Chapter 116: Wash


    After a few hours of interrogation, Hugh was let off. Ace would have asked more information about Maverick, but he had a lot of things to deal with right now. He made Hugh promise toe back after some time for some follow-up questions.


    Ace walked into Felix''s room and reported the situation to him. He was casual, but direct and did not undermine Felix''s authority.


    "Do you think he is a spy from Maverick?"


    Felix put his hands on his chin as he put his elbow in his armchair. He seemed to be in deep thought, yet his narrow eyes and his thin mouth still disyed a creepy smile.


    "He does not look like he was on Maverick''s side, but he knows a lot more about him than we do. Keep an eye on him. This guy seems to be in the epicenter of troubletely. Is it a coincidence?"


    Hugh walked through the plethora of students all talking about the weird violet skies. They were both amused and scared at the anomaly of the scenery.


    They had never heard of this before, and it garnered a lot of traction on the socialdder. Many social climbers were dying to tell people what they saw and what they thought happened.


    Some were even spouting lies and told everyone that they were responsible for the violet skies. Due to that, most people called this incident, ''the violet anomaly.''


    Hugh ignored all of those students as he rushed back home. He ran and ran, but sometimes, he would bump into some students in the streets.


    Most of these students went directly to the Student Council Headquarters to inquire about what happened. From what he could see, the Student Council was not entertaining them, leaving them all on the front door.


    Hugh reached the shifting room but saw that there was a line of students waiting for their turn. Most of these students were unsettled due to the violet anomaly.


    Like him, they all hurried to their homes, the only semnce of safety that they could get. Hugh counted and saw that twenty people were waiting in line.


    Hugh stood at the back and waited for the line. Hugh tapped his feet as he looked down. His whole body felt dirty, and he could not wait to wash it down the drain.


    He could still see the bloodstains in his uniform, the evidence of his heinous crime. With every second that he stood still, he could feel everybody''s stares at him.


    Most of them were minding their own business, but they soon smelled the blood in Hugh''s clothes. His hair was disheveled, his face was filled with dirt and oil, and his clothes looked like he had juste out from a crime scene.


    For some reason, Hugh felt that everybody knew his secret. Everybody knew that he had murdered somebody. This was not the first time that he had killed somebody, but this was different.


    The time that he had killed Joub, it was for his safety. It was self-defense, and he did not feel at all guilty about killing him.


    Aric''s death was different. He had a sour memory with him, but a memory nheless. The worst part was that he had failed Aric.


    He looked at his hand, and he summoned the reddish fire. There was no semnce of any warmth in the fire; it was just a reminder of his crime.


    "Hey, Hey, Hey!!!"


    A person at the back screamed at Hugh, waking him up from his stupor. He looked around and noticed that there were no people in front of him.


    He had not noticed it, but it was already his turn. The person at the back was getting impatient, so he wakes Hugh up.


    Hugh did not wait any longer and burst in the door of the shifting room. He directed it back to his home, and he immediately went into his bathroom.


    He took a shower, which was longer than he had expected. His fingerprints had be wavy and he would have stayed longer if not for the rm on the tv.


    "Students, you have nothing to worry about. The violet anomaly will be dealt with, and things will get back to normal."


    Hugh stepped out of the bathroom and he poured himself a ss of alcohol. He sat on his bed, with hair still dripping down and wetting his silk bed.


    He continued to drink until he fell asleep.


    The morning came, and Hugh opened his eyes. There were empty bottles of alcohol all over the ce and there were wine stains in the bed and the floor.


    Hugh ignored the mess in his room and hurried to prepare for school. The sunlight was seeping through the window, signaling that he waste for school.


    Hugh would have skipped school, but it would make him more suspicious. He picked himself back up, but he almost tripped on the bottles.


    He walked into the shifting room and he went to school. The lockers were still the same, his footsteps still echoed in the halls, but there was a strange air around him.


    Hugh looked at the windows and saw the violet skies in the ssroom. It seemed that the central area was not the only thing that was affected by the anomaly.


    Hugh parted the doors, and he walked into the ssroom. Most of the students ignored him as they were still busy discussing the strange phenomenon in the sky.


    Hugh ignored them and sat back into his seat. The murmurs around him started to deafen as he focused on himself.


    He still had not the time to process what had happened. All of those things happened too fast, so he was acting solely on instinct.


    Serena seemed to be the one who was mostposed throughout this whole ordeal. She still carried on with her life,paring pieces of jewelry, discussing boys, and overall bonding with her friends.


    Hugh then felt a sudden tingle in the back of his spine. He felt that something dangerous wasing towards him. His hairs raised on end as he put up his guard and looked around.


    Then, the door opened and a familiar face appeared. Most people were happy as they saw this person, but for Hugh, it was like he had seen a ghost. It was Aric.