Chapter 18: The Edge

Lucas? Who the fuck is Lucas?

"I...I'm Le-"

But before Lex can say anything, the woman pointed the video back to Ray, and then towards the bleeding Arnold, who was now no longer moving. "As you can see, my friend committed suicide because he was being bullied, spread the word guys, hashtag stop bullying!", the student said as she pointed the camera towards herself before turning the live off.

"Fuck!", Ray grabbed the female student's hand, "What did you do that for, Anna!?"

"Let go of my hand!", Anna pulled her hand away, "Go cry to your father about it!", she said as she casually walked out of the class.

What. What just happened? Lex could not help but furrow his eyebrows due to the weird exchange between the two.

But he supposes it doesn't matter now. A lot of the people here have recorded what happened on their phones, Ray will finally get the punishment he deserves.

"Everyone out!"

Finally, Dr. Agnes from the school clinic arrived. "Jesus… what in the world is wrong with this school!?", she hollered as she waved her hand for the students to leave the room.

Lex stood up, slowly walking towards the door as he stared at the already lifeless Arnold. He made sure that there would be no chance to heal Arnold's wounds. A cut to the neck, multiple stabs on the stomach until his body could no longer move.

'He… tried to kill me first', Lex justified himself, 'At least now, with your death, you will be free from all the pain. And unlike with mine, your death has purpose', a certain envy could be seen from Lex's eyes as he continued to stare at Arnold.

"Where do you think you're going, gaylord!?"

It was then that Lex felt a finger on his chest. He looked in front of him, only to see that Ray was blocking his path.

"I am leaving the classroom, like Dr. Agnes ordered", Lex replied with a cold voice.

But in truth, his heart was beating fast. All the times that Ray and his group hurt him resurfaced in his mind. All the torture, the humiliation, the pain. Remembering all of this, his body slowly started to tremble.

"Oh? I know you've unlocked your System, sausage lover", Ray whispered, "But just because you have power, it doesn't mean you can act t- UGH!"

Ray could not help but grit his teeth as he held his hand, his index finger was bent in a way that it was not supposed to.

It was feint, and one would miss what happened if they blinked. But Lex suddenly moved his body forward, causing Ray's finger, which was placed on Lex's chest, to break.

That was right, he had power now, "Thank you for reminding me, Ray", he whispered as he walked towards the door, Ray and his friends had no choice but to make way for him as they gulped.

"Y-you… I will report this!", whined Ray as he bared his teeth against Lex.

"Fighting is illegal in the academy", Lex stopped at the doorstep, "Are you sure you want to report this?", he said without even looking back at Ray.

Lex then continued to walk away. After what happened here spreads..

...No one is going to hear you, Ray.

Lex let out a huge breath. Finally…

He was finally out of the cage that society placed him in. But he knew, he knew that there were bigger cages out there.

And that the only way not get caught by them is to gain power, even more power. His mind quickly thought of Janice and how he leveled up 10 times just by doing it with her. A smile slowly appeared on his face as he remembered the feeling of Janice wrapping his whole body. And the way he felt when the words popped out in front of him.

His face getting intoxicated just by thinking about it. Wait, speaking of Janice…

He still needed to fill up the Proof of Unlocking that was given to him by her.

Lex opened his bag to look at a piece of paper that had his name on it, his eyes quickly glanced at the part where it said "System Type".

Lex could not help but squint his eyes.

What… exactly would he put here?