Chapter 160: I can explain!?

After walking out of the classroom he heard professor Hua calling his name out from down the corridor but the stress was catching up with him. Yun was probably;y right. He needed to take a break. Killing was still fresh in his mind and he didn't want to do something he would regret.

He knew if he continued to let someone speak down to him after all that had happened that he wouldn't be able to control himself. He needed some time alone. He didn't want to deal with mindless idiots. And that is exactly what he thought about professor Hua.

As he left the building the feeling fresh air washed over his body and he began to calm down. 'It's unlike me to get frustrated with people like that… What's wrong with me?' He thought as he took in the fresh air and then made his way back to the dorm room to put his notebook back in his room. It wasn't like he had any use for it, so he decided to take it back so he wouldn't have to carry it with him for the rest of the day.

As he arrived back at the room he noticed it was silent. Quiet enough to hear a pin drop or even a butterfly beating its wings. Both AJ and the man Haru had yet to learn the name of had left for classes, leaving all alone. He took a few minutes to relax in the silence of the room before heading to his room and putting down his notebook.

As he stood in his room he felt the presence of a cultivator getting closer to him. The Qi in the area had gotten stronger and a dark energy manifested within the area of the campus.

"What is it this time?!" Haru asked himself before walking over to the door of his room and pulling it open to reveal the man dressed in a black suit standing on the other side.

"What do you want! I'm really not in the mood to deal with this shit!" Haru shouted into the man's face before realising that he knew the man on the other side of the door.

He flinched upon hearing Haru shouting.

"Wait… It's you? What do you want?" Haru asked as he recognised Lord Meng standing in front of him but wearing a suit instead of the assassin attire that he had worn upon their first encounter.

"I uh. Came to apologise to you on behalf of the crimson spiders." He said with a serious face. At first, Haru thought it was a scheme to make him drop his guard so they could attack him. But he didn't sense a single bit of animosity from him at all.

"You… Came to apologise?" Haru asked. The situation confused him. Why would they come to apologise when they are running a criminal organisation? He couldn't quite understand where this was coming from.

"Yes. After hearing about what had happened. The boss told me to come and apologise to you and also wanted me to give you this." Lord Meng held out a golden coloured envelope.

Haru took the envelope and then ran his finger across the seal to open it before looking back up at Lord Meng to judge his reaction to him opening it. But he didn't react at all which was reassuring. If it was some kind of plot to kill him then putting a bomb in the envelope wouldn't be too far fetched. But by the reaction, Haru determined it was safe to open it.

He then flipped open the top of the envelope and pulled out a red piece of paper. It was an invitation to some kind of gathering. "The Serpentine Resort and Spa"

'The boss of the crimson spiders is giving me an invitation to get a massage? What kind of logic is that?' Haru thought. He became confused. Why would they want him to get a massage?

"This is?" Haru asked Lord Meng who didn't look surprised by what Haru had just read out loud.

"Oh, This is one of the businesses the boss owns. He has invited you to come and visit him since he is holding a meeting right now. All of the underworld bosses will be attending and he decided to make you his guest of honour." Lord Meng explained to him.

"Underworld bosses? So a bunch of criminals? Why am I invited then? Something tells me that your boss doesn't actually believe that I will fit in with a crowd like that." Haru said trying to clear up why he was invited but it only led to him wanting to ask more questions.

"We all have to start somewhere, don't we? Anyway, he told me to bring you the invitation. You don't have to go but you if you are free he said he would appreciate it if you dropped by for a chat. I will take my leave." Lord Meng said before walking away.

Haru was blown away. Did the association lie to him or is there some ulterior motive as to why the boss of this criminal organisation wanted to meet with him? He decided to read more about it so he closed the door once more and made his way to the couch and sat down before continuing to read.

The invitation contained little information as to what the meeting was about. There was only an address and a phone number left to call. He then took a look at the other sheet of paper.

It seemed to be a certificate of some kind as it congratulated him. As he read more into what the certificate was he realised that it was a shareholders certificate. The leader of the crimson spiders had given him thirty-five per cent of the shares to the serpentine resort and spa.

"Just what is his plan?" Haru asked himself as things like this didn't happen. 'It couldn't just be his way of apologising, could it? What kind of person will give away a little under half of their business as an apology?' He thought about it and then came to the conclusion that the only way to find out what it was about is if he went to the meeting.

"Well, I guess that's it. I'm going to have to go and ask him what this means. There must be some other reason he is giving me this." He said before resting his head on the back of the couch and relaxing his whole body before drifting off to sleep.

The stress had gotten to him and made him mentally exhausted. It was a miracle that he didn't pass out earlier than he did but he was finally getting some rest. Knowing that you have the lives of over fifty billion people in your hands is not something many people will ever experience.

And the thought of knowing they are all at your mercy is overpowering. With it would come temptations and justifications as to why you should kill them and why you shouldn't kill them. The thoughts were too much for Haru and he found they flooded into his head even during his sleep.

Scenes played out before him of battlefields in all different types of terrains many of which he didn't know where possible to exist but one thing the scenes had in common was the faceless silhouettes of human and elven clansmen being slaughtered by the demon clan.

As he watched the scenes play out the only thought in his head was to destroy the ancestral chain. But he couldn't. Despite the scenes that played out in front of him he didn't have the will power to destroy the ancestral chain. The thoughts repeated it's self in his head over and over until the creaking of the front door awoke him from his slumber.

He gasped as he woke while feeling relief that it was only a dream.

Haru looked up to the hallway where a dark orange glow emerged from the doorway, He could see the shadow of someone stood in the doorway but couldn't make out who it was so he walked to the corridor to see.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he walked around the corner to see the muscular man who had helped him carry the mattress into his room with his back against the wall as he kissed a scrawny looking man who seemed around the same age as him.

"Ahh!" The man screamed and then looked at Haru with both surprise and shock.

"I-I can explain!?" He shouted and then stared at Haru who didn't react at all to what he had just seen. Haru turned his back and then walked to his room before looking at the time on his phone. It was already six pm. On the invitation, it said the meeting would start at eight but it was better to be prepared.

He changed into a suit and then walked out into the living room where both men were sat. Haru paid little attention to them before making his way to the corridor.

"Wait a minute…" The muscled man said in a timid voice before Haru turned to face him.

"Yeah?" Haru asked.

"About what you saw…" The man said once again in a timid voice.

"What about it?" Haru asked again. He didn't think there was anything to be concerned about but apparently, that wasn't the case for both of the men sat on the couch.

"Uh… You won't tell anyone will you?" The man asked and then looked down to the ground like he was guilty of something.

"Honestly I couldn't care less about what I saw. But sure if you don't want me to tell anyone so be it. Anyway, I'm going out. Both of you have a great night." He said with a sincere smile and then left the dorm room to head for the meeting.

He made sure to keep both the invitation and certificate with him just in case he was required to show them at the door and then called a taxi to meet him at the gate.