Chapter 299: Obvious Convergence
Emir's Office.
The man who showed the students those horrifying sights was relaxing on his chair, eating the good food he was promised, while the man who had to deal with the aftermath lectured him as one would his misbehaving child.
He asked about how Emir could kill the student without his nanobots exploding due to his violation of the binding contract, yet he was aired.
It was only after forcing an answer out of him that he realized it was a simple matter: Felix was no longer considered a student, and the contract 'died' once he was outed as a monster.
This revelation was vaguely mentioned in the floating gossip. It had been around half an hour since the incident, and rumors began to spread.
They ranged from the simple to the extreme. Yet none mentioned him killing a student.
Amon had done his job well.
Those who witnessed the head that flew had kept quiet.
Some were afraid of the contract's consequences, while the smart understood that Emir saved them from ending up in a Symbiote's stomach.
Meanwhile, those who saw the parting clouds yapped about it to all they met.
They were the ones that fanned the flames, even speculating that Emir fought Amon.
Well... such a scenario wasn't too far from the truth.
Especially not now, as Amon was inches away from socking Emir a new one.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
"Listen you-"
"What? You've got nothing on me... I knew that you'd get all anal about me destroying stuff, so I didn't, and guess what? Your trap didn't work... you're shit out of luck!"
Amon sighed, his anger reaching its limit, now no longer inches away from killing the man in front of him, but mere millimeters.
"I beg you, interrupt me one more time, and, by God, help me, I'll kill you..."
Emir tilted his head.
"By God? That's not something I've heard other celestials say before... Are you, by chance, special Principal Amon? Religious maybe? From Templar?"
His every word goated the man in front of him as if he were begging Amon to kill him. "Haha..."
But surprisingly, the old man calmed down after he heard that question.
"Do you think that I'd be the strongest man on Earth otherwise?"
Amon threw out his bait, wanting to catch Emir as he did him.
"Are you? ...The strongest man on Earth I mean."
But Emir denied his attempt, muddling the waters even further.
"I am, or do you think Isaac's stronger?"
Amon tried again, wanting any advantage over Emir.
"Don't know. Everyone calls him the strongest, but I beg to differ..."
Yet his opponent poured corrosive oil into their river, turning it from just murky water into a dangerous trap, where even standing nearby could prove perilous for most.
"There has to be some dude out there who's stronger but hides under his shadow, using it to shield himself from the public and pursue his own agenda."
Amon stayed quiet, his intention to stay away from the trap, not wanting to risk it.
again, alright?"
Emir raised his brows.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play with me; you know who I'm talking about."
"Sure, but are you saying that even if they're bad? What happened to your ideals?"
A chuckle left Amon as he stood up.
"Look who's talking, and besides, he's better than some unknown."
"True, but whaaat? Me? Bad? Who said that?"
The principal shrugged his shoulders while heading towards the door.
"You forgot what you did two days ago?"
"But you don't know what I did."
With a quick command from Amon, the door opened, allowing him exit.
"Exactly."
"But he's way worse than me!"
Emir's screams were ignored as Amon left the office without looking back.
'Touche~...'
A moment passed, and what took his place were two students.
Aria and Elijah.
'Hm... an obvious convergence. I wonder what else would change...'
Emir quickly took the container that had its head off the table and placed it underneath his
desk.
"Welcome, welcome... please come sit."
Worried at what he saw, Elijah asked:
"What was that big bro?"
And what type of big brother would lie to the little one who looked up to him?
"Just a head, don't worry about it."
"...Sure."
Elijah didn't worry about it and moved on, just like he was asked.
Then he approached the desk, alongside a nervous Aria, and sat on one of the chairs opposite
it.
Aria did the same, though much slower, clearly nervous.
"So? What might you need from me?"