The measurement display continued climbing, numbers flashing higher than any first-year student should achieve. Whatever training regimen he'd undergone, it had produced results that defied normal progression of strength.
This wasn't just improvement, this was a complete metamorphosis of ability that raised questions I wasn't sure I wanted answered... unless he hadn't actually improved so dramatically overnight, but had been concealing his true strength all along.
The number finally stopped climbing, and the result made my brow furrow deeply.
[9,702]
The score was undeniably high, and Adrian had certainly broken the record, proving my scepticism about his attempt completely wrong. But that wasn't what occupied my thoughts. Adrian had surpassed the previous record by exactly one point. It was almost absurd, was this intentional, or had he barely managed to break through the record?
