Finals Finished

Half an hour later.

Seno woke up and pandiculated. He checked his surroundings and found himself to still be in the training grounds.

"This was a good spot indeed." 

He spoke out loud while checking his Disruptive force reserves and his physical condition. The effects of the candy had gone, his lips were chapped and his throat dry but he could manage that. The problem of severe Dehydration hasn't solved itself though and he would need to hurry up and get the points and leave. Only then can he rehydrate with proper water.

Time to hunt. 

He took his bow and after a few stretches and warm ups, he dashed away in search of prey.

I have replenished around 2/3 of my Disruptive force and since I won't be trying to limit my attacks, I can easily do 5 attacks, 6 before I pass out.

Seno thought as he rushed here and there to find anyone to take out. Previously, he had to abide by the non lethal attack rule and had to purposely control the creation of his shots to be on the weaker end. This however was extremely difficult for him due to his lack of learning, thus each shot that he created and fired was extremely taxing to him and this was after he had taken the exhilarating candy.

Now he wasn't going to follow any of that. He was going to channel and fire.

I just need to find someone. Where is everyone?

Seno searched and searched but couldn't find anyone. It was too quiet. He knew the exams hadn't ended or he would been crowned the winner and would join in with the rest of his classmates.

Where are they? What happened when I was sleeping? How many hours did I sleep?

Boom! 

Just as he was going to leave to search another side, he heard a loud sound just north of where he was and he sped towards it. If there were people fighting there then he had to go before the fight ended, otherwise he would be left with not many people to take out.

On his way towards the noise, he encountered a student hiding, ignoring him, he moved on. He will take him out later if he had any Disruptive force left after taking care of the others.

The sounds of battle became crisper and clearer and from what he can estimate, there were definitely more than 5 people.

He got to the opening and began to oversee the situation from a vantage point. Close enough that he could hear them talk but far enough that he could escape.

1... 2... 3... 16. 

16 heads!

There were 16 people there, duking it out the martial arts way, civil and human in their approach.

Heh. I can get at least ten.

He thought as he circled around the place, furthuring away and trying to find a good attack ground. One that was in their blind spot and would achieve maximum surprise. He can't just go and began shooting at the students the freedom way.

Oh, 17. She has a bow, a long range attacker like me. Hmm.

As he backed away, his eyes glanced at the dark cherry haired* female with a bow on her back who was also looking at the battle from far away.

I have competition.

He hurried up his search and finally found a high ground at the appropriate distance that he required.

Okay, this will do. The cherry gal is gone. Whatever.

He finally found a ledge, a higher ground Anakin, and took out his bow and immediately shot all the six shots.

The shots, invisible to the naked eyed, and fired from such a distance that their might had dwindled to just non threatening incapacitation attacks by the time it reached the students, easily took out eight of them in the instant it landed.

"Now that's ingenuiti-"

Before he could finish his victory phrase, Seno passed out, vanishing like the others. The dehydration and Disruptive force drain taking him out.

...

Luo Mengxue looked at the 16 people who were fighting among themselves to gain 'points' for the exams while she was waiting to take the winner for herself.

This was the "ingenuitive" plan that the students who were running from her had formed after grouping up and failing to take her down.

She had happily agreed and was watching them fight it out from the sidelines. The whole reason of her acceptance being that they were her classmates and one of them, the one who suggested this idea was her bestie and this was actually her plan to use Luo Mengxue to lure people into the palms of her hand as she would manipulate the 15 others to fight in a fair fight that was rigged since the start. It was basically a nasty plan where she was toying with people for her own amusement and goals, showing her cruel strategic mindset and thinking while not arousing any kinds of future animosity from the others since everything was done fairly.

In the middle of this "brawl competition", Luo Mengxue sensed an approaching figure snooping around the area, likely a fisherman trying to fish in baited waters.

She decided to have some fun on the side and zoomed to the intruder, only to find whom? Guess? It was the one that she was saving to beat up at the end. The one who was sleeping peacefully while she wasn't. Something about this non-usual behaviour of his icked inside her and she wanted to do violent things to him. A few dozen slaps was definitely deservative.

She took out her bow and prepared a small projectile and as he stood atop a ledge and took out his bow, she aimed hers at the painful regions. Just as she was about to fire, she immediately turned to look at where her Bestie was battling since the brawl competition was bombarded with attacks. She turned to him and he had vanished.

"That... was surprising."

Luo Mengxue muttered after realising what he had done and why he had backed away. She returned to her bestie, finding her unscathed and finishing the last remaining member.

"You did this?" 

The bestie asked but a silent shook of her head was enough as the answer.

"Okay, I will see you later. Please explain to the others as well."

The Bestie said and tapped out. Luo Mengxue turned towards the final person, the one whom Seno had seen hiding and he immediately tapped out as well. 

The Finals finally finished.

The Educators watched the end with baited breaths.

"Freedom indeed creates an environment of great thinkers."

"I am glad we don't force our students to become machines. This was beautiful. Ingenuitively beautiful!"

The magnanimous voiced Monk spoke with emotions and tears running from his eyes as the others too took in the situation that once again the children had showcased their true selves to them without any hesitation or fear. This was the education that they strive to achieve every year and from the record it was going good.

To each their own path. A flower blooming in its own regards.

....

Two hours later.

Seno woke up in the infirmary and looked at his vitals report. He didn't understand much. There were a few others sleeping or comatose on the other beds around him.

Anyone conscious?

He gazed around and found what seemed to be a Monk? Nurse? Medical personnel, sitting far away from where he was, reading something, probably chanting.

"Can I take this off? The things attached to my arms."

Seno asked in a loud voice. His voice visibly shook the man as he looked frozen, responding only after a while. He definitely disturbed the other patients.

"...not yet. You have to stay like this till the morning to stabilize your internals. The side effects of the exhilarating candy put too much internal strain on your body and Disruptive force drain made it worse."

"I see. I can go for a pee-wee and such, right? The internal strain didn't affect that, right? I can become a father na?"

He asked straightforwardly. Getting a few gasps from the beds around him. Except there was no need to be ashamed of asking such things in an hospital or related places. Please do it privately though.

"..."

"...Yeah. Yeah, you can... There's no problem there." 

His question clearly baffled the medical personnel.

"Okay."

Seno cheerfully said and went back to sleep until the morning when he was fed and escorted to his d

istrict.

....

Seno calls Luo Mengxue's hair colour Dark cherry but its actually Plum purple with darker fringes.