*BZZZ*
The familiar sound that indicated that it was time for the next meal resounded through the place. Despite practically starving throughout his stay, the Werewolf had nevertheless been looking forward to each meal time. Looking at the timing of his two uninvited guests, it became clear to him that their appearance wasn’t a coincidence.
Right now, everyone would go to the canteen, making this the time the teachers were at their busiest as they made sure no fights would break out. However, one of the brothers was standing slightly behind the other, making it impossible to see inside.
With his head held down, Gary’s body started to shake.
“Look at him, Brock!” The twin ranked 42 laughed. “That scaredy-cat is shaking all over from fear. Let's get this over and done with quickly, so we don’t miss lunch.”
Immediately, Brock rushed towards Gary. His face had transformed into that of a gross looking insect. He had huge eyes and a giant forceps on top of his head, similar to that of a beetle.
When running forward, the Insect Altered tilted his head down towards his target. His forceps looked sharp and strong, and they looked to be controlled independently as he snapped them shut a couple of times before reaching Gary, creating a large echo sound.
“Let’s see your mouth off after I snapped right through your weak bones!” Brock taunted.
“You guys…” Gary growled in a low tone. When the Insect Altered was close enough, the Werewolf transformed both of his hands and grabbed onto the closing forceps of the intruder.
‘I… I can't close them!’ Brock realised as he intensified his struggles, but the green haired teenager’s hold on him was absolute.
“What are you doing, Brock? Just cut his hands! It’s not like it will be your first time. They’ll patch him up, anyway.” His brother hurried him, unaware that the situation was no longer in their control.
“How dare you get in the way of my lunch?!” Gary shouted as he used his strength to pull apart the forceps until they snapped. Blood rushed from Brock onto the floor, but Gary didn't stop there, using his leg to kick the Insect Altered in the stomach and sending him back to his brother.
“Make sure to hold him steady.” The two of them heard Gary’s order, and looking up they saw him sprint from one end of his room to the other, throwing out a fist, hitting Brock right in the stomach. The strength of the hit resulted in a loud crack, indicating that more than one rib had been broken.
The attack was so strong that the twins flew out of the room and ended up embedded in a wall, both losing consciousness.
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A teacher had taken care of the two, so Gary had simply headed to the canteen, where he was enjoying the taste of the superbly grilled steak. Of course, the potatoes and sides weren’t much worse, but the meat was the real kicker.
[10 points of Energy have been restored]
[158/300 Energy]
‘That really hit the spot… but I’m still hungry. I should have asked if I can ask for refills. I could still eat a dozen more, maybe even a hundred, after I had nothing but that soup for nearly a week.’ Gary thought, rubbing his belly as he looked over at the others at this table.
They were baffled at seeing the green haired teenager sit at their table, but the number on his badge convinced them that he had every right to be there. Looking down on their own badge, they all saw that their numbers had shifted, further proving that a fight must have taken place just before he had appeared. As to who he had thought, that was also obvious, since two seats were empty.
“Hey, are you guys going to eat that? If you're not, I could do with some extra food.” Gary asked, eying up their plates full of meat, as he licked his lips. “I really just want the the meat, you can keep the rest.”
The student next to him, who was now the new rank 44 just nodded, handing it over. His rank had been in between the twins before and seeing that the newcomer had been able to even beat the stronger twin, he understood that he wasn’t his match. Making an enemy out of him over a piece of meat really wasn’t worth it.
Over at the table with the top rankers, they had been aware that Sty had received permission to deal with the nuisance, but his appearance made it clear that the plan must have failed. Apollo noticed that Sty was tensing his fists. His head was practically shaking, and everyone on the table could hear him grinding his teeth in frustration.
‘How is that possible? The twins might not be the strongest in this place, but there were two of them against one of him! Just who is this person?!’ Sty was left speechless.
Given the priceless look on his face, Apollo couldn't help but laugh out eventually. He had done his best to hold it in for a while, but the visible confusion was just too hilarious.
“You still think my killer instinct is off?” The rank 1 student gloated, snatching one of Snow’s carrots out of the Altered’s hands and taking a huge bite.
“Whatever, how far can a Tier-3 bumpkin like him really get in here? All he did was beat up two scrubs who could barely be called high rankers, that doesn’t make him special.” Snow replied, rolling his eyes before he grabbed another carrot.
Of course, Sty didn’t miss that information and shot up in disbelief. “Tier-3… that rubbish dares to spout off when he comes from a shitty Tier-3 town?!!”
Numba was speechless as well. He didn't know what to think as he looked at the green haired teenager who was gobbling up meat without a care in the world.
‘Gary, how are you not afraid about the consequences of your actions? Your family is from a Tier-3 town like mine. No matter who you are, even if you're a member of a gang, the guys in here can crush the likes of you and me like a little bug at any second. Don’t you care about your gang members, or your family…or is it just…’
It was then that Gary, after finishing his second meal from the one on his table, stood up, and once again started to walk towards those on the top table. Heading over he walked to where Numba was as well and while doing so he made direct eye contact with Sty.
“Your two goons might be incapacitated for a while.” Gary revealed. “Once they wake up, please let them know that they only got hurt because you were the one that sent them over to me. I was never planning to go for them myself.”
“Damn you!” Sty shouted, ready to go for for the Werewolf, but at that moment Apollo hit the table. It wasn't a loud hit, in fact it was quite a soft one, but strangely it looked like when he hit the table a vibration was sent through it that was directed straight to Sty’s place, making his plate and cutlery jump up and down again.
Getting the message, the rank 4 student glared at Gary, but sat back down.
“Oh, I thought you were going to challenge me?” Gary questioned in a cocky manner. “Don’t worry, I have no interest fighting you, not until this guy asks me.”
Just then, Gary thought it was time to put his plan into action, he looked over at the table and his gaze stopped at the rank 3 student, Wu Chen.
“I challenge you to a fight.”
‘Wait a second, I didn’t say that?’ Gary was confused, looking as to who had said it. Turning to his side, he saw that Numba was pointing at Sty.
“I challenge you to a fight, let’s get this over and done with. I’m sick of you treating me as your personal butler.” The Goal Altered clarified, his eyes burning with fire.
After seeing the Werewolf act without fearing the consequences, something had been lit up inside Numba.
“Has everyone suddenly gone crazy? You want a fight, fine then you got one!” Sty shouted, standing up. “If you manage to win, I’ll follow through with our deal, no questions asked… but if I win, you're going to wish you were never born!”
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