Chapter 64: Revenge
[Station Main Hall]
Rex stood at the hallway entrance.
Ethan is beside him.
Watching.
At Raven holding Alex.
At Rose standing guard.
At Sebastian.
Rex’s face is pale.
"She really...care him that much.."
Ethan gripped his armrests.
"We messed up."
The butler behind them.
"Badly."
Rose stepped forward.
"Alex."
"Come with me when you’re done."
"Something good waiting."
Alex looked at Raven.
Squeezed her hand.
"Sorry."
"Can’t do the strip club tonight."
Raven’s face went red.
"YOU—"
Stomped her foot.
"Get lost!"
Alex grinned.
Then turned.
Looked at Rex and Ethan.
Walked toward them.
"Before I go..."
"One more thing."
Golden text appeared.
[SYSTEM CHOICE]
[Option 1: Shake hands and make peace!]
[Reward: Virtue Badge x1]
[Effect: When enemy tries to kill you, you can request handshake. 0.001% chance they spare you!]
[Option 2: Threaten them and tell them to leave!]
[Reward: Vine Control +1 Level]
[Option 3: Beat them up! Hard!]
[Reward: All Slime Attributes +10%!]
Alex stared.
Option 1?
What kind of garbage reward is that?!
0.001%?!
That’s basically nothing!
Option 2?
Not my style.
And vine control isn’t main combat.
Can get it from potions anyway.
Option 3.
10% all attributes.
Much better than one level.
Easy choice.
He walked faster.
Rex and Ethan backed up.
"Stay back—"
Alex reached Ethan.
Looked down at the wheelchair.
Smiled.
Wide.
Cold.
Grabbed the armrest.
Pulled.
CRACK.
Metal groaned.
Tore it off.
Ethan’s eyes went huge.
"What are you—"
Alex grabbed the other side.
SNAP.
Both armrests in his hands now.
Ethan tried to wheel away.
Too late.
Alex kicked the wheel.
Hard.
CLANG.
The wheelchair collapsed.
Frame bent.
Wheels spinning loose.
Ethan fell forward.
Hit the floor.
Face first.
"AH!"
Rolled to his side.
Then his stomach.
Trying to get up.
Ass in the air.
Bandages visible through torn pants.
White gauze.
Soaked through with old blood.
Alex looked at the armrest in his hand.
Metal. Curved.
About a foot long.
He smiled.
"You know..."
Walked closer.
"I should return this."
Ethan’s eyes widened.
"No—"
"Since you lost it."
Alex crouched.
Grabbed Ethan’s collar.
Flipped him.
Stomach down again.
"NO! PLEASE—"
Alex positioned the armrest.
Right above the bandaged area.
"Consider this..."
Pressed down.
Slowly.
"A gift."
THRUST.
The metal armrest drove into the wound.
Through the bandages.
Into the hole.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Ethan’s scream shattered the air.
Body convulsing.
Legs kicking.
Arms flailing.
Alex pushed deeper.
Twisted slightly.
"How’s that feel?"
Ethan couldn’t answer.
Just screaming.
Tears streaming.
Mouth open so wide.
Veins bulging in his neck.
Alex let go.
Left it there.
The armrest sticking up.
Like a flagpole.
Stood.
Turned to Rex.
Rex stumbled back.
Face white.
Hands up.
"Don’t—"
"I won’t—"
"We’re sorry—"
Alex’s foot shot up.
Between Rex’s legs.
THWACK.
Direct hit.
Rex’s face went white.
Mouth opened.
No sound.
Just air.
Body folding.
Hands shot down.
Covering his crotch.
Alex waited.
One second.
Two.
Rex started to curl forward.
Alex’s foot came around.
From behind.
CRACK.
Kicked his ass.
Hard.
Rex’s hands flew back.
Covering his rear.
Bent forward now.
Exposed in front.
Alex’s knee came up.
THUD.
Right into the crotch again.
"HNNG—"
Rex’s hands back to the front.
Cupping desperately.
Alex spun.
Kicked from behind again.
SMACK.
Right on the tailbone.
Rex’s hands flew back.
Can’t protect both sides.
Panicking.
"STOP—"
"PLEASE—"
Alex smiled.
"Sorry! I can’t control myself!"
Front kick.
THWACK.
Back kick.
CRACK.
Front.
Back.
Front.
Back.
Faster now.
Rex couldn’t keep up.
Hands moving frantically.
Front to back.
Back to front.
Never fast enough.
Each kick landed clean.
His face went from white to red to purple.
Eyes rolling.
Mouth hanging open.
Drool starting.
Alex grabbed his collar.
Held him up.
"Which side hurts more?"
Rex’s mouth moved.
No words.
Just gurgling.
"Can’t decide?"
Alex smiled.
"Let me help."
Knee to the crotch.
THUD.
Elbow to the lower back.
CRACK.
Knee again.
Elbow again.
Three times.
Four.
Five.
Rex’s eyes rolled back.
White foam at the corners of his mouth.
Bubbling.
Body went limp.
Alex let go.
Rex collapsed.
Hit the floor.
Twitching.
Foam spreading.
Alex turned to the butler.
Butler’s hand moved.
Some light appeared.
The sign of calling contract beast.
Alex smiled.
"Go ahead."
Gestured around.
"Summon it."
"Right here."
"In a police station."
"In front of Law Enforcement."
"In front of the Frost Family."
Pause.
"See what happens."
The butler’s hand stopped.
Jaw clenched, whole body trembled.
Alex stepped closer.
Face to face.
"Kill me, huh?"
Voice dropped.
Cold.
"Why don’t you want to kill me anymore? You can’t? Oh yeah, your just a dog."
The butler’s face went red.
Fists shaking.
"How does it feel?"
Alex gestured back.
At Rex foaming on the floor.
At Ethan whimpering.
"Watching your masters scream like that?"
The butler’s teeth ground together.
Veins bulging in his forehead.
Hands trembling.
"Must be lovely~"
The butler’s eye twitched.
Breath coming fast.
Chest heaving.
"You..."
Voice strangled.
"You’ll regret—"
"Will I?"
Alex smirked.
Turned around.
Back to Raven and the others.
The hall was silent.
Everyone staring.
All frozen.
[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
[Option 3 Complete!]
[Pie: All Attributes +10%!]
[Your way of tourturing is unbelievale!!]
[Gain extra reward! Pie’s power attirbute+20%!]
[Yourself gain 50% strengh! Make the ass kicking harder!]
After Rex and Ethan got kicked out.
Alex stood there.
Breathing steady now.
Feeling the new power warming his body.
AHU, i love system.
The golden pill Rose gave him.
Is also working fast.
Wounds closing.
Pain fading.
He rolled his shoulders.
Flexed his fingers.
Almost good as new.
Rose watched.
Eyes tracing his movements.
The way his muscles moved under torn fabric.
She swallowed.
Looked away.
"Alex."
Rose checked her watch and walked closer.
"It’s getting late."
Gestured to the door.
"We should go."
"Before traffic gets worse."
Alex looked at Raven.
She stood there.
Luna beside her.
Sebastian behind them both.
All watching him.
"Guess I should—"
Stopped.
Looked at her face.
Still pale.
Eyes red from crying.
He stepped forward.
Grabbed her waist.
Pulled her close.
"Wait—"
His lips pressed against hers.
Hard.
Quick.
Then let go.
"KYAAAAA!"
Luna’s scream echoed.
Hands flew to her mouth.
Eyes huge.
"RAVEN! HE JUST—"
"YOU GUYS JUST—"
"OH MY GOD—"
Raven stood frozen.
Face bright red.
Hand slowly rising.
Touching her lips.
"You..."
Voice barely a whisper.
Sebastian’s pen moved.
[Alex: Much bolder now. Initiated kiss in public setting.]
[Concern: If this confident at seventeen, future behavior unpredictable.]
[Recommendation: Monitor Miss Raven’s safety. Preventive measures needed.]
Alex grinned.
Stepped back.
"See you tomorrow, Cupcake."
Turned around.
Raven’s fist clenched.
Face still red.
But smiling.
Luna grabbed her.
Shaking her.
"RAVEN DID YOU FEEL IT?!"
"WAS IT GOOD?!"
"TELL ME EVERYTHING—"
...
Footsteps.
From the entrance.
Everyone turned.
A man walked in.
Tall. Broad shoulders.
Formal bearing.
Wilson.
But something was off.
His suit jacket torn at the shoulder.
Dirt on his collar.
A thin cut across his cheek.
Fresh blood.
He walked with a slight limp.
Chief Li straightened.
"Minister Wilson!"
Wilson waved him off.
Scanned the room.
Found Alex.
Walked over.
Stopped in front of him.
Looked him up and down.
"You’re okay."
Not a question.
Statement.
Relief in his voice.
Alex nodded.
"Yeah."
"Thanks for... uh..."
Gestured vaguely.
"Sending Rose."
Wilson’s lips twitched.
Almost smiled.
"She is pleased to do this."
Glanced at Rose.
"Am I right? Rose?"
Rose’s face stayed neutral.
"I don’t know what are you talking about."
But her ears went pink.
Wilson turned back to Alex.
"We need to talk."
Reached into his jacket.
Pulled out an envelope.
Thick. White.
Handed it to Alex.
"Open it."
Alex took it.
Tore it open.
A check inside.
He looked at the numbers.
Eyes went wide.
Jaw dropped.
"This is..."
Blinked.
Looked again.
"Seven zeros?!"
Wilson nodded.
"The government wants your Explosion Potion formula."
Leaned closer.
"We’ll pay whatever it takes."
Alex’s mind raced.
Seven million?!
For one formula?!
He could—
Wait.
Lilian.
She hasn’t decoded it yet.
His excitement died.
"I... I can’t."
Looked at Wilson.
"I don’t have the formula."
"Not yet."
Wilson frowned.
"You made it."
"You must know—"
"It’s complicated."
Alex cut him off.
"I need time."
"To... extract it properly."
Wilson studied his face.
Then nodded slowly.
"Can you give us a sample?"
"Let our people try to decode it?"
Alex thought.
Pulled out a small vial.
The explosion potion glowed faintly orange.
Poured a bit into Wilson’s offered container.
Wilson held it up.
Examined it.
Frowned.
"This is..."
Swirled it.
"Different from the Vine Potion."
Looked at Alex.
"That one had markers. Structure."
"This..."
Shook his head.
"This is chaos."
"Pure chaos."
"My people will take months to decode this."
"Maybe years."
Alex blinked.
"Wait, seriously?"
"You guys are the government."
"Don’t you have like..."
Waved his hand.
"Experts? Master alchemists?"
Wilson’s face darkened.
"We did."
Past tense.
"Lot of years ago."
"There was an incident."
Looked away.
"I can’t tell you details."
"Not yet."
"But that incident..."
Jaw clenched.
"Nearly destroyed potion decryption technology."
"Killed most who knew it."
"Now we have maybe..."
Held up five fingers.
"Five people in the entire country."
"Who can decode advanced potions."
Alex’s mind clicked.
Holy shit.
He didn’t know that decoding potion is that impressive!
Auntie is a genius!
She made the potion easier and clearer so that the government can mass-produce!
Oh my god! She isn’t only beautiful and kind and sexy!
She is also good!
Marry me! Lilian!
Wilson saw his expression change.
Stepped closer.
"You know someone."
Eyes sharp.
"You know someone who can decode potions."
Voice rising.
"Alex, if you do—"
Grabbed his shoulders.
"We’ll pay anything."
"Name your price."
"Any conditions."
Shaking him slightly.
"You’re a treasure trove, kid."
"First the potions, now this—"
"I need to ask them first."
Alex pulled back.
"It’s not my secret to tell."
Wilson’s face fell.
But nodded.
"Of course."
"Of course."
Released Alex.
"Call anytime."
"Day or night."
"Please."