The Fat God System

Chapter 118: Black

Hugh had blinked for only a split second, but he had already seen a different scene. From what he remembered, Tanner was only getting ready to fight.

However, Tanner was already down on the ground when he had opened his eyes. Tanner's face was bloated, his cheeks were cut, and his mouth was bleeding out, creating a pool underneath his body.

Tanner's clothes were roughed up. His left-side sleeve was ripped off, some parts of his uniform had holes, and a huge part of his shoulders seemed to have been burnt.

There were still tiny embers burning in the right shoulder of Tanner's uniform. His eyes were closed, and it was clear that he was in no condition to fight.

Hugh looked around and saw that everybody was looking at him. Aric's inner circle, Serena and her friends, and everyone that had eyes in the classroom was staring at him with clear shock in their eyes.

They all seem to be taken aback by what had happened. However, Hugh did not know what happened. He had only blinked, and he did not know anything else that precluded this conclusion.

He did not know how Tanner got beat up within a split second, but he did not care. Nobody seemed confident enough to complain to him about taking off with Aric.

Even though the situation seemed weird to Hugh, he decided to ignore it and focus on the situation at hand. He took Aric's arm and dragged him away from the classroom, sliding the door away and closing it behind him.

Hugh dragged Aric away into the hallways. It was quiet, and only their footsteps echoed in the empty hallways of the school.

He directed Aric towards the secluded part of the hallways. There was a corner right next to the restrooms, and Hugh deemed it to be isolated enough.

Hugh walked into the bathroom and inspected every stall, making sure that no one could eavesdrop on them.

Once Hugh was sure that they were alone, he turned his attention towards Aric. He stood face to face with Aric, still flabbergasted at what he was seeing.

Aric was still the same person that he had killed, down to the finest detail. If this was a doppelgnger, then it was a good enough job to convince anyone.

"What happened to you?"

Hugh asked the very first question. He gulped and waited for the answers. What he heard next confused him even more.

"Who are you?"

Aric furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at Hugh. He seemed to be inspecting Hugh's face, seeing if it could activate some of his neurons for any semblance of memory.

Hugh was taken aback by Aric's answer, and he was silent for a few moments. Aric did not seem to be lying, since there was no benefit to Aric lying.

Hugh had also experienced Aric's life, from birth until the present, so he knew when Aric was lying. Aric looked dead serious.

"What do you mean? Do you not remember me? Do you not remember anything?"

Aric shook his head. It seemed that whatever had happened to him, he had lost his memories in the process.

"Do you remember at least anything? How did you get out of the pile of rubbles?"

Hugh wanted to know more, so he pressed Aric for answers. He crossed his arms and listened closely for Aric's answers.

"I...I woke up...and walked away. I don't remember anything else. I just remember walking away."

Aric closed his eyes and tried to think about the last memory he had remembered. He furrowed his eyebrows, straining himself for any semblance of details in his memory.

Since it seemed that Aric could not remember much about how he had gotten away from the pile of rubbles, Hugh brought his attention to Aric's heart.

Hugh was certain that he had ripped Aric's heart away from his chest, effectively killing him on the spot. Hugh could not hide his curiosity, so he raised his hand and touched Aric's chest.

Aric saw Hugh's movements and made him flinch away from Hugh's grasp. He did not know why, but he had an adverse reaction to someone touching his chest.

Hugh saw that Aric was backing away, but he did not relent. He continued to try and touch Aric's chest. In the end, he was able to make contact with it.

Hugh touched Aric's chest and felt a solid resistance. There was not a hole of indentation at all. It felt like a normal chest as if Hugh had not ripped Aric's heart away in the same spot.

Aric could feel his heart pump a thousand times a second as he felt Hugh's touch. For some reason that he did not know, he felt afraid. He felt that his very existence was being threatened by an unknown force.

Aric's head started to ache as if it was expanding and being squeezed at the same time. The longer that Hugh touched his chest, the stronger the pain he felt in his head.

In the end, Aric could not take it anymore.

"NO!!!"

Aric shouted out his frustrations, and a huge blast of energy flowed through his body. He had no other way but to take all of the energy out of his body and to the outside.

Hugh felt that something was wrong with Aric, so he hurried to take away his hand. However, it was already too late. His instincts acted first and he rolled away from Aric.

*BHOO*

A black fire combusted around Aric's body, creating an explosion that carried out a shockwave. Hugh was too close to Aric, so he was not safe from the explosion.

Hugh's body was thrown to the wall as he felt the explosion in close proximity. He activated his armor on his back, so he was able to protect his spine from the collision.

Hugh did not feel that much pain from the collision, so he was able to recover fast. He coughed and raised his head. Then, he saw Aric's whole body burning in black fire.