I Can Read People's Comments

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[Keltic_Spirit: Smart kids. Here's an idea for Oliver. From what I can see, he can only store a 'single' object at a time, such as 1 truck or attack. Why not pick up some skills or tools to 'weld' things together for many different things…read more.]

Loss Varkos Base.

A middle-aged man was reading a document behind his desk. His appearance was rather wild. He had three long scars on his face, giving more intensity to his gaze. His right arm had been replaced by a robotic arm and there were some support structures around his chest.

Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on his door before a person entered.

"Commander, we have just received news from the World Union Academy."

"The World Union Academy? I feel like I've heard it somewhere."

"It's the joint academy of ten worlds, the one that has just made an uproar."

"Oh!" The commander nodded. "So, what did they say?"

"It seems that their teacher is planning to visit this base along with a few students."

"A teacher?" The commander raised his eyebrows, looking a bit displeased. He was already busy, so he didn't really want to add more work on top of it.

However, the man added, "The teacher who will come to this place is the same teacher who caused the uproar."

"What?" The commander's expression changed drastically. "What are they planning to do?"

"It seems that they want to take down a Tier 4 Vanguard Zombie located near our base."

"Didn't we just post that mission two days ago?"

"Yes," the man confirmed.

The commander fell silent for a moment before asking, "Does he know how strong the Vanguard Zombie is?"

"I believe that he is smart enough to know about it. Despite that knowledge, he still wants to come to this place. I believe it's to train his students."

"Are his students that good?" The commander doubted it. Then again, Theo had just awakened one of the peak powers in his student, so the other students might also have that talent.

"What should we do?"

The commander thought for a moment. "We'll accept them. And take down the mission from the public forum. Send a team to monitor the movement of the Vanguard Zombie and make sure that the Vanguard Zombie doesn't get hunted by another group."

"Understood." The man nodded.

The commander was curious about this teacher and his method of teaching. Considering he was planning to show it to them, it was better for him to join personally. There was a chance he could understand his lesson and used the same method to teach the military personnel in his base.

…

Meanwhile, Theo made his preparations to break through. He was already close to a 30% assimilation rate, so he had been waiting for an opportunity to reach the next level.

And he had received an item he had requested from Victoria. It was a black-colored apple.

With this, he should be able to gain his third authority.

"Are you going to do it now, Dad? Shouldn't you wait for a bit?" Mia asked. "I mean, if we wait until the mission is over, the opponent will not be as strong as when you come as someone with the third authority, right?"

Theo shook his head. "It doesn't work that way. The author can also force me to break through during the mission. While it can give an element of surprise, it's better to advance first before going on a mission. It won't be as dangerous as getting the third authority in an unfamiliar place, right?"

"That's… true." Mia nodded. "Considering the author's sadistic nature, he might use a trope like that. You will be heavily injured because of the backlash or something. Previously, you ended up making an unprofitable deal with the demon for the second authority, so it's best to be careful."

"Exactly." Theo then opened a portal so that Sparky and the two dragon horses could come out. "Sparky. I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow. I will leave Mia's protection to you."

Sparky nodded his head.

"I don't know if the assassins will come again or not, but there is a chance that they will try to kidnap you. They should know that the school's security has been tightened and there are even elders from the Heavenly Sword Sect outside the school perimeter. If they really come this time, it means that they have prepared for all kinds of situations, which makes them extremely dangerous."

"Understood." Mia nodded with a solemn expression. "Don't worry about me, Father. I will be extra careful this time. Besides, Sparky is with me." Mia looked at Sparky who perked on her shoulder. She gently brushed Sparky's cheek, feeling a bit of the lightning that his body naturally produced.

"The two of you will come with me." Theo then turned to the dragon horses. "It might be a dangerous trip. Are you scared?"

The two dragon horses looked back at Theo with a determined expression. Both of them were ready to face much stronger opponents the moment they decided to follow him.

"Alright." Theo smiled, satisfied.

Theo then opened the comments before advancing. "Hmm. I taught Oliver a different path, but what you say can be considered another technique too. What I have in mind about Oliver's ability is the ability to absorb everything.

"For example, when Lancelot releases a fire bolt at him, will he capture only the fire bolt? Or will he also get the momentum of that fire bolt? If it's the latter, don't you think it's good for him to stock up on bullets that are released at him? This way, we can shoot multiple bullets as if he has multiple guns.

"On the other hand, I'm not sure about how the Inventory works. Can he arrange the things in his Inventory? If he can, it won't be weird to find him replicating what you said earlier."

After replying to the comments, Theo turned back to Mia. "It might take a while, if you are sleepy, you can sleep first. No need to wait for me."

"It's fine. I will be waiting for you, Dad." Mia smirked. "But before that, do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"It's about the school." Mia contemplated. "Currently, your reputation has soared. Does this mean I have to watch my actions? I mean, it's going to be annoying to have someone tailing you all the time. And if I behave badly, it will damage your reputation."

Theo chuckled. "You don't have to worry about that. Instead, how about you think this way? You are behaving like a good child so people know you as an innocent kid. Then, when your opponent comes at you, you will behave like that to lower their guard."

"Ah!" Mia could see the effect of that acting. That was right. This was also a prank she set up against her enemy.

Once she revealed her true nature, the opponent would be so shocked that they ended up lowering their guard too much.

"I see. I can really do it that way." Mia nodded. "Now that I think about this, Mom told me that no one really wants to talk to you, Dad."

"Haha? Am I that scary?" Theo chuckled.

"Obviously. Don't you know the rumor about you? You could change the tide with just a single smile. People thought of you as a hero, but those who knew you were aware of how much of a bad person you could be.

"I heard that you could make people overthink just by saying a single word." Mia shook her head helplessly as if she were judging her father.

"That's a necessary skill for you to learn as well. It's going to be extremely useful when negotiating with your opponents. But don't forget to treat your allies with sincerity. Showing such a different treatment between allies and enemies would make your allies feel grateful and your opponent feel scared to provoke you."

"Mhmm." Mia nodded furiously.

"Alright. Since I have answered your question, it's time for me to get the third authority."

"Yes." Mia stepped back, giving Theo space.

Theo then ate the whole apple as the essence in his body began to fluctuate as if reacting to the apple. More importantly, he noticed that the Toon Demon was calling him. This was the same sign as when he got his second authority.

So, Theo immediately sent his consciousness to meet the Toon Demon.

When Theo opened his eyes, he saw the Toon Demon standing before him. He looked eager to present the third authority to him, especially with that big smile of his.

"Welcome, Host." The Toon Demon greeted him politely.

"Enough with your acting. What do you have for me?" Theo asked.

The Toon Demon's eyebrows twitched, but he couldn't really say anything to Theo. Since there was Arkhasians, there was a chance that Theo would abandon him in the future.

So, it was better to play nice to him.

"Let me introduce you to the third authority." The Toon Demon smiled. "Illusory Dream."