178 No! Dont come any closer! (2/2)
”That's impossible!”
It was good to know that she at least had knowledge about this subject. Because the background of this world was similar to his own with technology triumphing over magic, he wasn't sure a scientist like her would know about that. It also didn't help that in the club Linri was the only mixed-breed. Aside from him, there wasn't any mention of a mixed-breed and their lore, so he was basically the forefather of that subject and he only mentioned they couldn't awaken their bloodline without one being stronger than the other. Maybe no one in this world even knows about that and just thought that, if a baby was born with certain racial characteristics, they didn't inherit any blood from their other parent.
”Yeah, and that's kinda the problem here. I am a Kitsune and Werewolf mixed-breed and, now that I transformed, I don't know how to turn back...”
Ms. Snow started to ponder as Linri was standing there nervously. If she wasn't able to turn him back, there was no one in the school who could help him. He would have to run back to his mother crying and, afterwards, they would have an awkward conversation about 'certain changes in the body'. Ugh, he already went through that once and he certainly did not want to go through a werewolf/kitsune version of that.
”If I am to solve this problem, I need to know the source of your power.”
”That's hard to explain... I made a deal with forgotten deities and, in exchange for solving their problem, they bestowed me a part of their powers. Does that explanation suffice?”
”Depends, can your power be described as divine power?”
”Divine power?”
”Hm, I guess from your reaction that we can rule that out. I think creating a power dampener to turn you back to human shouldn't be that hard. Okay, now tell me... how did you know it was me?”
”That, well... I just guessed?”
”Don't you want to turn back to human anymore?”
”No, I am serious. Don't you remember Elvario's attack on you? Smoke doesn't come out if there is no fire. He must have a reason to suspect you, so, after that, I broke into your room and found a secret cave. I didn't go in, obviously, as that seemed like a bad idea, but, if you could build something like that, it shouldn't have been hard for you to build all this stuff under the school using this abandoned prison. I was right, wasn't I?” Linri made up a bullshit excuse as to why he knew it was her. He also wanted to know why she had a secret cave in her room.
”You broke into my room?” said Ms. Snow. She had a weird expression in her face.
”Yeah, it wasn't that hard. You always leave at night and those machine guns aren't really effective. Why did you create a messed up game like this, anyway? Why do you want students to kill each other?”
”That's none of your concern,” said Ms. Snow. Linri's started to feel extreme danger again, so he just shut up.
As Linri was thinking of whether to escape or stay, suddenly two machine appendages popped out of the wall behind him and caught him. He tried to break himself away, but his [3x Superior Strength] didn't even budge them. How?
Ms. Snow slowly started to walk towards him. Linri was starting to feel scared again.
”No! Don't come any closer!” Linri started to struggle even more. He even started to growl towards her. He needed to escape. This was a bad idea. He should have never come here. Why did he have to be such an idiot to think he could outsmart her? That was it. He had finally bitten more than he could chew!
When Ms. Snow stood in front of him, Linri stopped growling. He was scared enough that he stopped breathing. This monster was going to devour him. Maybe she would leave him alone if he showed subservience.
Linri flinched when she put her hand on his face. He couldn't even blink! His whole life was passing before his eyes: his father, mother, Annie, Brian, Carter. He could also see the glimpse of the life he was supposed to lead. He would get married to Annie. Become a teacher in a high school. Have some kids. Eventually drift apart from his other friends. Then, Linri passed out.