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Chapter 4 - Alastair The Third and Scapegoat

Ben looked at Allan as he said,

"I don't need to tell you anything since you already know him."

"It's someone i know?" Allan replied in suprise before he started to think and then he said,

"I don't remember anyone with that identity,"

" I mean you know of his other identity, the two students who are in trouble in class as we speak right now, one of them is the creator of the white space." Ben said with a smile on his handsome face.

"What?!" Allan raised his voice in disbelief as he looked at his fellow student, " You mean someone of our age, created the white space capable of illegally entering us into the Real Void?!"

Ben looked at this familiar reaction and couldn't help but chuckle as he was the same when he learned of this. He took a sip and then continued in a low voice, "Yes, you know in our time and era, there are countless genius emerging from every country, their origin doesn't matter as long as one is a genius they will be treated as if they are the Chancellor's son,"

"The Chancellor has a daughter, man, unless i missed something and she became a guy?" Allan corrected him sarcastically.

Ben ignored the comment and continued his explication with a calm voice, " You see the two guys who are the history professor's target of anger, the blond one with blue eyes is Aiden Starr, second son of Liam Starr, the Ceo of Starr Corporation."

Allan tried his best to remember and then a memory of two tall handsome guys with athletic builds sitting side by side in every period came to him, he looked his friend and asked,

"Is he the hidden creator?"

Ben shook his head and informed him, "No, it's the other one, with the black hair and black eyes."

As he finished saying that, one could see a glint of respect in his eyes.

"Oh! that guy?! amazing! but I knew he was a genius when I saw him piloting his Mecha but who could have known that he had another identity!? and what is his name again? he goes by Alex the nerd or something like that!" Allan said excitedly as he gazed at friend for an answer.

Ben didn't disappoint him and calmly replied him with a little smile, " Alastair, he goes by Alastair The Third, but his real name is Alastair Lord,"

" Yes! Alastair! wait, Lord?! you mean of CEO Lord?! " He asked Ben with a shocked voice,

" Indeed, he is CEO Alexander Lord's third offspring." Ben affirmed to his friend's shocked words,

" And he's a genius developer as he is a genius mecha pilot."

"Damn... that's pretty fucked up, that's also the power of genes."

Allan remarked with a sullen voice that also had a ting of jealousy, and then he looked at his friend as he inquired,

" How did you know it was him tho? don't lie to me by saying you found out by accident,"

"Huh? no no, he told me himself, since we're quite familiar with eachother, my dad wor"-

[Ben, you will be logged out in 15 seconds as per your professor's request to the Administrator.]

"Huh?" Ben couldn't understand what's just happened, he was interrupted by his AI and received a bomb out of nowhere, sweat started to slide slowly from his face he asked with a confused voice,

" Wha- what do you mean by that Lin? my who's what!?! to whom?! "

[ As Commanded by Administrator, you and your companion shall be sent back to the real world in an instant.]

The AI affirmed emotionlessly as a blue light came from the window and encompassed Ben and his friend as the former was still trying to get the answers and the latter was just shook as he heard the word 'professor', he already had lost half a lifespan, but when he thought of his parents, his soul was ready to take flight.

*Thud!*

*Thud!*

Suddenly the two of them lost consciousness and fell down on the the floor before the blue light swallowed them and disappeared.

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The real world, The Federal Highschool, History classroom.

"....Huh...?"

Ben dizzily opened his eyes as he started to look around him and then he realised that he was back to the classroom, he also figured out that the class was over as there was no students in the room other than him and the still sleeping Allan.

" Hey, wake up we're back in class, hey Allan wake the fuck up or the professor will-"

"The professor will what?"

He didn't get to finish his sentence as another voice interrupted him with a question, he quickly turned his head towards the desk at the front and his eyes widened with fear as a pair of eyes was looking straight into his,

"Professor Jass, what a surprise to find you here..."

"That's normal considering this is my classroom, anyway i'm curious about something,"

Professor Jass said calmly as he took something from his desk and showed it to Ben,

"Mind telling me about this? and also student Benjamin Frost, i have already contacted your parents, your homeroom professor, and the principal, so please think before answering the questions carelessly, as a creator, i don't think you would like to have your own creation confiscated away from you don't you?"

Ben was frozen, he couldn't comprehend what just happened, first he was kicked out of the Void for something he didn't know about and now all of a sudden he became the creator of the white space. As he looked at the black chip in Professor Jass's finger, he asked with a trembling voice,

" Professor, what do you mean by-"

" You know exactly what i mean student Benjamin, i want to everything about this chip and how you created it, i've already been told about about how you started business from it so don't you dare to lie to me." Professor Jass replied with a serene voice as he kept playing with the chip on his fingers.

Ben was flabbergasted as he heard the last part of the professor's words, " You mean someone told you about me being the creator of this chip?" he inquired with a pale expression, as he saw the professor nodding while still playing with the chip,

Ben's body started to tremble as his terrified voice was heard in the classroom saying,

" damn, i've been used as a scapegoat..."