Our new 'friend' was just standing there on a pile of bodies, just smiling at us with that creppy look on his face.
"Oh, so my man wanted to be the main villain, or should I call you the first boss?"
"If I am the first boss, that means you are the main character, but you are just an NPC who will just die like the rest of the people in this school."
"This is a very interesting statement, but I have two tips for you: first, you have some serious anger issues, my friend, I could recommend you a therapist if you want; and second, and most important... you need to brush those teeth of yours because you smell like a horse ass, if you know what I'm trying to say."
"*sigh* So you are just stalling for time, did you call reinforcements or something?"
"No, of course not, you know I'm not that popular, but I have a really important question to ask you."
"What question? Come on, spit it out."
"Did you really bite your classmates or dirty your teeth with blood for the dramatic scene?"
"Huh? What the hell is this question? I thought you were about to say something important, for god's sake."
"But it is important if you just hear me o–"
"Cut the crap and let's just fight."
"Ok, fine, I guess it was inevitable after all."
So it seems I have to fight this guy, I don't even know his abilities to start with, so I just have to improvise. I entered the class, and it was incredibly empty and also very red.
"Wow, this place is so clean; how did you get rid of the chairs and desks?"
"I used my ability to explode them."
Oh, so he can explode things, why not?
We took a stance and began the fight. I put my hands in my pockets and waited for him to attack.
"This stance means two things: either you are very strong or you are the embodiment of stupidity."
"Come on, attack; I don't have the whole day."
"Heh, you asked for it."
What he doesn't know is that I have all the stats boosted by my Samurai and Hacker classes, so I am very strong.
"Take this, arrogant bastard!" He said as he lunged a kick at my head.
I crouched and plunged a kick right into his balls.
"Serves you right," I said while smiling, looking at him agonizing in pain.
"You motherfucker, ahhh, I will fucking bury you alive. Fuck, come here, aaahhhhh!"
"Oh,time to dodge! I said this while dodging a series of jabs, all directed at my head.
"Stop dodging you piece of crap; let's see how you dodge this."
In that moment, he tried to throw a hook at my head, but I crouched. I said, " summon katana," and then stabbed him with the weapon.
"Ow, what the hell was that?"
I looked at my hand, and in the place of a beautiful katana, as I thought it was, I saw a wooden katana. Really a wooden sword, I said in my head while looking at the sword I gripped with my right hand. I understand I have no mastery of the skill, but still, a rusty sword would've been better. What can I do with this piece of wood?
After thinking for a few seconds, I came up with a single idea.
"Ahhhh," I said while lunging at Albert. After he dodged a few of my swings, I managed to smash the sword on his head so hard that the sword broke to pieces.
"Now you've done it, take my nuclear punch." He said this while turning and punching me straight in the face. Somehow I managed to stand up, but I was starting to lose consciousness.
"Oh damn it, that hurt like hell.... huh... How are you still standing?"
'Hahaha, now it's my turn' I heard while losing control of my body.
"Interesting," my mouth said while turning my head to Albert, and then said "entertain me more" while laughing and smiling like a maniac.
This whole situation was weird, I didn't pass out, but I couldn't do a thing. My whole body, even my mouth, moved, but I didn't do a thing, but I felt all of them. The only thing I felt was a surge of power all throughout my body. I looked at my stats and was left speechless as I saw a boost of +100 at every single stat.
"What the hell is wrong with you? How did you survive that punch?"
"Oh, that was a puny attack, but also pretty interesting to condense the power of an explosion into a punch; I'll give you that."
"How did you know that?"
"I just took your punch head on; it was only natural to figure that out."
"No, it's not natural; it's weird."
(It seems this world is not that evolved, I see.)
"Shall we continue our battle? Please attack me."
"So you are still arrogant, and still with your hands in the pockets." Said Albert while lunging at me and beginning to punch my torso like a madman. He realised after a few hits that I didn't dodge and took the hit, feeling nothing.
"What the fu-"
"Why did you stop, I liked that massage," said the one controlling my body as he kicked Albert in the chest. It was good that he blocked the hit, because he was sent to the other side of the classroom.
"Come on, come at me, heh!" The one in charge of my body said this while taunting Albert with his finger.
"Arhhhh, I swear I will fucking kill you."
He rushed at me and teleported from my field of view.
"Heh, thunder step, I should respond in come and end this."
The next thing I saw was me standing behind Albert and punching him so hard that he went through the wall and ended up in the bathroom, laying on the floor.
"Maybe I hit him too hard, but he isn't dead."
After that, he took the uncouncious body of Albert and dragged him throughout the hallway all the way to our class. Michael, beside me, couldn't say anything. Then I opened the door to the class and threw Albert at the teacher's desk.
"Hello classmates, we need to talk."
'Now I will leave the rest to you; after this scenario is over, we will talk again. Good luck, hahaha'.
When I finally regained control of my body, I looked at my classmates, and they were looking at me. Some were scared, some were intrigued, and some didn't even have a reaction. The only one who showed concern was Kate, who rushed to me and hugged me hard. I was still very confused about what happened, so I didn't respond in any way. Then I heard the faded crying of Kate holding my hoodie.
"Thank goodness you are okay; I thought something happened to you."
"You don't have to worry about me, you won't get rid of me this easily." I said this while patting her head and smiling to make her feel a little better.
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"Now we need to finish this level, if you want to live, please just listen to me. To pass this level, you don't need to kill another human being you care about. It can be an animal or a plant that you care about. So now think and say, What living thing in this school do you care about, and let's end this hellish level? What do you think?"
With that, everybody started saying what did they cared about and we set up a plan to make sure everybody passed the level safe and sound.
"Okay, now that the plan is working, let's get back to our lil' fella' over there. So wh–"
"Wait a damn second, what do you think you are doing here?
"Huh?"
The one who asked that was none other than Daniel, the captain of the football team and the "big shot" in the class, so to speak. He believed he was cool, but it seems all that coolness of his vanished once he was put in a life-or-death situation. He was like 1.85cm high with brown hair, so pretty much your average high school football player.
"What do you want, Daniel? Don't you have a scenario to clear?" I said it with a disinterested look and voice, which surprised him a little.
"I know about that thing, but it can wait for now. But what are you doing?"
"Firstly, you have about 30 minutes to finish the scenario, and secondly, "what are you doing?" is a little abstract, don't you think? It can have various meanings, but to put it in your language, be more specific."
"Huh, did I hit my head or something, or am I the only one seeing this?"
"That may explain how you are this stupid, but I think you were born this way, so it can't be cured." I said it with a serious look on my face.
"Cut the crap; do you think you are important because Kate hugged you and because you figured out how you can pass this? I mean, who even put you in charge?"
"Who said I'm in charge?" I said to him, showing no emotion at all.
"Huh?"
"What's with the puzzled look? I said I'd help you pass the scenario; I didn't say I'd be your boss or anything."
"What do you mean, you came here with a guy you beat up and started giving orders , I won't buy this crap."
"I know your little peanut brain won't understand, and you don't even have to. I gave you a method to pass the scenario; you can follow what I said or find your own way. I won't force you to do anything; if I will create a group or something, you are free to not join me, I don't want people like you anyway."
"Why, you only like obeying monkeys who will do what you say because you don't like hearing other people's opinions?"
"No,I don't like hindrances. In this moment, you don't pose any danger to me, and you can't help me in any way, so you are free to go, and if there are people who think like you, they can go too." I said while waving my hand with disinterest.
"You got a big mouth, don't you think?" said Daniel, grabbing my collar. "You think you are stronger and better than me? Then show it!" shouting that in front of the classroom.
I was about to break his hand, but Albert woke up and said to Daniel with a scared look,"If you value your life, don't fight with him; believe me".
After he saw Albert's face when he said that, Daniel lost his composure for a second, but then he let go of my collar"Tsk... do what you want, I don't give a fuck," and stormed out of the door with two of his friends.
Then I slowly turned my head to Albert with a smile on my face. "You were supposed to play dead, would you like to make it more realistic?"
Then Albert started to frantically wave his hands at me. "Yo, time out, you sent me through a wall with a backhand punch, what you did wasn't normal, mate, you literally turned to the main villain for 10 seconds, so just chill."
Given the fact that he was the hot-headed one, what he said made me laugh.
"Hahaha,look who's talking; weren't you the Bringer of Demise, self-proclaimed by the way, and still, what's the deal with video game references?"
Ablert, being a little more alive than one minute ago, looked slightly angry with what I said and started compaining about my remark on the references. "We are in a video game; what's the problem? You want round two?" he said, raising his punches at me.
"Just stay there and rest; we have scenarios we need to clear; fighting me in that state will make me die of boredom."
With the scenario in its final minutes, I went to the same old roof to reflect on this new thing.
"Phew, it is hard to keep this confidence act for this long, but I felt more alive while doing it, I guess being a side character my whole life was the act."
Now I can be more than just a secluded gamer, I can be whatever I want.
As I took a look at the 'new' New York, everything looked pretty normal, apart from the dead people in our school and streets and the abandoned cars, but at least there weren't collapsed buildings. The whole thing made me whisper just a single word: "START".
"It is truly the start of a new world, isn't it, Andrew?"
It was the voice of Kate, standing beside me, looking in the same direction as me.
"How did you know I was here?"
"It's the only place where you could be fully alone; I guess there will be more places for that now. What do you think will happen now?"
"How should I know that?" I asked her in the most calm voice I could muster.
"Well, how should I put it? You were the only one that wasn't fazed by this whole thing at all."
Damn, so calm voice wasn't the play; I should've read more psychology books.
"It is true that this is very weird in all kinds of ways, but I guess it's instinct; I put survival above feelings, if that makes any sense."
She absolutely doesn't have to know that I know what happens next, if it's the same as in the beta. All these guys need to learn to survive, and I'm going to train them in order to be useful to me.
[The scenario has ended; to all those who passed, congratulations. Everyone, please come to the roof or the school yard in 10 minutes]
"It will get crowded. Kate, can you please text the rest of the class to come to the roof?"
"No problem; it looked pretty important, maybe it's better to be in one place."
After she texted in group chat for our classmates to come to the roof, plus Michael, who took Albert with him, we waited for the 10 minutes to pass. Of course, we weren't the only ones who chose the roof, but it wasn't an inconvenience. After the 10 minutes passed, in the sky appeared a goblin dressed like an 1800s English noble, with a suit, a tophat, and a monocle.
"Hello everyone, My name is Garicka Trybur, but you can call me Greg, and I am the–"
"Tutorial Guide, right?" I said while looking at him.