Chapter 231: New Rules (1/2)

Still playing with his pen, flicking it back and forth with his left hand with exceptional skill, Moby took a deep breath once more, looking to his right to see Leo as he began addressing the class in his tired, yet still manly voice, explaining all the new rules for the next week of school.

He had already mentally prepared himself to confront Abby once more, so the shock of seeing her in the state that she was in, the daughter that he knew and loved now being no more… did not come as a big surprise as it was all something that he predicted. Yet, despite that fact, he still inwardly felt pain seeing what he saw, like small daggers slowly poking away at his heart that he completely suppressed under his poker face of calmness and composure.

”So, class, first things first, the security of the school has been bolstered tremendously, you can now find…”

Keeping half his focus on Leo's words so he did not miss a single detail about the new rules that could cause him some trouble in the future, he attempted to open a mind-link between him and Abby, only for him to find out that it did not work despite them being in such close proximity, just like he had expected.

That very much confirmed to Moby all that he needed to know. She had gone completely rogue and was now outside of his full control, that was the only explanation since he doubted that she had some sort of anti-communication crystal on her.

Since his 1 week of complete control had faded away, if a servant's disloyalty and hatred reached a certain point, they would cease to be under their master's control which was exactly what had happened with Abby, as no matter what order he tried to give her such as ”jump”, ”yawn,” ”stretch” and more did not work on her, that along with his emotion sensing.

He had already come to terms that the Abby he knew and loved was gone but seeing reality in front of him hit very different, yet not hard enough for him to lose his cool and rationality. There was no doubt in his mind that brainwashing was involved and the Abby in front of him was either the real Abby he never knew, reverting back to her normal self or a brainwashed Abby manipulated into hating him, of course wishing the truth to be the latter.

Yet, he did not dwell on that thought for long, he would surely find out soon enough so there was no use bothering with it. For now, he once again focused his full attention on Leo who was still giving his speech ahead, the thoughts about Abby still biting away in the back of his mind.

For the next hour or so, Leo explained many things from areas that were not allowed to be in, force fields around the school preventing any exit, more cameras and guards, how all contact to the outside world had been severed, the connection to the internet completely off from the entire school and if they wanted to contact their parents or anyone from the outside, it would have to be completely monitored. And, finally, how they would all be questioned using a lie detector all by the general himself the next day, solely to ensure that there is no tampering and that the results were 100% accurate.

Moby found the new rules and changes to be fairly standard. He did not mind any of them, even the lie detector test. He was confident in being able to bypass it once more, but people from the gang that knew about what happened might pose a problem so he would have to find a way to either kill them with such bolstered security or speak to Emilia to ensure that she had things under control, because he was confident that she did not want to be caught by the military as well. However, he understood that it was all doable but all of that would be a massive headache and hassle so he would rather have everything completed by the end of the day before any lie detector test occurred.

For seemingly the first time ever after their first combat practice in the arena, the class was unnaturally active, asking various questions which clearly surprised Leo and slightly elevated his previously down mood.

This was because all of the students knew the severity of the consequences to anyone that broke the rules so they wanted to ensure that they understood everything. It did not mean that their fear of Leo faded away, all it meant was that they were more afraid of breaking the new rules than afraid of Leo himself who was too caught up in the moment to even realize.

After the first hour of explanations finished, the class went on like usual, continuing their lessons about abilities, the class still being rather morbid from everything that had previously occurred, now going into the lesson about spirit-mode, something that he wished was taught to him the other day before he went against Jason and Nags.

Everything that Leo explained was something that he had already known, probably since for the first class, he had only touched upon the very surface details, yet some of the things he said Moby found completely false like about the origin and creation of spirit beasts, them being an actual manifestation of a person's soul and ability which Moby now found completely blasphemous. Yet he still took note of what he said just so he could write it on a test when such a question arises, knowing full well that if he wrote what he knew he would be marked wrong in the best case and be questioned by the military for possibly knowing something they didn't and where he had gotten his new information in the worst case.

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