My Survival System In An Apocalyptic World

Watchful Eyes

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Teacher Kang had even more black lines on his face, watching the already madly injured and soaked Gray stand from the fountain's pond, turning his butt to face everyone while placing his hands on his ears to mock them. 

Why didn't he notice how shameless Gray was?

What was he? 3? 

Even a 3-year-old could act better than him.

"Lalalalalalalalalalalala~... I'm safe, I'm safe, you all cannot hit me, you all cannot touch me, I'm safe I'm safe, I'm fucking safe, so you can all kiss my ass!"

Teacher Kang was amazed at how one person had the ability to anger the masses. 

Everyone who was about to receive punishment had fiery eyes that for a moment glowed an imaginary red and evil hue.

Their fists were clenched and even the ordinary people had a menacing aura that was hard to miss.

Their hairs were standing up in fury and Teacher Kang felt that should he throw Gray from the fountain into the masses, he might be beaten to death, eaten alive, and even his bones boiled in a broth soup to appease their fury.

Teacher Kang didn't know why, but he suddenly had the premonition that this guy would give him a whirlpool of headaches from today onward. 

Luckily, it was Gray's last school year. 

Teacher Kang thought that a person like Gray who entered the school already crippled, while all taking additional injuries prior to entering, should have the brains to lay low and be humble. 

Clearly, he underestimated the student's shamelessness.

"Bastard!" He barked furiously. "What are you still doing there? Admiring the flowers? If I blink my eyes, open them and still see you there, I'll let you join the group since you miss them so much."

Gray's lips twitched.

Miss them? Don't be silly. Do you not see they all want him dead? 

He was more than comfortable talking smack when he was on this side of the gates. 

"Teacher Kang, I thought you were a nice guy. Throwing him to the masses was public execution and you know it!" Gray inwardly retorted. 

Just thinking of the consequences was enough to cause Gray's legs to move on their own without any instructions from his brain. 

Still, his mouth couldn't let this situation fly like this. 

"Teacher, you said I should vanish before you blink; but is that fair to an injured, common, innocent, cute and wonderful person like myself?"

"_"

"What's more, haven't you already blinked 3 times now?"

"_"

"Unfairness! Unfairness to the poor and innocent! I want to protest! I want to fight for my rights! I want to pro-! 

"Protest my foot!" Teacher Kang exclaimed, taking off one of his dynamite boots and shooting into the school grounds. It almost landed its mark on Gray.

How is this for unfairness?

Boom!

A very audible but small explosion echoed, as the ground close to Gray's street shook and crudely made pavement blocks were now flying several feet high before landing away from the little crater created by impact. 

F***!

"Old bastard Kang, are you trying to kill him? That could be me, you know?"

"Old bastard? Gray Ravenleaf, you are getting older and bolder by the second."

Oops. 

Gray wanted to slap his lips, recalling what he just blurted out. Seeing how red Teacher Kang's head was turning, how dare he stay back any longer?

"This is not over! I will have my last laugh! Ha-hah~!"

"You bloody bastard! You better run or I swear I'll take you on a private tour to Death Valley myself!"

Teacher Kang spoke and cursed so hard that his entire face and body began turning into a peculiar shade of red.

Seeing Teacher Kang so furious, everyone else's anger subsided a bit… though they still swore to teach Gray a lesson once they returned to school after 3 hours of punishment.

So what if he was crippled? Who asked him to be such an eyesore? 

"Ah! I have to get to the classroom, the first class is Miss Han's."

Very quickly, Gray limped his bloody, wet, and dirty body away, still trying to act like he was in a whirl of pain.

Luckily for him, he kept his act up so well that no one could doubt him, as he fell, crawled, cursed at the pain in his legs. 

The way he limped was also comical too. Nonetheless, it was good he kept up with appearances because high, far in a towering tower next to the school, 2 men stood on a balcony.

The light in their eyes was that which commanded authority.

One of them had arms crossed against his chest, while another had arms in his pockets, as they both leaned against the wall underneath the shaded part of the balcony.

One was red-haired, and another was dark-haired. 

The red-haired one smiled slyly. 

He had thick red fur wrapped around his neck. 

His suit and hat were also black with red buttons and red lining too. 

His suspenders were of course red, and his gloves red as well.

Pfft~

He couldn't help it. He coughed on his cigar, almost laughing to the point of his boy hurting. 

What a character. The man swore that in all his travels, he has never seen anyone as entertaining as Gray. 

With a cigar in his mouth, he really couldn't stop laughing. 

"Spade, I think you're getting a bit too slack. It's amazing that you crippled an ordinary boy and he's still so active. Are you sure you didn't go soft on him? The fact that he is so alive and full of energy enough to make an entire group want to kill him is amazing."

Amazing? If you consider that a talent.

Spade looked at the documents in his hands and nodded. "The boy's life is too strong. Looking at his report, it's also a miracle he didn't die or sustain any brain injuries these past years."

Even Spade was maxed by how big torture this guy had put up with growing up till now. 

Are you sure you're not almost in a negative state? Are you sure you're truly sound in mind? 

Even Spade doubted he would have survived so long without any talents or powerful backers.

"The boy has endurance, I'll give him that." 

You have to know that even though Spade never unleashed his Awakened powers at the boy, his physical strengths were something many couldn't handle. 

He did lower it to 0.01% when crippling the boy's legs. This small bit was enough to keep ordinary people pile the boy bedridden.

Yet, the boy was still up....