Chapter 115: The Greatest Treasure
Jared took in deep breaths to try and calm himself, and he watched as Jason put his hands in his pockets with a calm sigh. Almost like this was just a waste of time to him and he was tired of dealing with children! Another shot of anger flew through Jared, and he was about to step forward, but a voice came from behind them.
"Tch, this is stupid. Let’s just go."
It was Fiona who spoke, and Jared turned to give her a hard look. Fiona frowned back at him as she started to walk away. Fiona could tell that Jared was pissed that she interrupted him, but she didn’t care. She had felt the intense mana that Jason had and she knew that there was no version of this fight where Jared came out as the winner. They were all just going to get their asses handed to them!
"If you want to fight here, then fine. But I’m not going to get into trouble with the teachers just ’cause you want to start a dick-measuring contest. You boys are always so stupid."
Fiona disappeared down the hall, and Jared clicked his tongue before he shoved his lackeys to the side and told them to start walking.
"This isn’t over."
Jared spat to the side in irritation before he and his lackeys left Jason and Darren alone in the hallway. Once they were gone, Jason turned around to try and leave, but he was stopped when he felt someone grab his shoulder from behind. Jason turned around with a raised brow, and he leaned back in shock when Darren suddenly came very close to him.
What the fuck!?
"Thank you very much for saving me, boss! I really thought I would be a goner when Jared saw me outside class. Talk about a failed mission. I was going to sneak into the east locker room to discover treasure, but my plan was foiled."
Jason’s frown only deepened at the strange manner of speaking that Darren had. Darren was talking like one of those protagonists in the anime that Gina would sometimes force him to watch. Like everything that happened here was only part of some greater plan that would reveal itself at a later date. Jason thought he was crazy.
"Uh... you’re welcome."
Jason gave a quick response before he tried to get away from the boy, but he was stopped again as Darren exclaimed.
"No, I can’t just let this go unrewarded! You saved me from certain death! At least let me repay you."
Jason was now utterly and completely lost. Darren was holding onto his left hand like a koala bear hugging a tree, and Jason wondered what the hell he had gotten himself into here! But Jason suddenly stopped when something Darren had said registered to him. He said he wanted to go to the Eastern Locker Room, right? Wasn’t that the girl’s locker room? Jason’s eyes narrowed in sheer disbelief.
"Hey, what were you going to do in that locker room?"
Darren blinked up at Jason before he suddenly stood straight and coughed into his hand. His face split into a wide smile, and he put one hand behind his back and gestured with the other hand to make himself look more sophisticated as he said,
"Why, I was going to peep in the girls’ changing room, of course."
The sheer boldness of the statement prevented Jason from being able to react for the next three seconds! Was that the treasure this bastard said he was going to find!? Naked girls? Jason always knew that Darren was a special kid. Some of the other students in their class even described him as someone with eighth-grade syndrome. But it seems that it wasn’t just that. At that moment, Jason realized that maybe he should’ve just left this bastard to be bullied.
"You said you were going to find some fucking treasure."
"Do you think I lied!? No, I have not! The greatest treasure in the known world is the feminine figure! The most exalted slope known to mankind is the curve of the feminine hip! The greatest peak ever discovered is that of the feminine chest! That is what I call a true treasure! The female body! Ass-men? Boobs-men? Thigh-men? I call them all fools! Fools, I say! There is no need to pick one over the other! All parts of the feminine creature are worthy of exaltation!"
He was a perverted idiot!
Jason immediately knew that this bastard was just a fucking pervert! What the hell was he even yapping about!? Jason sighed to the side in sheer disappointment, but a few seconds later, he couldn’t help but let out a small laugh. Even though the idiot was nothing but a pervert, Jason could understand why he would call the female figure a treasure. There are few things as amazing as a woman’s body.
"Look, I’m glad you’re so... spirited about this. Just try not to get into any more trouble while trying to get your treasures. Jared doesn’t look like he’ll stop anytime soon, and I might not be there next time."
Jason knew that this wasn’t the last he’d hear from Jared, so he just wanted to make sure that idiot didn’t get himself in trouble again. But Darren just laughed with his head held high and declared,
"Huhuhu! I was only humoring that peasant! I could have defeated him at any moment, but that would have revealed my secret identity so I decided to let him do what he wanted. It’s like my father used to say; with great power comes great responsibility! I had to make sure I didn’t hurt him—"
Smack!
Jason smacked Darren on the back of his head, and Darren cried out in pain! Jason could tell that Darren was only lying to try and hide his embarrassment, but it was so cringe that Jason couldn’t hear any more of it!
But even though Jason felt like Darren was lying, there was a look in Darren’s eyes that told him Darren actually believed he could defeat Jared if he tried. Darren was only an E-rank superhuman, but Jared was a D-rank. Trying to fight against him would be suicide since the difference in power was too much. But for some reason, Darren actually felt he could do it.
Jason didn’t know what gift Darren had and he wasn’t interested in knowing about it, but Jason felt like Darren’s gift must be amazing if he had so much confidence in himself.
Jason just shook his head at that and spoke calmly.
"Stop acting like you’re some shonen protagonist, you idiot. And you stole that line from Spider-Man. You’re not fooling anybody."
Darren gave Jason an embarrassed smile while ducking his head and muttering that his father had actually said that, and Jason sighed before he turned, put his hands in his pockets, and began walking to class. Darren’s face fell as he thought Jason was already annoyed with his presence, and Darren began to sulk a little, but Jason turned around after a few steps and called on him.
"Oi, aren’t you coming to class?"
Jason and Darren were in the same class, so Jason wondered if Darren was planning to skip the day. Darren’s face immediately lit up when he heard Jason call out to him, and Jason smirked. Jason decided that there were worse things than having a pervert as a friend. Darren looked like he needed someone to guide him, or he’d end up getting himself into too much trouble.
Darren ran to catch up with Jason while yelling animatedly,
"I’ll tell you all about the wonders of the female body, boss!"
"No, you won’t. And stop calling me boss."
"Sorry, boss!"