The crowd began cheering, but both Fabio and Yves were completely stunned by what just happened.

  Yves could only watch Fabio, covering his mouth and trying his best not to smile; he wants to act mysterious, but he can’t maintain that; everyone sees how he begins moving very nervously.

  A large video of him rescuing and healing people begins playing.

  The crowd becomes quiet; everyone is carefully looking at what Fabio did that day. They saw how he rescued the little girl and her mother.

  The moment that he won the crowd was when he showed vulnerability. The moment when he shed a tear for the happy family he saw.

  No one knew how to react; they had never seen such a strong kid his age.

  Yves was the first one to cheer. He could only scream his name since his body was still stuck.

  Like a wave, everyone began cheering and chanting his name.

  “Now for our next award, I know everyone heard that person who began chanting. This award goes to Yves and his incredible show of power against the Skinwalkers; he also protected a girl while fighting. Truly an exceptional talent!!”

  Everyone looked back at Yves's paralyzed body.

  Yves could only smile; he tried to move, but he couldn’t; his hands turned sweaty; he had never felt so nervous before. He tried with all his might, but he couldn’t. The room became an awkward silence.

  Everyone could see Yves, but they saw him doing nothing.

  Yves could feel the masked man sigh out of embarrassment, but he quickly tried to regain the people's attention.

  “Here is his incredible fight!!”

  The video began to play while one of the teachers tried to urge Yves to come up. Fabio also joined by sneaking to see what is happening to Yves.

  The video begins by showing how destroyed Yves is; everyone sees how tired he is. Then the next segment is about him creating an ink knife for Leia.

  The crowd looked in astonishment; they couldn't believe that there was a being that could create items out of a liquid substance.

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  The video continued with him being a totally new person; he was standing tall, looking totally different, his hands releasing the ink.

  When the moment where Yves shows his ink, he looks at the camera, and the video begins to glitch.

  Everyone looked confused, some were scared, and no one knew what was happening. They never saw a video lag out; they began looking at Yves, who was being dragged by Fabio to the stage.

  Boom!!

  All of the holograms simultaneously explode.

  Everyone is stunned; they have never seen this happen. The masked man looked confused at his agent. They both looked at each other with a confused look.

  “We have overworked our people, but we gave all the awards. Thank you for being here, and thank you for being alive!! Goodbye!!”

  The curtains close, everyone looks at each other, and they know that there is something suspicious. The anxiety of the entire town increased; everyone was scared of the possibility of another attack.

  Yves looked at everyone; he knew that this might be a result of either himself or the perpetrator of the first attack. He then felt his body being carried away by a strange force.

  “Yves, what are you doing?” The masked man asked Yves with a serious voice.

  “I can’t move.”

  “Yves, the situation is getting a lot worse. I will have to make you leave for a while.”

  “But I just arrived.”

  “I need to dismiss the rumors and prevent panic. This simple mistake seems like a targeted attack, and since you are new here, people are already suspecting you.”

  “But I didn’t do anything!”

  “I know, but the people here lost their livelihood, and some of their family members also lost their trust in us. So you need to leave for a while until we have calmed down the situation.”

  Yves gave up trying to persuade him otherwise.

  “When will I leave? And who can come with me?”

  “You will leave tomorrow, and you can decide, but you should at least have a healer and a main attacker since it appears you are a supporter.”

  “I know who to pick.” Yves' face shone brightly.

  The masked man saw someone call for him before he could respond to Yves.

  “Fuck. Yves, I know that you want to go with your friends, but this time you will have to go alone.” The masked man began caressing his forehead. “Both your friends are now extremely popular, so we can’t create anything suspicious, and I doubt that there is anyone else at their level and that you would like to team up.”

  “But they are my friends.”

  “I know, however you know how complicated this situation is, right? I want to help you, but we can’t allow for any risks.”

  Yves gave up; his smile turned upside down.

  This all felt a little too suspicious for Yves. He knows that the masked man has a secret plan for him. Yves feels that the masked man wants to get rid of him as if he knows who is inside him. Yves goes with what the masked man is saying: not to raise any suspicions.

  “Where will I be going?”

  “You will be going to either explore and find a village that is still safe or partake in an investigation about how the mythological beings move and why they attacked.”

  “Very well, but I can’t move my body.” Yves gave a sarcastic smile.

  Yves’s suspicions increase; he is confused about how they have such a plan for him to do without any idea of him causing an internal problem among the civilians. He feels that there is something wrong happening behind the scenes.

  “Yves I will take you to the main room in the training center to arm you and tell you where exactly you will go and for how long. In this room, you will have an easy way to leave, and when you return, an easy way to enter without any problems.”

  Yves nodded.

  “Very well, I will now be going.” The man walked out the door.

  Before he left the door, he grabbed a hat; his face appeared to have clown makeup. He looked down and back at Yves, only showing his makeup smile.

  “Don’t say anything.” The masked man then closed the door.