Chapter 2

Part Time Job 1

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Theo’s Hideout.

1 day later.

Recently, Theodore Lorne began to despise sleep. Every time he closed his eyes for a little shut eye, the scene of carnage from the Black Bible incident repeated endlessly.

So much screaming, so much dismembered bodies, so much senseless slaughter.

And always at the end of that annoying vision was the Priestess with her cocky smile. It was as if she was mocking Theo that despite being beaten, she will return.

And every time Theo woke up from that horrid dream, he was drenched in sweat and his body was shivering.

Did he feel guilty at the deaths of the innocent?

No. Not really.

The world has always operated under the laws of nature.

Survival of the fittest. The strong shall live while the weak shall die.

No matter how civilized humanity has become, the rules of nature still applied. The weak doesn’t necessarily ‘die’, but they became the unknowing slaves for the strong.

And thus, Theo felt no guilt for those who have died. It wasn’t his fault that they were weak. They were simply ill equipped to deal with the challenge that was forced upon them.

What he felt every time he woke up was an almost uncontrollable rage. The desire to find the nearest living being and pump it full of bullets was as tempting as it was annoying.

What good would kill some random dude do? It was a waste of energy, bullets and time.

He was always in an adrenaline fueled, combat ready bloodlust every time he woke up and it was exhausting way to start the day. It was like being extremely horny yet unable to milk the snake due to stupid reasons.

He knew that the relief to his dilemma was slaughter and bloodshed. Thankfully, his logic and reason refused to fall to such idiotic temptation.

Never the less, he understood that he needed an output. If he kept it in for a long period of time, he might end up doing something stupid.

However, this particular awakening was a bit different than the usual.

Instead of the usual worn out bed, he was butt naked on a cold operating table. It was a very unnerving experience when waking up in such a state. For all he knew, he could have been subjected to unspeakable horrors by some mad scientist.

It took him a couple of seconds to remember why he was in such a state.

“Oh yeah…. Spine surgery…”

On que, the frog faced doctor entered his vision.

“Awake already? It’s only been 4 hours since I closed the wound. Damn boy, this Omni Gel of yours is really good stuff. Make sure to keep it to yourself though. That thing will put me out of business” said the doctor.

“Thanks for the help doc. I really appreciate it.”

“No problem kid. Just make sure to pay back your debt. All 11 thousand Rooks” replied the doctor, causing Theo to cringe.

After riding his small apartment with the usual pests of the underworld, the doctor performed an extremely risky spinal removal operation and replaced it with a cybernetic one

Based on the digital clock that was hanging on the wall, Theo could tell that the spine operation lasted at least 8 hours.

“A spine surgery in less than 12 hours with only 1 surgeon? Who the hell are you? Black Jack?” said Theo as he went to a nearby closet to get some clothes.

Theo has tons of closets scattered around his hide out with multitudes of clothes that he picked up in the scrapyard. Sometimes the clothes were just lying there, while others were the possession of a recently deceased person.

Either way, since no one was using the clothes anymore, Theo decided to procure it for himself. At the moment, Theo has thousands of recycled clothes in the various closets in his hideout.

Naturally, all of the clothes he has commandeered were extensively washed and disinfected.

“If I’m Black Jack, then I should charge you triple for my services. I am a pro after all. Got a reputation to protect” Replied the doctor in a tired voice.

“P-please don’t. ”

It was natural for doctor frog face to be tired. He did perform such an outrageous operation alone for 8 hours straight. Right now, he deserved a good long rest.

With that in mind, the doctor began gathering his things.

“Oh yeah. I’ve been meaning to ask. If you’re going to augment yourself with cybernetics, why the spine? With what I saw when I was installing that bad boy into you, you could have easily made a weaponized arm with that level of tech.” asked the doctor.

“Fu fu fu. Lo and behold the fruits of your labor my friend!”

Theo closed his eyes.

Not a millisecond later, the sound of engines roared into life.

20 car-sized drones began activating one after another. With a loud screech, they accelerated at full force and screeched out of their respected hangars towards the large empty space on the third floor. There they executed fancy drifts and complicated choreographed driving maneuvers.

“Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. You can control them with only your mind? That’s impressive no matter how much you slice it! With this, you can wage war without getting shot!” said the doctor in glee.

“Sadly, that’s not how I do things my frog faced friend. I’m more of a ‘do it myself’ type of guy. No way I’m letting my creations have all the fun.” Replied Theo.

“Hahaha. A man of action I see. Well, it’s not like I can blame you though. I prefer doing surgery myself than have others do it for me.” Said the doctor as he nodded in approval. “But there lies the question though. What’s the point of having this capability if you’re not going to use it?”

“This is my ace of spades. The best insurance policy I can give myself is the entire might of my arsenal. Strength in numbers and all that jazz.”

Since Theo can man all of his drones at the same time, his actual combat strength was closely tied to how much drones he has on stock. At his current state, he could give an army division a run for their money.

After a few seconds of displaying the ability of Theo’s spine implant, all the car drones returned to their respective hangar.

“Hahaha. That was a treat for the eyes. By the way, can you use that thing to hack computers? Based on the tech alone, that thing is decades ahead against those available in the market.” Said the Doctor.

“Sadly no. This thing was made to only serve one function: to connect my brain to my tech. In order to avoid the undesirable situation of someone hacking into me, I made sure that all software in my tech is incompatible to everything else. Be it the operating system, language used, even the letters used in the programs. No one can use my tech except me.” Replied Theo.

“Really now. Care to let me take a peak?” asked the doctor.

“Sure. Go ahead.” Replied Theo.

One of the mobile terminals approached the 2 and displayed a large wall of code on its screen.

The convenience of not having to speak or type into the terminal was really apparent. All Theo needed to do was think of the command, and the drones would obey almost immediately. No delay or human errors. Very convenient indeed.

The doctor took one look at the code before he exclaimed…

“WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!”

“That would be part of the code for this mobile car terminal.” Replied Theo in a calm manner.

“LIKE HELL IT IS! Why is there a picture of penis in the code?! Are you that immature to include a freaking cock into your code?! Why are there stars, heart, wings and ponies in there as well?! This isn’t a computer code, this a freaking drawing board for stupid images!”

“I told you didn’t I? My code is incompatible with everything else. That’s why it’s unhackable.”

Theo didn’t lie. The code on the terminal was indeed the code he used on all of his tech. However, there wasn’t a single letter or number in sight. This was because Theo created a whole new alphabet using random images.

Some image may correspond with a single letter, number or a combination of both. Other images may correspond to an entire phrase, sentence or paragraph.

At first glance, Theo’s code was idiotic to the extreme. However, this chaotic code system was literally impossible to decipher because of its highly personalized nature.

The doctor understood that Theo was amazing in a way…. But the code on the screen made the doctor question the young lad’s sanity.

“*sigh*…. I’m not going even attempt to understand that crap. But I do see your point. With this shit, there’s no way anyone would hack it. It’s just too stupid to be an actual computer code.” Said the doctor as he massaged his forehead.

“Hey, you alright doc? You must be tired. You did perform a fairly complex operation after all.” Said Theo as he looked worriedly at the frog faced doctor.

“I’m fine. It’s just fatigue taking its toll. And after seeing that amazing piece of crap you call a computer code, I suddenly felt really drained for some reason. I’ll be fine with a good long sleep” replied the doctor.

“Then allow me to escort you to where ever you usual take a power nap. That’s the least I can do for all your help.” Said Theo.

“Respect for your elders? Now that’s a thing you don’t see nowadays. And while I do appreciate the gesture, don’t you have school or something?”

Color drained out of Theo’s face.

Theo looked at the clock, then the date.

True enough, it was Monday and he has already missed the first class of the day.

“OH SHIT!”

-:-

2 Hours Later

Near Hero Alliance Academy

The HAA stood proudly at the heart of Vermilion City. Its massive 5 square kilometer campus was filled to the brim with state of the art equipment used to hone the ores called youth into diamonds known as heroes.

Within the Vermilion City HAA housed all elementary, highschool and college levels of education. And though it was not publicly known, they also have a fully armed strike force in the guess of the HAA Staff. be it teacher, accountant or janitor, was handpicked and trained in combat.

This might come as a surprise but the strongest person among the staff was the lunch lady. Though she might be kindhearted, a bit fat, has no super powers and at her late 40’s, all of the other staff were beaten by her at least twice.

Apparently, the Crow herself studied under the lunch lady in the art of combat. Very few knew of what fighting style the lunch lady used, but those who studied under her often sang praises of her prowess.

The lunch lady’s true combat capabilities were shrouded in mystery, but anyone that dared cross her was left in a state where her very gaze made them shook in fear.

Theo himself was allowed to train for one week under her…. Let’s just say that he would have been very very dead in the Black Bible incident if it wasn’t for the lunch lady’s unorthodox techniques.

The point was this: the HAA was a military base that housed an army that was itching for a war.

The HAA was surrounded by a 30 meter tall wall and had 4 main exists positioned at the north, south, east and west.

Normally it would take Theo about 30 minutes to get to school. It was only 2 train rides and a small walk away after all.

That wasn’t the case this time around.

For some unknown reason, Theo spotted a fair bit of paparazzi’s at the second train station and the HAA’s western gate which Theo normally used.

He wasn’t sure if he was the unfortunate target of these vultures, but he had no intention of finding out.

Theo hated to admit it but he was a coward. He would do his best to avoid a battle he knew he couldn’t win.

And since he was in a place where there were a large number of people that could kill him if they flicked a bugger at him, Theo did his absolute best not to get on anyone’s bad side.

Just to be safe, Theo often made sure that he had an exit strategy in place.

He had about 8 means to sneak in and out of HAA without passing through any entrances.

To think he would use such a valuable spot in order to avoid the media. Since he couldn’t shoot his way through those hyenas, he had no choice but to waste such a valuable trump card.

The one he used was an old oil pipeline that went under a portion of the western wall. He had to crawl quite a distance and had to use Midas Alchemy to clear a few collapsed portions that blocked his way. Naturally, he had to do it as quietly as possible in order to avoid being spotted.

You’d be surprised how much surveillance the HAA had at all possible points of entry. Even the underground routes didn’t escape their gaze.

This was the main reason why the 30 minute travel became 2 hours.

By the time he was able to get through the wall, lunch was about to start.

Instead of making his way to his classroom, he went to an old wooden shack that was located a fair distance away from the highschool department.

Hidden in the shed was one of Theo’s many secret stashes which he prepared in advance in case of any emergencies. Each stash contained one Z49 Scout Armor, three assault rifle, six pistols, one grenade launcher, a small mountain of ammo and some Omni Gel.

There were also miscellaneous items such as food and clothing, though their inclusion depended on how frequent Theo was around that stash. This one had both because this was where he and his friends ate their lunch.

The stash was a high-tech plastic box that was buried beneath the ground. Similar to Theo’s hideout, it had a false ‘please enter the 100 letter password’ screen on it but can only be opened by a Midas Alchemist.

This time around, Theo only checked if the stash was in working condition. He didn’t really need to do a physical check thanks to his spinal implant. He could just think of performing a status check on all boxes, and the scan would be completed in less than a second.

However, Theo was a cautious guy by nature.

Even though it was unnecessary, he still made a quick look if anyone has disturbed this stash.

Once satisfied, he changed into the spare uniform in the stash, returned it to the ground and waited for his friends to arrive.

About 10 minutes later 2 students arrived on the scene.

“You guys are late. Was the cafeteria lines that bad?” asked Theo in a joking manner.

The 2 gasp at the sight of Theo. After recovering from the initial shock, one of the female of the group rushed worriedly at Theo.

“Oh my god! These wounds are terrible! Are you sure you’re fit to even leave the hospital?” said the girl

“Still a worry wart and still extremely sexy. That’s my Phoebe for ya.” Replied Theo

“Geez! Not even losing a limb would stop you from sexually harassing me!” replied the girl.

The girl was named Phoebe Tharja, one of Theo’s closest friends and a fellow member of the Auxiliary Course.

Though she was only above average on the looks department when it comes to beauty, her brown skin, short wavy dark brown hair and erotic body gave her an exotic feel.

Despite all the things going for her, Phoebe was a shy and humble person. These charms have earned her a silent legion of fans.

Theo was one of the few extremely vocal fans of hers.

“Hahaha. I’m glad to see that it takes more than a few beatings to get you down Theo.” Said a girly guy.

“And you’re still a spineless harem anime protagonist, Vivi. I would have strangled you out of jealousy, but I only have one arm, so you lucked out.” Replied Theo in a joking manner.

Vivi could only smile in response.

This feminine young man was Vivi Cornielo, a shy young man with a heart of gold but was reviled by many due to being a pervert. He was caught peeking multiple times in the girls changing room and was caught with pictures of girl’s panties.

Never the less, his feminine looks made him secretly popular with a few women. There has already been chaotic competitions for his attention.

And since Vivi was denser than Adamantine Steel, Theo was the one who had to deal with all the mess.

FYI: Vivi was one of Phoebe’s silent fans.

Never the less, Theo considered him a very good friend… despite the fact that he wanted to punch his pretty face out of envy.

As per their usual greeting, the two guys performed the ever iconic Broshake.

And on que, a fast mumble could be heard from Phoebe.

“Vivi: Our strong friendship will last for all eternity. You cant count on that.

Theo: Friendship? You think I want to be friends with you?

Vivi: Wha-?

Narrator: Suddenly, Theo pushed Vivi to the ground.

Theo: You are not my friend. You are my slave.

Narrator: Theo plunged his hand into Vivi’s pants

Theo: And as my slave, I command you to drown in pleasure!

Vivi: Don’t do this Theo! We shouldn’t - ~ahh~”

Phoebe’s narration of her inner thoughts caused Theo and Vivi to sunder.

“*sigh*… there she goes again” thought the two.

To most people, Phoebe was the ideal next door neighbor girl that was easy to fall in love with.

Only the closest of friends such as Theo and Vivi knew what she was really like.

Similar to the boys, Phoebe was a pervert though the subject matter she took pleasure in was Boys Love. Ideally hardcore, moral degradation variety.

Normally, Theo and Vivi wouldn’t really mind of what Phoebe’s fetishes were. They had no right to lecture a pervert on how weird her tastes were since they themselves were on the same boat.

However, Phoebe was furiously shipping Theo and Vivi together. In her imagination, Theo would be the sadistic master while Vivi was the submissive slave.

The 2 had a good idea what was going through Phoebe’s mind and they couldn’t help but feel a fair bit of discomfort from Phoebe’s carnivorous gaze.

For now, the two guys ignored Phoebe’s monologue and proceeded to eat their lunch.

Since Theo was extremely late, he wasn’t able to get any food from the cafeteria. His friends willingly shared their lunch with him with the expectation that he’ll pay them back.

“By the way, here’s my new number. My old phone got smashed in the Black Bible incident, so I had to get a replacement” said Theo.

“Oh? A new phone huh? Let me see” said Vivi as he took a look at Theo’s ‘new’ device. “*sigh*…. I knew I should have expected it, but this is not ‘new’.”

Phoebe took a look at Theo’s ‘new’ phone and made a pitying face.

“Theo…. That phone is almost 20 years obsolete… you do know that right? Its screen isn’t even colored.” said Phoebe

“You and your fancy high tech phones with unnecessary cameras, internet connections and fancy voice recognition crap. This ‘obsolete’ phone of mine may be capable of call and text, but it’s nigh indestructible! Look at the memes for god sake!” replied Theo.

“And you actually believe those?” asked Vivi

“Naturally. And I do have personal experience to back it up. I was once attacked by a rabid dog. I used a phone of the same model and bashed the dog in the skull. The dog died from repeated blunt trauma while the phone was still at its beautifully rugged state. That’s when I swore to myself that I will get a phone like that even if it costs me my life”

Theo looked towards the distance, as if he was saying something meaningful.

“Hahaha. You cheap bastard” said Vivi

“Flattery will get you nowhere, spineless harem anime protagonist.” Replied Theo

And during this exchange, Phoebe was drooling profusely. It seemed that her imagination was running as wild as ever.

This was the main reason why the 3 of them took their lunch as far away from other people as possible. It was because each of them had inherently weird personalities and they often get a lot of flak for that.

They understood that they were weird, but they never particularly cared about such stigma. As long as they didn’t disturb anyone, then they were fine the way they were.

“Oh by the way, the guidance councilor told us to send you to the torture chamber when we ever saw you. You’re excused for the rest of the lessons of the day as long you go.” Said Phoebe as she used her handkerchief to wipe her drool.

While Theo was extremely reluctant to meet any of the HAA staff after the cold hard truth was shoved down his throat, he had no choice but to do so as long as he was a student of the academy.

“… *sigh*…. Roger that. I’ll head there after lunch.”

-:-

1 Hour Later

HAA Highschool Building

Guidance Councilor’s Office

The Guidance Councilor’s Office was unofficially named by the students as the ‘Torture Chamber’ because those who have been there felt like they were sitting on a chair of nails.

This was largely because guidance counseling in HAA was not a one on one affair. The most accurate description of it was a job interview in front of a panel.

The tables in the room were shaped like a U with Theo right at the middle of it. There were about 9 adults in total that occupied the table with 3 on each side.

The group of adults were staff heads from security, teaching, counseling and administrative. Directly in front of Theo were the principal, vice principal and secretary of the highschool division.

While Theo looked calm on the surface, he was desperately hatching up answers to potential questions that the panel might ask. He had a decent idea what to expect, but that doesn’t change the fact that it was damn unnerving to be scrutinized by a bunch of old people.

A few moments later, the principal spoke.

“I’m glad you could make it, Theodore Lorne. How are you feeling?” said the old Principal.

“Stiff, weak, sore and tired from dodging the paparazzis. All in all, I’m exactly what you’d expect from a person in my situation.” Replied Theo

“I guess that cant be helped” replied the Principal.

Theo’s response was unnaturally calm and to the point because it was one of the many lines he prepared in his head.

As the lunch lady once said:

‘Emotion is a tool to manipulate others. Be kind, be merciless, be truthful, be dishonest, be charismatic, be arrogant, be anything you need to be when situation calls for it. If you control their emotions, you control their mind.’

While the lunch lady was unrealistically good in combat, Theo’s stint under her was mostly how to control the emotions of others. More specifically, the practical combat application of emotion control.

Based on the lunch lady herself, there were tons of people who were better than her teaching how to fight, but no one in HAA was as skilled as her in mental manipulation.

Those scary rumors about her?

Most of them were of her own design. Some of the rumors were so far out that it was downright idiotic. This resulted in the uncertainty of how powerful she truly was.

And that was exactly how she wanted it.

Sadly, Theo had only 1 week under her teaching. Thus his ability to read faces and atmospheres were nowhere near acceptable.

If it wasn’t for the whole Black Bible Incident, he’d be on his 3rd week of training right about now. Never the less, after he makes himself an arm and an eye, he’ll try convincing the lunch lady to continue his training.

For now, he had no choice but to make do with what little knowledge he had

“Let’s get go straight to the point. Do you know why you are here?” asked the stern looking vice principal.

“No sir. I dont”

Naturally, that was a lie.

“You are here because of two reasons. First is a clarification. You turned down an offer to join the Hero Course due to the off chance that your brain has suffered an unforeseen effect of the damage you received during the Black Bible incident. Correct?” asked the vice principal.

“Yes sir”

The room was silent for a bit before everyone nodded in understanding.

“While we’re surprised someone actually turned down an invitation of becoming part of the Hero’s Course, I guess it’s understandable given your current condition” said the vice principal.

The first question was obviously not important. They never cared about Theo’s health at all.

And as if to prove the point, they immediately moved to the main reason why Theo was here. The sales pitch followed a pattern Theo experienced a few days ago….

“For your achievement in the Black Bible Incident, the HAA has decided to award you a few things. First, cybernetic replacements for your hand and eye absolutely free. Second, 100% scholarship throughout your student life. Whether you join the Hero Course or remain in Auxiliary, the scholarship will apply. Third, given your financial situation, the HAA directors and stockholders decided to grant you a certain degree of financial assistance. Last but not the least, the offer of you joining the Hero Course will remain indefinitely. The Hero Course instructors themselves wanted you to know that they want to train you personally. This is quite an honor if I say so myself.” Said the Vice Principal.

A few gasps and ‘wows’ could be heard from the others in the room.

It seemed that the others were not told of this particular offer, given how genuine their surprise was. They eventually started clapping.

The only one that was not happy was Theo himself.

Theo has researched any means to reduce the financial burden his schooling was inflicting on his parents

One particular means of getting a 100% scholarship from the HAA was to perform an act that had high heroic merit. Theo’s Black Bible Incident was a prime example of this.

The problem: There were hundreds of students in the past who has accomplished equal or greater feats, yet none of them has ever received cash assistance and a free pass into the Hero Course.

All of them had to go through multiple trials to get the honor to be called a ‘Hero’.

Yet Theo received such an honor from only one incident!

How was that fair?!

Theo knew in his head that he should remain calm and silent.

However, Theo was but a teenage brat with less than 2 decades worth of life experience. While he had an impressive level of self-control, the supposed paragons of justice have done a very good job destroying Theo’s core belief.

He never understood why it took a traumatizing experience to get him to see the world was never exclusively black and white.

And he was experiencing the dark side of light right at this very moment.

The ridiculously good reward the HAA was giving to Theo was an obvious bribe to buy his Omni Gel.

They should have just honestly told him what they wanted. While he would have said NO, at least he would do it politely and not harbor any ill will against them.

With a rigid face, Theo decided that sharing his Omni Gel might be a very bad idea.

“I apologize but I politely refuse to receive all of the said rewards.” said Theo

A heavy silence filled the room as disbelief could be seen in the faces of those present.

“Care to explain your reason?” said the Vice Principal with a hint of aggression in his voice.

As much as Theo wanted to pull a knife and stab the vice principal in the face for being an obviously greedy prick, he desperately bottled up all of his rage and buried it beneath a calm façade.

Now was not the time to make enemies.

“Quite simply, I am overwhelmed with the attention and rewards being offered. I feel like a child star that let his sudden rise to fame get into his head. Giving a poor guy like me tons of money right at the get go is a recipe for disaster.” Replied Theo.

The panel contemplated Theo’s response before nodding in approval.

“How forward thinking for someone at your age. That’s actually quite surprising.” Said a professor looking woman at Theo’s right.

“You see all sorts in a 3rd world country. People that went from rags to riches and back to rags due to idiotic spending is something I’ve seen a few times before.” Replied Theo.

Once again, the panel nodded in agreement.

“Then what of the rewards we’re offering you? We cant exactly take them back after making such a big announcement, you know?” asked the principal.

Beneath Theo calm mask was a desire to put a bullet into everyone’s skull.

One of the last things the Lunch Lady taught Theo during his 1 week tenure was the possible reasons behind a public announcement.

When a big organization such as the HAA made such a statement, it often meant that such particular resource was now theirs and anyone else interested could go screw themselves.

It also served as a trap to force Theo into doing whatever they stated in the announcement. Since HAA was well known as a ‘Righteous Organization’, there was no way anyone would refuse such a ‘generous offer’.

Theo, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with the HAA.

At the moment, Theo was too weak to resist against the HAA or anyone for that matter.

The best course of action was to stay hidden while keeping a reasonable distance from those whom he considered untrustworthy.

“I’ll just leave it in your capable hands. That way, all those resources will be far enough for me to abuse, but close enough for me to access in case of an emergency.” replied Theo

“I see. But we should give you the cybernetic eye and arm implant. I assume that lacking both is extremely trying” said the Principal.

“Once again, I’ll have to decline. Please remember where I live. A couple of brand new implants is a theft waiting to happen.” Said Theo.

Cutting edge cybernetic replacements looked identical to a real person’s limbs. It was literally impossible to tell a real one from a cybernetic limb via visual or even touch.

Unfortunately, a person with high level cybernetics generates an EMP that was easy to detect. Even the EMP detector apps in cellphone could spot cybernetics unless said cybernetics were designed to hide the EMP signature. Naturally, there were thieves that specialized in mugging such expensive cybernetics.

And naturally, Theo’s spine cybernetic implant was created with the means to hide the EMP it produced. Getting jumped by a bunch of lowlifes was something his pride would never allow.

“Hmm… Good point… Do you have an alternative?” asked the principal.

“I have. A friend of mine owes me a few favors. He can get me some low spec cybernetics at dirt cheap prices.” Replied Theo.

“Can this person be trusted?”

“Absolutely. I would trust him with my life”

Obviously, Theo’s ‘friend’ didn’t exist. However, using the ‘a person I trust my life with’ card was one of the best ways to stop a person from prying.

True enough, the principal backed down.

“I see… I understand. If you need any help at all, don’t hesitate to come to us. The HAA is always here to help those in need” said the principal.

“Thank you sir.”

Theo took a bow and left the room.

After giving the greedy HAA higher ups one last middle finger in his mind, Theo decided to skip classes for the day.

His disabilities were hampering his daily life way too much.

Not to mention, Theo also had to deal with his 11 thousand rook debt with the doctor. That particular problem has given him as much nightmares as the traumatizing Black Bible incident.

Either way, his eye and arm needed replacing ASAP