Chapter 97: Glorious Future

Student Council President’s Office

"What the hell is this?!"

A furious voice echoed throughout the student council president’s office.

Elise Valor stood behind her desk, staring at the tablet in her hand.

Displayed on the screen was a video of two naked male students hanging above the academy’s main entrance.

Beneath them was a handwritten sign.

[A REMINDER TO RESPECT YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS.]

And below that—

P.S. Permanent injuries are expensive. Consider this a cheaper lesson.

Elise’s eyelid twitched.

"Someone, please tell me this is fake."

Unfortunately, nobody answered her.

The student council members standing before her exchanged uncomfortable glances.

One of them finally cleared his throat.

"President, we’ve confirmed that the incident really happened. Both students have been taken down, and the academy’s medical staff are examining them."

Elise slowly turned her head.

"And the person responsible?"

The student council member swallowed.

"Lorenzo."

Elise closed her eyes.

She took a deep breath.

Then another.

’Calm down, Elise. You’re the student council president. You’ve dealt with troublesome students before. You can handle this.’

She opened her eyes and looked at the video again.

Lorenzo was standing in the background, watching the spectacle with a perfectly satisfied expression.

’WHY IS HE SMILING?!’

She slammed the tablet onto her desk.

"Where Is He Now?!"

"According to the latest report, he’s attending his first class."

"He’s attending class?!"

"Y-Yes, President."

Elise stared at the student council member as though he had just informed her that the academy was about to explode.

"He hangs two students naked at the main entrance, turns the incident into a public spectacle, and then casually goes to class?"

"That appears to be the case."

"Unbelievable!"

She pressed her fingers against her temples.

She had known Lorenzo Riina would cause trouble.

Ever since his entrance ceremony, she had suspected that the boy would become a major headache for the student council.

However, she hadn’t expected him to accomplish something this outrageous on an ordinary morning.

Elise had barely begun monitoring him, yet her workload had already increased considerably.

She wondered whether the academy principal had deliberately assigned her this responsibility as some sort of punishment.

"President..."

Another student council member cautiously raised his hand.

"There’s something else."

Elise slowly looked at him.

"What now?"

"The videos have already spread throughout the student network. Several students are livestreaming the incident, and the topic is currently trending among first-year students."

Elise’s expression became even darker.

’I need to give him a friendly advice and this would be the last mercy he will receive from me.’

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— Class A

"Lorenzo."

"Hm?"

I turned toward Lucas, who was sitting beside me.

"Do you think the student council president is going to kill you?"

I stared at him.

"Why would she?"

He looked at me as though I had asked the stupidest question imaginable.

"Because you hung two students naked at the main gate!"

Several students turned toward us.

Lucas immediately lowered his voice.

"Ahem. I mean, what you did was pretty awesome, but you’re still in trouble."

I shrugged.

"They’re alive, aren’t they?"

"That’s not the point!"

"Then what is?"

Lucas opened his mouth.

Then closed it.

He stared at me for several seconds before slowly shaking his head.

"You know what? Forget it."

"Good idea."

I turned my attention toward the front of the classroom.

Honestly, I didn’t understand why everyone was making such a fuss.

I had warned those two idiots about the consequences of their actions.

They had laughed at me, insulted me and not to mention used me as stepping stone.

Normally, I would have killed them but I didn’t do that.

I needed to teach them a lesson that they would remember through out their life.

Wasn’t that perfectly reasonable?

’Besides, I didn’t even break their arms.’

I had shown considerable restraint, if I said so myself.

My good mood had been ruined, but at least I had managed to entertain myself.

"Status."

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Name: Lorenzo Riina

Age: 17

Gender: Male

\[Occupation: Heir to the Underworld\]

\[Bloodline Ability: Unlocked\]

\[Traits: Perfectionist, Rouge Charmer, (New) Hitman\]

Rank: E-

Talent: S

Strength: E-

Agility: E-

Stamina: E-

Intelligence: A-

Mana Capacity: D-

Luck: E+

Charm: A+

Skills: —

Shooting: B+

Hand Combat: B+

Weapon Arts:

[Axe of Slaughter\] [S-rank\] — 25% mastery

[Phantom Bullet] [S-rank]

Artifacts : [Blood Eye], [Golden Touch Gauntlet]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

I looked at new artifact that I gotten after taking down Zomboto Hiroshi.

[Golden Touch Gauntlet].

I nodded my head in approval before closing my status and looked over Lucas.

"By the way, Lucas, when are going to spar?"

"What do you mean?"

"What? Did you forget that we are going to spar each other and if I win you will join my new club that I’m going to create and If I loose you will get 20 million credits and get to be the president of the club."

Lucas eyes widened in realisation.

Indeed, they have agreed to spar each other.

...But next moment he’s face went pale as he remembered this morning incident.

More specifically at how Lorenzo take down two students within matter of few seconds.

Lucas has confidence that he could take them down himself but as fast as Lorenzo?

Never!

’If I spar this monster I’m going to get my ass kicked out of me.’

A nervous smile appears on his face as he laughed.

"H-haha...W-What are you saying? S-Sparing each other? W-We are best b-buddy. I-I don’t w-want to injured you by my powers...S-So let’s forget about sparing? H-How about that?"

"But—!"

"No buts! Instead I- I’ll join your new club!"

I stared at Lucas.

"...What?"

"I said I’ll join your club!"

’This bastard.’

I narrowed my eyes.

"Lucas, are you trying to cheat me?"

"W-What?! Of course not! How could you say something like that to your best friend?"

"Then why are you refusing to spar?"

"Because—"

He suddenly paused.

His eyes darted around the classroom as he desperately searched for an excuse.

"Because... because we’re friends! Friends shouldn’t fight each other!"

I stared at him in silence.

’What kind of bullshit is this?’

Weren’t we the ones who had agreed to spar in the first place?

And now that the time had come, he was trying to back out?

How shameless.

"Lucas."

"Y-Yes?"

"Are you afraid of losing?"

His expression stiffened.

"N-No! Why would I be afraid of losing to you?"

"Then spar with me."

"That’s—"

"Unless you’re afraid?"

"I’M NOT!"

Lucas suddenly shouted, causing several students to turn toward us.

He immediately lowered his voice.

"Ahem. I mean, I’m not afraid. It’s just that... there’s no reason for us to fight when we’re such good friends, right?"

"Is that so?"

’If I fight him, I’ll be lucky if I leave the training ground with my dignity intact!’

Lucas swallowed nervously.

Then, he suddenly grabbed my shoulders.

"Lorenzo, listen to me carefully."

"Hm?"

"You’re a genius."

I blinked.

"...What?"

"A genius! A once-in-a-generation talent! Someone destined to accomplish great things!"

I stared at him suspiciously.

Where was this going?

"And as your best friend, I cannot allow something as trivial as a sparring match to distract you from your glorious future!"

’This bastard should consider becoming a politician.’

Just then, the classroom door opened.

Professor Yuki Hayasaka walked inside with her usual carefree expression.

"Good morning, everyone!"

"Good morning, Professor!"

Yuki placed her materials on the desk and glanced around the classroom.

Her gaze briefly settled on me.

Then she smiled.

"Lorenzo, I have to say I did expected somthing crazy will happened but not at this level, it was amusing to see. Well, as amusing as that sounds, the student council president has already requested that you visit her office after class."

I sighed internally.

’As expected.’

It seemed Elise hadn’t forgotten about me.