Jon was following Victoria through the school building, he wasn't too happy about following Victoria but his curiosity got the best of him. Throughout his first day, he realized that this school's third- and fourth-year students' behavior differs from the first and second-year students.
He learned that this school and its policies had been changed 2 years prior, the name, the buildings everything was fairly new. And he couldn't help but be curious why there would be divisions in the student body because of that. Surely there would be disagreements but such issues would have already been taken care of due to the school interference.
The juniors and seniors are a bit wild and violet compared to the freshman and sophomore students.
Jon followed Victoria across the school building until they arrived at a spacious room with a long rectangular table with four chairs lined up at each side and one at the head. Once she closed the door we entered through she walked around the table, pulled out one of the chairs to the side, and took a seat, seeing that Jon pulled out a chair and sat directly across from her.
" Now that you are here can you tell me what you have noticed at this school from your first day". Seeing Jon sit down Victoria asked without the usual playful and mischievous smile she always had when she spoke to him.
Hearing the question Jon reflected on the things he noticed throughout the day, he pondered what he should say before he gave up and just asked what mostly struck his interest.
"Why is the land area for the school so big?"
"That's a wonderful question. But before I explain that you need to know who the chairman of the school is and since you're new to Newport City I don't believe you know who that is."
"You've really read my file," Jon said to her with eyes narrowed.
"Yes. Didn't I make that clear earlier? Anyways The chairman of this school bought this school from its previous owner, not only did he buy the school but all the land surrounding it as well. That includes those tall hills and open land filled with bushes and trees. That's more than 200 acres of land mind you." She said nonchalantly.
Jon sat across from her with an apathetic face but that was only on the outside to say he wasn't a bit shocked would be a total lie.
'Just how much money does this guy have?' He thought to himself knowing the amount of money it would take for that.
"Rumors are going around stating that the chairman wants to buy up the remaining land surrounding the area too. That's more than 500 acres as well." Victoria said with a smile on her face watching Jon's stoic expression slowly shatter into pieces.
"What!?" Jon exclaimed in shock when he heard what Victoria said. Looking at Victoria and seeing the smile on her face he regained his composure and asked.
"What does the chairman of a school of a school want with so much land?"
"Well, that's just the thing he isn't just a chairman. He's also the mayor of Newport City, he bought the school and restructured it for some grand plan he has. He wants to create a school chain, from elementary to university level." Victoria replied regaining a serious look on her face before continuing.
"But for that to happen he needs credibility and lots of results, you see Newport is still a developing city, in other words, it's still new and he believes that creating a university will be crucial to the development of this city. But he's a sort of perfectionist he wants to create an institution that raises the best of the best of this country among its graduates. A foolish ideal if you ask me." She said with a complicated expression on her face.
"He wants to create a system where students excel with the right guidance and manage themselves. But someone stands in the way of that one particular student. Leonard Reed. He's a fourth year who used to attend this school before it was changed over. He controls the fourth and third-year students through money and violence he even forces them to achieve high grades by giving them rewards through money. And yes we share the same last name because he's my idiot older brother." Victoria finished with a tired expression.
"I still don't see how I play in here," Jon said while staring at her apathetically and he watched as her expression changed to one of amusement as she started to speak.
"I say Leonard controls the students through violence but that's not exactly true well that's on school grounds that is. There are a total of six high schools in Newport City, including ours, and each of them is well known for high student violence. Bridgeview High was the former name for our school before its name changed and a lot of troublemakers used to go there one of the said troublemakers is Leonard, however, the school can't expel him for various reasons such as his excellent grades and well-behaved nature that he upholds on the school grounds. And that's where you come in." She said with a mischievous smile and pointed her index finger at me.
" I want you to get into my idiot brother's inner circle and get close to him and the information you learn from him and his little goons I want you to pass them on to me," She said to me with an arrogant smirk on her face.
"I refuse," Jon said before he got up out of his seat, and as he was about to walk away he heard Victoria let out a small chuckle.
"Hehehe, It's so funny you think you have a choice in the matter." She said with an arrogant smirk.
"What are you talking about?" Jon asked with his eyes narrowed glaring down at her.
"I read your file remember? You think I don't know about your little stabbing incident? Not to mention your little fight this morning with Yang? By the way are you an idiot? Who the hell fights on their first day at school? Anyways you will do what I ask whether you like it or not Jon." She said as she crossed her legs looking at him with an arrogant smile.
Seeing this Jon turned around and jumped on the table and grabbed her by the collar lifting her to his eye level.
'It's about time! I was getting tired of her endless talking lets beat the shit outta her for trying to blackmail us.'
Jon heard the voice of his alter in his head which he once again ignored and was staring into the eyes of the girl who dared try to blackmail him she was calm her pupils didn't even dilate, her breathing was steady and she still had that irritating smirk on her face.
"You think you can blackmail me?"
"If you want to hit me then go ahead but I assure you that would only make your situation much worse. Remember how we first met this morning? Now think about the people who saw us on our way here? Not to mention I was already waiting for you before Mr. Thomas came to release you from your little detention. I wonder who will they believe you or me?" She said once again with her arrogant smile.
Jon drew the arm that was holding her closer which brought her face closer to his and looked her directly in the eye, she could see that his eyes were slowly getting darker and darker. However, she still had that arrogant smile on her face as she looked directly into his eyes, he suddenly blinked then let out a deep sigh and let her go and she fell to the floor.
She got up and watched him jump off the table and head toward the door. Before he could open the door she spoke out to him once more.
"I'll give you until the end of the week to make up your mind"
"I'll make you pay for trying to manipulate me you crazy bitch." Jon replied before he opened the door and walked through it before closing it.
Victoria listened to his footsteps as he walked away, she listened as they slowly drifted away until she couldn't hear them anymore. As soon as she made up her mind that he was gone her legs gave away and she fell to her knees.
'That… that was scary I thought I was gonna die' She thought to herself while looking down at her hands and saw that they were shaking.
***
Jon exited the school building and walked towards the gate of the school, to say he was upset was an understatement due to how immensely he was enraged.
'That bitch! How dare she try to manipulate us!' The sound of the alter's voice once again resounded in Jon's head.
'I told you to be careful around her but you didn't listen as always. Now do you see why you should listen to me more?!'
Alter continued to rage on but Jon stayed quiet as he walked reflecting on the earlier conversation, he was trying to figure out a way to get himself out of the situation.
'Should I report it to the faculty?' He thought to himself as he made his exit from the school grounds walking towards the bus stop.
'No that wouldn't work since they want to get rid of this Leonard guy as well. I wouldn't be surprised if they gave a silent agreement to Victoria's little plan' He sighed as he approached the main street.
Walking on the main street still pondering about his issues he glanced across the street and saw four students that seemed to be fighting or rather one was being held down while others kept on kicking the shit out of him.
Three of the students wore red blazers over white shirts along with gray pants and black shoes. The students they were holding down had on a white shirt with a dark blue tie with white stripes along with khaki pants.
Jon recognized the student's uniform was the same as his but he didn't care and he was about to walk away, after all the bus stop was within sight. He ignored them and continued walking towards the bus stop before he suddenly stopped and let out a deep sigh.
'What is wrong with me today?' He thought as he pinched the bridge of his nose, He then turned his gaze back across the street, he then threw his school bag to the side, and made a dash across the street. He didn't care about the incoming cars that blew their horns at him as he sprinted toward the students.
He raised his left fist as he ran between the students and landed a direct hit on the face of the boy who was holding down the student from his school. The punch sent the boy flying back until he landed on his back.
"AAAHH MY FUCKING FACE!!!" The boy screamed out as he grabbed his face with both hands only to find out his nose was broken.
"Who the hell are you, you bastard!."
"Shawn, are you okay?"
The other two noticed and shouted seeing what happened to their friend. They became alert at Jon's presence and backed away from the student on the ground.
The student on the ground started to get up and Jon looked down on saw his face. The look on Jon's face became a mixture of irritation on annoyance when he saw who it was.
"Oh, it's you," Jon said with a deadpan expression as he looked at Haoyu kneeling on the ground.
"What's that supposed to mean bastard!" Haoyu got up and grabbed Jon's collar.
"What I mean is that if I knew it was you I'd let them continue to beat the crap outta you! You ungrateful bastard!" Jon grabbed Haoyu's collar and shouted back at him.
"Motherfucker, I'll kill you for breaking my nose!" The boy named Shawn got up and ran toward Jon preparing to swing his fist.
""SHUT UP!!!!"" Both Jon and Haoyu turned around and punched him in the face again knocking him out cold this time.
His friends didn't stand idly by as they rushed toward the two that just knocked their friends unconscious.
"You'll pay for that bastards"
One of them attacked Haoyu with a kick that he easily dodged and countered with a left hook knocking him out on the spot. The other ran at Jon with a flurry of punches which he easily kept on dodging he even had his hands in his pockets as if to prove this wasn't a challenge to him at all. All of a sudden a quick jab hit the student in the nose causing him to stop his attacks and hold it.
He felt blood running down his nose and wiped it away with his hand before looking at it. His face reflected in pure rage as he pulled out a pocket knife and started to shout.
"Do you even know who I am motherfucker? I'm Gavin from southland high and I'm going to fuck you up you little shit."
Gavin said as he dashed toward Jon swinging his knife, however seeing this Jon still had his hands in his pocket without a care in the world.
"Hey, what are you doing dodge you idiot!" Haoyu shouted as he watched Gavin dash toward Jon with his knife but what he saw next shocked him to the core.
In one quick and fluid movement, Jon knocked the knife out of Gavin's hand, grabbed his wrist, and threw him on his back on the ground.
"Whoa" That's all Haoyu was able to say due to the shock of how quickly Jon took his opponent down.
Gavin on the other hand was confused one second he was attacking Jon and the next he was looking at the sky while experiencing a hellish pain in his back. Jon then looked down at him and spoke.
"Tell your boss that Leonard says that if he ever catches anyone of his people in North Square again there will be hell to pay." Jon then walked away from him before looking back and saying.
"Oh, and wake your friends up and leave before a crowd starts to gather."
Jon walked towards Haoyu who was looking at him with widened eyes. Jon put on an apathetic face before calling out to him.
"Stop staring at me like that asshole."
"My name is Haoyu, you bastard! But you can call Hao." He quickly regained his exposure and replied.
"Whatever, you can call me Jon," Jon said as he looked at Hao from head to toe and noticed just how beat up he was.
"So Hao can you tell me how you manage to get your ass beat by those three losers? From what I've seen the three of them should have nothing on you." Jon asked as he glanced over at the mixed Asian.
"They were harassing a girl that went to our school she seemed uncomfortable so I stepped in so that the girl could leave. They told me to follow them here and I followed because I wanted to knock some sense into them but when I arrived that Shawn guy came out of nowhere and hit me in the head. He caught me by surprise." He said the lost part with a shrug as if it wasn't a big deal.
"Hahahaha and they say chivalry is dead. That's what you get for pushing your nose in other people's business." Jon said while laughing which caused Hao's eyebrow to twitch in irritation.
"Like you're one to talk. If you're so great why are you here then?" He said while looking at John in a deadpan expression.
"That's because I wanted to let off some steam and I saw some poor loser who needed help and decided to lend a helping hand," Jon said arrogantly with a smirk.
"There you go again with that irritating attitude," Hao said as one of his eyebrows twitched. He then sighed and held out his hand for a fist bump.
"Thanks for helping me out in that sticky situation." He said with his fist still held out in front of him. Jon stared at his fist for a few seconds then gave a brief smile and held out a fist that connected with Hao's.
"Whatever, see ya later loser," Jon said as he pulled back his hand and turned around to leave.
***
After Jon left he went to pick up his bag and head towards the bus stop. After about 15 minutes a bus arrived that he could take to get home and another 30 minutes later he got off at another bus stop and arrived at his gated community.
When he reached home he noticed the door wasn't locked and he thought his sister got home before him.
'She's going to wring my ear off"
He sighed at his upcoming fate, opened the door, and walked in. As soon as he entered he saw his sister sitting on the sofa and across from her an old man in a suit was sitting drinking tea. He was Asian and he had a well-built body that you don't expect someone his age would have.
Standing behind the old man was a brown-skinned man also dressed in a rather expensive-looking black suit. He had a low shaved head and a mustache that was connected to a goatee.
Seeing me enter they both turned their eyes to me and following them my sister's head turned and her eyes met mine. She had a complicated look in her eye as if she was struggling with something. She bit down on her lip for a few seconds and as if she made up her mind she began to speak.
"Jon… Our Grandpa died."