piratefiction Chapter 20: Class one
Chapter 20: Class one
After they left.Raven’s phone rang.
She looked at it.
"Got something, gotta go."
Alex smiled:
"See you next time."
Grabbed Bob and started to leave.
Raven just stood there.
Mouth slightly open.
Alex walked a few steps, turned around.
"Something else?"
Raven’s cheeks flushed.
Stood there holding her phone for a while.
Didn’t say a word.
Luna couldn’t hold it in.
"Contact info! you idiot!"
She yelled from the side.
Alex finally got it.
"Oh! Right!"
He pulled out his phone.
Added Raven.
Then started thinking on the spot.
"What should I name you in my contacts..."
Raven said with a red face:
"Just my name is fine."
Alex shook his head.
"Nope."
Dead serious.
"Just a name, I’ll forget."
Paused.
"How about Little Cupcake?"
Raven’s face got redder.
"No."
Alex suddenly leaned in.
Really close.
Looked into her eyes.
"You sure you don’t want it?"
He smiled.
"Cupcake?"
Leaned even closer.
"Cupcake?"
Raven went completely red.
"No... don’t..."
Her voice got quieter.
Then—
She turned and ran.
"I’m leaving!"
Luna looked at Alex with no words.
Waved her hand.
"You..."
Then she followed Raven.
Bob stood there.
Completely stunned.
After a long while.
He suddenly clasped his hands together.
"Master!"
To Alex.
"Please take me as your student!"
Alex laughed.
"No problem."
He patted Bob’s shoulder.
"First you walk up to a girl..."
"Then you say hi—"
Bob yelled stop.
"Wait wait!"
He panicked.
"Any other opening moves?"
"Like... like chatting online first?"
Alex shook his head.
"Nope."
"Just this."
Bob collapsed.
"No... I can’t..."
He slumped to the ground.
"I can’t do it..."
"Master this is too hard..."
Alex squatted down.
"Then stay single forever."
Alex shrugged. "Bro, some things you just gotta take that step."
A system notification popped up in front of him.
[Completed Option 3!]
[Obtained Explosive Potion ×1!]
["Extremely lethal, use with caution."]
Alex pulled out the red potion.
Small bottle, in clear glass.
Red liquid swishing inside.
Could feel an unsettling energy from it.
This thing...
He thought about it.
Can’t really test this out.
See when there’s a chance to use it.
Or show it to Auntie when he gets home.ribute."
Paused.
"Otherwise we’ll block you every day."
He pointed at the equally arrogant students behind him.
"Won’t let you attend class normally."
A few students up front turned red.
"Are you crazy!"
"We barely have any spirit stones!"
"And you guys don’t even need this!"
The blonde guy laughed.
"Whether we need it is our business."
He clapped his hands.
"The weak have no right to negotiate."
The Class 1 students behind him laughed too.
"If you got the guts, beat us."
The blonde guy held up five fingers.
"Five of us."
He pointed at the whole classroom.
"Against all of Class 9."
He smiled even more arrogantly.
"How about it? Dare?"
Class 9 students’ faces turned dark.
Fists clenched tight.
But nobody dared move.
The gap between Class 1 and Class 9...
No joke.
Even 50 against 5.
They’d probably get crushed.
Ms. Chen couldn’t take it anymore.
She stepped forward.
"Enough!"
She glared at those students.
"Don’t cause trouble in school!"
A male teacher with gold-rimmed glasses walked over.
Sharp suit, slicked-back hair.
"Class 1 Instructor" badge on his chest.
He pushed his glasses.
"Ms. Chen."
He smiled.
"Student matters, let’s not interfere."
Paused.
"After all, pressure creates motivation."
Ms. Chen stared at him furiously.
"Mr. Zhang!"
She gritted her teeth.
"This is bullying!"
Mr. Zhang shrugged.
"I only see normal competition between students."
He looked at the Class 1 students.
"Right?"
The blonde guy smiled.
"Right, teacher."
"We just wanna spar with Class 9 students."
Mr. Zhang spread his hands.
"See? How friendly."
Ms. Chen was shaking with anger.
Class 9 students all kept their heads down.
Fists clenched tight.
But nobody dared speak.
Alex stood in the back.
Watching all this.
Eyes getting colder.
He felt this guy looked familiar.
Looked closer.
Seems like Rex’s brother?
Of course they didn’t let me go.
Heh.
Right then, options popped up in front of him—
[Option 1]: Hand over spirit stones on the spot, and call on classmates to hand theirs over too, don’t be ungrateful.
Reward: Small amount of spiritual energy
Gain Title: Upper Class Dog
Effect: Future bootlicking ability +100%, but respect gained -50%
[Option 2]: Quietly leave, after all you’re grade ten, they won’t dare touch you, let classmates fend for themselves.
Reward: Slime all attributes +2%
[Option 3]: Step up and accept the challenge representing Class 9, win by any means necessary! Win their spirit stones!
Reward: Slime all attributes +5%!
Alex stared at these three options.
First one?
Upper Class Dog?
Do I look like a dog?
Second one?
Let classmates fend for themselves...
He looked at the classmates with their heads down.
Nope, these guys treated me not bad, and the reward just isn’t that good!
Third one...
Alex’s lips curved.
Win by any means necessary?
Win their spirit stones?
He smiled.