THAT School

(Dr. Fenner POV)

In the first place, I am not supposed to be working at Creto High. This is merely already my second job. Back then I retired to my first job then applied here at the school.

In the past, my job was being a doctor at some popular hospital. Back then, I was 28 years old. Furthermore, I have a wife and daughter. Our life was neither grand nor lacking, but we're in a happy family. And I have no such problem with my salary. Our life has been peaceful.

But…

That peaceful day didn't last long, since that day.

I was 39 years old when both my wife and daughter were found dead. They were missing for about 3 days and someone found them floating at the river while naked. Furthermore, they said the case was seems to be a rape when they investigate their body. And the proof was of them have sexually abused, where there's a mark of them being beaten while tied up.

Their death gave me despair about what happened to them. As it continues, the despair turns into anger when they close the case without the suspect, the bastard who did this, being caught. And because of that, I decided to investigate this by myself. TO MY REVENGE.

So I started finding clues. Firstly, the last time they saw them was at the school. My wife was a teacher there, while my daughter is a student. So I should investigate at the school where my wife works, first. But to look around freely there, I decided to apply. And I got accepted, not as a teacher, but at the clinic instead. It's befitting my fort.

When it's my first day, the first one to greet me was the principal. In fact, he's already on my suspect list. After all he said, "It's really sad that your wife died, she's one of the best teachers in this school" that made him more suspicious.

Some days, weeks, or months have passed. And I still keep looking around, looking for some information about all the teachers and students within the school. But it didn't give me a single lead. I looked up some info about the principal too, but there's nothing suspicious. After searching for some months, I reached the end. At that point, I'm already thinking of quitting my revenge. But there's suddenly changed since I met James.

James has been going to the clinic with bruises. I asked him about it, but he just answered me with silence. So I assumed he's getting bullied. Despite getting bullied, he is still coming to school and even has a friend. That friend was a girl named 'Evelyn Cain', she's only his friend, they eat together, hang out, she's even helped him, carrying him to the clinic. Really a thoughtful friend.

But that friend suddenly changed. And something unexpected happened.

"Dr. Fenner! Dr. Fenner!"

My name was shouted from the outside. I looked, and it was the principal with his son.

"What's the matter?" I said.

"Quickly! Treat my son!"

His son has a bunch of stabs, even his eye.

Even though the principal was still on my suspect list, I still treated his son.

"The stab was shallow. Who's the one who did this?" I said.

"That brat's name is James. He will not get away from this!"

I was surprised by what he just said. To think that James does that, but it makes sense since he's being bullied and that anger will overflow like that. On what he did, I really admire him for taking a step forward.

While me, perhaps…

Getting an idea for myself, while the principal was trying to call the cops, I grabbed my mug and knocked him out.

"Papa!"

"Annoying."

I knocked the son as well.

Since I have knowledge of the human body, it was easy to knock them out. So while they're unconscious, I tied them both.

So now, I need for the principal to woke up.

…

"Nngh… what happened?..."

At last, he woke up. He tries to move, but he can't and realizes that he's been tied up.

"Ha?! What the f*ck is this?!"

"So you're finally woken up."

"Dr. Fenner? What's the meaning of this?! Why can't I move?!"

"Oh that? I injected you with paralytic."

He soon realized. "Right, you did this! You knocked me out!"

"Right, right, I am."

"You… f*cker!"

"Whoa, don't talk like that or else your son…"

He's quick to pick up. "My son… wheres my son!"

"Don't worry, he's in this corner."

"Hhmmmp! Hhhmmpp!"

"Rex!"

At that moment, I stomped on his son's head three times.

"Hhmmp! Hmmp!"

"Rex!" In a mad way, he switched his gaze from the son to me. "What the f*ck do you want?!"

"Oh, you know what I want."

"The fuck! What is it?!"

"I said, you know what I want! And the reason why I'm here!" I shouted as I stomp the son twice and kick in the end.

"...I see… ha…hahahaha! It's about your wife and daughter, right?!"

"..."

"I see, you want to know about their deaths?"

"Yes, I want to know! So don't waste words and answer the dammit!"

"Right, right, the one who killed them was none other than me."

"You bastard…"

"Heh, since you applied here, I assume you already suspected me from the beginning. But hey, it's fun having both."

"You mother f*cker! You killed my wife and daughter!"

"HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Why are you laughing?! Is it funny what you have done to my family?!"

"Ha…ha… well yes that's one thing, but that's not I found funny."

"Then what is so funny?!"

"It's your daughter."

"What about my daughter?"

"Hah, it seems your wife didn't tell you."

"What is it?! Just tell me, goddammit!"

"Fine, here are some questions… Are you sure you have a daughter?"

"Huh? What the f*ck are you on about? You killed my daughter, didn't you?!"

"No, no, what I mean is… Are you sure it's your daughter?..."

My angry thoughts suddenly froze when I heard that question. "What do you mean?"

"Hahaha, you're a doctor, and you didn't find it strange. Here, let me clear this… She's not your daughter… she's MINE…"

My mind went blank. It's unbelievable what he said, but… there's a lingering thought that it's the truth. Since he's in a bad position, he has no reason to lie, after all he knows that he's going to die.

"Hahahahaha! For how many years have you not know?!" He said. "The body of your wife had been pleased, that's not by you, plus it has a child with it! Look at your face, you're pathetic! Hahahaha!"

I don't know it anymore. Both my wife and (self-proclaimed) daughter were dead. My wife lied to me for many years. The bastard who killed them and the real father was here laughing at me. Thinking about it was really frustrating. It's really frustrating that my whole life is a lie. My family is a lie. This is a lie.

To a bastard continues laughter, I snap. In my hand was an injection that in a single swung, perfectly horizontal line, both of his eyes were sliced.

"AAAAAAAAAAAA!"

To his scream of pain, I didn't stop there as I followed by stabbing his temple multiple times. As I do that, he just continues laughing until he stops and dies. I forgot that his son was there, just making a noise while he's watching his death stab to death.

On what it's done, I looked at my hands with blood on it and said, "This is the end". The end of my revenge, and as well for my life.

To my misery, suddenly I heard screaming from outside.

"Principal! Principal!" A teacher enters the clinic.

However, she didn't last long and left when she saw the so-called principal, dead. I thought that my life was really over when there's witness, but something unexpected happened.

The teacher who saw us suddenly cut into pieces when she went outside.

"Huh?" I was shocked.

To suddenly die like that, I look outside.

"What the f–"

"Hey you!"

Looking at the corpse, someone calls me.

"Who?"

It was a guy. And he has spiky gray hair.

"You don't have to know me." He said. "Just answer this. Have you seen this kid?" He asked for the person in the photo who looked like James.

But on how suspicious it is and that someone's died, I answered, "No."

"Then die."

I don't know what happened, he just waved his hand, but for some reason I died.

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{IMPERIUM SIDE} IN SOME ROOM OF ROUND TABLE CONSIST OF TEN PEOPLE

Sofia was reporting to the higher ups.

"That's all I have to report." She said.

"How troublesome." Voice of a man.

"Really is." Voice of a woman.

"So a single person massacred a whole school just to find a student there?" Man #2

"Yes." Sofia answered.

"How awful." Woman #2

"But hey, its ability was intriguing." Man #3.

"Yeah, getting cut out of nowhere." Man #1.

"The other team's investigation was that the walls in the school were full of slash. Those slash have small ones and big ones. Furthermore, a lot of corpses were at every gate, as if they died there while running." Man #4.

"Really intriguing." Man #3.

"Sofia, thanks for the report, you can go now." Man #4.

"Yes."

Sofia left the room.

To the outside, Dylan was waiting.

"Is it done?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Then let's go."

And so they walk away. While walking, Sofia said something.

"That doctor's memories, his past was…" She said.

"Yeah, it's full of lies." He paused. "What the higher up said about that?"

"Nothing." She paused. "But I didn't expect that my ability would work on a corpse."

"Yeah, it's surprising. Didn't you say, it's the first time?"

"Yes, it's the first success doing it out of others."

"Then that means your ability is already evolving."

"Yeah. It's really a good thing."