Boring.
That's the only word repeating in his brain as he had to listen to the teacher explain basic economics from zero.
He had already gone through all this and hated it, now having to repeat it again he couldn't help but groan in annoyance.
He looked to his right and noticed Yuuto looking at him as he practically melted in his chair, making a finger gun he put it to the side of his head and mimicked shooting.
A smile spread on the blonde's face as he covered a giggle, he wasn't mad about the stuff from before which was good to know.
He could tease him and he probably wouldn't get angry at him.
He looked at the clock as the seconds passed as slow as only time could be.
Finally, the bell rang.
"Okay everyone, that's going to be it for the day, don't forget to fortify your knowledge on the subjects we touched on today."
He stood up and yet again the seat next to his was filled with girls of all sizes trying to win the blonde boy over.
"Kiba-san, want to go back home with me?!"
"Hey! Don't push!"
"Kiba-sama! Please step on my face!"
Stepping in towards Kiba, the sea of females parted as he towered over the average-height Japanese girls.
"Yuu-chan, you said you were gonna show me around, wanna go now?"
Kiba quickly realized this was another one of his tries to help him get out of trouble and decided to go with it.
"Ah, of course." The blonde nodded as he put on a fake apologetic expression on his face "I'm sorry girls, I promised Alex-san here to show him around town, maybe next time?"
Before any of them could reply Alex wrapped his arm around Yuuto's shoulder and basically dragged him away.
Seemingly speechless, most of the girls just stood there watching the interaction.
A girl wearing glasses spoke a very audible whisper.
"Kiba-san is getting corrupted by the albino delinquent... That's so hot..."
Suddenly getting glared at by 90% of the classroom, the glasses girl rapidly scurried away from view.
"You got a lot of trouble with saying no, don't you?"
Kiba rubbed the back of his head, shame clearly written on his face.
"It's not that I can't say no..."
"But..?"
"But I just don't wanna make them feel bad after they gathered their courage to talk to me, you know?"
Alexander sighed as he heard those words.
"You know what also takes a lot of courage?"
"What?"
Pointing his finger at his face Alex spoke sternly.
"Killing someone."
Pushing the finger away Kiba just smiled in disbelief.
"Why are you comparing high school girls with killers?"
Shrugging, he replied with what he had in mind.
"What's the difference?"
Pushing him away, the blonde couldn't help but laugh at the nonsensical answer he got from the albino.
"You're such a dumbass."
With a cocky smile, Alexander quipped back.
"Don't come crying to me when a high school girl finally snaps at you for not drawing the line and Lorena Bobbit's you."
Yuuto smiled teasingly at the taller boy.
"Is perhaps, the delinquent with a heart of gold, actually worried about me?"
Grasping his own chest dramatically, Alexander spun and posed with his hand high up in the air as he replied.
"So much so yond the bethought of thy demise maketh mine own weary heart ache with such unbelievable teen!"
Yuuto giggled again.
"You're so stupid."
Barely noticing time go by they had reached the entrance of the school, the blonde seemingly snapping out of the trance that was the back and forth with the taller boy.
A sad expression passed Kiba's face.
"I'm... going to have a talk with the person I talked to you about today..."
The albino quietly nodded as he waited for Kiba to continue.
"I-, umm, maybe tomorrow we can go back home together?"
A smile showed on Alexander's face.
"I would love that."
Yuuto showed a bright smile at his words, which then turned into a teasing one.
"Love, huh? Pretty big word for someone you just met today."
Putting his hand over Yuuto's hair, he scuffed it around.
"You can try and make me blush all you want, Yuu-chan." While Kiba was busy blushing at the nickname and fixing his hair Alexander closed in on his ear. "But as you already know, you're fighting a losing battle." As he finished the whisper, he gave the blonde's ear a small lick.
Instantly the boy jumped back five full meters, holding his ear as an atomic blush filled his face.
"W-W-What the hell is wrong with you, you pervert!?"
Alexander couldn't help but laugh, the cornered rabbit look with the dishevelled hair made for quite the comedic experience.
"Sorry cherry boy, it's another win for me."
Pointing his finger at the albino, the blonde shouted with embarrassment.
"Shut up! Degenerate! I don't swing that way anyways!"
Alexander merely shrugged, an extremely smug expression overflowing from his face.
"I never said anything about orientation when I called you cherry boy."
Blushing up to an extent where it could very well be stronger than the intensity of the sun, Yuuto couldn't hold the back and forth anymore.
"Go die!"
He rapidly walked away, trying his best to avoid further embarrassment to himself.
The albino chuckled as he looked around the empty front gate, left alone and with thoughts of what he had to do now.
"Guess it's time to get some 'tools', I wonder where's the nearest store..."
Beep
"Duffle bag."
Beep
"Hoodie."
Beep
"Emergency phone."
Beep
"Face mask."
Beep
"Knife."
Beep
"Steel wire."
Beep
"Construction gloves."
Beep
"Steel-toe boots."
As the cashier finished passing each item, she took a look at him.
Alex simply gave her a blank look back, neither of them saying a word.
"That'll be fifteen thousand yen, sir."
He took out a few notes and gave them to her.
Taking his bag with him, he could hear the mutterings of the cashier as he walked away.
"Did I just sell to a serial killer...?"
He chuckled at that but at the same time realized she wasn't really wrong, he was going to kill people after all.
Outside the store, he used his skill for the first time.
"《Dungeon Finder》"
A small pulse of energy emanating from his body quickly covered the totality of Kuoh as information began to fill his brain with the many options he had to choose from.
He knew there was an empty church filled with Fallen and Stray Exorcists, very clearly where Raynare and the other crow people would be at, but that was too much for him to chew on at the moment.
Some of the more noticeable Dungeons he could feel included Stray Devils and even some deserting Youkais but he had the self-awareness of the fact that he was a below Base Human right now, fighting any supernatural being was but a dream in the distance lest he wanted to eat through a straw for the rest of his new life.
Searching for a bit he found what he was looking for, a small crime syndicate was kidnapping runaway girls and making them prostitutes.
"Time to be a hero."
《Run-away Girls: Started!》
In front of him was a "security guard" blocking the entrance to the place.
He didn't waste any time as he quickly put on a worried expression on his face.
"Hey man, I think I saw a girl trying to get out of this building through the window in the alleyway and I thought I should tell you about it before she gets hurt."
With his thumb, Alexander pointed towards the alley next to the building located in the "red light" part of Kuoh.
The muscular man quickly stood up with a pale expression on his face, almost in a sprint he went into the alleyway and, of course, Alexander followed.
"Where the fuck is that bitch, she's gonna get me fucking fi-"
As he tried to finish his sentence, the guard felt the cold grip of a steel wire around his neck, the wire crushed both his arteries and was starting to crush his windpipe at the same time.
He tried with great effort to get it off his neck with his fingers and nails to no avail, five seconds later he was out, head bouncing against the pavement as Alexander let the man's unconscious body drop.
"Let's make sure you're not gonna come back for me later, buddy."
Lifting his boot, Alexander stomped on the man's head about fourteen times until he heard the man choking in his own blood and his skull cracking.
*GrOoOoOoOoOwL*
He looked down at his stomach.
"Really? We're in the open, and I've barely started, read the mood."
Moving away from the guard's soon-to-be-dead body, Alexander started thinking about what his game plan was going to be.
Inside the small building, rooms filled the first floor's left and right sides in a manner that wouldn't look out of place in an apartment complex.
In the rooms, young-looking girls of questionable age were accompanied by clearly older men who had faces that showed the lascivious feelings found in their rotten minds.
A single emotion filled his body coming face to face with such disgusting events.
That emotion was hate, hate for a justice system that allowed these types of events to happen, maybe even allowed via bribery for these crimes to happen.
Hearing about such circumstances and seeing them face to face was very different, the last one had made a clear and deep impact on him.
With the knife in his hand, he started tapping the windows of each room, one by one their doors opened showing both the girls and the men inside.
The expression on the faces of those present ranged from annoyance at getting interrupted to relief from not having to deal with the men anymore.
Reaching the end of the hallway his voice reverberated through it.
"Hello, good evening everyone, I'm here to kill some very bad people, so if you will please, the disgusting reprobates can leave, for now, the girls please stick together and go into a room while the police arrive."
Finished speaking he realized no one had moved from their spot, sighing to himself he raised his voice.
"Well, what the fuck are you waiting for?! Chop chop!"
The men quickly left the building, some even tripped over each other as they pushed to get out of the building quickly.
As for the girls, they silently followed what he told them, every now and then they warily looked back to see if he was going to do something unexpected.
He just shooed them and when they were finally all locked in the room and relatively safe, he started walking upstairs into the "office" part of the building.
The first thing he saw were two muscular men talking to each other about stuff he couldn't be bothered to try to hear or understand, as soon as they saw him one of them stepped up to him with his hand pushing forward.
"Sir, you can't-"
Before he finished the sentence Alexander slashed the man's carotid and blood started gushing out like a geyser as he tried to put pressure on a wound that was too big and bleeding too fast for it to work, the sudden violence left the second muscular man stunned as it had come out of nowhere.
Recovering from the shock, the other man quickly reached for his pocket but Alexander was first to attack, with a downward stab from an icepick grip he tore into the man's face.
He repeated the motion six more times leaving the man's face looking like roadkill, his body dropping like a puppet with its strings cut off.
The albino stood over the bodies and then knelt down searching them for anything that could be useful to him.
The man he cut the neck of had a taser in his blazer's pocket while the roadkill face had a tanto.
Pocketing the two, he switched the kitchen knife he brought for the tanto he looted.
He observed the corpses as he thought about what he was going to do next.
*GrOoOoOoOoWL*
"Come on dude..."
Sighing to himself, he knelt down next to the man who had gotten stabbed in the face and quickly punctured his chest.
From the initial incision, he cut the man down the stomach Alexander then proceeded to shove his hand under his ribcage to grab the heart.
He was not mentally prepared to eat a brain, not yet at least.
Without dwelling in his own thoughts anymore, Alexander began, with no special nor specific technique, to cut and remove the arteries, veins and everything else that was currently holding the heart in place, after some struggle he finally managed to get it out.
The heart had stopped beating a while ago, despite this, it was still filled with blood but it hadn't coagulated.
Without thinking it more, he pulled down his face mask and shoved the heart of the man in his mouth quickly starting to chew it believing he was going to despise the experience.
There was no resistance or hard pieces, his teeth tore through the meat like it was butter and its taste was somehow similar to a cooked well done cow's heart if anything.
Swallowing the heart, a sudden hit of dopamine slammed against his brain.
《Skill Acquired: Novice Dagger Mastery》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Intimidation》
《Skill Acquired: Novice Unarmed Combat》
《You've consumed something stronger than you [F- Strength] [F- Constitution] [F- Agility] [F- Dexterity] have ranked up to F Rank!》
The knowledge he didn't have before entered his brain like a torrent, showering it completely with different techniques he could use.
His muscles bulged and tightened as they became stronger and thicker, he felt himself become heavier but instead of feeling more sluggish he actually felt faster than before.
The temperature of his body quickly raised to a point where sweat evaporated as it exited his body.
A few seconds passed and the dopamine went down as did every other side effect, without wasting more time he performed the same steps to the other man.
His hoodie's sleeves were by now drenched in blood as he tore into the heart with gusto, not because of the taste, mind you, but because of the feeling of getting stronger.
《Novice Unarmed Combat has gained experience!》
《Competent Intimidation has gained experience!》
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Escape Tactics》
《Skill Acquired: Novice Blunt Damage Resistance》
《You've consumed something stronger than you [F Strength] [F Constitution] [F Agility] [F Dexterity] have ranked up to F+ Rank!》
A laugh escaped Alexander's mouth as the feeling of new information and power washed over him almost getting him high during the process.
Sighing in contentment as the emotions died down, he kept walking towards the main room in the office.
He could hear voices on the other side of the room as he got closer, testing out the new strength he had acquired, he kicked the door down in the only way he could think about.
"Dynamic Entry!"
The shocked faces of four people stared back at him as he looked down and saw a man underneath the door he had kicked, his skull fractured and blood spilling by the litre.
Taking advantage of the situation he ran with the tanto in a reverse grip and stabbed the man closest to him three times in the chest.
"Get him!"
The fat man who he guessed was the boss pointed at him as the other three men started to rush him.
He put his back against a corner of the room so they couldn't be able to attack his blindspots.
The first man rushed him with an overhead slash of a butcher's cleaver.
His instincts made him react before he could think and he was able to dodge out of the way by a few centimetres, as the man had overswung his attack and he was left wide open to a counterattack, his face was practically parallel to the ground.
With the tanto still in the reverse grip, he stabbed the man in the area of the cerebellum killing him instantly.
The man dropped like a ragdoll with the tanto stuck to the base of his skull, before the albino could recover the tanto another man was trying to attack him.
With a Chef's knife, the man stabbed forward in an irregular manner, trying his best to hit anything, unfortunately, he was too slow and too predictable for his newly gained power.
Exploiting the weak point of the exaggerated attack, Alexander stopped dodging and countered with a right hand to the chin of the man, completely shutting his lights off.
The last man attacked with an overhand left, on his hands were two brass knuckles, his objective clearly to catch him off guard.
That, of course, didn't happen.
The albino side-stepped the punch and delivered a high kick to the man's dome, shin met the skull and the man's brain shook in his cranium bruising and making his bodily functions disappear, as if he was awaiting burial, the man dropped to the floor unceremoniously.
Alexander was breathing heavily by now, he wasn't immune to the side effects of adrenaline after all, at least not yet.
The tall boy and the stocky man squared off against each other.
The fat man's hands quickly moved towards a drawer in his desk in a hurried manner, seeing this Alexander could only assume the worst and therefore attacked before he got attacked.
Taking a full sprint, he jumped over the desk with a flying knee aimed at the fat man's face.
The boss proved to be more agile than he had assumed as he quickly rolled away from the place he had previously been in evading his attack.
As he had feared, in the fat man's hand was a gun, a revolver to be specific.
BANG BANG BANG
Getting under the desk he quickly lifted it and threw it in the direction of the boss.
Again the man dodged away but this time Alexander was ready.
As the man pointed the revolver at him, Alexander acted and tackled the man to the floor.
He quickly used the taser he had previously looted and jammed it against the man's neck electrocuting him.
Instantly, the stocky short man went stiff.
Electricity coursed through his body as he was unable to stop it as all his muscles were currently spasming.
The albino let go for half a second as he quickly stood up and before the man could regain his senses, he stomped on his head with all the strength he had left.
SLAM SLAM SLAM SLAM CRUNCH
With the last stomp, he knew it was over.
Taking a step back, he let out a tired breath.
Almost forgetting the two knocked-out men, he moved towards them and proceeded to take out their hearts with the knife he had brought before.
《Novice Dagger Mastery has gained experience!》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Singing》
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Guitar Mastery》
The heart of the knife-wielding man gave him Skills he didn't expect making him chuckle at the gap between the person and the skill.
Opening his mouth he started chewing on the heart of the man who was using the knuckledusters.
《Skill Acquired: Competent Boxing》
《Compentent Boxing has been added as experience to Novice Unarmed Combat!》
《Novice Unarmed Combat has Ranked Up and is now Competent Unarmed Combat!》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Gardening》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Cleaning》
《Skill Acquired: Novice Cooking》
A laugh escaped his mouth as he saw the skills.
"What is this, the househusband crime syndicate?"
Pulling the man he had previously crushed under the door free, he made quick work and got his heart in the palm of his hand.
He had to admit, he was getting good at the whole heart removal ordeal.
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Accounting》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Math Mastery》
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Problem Solving》
Alexander whistled at the high-ranked Skills he had obtained, they might not be anything special but they'd probably help him in the future, of which he was sure.
He approached the man with a tanto sticking out of the base of their skull and pulled it out, throwing the weapon in the duffle bag he removed the man's heart.
《You've consumed something below your Rank, no Skills gained!》
The albino man scratched the back of his head as he read the message.
"Well, ain't that just annoying... There goes my plan of getting easier skill experience with weaker enemies..."
Muttering to himself he walked over to where the boss' body lay, grabbing the revolver he had been using, he threw it inside the duffle bag.
Removing the fat man's shirt greeted him with the sight of a bulletproof vest.
*GrOoOoOoOoWL*
"Geez, okay I get it..."
The albino teen removed the bulletproof vest from the stocky man with some difficulty, bringing it to his mouth, he took a bite.
"Hmm, flavourless potato chips..."
That was the first thing that popped into his mind as he chewed on the ceramic and the kevlar inside the cloth of the vest.
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Pierce Resistance》
《Skill Acquired: Advanced Impact Absorption》
《Advanced Impact Absorption has been added as experience to Novice Blunt Damage Resistance!》
《Novice Blunt Damage Resistance has Ranked Up and is now Advanced Blunt Damage Resistance!》
A small shockwave flowed through his skin as the skin became denser and more resistant, the high wasn't as strong as the first few times he had gained skills which were both good and bad, on one hand, it would keep him from getting addicted to that feeling, on the other it felt really good.
"Now, let's see what else you have here, bud."
Repeating the process of cutting and removing the organ, Alex consumed the heart hoping to get something good out of it.
《Skill Acquired: Competent Leadership》
《Skill Acquired: Competent Smuggling》
《Skill Acquired: Novice Tactics》
《Advanced Escape Tactics has been added as experience to Novice Tactics!》
《Novice Tactics has Ranked Up and is now Competent Tactics!》
The knowledge washed over him as a new perspective of the world opened for him, he realized previous mistakes in the fight he had just been in and at the same time, he noticed many times in which disengaging would have been the preferable option lest he gets killed again.
As he looked around the room he saw the multiple exits he had available, the windows, the vents, the doors.
It was almost overwhelming in a sense to realize how much he had missed, how much he had been blind to.
Taking a deep breath, he relaxed his body.
Adrenaline dropping, he started to feel the physical exhaustion and the strain on his entire body.
His hands and legs ached from the fights and he needed some time to process everything that was going on in his head.
As he looked around he saw a painting behind the desk of the boss, this wouldn't be out of place in most locations except in a room where there was no more decor to accompany the painting.
Grabbing the painting and moving it away he came face to face with a safe.
"Jackpot."
It was the usual combination lock safe, he tried pulling the handle to open it but found no luck on his side.
He almost decided to turn away and leave it, keyword being almost.
Before he gave up, the description of his main skill came to mind.
"I hope no one is recording this..."
Putting his face next to the safe Alexander proceeded to push the handle of the safe into his mouth and start gnawing on the metal.
Little by little his teeth ate away at the safe's door, eating a bit of wall on the way.
"Ugh, this tastes awful..."
With the door of the safe fully eaten and removed, all that was left to observe was the loot for him to get.
A few high purity gold and silver bars, a lot of documments and accounting books, wads of Yen, and finally an Uzi and six boxes each of 9mm and .45 ammunition.
Alexander whistled in appreciation, without wasting more time he emptied the safe into the duffle bag and started to walk away.
Before he could exit the room, three messages popped up in his line of sight.
《Run-away Girls: Completed!》
Objectives:
¤Don't let any of the girls die: PASSED
¤Eliminate all the members: PASSED
¤Adquire the Boss' Loot: PASSED
¤Kill all the paedophiles: FAILED
¤Don't alert authorities: FAILED
Summary: B+
Reward:
3 Gacha Pulls / The Loot from the Office
His eyes focused on the last failed objective of the "dungeon".
"Fuck."
He pushed away the other messages, wasting no time in escaping he started running.
He quickly moved through the office, escaping as fast as his exhausted body would permit him to.
Dropping out of a window into the alleyway opposite the one in which he had killed the guard, he found himself face to face with a police squad.
Frozen by the situation, he waited.
And just like he waited, he was rewarded by the sight of the police walking right past him without sparing him a look.
"What..?"
The two alerts he had previously dismissed popped back up again, this time with an angry red colour.
《Applying Veil of Darkness to the user in order to facilitate exiting the dungeon!》
《Dungeon Cleared! Great Job! P.d: Learn to read dumbass.》
Sighing deeply he just bowed his head and prayed to wherever the rotten goddess resided.
"Thank you, I'll make sure to make you an altar as soon as possible! Deus Ex Machina Banzai!"
Finding it sufficient he grabbed the duffle bag and quietly walked back home.
"I really need a shower right now..."
Rias Gremory sat in the Occult Research Club by herself, on her hand was a book about the Momoyama Period and next to her was a cup of tea.
Softly playing in the background was BWV 1060 by Bach, loud enough to be heard but not loud as to disturb her reading.
A knock was heard on the door, looking at the door and how none of the security had reacted to someone entering she understood it was one of her peerage members.
"Come in."
Through the door came Yuuto Kiba, unlike the usual smile he carried, on his face was a more serious tone.
"Buchou, may I talk to you about something."
"Of course, take a seat."
Yuuto sat on one of the couches in front of the desk, looking down at his hands he tried to find the words he wanted to say.
"Buchou, you've done things for me that I can't even begin to understand how to pay you back for..."
Rias hummed as Yuuto continued to think over his words before speaking.
"You gave me a place, a new life, a family... I just don't know what I should do to give something back to you..."
Letting silence fill the room for a minute, Rias stood up from her chair and sat next to Yuuto.
"Yuuto, I saved you because I could see your talent, what you would become as you aged."
Yuuto nodded and went to speak but he was interrupted.
"But also because it was the right thing to do."
Rias patted Yuuto's head as he kept looking down.
"As you said, I gave you a family, and as family, all I expect from you is your support, nothing else and nothing more."
"Buchou..."
Unable to hold back his tears the blonde let the crystal drops fall from his eyes.
"It's okay, you don't need to do anything for me Yuuto, the only thing I want is for you to be true to yourself, that way you'll reach your full potential, I'm sure of it."
The redhead consoled the crying boy as she enveloped him in a warm and caring hug.
Calming down Yuuto looked up at Rias, and a small smile appeared on his face.
"Thank you, Rias..."
Rias smiled back, as she patted his head again.
"Anything for my cute little brother."
The blonde gave an embarrassed chuckle at the nickname.
"I do have a question though."
Perking up at the words Yuuto straightened up to reply to his saviour.
"What made you think about all of this?"
"Oh."
A small sound of realization came out of Yuuto's mouth and he smiled thinking about the person Rias was inquiring about.
"It's one of the new 3rd years, they're an annoying one but the type of person that is hard to get angry with."
Rias wiggled her eyebrows suggestingly as she came closer to the blonde with a smug expression on her face.
"Sounds like you got a really good impression of this person Yuuto-kun~"
The blonde laughed a bit at the statement.
"Not at all, but, I guess they're nice people..."
Alexander sat in the main room of the house, watching the news on the T.V as he rubbed an anti-inflammation cream on his legs and hands.
"The next images as extracted from the corrupted data of CCTV are quite disturbing, viewer discretion is advised. Visible in the images a mysterious man could be seen taking out the first member of this criminal organization-"
A sudden cold hit him and he squeezed loudly, out of his mouth came a little piece of heart.
"Ugh, that's disgusting..."
"Maybe you should bring them over so I can meet them sometime, Yuuto."
"We're not as close yet so maybe not."
Rias pouted at him for being denied the chance to satiate her curiosity, Yuuto just laughed as he found the expression amusing.
After a few minutes of back and forth, Yuuto decided to switch to a serious topic that also plagued his mind.
"The date for THAT event is coming closer, isn't it?"
Rias only looked down at her own hands as she nodded her head.
"Yes, I might have a chance to cancel the engagement though."
The blonde looked at her, waiting for her to elaborate but instead, she just smiled at him.
"It's gonna be okay, don't worry, yes?"
Yuuto nodded his head, inside his head his determination grew.
A determination to get stronger, to be true to himself and protect his family.
Beside him, Rias grew worried.
She was confident in her own strength and in the strength of her peerage but at the same time, her peerage wasn't as complete as it could or even should be.
Rias realized that the reason for this was her treatment of her peerage as family, after all, you don't let just anybody into your family.
So the questions began to circulate around her head, a solution to most of these, she has yet to find.
But in her heart, she knows that as long as she has her cute family, she could overcome anything.
END CHAPTER
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