Chapter 13: Recommendation
"You... did you just use the System Inventory?" Ruth's voice rose as she exclaimed in shock and slammed her palm on the table before leaning in closer.
"You've been awakened?!"
Her outburst caught the attention of the few people present in the room. Receptionists and awakened alike turned to see the commotion but quickly lost interest. After all, it was just a low-level awakener who had barely brought a rat and, on top of that, only half of it, and it was a weakling. It was hardly worth making a fuss over.
Some, however, felt that the young man's face seemed familiar, though they couldn't place where or why. In the end, everyone returned to their business when they saw Ruth suddenly cover her mouth.
But she couldn't help it.
The person standing before her was Elliot Clark. Once a promising young teacher in Loen City, his career had crumbled when it was revealed that he could not awaken. Then came the news of his father's disappearance. He had been labeled a Misfit on his second awakening attempt and lost the last two people he could call his family, he was later persecuted by the family.
Didn't they say he was a misfit? How is it possible for a misfit to awaken?
Yet, here he was, standing before her, proving that the reality was different. The shock was enough to make her nearly cry out.
Elliot felt a little uncomfortable under her stunned gaze but nodded. "So... do you think you can buy all that?" he asked again.
Ruth forced herself to focus. She turned to examine the times on the table—the tooth, the fur and the half the body of a rat, cut with precision.
She put on some gloves and carefully inspected the remains to verify their quality.