Chapter 352: The Truth And Nothing But The Truth (1/2)
Regrit did not want to meet their gaze, he knew who it was just by the voice and presence alone, the sense of foreboding emanating from them was more than clear. But, in order to not make himself look initially guilty, he forced himself to look them in the eyes.
Just like he expected, it was non-other than the principal's iron gaze that met his vision, and he felt his life flash before his eyes. The previous adrenaline in his heart was gone, now replaced with panic as his mind spun in circles coming up with an excuse or escape from his predicament, only for him to find there to be no way.
But, in the madness that laid under his poker face, he heard a sound come from his side.
”Yes, of course, ma'am, I shall answer you all that you need. I'm extremely sorry for this…” He looked over to his side to witness a bowing Moby, and he decided to follow in his footsteps to show the proper respect to his superior before it was undoubtedly too late.
”Very well, I'm glad to see you are so cooperative!” She nodded to herself. ”So, I'm gonna get right to the point, explain to me why you're here and what you were doing in the quickest way possible. Be specific in the parts you deem necessary. But first, answer me this… Were you at the mammon's den earlier today?” She spoke, and she did not hesitate to pull out a lie detector crystal from her storage ring.
And, if Regrit did not know already, he certainly did now… It was all over, and there was no way to escape. That fact was now jammed down his throat, and he prepared to choke and die by the hands of that crystal she just pulled out.
Moby took a deep breath as he lifted his head up with confidence, ready to respond.
It seemed like he was the one to put the final nail in their coffin.
He took a second to think to himself before he let out his answer. ”The mammon's what? I've never heard of that in my life,”
'YOOOOOUUU FUCKING IDIIOOTTTT!!!' Regrit inwardly screamed, his poker face breaking as his eyes immediately grew wide and nearly bloodshot.
His heart began beating faster than before, and time felt twice as slow. His life was over… And Moby ruined it… No! There was still a chance! As long as he told her the truth, he wouldn't have to be punished by association, his words did not have to represent him too.
But, when he panned and over and opened his mouth ready to speak, his eyes grew even wider seeing the lie detector crystal in the principal's hands glowing a bright green, meaning that what Moby said was the truth…
'W-what's going on…'
”Me Regrit and Hikari just went to explore the city a bit, we were just at the Shaq shack not too far away from here a few minutes ago. I was trying to get along with him but, things got heated and I accidentally cussed his mother, which escalated things into a fight… We are deeply sorry for this ma'am. We promise it will never happen again…
As Moby continued talking, the crystal's green glow remained and was not diminished. And, as he finished his speech, he bowed once again, the blood on his face dripping down the gravel below. And, without even thinking, Regrit followed suit by bowing even deeper trying to hide all the sweat on his face.
”HAAHAHAHAHAHHA!” The woman looking over them's tone immediately shifted into uncontrollable laughter that caught even them off, guard. ”You had me worried kids, I thought you were in that mammon's shit hole gambling all of your points away under my nose! I just caught like a hundred students in there all because of the special signal programmed on your watches telling me that you were fighting in there. I guess the pinging wasn't exactly 100% accurate, but all ended well! If this was any other time I would have lectured you big time and given you a big punishment, but since I'm in such a good mood and because it seems like you've learned your lesson, I'll let you off with a slap on the wrist just this time!”
”Thank you very much ma'am! We are honoured to be given such an opportunity, we promise it will not happen again,” Regrit finally spoke for the first time, and he received a smile from the still chuckling principal.
Her giggling echoed in the alleyway, and was only interrupted by the sound of one of her men speaking, bringing her back to her more serious tone.
”Ma'am! We went across that secret tunnel and found there to be no sign of the mammon! The exit is just out there!”
”Damn him! How the hell did he escape this time! I thought we had him for sure!! Order five soldiers to scout the area for any signs of him! And order five others to search the tunnel for any other exits! I refuse to believe he'll get away! If he gets away too far, it's all over! He can pretty much blend perfectly in any crowd! Hey, kids! Did you see an old man run in the alleyway within the past few minutes?”
”No, we didn't… But, we had our back turned to it the entire time, there might have been someone there but we were too busy here to notice...” It was Hikari's turn to answer this question.
”Damn!” She cursed once more. ”Okay, you kids are off the leash now! Go back to school, your curfew is very soon. Stay out of trouble! In the meantime, I'm gonna be searching for that damn mammon!” She spoke her final words and finally left, blasting off in the air, blowing away everything underneath her as Moby and Regrit shielded their eyes. And, when they dropped their arms, the principal was nowhere to be seen, she and all of her soldiers.
”...”