Chapter 373: 1st december

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Leaving the Spartan army headquarters left Clark feeling good, he constantly felt like he was being tickled by his future wife. As Albert drove, once again, he started humming a random lullaby.

Getting to meet his friends again and celebrating his birthday with them refreshed his brain in ways that he found mysterious, he suddenly felt calmer and more collected.

This was a boon on its own already, now getting to solicit the help of his friends to get them to help fulfill his ambition was another. That not being enough, Professor Monkey Hands now surprised him with a mech.

As he rejoiced while humming, he could not help but think again about what prompted the Professor to proactively look for a mech designer for him.

He was still serious in his decision to keep his ability to pilot mechs a secret, letting the world know about such a secret was too irresponsible and rash of him. He had to continue keeping it a secret if he loved his life.

In the end, after thinking about it some more, he decided that he would be more careful around the Professor in the future.

And for some baffling reason that he did not know, he felt like the world was changing and that he needed to increase his combat power fast.

His intuition just kept on ringing an alarm of danger in his head, he felt like a veil was slowly covering the world.

He didn’t know why he felt like this but he trusted his intuition, so he kept it at the back of his mind to find ways to increase his power faster.

And to do this, the only 2 ways available to him were getting to control his special ability and thereby leading to an increase in his strength or getting to master how to pilot a mech.

For these 2 ways, he decided to start mech piloting training immediately after he got back to the Radan republic.

For his special ability, he wanted to help the old warriors club complete the assassination of the minister first before he would sit down to think about it more thoroughly.

And also, he was still waiting for Mr. Calibri’s intelligence agencies to contact him. After knowing such detailed information about Sonia, he didn’t want to wait for even a second more.

These and a lot more were enough to necessitate him striving to increase his strength. He couldn’t help but secretly clench his fists.

From the corner of his eyes, Albert was able to see this. He hesitated a bit as he didn’t know what was going through his master’s head, but in the end, his curiosity won as he asked.

“Master, do you think I have a chance of ever getting to pilot a mech too?”

Clark was pulled out of his thoughts as he turned to face his student. Seeing the struggling expression on Albert’s face, he suddenly felt funny.

“Albert, piloting a mech doesn’t exactly make you a powerhouse”. He stopped to take a deep breath. “It’s your willpower and willingness to improve that makes you one”.

“The way that I experienced lots of encounters that changed me and made me strong, I believe that you also have your own encounters. And besides, it’s always better to rely on your own strength than external factors”.

“Perhaps, it will be in the future, but I believe that you’ll have an encounter that will grant you an enviable ability too”.

“Eh, ok, thanks”. Albert turned and flashed a smile at Clark.

Remembering something, Clark suddenly asked humorously. “I don’t know if it's just me, but why does it seem like your billionaire dad suddenly abandoned you and is no longer sending you monthly allowances?”

Albert’s face immediately became depressed. “I told him that I became your student, and he felt that it was an insult so he stopped sending me allowances until I destroy my relationship with you”.

“Oh!” Clark was surprised.

His surprise did not last as it suddenly turned to a grin. “Well, if he says so, then just become more prudent. I believe that in a few years, I’ll be richer than he is, and perhaps you too”.

It felt shameless, but Clark didn’t exaggerate.

“Master, you know, that’s the one thing that I like about you, your confidence”. The master and student duo continued engaging in conversations until they got to the airport.

Having arranged everything beforehand, they quickly boarded a plane and left the country.

…

As soon as they got to the Radan republic again, Clark and his student first returned to their underground base and had a sweet sleep to replenish their energy.

After that, in the evening, they both got on the exotic car and left to survey the location that Captain Drake suggested to Clark for his weapon test training.

On getting there, they could only return back disappointed. The location was a beach, it was deserted and was now hardly visited due to the economic situation of the country.

It was a wide and big enough location for Clark to train with his mech, but the commotion and destruction that he would be liable to cause to the surroundings would be too much considering the sheer power of the mech.

In the end, Clark had to order for a purely exotic portable training chamber to be built. Due to his recent expenses, and those of Vatican City, he was a little short on money so he had to resort to the Spartan army for a loan.

This was his first loan since he became a soldier. While waiting for the commissioned training chamber to be built, he had no choice but to hone his skills in a virtual setting.

As he trained, he also found time to give Albert some insights on his training. After hesitating a bit, he finally hinted a little about the existence of special abilities to Albert to help him in his future growth.

During this time, Albert finally brought all his gadgets, machines, and weapons that were stored in the warehouse that he built in the Spartan republic.

Through these, their slightly vacant underground base finally got filled.

As they both trained, the days slowly rolled on, and just like a few blinks away, 4 days were quickly elapsed. Today was the 1st of December, and it was the D-day for the Radan Minister of Finance’s death.

Clark received a message from the old warriors club and he responded to it without delay.