Universal Power System

Chapter 328: Calling for Back Up



{30 minutes earlier}

Mako activated silent steps as he exited the training room and returned to one of the special class compound gates.

He chose the gate with the least number of people around so that there would be the minimum number of witnesses and would raise less suspicion.

He continued to recover from the strain that was inflicted on his body after using the poison mutant gene.

After a few minutes, he received a ping on his card as he received a message from his friends telling him that they had arrived.

"Well, that was sooner than expected," Mako said as he pulled another card from his pocket, this one having a gold trim around its edges as it was a special class access card.

Since Mako was no longer a special class, cadet, he didn't have the privileges of accessing any of the special class areas which meant that he couldn't enter or exit by himself and nor could his friends.

So before exiting the training room, Mako grabbed Haruto's card from his pocket which he then used to open the gate and allow his friends inside the compound.

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Erin, Nathan, Bill, and Leon had similar reactions to Mako as soon as they entered the compound; however, their focus quickly shifted after noticing Mako's weakened state.

Overuse of the mutant gene would usually lead to weakness and sometimes even blackouts and Mako's condition appeared to be that of a person who was about to fall down from exhaustion.

Even though some of Mako's fatigue and weakness was because of him using his mutant gene, a huge portion of it was from the intense mental strain he had gone through when he was under Natasha's influence.

When Amy Grey kissed Mako's forehead before disappearing, she used the remaining amount of Love aura inside of her to get rid of Mako's immense pain and agony which he believed was her healing him completely but that wasn't the case.

The actual mental strain that had been inflicted on his body was still there and was only temporarily relieved as a huge portion of his negative emotions vanished from his body making him feel refreshed.

However, in reality, the mental strain was still there and it would take him several hours before he fully recovered this was the actual reason why he felt so weak only after using the mutant gene for approximately 15 minutes whereas people like Erin faced no significant backlash even after using the mutant gene a sum total of over 4 hours in the span of only a few days.

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Mako assured his friends not to worry about him as the system told him that he was in no serious danger and was just weak from the fight.

Without wasting any time, he began leading them back to the special class training room, filling them in on all the details that took place from the moment he entered his dorm room.

Out of all of his friends, Erin was the most furious after hearing all the events that took place. She already hated Natasha and Haruto after what they had done to Andrew and her friends during the recruitment test.

After they had defeated and disqualified Andrew and her friends, they also kidnapped her along with Bill, Iris, and Leon by trapping them in a trance.

The trance was just a loop with them observing their fears again and again but as Mako described to the group how more vivid and complex the visions were when he was trapped in them, she realized that Natasha had definitely upped her game since their last encounter.

The whole group was in shock after Mako described the visions that he saw but their shock quickly changed into confusion as he explained how his grandmother saved him.

Mako obviously couldn't explain to them that he received a blessing from his grandmother so he acted as lost as his friends on the reason behind such a miraculous event.

Mako quickly moved on with his story as he explained how he interrogated Natasha and suspected her of a hidden agenda that she wasn't revealing.

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Mako's friends didn't exactly know the origin of how he gained the poison ability nor the fact that he had also awakened his mutant gene which was how he saved Angela's life as there wasn't really a good explanation for it.

Mako wanted to keep his system a secret at all costs so he made up a pretty believable lie on the go that he told both the military commanders and his friends which was that he just happened to find a level 2 Poison ability book in one of the smashed boxes of loot that were stacked against the wall in the area where they had their big fight.

He then went on to explain Haruto's role in all of this and told his friends that he believed Haruto to be somewhat innocent in all of this and that if they wanted to get any real information, that could help them find what Natasha's actual goal was, it was going to be through Haruto.

Most of Mako's friends except for Nathan who didn't really have an opinion on Haruto were skeptical of Mako's claim; however, they decided to follow his lead regardless. They didn't have to trust him to be innocent like Mako did as they were all entitled to their own opinions.

Using Haruto's card, the group entered the training room to find Natasha and Haruto's bodies lying on the floor exactly where Mako had left them.

"How are we even going to sneak him out of here," Nathan asked as he approached Haruto's unconscious body. "I mean it doesn't really look that suspicious of a group of cadets coming into the compound together, but it will look hella suspicious if we leave with an unconscious body on our shoulders."

"Who said anything about leaving?" Mako said as he accessed the training room control panel using Haruto's card.

"Wait... you're not saying... are we going to do this thing here?" Leon said confused.

"That's exactly what I am saying. There is no way we won't get spotted if we try to move him and this place is already the perfect area to interrogate him anyway," Mako explained as he checked the setting set in place in the control panel, "Natasha had already turned off all the cameras and made sure the room was soundproof so we are in the safest place we can be," "But still, Mako... remember what *he* said. I am pretty sure there would still be hidden cameras here to record for security reasons since this is a public area. It's too risky to do it here." Erin added voicing her concerns too.

"And that's where you come in," Mako said as he placed his hand on Nathan's shoulder.

Nathan was still very new to the group, having limited interactions with all the group members, it was still very awkward to talk to him especially considering his previous hostile

behavior towards them.

However, Mako was a bit closer to him after they had a chance to talk things through aka fight

each other while going all out.

"Me?" Nathan asked unsure of what Mako was planning.

"Yeah, you" Mako replied," You are going to hack into this control panel and find out if there are any other hidden cameras in the room or not."

Everyone including Nathan was confused as to what Mako was planning but Mako continued

as if everything was normal.

"Come on, man... You told me that you had a past with computers, you can hack into a basic control panel, right?" Mako said while nudging Nathan like an old friend.

Nathan suddenly realized what Mako meant and quickly started to play along.

"Mako what do you mean Nathan can..." Leon said but was quickly cut off.

"Dammit Mako! I told you not to bring up my past, I have left that behind!" Nathan shouted

with a hint of anger in his voice.

"I know... I know... I am sorry, Nathan but this is important. We need you to do this for us," Mako replied happy to see that Nathan caught on quickly.

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Back when Mako was sending all those encrypted messages to each of his friends, he added an extra message when texting Nathan asking him whether he could use his quirk at the moment.

Since it had been quite some time since Nathan had switched his abilities thanks to his quirk, his quirk was able to be activated again which Mako was glad to hear. Since Mako was so careful that no one found out his secret about his system, he respected other's secrets as well and didn't want others to find out about Nathan's quirk as per his

request.

This was why he had texted back to Nathan to be prepared to use his quirk when the time came. He didn't really understand Mako's message then but now he quickly understood that this was the reason why Mako said for him to use his quirk.

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Nathan silently activated his quirk and changed his Explosion ability to the Hack ability while

pressing random buttons on the control panel to appear like he was actually hacking the

panel; something the rest of the group was shocked to find out. After a few minutes, Nathan turned back towards Mako with a smile.

"There are 22 hidden cameras inside this room," Nathan stated.