A few lessons after, was lunch break. Kaiser silently left the class, his departure unnoticed. He had planned to relax, but the school's system intrigued him too much. Thus, he set out to explore the school grounds.
As he passed by the cafeteria, he noticed several first years speaking to their upperclassmen about various things. Some chatted idly, some talked about their experience, while some talked about school clubs and rules.
Yet, although the seniors engaged them, they were always hesitant in sharing information about the school rules.
'Good grief. It seems there's a hidden secret. What is it, I wonder?'
Shaking his head, he moved away from the cafeteria, then walked towards the school clubs building and training grounds.
The first club he observed was the Spear Club. From afar, he could clearly see what was going on in their training ground.
Unexpectedly, the upperclassmen were seriously training with vigor, as if something unseen was fueling their resolve.
'Oh? I noticed this yesterday too. It seems these seniors lack credits. Though there are some who are financially stable. Is there a ranking for students or classes?'
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he moved on. By the time he was done scouting the clubs, he had come to a realization.
'Magnificient. This academy is quite vicious. Lulling the students into a false sense of security and complacency. Quite effective, but nothing special.'
Smiling faintly to himself, he made his way to the Training Facility. It was an enormous building; as large as two football stadiums combined, painted white.
Gazing up at the top of the building, Kaiser suddenly felt small. Ignoring the sensation, he walked in. The receptionist politely asked him how long he wanted to train.
"Ten minutes." He said indifferently.
"That'd cost you ten credits." She replied, then swiped his Student ID across the scanner, deducting the money.
With permission, Kaiser approached one of the empty innumerable training rooms and swiped his card.
With a soft hiss, the door slid open, allowing him to behold its spacious interior. And as soon as he stepped inside, the runes on his limiter deactivated, allowing him access to his abilities.
Inside, several equipments used to train the body physically were present. Even the amount of spirit essence in the air was denser. At the far end of the room, a slim red robot stood dormant, its purpose obvious. It was meant to serve as a training dummy.
Kaiser outright ignored the training equipment. They were of lesser quality to those he used in the clan. Instead, he was more curious about how good the AI automaton worked.
'Oh? This might be interesting.'
In the clan, even before he awakened, he had always fought against humans and beasts, not robots. Unlike robots, humans and beasts were more inherently shrewd. They were cunning, had ferocious resolve and possessed killing intent. Therefore, he was curious about the Academy's robots.
Unarmed, Kaiser stepped before the robot.
"Activate the dummy and set it to Level Three."
In response, a mechanic voice resounded from the room itself.
["Are you sure? Threat level would be astronomical for your grade."]
He waved indifferently. "Nevermind. I'll face it."
["Response received. You may proceed."]
Instantly, Kaiser's demeanor changed. His aura flared like a wild creature, and his sharp azure eyes focused on the stirring robot who was slowly unsheathing its sword.
Suddenly, it vanished.
'Amazing!'
Kaiser ducked, barely dodging the blade that swept above him, cutting a few strands of blue hair.
Before the robot could follow up, a brutal kick struck its breastplate, pushing it back slightly.
Using the momentum, Kaiser distanced himself from it, then reassessed the robot. In that brief clash, he realized. Although the robot didn't possess human unpredictability, its intelligence was very high. Coupled with its absurd speed and strength, it was definitely a formidable training dummy.
"Quite impressive for a mere dummy."
Before he could think further, the robot attacked again. It moved at a speed that far surpassed his. Unexpectedly, Kaiser's azure eyes followed every of its movement. If the robot was a human, it'd have surely been stunned.
Utilizing [Eyes of Sequence], his soul trait, he was able to read the robot's movement and trajectory.
'Goodness gracious… isn't this a cheat?'
He flipped over the blade, its sharp edge missing him by an inch. Then, he counterattacked.
Before the robot could retract its sword arm, Kaiser's heel smashed into its face, sending it staggering. Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. Hooking his feet around its neck, he let himself dangle from its neck then attacked its knee joints.
With raw strength, he pulled them apart, sparks flying as the joints gave away.
As the robot crashed to the ground, Kaiser did a front-flip, ensuring the robot crashed to the ground face-first.
Boom!
The room trembled slightly from its weight while Kaiser planted his feet directly at the back of its head.
["Result achieved - Victory."]
Kaiser calmly stepped away from the robot, his expression blank.
'Impressive. This robot actually made me use my full strength. Quite outstanding.'
A faint spark flickered in his eyes. It had been a while since something made his blood move. Even his little spar with Chad hadn't been this exciting. Finally, he turned to a top corner of the room and asked casually.
"Enjoying the show, Chairman Jonathan?"
The question hung in the air like a cloud of smoke. Silence reigned after it, until Kaiser finally left the training room.
Earlier, immediately after he left the classroom, he had noticed that a gaze was deeply fixated on him. And although he couldn't initially sense any suspicious person around him, he quickly deduced that the person was using some means to observe him.
Abilities weren't allowed in the school premises. Even teachers were prohibited from using their abilities anyhow. That meant the person had to be observing him through conventional means, like security cameras.
With that conclusion reached, Kaiser could already guess who had the authority to do so; Chairman Jonathan.
As he left, the feeling of being observed instantly disappeared.
'Knew it. My guess was definitely correct.'
.....….
In the principal's office, Chairman Jonathan smiled helplessly when he realized Kaiser had noticed his quiet observation.
'How could he do that? His instincts are so sharp he can detect indirect observations? This is absurd. As expected of the Unparalleled Perfect Prodigy.'