BEST SERVED COLD: THE ULTIMATE REVENGE SYSTEM

His Combat Skills

Sabito watched as Mike and Jasper left the class. And he placed the bag carefully aside. Earlier, no one wanted to mingle with Sabito in class. He was always left alone while other kids found companions in themselves.

But now that Sabito had shown how brainy he was, some of his classmates came to meet him. “Sabito. I love the way you treated that math question. Do you mind putting me through?” The voice of Santo’s, the loud mouth pierced Sabito's heart.

Sabito shot a glare at him with a half-smile. “Of course, but not at the moment.” Sabito replied with an air of aloofness.

“Sabito, can we be friends?” Another of his classmates came along to ask.

“Okay. That's no problem.” Sabito had always wanted to have a friend among his colleagues and now, he was getting the vibes he had always wanted. And soon, he was surrounded by his mates who wanted to hear more of his knowledge.

And some of his mates even had to ask what he did to be very smart in mathematics. For the first time in Sabito's life, he was indeed very happy when he got surrounded.

The day swiftly moved ahead and it was time for the next period. This time, the subject they had was chemistry.

Sabito had always sucked in chemistry from time immemorial. Students often make fun of him every time it is a chemistry period. Although the teacher always frowns at it. But the students were very stubborn.

The chemistry teacher walked into the class. Ethan, Mike and Jasper returned a few minutes later the teacher walked in.

“Good day, students. Today we are going to solve some chemistry equations and the class must be actively involved.” The teacher declared.

Sabito concentrated on the lesson by fixing his eyes on the board. He was waiting for the teacher to write the equation down. Although the teacher was slow, he finally wrote ten good equations down.

“These are ten equations and we are going to start from the first.” He declared, picking the first one and he wrote the question down separately.

“So, what is…” The teacher started asking questions from the students. To the teacher's surprise, Sabito answered the first, the second and third.

The teacher was shocked, jaws dropped in utter disbelief. “Sabito… did you study before coming to this class?” The teacher asked frankly. He was trying to deduce the reason for his activeness in class.

“Yes.” Sabito replied boldly.

That day, he answered every question in the chemistry class. When the class was over, the teacher wrote a home assignment on the board.

“I want all of you to hop on this and make sure you submit tomorrow morning. Failure to submit will attract punishment.” He meant every word.

Sabito looked at the questions and he half smiled because they were all very simple. He wrote the questions down and kept the note book in his bag.

It was time for lunch. Sabito had always been left behind each time his mates were going for launch. But then...

“Sabito, come and have lunch with me.” That was how different students came to ask Sabito to come and launch.

It was very difficult for him to pick who he would go with. “Pick who I should go with I am confused.” Just as he said that, he classmates came closer and held him to follow them.

On getting to the school dining room, Sabito sat in the midst of his friends to eat.

There came Mike, Jasper and Ethan. When they saw how Sabito was surrounded by students that were supposed to surround them, they went livid with envy!

How dare Sabito take what was theirs? but when they recalled the events from the classroom , they started to rethink.

But then, they thought there must be an area where he lacked, right? So, they would exploit that area.

“Guess who wants to eat?” Ethan said, walking stalking towards their table and grabbing one of the food that was on Sabito's table.

At first, Sabito was silent. He was thinking of how he was going to deal with Ethan mercilessly.

The student that owned the food Ethan was playing with started going after him to ask for his food.

But Ethan made fun of him. “Call you saviour to help you. I guess your saviour is not skilled in combat.” He mocked.

Jasper and Mike couldn't hold back their laughter. His words and mockery got to the ear of Sabito who was clearly looking for a way to deal with him.

Sabito clenched his fist and finally stood on his feet. His face brimmed with anger as he set his gaze on the bullies.

“Give back his food right now!” Sabito spoke with audacity. His deep voice broke several barriers and Ethan was taken aback with shock.

“Are you talking to me?” Ethan asked with a fierce voice.

True to Ethan's usual behavior, he lifted the plate of food, aiming to hurl it at Sabito in a desperate attempt to humiliate him.

But with Sabito's new strength from the system, he dodged the plate and the food crashed to the ground.

Before Ethan knew what was happening, Sabito hit him on his knees and Ethan fell to the ground involuntarily.

Just as he reached the ground, Sabito heightened his knee and Ethan hit his jaw.

“You will buy him his food.” Sabito spoke with a fierce voice. And Ethan was shocked. He hadn't thought for a second that he would one day be at the mercy of Sabito.

‘What is happening? How did I fall to the ground?’ Ethan questioned himself. And he was lost in answering it. He wondered what could be happening.

Sabito raised his hand to punch Ethan's face. “I will hit you so bad if you do not buy back his launch.” Sabito raised his voice.

Ethan forced himself up on his feet. He picked out five dollars and Sabito snatched it from him.

“This is not over yet, Sabito.” He spoke with a threatening, audible and cold voice.

Sabito arched his eyebrows and hissed. Ethan turned and he left with his friends while Sabito returned to his table.

People on that table clapped their hands to honor Sabito. “Wow! Where did you learn that combat skill from?” One of the people on the seat asked Sabito.

But instead of Sabito to reply, he handed over the money to the owner of the food that got wasted.

“I am sorry for the trouble I caused. Use that to buy another launch.” Sabito spoke with a settling voice.

“Thank you Sabito.” The student appreciated it, stood up and went to get another food.

“Your combat skills are fucking good. Can you teach me?” Another student seated from across the table asked.

Sabito half-smiled. “Can we just focus on eating?” Sabito refrained himself from saying anything meaningful. He knew those students are only after productive individuals.

In Oakenshield High, they valued and revered the strong and mock the weak. And Sabito wasn't ready to befriend the likes of them. He only wanted one true friend.

“I wish I could be like Sabito. Look at how he defended himself.” A voice from another table who witnessed what happened earlier remarked.

Sabito felt honoured. He ate his food in pride and when he was done, he took his leave with his new found friend back to the class.

When Sabito returned to the class, he realized everyone became busy with their phones and he wondered what they were doing on their phones.

He had barely taken his seat when a student rushed up to rush up to him, whisking out his phone and showing him the screen. “Sabito, you are trending on the school portal.” The students informed him. Sabito's face widened with disbelief. “Why on earth will I be trending?” He asked.

It happened that what happened in the dining room was recorded and posted in the school information group.

“The video is about how you stood up to Ethan in the dining room.” Just as he declared, Ethan happened to walk in at that moment.