Legendary Traveler: By Earning Progress Points I will Become Supreme!-Chapter 290: Am I….Am I Being Robbed?
Sure enough, through Divine Intervention (Not Really), Langston's lecture was already nearing completion for the day, so by the time he asked a few more questions and assigned a bit of homework, Aoni was out the door and headed across campus with his head down, and still thinking about the Cult Of Floof's formation.
'I don't have a whole lot of footage from Glacia as a baby, since I didn't have access to Recording Crystals, but even with her current stature, she's still adorable…hmm hmm.'
BANG
"OI, WATCH WHERE THE FUCK YOU'RE GOING!"
SHOVE
THUMP
Within half a second, Aoni, who was entirely lost in thought and barely paying attention to his surroundings, ran into an immovable object before getting knocked to the ground by a powerful counterforce.
"Haha, what's this, some fucking first year kid has the balls to hit me I see." An annoying nails-on-chalkboard-esque voice snorted, causing Aoni to look through his parted bangs at the person who'd just knocked him down.
'Orange-Card, wearing a pin indicating hes a fourth year…wowww, so impressive, che, fucking waste of space I could kill you 10 times over before you knew what even hit you.' This is what Aoni thought; however, his following words completely contrasted with his inner monologue.
"I…Senior, I am so sorry I wasn't looking where I was going.
BANG
'THIS PIECE OF SHIT KICKED ME!' Aoni screamed mentally as his upper body flung backward causing him to skid across the ground before hitting a wall with a loud meaty sound.
"Oh damn, Markus did you just kill him, Hahaha,"
"Serves that punk right for bumping into my boyfriend, hmph."
"Dude look at him, hes curled up like a fucking chump."
'Ohhh don't kill them, don't kill them, don't leak your aura, stay calm…' Hearing the chorus of taunts from the peanut gallery, which was this guy Markus' posse, Aoni played dead.
'Useless throw away 6th rate villain number 3, today is your lucky day, if I didn't need to stay as an unknown background character I'd rip you to fucking shreds.'
"Oi, Garret, check that loser's pockets, just look at his Commu, it's worth a fortune, so he's probably loaded."
'This fucking guy…' feeling his eye twitch, Aoni was about half a millisecond away from snapping when he noticed a pair of hurried footsteps heading toward him.
"Hey, just play dead, Markus is ruthless and so long as you pony up a few bucks, he will leave you alone…" the meek voice of a young man entered Aoni's ears, causing him to loosen up and calm down.
"He's too scared to mug someone more than once, so if you give a little, he will leave you alone in the future. The School may allow fighting, but bullying is pretty much against the rules." Garret stated while patting Aoni down and looking for loose change.
"Hey, what the hell is taking so long? He's out cold. Just grab his shit and let's go eat," Markus grumbled, causing the hurried whispers to enter Aoni's ear again.
"In the Front right pocket, there's a card with 1000 CD. Just take it," Aoni replied in a hushed whisper through gritted teeth, causing this Garrett kid to do just that and locate it easily.
Of course, this card was a mostly spent gift card he'd picked up on a whim, so it didn't mean a whole lot, yet to Aoni, it tugged at his heart to give up money to a bully.
"Does he do this often?" Right as Garrett was about to pull away, having found the card, Aoni whispered, causing the guy to give him a strange look.
"Yeah… at least a dozen times a day…sorry." Feeling a hint of understanding, Garret thought it was the least he could do to say this last bit to Aoni, especially since it was once him in this position.
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Fifteen minutes after the group of bullies left, Aoni sat up completely unaffected or injured by the incident, dusted himself off, and noticed he'd ended up in some bushes, which explained why no one had come to check on him during that time.
Regardless, his mind was a storm of aggravation as he dug into his front right pocket, pulled out some earbuds, and dialed Archie.
"City morgue, you stab 'em, we'll slab 'em. How may I assist you?" Archie asked while clacking away on his keyboard.
"Get me everything you know on an EFU Fourth Year named Markus Vandersalt," Aoni responded in a chilly voice, causing Archie to pause his typing for a moment before starting back up at an even more furious pace.
"Third-born son from the Vandersalt Construction Conglomerate, Family Networth 430 Billion CD, personal Worth, 180,000, Grade-3 Architect Class Attribute, Zero Elementalization, Mid-Tier Potential, and has a Territory near Jessapeak City in the Flamvale Country." Spitting out the results of his search, Archie didn't have to be told what to do and was already in the process of contacting one of his many "Hit Squads."
"Wipe his territory out, and string up the corpses on spikes for all to see. Make it look like the Government did it, and leave a paper trail giving enough evidence that he's attached to an Underground Org."
"As for his family, knock them down a peg, I want their losses to total half their net worth, and if you can pick up some of their shares, do it and gain a majority holding." Dusting himself off and pulling his hood back over his head, Aoni said before disconnecting the call and making his way toward his next class.
Aoni may not be able to act in public for fear of drawing too much unwanted attention; however, if this Markus guy were as much of a bully as he believed him to be, doing something like this wouldn't be traced back to the little mugging Aoni had been subjected to.
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Two hours later, somewhere on the EFU main campus, howls of agony rang out in one of the many courtyards, as Markus suddenly collapsed on the ground, thrashing about due to the severing of every one of his Links of Subordination…then…wails of sorrow as he lost connection to his Flume.
