Chapter 35 - Taking Measurement

From where the white-haired man came from, it was their believe that only nobles of the high status were born with a white-hair and so, he could not accept this brat having the ability to turn his hair into a white color, the pride of their family.

If someone were to find out about this, they will become a laughingstock. There was a slight possibility that they would also lose their high status and the uniqueness of their family, thus losing their place in this world.

After all, the other renowned families could simply say that their family was not any special since it seems like anybody could have their hair turn white if they were lucky enough to awaken an ability that had such an effect on their body.

Bang!

"That cannot be allowed happen!" The white-haired man abruptly put his glass of wine down uttering and then he suddenly took out his communication device and then projected the holographic screen in front of himself, displaying a certain individual on the other end, who appeared to be looking at him in sincere respect.

"Young Lord, how may I be of assistance to you." A respectful voice resounded from the other side of the communication device.

The white-haired man ignored the other party's respectful voice and sternly said to him, "Tell the tech department to analyze the video I just send to them thoroughly and also investigate the identity of that brat in the footage; send all his information to me when it is done; do not miss a single detail. Do you understand?"

The other party was shocked for a split second but then still replied solemnly in a respectful tone a moment later, "I understand, Young Lord!"

"Hm, that will be all; I still have matters to attend to in the Eastern District, so I will be waiting for your good news."

Saying so, he did wait for the other party to respond as he directly cut the connection of the communication device off.

"Now, let's see who you really are, brat…" The white-haired man muttered in a relaxed tone after handling the matter.

….

At the Awakening Center

Randy had already entered the building only to find out that there was a long line of people in the lobby of this building, thus had no choice but to wait for his turn to come up.

And after waiting for a bit, it was finally his turn to head towards the reception area. The process was really quick and so he did not have to wait for too long.

In any case, since he did not set up an appointment before his arrival, he could only wait for his turn unlike those who did and were simply led away by someone waiting on them or that they simply just knew where to go and did not have to wait in line.

At this point, he had already reached the front desk of the reception area and was immediately greeted by receptionist.

"Hello, welcome to the awakening center; how may I help you today? Are you perhaps here to awaken your ability or something else?" The reception girl bowed slightly as she greeted him in a respectful tone.

Randy did not reply right away as he stared at this pretty young woman in front of him. She looks like she was in her early twenties now with a decent a figure, however that was not what caught his attention.

Randy knew this woman from three years ago, back then when Randy came here with his parents to awaken his ability, however for some reason, whenever they came here throughout the whole three years, this receptionist was always on duty and thus was always the one who took care of their checking in process and then subsequently leading them to an available room to conduct the awakening process.

However, right now, it seems like this woman does not remember him at all.

'Well, who would remember someone like me in the first place?' He silently thought in a self-deprecation while inwardly shaking his head.

Nevertheless, Randy did not take this to heart and showed an amiable smile before replying to the reception girl: "Uhm, actually, I came here to register my awakened ability."

"Oh, so you have already awakened your ability by yourself?" The reception girl appeared surprised and then asked in confirmation.

"That's right, so how do I go about it? I am not sure as I came unprepared and also, this is my first time doing this and I was not privy to how the process will be like." Randy confirmed and then said.

"Ah, about that, you do not need to worry. You only needed to display your ability and have your energy type measured and that will be all." The reception girl said to him.

And then she recalled something before suddenly speaking again, "But before that, I need some form of identification to prove your identity."

"Ah, okay, wait a second. Here you go." Randy said as he immediately took out his student identification card before handing it to the reception girl.

When she saw this, she was surprised and then muttered in a low voice, "Oh, so you're a high school student, huh? And only 18 years old."

As she took the identification card, she examined it and then raised her voice and said, "Alright, this will do. Please wait a moment."

"Alright." Randy replied.

The reception girl projected a screen from her computer as she created a new page, type some information into the main system before handing the identification card back to him.

And then said, "Please follow me, I will lead you to where you will be taking your measurements."

Saying so, she had already step out from behind the reception counter and was heading in a certain direction in the lobby.

"Eh?"

Randy glanced at her and at the people behind him and doubtfully muttered in a questioning voice as he followed behind, "Are you sure it's okay to leave the reception area when there are so people waiting in line?"

Hearing that, the reception girl only smiled and kindly responded to him, "You don't worry about that; Someone will come and take my place. The moment I left the counter, I had already informed another co-worker to take my place. Come, let's go."

"Ah, okay." Randy replied as he picked up the pace and continued to follow her.

Just like that, the two of them proceeded to take the elevator and then headed to basement section of the building.

And after walking some more while passing through some maze-like intersections and other departments of the building, they finally reached a certain room, an opened space with nothing in sight except a very realistic smiling dummy positioned somewhere close to the middle of this opened space.

At this point, the reception girl turned around and spoke, "We have arrived. For now, you only needed to physically display your base strength by physically attacking that dummy to measure your physical strength."

"Eh? Not virtually? I thought for sure that I will have to display my abilities through a virtual simulator or something?" Randy asked in surprise.

The reception girl only chuckled when she heard this and then responded, "We don't do that here. In order to ensure accurate results, we refrained from using the virtual device to measure the basic statistics thus bringing about more accurate and precise data. Only the hunter association uses this method of testing and measurement, however that is only because they have a one-of-a kind virtual system."

As recalling something the reception girl then asked, "Oh, that reminds me, what type of ability do you have?"

Randy was slightly troubled once again when he heard this question, but he quickly decided on the course of action right away this time and abruptly answered in a somewhat weird tone: "I-I have a reinforcement-type ability? I can transform my body to enhance my strength and other basic statistics."

And then he added: "However, since that is the case, do I simply transform and attack that dummy with all my strength?"

"I see, so a strength-type, huh?" The reception girl displayed a pondering expression and then said, "Well, for now, you should attack without your reinforcement ability and afterwards, you can use your reinforced state to attack the dummy so that the machine can judge the extent of your ability based on that."

"I see, I understand." Randy replied in understanding.

And then he asked for confirmation: "Should I attack it right now?"

"Ah, wait for a moment, I need to operate the machine first."

Saying so, she abruptly left, walking in quicken steps out of the room. And soon, her voice resounded in the whole opened space.

[You may begin now!]

Randy was inwardly startled when the voice came out of nowhere but still remained his calm and looked up only to see the reception girl standing behind a glass-like window at the top section of this opened space.

It turns out they place the measuring device over there while they monitor and record the proceedings, but earlier Randy noticed that he could not see through that tinted glass, however now it was translucent, and he can actually see the people on the other side.

Right now, there appears to be another person standing next to reception girl, but Randy did not pay any attention to that and only took step forward, walking towards the dummy at the middle of the opened space.