Wiping the dust off his hands, Varian strolled with hands in his pockets.
The six were…dealt with appropriately.
He didn't go too far. He just broke a couple of their bones and had them scream in pain. Then he uploaded the video to the internal forum.
'I'm not evil.' Varian affirmed himself.
He played his cards right.
In Miracle Academy, being level 5 in the second year was a pretty big deal. So, firstly, no one would try to pick on him.
The last thing Varian wanted on this mission was a stupid disturbance from cadets who still acted like kids.
But more importantly, the professors, instructors, and even the other organizations whose children studied in the academy would investigate his background.
Once they did, they'd not bother him.
That's not to say they'd let him do whatever he wanted. If push came to shove, they could hire assassins and blame it on Shadow Order.
But it's still risky.
Unless he pushed them, they'll keep their distance from him.
And that was all Varian wanted.
"Kick this bastard!"
"You prick! Why don't you drop out?!"
"Stop dreaming! Your Weiss family lost."
Varian stopped in his tracks and looked to his left.
His gaze passed by the large glassy building and locked onto an empty parking lot.
Three young men were beating up a guy of similar age.
Boo scanned their identities and Varian instantly understood the gist of the matter.
The bullied guy was a member of the Weiss Family—a vassal of the Nial family that had now declined.
The three were from the new families that took over that power and were currently the most powerful families in the city—called New Pillars.
Just like their families, they too bullied members of the Weiss family.
"Hm?! Talk!"
"You son of a bitch!"
The boy was kicked in the stomach as he coughed out blood, but he didn't utter a word.
He simply stared at the three bullies with indifferent eyes. His body was responding to the pain, but his mind…his mind was indifferent.
"Fuck you!" The third guy punched him in the face and knocked him out.
Da! Da!
His comm beeped and in a few seconds, a few bots came and transferred the fainted guy to the infirmary.
"Tch. If we can only kill him."
"It's a strict order from Mayor."
"That coward. He deserves to be beaten up like this."
Varian watched in silence as they slurred abuses at the person they just bullied.
'Families of these guys should be exterminated.' Varian felt a surge of anger but suppressed it quickly.
Boom!
Boom!
Before he could think further, dust rose into the air as two silhouettes passed in front of him and crashed into the ground.
Kacha!
Varian recognized them to be two slender girls.
The girl with red hair was covered in flaming armor as she punched with all her strength.
She was countered by the girl with blue hair and was bathed in shining water.
Boom!
Boom!
The aftermath of their attacks affected the surroundings and caused the tiles on the ground to crack.
"Die! Bitch!"
"Right at you! Whore!"
Varian distanced himself from the mad women and rushed towards the campus exit.
Even though bullying existed in Imperial Defense Academy, it wasn't so extensive or so deep.
Moreover, private fights were prohibited there.
But here, anyone could fight anyone anywhere as long as they don't be killed.
Even though he didn't interfere in the fight, Varian did notice their background information.
The redhead was the chief heiress of the Gnuc gang while the blue was one for the Soprano gang.
These gangs each had a peak level 7 and were locked in a tight fight. So, they too defined themselves as each other's enemies.
'Seriously, what the fuck is this academy?' By the time he reached the exit, Varian saw ten more fights.
Shaking his head, Varian left the academy.
He saw Betty in the distance. She got into a luxury hovercar and shot off. There were two escort cars protecting her at any moment.
'Boo, can you lock her position?' Varian asked.
'I can lock her comm. But they'll remove it the moment they try to kidnap her.'
'No worries. Just track her. Also, track the comms of every guy in the class.' Varian got into a cab and headed to a lavish hotel.
Once his identity as the mayor's son was found out, it's no longer suitable to stay with Edwina. So, Varian picked a high-end hotel and spent money like water as he picked the king suite.
After entering the king suite, he did the daily task of using his mental power to move a bit of the fog covering his memories.
'Master, we have a problem.' Boo informed him.
"What's that?" Varian arched a brow.
"People in Valos, especially those in high positions are constantly spied upon. So, they don't use comms. They use Alpha orbs."
"Alpha orbs…" Varian's brows knit together. These things worked primarily Abyssal technology.
Though they didn't replace comms, if sensitive information was only sent through Alpha orbs, then Varian wouldn't be able to gain any useful info.
"I can still track anything they do through comm, but Alpha Orbs, it's very hard." Boo lowered its head and confessed in a low voice.
"Don't worry too much, Boo. Just do what you can." Varian consoled it, but he was already thinking of how to solve the issue.
Till now, Varian relied on Boo's ability to gather information & hacking and used them to his great advantage.
But Valos city didn't have a proper database or surveillance to gather information from.
Boo couldn't hack the Alpha orbs. Not yet, at least.
While Varian spent the night trying to find a solution, the Miracle Academy forum was on fire.
"Edgar! The new genius!"
"He's gonna shake the rankings!"
"Second-year level 5! How rare these are! He's already top 10 in the second year!"
After praises, questions naturally arose.
"But who is he? Why is he here?"
"…."
Except for a few, no one knew. And the ones that didn't speak out.
Until one spoke of a rumor.
"He…he is the son of a very high ranking officer of Uranus."
Of course, Varian was the one that leaked the rumor.
His plan worked and the next day, no one came to bother him.
The test began and Varian also found the opportunity to find the spy.