Getting A System In A Modern World

"Hahaha..." Daniel burst out into a hearty laughter when he heard Alex's words.

It was after a good minute of laughter, did herl finally stop.

"You hate me? What can I say... The feeling is mutual, kid. But you're not the one I hate, it's your brother."

He bent down once again, bringing himself to Alex's height.

"Look, kid. Don't blame me for what's happening. It's your brother you should blame. He took what's mine and I just want to get it back from him.

Haven't you for once ask yourself how he suddenly got rich? Where he got the money to buy the cars he drives and where he got the money to change the life of your family? I'm very sure you can figure it out what I'm taking about as you're smarter than you look," He said and he stood back up.

"You're lying! My brother didn't take anything from you. I know who you and I know everything you have done to my brother.

You're telling me all this because you want me to stop trusting my brother but I. Won't. Stop. Trusting. In. My. Brother!" Alex said as he glared at Daniel.

He was feeling very scared at the moment as he has no idea what this bad man would do to him or what he wants to do to him, but he didn't show his fear. He can't show his fear as he has to be strong.

A lot of people had died because of him and he can't continue allowing more to die. His brother is yet to arrive but since he's already on his way, it would only take time.

Daniel was very surprised by Alex's words. He looked at Alex with a raised brow of curiosity.

"Ohh... You know ne, huh? I wonder what lie your brother has told you about me?" Daniel asked with a blank smile on his face.

"He told that you're a bad person and he didn't lie." Alex replied, causing Daniel's face to darken.

Just as Alex said previously, the reason why he was telling him that was because he wanted to create a rift between the two of them. But he had no idea that they were so close for Silas to tell you him about his bullying situation in school and who his bully is.

He doesn't understand the logic behind it but since it's Silas who's naturally dumb, then it's very predictable for him to tell his younger brother such a thing.

'Well, it isn't a bad thing." He thought as a bright smile bloomed on his face.

If Silas is this close with his brother, then it means that he would definitely come to rescue him. Something he's badly counting on and waiting to happen.

For the third time, he bent down to Alex's height, with the smile still on his face.

"Just like I said before, kid, you're smarter than you look. Since you trust your brother that much, I'm sure that he would come and save you, and I will be waiting for him whenever he comes."

He stood back up and started walking away.

"Since you're now in my hands, I will keep to the deal I made with everyone and let them go. We are going to be having a little char until your brother gets here."

He paused his steps and glanced at one of his men.

"Bring the kid to me and chase everyone else out of the school. This includes the security guards," He said and continued walking back to the administrative office.

Daniel's men immediately started carrying out his instructions. One of the roughly grabbed Alex from the ground and started walking to the administrative office, and another one followed behind him.

The captain immediately reacted when they saw this. They picked up their guns and were about to shoot but their hands froze when they felt the cold metal on their heads.

"Make a single movement and I blow up your head. I really want to know if you will die such a meaningless death," One of Daniel's men who seems to be in the leadership position said, as he press the nuzzle of his gun on the captain's head.

"I thought as much," He said with a scoff.

Without warning, he slammed the butt of the gun on the captain's head and that of the other security guard, knocking them out cold.

"Take them out," He said to the person beside him, and started walking to the administrative office.

****

A large crowd has already gathered outside the school, standing behind the police barricade and anxiously waiting for any news from on the situation inside the school. They were mostly relatives of those inside the school.

From time to time, one could see some of them on the floor in pain and grief after receiving or making a phone call.

This scene caused those who haven't heard of anything to get even more anxious, with some of them getting panic attacks or directing fainting due to high blood pressure.

The situation outside was escalating and the tension was high. With each minutes that no good news came out of the school, someone would faint and would be taken away by the ambulance.

The police tried to send everyone but that was even more impossible. They started calling the perpetrators of the ongoing school incident—at least they put up a show of doing that—but nothing came out of it.

No matter how many times they called, the calls were always forwarded to voicemail.

Since they were putting on a show, they knew they had to do it well. They tried to threaten the armed men standing guard outside the school building but they were ignored badly.

Of course, not everyone was blind to the charade the police was putting on.

This was evident from the fact that the SWAT team is yet to arrive even when the situation has been going on for close to an hour.

They knew this but they also knew that there was nothing they could do about it. They knew they can't take any rash action or it will those inside the school that would face it.

They could watch quietly and hope that a miracle happens very soon. This was the reason why they almost tore down the police barricade when they saw the door open and those inside the school running out in a rush.

If it wasn't for the threat of the armed men, they woke had rushed to hug their family but they held themselves back, waiting for their family to come to them.

The police officers sighed in relief when they saw this. The truth is that they are in a very tight corner and a very sticky position.

Just when they received the report of an ongoing school shooting and hostage situation, they were about to rush down to the scene but were held back by their chief.

They wanted to ask a reason why but when they saw someone who asked get taken away by some unknown group of people, they knew that this was beyond them.

It was after 20 minutes later that they were allowed to come to the scene but before they left, they were given just one instruction: do your best to put up an act.