Chapter 133 - My Stats

She felt conflicted within herself so as a response she left the classroom with hitting her lips hard enough to make them bleed. 

Also, I completely forgot that there are other students here as well. I shouldn't have raised the situation this much but with the people here I don't think any of them would say anything to me. 

Even if they did, I would just talk my way out. 

*Step* 

Since the room was dead silent I could hear the steps outside the classroom. 

But these specific steps weren't just passing by, it was getting closer and closer. Who is it? 

And just when I was wondering about that I noticed a figure that could be mistaken for mannequins if no life-like motions weren't happening. 

"Allen, we need to talk," he said. 

It was Harrison who was standing at the entrance of the gate. I wonder what he wants with me? Isn't he supposed to be on the enemy line? 

I asked first, "Why?" 

"We need to talk about you," he said. 

"Again- Why?" I wouldn't prefer to comply with the enemy. 

"As I said, we need to talk. Just come outside for a second," he said. 

"Suspicious," I remarked. 

"Argh! Aren't you testing my patience? Just come out," he said with a face that couldn't be mistaken as pissed. 

"Why can't we talk here?" I asked. 

"It's not something that can be disclosed openly," he said. 

"If you say so…" I dragged my seatback. 

Although the seats weren't that old, they still made the creaking sound at times and it really irritated me. 

… 

"So what is it?" I asked him. 

We walked down the stairs and were behind the gymnasium. 

The dappled sun shone through the trees, creating mysterious shadows.

The blue sky was dotted with fluffy white clouds that drifted lazily in the gentle breeze.

Tiny specks of dust seemed to dance in the shaft of afternoon sunlight that slanted through the window.

"Here's the deal," he said in a serious voice, "We dug into you and found something." 

"What?" I asked. 

"You were related to a boy's suicide," he said and watched me with suspicion. 

"I don't get your point," I said. 

"I am asking where you?" he asked me. 

"I wonder," I answered vaguely. 

"Alen, this isn't time for this. I don't know what actually happened but this isn't a small matter," he said as he grabbed both of my shoulders at once. 

"I was not involved," I said. 

"Then how come you were involved?" he asked me. 

"I have no idea," I said. 

I can't sell out Peter on this. Not at all. After a long time, I was able to gather one ally who won't turn his back on me and I can't let it go this early. Let me use him to full content. 

"I don't know how but you are involved in almost every serious matter," he said, "Not just with school but outside as well. What are you doing? What actually happened to you? I have no idea but all the problems are laid just around you…" 

"Not at me, right? Isn't this what you want to say?" I said as I forced myself out of his grab. 

"The kidnapping is related to you, the suicide is related to you, the Principal is in your favor, the outside school you are noticed with some people in black suits…" 

"What's your point?" I asked him. 

"Who are you? You are the only person who is related to a complete mess yet except all that you nowhere… How come?" he said. 

I could notice shivering in his lips since our distance was close enough and most of all he was sweating too much. 

"Who am I?... I wish I could answer that… but sadly I Can't," I said. 

Even though I don't want to admit it, I myself don't know who exactly I am. 

Memories distorted, kidnapped, HYDRAs, Hendricksons… police, being targeted… if someone were to hear all this about me, I am pretty sure he would think of all this as some kind of movie.

"You… aren't the Principal's secret child, right?" 

"Huh?" 

What the hell did he say? I thought he was about to say some kind of big thing, no, this is a big thing. 

How did he reach this ridiculous conclusion? 

"Are you on drugs?" I asked him. 

"N-No, why would you say that?" he was taken aback but not more than me. 

"I mean where did your mind go? Even if you were light on your head this morning you couldn't have come to this conclusion," I said, "Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something?" 

"Of course not," he said. 

"If that's all I should be leaving now," I said. 

"Allen, I don't know who you are actually but you aren't one of 'us'," he said. 

… 

With the end of our conversation, I returned to the classroom and sat there as if nothing had happened. 

Soon it was another free period. We are getting too much free time today. 

"I should really study…" I mumbled to myself since I couldn't understand half of the things today. 

"Did you start preparing?" 

"About what?" 

"It's the end of the first semester, tests are going to happen soon," 

Ah, man. I should start studying. I have excluded them more than enough already. If my score were to drop too much my folks will get suspicious since I usually score more than average and I don't think I would hit average at this rate. 

Better brace myself now. Also, I will ask the Principal to take care of other things. I can't focus on 'everything' at the moment.

Just right when the class was again empty I again dragged my seatback. 

This time I didn't bother with Anna and instead walked outside directly.

While I was walking down the passage I thought about the events today, not too long ago. 

That guy intentionally emphasized the word 'us' intentionally. I don't know what's going with him but it was definitely something that indicated something. 

What did he mean by 'us'? As a student of this school? Or as a human being?

Well, I am certain that I am a human being, no doubt about that and being a student of this school is also given. So what exactly did he mean by that? 

Whatever he meant by it isn't going to be known any time soon. I will ask him personally next time I meet him. 

Just when I was passing down my classroom I noticed him again but this time a black-headed girl was walking beside him. I couldn't see her face but I think I have seen her somewhere. 

"So what did he say…?" 

"Apparently he isn't…" I couldn't hear them clearly, I could only hear whispering sounds.

Since I already have to talk to him I decided to follow him. But I couldn't just creepily follow. It would attract too much attention. 

What should I do? 

I slowly walked towards them subtly. Not trying to make out directly that I was following him but apparently no one noticed I was trying to follow him, they sure noticed 'me'. 

How can I forget about this? 

I am pretty infamous in the school. So wherever I go people start whispering, talking behind my back, and sometimes making a circle around me. 

That's not good. Although there aren't many students it's still making me stand out and it wouldn't be long before he also notices it. 

Should I not follow him? But I need to ask him about that. 

Can I really not? 

I could talk to him directly but that would make me look even more suspicious and there is a pretty good chance that he would ask me to come to talk to him later. 

Since he was already with someone and who knows maybe she is also in the council. I can't do anything in the enemy territory. 

He came in mine but I am alone and he has the back of the entire Student Council, he could do that easily. But I can't do that. 

Like that President twisting the facts was a pretty brutal hit for me he could do the same. And it might come at me. 

Is this what it feels like to be powerless against the boss-level threat? I haven't been fond of games but people tend to say the boss is someone that has high stats already, as compared to the main character. 

If I were to put in terms of level, I would be at Level-10 with half H.P. but the Student Council would be at Level- 50 with 90 H.P. and above them all comes the President with Level- 100 and H.P. off the charts. 

No ordinary person with Level- 10 will battle with these Bosses until I have some kind of cheat. 

And apparently, I have the Principal and soon enough I would have the key to The secret gate that leads behind the Top Bosses base, the President, the one that Lily will find me. 

TO BE CONTINUED…