Ocean Master

Sebastian swam out of the sound domain department chamber with a lot of things in his mind. A lot of things to do were in his mind, now he was conflicted on which to start with and how to start them.

When he envisioned most of the plans, he failed to put in the possibility of experiencing rejection and setbacks which plagued him now.

On his ultimate anatomy department plan, Elder Marble flatly rejected him. In his guidance to evolution plan, he encountered the blockade of insufficient shark points which were all not pleasant to experience.

Even in his plan to check if staying for Elder Dangle's lectures could enable him to learn her sound domain skills failed miserably.

He was now an enormous Megalodon who engaged in cannibalism to feed daily, but still, he could not help but feel a little depressed at the circumstances.

"Why do I seem even unlucky now when my luck points are no longer 0?"

He's already been experiencing signs of even more awful luck after his luck points finally grew, though it was faint. Before he always ignored it but now he could not again.

In almost all his recent battle encounters since his luck points grew, they were always won by the skin of his teeth and some of his advantages that were only useful with luck seemed as good as sh*t now.

The most prevalent of all these was his damage reflection skin coating. In the battle involving the Sperm Whale and Giant Squid, even that of the strange metal shark would have been much easier if this adaptation didn't botch.

He bought this adaptation as a secret trump card to surprise opponents in battle but he could not help but feel silly as it now seemed useless.

Of course, he now understood that this was because of his system harnessing his luck and safekeeping it for harrowing encounters. But despite knowing this, he couldn't help but feel a little indignant.

"A little harnessing and a little freedom wouldn't hurt right, system?"

If it was before, he would have started pestering his system already but since he knew that a supposed Sage's consciousness was residing inside his system, he became much more restrained and respectful.

Well, because of the respect that he had, he could ignore this for now but this did little in solving his problem of depression.

While all these went through Sebastian's mind, unknowing to him, he already left the working segment and arrived back at the main staying segment of the cave.

Immediately after he regained focus, his eyes clashed with one of few sharks in this clan cave that he was familiar with.

"Verni, you're finally free?"

"Yeah, big bro, I was released a few hours ago. Queen Heareth pleaded with the clan head on my behalf, so I was released ahead of time".

"That's good, congrats".

Seeing this extremely familiar shark, for some reason was able to erase most of Sebastian's worries. As he noticed Verni staring at him, a phrase immediately entered his mind and the young shark did not disappoint.

"Big bro, hunting?"

Sebastian revealed a sharky grin. "Yeah, let's go dissect all…"

"Seba bro!" Another shark suddenly yelled this while swimming closer to both of them. "I thought you were resting, I didn't expect you to still be roaming around, you really got some energy in there. As expected of Seba bro".

Who else was this other than Tosh? Sebastian didn't even need to look, the mere presence exuded by the shark ruthlessly revealed his identity.

"Oh! Verni, the genius, you're free? Haha, I thought you'll be grounded forever. How did it feel like to go without food?"

If sharks could make a poker face, the current look on Verni's sharky face was one. "Tosh, what do you want?"

"Nothing, I was just about to go visit little Coco". Tosh flapped his tail fin leisurely. "Ahem, I almost forgot, Seba bro, didn't you want to visit the pen?"

"We can go together, and you'll meet little Coco too. Gosh, she's the most adorable baby shark in the pen! I love her small snout so much!"

"I guess that's doable". Sebastian finally spoke after minutes of keeping quiet as this chatterbox shark blabbered away.

Like he answered Verni, he wanted to go hunting but he had even grander plans for the hunt this time. To calm his brain and let thoughts flow, he didn't mind visiting the clan's pen.

And besides, after being relentlessly hyped so much by Tosh, he wanted to see this little Coco. 

"Verni, follow us too".

Without a word of complaint, Verni followed even though he would be going alongside Tosh. After all, it was his always reliable big bro that asked.

…

A few minutes later, the 3 sharks arrived at the pen. They were not allowed inside where the baby sharks were kept and trained, they watched from a distance.

The pen was made in a very simple style. It was a plain square-shaped rock chamber filled with little adorable and cheerful baby sharks.

Hovering alongside the baby sharks were a special group of adult sharks. The number one characteristic of these female adult sharks was that like their leader Phase, they all seemed like nanny sharks.

At this moment, one of these nanny sharks hovered before the baby sharks and was engaged in an act that surprised Sebastian.

"Is this…, a school?"

"What are we supposed to do daily?" The nanny shark asked. 

"Bite, eat, play, and sleep!" The baby sharks roared.

"Why are we supposed to do these daily?"

"We bite our food to strengthen our teeth, and we kill our dying food to get the magic essence in them to grow!" 

"We eat to remain fat, grow, and get powerful enough to become hunters of the clan! We play to develop! And we sleep because it is good, sweet, and enjoyable!" They roared again.

"Good! What is our future goal and mission?"

"To become the greatest, fiercest, and most loyal hunters of the clan! To become like the elders! To become like Queen Heareth! To become like the clan head! To bite and kill off all our enemies!"

"Good! Ok, it is time to know what your dream for the future is. Nimo?"

"My dream is to become like the clan head, a powerful purple tier predator!" 

"Good! Ortive?"

"My dream is to grow big and become the leader of the pen, just like leader Phase!" A young female shark replied in a sharky but dignified manner.

"Good! Makra?"

"My dream is to become a shark princess where I don't have to hunt for food. I only need to sleep and food will be hunted by my workers!"

"…Umm, Dork?" 

"My dream is…"

"Good! …"

"My dream is…"

"Good! …"

"My dream is…"

"Good! Dorm?"

"My dream is to become extremely powerful, surpassing even the clan head, awakening the ancient bloodline to become a Megalodon, and being the most powerful Megalodon of the Ocean, the Ocean Master!"

"Hmm, what a lofty dream! It seems that I got a competitor". A distance away, Sebastian reacted inwardly on hearing this as his eyes quickly turned to the next baby shark. He was having a good time.

"Good!" The nanny shark called again. "Coco?"

Unlike the other baby sharks, this baby shark was different. It exuded a kind of confidence unbefitting of its age of less than a year old. This female shark was clearly an anomaly, and Tosh was already cheering for her from the side.

"My dream is to surpass and dwarf the clan head. I dream of growing super powerful and having the biggest harem across the whole Ocean!" The young baby shark roared confidently and enthusiastically.

"…A harem?"

"YES!"

"…"

"…"

"….."

"That's my little Coco!" Tosh roared from the side.