SWOOSH!
The sound of the faucet echoed in the empty men's restroom. There was the figure of Odin — in Kai's body — who seemed to be washing his face.
His facial expression looked angry as he said, "Those damn humans ..."
"... when I get back, I'll be sure to drown their heads in hot lava many times over with my own hands," Odin grumbled.
On the other hand, a second after Odin stopped speaking, Kai's voice took over the mouth. He said the same words over while staring straight and blank.
"What should I do? What should I do? What should I do ..."
Meanwhile, Odin just sighed as he stared at the reflection in the mirror. He doesn't know what happened, but Kai became like this just after Odin had taught those damn humans who had thrown that bag of disgusting liquid.
This boy did it again — he said to himself.
He then slapped both sides of his own face alternately and then Kai stopped the words coming out of his mouth. It seems that Kai became more calm — he thought in relief.
"Get grip on yourself, kiddo," Odin said calmly, "We still have things to accomplish here."
But not so long, Kai did it again. He said the same words as before and it left Odin in confusion.
"What should I do? What should I do? What should I do ..."
Odin then quietly said, "[System], open the mission status window."
[Access permitted]
DING!
[Second Main Mission: Be the Center of Attention]
[Mission Details: In the opening ceremony of the new school year, make everyone admire how great you are at giving speeches!]
[Time: 10 minutes]
[Time Remaining 00:10:00]
Time Detail: 15 minutes until the mission starts
[Success Reward: Title of achievement]
[Failure Penalty: Title curse]
Odin sighed as he read the details of his second mission again. This won't work if this boy is still acting crazy — he thought.
Actually, Odin can complete the second mission just by himself. However the problem is that he doesn't understand what he should talk about as a human when he makes a speech later. He had already failed the second mission previously and who knows what the bad things would await if the mission this time also failed.
"What do I do, what do I do, what do I do, what do I do ..."
On the other hand, Odin was starting to feel uneasy because Kai was incessantly saying these words and they were automatically coming out of the same mouth as Odin, since they shared the function of the mouth.
He then closed his eyes and said, "Stop talking nonsense and listen to me, boy..."
"...if you keep this up, we'll get into even worse trouble," Odin said firmly.
Kai, however, was still muttering the same words over and over again.
"What should I do? What should I do? What should I do? What should I do..."
Knowing that Kai did not seem to heed his words, Odin again patted both sides of his face alternately with his right hand and harder than before.
"What should I —"
SLAP!
"Wake up, brat!" Odin snapped.
A second later, Kai instantly reacted by clutching his left cheek with his left hand and suddenly he crying while hold his tears.
"Sob ...! I-I'm so scared ..."
"... what if Reynold will reply to me when I'm on stage? He might embarrass me even more to take revenge."
Hearing Kai's words between his cries, Odin tapped his forehead as he let out a long breath. In his mind Odin wondered in frustration like, what exactly was this boy afraid of from those humans?
"Sob... sob... sob...!"
Again Odin sighed and then said, "You're really funny as a human ..."
"... You dare to talk all you want to me, yet you're terrified of a handful of humans who I could wipe out with a snap of my fingers if I wanted. What are you really afraid of?" Odin said in a resigned, yet still firm tone.
"..."
Odin then said again, "If you are afraid that the boys will pranked you again when you are on stage, then you don't need to worry ... I will take care of them. Just do your job to finish the second mission from [System]."
"You'll never understand, because you're just an alter ego and you just don't know what crazy things I've been through because of them."
Hearing Kai's words, Odin instantly became annoyed. His right eye seemed to twitch with an awkward smile on his face.
Couldn't Odin just destroy the earth and all inhabitants? — Odin's crazy thoughts seemed to flare up amongst this crazy situation.
"Sigh! I'll go crazy if this keeps up," Odin muttered.
In the midst of a confusing situation, suddenly the sound of the [System] notification came back.
DING!
[Warning]
[7 minutes until the second mission starts!]
Odin becomes annoyed, but then he takes a deep breath. After he felt become more calm, he speak up.
"Hey kiddo, we don't have much time to listen to your depressing ramblings."
"..."
For a few moments there was silence between them. A minute, two minutes, three minutes, Odin sighed and finally made a decision.
"If you won't do it, then I will," Odin said.
But after that, Kai immediately spoke up, "I-I'll do it."
Kai suddenly opened his voice in the last two minutes, while Odin snorted with a small smile.
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"... a-and because of that I give my gratitude to ..."
From what Odin knew according to the words of the woman backstage before, Kai was such a bright student that he got a full scholarship for three years at this school. That's why, at the ceremony of the new school year, Kai was asked to do the welcome speech as the student with the highest score in this school.
It had been three minutes since Kai's speech while Odin stared around him. But what Odin didn't understand is that among the flat faces staring at the stage, he could see several boys who seemed to be grinning at him — including Kai — as one of the boys showed his smartphone screen from the distance towards the stage.
"... then I also —"
On the other hand, Kai suddenly fell silent when he saw the stuff on the hand of one of the boys in the audience bench. His body then started trembling as his left eye widened and stared in fear.
Meanwhile, Odin who felt Kai's act become weird while starred in one point, then Odin squinted his eyes and look around to search the source that make Kai frightened.
The next second, Odin's face turned angry as he clenched his right fist.
What had those humans actually done to this boy? — Odin growled to himself.