Universal Power System

?[New Quest Received]

[Discover more about the past of the Grey family]

[Reward: ???]

[Penalty: ???]

[New Quest Received]

[Improve your body to be able to harness 50% of the active perk of the Blessing Of Love within 6 months]

[Time Remaining: 5 months 30 days 23 hours 59 minutes 58 seconds]

[Reward: ???]

[Penalty: ???]

Mako read through the two brand-new quests that he had just received. It looked like the system was trying to nudge him in the right direction by giving him several quests that told him to look more into his past and discover new information that would be crucial in his journey moving forward.

The next time Mako would be allowed to visit home would be at the end of their first semester which would take 6 months so the timing was actually perfect.

Mako still had some unfinished business left in Emerald City and now he would return with a greater goal of trying to understand the significance of his family history and their impact on the world.

In the meantime, the system had given him the perfect quest for motivation as he had to get a whole lot stronger anyway if he ever wanted to find out and stop the imposter within the military school, but now he would also unlock more strength by accessing a powerful ability left by his grandmother.

Mako's grandmother had worked her magic once again as before her disappearance, she had completely wiped away all of the fake negative emotions that Natasha had forcefully influenced onto his body and now he felt as refreshed as ever.

Natasha, meanwhile, lay on the ground, panting heavily, her eyes darting between Mako and Amy. Despite the pain she was in, a wicked grin crept across her face.

"You think this is over?" she spat, her voice laced with venom. "I don't get how you do this, but my darkness will always find a way back in."

Natasha had calculated many scenarios as she planned this trap for Mako. Thanks to the awakening of her Fear ability mutant gene, she was very confident in being able to break Mako down completely and have him do whatever she wanted just like she had done with Haruto.

However, the last thing she could have expected was that one of her own illusions would turn rouge and overpower her. Amy hadn't hesitated in the slightest as she was beating the crap out of Natasha.

Not only was her physical strength way higher than that of Natasha's but due to her glowing pink skin, even the slightest contact with her skin would create a horrifying and painful experience for Natasha that was borderline unbearable.

The beating had barely lasted 2 minutes but within that time frame, Natasha was beaten mercilessly into a pulp and now she could barely breathe while lying motionless on the ground.

"Nah... you won't," Mako replied coldly to Natasha's threat.

"HARUTO! Help me!" Natasha screamed in anger.

Haruto who had been observing from the sidelines finally made a move and began walking towards Natasha to help her back on her feet.

"Why the hell didn't you do anything?" Natasha screamed in anger at Haruto as he helped her by feeding her a healing pill.

"You told me not to interfere after you began engaging Mako, I was simply following your command, Natasha-kun," Haruto replied with a monotone tone.

"Arrghh!" Natasha screamed in frustration. "Get me the hell out of here!"

"Don't you f**king dare move a muscle!" Mako shouted as his eyes began to glow green.

He had subconsciously activated his poison mutant gene coupled with him fully expanding his aura to exert pressure on Haruto and Natasha.

Natasha was too weak after getting pummeled by Amy to challenge Mako's authority and Haruto's legs began to tremble slightly.

After his grandmother had relieved him from the massive mental strain, his body was practically unharmed with him not expending any of his real mana or resources during the time he fought in his visions.

Mako coldly walked over towards Natasha and Haruto who could only watch silently.

"You lured me here with the promise of having some information, and I'm not going to let either of you leave until you give me what I am owed," Mako stated in a threatening manner as he crouched down to get on Natasha's level.

"Go to Hell!" Natasha shouted.

"*tsk* tsk* tsk*, That's the wrong answer." Mako said as he reached forward and grabbed Natasha's arm.

"Let go of me, you freaking pervert!" Natasha screamed as she resisted with what little strength she had, but it was of no use.

Mako dug his thumb deep into Natasha's skin until he was able to penetrate the skin and reach a blood vessel.

Nathasha screamed in pain as her blood began gushing out the wound that Mako had just; however, Mako didn't care and continued.

"Now... I am going to ask you again, what information did you have to share with me?" Mako asked again.

"Haruto! Do something! Get this bastard off me!" Natasha screamed in agony as she turned toward Haruto for assistance.

However, Haruto's whole body was shaking at this point. He was nowhere as strong as Natasha or Mako, and the only reason he was even in the special class was because he was Natasha's slave.

He didn't have the ability nor the strength to counter Mako, but the voice of Natasha was ringing in his head like impending doom. Even though Haruto's body was refusing to move against Mako, his mind knew that if he didn't follow Natasha's command, the outcome wouldn't be pretty.

Mako watched as Haruto forced his trembling body to try to calm down and make a move in order to save Natasha.

"It's okay, Haruto." Mako suddenly stated with an empathetic tone," You don't have to follow her command. I have no personal quarrel with you and my gut says that you are innocent in all of this, so I'll allow you to just walk away now."

Haruto paused as he heard Mako's words, his eyes widening with disbelief. Even though it appeared from the outside that Haruto had somehow stopped himself from trembling, it wasn't actually.

Within the presence of such a strong aura, Haruto was so scared, thinking how angry Mako would be feeling right as he knew the effects of the skill that Natasha had used quite well and that any move he made to try and stop him and save Natasha could possibly be his very last.

"Wait... what?! NO! Haruto, don't listen to him! Do something! Help me!" Natasha screamed.

An ultimatum had been presented in front of Haruto, with either outcome bound to drastically change his life.

Should he take Mako's mercy and escape with his life which would enrage Natasha or should he follow Natasha's commands instead and face Mako's wrath instead?

Time slowed down as Haruto thought over both scenarios with great care. Drops of sweat rolled down his forehead as he struggled to make a decision as with both scenarios, he would seriously get hurt.

Seconds passed by as Haruto continued to think hard about what decision should he make.

"Well... Haruto? Are you going to back away?" Mako asked again, bringing Haruto back to reality.

Tears began to develop in Haruto's eyes as his legs began to tremble again.

"Mako-san, thank you for showing me such kindness, but... *sniff* I can't... I can't disobey Natasha-kun, I can't go through that again!" Haruto said as he steeled his resolve.

He just couldn't afford to make Natasha angry at him again, he was happy to be his slave rather than to be fave those visions again.

Haruto lunged forward, his hands crackling with electricity, ready to strike Mako.

"I... understand," Mako said empathetically as he easily dodged Haruto's lightning punch and landed a clean chop on the base of his neck, knocking him unconscious.

Natasha watched in shock as she saw how easily Mako defeated Haruto; however, she didn't care much as Haruto had done his job.

He had bought enough time for the effects of the healing pill to kick in, plus her Fear ability was still freely coursing through her body thanks to her mutant gene still being active which had been neutralizing the effects of Amy Grey's skin touching her body which was causing her the greatest amount of pain and suppressing her strength.

After having recovered some strength in her body, Natasha was finally able to stand up on her own and attack Mako whose finger was still dug into her forearm.

However, before she could make any moves, a new kind of burning pain began to erupt inside Natasha's body, this one being far far worse than anything that she had experienced before.

She immediately crashed back onto the ground, trembling with immense pain as if molten lava was coursing through her veins instead of her blood.

"Did you really think I had no idea what you were trying to do?" Mako asked with his eyes glowing greener than ever before as he continued to firmly grip Natasha's arm while she writhed around in extreme pain and again.

Mako gently laid Haruto's unconscious body on the ground before turning back towards Natasha.

"Don't think my kindness extends to people like you! You tried to break me by torturing me in your visions, now let's see how you like a taste of your own medicine."