"That's good to hear."

For an adapter, confidence was the most important thing, so Charlie was quite relieved to hear that he would've still been considered an extremely formidable adapter in the outside world. However, he was also rather surprised that Adam would tell him this.

"Why did you tell me that? Isn't this the best chance for you to crush my confidence?"

"If I wanted to crush your confidence, I may as well just crush your psychic body. You're completely at my mercy right now, and I could easily crush you like an actual ant," Adam replied.

Following this period of training, Adam's powers had become significantly enhanced, and this battle had provided a major confidence boost for him.

"Then why are you sparing me?"

Charlie appeared to be quite a calm and steadfast person. Even though...