Chapter 84: Reason for Bullying? (1/2)

After getting the instruction from his master, Theo decided to hole up in his apartment, trying to practice his spear technique and Awareness. Of course, the room was small, so he pushed all unnecessary things from the center and imagined holding a spear since it would just hit the wall.

He didn't even care about Alea since there was no agreement beforehand, forgetting the fact they didn't even have each other's contact numbers.

Still, it was a fulfilling rest since he didn't need to be in constant fear like on the other side.

When Sunday arrived, Theo prepared everything, including his spear. Yet, he felt as if his feet were chained down to the ground when he was about to leave. His eyes were fixated on his mask.

Theo decided to take one minute to consider it. First of all, the benefit of using a mask was to prevent anyone from knowing his identity, but he would stand out either way since Alea's presence was the biggest one in school.

At the same time, Alea would probably realize he was the Joker just by putting on a mask when no one did it. Hence, he didn't plan to bring it with him.

After considering a few more pros and cons, he decided to bring it as a backup plan, hiding it in his bag since everything could happen. Either way, he didn't care anymore if Alea knew about his other identity.

The trip to the school took only a few minutes. Surprisingly, Alea seemed to wait for him by the school gate and ended up creating traffic since many boys and girls wished to know her teammate.

When their eyes intertwined, Theo realized he didn't think it through and raised his vision before returning to normal.

It was a signal for her and only Alea would understand this.

Theo didn't wait for her and went to the main building's roof first since they needed to talk somewhere private.

Unbeknownst to both of them, there was another pair that had been waiting for her mysterious teammate. They were none other than Sihan and Ellen pair.

Knowing her best friends for almost a decade, Ellen already learned about her eyes. Her body swayed left and right as if the wind blew her, but it just showed a bit of her excitement.

”What are you doing?” Sihan tilted his head in confusion.

Ellen's eyes were half-open like her usual appearance. With a small smile on her face, Ellen answered half-heartedly, ”I have finally found Alea's teammate. It's surprising to be honest.”

”Hmm? Who?” Sihan felt a bit curious about the strongest student's partner in this competition since they might fight against each other sooner or later. He tried to look at Alea's face again but found nothing out of the ordinary.

”Do you remember the guy you protected a month ago? It was a fight in the gym.”

”!!!” Sihan widened his eyes and opened his mouth in surprise. Of course, he remembered this person.

”Now that I think about it… I was curious about that guy after defeating Laust, so I searched his information for a day and found out that you bullied him. Well, I'd confirmed the rumor was true too.” Ellen squinted her eyes with a serious expression in that lazy expression of her. ”What was your reason?”

Sihan closed his eyes and calmed down before shaking his head. ”It's nothing.”