Couldn't think of a better title...
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“Fuuu, the world.....its full of potential.....yet, how can it be so boring?”
Really, even though the world was so interesting a few centuries...Nay, a few decades ago, how can it be so boring at the present?
Although i find video games fun to play and develop, it is but a temporary solution for my utter boredom.
“Professor~! Isn’t it rude to sigh and complain about how boring this is....in middle of giving a lecture?!”
I turned around to face the red haired, blue eyed Assistant of mine and said “Well it can’t be helped, right? Nothing i say will even go through their numb skulls.”
While saying that, i turned around and pointed toward the filled to the brim classroom that could easily fill two hundred students.
Honestly, this classroom is too huge.
My late 30s assistant is bowing her head toward the students.....and unexpectedly, the students are all having a wry expressions between them. Not even a single one of them is having an expression of rage or anger.....almost all of them smiled bitterly while looking at the blackboard behind me.
I mean, no offense, but they’re all a bunch of idiots.
“Really.....not even a single one of you can solve this......?”
I took a look behind me, toward the 3.7 meter wide blackboard with the simple equation that i’ve written for the students as a brain exercise--a starter of sorts.
“Fuuu....really, what a boring world it is. Hey Emily, can you solve this for me?”
I toss the ball toward Emily, and take a second to think for a bit.
Emily gave a smile not too different from the students’ and walked toward toward the board behind me.
Now then.....
I’ve had this sense of boredom for a very, very long time now.
I’ve had it ever since i was born.
I’ve always felt this world was....empty.
In the end, the world is in the hands of nothing but cowards.
What happened to the golden age?
The ages of warfare?
Indeed, the current world is nothing but filled with boredom.....no excitement at all.
If not for video games, then i would’ve killed myself already.
I do not believe in heaven or hell.....nor reincarnation for that matter.
But that’s simply my opinion.
I know a lot of people of the same status as i, a professor at Harvard, that believe in religion.
I mean, if you take a simple modern smartphone and go back in time for 30, no, 10 years, and you’ll be hailed as a messenger of god.
......or perhaps a simple madman.
“P-professor, I-i’m finished!”
“Hmm?”
I take a quick look toward my watch, and see that 10 minutes have passed already.
“That took awfully a lot of time.....well, as long as you’ve done it right, then its fine.”
I turned around to face the board, which was filled to the brim with calculations, while Emily starts explaining exactly how she solved the problem.
“Although the equation proved to be quite easy at first, and short at that, but it is unexpectedly quite long...as expected of the professor. At first, i had trouble about how to approach it....but the answer was that i need to solve them a step at a time! its a new way to solve equations, and that to have the equation be made into parts, and solving each one on its own, and in/ the end, piece them all together!”
“--Except that the answer is off the mark by miles.”
Really, what kind of gibberish am i looking at?
“How can you even call something so unsightly math? No offense Emily, but exactly how did you become my assistant?”
“Because no one else would take the job.....Even though you’re known to be one of the most brilliant minds to ever walk the earth, your personality is nothing but.....”
You think i didn’t notice that?
Although i always get caught in the rabbit hole--in my own thoughts, I am not stupid enough to not understand a simple thing such as ‘emotions’.
With that being said, i took up the eraser and simply made room under the question, enough for me to answer and paid no heed toward the rest of the gibberish written.
“..............”
Emily and the students alike fell silent as i finished solving the problem in less than 4 seconds.
“Now then, was that pretty hard?”
Both Emily and the students opened their mouths in shock, as they looked at the simplified answer i gave.
Its an answer that didn’t take much space, if any at all, compared to Emily’s.
“W-woah....i-i can’t understand what you’ve done.....at all.....”
“Hmph.”
Really, Emily was not incompetent at all. Heck, she was the best at this field before i came around.
Even though Mathematics isn’t my strong point, She stepped down in order to have me teach it, and even volunteered to be my assistant.
But in the end, she is a ‘normal’.
Really, what a boring world.
“With that being said, Let’s continue.”
And after that, i finished my three hours lecture without a hitch at all.
“Phew, finally~ A break!”
I quickly jumped toward the couch, which sent the controller that was positioned there to jump toward the sky, aiming as high as it can until the gravity pulls it toward the ground, denying its flying for freedom.
I catch the controller before it hits the ground perfectly and then click the start button on it.
With a *Beep*, The console started.
I quickly chose the game that was pre-installed in the console, which was a first person shooter game.
“Really, this is the only enjoyment left in the world!”
Although i find the world immensely empty and dark.....this thing is the sole light of hope which fills this emptiness.
I especially like this FPS game, Call of Honor, because of its chaotic community.
Chaos really is the origin of the universe.
Without such thing as chaos.....life would be empty.
Murder, arguments, theft, blackmail, bullying, treason.
All of these are forms of chaos.
All of them are what makes life so interesting.
As the game began to run its own unskippable opening, i heard the lab’s triple lock security being unlocked one after the other.
Oh yes, i forgot to mention.
I, who has his own research lab in the Harvard campus, am living in it.
This whole place is the closest thing to a 'home' i have.
With no parents or relatives, this is the only place where i can truly call home....
And there are only three people who know the said passwords.
That is me, the 29th president of Harvard and my assistant.
“Really professor.....when are you going to fix that twisted personality of yours......?”
With a tired yet cheerful tone of voice, my so called assistant, Emily, enter the lab and closed the door and locked the door.
Without turning around, i gave a smile and answered her with “When you start learning the basics of mathematics!”
She gave a dry laugh as she slowly walked toward me.
“Oh yeah, Emily. i finished a few research papers...you’ll find them at that drawer. Make sure to submit them in time for next month’s research conference. okay?”
Emily continued to walk with slow, heavy steps as she answered with an “Okay~”
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As soon as the opening for the game finished, i proceeded toward the ‘Multiplayer’ menu, ignoring the ‘Single Player’ and ‘Options’ menus.
“Hahaha. to think that you won’t even allow me to play a single game.”
As i turned around, i saw Emily, with her blue eyes opened to the fullest in shock.
But of course, that didn’t last for long, as bloodlust began to overtake her shock as she held a polished, sharp military knife
“Tsk.....How did you know?”
“But of course. you almost Never lock the door....and not to mention, you’d never respond with an ‘Okay’ when i request you to submit my papers. You’d usually respond with a ‘Take them yourself, you lazy professor.’”
I noticed that my field of vision began to distort and twist, which brought me great delight.
“Hey. Why are you smiling like that in this kind of situation?”
She asked a very obvious question.
Really, she is stupid after all.
“Don’t you know? People smile when they’re happy.”
“I’m about to kill you....and you’re saying that you’re happy?!”
“Come on, do it!”
She probably expected me to ask her ‘why’ she’s doing this.
But i already knew.
With the way i abuse her every day, being forced to step down for my sake, and the sheer effort she puts into something that doesn’t bare fruit, something that i can do without zero effort at all would someday cloud her judgment.
Today was simply the day that she could no longer hold out, the day where her envy and wrath has reached its max.
Do it!
Bring me chaos!!
This is what i’ve been searching for all these years!!!
“You......you’re a madman. You’re not a genius.....you’re insane!!!”
“There’s no need to repeat yourself, Emily~ And i think you know this already, but there is a thin line between genius and insanity!”
She clenched her hand which held the knife, and gritted her teeth pretty hard as well.
She looked conflicted, so i got up, threw my controller at her hand that held the knife and jumped to slam her toward the ground.
*Kliiing*
“Kuaah!”
I held both of her hands toward the floor while positioning myself on top of her stomach.
She glared at me with her crystal clear blue eyes, which my i could see my reflection upon.
A white haired middle man, with a smile similar to that of Cheshire’s cat. His black eyes were filled with nothing but Deep madness.
“Really, Emily. i really think that you didn’t think this through at all.....and that is beautiful! exactly what i imagined!!”
I began to shout how majestic her current appearance was, while she looking straight at me horrified.
“Y-you....insane.....fucker........m-monster........!”
She struggled to get free with all her might.
I blinked a few times while muttering “Mosnter.....monster....”
Indeed.
Thinking clearly, i am a monster.
So what?
Monsters are something beautiful themselves.
Ahhh.
I see.
A lion would simply grow bored in a small forest which everyone simply obeyed him, with no challenger making an appearance.
In the same way, i grew bored in a world too small for myself.
“Haha.....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
I let go of her hands while i hold my own face.
“THIS PLACE IS TOO FUCKING SMALL!!!!”
“You Monster.”
As the voice muttered that, a sudden, sharp pain rang through my neck.
My vision quickly turned red.....and then dark.
I tried to make a sound, but it seems she got the knife through my neck, damaging the vocal cords.
But this is fine.
Dying this way is more interesting and satisfying than dying of old age or illness.
Hehe, i knew this would happen at one point....but i hope she finds my gift~
I tried to move my finger, which was probably smeared with my own blood.
I don’t know.
I no longer can feel anything at all, nor see.
Nay, i can feel the warmth escaping my body.
I moved my finger, trying to write a message that she probably will ignore even if its been written correctly.
And as soon as i finished writing, my conscious blacked out in an instance
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“ ‘See you in hell.’.......pfft. you don’t even believe in such a thing.”
I laughed at the message that monster left, as i started to clean up the mess i created.
I need to get rid of this body pretty fast after all.
I already prepared a truck and everything, and plan on dumping him somewhere far from here that they Wouldn’t be able to even find him.
With that, i won’t be linked with this case.
He’ll be treated as a missing person.
Its basically a win-win situation.
He wanted to die and i wanted him killed.
“Right. need to find those research papers and write my own name on ‘em.....i need achievements if i want to go up the ranks~!”
I quickly leave the bloodied body, with the bloodied knife in one hand.
I quickly open the drawer, after making sure that my hand is clean of any blood.
And there, i find 7 think stacks of research papers.
‘Black Holes’ ‘Time travel’ ‘An Error in The Theory of Relativity’ ‘Prime Numbers’ and many unbelievable scientific papers that could change the world.
.....All imbued with the name “Emily Rose”
With those alone, the weight of the sins i just committed began to feel real.
With the adrenaline rush calming down, i came to my senses and knelt down on the spot crying.
What did i just do....
The whole country will be frantic enough to turn the whole world upside down for him if he’s ever missing...
I look behind toward the body, and saw the message yet again.
“See you in hell~”
“Right....he saw this coming...and left me an answer. i just have to die! how can i not think of something so simple?”
I quickly brought the knife toward the nape of my neck.
A quick wave of hesitation took over me, and my hands shook.
The knife fell toward the ground.
“Ah....Ah....!”
“FREEZE! WE HAVE THE WHOLE BUILDING SURROUNDED!!”
W-woah?!
T-the cops?!?!?!?
“Y-you bastard......you knew about this.........?! do you want me to follow you that much!?”
I already know that only the death sentence awaits me.
I killed the most brilliant mind the country after all.
“I’d rather die with honor!”
Withe my hesitation almost gone to zero, i jumped toward the bloodied knife and held it toward my nape yet again.
“Hmph.”
I put all of my force into my hands, and pushed through.
Unknowing to her that the earlier sounds came from the loud TV.
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This is the first time i try to write a story...so yeah....sorry......
Well, please excuse me on the rough parts....
english isn't my first language....
Also, if you did enjoy, i have a sad piece of information for you.
I dont know when the next chapter is going to be released due to the fact that Midterms start at monday, so yup.