Strongest Superhuman System

Chapter 172: What The F*ck Is That?

Arit waited for a few more seconds to make sure that Maria was not keeping anything else from her for cinematic effect before she thanked her and turned to leave. Arit did not have enough information to come to a concrete conclusion, but from what she just heard, she knew that there was definitely a connection between what happened in that meeting and what Esmeralda said yesterday.

If they had a meeting to try and expel Mark, then it was obvious that the meeting did not go Linda's way since Mark was still in this school. But if Linda was meeting with Esmeralda, then does that mean she was not giving up yet?

Was she trying to use Esmeralda to try and get rid of Mark for some reason?

Arit stopped walking as she reached the door and turned to Maria.

"Is there any rumor that has been going around the school recently?"

Maria's eyes widened as she heard this and she scratched her cheek timidly while looking away from Arit.

"Eh? Well…"

Maria was hesitant to talk since she did not know what sort of reaction Arit would have to the information. As a member of the student council, she had a lot of connections in the school, so she knew about everything that happened there. Even the smallest rumors did not escape her attention, and she would know about them before the day was over.

There has been a rumor going around recently that Maria did not want to tell Arit about at all. She knew that Arit would also hear about it eventually, but that did not mean she wanted to be the one to tell Arit about it. She wanted Arit to find out about it from some other unfortunate soul!

"There is something, isn't there? What is it?"

Arit began walking towards Maria again, and Maria raised her hand in surrender as she noticed Arit balling her hand into a fist.

"Don't hit me! I didn't do anything wrong! I'll say it!"

Maria remembered what Arit did to that table, and she did not want to know what that much strength would do to her skull if Arit hit her with it! Maria was now certain that Arit was a superhuman that has been hiding her powers! Maybe her blessing is just very weak so she cannot fight against Anima, but that does not mean she cannot kill me in seconds if she tries!

Maria would rather have Arit be angry at Esmeralda for the rumor rather than take the punishment from Arit for keeping information from her. Maria started talking quickly before Arit could get too close.

"I heard one of the juniors talking about it in the hall this morning. They said that… Mark had the highest amount of property damage and death during his fights because his fighting style focuses more on causing as much damage as possible to the enemy using heavy punches. They called… They called Mark a murderer."

'I'm going to kill her!'

Arit's eyes widened in rage as this thought crossed her mind! This time, it wasn't QUEEN that spoke up, it was Arit's authentic voice that shouted angrily and she did not even bother fighting against the voice as she allowed it to fuel her rage!

She was fucking pissed right now and Maria whined somewhere deep inside her throat as she saw a small part of Arit's neck turning purple! There was a vein bulging out from Arit's neck as her anger soared, and the skin around the vein was turning purple! Oh god, what has she gotten herself into here!?

She should have just ignored that noise from the cupboard yesterday instead of checking it and finding this couple! If she had ignored it, then she wouldn't be in this dangerous situation! She blames her fucking curiosity for getting her into this bullshit!

Sigh~

But before things could get out of control, Arit released a sigh and Maria was shocked to see that Arit's skin turned back to the normal color and even her eyes turned to their regular black again. What the hell? Arit smiled at Maria and thanked her for her help and Maria was too stunned to even give an answer as she just watched Arit leave the classroom and close the door behind her.

Maria felt her knees go weak, and she fell to her ass in exhaustion once Arit left.

At that moment, Maria knew that her school life was not going to ever be normal again! This is hell!

...

Arit stepped out of the room and released another sigh as she smiled at someone who waved at her from down the hallway. She waved back gently and the boy blushed up a storm as he started bragging to his friend that Arit waved back to him.

Arit still felt an intense amount of anger inside of her, but she was able to call on the training that Jeanne gave her, and she managed to calm down her other side before it went out of control. Arit knew that if she didn't calm herself down, then she would have just gone straight to find Esmeralda and done something that she would regret.

If she harms Esmeralda, then that would cause more stress for Mark, and she was not going to be the reason for adding to Mark's burden.

Ring~! Ring~! Ring~!

Arit made her way to class as the school bell rang for the first period, and she kept smiling at the many people who greeted her on the way to class. Ever since Mark came out as a superhuman, there were many people who were trying to become close to her so that they could get close to Mark as well.

Arit knew that they were only greeting her so that they would have a chance to talk to Mark if they were ever together, but she did not care. As far as Arit was concerned, they were just random strangers that she would forget about in a few moments.

Arit got to class, and she was surprised to see that the teacher was already there. The homeroom teacher, Juliet, was opening up the attendance to start class, and Juliet blinked in surprise as she saw Arit coming into the class late. This was the first time that she would ever see Arit coming late to class.

"Arit, you're late."

"Yes, sorry ma'am. I had to go to the toilet."

Juliet nodded calmly and turned back to her books.

"Okay, just take your –"

"Hey, move out of the way."

A voice suddenly spoke up from behind Arit and cut Juliet off, and Arit felt her entire body lock up like a jackhammer once she heard the voice.

'KILL! KILL! KILL! KILL HER!! KILL THE FUCKING BITCH RIGHT NOW!!'

Arit turned around to look at Esmeralda with a glare, and Esmeralda furrowed her brow in confusion as she saw the look in Arit's eyes. For a moment there, Esmeralda could have sworn that she saw something yellow flash across Arit's eyes, but it was gone before long, and Arit just moved away from the door to take her seat.

Arit was trying her hardest at that point not to allow her other side to come out, and she was grateful that she had enough control not to allow it to take control. Arit knew that anything related to Mark could easily make her other side come out, so it took a lot more effort to make it calm down in this sort of situation.

"Alright, let's start taking –"

"Am I late?"

Another voice spoke up from the door, and Juliet felt her words hang in her throat as she turned to look at Mark. A small blush rose on her cheek, and she forced herself to answer him in a stable tone and told him to take his seat.

"You're right on time, Mark. Please sit down."

No one complained about the obvious favoritism that Juliet just showed. They were too busy staring at Mark to even bother pointing it out.

Mark thanked her and went to sit down beside Arit. He smiled at Arit as he took his seat and Arit was about to smile back, but Arit's eyes immediately trailed towards something on Mark's collar. It was light, but there was a smudge of red lipstick on his collar that was shaped like a pair of lips. Arit's eyes widened, and she immediately turned to Mark to ask for an explanation.