New Life After Seventeen Months

- Began? - Ichigo asked, already feeling how "lights of power" began to appear in different places of the training ground.

- Yes. - Agreed Poong.

"Will we wait or begin to act?" - The guide straightened his backpack, looking at the adept of the light with a question in his eyes.

- Wait. - Answered Tu Peri. "At the same time, there will be a chance to see your abilities, Ichigo." You do not mind if I contact you by name? - Feeling a little out of place, asked Bloom.

- Not. "Although this was not felt in the voice of the guide of souls, he was a little indifferent to the way he was addressed. - It will be even easier. After all, I do not appeal to you in a respectful manner and with the prefix mister. He shrugged indifferently.

- That's good. - Exhaled Tu Peri lightly. "Maybe then you will stop contacting me, Mr. Puong?" - Brown eyes questioningly stared at the guide.

- I can not. - Hopelessly sighed Bloom. "So I was trained, Mr. Poong." - Smiled Edrok.

- It's a pity. - Crookedly smiled brunette. "Too bad, gnome."

The current situation made Kurosaki roll his eyes. In the distance, several rather prominent sources of power were felt, so you should avoid them. Let him agree to work in a team, but this is only because these two had rather extensive knowledge of the Tower. If his memory serves him and he did not confuse anything, then the Poong family has enormous data, which, obviously, will be useful. You need to know as much as possible, while showing as little as possible. Although it is unlikely that they who have not passed the first floor, someone will decide to be interested if he uses a little force and takes out a couple of other participants.

- Something this time is not enough participants. - Without hiding his disappointment in the current situation, Poong commented. This time, the number of people who passed the first floor was two hundred and eighty-four. The condition of the administrator of the second floor, for the end of the test, has not changed - two hundred people will pass the first part of the test. This meant that the participants now, presumably, could either kill each other, or, who are smarter, began to gather in small groups. "It seems that, so far, we are not destined to be convinced of your strengths, Ichigo."

- What a disappointment. - Swordsman cheated. - Make sure another time. - He added with a grin, continuing to watch the action.

About a kilometer away, a bright flash flashed, marking a frivolous explosion that destroyed one of the largest boulders, about the size of a car. On the left, the sounds of crossed steel began to intensify, inspiring Ichigo with weak nostalgia. No matter how he changed, whatever he began to be interested in, what he would not take up, inside he felt some otherworldly craving for battles.

Bloom frowned. This strange man, provoking in Edroc's soul a weak but incredibly itchy premonition of something not very good, was behaving too calmly. Probably worth noting, this feeling visited him quite often. As a "C" rank escort, he already managed to see quite a few different "wonders" that inhabited the Tower. But, like most loners, he soon met with a certain difficulty - a lack of strength to rise higher in his ascent. It was then that the Tu Peri family recruited him, putting him as a companion to a young adept of the world. He received equipment, money, support from one of the ten most powerful families and a chance to go forward, starting all over again.

Poong, looking at the clouds, tried to abstract from the situation. Was he worried about whether they would rise or not? Hardly. Now, Poong simply corny rejoiced at the opportunity that allowed him to get rid of the supervision of the Tu Peri family. Being a member of such a famous family is extremely problematic. You are always told what to do and what not. They poke their noses at the fact that you must be grateful to the family that gave you education and money, but most importantly - the name. Just faced with the fact, there was no choice, not even an illusion, just a commitment. You must enter the Tower. You must be strong. You must glorify the name of the family. The will of the family should always come first.

"How ironic that almost every offspring from any of the ten great families wants not to surpass the" fathers "or" mothers ", but to destroy their empire, take possession of everything that they have, and make them feel like it is like us . "- Poong thought with faint anger, crooked lips in a half-smile. Yes. One of the ten most powerful families can give a lot: training, money, knowledge, strength, a certain power. But in return she selects the right to choose, selects the will, so that all efforts go only for the good of the family. And they don't care what you feel. Since there are a lot of people wishing for this place.

- The first part of the test is over! - Broadcast the voice of the administrator. - Now begins the second part of the test "Make your enemy your friend."