The Fat God System

Chapter 125: Eavesdrop

"Responsibilities? Like what? Eating the whole world's consumption in a day?"

Serena seemed proud of her quip to Hugh. She did not seem to think that making fun of Hugh's eight was a low hanging-fruit.

"Whatever. You wouldn't get it. Just live your insignificant life."

Hugh did not want to bother anymore in talking with Serena. He did not even take her insult to heart since he did not feel any more insecure about it. Knowing that he could transform into his fit-self was a confidence booster that he always has in his pockets.

Serena had her jaw dropped as Hugh said those words. She seemed to be offended by him, but Hugh was no longer looking at her.

Hugh suddenly saw professor Kain out of the corner of his eyes. It immediately sparked him to move and catch up to him and ask him more questions.

Since Serena was still tongue-tied from Hugh's insult, she did not seem to react fast enough for Hugh to slip by her. She let him go even though she was furious.

Hugh traversed the busy hallways of the lounge as he looked for professor Kain. He would bump into other students and professors, but he could only apologize to them in passing since he was trying to catch up to professor Kain.

"Professor! Professor!"

Hugh tried to reach out to the professor, but he seemed to be preoccupied at the moment. Then, he suddenly saw the professor turn a corner.

Hugh swiftly followed the professor, but before he could turn a corner, he suddenly overheard another person talking with professor Kain.

"Any news about the invaders?"

Hugh did not recognize this voice, but it seemed to be from a middle-aged man. There was a sense of anxiousness and urgency in his voice as he asked professor Kain with a hushed voice.

"No. Not yet. The Student Council is doing their best to control the situation, but I fear that they are out of their league with this one."

Professor Kain responded to the mysterious voice. Judging from the context of the matter, Hugh guessed that they were talking about the violet incident.

"Is there anything we can do?"

The mysterious voice seemed to be concerned with the current situation. Even the mighty student council seemed to have not to be trusted by professor Kain.

"You know we can't. Us professors cannot get involved in these matters. We just have to hope that some miracle happens."

Hugh heard those words and he furrowed his eyebrows. Judging from what he said, it seemed like the professors had some kind of oath not to interfere with the students.

Hugh always wondered about that too. If the invaders were as dangerous as professor Kain described them to be, then why don't they just act by themselves?

It turned out that the professors cannot do anything about it. Only the students can solve their problems. It made sense since this school was a place that was always inductive to self-learning.

"The barrier?"

The other voice did not seem to stop worrying about things since he once again asked professor Kain.

"It is still down, but the student council is holding the fort down."

Professor Kain seemed to have all the answers to any situation at the current moment. Hugh had always thought that professor Kain was just a normal professor, but it may turn out that he was hiding something.

"That damn Blacklade school. They have become too aggressive, destroying our barrier."

That was one school that Hugh knew a little bit about. He had met someone, a spy, from that school. He did not know why the schools all had spies for each other, and it seemed like spying was still at the top of the iceberg.

"It is because they are planning to..."

Just before Hugh could hear the final words to Professor Kain's sentence, he suddenly felt a cold touch to his shoulders. It jolted him awake and it activated his fight or flight response.

Hugh quickly turned around and used his eagle eyes as a precaution. He was surprised to see a familiar face, way too familiar.

"Hey! What are you snooping around for?"

Serena seemed to have followed Hugh to here. She had the eyes of someone suspicious, someone who was doubting Hugh's intentions inside the professor's lounge.

Hugh quickly covered Serena's mouth as she had spoken too loud. He was afraid that professor Kain and his mysterious friend would find out that someone was snooping around in the corner.

Serena was more than displeased as she felt Hugh's hand on her mouth. However, Hugh had succeeded in keeping Serena's mouth shut for even a second.

Hugh carefully looked around the corner, but he could not see professor Kain anywhere. It was as if the two never existed at all. Hugh was now sure that they had noticed that someone was snooping around, so they left.

"Blergh! That's disgusting."

Serena quickly slapped Hugh's hand away from her mouth. She was spitting in the ground as if she was disgusted by the fact that her luscious lips were touched by someone like Hugh.

"Curse it, Serena! You scared them off!"

Hugh was also more than displeased as he could not hear the last part of what professor Kain was saying. He had also lost sight of the professor, which would delay his plans for even longer.

"What are you talking about?!"

Serena seemed to notice that Hugh had been snooping around for a reason. She looked around the corner, but she could not see anyone around.

"Tsk."

Hugh could not explain it to Serena. She would not get it, and he would rather do it himself than ask for her help. She was a hard person to deal with.

Hugh ignored her and quickly got out of the professor's lounge. He was a little bit salty that he would have to find professor Kain for another time.

Right now, he needed to know more about the so-called invaders. For that, there was only one other thing he could do; find it out the hard way.

Hugh turned his sights to the academy's library. It housed the world's knowledge in one serene and calm room. The history and knowledge trapped in that room were enough to keep someone busy for a while.

Hugh did not have to travel far to get to the library. As usual, he was once again enamored but the grandiosity and serenity of the library. This was the first time that he had been there, so it was a surreal experience.

Hugh entered the library after the guard had confirmed Hugh's identity. He was immediately shocked to see what he had found.

The library was full of old-school books. He could see the little tears in the book's pages and the deteriorating book covers. There was apparent history with every book he could see.

He was surprised because he did not think that there would still be this many books in the library. A modern library consisted of computers and isolated rooms. Every book and knowledge was online.

This kind of library was old-school. It was vintage. Hugh quickly passed by every shelf as he touched the books with his very own hands. He appreciated the fact that he could touch it, a complete contrast to the impersonal normal of today.

Hugh navigated through the library to find where he could read about the invaders. It took a lot of finding, but he was able to find a section where it tackled the outside.

He picked up a book that was called 'the wonderful but terrifying outside,' and started to parse through the pages. He was completely nematode by its contents as it was both an adventure story and a knowledgeable book.

He quickly finished the pages and put them down. He found a lot about the outside, but he did not know if it was the truth or not.

He realized that the book was in the fiction section, so he took everything with a grain of salt. However, he did find something about the invaders.

The book entailed the adventures of a man named Neil who came across a village. In that village, he mingled and shared his life with the locals.

However, things did not end well for the hospitable village. Somehow, a different man came into the village as an infected person. 

This infected person had, inside him, an invader. Invaders are a parasite life-form that took control of people's bodies and used it to further their colony.

Soon, the whole village got infected and everyone died. This was the part where Hugh was confused. He did not find anything about the specifics of the infection.

However, the man named Neil seemed to have survived.

He did not even know how everyone died. It just stated that no one in the village had survived, but the invaders multiplied until they took over the entire world one village and another.

"Why are you reading about invaders?"