District High School

The bus finally stopped not too far from the school gate.

All the students of the 12th District High School alight the bus.

Seeing this, Louser decided to wake Terry up. He gave a light nudge on Terry's shoulders.

Feeling something touch his sore shoulder, Terry reluctantly opened his eyes only to find the annoying face of his best friend. Looking around, he saw that they were at the last stop so he stood up lazily and alight the bus with other students.

After they got out of the bus, Terry stretches and yawns at the same time.

Louser looking at his friends' movement was a bit confused. He thought that earlier, Terry only pretended to nap to avoid the bullying but it seems like he really was asleep when the incident occurred.

"I thought that Clarence only punched you in the nose earlier but it seems like you were beaten pretty badly," Louser said as he looked at the way Terry walks. He already noticed when they're getting off the bus that Terry walk slow and a bit limping so he knew that his body aches. He also saw his swollen finger so he thought that he was beaten badly to be on this state.

"Yeah, his punch really woke me up yesterday but that's all. Nothing else was done or else they would be the one limping on the way to school right now." Terry responded with a grin.

"Yeah right." Louser only dismissed what he heard. He knew this best friend of his who sometimes brag about everything he can't do.

Terry can only shake his head. He didn't want to explain every detail of what he said. He was a doer so once he talks about something, he'll do it whatever the consequence is.

They walk as they talk towards the school. Well, it's more like Louser talks and Terry only responds sometimes with a nod.

Looking around, Terry sees youthful faces. 'Youth eh?' he never thought that he would be back in this school, literally.

He was lost in thought when all of a sudden, an eerie aura swept all around. He became alert and silently observed the surroundings. Although he wasn't the target of the observation, he was still wary of even the smallest possibility. He knew that it was a mass observation skill. And only a few people he knew would possess such skills.

'The Eye.' That's the first thing that came to his mind. 'What in the world happened in the Red Zone to make 'The Eye' move?' only very few instances would make 'The Eye' move it was most likely a personal request.

'This is the aura of Shadow if I'm not mistaken. Who are you looking for?' he was a bit confused. Who would use 'The Eye'? Based on the aura, it seems like it was only observing. So he pretended that he didn't feel anything at all and start to talk to Louser with enthusiasm.

...

Clarence was walking behind, not far from Terry and Louser.

He was actually observing Terry since the moment he stepped inside the bus. He was still curious about those eyes, so he tried to observe Terry a little more.

While walking, he suddenly felt that someone was observing him and felt chill all over his body. It feels like he was stripped naked in front of the person who's observing him. He started to feel panicky so he looked around to find the source only to be disappointed. He can only rush inside the school to find comfort and only when he stepped inside, the eerie feeling vanished.

...

Shadow started to investigate the 12th Zone as soon as he received the request. The focus of his investigation was the Lover's Den but since he's 'The Eye', he would thoroughly do the job so he included the entirety of the 12th Zone as the subject for his investigation.

Today, he was almost done with investigating the Zone and the only place remaining was the District High School.

He was standing atop the school building with a man beside him. They can view the whole school in their position. If one looked at the man beside him, people can see that he was like a zombie standing and staring blankly at the horizon. It seems like he was under some sort of spell.

Looking at the students swarming towards the school, Shadow unhesitatingly unleashed his aura. This aura was just for observation and it won't be felt by ordinary people. Those who will react when they feet the aura can be labeled as extraordinary individuals.

While observing the students, Shadow suddenly noticed that a student reacted. He saw Clarence panicky looked left and right to find the source. 'Oh? A student with extraordinary talent?' he thought he also noticed someone made a subtle move. Even though it was subtle and was a little unsure of what he noticed is real, he still took note of the young man.

He suddenly spoke, "Who is that student with a large built and that man beside the chatterbox?" he pointed at Clarence and Terry.

Like a robot the man said everything about the two, he was reciting everything nonstop until all the information was spilled.

Shadow took note of all the details mentally and suddenly snapped his fingers.

The man beside him shuddered then like he just woke up from something, he looked around and said, "What am I doing here?" it seems like the man didn't even know that he was with someone in the rooftop. He can only find himself wondering if he was sleepwalking, he didn't find anyone else other than him, not even a shadow of anyone can be found anywhere.

...

Terry was now sitting inside their classroom. He was still thinking about the aura earlier. 'Just last night I did something in the Lover's Den, is all of this connected with that incident?' he was deliberating if he has something to do with it.

While he was deep in thought, someone hammered something in the front. He looked at the person only to see their class president standing behind the teacher's desk and it seems like he was about to announce something.

"Classmates, I would like to remind all of you that the Finals will be just around a month. We, the top students of the class are arranging a study session for all. Whoever wants to join will be welcomed. I want to specifically invite the tail-enders of our class." Saying up to this, he looks at Terry, Louser, and the Trio (Clarence and the two idiots). Then continued, "We want to help everybody so that our overall assessment would be higher than the previous test."

This young man was Richard, an arrogant prick who thinks highly of himself, he was the self-proclaimed president of their class. He has good grades but his attitude is a bit lacking so no one really bothers about him acting all high and mighty inside the room.

Few students responded to him which made him a little angry. He looked at the Trio but didn't bother because Clarence was now glaring at him so he turned his attention to the weaker ones. He looked at Louser and the latter nodded which made him a bit smug. He then looked at Terry only to find him not minding about everything that's happening in his surrounding.

This gesture made him angry so he walks towards Terry with large strides while saying, "You Terry, you have the lowest result in the previous test so why do you act like that huh? You barely passed last time. You'll be the one who will pull our overall average down."

"Yeah, yeah," Terry responded half-heartedly. He didn't want to bother with small things like the final test because he already decided to join the military school. He will try to be admitted thru physical exam so he just needs to pass the final test and didn't bother getting a higher result because it will be only for naught.

Terry's response made Richard more furious. He was about to reprimand Terry when he noticed his necklace dangling on his neck. An idea suddenly struck his mind and he said, "Terry, you're breaking the rules." He then pointed at his neck and continued, "You're wearing an ugly accessory which is prohibited in our school, so I will be confiscating that and report you to the school authorities." He then reaches his hand to confiscate the necklace.

Accessories were really prohibited in the school but only those flashy ones. Those that were simple and hidden was acceptable. Of course, girl's accessories were good as long as it isn't obtrusive.

At first, Terry didn't bother about this guy being smug but when he started to talk about his necklace, that's when he started to look cold. Especially when he noticed that his hand start to reach to his necklace.

Louser was just watching the play timidly when all of a sudden, he felt cold. He was confused why did he feel cold? Not just him but almost everybody except Richard noticed the drop of temperature within the room.

Richard was about to grab the necklace when unexpectedly, he can't move his hand any further. That's only when he noticed that Terry's hand was holding his wrist so he tried adding more force but was taken aback when he noticed that he still can't move his hand. He then tried to withdraw but still can't pull his hands. "Get your hands off m-." He was about to say something when he felt the hand that holds his wrist tighten.

At first, he can't feel the pain but every second pass, he felt that it getting tighter and tighter until he can't bear the pain anymore. The pain overwhelmed him and he started to scream.

"Arghhh"

The student around didn't know what to do. They didn't know if Richard was pretending to be hurt or not to make more trouble for Terry.

While the students were thinking about what action they should take, they suddenly heard a 'Kacha' then Richard stopped screaming then fell on the ground. He fainted from the pain.

Terry suddenly stood up then picked his bag then strode outside the classroom. One brave student asked "Where are you going?" he instantly regretted talking.

Terry stopped in his tracks and only glanced coldly at the speaker before he continued walking. That glance almost made that student piss himself.

All the students looked at the receding back of Terry, they were a bit terrified, they didn't know that the weakest student would snap at their class president just because of an ugly necklace.

They only noticed that the class president was still lying on the floor after Terry left. They were still thinking that their president really acts well so they decide to 'wake' him up. Some of his lackeys tried to tap and nudge him but the attempt was all failure. That's the only time that they realize that he really was not pretending. They remembered that they heard something break so they looked at his wrist only to find it bend in an unnatural way.

Some students catch a glimpse of it and paled. They all thought, 'No wonder he was screaming like a pig earlier.' Someone decided to bring him to the infirmary while some reported the incident.

Clarence sitting at the back was shocked. He knew how much power was necessary to break someone's arms because he himself can do it since he possesses a strong body, unlike an ordinary person. But Terry on the other hand was malnourished, having a thin body like that, where can he get such explosive force to break someone's wrist?

'Extraordinary!' he remembered his father talking about people who possess extraordinary abilities. These people were sometimes called 'The God's Favorite' since only a few people would possess such abilities.

Thinking up to this, Clarence was mortified. He didn't know that he was bullying someone who is 'Extraordinary' he can only pray that he can mend all the things he did to Terry.

After the incident, the classroom was shrouded in a tense atmosphere.