THE HELLISH SYSTEM

Chapter eleven

My hands grasped my phone gently. My gaze was fixed on the screen. I could barely believe it. 

 I was twelve million dollars richer. A money that was not befitting of a small boy like me. 

 You know that moment you saw the zero at the back of the actual number. You lose focus. 

 That was exactly what happened to me. 

 My head swells, and my palms become sweaty. I looked around the school, and I noticed some of the students were beginning to know my weird behaviour. 

 I have a lot of bills to settle. I need to buy books and also invest. The school were filled with different calibres of students whose parents got their money from gambling, investment, fraud and many other atrocities. 

 But most of them like to deny the fact that their parents were a bunch of criminals. Rather, they prefer to flaunt their parents wealth and oppress the poor, like me. 

 But not anymore. 

 I looked at the message I was seeing right in front of me. I have been upgraded. 

 That was also a good thing, right?

 But what I failed to realise was that I was being open to attacks from other system users. I had believed I was the only one. I knew just who to talk to about investment. 

 His name was Felix Xavier. Everyone knows his parents to be good investors. 

 Also, the school was divided into four categories. The kings or queen, the chiefs, the title holders and, of course, the citizen. 

 I happened to find myself in that category of the citizen. At least not until I have the backing of the system. 

 I also need to change my status. Many of the students were beginning to wonder where my parents were from. 

 I need to give them something to talk about, but how? 

 I was from the orphanage. No father, no mother, and definitely I don't have any family. I had lived my life all alone. Shouldering responsibilities. Maybe that was why I wanted Selena so badly that I didn't see she was using me. 

 As I walked, I could hear the whispering of the students. They all were in surprise and wondered how I rose to the top all of a sudden. The school authorities were beginning to notice that too, and I was given some liberty to do whatever I wanted. 

 The same power that was given to Frank. I had tried to make sure Ethan and Aiden knew their place, but they still hover around me like death. Hoping to catch me unaware. 

But I was death myself. The hellish system was in my favour. 

I walked into the computer room looking for Felix Xavier. I walked to one of the computer students who told me Felix was at the library. 

"Thanks." I said with a smile. I dipped my hands into my pocket and dropped a bundle of money on the table. 

"What is this for?" She asked, staring at me in surprise. 

"You can keep that. It is for you being nice." I replied and walked away. 

The students parted ways from me, seeing what I did once again.

"Do you see that? I knew he was rich." 

"Maybe even richer than Frank. I want him to be my boyfriend." The girl said, looking at her friends. 

"Be your boyfriend? And what will your parents say about a girl that brought home a citizen as a suitor?" The other replied, and the rest burst into laughter. 

I stood abruptly, their words hitting me to the core. I knew what I had to do. First, I need to make sure to make an impact in the school, just like Frank, who was the best basketball player in the school. 

I also needed to make myself known, and also I needed to get my profile all over the internet. 

"Hello, ladies." I said moving closer to them. 

They giggled seeing that I was being nice and friendly. But then, I looked at the girl who wanted a shot at me. "Will you be my girlfriend?" I said flashing a tooth at her. 

The others were caught unaware. "You do know a lot of ladies here would jump at the very sight of me asking them out. So what is it going to be, Zed?" I asked, staring at her green eyes. 

"I would love to." Zed shouted, clapping her hands. 

"Here is my card and also my number. Feel free to call me." I smiled as I walked away. 

"Did you think he heard us?"

"Omg! I am going to be dating one of the richest guys on campus." Zed shouted while her friend hugged her. 

Some of them were jealous, while the rest were sceptical and also wanted a slice of the national cake. 

I walked towards the library where most of the students gathered, not minding their levels. But of course, there's a register for how the library was used. 

The king and queen go in the morning, while the rest can use the time of the day. Felix happened to fall in the second category. 

As I entered the library, all eyes were on me, with most of them wondering what I was looking for.

I caught sight of Felix. He was seated all alone with an HP laptop right in front of him. 

Almost all the students know Felix. He wasn't just good at what he did, but he had a lot of secrets hidden with him. 

I glide towards him with a smile on my face. I noticed the eyes that followed me wondering where I was going too. 

Felix was damn costly; no one could afford his services. Just the kings and queen on the campus. But I was not just anyone anymore. I was having the money; they could change my fate and even make me the richest student on campus. 

"Felix." I said slowly taking a seat by his side. 

Felix, whose head was darting over the keypad, said nothing. He adjusted his glasses. "How can I help the richest student on campus?" He said with a smile. 

I looked around and whispered into his ears. 

Felix looked at me. "Of course I can do it, but it is going to cost you." 

"How much?" I asked without flinching.