Chapter 47: Distribution of missions

-Hey Alan, what happened to you? Those wounds are not normal…

The atmosphere in the room changed in an instant, everyone was focused on Charles’ bruises, who was silent.

-Hey, someone is hitting you, isn’t he? -Richard approaches the boy who was still silent.

-I, I, …” Charles was trying to speak, but his nerves betrayed him.

-You must tell us, we can take care of whoever is bullying you, you just have to tell us who it is.

-…Some boys, there are some boys… They… -Charles was trying to explain his situation while he had his head down, he trembled in fear as he did so.

-Wait Richard, you’re overloading him with questions, let’s hope he calms down. -Alexander opted to push Richard away and be the one to take care of Charles.

-This is what you wanted to join the gang for, isn’t it? You wanted help with your problem, didn’t you?

-I… I’m sorry… I… -Charles was getting more nervous, the fact that they find out his true intentions stresses him out quite a lot.

-Calm down bro, no one is angry, you can talk in confidence.

(The best I can do is to try to calm him down…) -Young Alexander spoke in a calm and quiet way to Charles trying to calm him down.

-I… Yes, I did, I wanted to join your gang, since I saw what a strong and good person you were, sorry for not telling you sooner. -Charles’ true intentions came to light, he had joined the gang looking for help.

-We understand that, but can you tell us who is doing these things to you? Was it Marcus or Felix? -Sophia decides to stop keeping quiet as she questions the boy.

-Hey, why us? We don’t do these things anymore, do we Felix? -Marcus angrily tries to say that he is a different person now and as a whole, he defends his partner Felix.

-No, it wasn't Mr. Félix or Mr. Marcus, they are some kids from another high school, I still don't know what I did to them, but one day they started bothering me, asking me for money and hitting me when I didn't do it.

(I see, the classic bullies for no reason, these kind of people don’t have a reason to do what they do, they just think it’s fun and that’s it).

Alexander more than anyone else knew what kind of people they were, in his old life he had encountered different kinds of people, and bullies are no exception.

-Alex I think we should help him. -Richard, full of conviction gives the idea of helping the boy, apparently he was quite worried about him.

[A Secondary Mission Has Appeared].

(It seems that my system thinks the same)

Alexander was already thinking of accepting Richard’s proposal. But now he is more excited because of the system.

[Side Mission: Hunt For The E]-[The E’s, nobody knows, nobody knows them, they are not a gang, what are they? If you accept this mission you will start the path of the hunt for the E’s, you will be given different missions related to the group, to complete this mission you must fulfill the following requirements:]

[Richard Reid must participate in the quest].

[You must recruit Samuel and Miguel in your gang].

[You must eliminate at least 10 E]

[Do you wish to accept the mission]-[Yes/No].

(I see, it’s the kind of quests where I can choose whether to accept or not, but this is strange, apparently the ones bothering Charles are not just common bullies, apparently there must be something bigger hidden here. Another strange thing about the mission is the requirements, why on earth should Richard come with me? But most of all…)

Alexander, absorbed in his thoughts, looks at Miguel and Samuel, who instantly caught his gaze and became nervous.

(For what reason should I recruit them?) -Alexander looked quite annoyed with the conditions of the system, he didn’t like the idea of having to put those two in his gang.

(Crap, but we still have to help Charles…)

-Okay, I’ll take what you say Richard, let’s go help Charles.

[Congratulations]

[You have accepted the side mission]

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Alexander still unsatisfied with his decision, ends up accepting the system’s proposal. After he accepted, a window with the number of defeated enemies appears above his head.

-Are you really going to help me? -Charles, clearly excited, answered, unable to believe what he was being told.

-Wait, wait, if you help him, who’s supposed to help me with the business? Alan and I won’t be able to organize everything on our own. -Sophia interrupted the moment of happiness of her companions and brought them back to reality, what she was saying was right, they should focus on the gang before any external help.

-About that… -Alexander, still doubting what he was going to do, approaches Samuel and Miguel.

-They are in luck, we are short of people….

-Wait, you bastard, are you serious? Are we really going to bring these traitorous rats into the gang? They might even betray us one day. -Marcus seeing Alexander’s intentions decides to claim him, if Samuel and Miguel entered the gang they wouldn’t be safe, they could even betray them as they did with him.

-I wouldn’t like to say this, but what Marcus says is true Alex, you should think better about your decision, we can’t trust them. -Richard, seeing himself also unhappy with his friend’s decision, invites him to think better about his idea.

-I understand what they say, maybe it could be true, we don’t know if one day they will betray us or not, but I think they also know that we don’t have very strong members, unlike the other gangs that have different executives, we only have seven.

Everyone in the room was completely silent, there was no way to argue against reality, a gang should have strong members who are able to defend the lower ranking ones.

-Shit, okay I accept, but on one condition. -Marcus, angry for losing the discussion, decided to accept the boys joining the group, but in his own way.

-What do you need?

-The only way I will accept that they join, is that they must be the lowest ranking in the gang and that I am their main superior, so I can keep an eye on them. -The tyrant left his proposal on the table, if he was going to accept the union of that pair, he had to show them who was in charge.

-Okay, that seems good to me. (Likewise, I only do all this for the system) -Alexander, influenced by the system, decides to accept Marcus' request, who has a devilish smile.

-Welcome to Imperial, guys.

[Congratulations]

[Samuel Johnson has joined your team].

[Miguel Jones has joined your team]

-Great, we’re part of a gang now!

-Yeah, we’re going to get rich!

The new members of Imperial celebrate enthusiastically, not knowing the evil that awaits them.

-Perfect, then Alan, the duo of idiots and I will take care of the business, Felix and Marcus will be in charge of finding new members and you and Richard will play the heroes, it’s fine with me.

Sophia, unhappy with the outcome, decides to give a summary of the meeting.

-Well, that being said, I think we have something to do, don’t we Charles? -Alexander shakes his friend’s hand, ready to help him.

-YES!

Charles takes Alexander’s hand with a beaming smile on his face.

***

-Are you sure it's here?

-Yes, every morning here they force me to give them money before going to school and then they beat me.

The next morning had started, each member of Imperial had an important mission to do and this time Alexander and Richard were going to help Charles.

-Fuck, they don’t just beat you up, they take your money too. -Richard angrily held his cane, the more Charles talked, the more his fury grew.

-Relax Richard, we’ll teach him his lesson in a few moments. -Alexander calms his friend by telling him that he will be able to punish the boys soon.

-Well, if it isn’t our friend Charles!

As the trio was talking, a loud voice interrupts them in the distance.

-Dan…” Charles recognizes the voice instantly and decides to hide behind Alexander and Richard, who already knew who they were, these were the boys they were looking for.

[Warning]

[Several enemies have appeared]

-This time he swallowed his friends to play with us too, don't you think it's cute Dan? -One of the boys mocked Alexander and Richard as they approached them.

-Really? You’re the bullies I was supposed to be afraid of?

Alexander looked at the stats of the boys’ leader with his “observe” skill and there is nothing to be surprised about, his strongest statistic is attack with a D+.

-Are you making fun of us? You’ll see you bastard. -enraged by the attack on Alexander’s pride the boy throws a punch.

[You have dodged the attack]

(Let’s finish with this…)

[You are using the combat skill: Knockout points].

After dodging the attack, several punches at high speed were thrown by Alexander at the boy’s weak points.

[You have defeated an enemy]

-Shit, Dan went down so easy? You’ll see you bastard!

One of Dan’s henchmen lunges at Alexander, but is stopped by Richard, who hits him several times with the batons until he falls to the ground.

[An ally has defeated an enemy]

-Shit, is Tom down too? These are not normal guys I must get reinforcements. -The third and last of the guys decides to run so as not to meet the same fate as his companions.

-Where do you think you’re going? -Richard, still angry, went after the boy, but was stopped by Alexander’s hand.

-Wait, let's follow him, maybe...

Alexander saw the system window above his head, today would be a fun day.

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-We could punish more fools.