A notification popped up, showing the files being transferred to his laptop.

When it was completed, he shut it before slipping it into his bag.

The words of Instructor Oileren crossed his mind once more, and he paused.

He said he had missed three classes.

A class only happens once a day, so had he been in the same seat for three days?

He wasn't sure, and in that moment, he decided to ask:

"Hey system, how many days have passed exactly?"

"A total of 5 days."

The system panel flashed, and he froze, jaws dropping in disbelief.

He'd been sitting down unmoving for 5 days.

"That's a really long time, but at least I got a part of the job finally done," he muttered, placing the bag on his sofa before heading to the bathroom to take a bath.

Just 15 minutes later, he stepped into the living room and donned a Tiffany blue lab coat.

Picking up the bag and his device, Everlearn stepped out of his room, heading straight to the elevator.

It was time to move on to the next phase of his plan: bringing the designs to life.

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"Amusing…" Instructor Oileren said as both he and Everlearn stood at the far end of the Mech Module lab, where a holograph containing images hovered between them.

Everlearn had decided to buy a holographer to get a better presentation of his designs before he showed them to the instructor.

As the professor dragged his hands through the air, moving from one holograph to another, he spent about an hour simply browsing through each, though there were not more than five.

Though Everlearn had designed ten, he had only decided to show five to the instructor to hear his initial verdict.

And he seemed to be taking it seriously, as sometimes his eyes would narrow.

Sometimes he would loudly scoff, and other times he would prance about, examining the holographic designs from every angle before pausing, nodding slowly, or shaking his head.

Through it all, Everlearn remained silent, allowing the instructor to carry on with his examination.

After about an hour and thirty minutes of silent comprehension, Instructor Oileren finally turned to Everlearn, sighing.

"You know, I should have given you a suspension credit due to your absence, costing you about 200 points in punishment."

Everlearn smiled wryly.

"But looking at these designs… I am completely blown away. Since when have you been at this?" he asked, genuine curiosity in his eyes.

"Since I was in the Newcomers, I think," Everlearn replied, and the instructor nodded.

"To think it took just a year to come up with this is still quite the genius. Very few your age are thinking about this," he said.

But then, the glow in his eyes dimmed.

"But many of these have great challenges, some so large that they make the creation simply impossible,"

Everlearn's heart sank, though he didn't show it.

He had expected refusal as usual, but hearing that some were absolutely impossible still sent his heart into a frenzy.

"Let's start with the impossibility," Instructor Oileren said, and in the next moment, he spread his hands high into the air.

With that motion, the holographic designs enlarged, managing to catch the attention of some students in the booth.

Though most still kept to the instructor's words as they continued their own creations.

"You labeled this as the Gravity-Pull Anchor Mech," he said, and both looked at the mech holograph in the air.

It was a miniature mech, possessing six articulated limbs like those of a spider.

Around its base, faint holographic lines flickered, wrapping around space as if wishing to exert a force field on that held area.

"What did you plan to have it do?" Instructor Oileren asked, turning to Everlearn.

"Its main function is to manipulate local gravity," Everlearn explained. "It can slow or pin a Nakros in place for a strike, mostly to give the Nakros Buster an opening."

Instructor Oileren leaned closer, his hand tracing the energy lines with his fingers.

"Indeed, a reasonable idea, but… You can't just manipulate gravity in a handheld mech, Everlearn."

"Gravity isn't something you can just switch on and off."

"What are the limits to its success?" Everlearn asked, and the professor explained further.

"To create a field strong enough to immobilize even the most average Nakros, the three-meter ones, you'd need,"

At this point, he waved his hand around, as if to encompass the impossible.

"An ULTRA MASSIVE point of energy!" he said, emphasizing that 'ultra massive' part.

"While that amount of energy is indeed possible in this time, it is also destructive enough to fully melt circuits, buckle structural support, and collapse floors."

"There's no way you're going to hold that much power in a frame as tiny as that."

"You'll need a mini-tank at least, and a mini-tank isn't something you can wield around in your pocket, like this design shows."

Everlearn's brows furrowed.

It was reasonable.

The Gravity Pull Anchor Mech was intended to move and function like mini-spiders.

They could crawl onto a Nakros, then deploy, creating a downward gravity strong enough to flatten it to the ground, rendering it immobilized, and giving him an easy opening.

It was a solid idea, but a large amount of energy would indeed be needed to manipulate gravity, and that cannot be held in a spider-sized frame.

The instructor's concerns were indeed reasonable.

"I understand," Everlearn said, as Instructor Oileren nodded.

"Good. Now, to the next impossibility," he said, swiping his hands on the holograph, and another mech design appeared.

The choice of the next one made Everlearn's heart pound.

This was one of the more important ones, yet it had been placed at the second impossibility!

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