Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Heavy promise
After his little sentimental reunion with his family, Hans was ready to start his training, the time he had left was two months and about four weeks, so a little bit less than three months.

In that period of time, what he hoped to achieve was simple, not only advance to the seventh circle but also bring ALL his paths up to the sixth tier, and possibly the fire one to seventh.

‘I now also have to worry about mastering this….’

Thought Hans while watching his newly acquired spell: {telekinesis}

Sure, he knew how to use it, but he had to learn things like its maximum range, or maximum capacity, to make the best use of it in all situations.

At the moment, however, his top priority was in this city.

He had left the position of branch leader to ‘Kenta’ so he had to check if it was all going great or not.

Even if it wasn’t he had no intention of losing time from his training just to help him, but a few advice maybe could’ve helped, and also, he felt kind of guilty for dumping the responsibility on him.

He called a cab and headed toward the Association’s building.

In front of it, however, he didn’t find the gathering of awakened as usual, but a huge crowd of reporters, who began swarming the car as soon as they saw it was him.

The people were all around the vehicle making it impossible to go forward, and the driver panicked.

Rescuing them from the uncomfortable situation, was an old friend:

Emily.

She acted like a crazy person and started screaming at all the reporters, who, intimidated, left a way for the taxi to pass.

He then got off, and a team from the association made sure none of the reporters could get close to him.

“It’s nice seeing you in high spirits… Emily”

“Hahah… I can’t say the same about you, Hans Ritcher.”

‘M-my full name? Have I done something to piss her off?’

“Almost four months ago… that is the last time I saw you… if you have any excuses you better bring them up right now, or else I swear I’ll slap you in front of all these cameras.”

“Ha.. Haha.. Haha, I mean, the students were incredibly difficult to handle, and since not all of them could return to their homes during breaks there had to be someone guarding them.”

“Is that all?”

“Ehhmm… well, the dean had asked me to stay because there was a lack of personal

(bullshi…)”

“Agh, forget it, just come in, the branch leader asked me to bring you to his office.”

‘Ohh, branch leader? Has she become so respectful in just a few months? Kenta must be doing his job really well.’

“Alright”

She led him up the floors, before finally arriving at the office of the branch leader.

The door was really familiar to Hans, he actually feared it quite a bit since the last time he passed by it he was threatened with a sword.

He entered the room, while Emily remained outside.

There, seated on the chair of the branch leader was exactly who already was there when he left.

“It’s good to see you, which one of you is it right now? You know, I would like to avoid being threatened with a blade this time”

The man covered his eyes with one hand, ashamed of himself, before answering:

“I am sorry, I really wasn’t me at that time, right now it’s the usual me”

“Mhh… is it even right to call it usual? You basically change every week, don’t you?”

“I don’t really change, it would be more correct to say that it’s like a wheel’s spin, whichever personality is chosen sticks by for the rest of the week, but this personality has the most chance of coming out, even though it hasn’t always been like that.”

Hans used his {mystic insight} to analyze Kenta and was surprised to find that all his stats had been raised by quite a lot, he had almost reached the top A-rank.

But most of all, Hans was curious about something else, why was it that Kenta had a title?

[…

Title: Black Devil

….]

‘I’ll have to ask him later I guess, for now, I’ll just stick to the usual questions’

Kenta spoke first and asked Hans about the hottest topic of the day.

“What the hell is going on in the video where you are fighting that demon?”

“Well… haven’t you answered yourself? I’m fighting a demon”

“Yeah, yeah, I got that, the thing I wanted to ask you is how the hell you got in that situation, and how the hell is the Japanese Academy dean correlated with it?”

‘If it’s Kenta… I’m sure telling him a bit won’t do much’

“Huh? Can’t you understand it by the video that we are in the Japanese Academy?”

“This- I feared it might be so but it really was, this is a huge trouble for them, it might even cause their academy to shut down”

“I guess they deserve it”

Said Hans nonchalantly.

“You mean?…”

“You’ll find out in a bit even if I don’t tell you, anyway, is it all fine here in Chicago?”

“Sighhhh…. No, it’s a fricking mess, there isn’t a single thing that’s going right”

“Huh? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t this bad”

“Well, approximately a month ago a terrible incident happened, the Asura guild guild master went berserk, he was like a wild animal, and his power reached the S-rank.

He razed to the ground a couple of buildings before dying without the intervention of any other awakened.

The Blaze guild and the Vortex guild had already gathered to stop him but when they arrived they only found his corpse.

They reported that he was half human and half demon, and I don’t want to say this, but it looked really similar to the thing you were fighting in the video.”

“Huh?”

Hans had a realization, to create a drug that powerful, surely a lot of attempts and sacrifices must’ve been made.

Covering up something like that wasn’t an easy feat even for the red tyranny.

‘So that’s the shithole where they tested them!’

The Asura guild was nothing but a breeding ground for their drugs, then… was the vice guild master the one who created the drug?

No… that shouldn’t be, since the drug taken by the Japanese professor was an upgraded version of the one taken by the assaulter of the Academy, how did they call him again…. Oh right! N°2.

That means that someone improved the drug in the meantime and that someone is still alive….

Ugh, what a mess, I don’t want to know anything about this! If I could just report them…

Wait,

I can.’

“Don’t worry about it, I will solve it”

“Huh? Are you doing it personally?”

Asked Kenta shocked.

He knew Hans as an extremely selfish person, so it was strange for someone like him to do something himself.

“No, of course not, I’ll report them to the American main branch leader”

‘Of course… how could I ever doubt his selfishness’

“I’ve got something I’ve been wanting to ask you though, does the name: Black Devil, ring a bell?”

The gaze in Kenta’s eyes changed, almost as if his personality had gone back to the furious one.

“How do you know that name?”

He asked in all seriousness, releasing his aura in the room, and getting up from his seat.

“Look at you, only a few words and I’m already back here risking my life”

I suggest you calm down before speaking”

{telekinesis}(tier-7)

Hans’s spell, like a press, weighed on Kenta’s shoulders, making him fall back down with his butt on the chair, and clearing his mind.

….

“Pant… pant…”

“I… am sorry”

“Hey, Kenta… your personalities seem a bit too unstable don’t they?”

“N-no, it’s all fine, my subconscious is just really sensitive to that word”

Hans watched him in the eyes as if expecting him to continue.

“When I was younger, just awakened, my strongest personality got the best of me, I committed a lot of bad deeds, and gained that nomenclature, I am deeply ashamed of that name right now, and that was also the reason why I have been hiding here.”

“Why? You fear that your enemies might get back at you?”

“No… I fear that if the ones who were once subordinates find me… I may not be able to come back to normal.”

“I see… is that the favor you wanted to ask me since when we first made our deal?”

“Yes, in exchange for me helping out here, if there ever comes a day when I lose control, and go back to what I was before, please, bring me back, and if it is impossible, kill me”

It was strange… hearing someone you know asking you to kill them in case something goes wrong.

But, what could have Hans said? He had already promised to help.

“Okay, you can count on me”

“Thank you”