got the 1st rank again." Said Tiramisu.

"Yeah. He's our top student. So it's obvious." Yuxiang add.

"What interest me more, is that Axion is rank 2." Said Milt.

"You're right. She's amazing." Yuxiang replied.

Spicy gluten gritted her teeth. She's Rank 4. She doesn't mind if Kaizo and Ramenman is in higher rank than her. But having Axion above her is displeasing. As someone who chase Kaizo, she must be the best girl cadet in the station. The murmurs about Axion's achievement annoyed her.

Spicy Gluten Smirked. "It's truly amazing Axion can get Rank 2."

Everyone looked at her. It is no secret that Spicy Gluten is always serious when it comes to her rank and popularity.

"I wonder what remarkable thing did she does to gain such high rank." Said Spicy in a sarcastic tone.

"What do you mean?" Tiramisu asked.

"Well... you know. I heard, she often gets called by Admiral Maskmana. She must be really close to him." Said Spicy

"Are you implying that Admiral give Axion special treatment?" Ask Olivia.

"NO... I didn't mean to be judgy...." Said Spicy.

"But now that you mention it... I think the Admiral does often call Axion to his office." Said Toso.

"Wasn't it the Admiral who took Axion to this station in the first place?" Said Milt.

"Yeah. We don't know where did she came from, or her background or her family." Mithra add.

"Could it be, that the Admiral is actually her relative?" Said Yuxiang.

"He could be her father?" Olivia add.

Spicy Gluten smiled. Happy that the rumor she made spread easily.

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"Kaizo, there's something i want you to try." Said Axion.

"What is it?"

"About your energy skill. I notice you can't exactly use energy shield and energy sword at the same time." Said Axion as she pressed buttons on her tablet computer.

Kaizo glance suspiciously at Axion. Wondering if Axion trying to learn his weakness.

"The way you use your energy power is almost similar to how I use magic to make magic shield or enhance my sword. So I'm interested in learning it." Said Axion as she show her tablet screen at Kaizo.

Kaizo looked at the screen.

"You see? The Energy wall that you make use a lot of energy to create protective dome around you. So I was wondering if you can make smaller shield wall and spend your energy more effectively." Axion explain.

"What do you mean?"

Axion begin tapping on the tablet screen and show Kaizo an animation of his energy wall.

"Instead of creating a whole dome of energy wall, what about you create pieces of energy wall to defend yourself? You saw how I use my magic shield, right? The size of my magic shield can vary depending on how big the enemy attack is. This prevent me from wasting magic on a big shield only to defend against a small attack." Said Axion.