Circumstances

"Cousin you must be careful when you face him in the future, that guy was absolutely a monster, especially in the physique."

[He's strong?]

"Actually, he's been underrated by the media, maybe they didn't know the full situation, but me… I saw it clearly with my eyes on how he fought each core member one by one starting from Frank, Josh, Lyda, up to Jade."

[He even fought Jade, are you serious?]

Fred, Iris, and Jade are considered a current Big Three of SHU this time, and Jade can also be considered as a distant relative of the Baker Family, so they knew his information. Although he was a bit behind with Iris and Fred, his current strength might reach the near-Peak Middle Stage and he's currently Ranked #101 in Youth Ranking. While Fred and Iris were Ranked #23 and #39 in the following order.

An Early Stage person can fight a near Mid-Stage Peak? Then…

"Yeah, and it's a draw… no, actually it's not a draw because, if they fought longer, I don't know what happened, because the longer the time they fought, the more he became crazy, and, and his speed… it, it was so fucking fast."

Silence…

"It might be his ability, I saw his eyes getting redder and redder as he gets injured, that's my hypothesis but I really don't know what it is, it seems like related to "Rage" unique ability, but he didn't bigger and there's no instability in his emotions… and, and his speed was actually way faster than "Rage"

Marga looked at her surroundings and then whispered on the phone: "Actually, I also tell you something. That guy also fought Fred and although that guy was defeated, Fred was taking a hard time defeating him, cousin you really must be careful this time, I've never seen anyone such a lunatic like him, especially in close combat"

[I feel you're exaggerating him too much]

"Won't you believe me?"

[I just feel a little unbelievable, I don't know if you're saying the truth, actually, do you know what I think right now? I feel you're biasing your team since it's your school, I hope it's not.]

"Hmph, whether you believe me or not, it's your choice. Don't regret it later and say I didn't remind you" Marga snorted and said.

[Fine, fine, I believed in you right now, since you're my cousin. By the way, how about Iris, any news?]

"Did you see or heard the rumors?"

[You mean… The news she broke through the Late Stage?]

"What do you think?"

[Is it real?]

"It's true…"

They became silenced again.

[It seems my training wasn't enough, as a future husband of Iris, I must not be left behind!]

Hearing what Carlo said, Marga just rolled her eyes and said nothing.

[Anyway, just keep me updated especially to males who pursue Iris]

"Cousin that guy was also one of Iris's suitors. He even confessed to her in public."

[What! Bastard, Damn…. Then, then, wh-what happened? Did Iris accept it? I guess not right, right?]

Marga can feel how nervous Carlo was when he asked her and she couldn't help but sneered. Boys are boys.

"Iris said if he can defeat her, she will accept it"

[So, they fought, Did that bastard win? I guess not, Iris was a Late Stage right, right, right?]

"Of course he lost the battle"

[Ha~ Good, good, I thought… damn, that shameless guy even confessed in public, is he not ashamed? And Iris also accepted the bet, then, then… if I fight her and I win, then… I can be, I can be]

"Hmph, are you sure you can win?"

[Just wait, just wait, once I broke through, hahaha Iris will be mine hahaha]

Marga can even feel the malicious thought about his cousin even on the phone, and she couldn't help but look down on him.

[Anyway, keep me updated, especially to that bastard, hmph, he dares to be shameless, let's see how I shame him in media.]

"Just be careful, don't underestimate our team today, it's stronger than before"

[Don't worry, that guy cannot do anything to me, once the competition starts, I will shame him in front of all students]

Listening on the phone, Marga silent a bit and said "Just be careful, don't underestimate them"

She didn't tell him that Tristan and Iris have an intermediate master because once the school knows this, there's no doubt she will be the first suspect because she's related to the family. She will be a sinner. She still has a little conscience because she doesn't want to disappoint that person.

Actually, there's already hearsay about the mastery of Tristan and Iris because many students saw this but other people didn't believe it, they just thought that the student of SHU are boasting since it was their own. So, Marga just let the situation go the flow whether people will believe it or not, she will not be going to say anything.

[Don't worry, I will…]

Marga didn't know if her cousin really takes her words seriously, well it's nothing to do with her.

…

October 19, NE176

12 days had passed since the battle with the students of SHU.

And in within 10 days, there are many trends in news not only Tristan because he's not only the one S-Ticket Holder because there are also some Universities especially S-Class and A-Class, while some B-Class was hesitating if they will use it because they only have 1 quota in 3 years.

But Tristan's name was one of the famous S-Ticket holders and can even consider a famous one. But his fame on the internet is mostly negative.

[SHU higher-ups might have brain damage and they replaced Carlo Baker with an Early Stage Experts]

[Even though he's really talented like they said, we cannot deny that he already wasted 2 years of his Prime based on the situation report in Black Region. We don't know whether it's really worth it for them to invite him? And just now, he's only an Early Stage Expert… I hoped the school will not regret it]

[It is reported in just early days that this guy dares to confess in public to their Vice-Captain Iris, it's shameful for him and he even didn't worry to worsen the public image of the name of their school]

[It is reported that when he just came in, he already molested some girls in their school]

[Breaking news, it is said that the reputation of this guy was also worse in his previous school. If you know the "Gale Feather Highschool", it is one of the subsidiaries of the Gale Feather University College, one of the famous S-Class Universities in Green Region and also can be considered the second strongest S-Class University in the whole of Artheran and the only behind GRWI. The reason why they haven't accepted him and got punished instead is that his reputation in their school was really bad, many can testify especially his former classmates and schoolmates and we interviewed them about his situation, and you will be shocked at how famous this guy, oh, maybe not famous, but infamous. He even dared to hurt 5 schoolmates in the evaluation for the qualification of rank 10 in their school.]

[It said that when his father was still alive, he's forcing some people to submit to him, what a bully]

[He even forced some of her female classmates to be his boyfriend, including Lorainne Asana, Astrid Qchestin, and… Is it real?]

[It said one of their classmate's suicide because of him]

[It even reported that his father secretly killed someone because his son was bullied… is it real?]

[Another shocking news, Tristan Black actually didn't get his qualification for the Top 10 qualification and he was defeated by another person, and for that person, some people might guess who is it. It seems a coincidence because that person was actually a core member of the D-Cup core member of SHU more than half a year ago, and now they appeared as a team member next year, but it seems Tristan Black already surpassed Alfred because based on the news, Tristan already became a core member while Alfred was still a Sub-Core Member this time, is the latter strength regressing?]

There are dozens of bad news that are related to Tristan and obviously, there are some malicious people spreading some bad news and false rumor to tarnish him.

And some of the ignorant people really believed in some of it and couldn't help but complain to the pages of the University and ask for an explanation.

Some people in Kemusk City near the SHU were protesting again and complained.

The competition next year has not yet started and the people's impression of Tristan was already bad.

But the SHU reaction was still silent and didn't respond to any accusation that the media threw at them.

And a few days ago, seeing that they cannot make a scene in this school, some media turned their attention to other S-Ticket participants this year.

And not only that, the battle of the B-Cup competition in Artheran was already in the middle stages and it was intense. The competition will end in the next month of November and also waiting for the preparation for the Asul Continental Competition for the A-Cup Battle.

(S-Cup are Secluded)

…

In the forest near SHU, Tristan watching beldum fighting some Normal Beast.

Currently, beldum's status is this:

[Pokemon: Beldum (Shiny)

Level: 14

Abilities: Clear Body ⇔ Light Metal

Height: 0.61 m

Weight: 97.4

…

Bases Stats: 300

HP: 40

Attack: 55

Defense: 80

Sp. Atk: 35

Sp. Def: 60

Speed: 30

…

Skill: Tackle, Iron Head, Iron Defense]

It's been 12 days and this guy's strength increased rapidly whether it was level, additional skills, height, and weight. Tristan felt gratified. But he didn't know his situation outside was already worse.

He's not a person who's using a phone to read some useless news. And since he was in Black Region, he rarely used it, only in accessing his hunter account.

Today is the fifth day of the third week of October, and the fifth day – the seventh day of the week was the day off of the second year – the fourth year because they need to take some mission to gather university credit points.

And these university credit points can exchange for alliance credit points to buy outside or use these university credit points for the resources that SHU has.

While the freshmen this year are experiencing a hell of training for the first-year top 10 qualifications in December.

And within 12 days, he already adapted to this situation and the rules and regulations of the university. Although most of the students here have still a disdained attitude towards him and didn't bother to interact with him, he didn't care.

These days the battle for the core position was intense, especially the 7-10 position. Frank, Josh, Lyda had exchanged their position over and over, and currently, Lyda was out while Frank recovered his tenth position. Ariel and Shaun who had been moved to 7-8 position from 6-7 also experienced a threat because sometimes, these 3 freaks' third year also challenged them and almost defeated them, but thank goodness, they were still stronger than the three of them.

And if you asking why their position had been moved, simple, it's because of Tristan. And just 12 days, he already challenged all core members and defeated the tenth-fourth core member position. He was troubled by Jade at the third position, but the latter was also helpless against him. His physique cannot stand too much especially for him as a marksman on the team. Same Situation as Fred, but compared to Jade, Fred manages to save his face in front and won the battle. Tristan also fought Iris and as expected he lost the battle. But people's impression of him was also changed, although they still rejected him, no one can deny his strength in the team, and undoubtedly, it will help them in the next year's competition.

Tristan's current rank in a core member this time was a 3.

On the other hand, Klein, who's Tristan's fought before, a second-year who was already an Expert this time had always asked him to fight using his university credit points.

And yes, asking for guidance from seniors was not free, they need to spend it, except for Freshmen. Although Tristan was new, he was still considered as a senior, because he was the third year this time.

Although Klein, lost the fight, he still contended about the result, and again, he's asking Tristan to fight. Of course, Tristan will not reject it, it's his experienced point.

And seeing the battle these days, another expert also asked him to fight but limited only to a few people, and most of it is the people he fought before.

But no freshmen and other students tried to rush to him to fight other than core members and sub-core members, they're still afraid of him.

He also noticed Alfred, but this guy this time was low-key, he doesn't know what he was doing and feel like mysterious but Tristan didn't bother him and focused on his own situation.