This ship, uhe one Iroh came in, didn't lower an anchor but tinued all the way to the shore of the beach before a bunch of sand lifted and stopped it in its tracks as if it were nothing but a toy.

  From it jumped an old man wearing standard earth kingdom clothes, but with just one look it was obvious that he was far from ordinary, for Levi at least, he could tell that uhose clothes was a body that most young men could only dream of.

  Crag a big smile towards their group he started walking towards them, “HAHAHA IF IT ISN'T MY OLD FRIENDS, IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME” He said shouting, Levi felt that he also meant him when he said “My old friends.”.

  He knew why he would say it like that, the person before him was one of the few remaining people, maybe the only one, who had met Avatar Aang and they were close friends before he disappeared, ‘Sadly you will be sorely disappointed old man.’ thought Levi with a guilty look as he watched bumi getting closer.

  “I has my friend, and I see that you still haven't ged o.” Said Iroh with his usual kind smile.

  “Of course he hasn't, at this old age there is no longer any hope for him.” said Tenzin.

  “Ouch you hurt my feelings.” said Bumi with a sad voice as he held his chest before crag out ughing, “HAHAHAHA I'M JUST KIDDING YOU'RE 1HT IT'S TO LATE FOR ME TO GE HAHAHAHA.” The other 2 old men could only have a helpless look as they looked at him, as for Levi he was just standing there watg him not knowing what to do.

  “Enough of this, now that we are all here let's get to the important business a all over with.” said Tenzin with Iroh nodding.

  “Yeah you're right.” said Bumi with a serious look suddenly appearing on his face, finally not shouting after he came here.

  …

  …

  …

  They all stood there staring at each other for a moment, Levi could see that his master was almost out of his wits end with veins popping on his head, thankfully Iroh spoke soon after.

  “Sigh, here you go.” he said, sighing as he reached behind his bad pulled out an of tea leaves, handing it to Bumi.

  ‘Where the hell is he hiding all of those tea bags.’ wondered Levi, if he didn't know better he'd think that Iroh had an iory.

  Taking the leaves from Iroh’s hand, Bumi smelled them first before stuffing them in his robes as if hiding a treasure. Finally turning to Levi, Bumi first looked at him before bringing his face dangerously close to his, looking him straight in the eyes while rubbing his beard.

  ‘Damn it you bag of old bones haven't you heard about personal space before.’ thought Levi but he didn't say it out loud, he had seen Bumi fight in the show and he didn't want to experiehat.

  “Hmm it doesn't seem to be him.” said Bumi after he was done Levi likely referring to Aang before finally pulling away from him, making him heave a sigh of relief

  “Anyhow, we are not here to ask for my opinion so let's just get this over with.” said Bumi in a hurried tone as he cpped his hands, carefully hid his tea leaves on his clothes and puhe ground.

  ‘He's only here for the tea leaves isn't he?.’ All three other people present couldn't help but think that as they stared at Bumi, but they couldn't voice out their opinion as the ground they were standing on started to slowly desd, surprising Levi, the other three though seemed to be expeg it.

  Soon it stopped and Levi found himself in an underground dark room with 1 door on each of the four walls. It was impossible for a normal person to see in su enviro as evidenced by Iroh lighting a fire above his palm, of course it made no differeo Levi either way.

  On eae of the doors there was the symbol of a white lotus flower firming Levi's suspi from before.

  ****

  In one of the underground rooms sat the three old men on one side and Levi oher fag each other, between them was a table with various things spread on it from ko toys to scrolls there were dozens of stuff on it.

  Deg to use his observations on them out of curiosity Levi got the followis,

  [Scroll: A Scroll belonging to a previous unknown avatar, recorded in it is parts of his journey]

  [Short knife: A random ordinary knife]

  [Wooden toy: A toy belonging to a previous unknown avatar when he/she was a kid]

  …..

  Of all the things present, only the scroll and the toy were possessions of previous avatars, everything else was just random stuff.

  Levi had figured out what all this was about a while ago but the three old men didn't know that and proceeded to expin it to him, “So boy do you know why you're here?.” asked Tenzin

  “Why is an 8-year-old little kid secretly led underground on a random isnd by three old men? No I don't master” said Levi in the most ione he manage making the three people present choaybe just two as Bumi seemed to just be trying his hardest to hold back his ughter.

  “Sigh, we'll get to that ter, for now why don't you try pig some items off the table, don't think hard about it just follow your instinct boy.” said Tenzin choosing not to address Levi's accusations for now.

  Thinking about it for a while Levi decided that he might as well make them suspect he was the avatar, it'll make things way much easier for him and provide him with free training from two other master benders at least.

  As for what'll happen ter he just pretend it was all a ce, and for that he will also pie random items.

  Looking at the table Levi picked up the scroll of the previous avatar first making them pay more attention, after that he chose the knife making their shoulders drop in disappoi and stly he picked the toy making their eyes go wide, after that he picked up a wooden fan which was also an item of a previous avatar and also a random cup that might have just been ying around in the underground hideout before this.

  By the time he was done he could literally feel their excitement and fusion radiating as if they didn't know what to do from here on, almost making him regret his choice, ‘No, this is for the best, I pn to make ges that might affect future events and to survive I o be as strong as possible and for that I raining and a lot of it, this is the best way, ter when Aang appears I just say that it was a ce.’ thought Levi steeling his resolve.

  Looking at the three old men he could see all sorts of emotions in their eyes, from shock to happio excitement to fusion, to a little bit of sadness in Bumi's eyes, probably thinking that Aang might have already died and reinated.

  “Sigh, let me just get straight to the point Kid.” said Tenzin, “The things oable in front of us are a bunch of random items mixed in with some possessions of the previous avatars.”

  “What!?, why would possession of previous avatars be here, and why did you make me choose from them…don't tell me that I am…..” said Levi with a shocked face giving the best performance of his life.

  [Ding

  …

  ]

  A notification came that Levi chose to immediately ig wasn't the time for that.

  Nodding Iroh spoke, “Indeed due to your immealent and the skills you possess at ye we suspected that you were the avatar but we weren't certain, this test was meant to clear our uainty.”

  “And seeing the items that you picked didn’t ease our uainty in the least.'' said Bumi with a tired tone in his voice.

  Looking at the items he picked then at his master Levi asked in a serious tone of voice, “So what now master!?.”

  Exging a look with his friends they seemed to e to a decision as Tenzin sighed and replied, “Sigh, we don't know brat, we had our hopes yes but we holy expected you to either pass entirely or fail pletely, but you have picked both previous avatar items and some random ones we didn't pn for this.”

  “For noill do the best we to proted guide you until you're strong enough. That's our mission after all, as for what you want to do after that and if you aren't the avatar it is up to you, we will have achieved our mission and will have s.”

  Nodding Levi got up, cubed his hands and bowed, “Thank you master I uand what I should do.” he said with a serious tone of voice.

  Nodding in approval Tenzin got up and said, “Alright you're still young so there isn't much you should worry about, for now we should head back to the tribe, we talk about your extra training ter on.” he said as he turo his friends.

  “We will stay here for a while, I am really tired of all the politid power pys of the fire nation and would like to take a breather.'' said Iroh with a tired expression, Bumi also nodded agreeing with him.

  Nodding in uanding, Tenzin spoke, “You do that, but do you miing us out of here first?.”

  Nodding bumi twisted his hands in their dire and brought them above his head making the ground rise with them on it and bringing them up to the surface of the isnd.

  As they were asding Levi checked his system panel searg for the notification he received previously.

  [Due to a specific a a new skill had been unlocked]

  [Ag (Active) -Level 1: The user use his superior ag abilities to deceive and lie to other people, the higher the level the better the user is at ag and the higher his ces of deception are]

  [Ag levelled up +1]

  [Ag levelled up +1]

  [Ag levelled up +1]

  [Ag levelled up +1]

  [Ag - level 8: …….]

  Seeing the skill he unlocked and how fast it had levelled up, shooting straight to level 8, Levi’s eye twitched, he knew he had been lying and deceiving a lot since he came to this world, his family, master, his tribesmec, but he didn't think it was that bad that. Sighing Levi made a mental o try being a more ho and straightforerson from now on.

  ***

  Ba the underground room, Iroh and Bumi were still sitting on opposite sides of the table and sipping their tea.

  “So what do you think of the boy my friend.” asked Iroh with a natural facial expression, although there was a slight smile present there, most likely due to the fvour of his tea.

  “I 't tell if he's the friend I made almost a tury ago or not, but ohing is for certain, the kid is a monster.” said Bumi with a rare serious expression on his face as he looked at Iroh who was also nodding.

  “That he is, he's years ahead of his peers, so much that it's frightening, and he will only tio get strohe older he is.” said Iroh before tinuing, “The best we do for now is guide and teach him so that he may be a force food instead of evil even if he isn't the avatar a kid like him o be nurtured and guided well, this world 't handle another camity like the fire nation.” said Iroh with a guilty and shameful look on his face at the st part.

  “I don't think we o worry about that my friend hahaha.” said Bumi ughing and back to his cheerful mood which seemed to lift Iroh’s mood as well, “I've seen a lot during my old life, good and evil, heroes and vilins, I've seen them all, and although that kid may not be a saint but he's certainly not a devil. That I am sure of, so rest assured.”

  “Sigh, I hope you're right my old friend.” said Iroh sighing befoing back to sipping his tea in peace with Bumi doing the same, both not talking after that, only enjoying the peaceful silence.

  ***

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