"Hmm?"
Neo realised the voice came from the teacher, and she was... looking at him?
He recalled her words and reached a conclusion.
'My name is Neo?'
If that was the case...
Neo suddenly realised he was still sitting down, which was definitely rude. He dragged himself up but abruptly froze.
His face contorted in pain, and a low groan escaped his lips. His hands subconsciously went to his right chest, lightly pressing it.
Why was his right chest hurting so badly?
Was he wounded?
"Neo Immortal! Answer the question!"
The teacher's voice grew sharper, her tone sterner. His body jolted, and he swiftly looked at her.
Right, answer the question first—think later!
But what was the question?
Neo cleared his throat and asked in a shaky voice, "Could you repeat the question?"
"Pfftt!"
Most of the boys in the class began to chuckle. Some even pulled faces at Neo. You'd think they'd be a little more mature—weren't they born in the New Age?
"Alright. What is the meaning of purification, and what effect does it have on our Celestial bodies?"
The moment the question was asked, information regarding that topic began flooding Neo's mind.
His face, still scrunched up from the shocking pain in his chest, relaxed slightly, and his voice grew more confident.
"Purification is one of the five gifts bestowed upon humanity by the Spirit Realm.
It's the ability to enhance our Celestial bodies to a higher grade by accumulating purification essence obtained from killing bloodline beasts.
For instance, through purification, a Spiritual with a Common Grade spirit can enhance their spirit to the level of an Uncommon Grade one, and even higher. And this purification is unrelated to the tier of the Spiritual's soul.
That means a person can exceed the limits of their soul tier by purifying their Celestial bodies. Also—"
"That's enough! Your reply is brilliant, as always."
Neo smiled in relief after the teacher gave him an approving look and turned away. He slowly sat down amid the numerous hateful gazes from his classmates.
Neo began to wonder. What had he done to his classmates for them to hate him so much? Especially the boys. Had he stolen all their girlfriends?
Was he that good?
He suddenly gasped. He looked around, eyes widening.
Have I transmigrated?!
Neo couldn't believe it. Was transmigration real?
Was he in the body of an arrogant, good-for-nothing brat who only messed around with girls?
If so...
Wasn't this great?
Neo's thoughts continued to spiral down all the wrong paths, and soon he was waiting patiently for his super system to load up and make him overpowered.
Neo was seriously praying for the system to be a harem one when the bell rang and the teacher rushed out.
He stood up absentmindedly and picked up his bag, wondering why the expected rush of information hadn't occurred yet.
When was he going to regain all the memories of his current life, accept his new identity (as if he had a choice), and fulfil the 'requirements' for the system to load up?
Duff!
Neo collided with something hard amid his thoughts and fell on his backside.
He looked up, thinking he had run into a wall, but frowned when he saw that he had run into a boy.
A boy built like a wall.
Neo stood up, dusted his clothes off, and walked past the boy.
His anger dissipated with one glance at the boy's bulging muscles. Neo decided to let it go for now, at least until he unlocked his system and started getting stronger.
Only then would the face-slapping commence...
But as he moved to pass by the boy, another appeared in front of him, blocking his path once again.
Neo didn't need to be a genius to know that these boys were here to cause trouble. He stared in shock as another boy locked the classroom door from behind, trapping them all inside.
Neo's danger senses began to tingle. Were they going to beat him up?
"Look who we have here..."
A high-pitched, slightly croaky voice resounded from behind.
Neo spun on his heels and saw a tall, handsome youth with bulging muscles and a proud smirk plastered on his face, slowly walking over.
Neo knew nothing about himself, where he was, or what was actually going on, but instinctively, he knew who this boy was.
"Chester."
An instinctual anger began to take over Neo. Whoever he was before he transmigrated to this place clearly had a strong dislike for Chester.
In fact, as he watched Chester give him that condescending look, Neo's blood boiled!
Chester watched him for a few seconds before slowly bringing out his vape. Purple smoke puffed from his lips shortly after.
"During lunch today, I saw you with Mary. Let me list your offences.
One; you had the gall to sit beside her and make her laugh 36 times in 20 minutes!
Two; you dared to use your filthy hands to touch her sacred body 18 times!
Three; I don't know how you, pupil-less freak, managed to do it, but you made her blush 3 times! 3 times!"
There was a brief silence after this where Neo questioned whether his hearing was working properly.
Was he having auditory hallucinations?
What kind of psycho was this?!
Who in the world counted these sorts of interactions?
Chester slowly placed his hands behind his back like an arrogant young master and said, "For all these reasons, you deserve to be punished!"
Pow!
Neo saw white for an instant as a heavy slap struck the back of his neck.
He staggered forward and glared at Chester's three goons, who were disdainfully rolling up their sleeves.
Neo's mind raced. He immediately realised that he was definitely going to get beaten up that afternoon. They were going to bully and beat him for interacting with someone?
Neo saw red.
He was the first to pounce!
He charged at the three boys like a crazed beast and threw his strongest punch.
In that case, he wasn't going down without a fight!