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Gerrard Lim - W.V. Pharmaceuticals chairman son

Romelu Connel - Both his parents are A-ranked heroes, and work under platinum rank guild.

Adrea Forsetti - Son of the elder of Gladiatori, platinum rank guild.

Jessica Pandev - Daughter of one of the school instructors.

Gabriella Lemass - Daughter of branch manager of Ashton-district bank, one of the largest banks in the city.

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—Plack.

I closed my notebook. In it were all my notes on the five tyrants.

"...well, things should work out for now

"

With Angelica's aid, I've already made my move. Now all I had to do was wait.

"Human

"

Suddenly, Angelica called out for me. With her body curled up and resting on the bed, Angelica looked quite cute from where I was sitting.

"Hm? Angelica? What's up?

"

"You still haven't told me why you made me do all of that

"

"Ah, that...

"

Right. Though I've made Angelica do all the work, I still had not told her the plan. Wasn't sure whether she would be interested or not.

"To be honest, it's not something you'd find particularly interesting. Even then, do you still wanna hear about it?

"

"No, never mind

"

Angelica quickly shook her head.

'Then why ask in the first place?'

Staring at Angelica curled up on my bed, I shook my head.

To be honest, even if I had explained it to her, chances were that she wouldn't have understood anything.

My plan was to instigate internal conflicts amongst the tyrants. I mean, why fight them when they can just do it for me.

Of course, it didn't just amount to that much. If it was just that, it wouldn't solve any of my problems. My real goal was to make everyone turn against Gerrard. The one with the strongest backing and the one I had to revolve my plans around.

Only once everyone was against him would my plan finally begin...

—Fwua!

Tapping on my bracelet, a green card appeared in my hand.

'The time stamp...'

The card in my hand was why the five tyrants existed in the first place. If not for them, such a situation would've never have existed.

After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that this was the key link between the five tyrants.

That's when my plans started formulating.

Having spent countless hours observing and researching each and every tyrant, I knew quite a bit about them. From their habits to their hobbies and basically anything that I needed to know about them.

From there I was able to come up with a rough plan which I enacted with the help of Angelica.

Whether it worked or not, I'll know by the end of the day.

"Huuuam...I'm kinda sleepy

"

Lazily stretching my arms, a yawn escaped from my lips. Having spent the majority of the day revising the information I had acquired on the five tyrants, I was understandably tired.

Making my way to bed, I looked at my room. A thought suddenly struck me, 'I should be moving out of this place soon shouldn't I?'

Right, I do recall Donna telling me that my room in the Leviathan building was just about done.

Truly a pity.

Just when I got used to this place and made a couple of friends, I had to leave. What a bummer.

—Pamf!

Slumping on my bed, I turned off the lights and closed my eyes.

'Oh well, it's not like I can turn down the chance into going to the Leviathan building'

I mean, we were talking about top-notch facilities with even bigger rooms and training grounds. No matter how much I liked this place, I'd be stupid to refuse.

Plus, having enacted my plan, everything would sort itself in this place.

All that was left for me to do right now was wait.

Wait for everything to fall into place.

...

After an uneventful weekend passed, it was Monday and the class ended at 5 P.M. like usual.

"Alright, that is it for today's class

"

Marking the end of the class, with a quick goodbye, the lecturer gathered his stuff and left the classroom.

"Huua...I'm so tired

"

Stretching her arms, Emma lazily stood up and packed up her stuff. Next to her, Amanda did the same thing.

Having spent the last ten hours or so studying, everyone was understandably tired. Me included. As she was packing up her stuff, Emma turned around and looked at Kevin.

"Hey Kevin, what are you going to do once you go back?

"

"Train

"

Putting his tablet back in his dimensional space, Kevin's reply was blunt. In response, Emma rolled her eyes and complained.

"Ghh, do you do anything else apart from training?

"

"No, he is a muscle idiot

"

I quickly interjected. Elbowing me, Kevin glared at me.

"What did you just say?

"

"I apologize, I meant a deaf muscle idiot.

"

"Oy! Repeat that if you dare?

"

"Deaf muscle idiot

"

Fearlessly looking at Kevin I repeated. Smiling, Kevin cracked his knuckles.

Crack. Crack.

"It seems like someone is itching for a beating

"

"You can't beat me

"

"Oh? Do you want to try?

"

Now that I thought about it. If Kevin and I fought, who would win?

Despite Kevin's absurd talent and higher rank, I was confident in defeating him. The reason for this was simple.

I knew everything about Kevin.

From how he fought and his weaknesses and weak points. Book aside, when designing his character I added several flaws in his form and strength at the beginning.

These things would obviously no longer be something noteworthy by the end of the novel, but as of right now they were easily exploitable flaws that could give me an edge when fighting him in the future.

Still, that was just speculation on my part. I wasn't actually keen on fighting Kevin. At least not now. As a result, I quickly denied Kevin's challenge.

"Nah, I don't want to fight you. Too bothersome

"

"Sigh, I can't deal with you guys...

"

Staring at Kevin and I bickering, Emma's mouth twitched. Shaking her head, she took Amanda by the wrist and led her out of the class.

"Let's go, Amanda

"

"mhm

"

Completely unfazed by everything, Amanda nodded her head. Turning my head and watching the two girls leave, I looked at Kevin and proposed

"We should probably go too

"

"Yeah

"

It was getting late. Probably shouldn't waste too much time chatting in the classroom. Especially now that I was so busy.

'What I should do next, hmm...I should probably tr-hm?'

Right as I was about to leave the classroom, I felt a tap on my shoulder. Turning around I noticed Kevin pointing towards the entrance of the classroom.

"Ren, there's a couple of people at the entrance for you

"

"Oh? Who?

"

With me not having a lot of friends, this came as a surprise. Who could possibly be looking for me?

I soon found out the answer.

"Leo? Ram?

"

Standing at the entrance of the class were Leo and Ram. Noticing that I had noticed them, Leo was the first to speak.

"Ren, how are you so calm?

"

My brows knit.

"What's wrong with you guys?

"

Staring at their faces which were quite solemn, I felt that something was odd about them. Noticing the confusion on my face, Leo flashed his watch.

"Have you not seen the announcement?

"

"What announcement?

"

"Check your phone

"

Seeing how clueless I was, Leo sighed. Frowning, I turned on my watch and checked my notifications. Soon the edges of my lips curled upwards.

"I see, so it's started...

"

To all those under Gerrard's protection, after classes end today at five, make your way to his room ASAP. If any of you are even a minute late, you will have to bear the consequences

"Did you say something?

"

'Oops, I may have spoken out my true thoughts'

Waving my hand I quickly tried to change the topic. Me and my tongue.

"Hm, Oh? nothing, what a shocker. What could've happened?

"

With his arms crossed, Ram thoughtfully said,

"We don't know. didn't we just give them the time stamp yesterday? Why did they call for everyone? Perhaps something big happened

"

"hmm, that does sound plausible

"

To Leo and Ram, the situation may seem extremely odd as it had never happened in the past. Unfortunately for them, this was the scenario that I was waiting for.

'Looks like everything is going according to plan, at least for now'

Still, just because everything was going according to my plans, I wasn't going to let my guard down.

Fortunately, with Angelica back with me, the chances of an external factor disrupting my plans were slim.

"Ren what should we do?

"

Rumbling for another minute, Leo nervously looked at me as he asked for advice. I shook my head in response.

"We don't have a choice but to go

"

"But...

"

"Let's go, I'll protect you guys. You forgot who I am?

"

"Ah, that's right. How could we forget

"

Given my strength, I was actually amongst one of the strongest people in the Manticore building. There was nothing to really worry about.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that the people in the Manticore building were weak, it's just that all the other strong people went to the other two buildings. Anyone that reached D rank was extremely talented and rich, the chances of staying in the Manticore building were low.

Because of this, it meant that I was one of the strongest people in the building. Leo and Pram also realized this, hence why they sighed in relief.

"Alright, let's go

"

"Sure

"

"Yeah

"

Right as I was about to leave with Leo and Ram back to the Manticore building, I felt a slight tap on my shoulder. Turning around I realized it was Kevin. After having listened to our conversation, he more or less understood what was happening.

"Do you need help?

"

"Hm? Nah, I've got this

"

With a grin on my face, I shook my head. If Kevin joined, my plans wouldn't work. I knew his character all too well, what I was about to do was not something he would've liked.

"You sure? If you need help just message me

"

"I appreciate the thought, but it's not as bad as you think

"

Patting Kevin on the shoulder, I reassured him that everything was going to be fine. Staring at me in the eyes for a couple of seconds, Kevin eventually gave up.

"Alright, if you say so

"

"Hm, I'll message you if I really need help

"

Grinning, I flashed my phone.

"Sure

"

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow

"

"Cya

"

Waving Kevin goodbye, I hooked my arms around Leo and Ram and followed them back to the Manticore building.

'Time for a thorough cleanup....'