GG

Greatest Gamer

After I finished my breakfast I walked out the door and went to school. The sky was dark yet the sun was slowly brightening the world from the horizon. The walk to school felt strange. I did not find school challenging and I did not have any real problems with any of the students however something felt strange inside me every time I walked there.

As I walked across the roads that seemingly went on endlessly I could hear see and understand every conversation around me. I could process all of it in what felt like an instant and this is my curse.

When I reached the school I entered my first class of the day and it looks like my normal teacher is out as the teacher at the front of the classroom is new.

"Hi there class. Mr Harrison is ill so I will be taking over for a while. My name is Zack Willson so address me however you see fit. I won't be here for long" Zack said with a smile. He wore a suit and he acted high and mighty. I have not seen the face but I do know Zack Willson is the son of the currant head master of the school.

"Can you just start the lesson. I really couldn't care less about your name" I said annoyed at the fact he was carrying himself in a manner that made it look like he saw himself as a god in our presence.

"Sure" Zack said sure reluctantly. I wonder if he has ever dealt with a student who couldn't care less about him. He looks angry.

I sit quietly in the class absorbing in all the information said. 3 students to the back of the class started a conversation and I didn't have a choice. My brain took it in.It felt annoying, boring, tiring and remarkably exhausting but at the same time something I couldn't change. I just had to live with the fact I would never forget anything and I would absorb everything.

That was not the only part that was hard... I took a look around myself at the class to see the same unchanging atmosphere. Around me everyone felt jealous of my intelligence. they felt depressed at their lack of by comparison. Something I have noticed time and time again. I have never had a friend before. Who could approach someone who has vastly superior mental capability?

No... that is the wrong question. Who would want to? Even if they feel like they can't there are people who still would want to be friends. However I am unfortunate in the circumstances of nobody wanting to approach me. Once people get to know me they immediately seek to push me away from them. Who wants to be the person that stands next to a genius? No. Everyone wants to be the genius and not seen as inferior. Choosing not to stand by me and to instead stay away. Over time I have grown to accept this.

At the end of the school day I packed up all of my things and left the classroom. That was when things started to change. That strange feeling I got before school. It started to get stronger.

[Due to constant sensing of ESP your ESP has increased by 1 and your intelligence has increased by 100]

[A new skill has been created: Negative Sensitivity]

[Negative Sensitivity: You are able to sense the presence of negative energy in the area and more clearly if it is directed at you. This skill increases with the ESP stat]

Oh wow... Did I eat something bad for lunch? No the taste was the same as normal and I made my own... Wait... someone is behind me... I am not sure how I know but someone is behind me and I feel an sickly twisted energy being emitted by them. I don't exactly get the luxury of dreaming thanks to the way by brain is wired so that just begs the question.

What the hell is going on?

[A challenger has appeared!]

[Permadeath has been engaged]

[The round wont end until one challenger dies, both challengers release their blood lust or one challenger surrenders]

[Team Flow has entered the instance dungeon]

No rest for the wicked I suppose. I felt around using this new sense I got. Only one person emitting negative energy so only one person able to be detected. Now I know that games are meant to not be real and my brain is easily strong enough to play tricks on me but when I turned around I saw someone...

"Ayumi. How have you been today?" I asked innocently even though I could see the sun had turned from a nice orange as it fell out of sight to a ungodly black that would make most pits of hell jealous. I was not playing this one off easily. I could only hope that this is my brain playing tricks on me and all I need is to go and get my head checked out by a doctor.

"Jacob? oh its just you... have you seen anyone hanging around in... cosplay?" Ayumi said as she seriously eyed my surroundings... is she an idiot? Am I missing some information about the formation of this instance dungeon? am I just going insane and that sister she mentioned is hiding in some cospaly? To many questions and to few answers.

"Not that I am aware. I was just about to head home and play that new game I got" I said with a smile and Ayumi looked at me curiously.

"Witch game" She asked after carefully examining the room.

"That game I saw you come into class to get. World Bridge Online" I said innocently but due to the fact when I mentioned the game she turned to me with a face that had lost the sparkle in its eye and looked directly at me with a dead face. I could feel a negative energy coming from her.

Ayumi walked towards me slowly.

"Why did it have to be you" Ayumi asked me and I felt a huge pulse of Negative energy. No this time I could feel her base energy and I knew it was something along those lines since I only have ESP and Negative Energy sensing and I felt two types of energy. She was getting ready to fight.

"huh?" I then just realised her statement. I have never talked to this person before except for once. sure I found her attractive and even used it as fuel to try a game out but the phrase 'Why did it have to be you' doesn't come up unless...

"Do tell me. How did you know my name?" I asked realising the situation I was in and the fact she didn't have anything floating above her head. So she had to have received the information it another way. She mentioned her sister so.... Wait the dungeon said something about a team? I may not have long to chat. One person would be hard enough to fight but even with my intelligence I doubt I could fight against a group of people. A martial artist against 8 thugs would struggle. My body is in shape however I am no martial artist. And in a school I cant just escape into a dark area like the sewer and abuse the fact I can sense what she cant see. So for now I will try and avoid a fight.

"... It doesn't matter now. I am sorry" Ayumi said before charging at me with insane speed and moving to deliver a punch that would easily according to the quick E=MC squared calculation I ran in my head instantly crush my skull. So I prayed to the lack of belief in god and used Psychokinesis. I formed a wall in front of my face and on the moment of impact I was blown away and I could feel my health slipping away. however this would not be the end for me since my head wasn't even bleeding or hurt much actually.

I was still sent flying across the classroom making a lot of noise and since the Negative energy coming from Ayumi started decreasing I am guessing that she thought that was it.

"Don't be sorry. This has just begun" I said with a smile. With Psychokinesis I should have a chance at victory. I lifted myself up from the ground slowly but in the most intimidating way I could that showed I had not taken much if any damage. This was mainly just a method of buying time. I tried testing my psychokinesis and it looks like my only problem is range and strength. I cant reach any further then two meters and I can still feel the weight of the object I am lifting all be it not as much as it would be with my arms alone. I stopped a inhuman punch so I take it that strength of the Psychokinesis relates to my intelligence stat while ESP covers range... I really should check the internet and look for any cool things I could do with this power.

Lets hope I can knock Ayumi out quickly. If I do that then a simple case of Psychokinesis to a few unique parts of the brain should allow me to cause some memory loss. I just need to finish this really quick and then run from the rest of her team.

"No" Ayumi said and suddenly I felt a surge of pain go through my head. I could feel an energy marking my skull but this ESP is new so I can't focus in on it very well and its anything but detailed. However this mark was seriously inhabiting my ability to focus and the pain made it almost unbearable. "I have already won" Ayumi said before charging at me again...

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Wow. I am sorry for being so busy and for the chapter being so short. I have had very little time on my hands as I mentioned in the last chapter so I had to either rush this or wait up to 3 weeks to get out a good chapter. So I just broke down the School Fight chapter into a few smaller chapters. I am sorry for the inconvenience however if you are reading this weeks or months after I wrote this then just see the School Fight chapters as a single chapter. I just had so little time on my hands to write it.