The Author's POV

"I've been waiting for you..."

Slowly walking in my direction, Arnold smirked.

"...I should've taken care of you shortly after what had happened in the virtual world, but because of everything that had happened in Hollberg and the many other things going on with my life, I completely forgot about an insect like you"

"But worry not, now that I've remembered. I'm going to make sure you suffer..."

-Crack!

Cracking his neck, Arnold disdainfully looked at me

"Let's start by making you fail the exam"

Watching Arnold walking in my direction, raising my hands, I slowly backed off. Smiling wryly I said

"...ah, Arnold, let's talk things out. Let's not get physical shall we?"

"Yes. We will talk. But not with our mouths"

-Boom!

Finished with what he wanted to say, Arnold tensed his calves and propelled his body forwards. Like a bullet, he quickly appeared before me.

Noticing his actions, as I watched him appear before me, I couldn't help but curse out loud.

"Oh come on man! why must people always resort to violence!"

"Die!"

As Arnold arrived a few meters before me, I saw his huge fist heading towards my face.

Sigh

Sighing, moving my head to the side, the fist flew past my head.

"Huh?"

Soon after, before Arnold could make out how I had dodged it, clenching my fist and concentrating my mana there, I threw a punch towards his right upper area.

-Bam!

A shockwave swept the surroundings.

"Wh-khuuuaa!"

Before Arnold could even have time to react, my fist connected to his liver. Soon after, he found himself on the ground kneeling.

"kkhhhhhh"

As saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, Arnold tried standing up.

But was a futile effort on his end. His legs refused to budge.

As he tried to move, it felt as though a jolt of electricity coursed through his body from his liver down to his right leg and up to his brain stem. Within about half a second of when my fist connected to his liver, Arnold found his body paralyzed on the ground. He was in complete agony, unable to breathe, stand, or think clearly.

No matter how much he tried to stand up, he couldn't

"It's pointless. I concentrated everything I had towards your liver area"

Staring at Arnold squirming on the ground, I slowly walked up to him and said.

"If you've paid attention in class...as the liver is one of the largest organs in the human body when faced with a stimulus, the liver releases both the body toxins it tries to filter and a very large amount of blood back into the body, resulting in your body completely shutting down as a means of self-preservation."

Squatting down, at Arnold's eye level, I grabbed him by the hair and slowly said

"...so regardless of how much you want to stand up, your body won't allow it."

Regaining some clarity, staring at me with wide eyes, Arnold couldn't help but mutter

"Y-ou, h-how?"

It had to be noted that despite the fact that he was caught off guard even though he never took his opponent seriously, Arnold shouldn't have been this hurt from a simple punch.

Especially since he specialized in defense. Unless his opponent had higher stats than him, it was impossible.

Recalling the fact that his target was only ranked two months prior, he didn't believe he had higher stats than him.

It was impossible.

the blow came too fast

been waiting for that moment since the very beginning. Slowly he came to

you've been waiting for this moment since

Smiling, I didn't reply.

His analysis wasn't wrong.

his attack

important character in the latter

of always starting a fight with a right hook. From there, it was fairly easy. With him thinking I was weak, I pretty much exploited the opening he created when he punched in my direction and hit him straight in the liver with the fastest

wasn't rocket science. It was just a simple

are you trying to

Arnold was

of my

with both hands on the ground tried to

it's not like I was going to let him stand up. Since I had the advantage, I wasn't just going to throw it away like that. Pulling him by the hair, I smashed his face

-Bam!

"Khhhhhauuu!"

stay down. You need to rest a

"I'll kill you!"

found, to my surprise, Arnold's head lunging in my direction. Almost

"Wow!"

caught

my head backward, raising my hand by reflex, a loud

-Slap!

had turned red, I

There's no need to resort to biting. What are you

"I-ll kill you!"

-Slap!

mark appeared on Arnold's face. Looking at Arnold, I

calm you down. Please

-Slap!

is my duty to help fellow students who are

-Slap!

fact that Arnold's cheeks were progressively getting bigger, I continuously

slapping sounds reverberated across

slapped Arnold in the face, I soon saw tears streaming down from the side of his cheeks. They were

be taught a

longer the passive me from back

didn't mean I would stand by and get abused like before. If my opponent was someone I absolutely couldn't pick

-Slap!

currently a dark shade of blue, and his

I stood up.

shouldn't hurt your right? Just take it as me caressing your

"I-ll...kkk"

of how swollen his cheeks

him and glancing around, I

do with the fact that all the

it. Altough the second and third years were here, they didn't actually know

some of the students or rescue them when they

warning the second and third

'educating' him like the good student I was, I had to be careful not to severely injure

"What's going on here?"

as I finished dealing with Arnold, a crisp and pleasant voice entered my ears prompting me to

"Huh?"

forked paths. Glancing at me for a

my

you believe me if I said he

"No--hmmm"

see, his ears were working. As soon as he noticed someone coming, he immediately tried to speak. However, before he could do so, I immediately placed my foot on his face and stopped

I'm talking

"..."

the scene before her, Melissa was

didn't take someone with a high IQ to understand what had

an awkward silence prevailed in

a short pause, shaking her head Melissa proceeded to make her way towards the left side of

I even asked. I have no interest in your kinks. Move aside,

Melissa slowly walked towards the

waved at

a

"Tch"

annoyance, Melissa quickly disappeared