[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!
Chapter 26 (1)
Peter went home with a heavy heart.
He was holding the small cake he had just bought in his hand, and was about to say hello to Aunt Ben and Aunt Mei, but he was disgusted before he even spoke.
"Oh my god Peter, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Mei said in surprise, "Why are your clothes in such a mess? There are holes in your trousers. Are you fighting with someone?"
Feeling guilty for a while, Peter quickly found an excuse: "I accidentally fell on the way back."
"How can you fall like this after a fall?" Uncle Ben cast a disapproving look, "I'm afraid you fell into a ditch. Didn't you get hurt?"
"No, it's just that the clothes are torn."
"I also made you an apple pie, but you came back earlier than I expected, so you haven't finished it yet." Aunt Mei pointed to the kitchen, "Hurry up and change your clothes, you look messy .”
"Okay, okay, then I'll go back to my room first!" Peter hurriedly rubbed the soles of his feet with oil, and walked into his room in a hurry.
After entering the room, he quickly closed the door, sat down in front of the desk, stroked his chest, and calmed down his restless heartbeat.
God knows how afraid he was just now that the starving ghost on his body suddenly jumped out and ate their whole family.
So now he faces a very serious problem.
How should he sacrifice the cake in his hand to the starving ghost parasitic on him?
After hesitating for a while, Peter found a few candles and a half piece of chalk from the cardboard box at the bottom of the press box, and then took out a book related to religion and theology, in which he found a bunch of decent-looking magic circles, hexagrams, etc. Yes, then picked up the chalk and began to draw formations on the ground.
Ruby: "? What's the matter? It's because I found out that the church can't help me, so I'm going to make a living by myself?"
The boy is very rebellious.
Peter, who is not very talented in drawing, drew for a long time, and finally drew a circle smoothly. He was relieved and continued to draw the rest of the magic circle.
Ruby has been lying comfortably inside him, watching him draw the demon-subduing formation, and commenting with the system from time to time.
"Well, yes, this stroke is very straight."
"Well, no, no, no, it doesn't matter where this money went."
"Not bad, the young man is very talented, I am very optimistic about him!"
System: ...you don't even ask what people are doing, just watching a play here? ?
Alas, poor Peter, what a trust!
Finally, Peter finished drawing the potholed magic circle, then took out a few candles, lit them in the corner of the circle, and then turned off the lights in the room.
Immediately, only the dim light of white candles was left dancing in the whole room. It looked so gloomy and gloomy. Those who didn’t know it thought it was the summoning site of some evil/religious ceremony. The weird atmosphere really resembled decent.
After finishing the painting, Peter put the sweet chocolate almond cake in the paper bag in the middle of the circle with a serious expression.
"Miss Hungry Ghost, is this the way to sacrifice the cake to you?" After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he said anxiously, "Do you need me to say any spells?"
When Ruby heard this, she almost laughed.
"Oh my God, he is too cute!" Ruby said, "I officially declare that he is my little brother. If anyone dares to bully him, I will be the first to say no!"
System: "...Who is the person who is bullying him now?"
Ruby: "Except for me!"
Peter didn't get a response, so he forced himself to ask again: "Miss Starving Ghost?"
"Cough." Ruby hurriedly coughed pretending to be serious, "Just call me Ruby."
ruby?
Peter thought of the eyes on the little head that had popped out of his shoulders when he was in the coffee shop.
Just like her name, bright, dazzling, beautiful and clear.
"You just sit in it and eat the cake," Ruby said.
"I eat it?" Peter was very puzzled.
"Yes, otherwise?" Ruby said in a natural tone.
Peter looked confused: "Aren't you going to eat?"
"If you eat, it's like I've eaten." Ruby said, "Hurry up, fighting for you tonight has consumed a lot of my energy, and I'm going to starve to death."
Peter: ...
No matter how many times he heard a starving man say he was going to die of starvation, it still made Peter feel that the world was so magical.
So he carefully sat in the magic circle to avoid touching the candles, then opened the paper bag and took out the chocolate almond cake.
He took a bite and chewed slowly in his mouth.
so sweet.He thought, the desserts in this coffee shop are actually pretty good, the taste is also very good, soft and waxy, the quality of the chocolate is also very good, silky and sweet, with a rich milky fragrance.
This can also understand why such a small piece of cake is so expensive.
Thinking of this, Peter remembered the stack of banknotes in his pocket, and suddenly his head was as big as a bucket.
Although he really wanted his pockets to bulge up, it wasn't in this way... If it was stolen money that hadn't been laundered in time, wouldn't he be exposed right away?
Thinking that the door of his house might be knocked by the police at any time, Peter, who was eating a delicious and sweet cake, felt sad again. He only felt that he was the most miserable little boy in the world, and his movements of eating the cake slowed down.
Ruby who was enjoying the delicious cake but was slammed on the brakes: ...?
"Dong dong dong..."
There was a knock on the door.
Ruby felt her poor little body tremble, and almost knocked over the cake in her hand on the spot.
Peter: It's over, what are you afraid of, the water meter checker is here!
"Peter, the apple pie is ready." Aunt Mei's voice came, "Why did you lock the door? What are you doing in there? I don't usually see you lock the door."
Peter breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Uh, Aunt May, I..."
He looked around for a while, this cult-like scene must not be seen by parents, otherwise it will be another series.
"I, it's not convenient for me at the moment, can you put it at the door, I'll come and get it later!" Peter really couldn't find any excuses, so he had to bite the bullet and say.
There was silence outside for several seconds, and the silence made Peter break out in a cold sweat.
Then he heard Aunt Mei's voice saying: "Okay, don't be too tired, pay attention to rest."
Peter:?
Immediately afterwards, relying on the enhanced hearing that Ruby possessed behind him, he heard the whispers between the two parents in the living room:
"Peter has really grown up," said Aunt May.
"After all, he is 15 years old. He is a young boy with a youthful vigor. It is normal to do some manual work." Uncle Ben said.
"You have to teach him temperance!" Aunt Mei said, "It's better to do this kind of thing as little as possible. It's not good for your health. After all, it's not convenient for me to talk to him about it."
Uncle Ben said with a smile: "Don't worry, Peter has always been quite sensible, and I'm sure he has his own measure."
Aunt Mei smiled and said, "Hey, boy..."
Uncle Ben smiled and said, "Hey, youth..."
Peter & Ruby who shared the hearing with Peter: …
Ah this...
Ruby was too embarrassed to speak, Peter's face was already red, one person, one symbiosis tacitly understood, Qiqi was as quiet as a chicken, and finished eating the cake in this awkward atmosphere.
The system is very pleased: Ruby, the old rascal, finally recalls what it feels like to be shy, congratulations, congratulations!
After taking his last bite, Peter suddenly thought of a very serious, life-and-death question.
"Wait!" He stood up abruptly, knocked over two candles, and stomped out the fire in a panic, "Wait a minute, did the gangsters see my face in the church just now?" ?!"
Ruby: "...you didn't think of this question until now?"
Peter's face paled.
"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that her little brother was really scared, Ruby quickly comforted her, "I'll cover your face for you."
"Really, really?" Peter asked in disbelief.
"Really, why am I lying to you, don't be so timid." Ruby said lazily, "I told you I will protect you...Hurry up and get your Aunt Mei's apple pie and eat it."
Peter stood there for a while.
He felt as if he had suddenly stepped out of the icy and snowy night and immersed himself in the warm, steaming spring water. His limbs, which were stiff from fear, gradually regained consciousness, and his whole body went numb for a while.
"Will you... protect me?" He asked repeatedly as if he wanted to confirm.
"Yeah," Ruby said, "so you go and eat the apple pie, or..."
She poked a small head out of Peter's shoulders, and leaned directly in front of Peter, opened her mouth to reveal two rows of small, pointed teeth, and said fiercely, "Otherwise, I'll eat you!"
Peter looked at a pair of ruby-like eyes in front of him, and subconsciously reached out to touch Ruby's soft head.
The soft touch was like touching a ball of sweet pudding, and the feeling of happiness immediately enveloped Peter.
Ruby who was suddenly masturbated:?
Peter, who realized what he had done after masturbation: ...Oops, it seemed soft and I touched it subconsciously!She won't be angry!
Facts have proved that this little starving ghost with a fierce mouth, cute and protective, not only didn't get angry, but even rubbed his fingers.
Ruby: ...I swear it's just subconscious.
System: I can prove that this is a bad habit she developed from Steve. I despise this kind of flattery for begging for food!
Ruby: Oh, it's time for dinner.
Peter, whose heart skipped a beat, held his breath on the spot, so happy that he was about to bloom.
——It's over, it's over, why do you think she's so cute!
……
This night is destined to be a sleepless night.
Not only because Peter ate too much tonight and caused his stomach to bloat, but also because of all the encounters during the day, the most important reason is——
As today's non-routine events have consumed too much time, Peter is running out of homework.
——Yes, after the fantasy experience of winning the school bully at the game, being possessed by a ghost, and robbing a group of drug dealers, he still had to obediently pick up a pen and do his homework.This is probably also a kind of cyberpunk.
He sat at the desk with a sad face, holding a pen and writing hard.
"Ah, damn it." After finishing a big question, Peter looked at the homework piled up beside him, "Why are there so many homework!"
"Who told you to leave your homework until the last night." Ruby, who was full, was in a happy mood, lying on Peter's head and looking at his handwriting that took off immediately because of time constraints.
"I mean, it would be fine if they were all math or physics problems, I can finish them in a while, but why are there so many liberal arts homework!" Peter's head was as big as a bucket, "I have to copy the answers to these things At least two hours!"
Originally, the time he reserved was enough to finish copying, but who would have thought that so many things would happen tonight!
"It's over." Peter had nothing to love, "I can't finish my homework, I'm afraid I'm going to get a B- at the end of the semester."
Ruby looked up at the time, it was already 10:30 in the evening.
She thought for two seconds, and then said, "How about I write for you?"
Peter froze for a moment: "Huh?"
Before she finished speaking, Ruby stretched out two hands from Peter's waist, grabbed a ballpoint pen with one hand, and pressed down the cap skillfully.
"Hurry up." Ruby said, swaying left and right, "Put out what you want to copy."
Peter was stunned for a long time, and then hurriedly took out two homework books from the homework pile, and put them on the desk, one on the left and the other on the right.Then, he just watched Ruby work hard on the notebook with scrawled fonts that took off on the spot and barely discernible movements, as if he had been beaten into chicken blood, and he had already finished copying a simple sentence in just a daze. Answer questions.
Peter: "..."
Why are you so skilled!
Could it be that you were also a problem solver before you starved to death?
... Does this fully prove that there is no future for a questioner?
Ruby: "Don't be dazed, maybe you want me to help you do it all?"
As if waking up from a dream, Peter quickly lowered his head to look at the super difficult physics problems in his homework.
Five minutes later, Peter, with a blank mind, tore off the draft paper full of ghost symbols, staring blankly at the two silvery white hands that grew out of his body.
In such a weird situation, no one can keep calm and do the questions well, hey!
Ruby thought it was Peter who fell into a rage because he couldn't solve the problem, so she extended another hand lovingly and touched Peter's little head.
"Come on, be a problem solver!" she said, "Hurry up and go to bed. You are young and still growing. You need enough sleep, otherwise you will be short in stature for the rest of your life."
Peter who dared not speak out: ...
Then can you please stop touching my head!This will really not grow tall!
……
the next day.
In the hallway of the school.
With dark circles under his eyes, Ned walked behind Peter with a sad face: "Can you believe that I didn't go to bed until 01:30 last night? The amount of homework is too horrible. I don't know if I don't write it. I'm startled when I write it."
Peter, who owed a huge debt of ten small cakes because he asked Ruby to help copy homework: "...Yeah."
"Have you finished writing?"
"It's finished."
Ned was shocked: "I can't see how fast your hand speed has improved!"
Before the two had spoken a few words, Peter saw a familiar figure walking towards him not far away.
Thompson strode up to Peter, frowning at him.
The students in the corridor came and went, and they all stopped at this moment, looking at them with gossipy eyes.
Yesterday, Peter beat Lightning Thompson with an almost crushing record in beach volleyball. This is super big news, and it has already spread throughout the school.However, since one of the parties involved is a well-known bully in the school, no one dared to discuss it in front of him.
Now that the two parties are fighting hand to hand, it can be seen that there are new melons to eat!
The melon-eating crowd suddenly became secretly excited.
Peter was not afraid of Thompson at all at the moment.
Now he is possessed by a starving ghost with super powers, and he has also robbed drug dealers of money. He can hang and beat Thompson if he pulls out any one.
A mere school tyrant, with little meaning.
So he looked up at Thompson, who was a head taller than himself, and said casually, "What's the matter?"
Ned, who was stunned at the side: ...What's the matter with this confident boss tone!
Thompson glared at him, then at the shocked Ned next to him, and took a deep breath, as if trying to restrain his temper.
Then he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, grabbed Peter's hand, and stuffed it in.
In the end, he glared at the surrounding students again, scaring the melon-eaters to take a small step back, then snorted, and left with his schoolbag.
Peter watched his back go away, lowered his head and opened the note.
Ned leaned over and read what was written on it:
"Peter Parker: You naughty boy who pretends to be cowardly on weekdays, if you have the ability, come to the field on the east side of the playground after school this afternoon. Let's have a showdown. Come alone, don't call your teammates!"
Peter: One, two, three... so many typos...
Ruby: Nuofu...glutinous rice...rice dumplings, meat dumplings, candied dates dumplings, bean paste dumplings...
System: See if the child is hungry.
"Are you going?" Ned asked.
Peter paused and said:
"Why not?"
At this moment, a beautiful figure suddenly stopped in front of him.
Peter looked up and it was Mary Jane.
He froze for a moment, then subconsciously became tense, and stammered his greeting: "Hey, Mary Jane."
Mary Jane smiled at him and said, "You were really impressive yesterday."
Peter's face was about to turn red, and he didn't know where to move his hands for a moment.
Ruby hates iron but steel: Why is this kid so shy, at this moment, he should pat his chest and say yes, brother is so fierce, do you want to be brother's girlfriend!
System: So do you know why you have soloed solo?
Ruby: ...
Fortunately, Mary Jane didn't come to chat with him, she continued: "Did Lightning pick on you just now, please ignore him, he is just like this, with a simple mind and well-developed limbs."
After speaking, Mary Jane winked at Peter, turned and left.
Peter didn't respond yet, and Ned beside him was overjoyed: "Wow, Mary Jane actually took the initiative to talk to you, which is rare!"
Looking at the gossiping eyes of the people around him, Peter scratched his head in embarrassment: "Yes, yes."
……
All day today, Peter has been a little restless in class.
He unconsciously writes and draws in his notebook, his mind is full of things about Ruby.
His poor state immediately attracted the teacher's attention.
"Peter, please answer this question."
Peter, who heard his name, stood up with a confused look on his face, not knowing what question the teacher was asking.
Ned, sitting next to him, tried to remind him, but Peter couldn't make out what he was saying.Mary Jane, who was sitting in front of him, also looked back at him, and Peter was even more nervous now.
"The No. 70 page in the book is the second exercise after class." Ruby reminded him bitterly.
"I don't know which question I'm asking? Peter Parker, you must..."
The teacher who was about to give a long lecture on the students who didn't attend the class hadn't finished speaking, Peter had already flipped to the correct page number, glanced at the question, and directly reported the correct answer:
"Uh... the root of thirds is three?"
The teacher with a long speech stuck in his throat: "..."
The child's mental arithmetic speed is too scary, the problem is that he is still right!
"Correct...Correct, please sit down." The teacher had no choice but to let him sit down.
Ruby was startled: "Wow, he's really good at mental arithmetic..."
System: "One thing to say, one thing, indeed."
Ruby showed an "I see" expression: "I finally understand why he is an S-rank, this must be a future Nobel Prize winner. No, I must hold my thigh tightly, and I swear I will never bully him again! "
System: "Really? I don't believe it."
Ruby: "Hee hee, you're so smart."
System: "...It was a wrong payment after all."
……
After class was over, Peter packed up his things and walked out of the classroom.
He remembered that he hadn't bought Ruby's limited-edition cake today, so he had to act quickly, otherwise the cake shop would be sold out.
The moment he stepped out of the school gate, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Peter, who was in a hurry to buy a cake: "Wait, Ruby, did I forget something?"
Ruby was eager to eat the cake: "Huh? No?"
System: "...cooperating with you, you both forgot that there is Thompson waiting at the stadium!"
Ruby was shocked: "Fortunately, you still remember!"
So Ruby quickly reminded Peter: "Oh, by the way, didn't Thompson write you a note today asking you to go to the stadium to wait for him? He also emphasized that you should go alone."
Peter: "...Oh yes! There is such a thing!"
System: The two of you might as well pack up your memories together and sell them at the flea market.
So Peter and Ruby, one person and one symbiote hurried to the court, and saw Thompson standing impatiently under the basketball hoop at a glance.
"Hey, Parker." He saw Peter from a distance, and shouted, "How did you get here?"
"Hurry up and tell me what you want to do with me. I still have something urgent to do." Peter showed a more impatient expression than Thompson, and spoke quickly.
Thompson: ...
No, Peter Parker, have you been ghosted by something strange?Is this still the shy, inarticulate nerd Parker?
"Fight." He said succinctly, "I know that you are more than just pretending to be capable, show all your abilities, and stop pretending to be cowardly for me."
Peter & Ruby: ?
are you seriousIf I punch you, you may die on the spot.
"Don't be kidding, Lightning, you will be punished if you are found out by the school." Peter didn't want to cause trouble, so he decided to ignore Thompson, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Thompson.
"Punishment?" Thompson seemed to have heard something funny, "Well, you are still you, as timid as a mouse."
Timid as a mouse and timid.
Peter stopped walking away.
It suddenly occurred to him that Ruby had said similar things last night.
She said, "Don't be so timid."
—I am not timid.
he thought.I'm not timid at all, I just need a way to prove myself.
"I don't know what you think, are you a masochist or something? I don't like a nerd like you the most, thinking about weird problems all day. People like you in school It's the most annoying thing, can you be a little man, insignificant Parker? There are no cameras here anyway, as long as you don't tell me, who will know what happened?"
Thompson, who didn't know what monster he had provoked, was still fanning the flames.
— Insignificant Parker.
Peter turned his head and met Thompson's eyes.
The usual dodge in his eyes disappeared, and in those beautiful and clear eyes like glass, there was only a bottomless black tide left at this moment.
He remembered a lot of things, a lot of things he thought he had forgotten and didn't care about.
He thought of his homework being snatched away by these guys, and when it was finally snatched back, it was in tatters, and he had to do it all over again.
He remembered the doubts when he was hit on the head with a small ball of paper in class and his thinking was interrupted.
He remembered how helpless he was when he tripped on purpose in gym class and his clean clothes were covered in mud.
He remembered the embarrassment and loss when he had ignorant feelings for girls in the same class, was cut off, and was ruthlessly laughed at.
That's right, they were all just harmless "pranks", little fights among classmates, nothing hurtful, nor psychological shadows.Such things were everywhere on the sunny campus, and he should have been used to it.
But I don't know why, it seems that there is a voice whispering in his subconscious at this moment:
"Why bear it?"
"If you keep giving in, will they respect you?"
"If you can't learn to fight back, you'll always be just a cowardly, timid nerd, forever that little Parker."
"Do you want to stay like this forever?"
"Beat him and make him learn to shut up."
"Or, if you're brave enough, shut him up for good."
"There's no camera here anyway...is there?"
This voice was like some kind of spell, echoing repeatedly in Peter's mind.
At this moment, he turned his face slightly.
The west-slanting sun shone on his obsidian-like eyes, which reflected a bright and dangerous red light like ruby, like a giant shark suddenly waking up in the deep sea.
At the same time, Peter's character panel in Ruby's sight changed again.
【Peter Parker (Class S)】
Bewitching degree: 75%
Fit: 43%
Behind his character column, the negative state of [Tyrannism] suddenly flashed a red light representing the danger of entering a state of deep influence, as if warning something urgently.
"It's broken." Ruby's heart skipped a beat.
This degree of bewitchment has already begun to approach the critical point of danger.
She heard Peter whisper, "Good."
Thompson smiled: "That makes sense."
He originally wanted to say to let Peter do three moves first, but when he thought of Peter's impressive performance on the beach volleyball court yesterday, he swallowed the words that came to his lips and said: "I called three two one, and we will start .”
Peter moved his wrist casually: "Whatever you want."
Anyway, he doesn't care about anything anymore, being possessed by a starving ghost, can there be a worse situation than this?
"three."
"two."
"one!"
The moment the countdown ended, Peter moved.
Thompson only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and something flashed past him. Peter's movements were even faster than his thoughts. Just as the thought of "so fast" came to his mind, he felt his jaw tilt , something hit it.
The sound of "click" sounded, and Thompson fell directly from the blow. After a sharp pain, he clearly realized that his jaw should be misplaced.
How could it be so fast?
However, just as this thought surfaced, another punch hit him in the face.
The severe pain blinded Thompson's eyes, but his physique was beyond the level of his peers. He immediately counterattacked and punched Peter.
"Snapped."
His fist was grabbed by Peter.
"It's too slow..." Peter said with a smile, "'Lightning'."
The nickname once used to praise Thompson's high-speed running ability on the court is now like a curse word.
Ruby, who watched Peter change from a small white flower to a cannibal flower, burst into tears on the spot: "It's over, what should I do? The child seems to be crooked."
System: "I don't know, it has nothing to do with this system, this system is a non-stick pan."
Ruby: "How much energy does it take to delete the rubbish passive skill of tyranny?"
System: "Sorry, learned skills can only be upgraded, not deleted."
Ruby: "...Farewell."
……
The Thompsons are completely dumbfounded.
The buzzing in his head from being beaten was one reason, and the other reason was that he knew that Peter was not as weak as he showed, and that he had a certain strength, but he didn't expect that Peter's actual ability had far exceeded his out of expectation.
Why does this little boy who just reaches his shoulders, a weak chicken with few muscles all over his body, beat people so hard?
The fists that fell on him didn't hold back at all, they were all real pain, and the force was so strong that they were definitely aimed at sending him to the hospital.
He looked in astonishment at Peter Parker in front of him, an old classmate he seemed to have never really known.
The latter looked up at him, obviously smiling, but Thompson felt a subtle killing intent.
A killing intent that is very small, hard to detect, invisible like a thin needle but pervasive.
He looked at himself like he was looking at a dead person.
——Thompson, who realized this, felt life-and-death fear for the first time in this nerd he had never looked directly at.
Peter threw Thompson's fist away with a casual movement, and another clean uppercut landed on his jaw.
This punch directly sent Thompson flying backwards, fell to the ground, dizzy, and couldn't get up for a while.
Three punches.
It took only three punches to bring him down.
Peter flicked his wrist and walked towards him expressionlessly.
Ruby was so anxious that she quickly yelled, "Peter!"
Peter stopped in his tracks.
He seemed to be stunned for a moment, his mind was buzzing, and after a while, he found his thoughts from the chaotic brain, and responded, "Ruby?"
"I'm hungry!" Ruby said loudly and fiercely, "What are you dawdling about, be careful I'll eat you!"
Only then did Peter react.
He stood there silently for a long time.
"Ruby." He said hesitantly, "I just..."
Ruby sighed.
She knew that she had no position to blame this child. After all, he had done nothing wrong. She could only say that her brutal skills were too bad. If she had to find someone to take the blame...
Ruby: "System! Come out and get beaten!"
The system that suddenly took the blame: ...?
After dumping the blame, Ruby quickly enlightened Peter who was in a state of confusion: "It's okay, Peter, young people are impulsive, it's normal...but next time you have to pay attention to controlling your emotions, don't hurt others because of malice It's in the game."
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to find such a cute and silly S-class long-term meal ticket!
Peter stood there for a long time, as if he was struggling with the strong emotions in his mind. After a long while, he turned around, ignored Thompson who was lying on the ground crying, and walked towards the gate of the school in silence.
The red light in his eyes gradually disappeared.
Ruby had been staring at his character panel, and she was relieved after seeing the dangerous red on the tyrannical negative state fade away.
"No, I have to find a way." Ruby was a little anxious, "This problem will have to be resolved sooner or later, otherwise I won't dare to possess other ordinary humans except for freaks like Steve!"
Otherwise, possessing one will create a crazy batch, who can resist it!
"This problem is not easy to solve." The system said, "The forced increase of the host's violent tendency is your racial characteristic. After all, your symbiont is a born fighting nation."
This is a monster race that relies on parasitism to survive, and its cruelty and aggression are rooted in its blood and bones.
The system added another sentence: "He has to overcome the tyranny by himself."
Only human beings' own will can defeat this subconscious influence, or at least alleviate its negative effects.
Ruby sighed.
A 15 year old...
No matter how smart he is, he's just a kid.
"I'll try to see if I can control him." Ruby said, "If it really doesn't work..."
Then she has to find another way out.
She didn't want to ruin a child with a bright future for a mere [-] energy.
……
However, the direction of development of things is unusually optimistic.
Peter hasn't lost control of anything since beating Thompson that time.
Thompson, who was beaten up, found a doctor to take his jaw back, but he did what they said before the fight and didn't tell the teacher.
He only said that he accidentally fell into a ditch and broke his jaw.
But after that time, he never came to Peter again, neither came to trouble him, nor did he show any other friendly gestures.
Peter was exhausted enough about his own affairs, and he was happy when Thompson didn't bother him.
After that, Peter never participated in any violence-related incidents, and his daily routine consisted of going to school, chatting with Ruby, and buying small cakes.
If he just bought small cakes, his small coffers would be quite sufficient.
Ruby: "The money from robbing the rich and donating to the poor buys small cakes, can that be called robbery?"
Peter: "No!"
So the two bought a big bag of snacks back home again, including but not limited to small cakes, potato chips, butter biscuits, donuts, etc.
During this period of getting along, the relationship between Ruby and Peter also developed by leaps and bounds.
Peter gradually discovered that the little starving ghost possessing him didn't seem to be some vicious evil spirit, on the contrary, she was a cute little girl who looked super fierce but was actually very gentle.
Although usually in order to eat the cake she wanted, she would talk to herself in a super fierce tone like a meow growling, pretending that I am not easy to mess with, but in fact...
She would quietly cover herself with the quilt when she was kicking off the quilt after falling asleep.
When she was in a hurry and flustered because she was going to be late, she would quietly take the things he left behind, and she insisted on teasing him not to give them when he found out that he had forgotten them. "I want you to improve your memory."
She would accompany him to listen carefully in class, even more seriously than him. Sometimes she could answer questions he couldn't answer.
She will help him observe the reaction of the reagents when she is buried in the chemistry laboratory for experiments
He was holding the small cake he had just bought in his hand, and was about to say hello to Aunt Ben and Aunt Mei, but he was disgusted before he even spoke.
"Oh my god Peter, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Mei said in surprise, "Why are your clothes in such a mess? There are holes in your trousers. Are you fighting with someone?"
Feeling guilty for a while, Peter quickly found an excuse: "I accidentally fell on the way back."
"How can you fall like this after a fall?" Uncle Ben cast a disapproving look, "I'm afraid you fell into a ditch. Didn't you get hurt?"
"No, it's just that the clothes are torn."
"I also made you an apple pie, but you came back earlier than I expected, so you haven't finished it yet." Aunt Mei pointed to the kitchen, "Hurry up and change your clothes, you look messy .”
"Okay, okay, then I'll go back to my room first!" Peter hurriedly rubbed the soles of his feet with oil, and walked into his room in a hurry.
After entering the room, he quickly closed the door, sat down in front of the desk, stroked his chest, and calmed down his restless heartbeat.
God knows how afraid he was just now that the starving ghost on his body suddenly jumped out and ate their whole family.
So now he faces a very serious problem.
How should he sacrifice the cake in his hand to the starving ghost parasitic on him?
After hesitating for a while, Peter found a few candles and a half piece of chalk from the cardboard box at the bottom of the press box, and then took out a book related to religion and theology, in which he found a bunch of decent-looking magic circles, hexagrams, etc. Yes, then picked up the chalk and began to draw formations on the ground.
Ruby: "? What's the matter? It's because I found out that the church can't help me, so I'm going to make a living by myself?"
The boy is very rebellious.
Peter, who is not very talented in drawing, drew for a long time, and finally drew a circle smoothly. He was relieved and continued to draw the rest of the magic circle.
Ruby has been lying comfortably inside him, watching him draw the demon-subduing formation, and commenting with the system from time to time.
"Well, yes, this stroke is very straight."
"Well, no, no, no, it doesn't matter where this money went."
"Not bad, the young man is very talented, I am very optimistic about him!"
System: ...you don't even ask what people are doing, just watching a play here? ?
Alas, poor Peter, what a trust!
Finally, Peter finished drawing the potholed magic circle, then took out a few candles, lit them in the corner of the circle, and then turned off the lights in the room.
Immediately, only the dim light of white candles was left dancing in the whole room. It looked so gloomy and gloomy. Those who didn’t know it thought it was the summoning site of some evil/religious ceremony. The weird atmosphere really resembled decent.
After finishing the painting, Peter put the sweet chocolate almond cake in the paper bag in the middle of the circle with a serious expression.
"Miss Hungry Ghost, is this the way to sacrifice the cake to you?" After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he said anxiously, "Do you need me to say any spells?"
When Ruby heard this, she almost laughed.
"Oh my God, he is too cute!" Ruby said, "I officially declare that he is my little brother. If anyone dares to bully him, I will be the first to say no!"
System: "...Who is the person who is bullying him now?"
Ruby: "Except for me!"
Peter didn't get a response, so he forced himself to ask again: "Miss Starving Ghost?"
"Cough." Ruby hurriedly coughed pretending to be serious, "Just call me Ruby."
ruby?
Peter thought of the eyes on the little head that had popped out of his shoulders when he was in the coffee shop.
Just like her name, bright, dazzling, beautiful and clear.
"You just sit in it and eat the cake," Ruby said.
"I eat it?" Peter was very puzzled.
"Yes, otherwise?" Ruby said in a natural tone.
Peter looked confused: "Aren't you going to eat?"
"If you eat, it's like I've eaten." Ruby said, "Hurry up, fighting for you tonight has consumed a lot of my energy, and I'm going to starve to death."
Peter: ...
No matter how many times he heard a starving man say he was going to die of starvation, it still made Peter feel that the world was so magical.
So he carefully sat in the magic circle to avoid touching the candles, then opened the paper bag and took out the chocolate almond cake.
He took a bite and chewed slowly in his mouth.
so sweet.He thought, the desserts in this coffee shop are actually pretty good, the taste is also very good, soft and waxy, the quality of the chocolate is also very good, silky and sweet, with a rich milky fragrance.
This can also understand why such a small piece of cake is so expensive.
Thinking of this, Peter remembered the stack of banknotes in his pocket, and suddenly his head was as big as a bucket.
Although he really wanted his pockets to bulge up, it wasn't in this way... If it was stolen money that hadn't been laundered in time, wouldn't he be exposed right away?
Thinking that the door of his house might be knocked by the police at any time, Peter, who was eating a delicious and sweet cake, felt sad again. He only felt that he was the most miserable little boy in the world, and his movements of eating the cake slowed down.
Ruby who was enjoying the delicious cake but was slammed on the brakes: ...?
"Dong dong dong..."
There was a knock on the door.
Ruby felt her poor little body tremble, and almost knocked over the cake in her hand on the spot.
Peter: It's over, what are you afraid of, the water meter checker is here!
"Peter, the apple pie is ready." Aunt Mei's voice came, "Why did you lock the door? What are you doing in there? I don't usually see you lock the door."
Peter breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Uh, Aunt May, I..."
He looked around for a while, this cult-like scene must not be seen by parents, otherwise it will be another series.
"I, it's not convenient for me at the moment, can you put it at the door, I'll come and get it later!" Peter really couldn't find any excuses, so he had to bite the bullet and say.
There was silence outside for several seconds, and the silence made Peter break out in a cold sweat.
Then he heard Aunt Mei's voice saying: "Okay, don't be too tired, pay attention to rest."
Peter:?
Immediately afterwards, relying on the enhanced hearing that Ruby possessed behind him, he heard the whispers between the two parents in the living room:
"Peter has really grown up," said Aunt May.
"After all, he is 15 years old. He is a young boy with a youthful vigor. It is normal to do some manual work." Uncle Ben said.
"You have to teach him temperance!" Aunt Mei said, "It's better to do this kind of thing as little as possible. It's not good for your health. After all, it's not convenient for me to talk to him about it."
Uncle Ben said with a smile: "Don't worry, Peter has always been quite sensible, and I'm sure he has his own measure."
Aunt Mei smiled and said, "Hey, boy..."
Uncle Ben smiled and said, "Hey, youth..."
Peter & Ruby who shared the hearing with Peter: …
Ah this...
Ruby was too embarrassed to speak, Peter's face was already red, one person, one symbiosis tacitly understood, Qiqi was as quiet as a chicken, and finished eating the cake in this awkward atmosphere.
The system is very pleased: Ruby, the old rascal, finally recalls what it feels like to be shy, congratulations, congratulations!
After taking his last bite, Peter suddenly thought of a very serious, life-and-death question.
"Wait!" He stood up abruptly, knocked over two candles, and stomped out the fire in a panic, "Wait a minute, did the gangsters see my face in the church just now?" ?!"
Ruby: "...you didn't think of this question until now?"
Peter's face paled.
"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing that her little brother was really scared, Ruby quickly comforted her, "I'll cover your face for you."
"Really, really?" Peter asked in disbelief.
"Really, why am I lying to you, don't be so timid." Ruby said lazily, "I told you I will protect you...Hurry up and get your Aunt Mei's apple pie and eat it."
Peter stood there for a while.
He felt as if he had suddenly stepped out of the icy and snowy night and immersed himself in the warm, steaming spring water. His limbs, which were stiff from fear, gradually regained consciousness, and his whole body went numb for a while.
"Will you... protect me?" He asked repeatedly as if he wanted to confirm.
"Yeah," Ruby said, "so you go and eat the apple pie, or..."
She poked a small head out of Peter's shoulders, and leaned directly in front of Peter, opened her mouth to reveal two rows of small, pointed teeth, and said fiercely, "Otherwise, I'll eat you!"
Peter looked at a pair of ruby-like eyes in front of him, and subconsciously reached out to touch Ruby's soft head.
The soft touch was like touching a ball of sweet pudding, and the feeling of happiness immediately enveloped Peter.
Ruby who was suddenly masturbated:?
Peter, who realized what he had done after masturbation: ...Oops, it seemed soft and I touched it subconsciously!She won't be angry!
Facts have proved that this little starving ghost with a fierce mouth, cute and protective, not only didn't get angry, but even rubbed his fingers.
Ruby: ...I swear it's just subconscious.
System: I can prove that this is a bad habit she developed from Steve. I despise this kind of flattery for begging for food!
Ruby: Oh, it's time for dinner.
Peter, whose heart skipped a beat, held his breath on the spot, so happy that he was about to bloom.
——It's over, it's over, why do you think she's so cute!
……
This night is destined to be a sleepless night.
Not only because Peter ate too much tonight and caused his stomach to bloat, but also because of all the encounters during the day, the most important reason is——
As today's non-routine events have consumed too much time, Peter is running out of homework.
——Yes, after the fantasy experience of winning the school bully at the game, being possessed by a ghost, and robbing a group of drug dealers, he still had to obediently pick up a pen and do his homework.This is probably also a kind of cyberpunk.
He sat at the desk with a sad face, holding a pen and writing hard.
"Ah, damn it." After finishing a big question, Peter looked at the homework piled up beside him, "Why are there so many homework!"
"Who told you to leave your homework until the last night." Ruby, who was full, was in a happy mood, lying on Peter's head and looking at his handwriting that took off immediately because of time constraints.
"I mean, it would be fine if they were all math or physics problems, I can finish them in a while, but why are there so many liberal arts homework!" Peter's head was as big as a bucket, "I have to copy the answers to these things At least two hours!"
Originally, the time he reserved was enough to finish copying, but who would have thought that so many things would happen tonight!
"It's over." Peter had nothing to love, "I can't finish my homework, I'm afraid I'm going to get a B- at the end of the semester."
Ruby looked up at the time, it was already 10:30 in the evening.
She thought for two seconds, and then said, "How about I write for you?"
Peter froze for a moment: "Huh?"
Before she finished speaking, Ruby stretched out two hands from Peter's waist, grabbed a ballpoint pen with one hand, and pressed down the cap skillfully.
"Hurry up." Ruby said, swaying left and right, "Put out what you want to copy."
Peter was stunned for a long time, and then hurriedly took out two homework books from the homework pile, and put them on the desk, one on the left and the other on the right.Then, he just watched Ruby work hard on the notebook with scrawled fonts that took off on the spot and barely discernible movements, as if he had been beaten into chicken blood, and he had already finished copying a simple sentence in just a daze. Answer questions.
Peter: "..."
Why are you so skilled!
Could it be that you were also a problem solver before you starved to death?
... Does this fully prove that there is no future for a questioner?
Ruby: "Don't be dazed, maybe you want me to help you do it all?"
As if waking up from a dream, Peter quickly lowered his head to look at the super difficult physics problems in his homework.
Five minutes later, Peter, with a blank mind, tore off the draft paper full of ghost symbols, staring blankly at the two silvery white hands that grew out of his body.
In such a weird situation, no one can keep calm and do the questions well, hey!
Ruby thought it was Peter who fell into a rage because he couldn't solve the problem, so she extended another hand lovingly and touched Peter's little head.
"Come on, be a problem solver!" she said, "Hurry up and go to bed. You are young and still growing. You need enough sleep, otherwise you will be short in stature for the rest of your life."
Peter who dared not speak out: ...
Then can you please stop touching my head!This will really not grow tall!
……
the next day.
In the hallway of the school.
With dark circles under his eyes, Ned walked behind Peter with a sad face: "Can you believe that I didn't go to bed until 01:30 last night? The amount of homework is too horrible. I don't know if I don't write it. I'm startled when I write it."
Peter, who owed a huge debt of ten small cakes because he asked Ruby to help copy homework: "...Yeah."
"Have you finished writing?"
"It's finished."
Ned was shocked: "I can't see how fast your hand speed has improved!"
Before the two had spoken a few words, Peter saw a familiar figure walking towards him not far away.
Thompson strode up to Peter, frowning at him.
The students in the corridor came and went, and they all stopped at this moment, looking at them with gossipy eyes.
Yesterday, Peter beat Lightning Thompson with an almost crushing record in beach volleyball. This is super big news, and it has already spread throughout the school.However, since one of the parties involved is a well-known bully in the school, no one dared to discuss it in front of him.
Now that the two parties are fighting hand to hand, it can be seen that there are new melons to eat!
The melon-eating crowd suddenly became secretly excited.
Peter was not afraid of Thompson at all at the moment.
Now he is possessed by a starving ghost with super powers, and he has also robbed drug dealers of money. He can hang and beat Thompson if he pulls out any one.
A mere school tyrant, with little meaning.
So he looked up at Thompson, who was a head taller than himself, and said casually, "What's the matter?"
Ned, who was stunned at the side: ...What's the matter with this confident boss tone!
Thompson glared at him, then at the shocked Ned next to him, and took a deep breath, as if trying to restrain his temper.
Then he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, grabbed Peter's hand, and stuffed it in.
In the end, he glared at the surrounding students again, scaring the melon-eaters to take a small step back, then snorted, and left with his schoolbag.
Peter watched his back go away, lowered his head and opened the note.
Ned leaned over and read what was written on it:
"Peter Parker: You naughty boy who pretends to be cowardly on weekdays, if you have the ability, come to the field on the east side of the playground after school this afternoon. Let's have a showdown. Come alone, don't call your teammates!"
Peter: One, two, three... so many typos...
Ruby: Nuofu...glutinous rice...rice dumplings, meat dumplings, candied dates dumplings, bean paste dumplings...
System: See if the child is hungry.
"Are you going?" Ned asked.
Peter paused and said:
"Why not?"
At this moment, a beautiful figure suddenly stopped in front of him.
Peter looked up and it was Mary Jane.
He froze for a moment, then subconsciously became tense, and stammered his greeting: "Hey, Mary Jane."
Mary Jane smiled at him and said, "You were really impressive yesterday."
Peter's face was about to turn red, and he didn't know where to move his hands for a moment.
Ruby hates iron but steel: Why is this kid so shy, at this moment, he should pat his chest and say yes, brother is so fierce, do you want to be brother's girlfriend!
System: So do you know why you have soloed solo?
Ruby: ...
Fortunately, Mary Jane didn't come to chat with him, she continued: "Did Lightning pick on you just now, please ignore him, he is just like this, with a simple mind and well-developed limbs."
After speaking, Mary Jane winked at Peter, turned and left.
Peter didn't respond yet, and Ned beside him was overjoyed: "Wow, Mary Jane actually took the initiative to talk to you, which is rare!"
Looking at the gossiping eyes of the people around him, Peter scratched his head in embarrassment: "Yes, yes."
……
All day today, Peter has been a little restless in class.
He unconsciously writes and draws in his notebook, his mind is full of things about Ruby.
His poor state immediately attracted the teacher's attention.
"Peter, please answer this question."
Peter, who heard his name, stood up with a confused look on his face, not knowing what question the teacher was asking.
Ned, sitting next to him, tried to remind him, but Peter couldn't make out what he was saying.Mary Jane, who was sitting in front of him, also looked back at him, and Peter was even more nervous now.
"The No. 70 page in the book is the second exercise after class." Ruby reminded him bitterly.
"I don't know which question I'm asking? Peter Parker, you must..."
The teacher who was about to give a long lecture on the students who didn't attend the class hadn't finished speaking, Peter had already flipped to the correct page number, glanced at the question, and directly reported the correct answer:
"Uh... the root of thirds is three?"
The teacher with a long speech stuck in his throat: "..."
The child's mental arithmetic speed is too scary, the problem is that he is still right!
"Correct...Correct, please sit down." The teacher had no choice but to let him sit down.
Ruby was startled: "Wow, he's really good at mental arithmetic..."
System: "One thing to say, one thing, indeed."
Ruby showed an "I see" expression: "I finally understand why he is an S-rank, this must be a future Nobel Prize winner. No, I must hold my thigh tightly, and I swear I will never bully him again! "
System: "Really? I don't believe it."
Ruby: "Hee hee, you're so smart."
System: "...It was a wrong payment after all."
……
After class was over, Peter packed up his things and walked out of the classroom.
He remembered that he hadn't bought Ruby's limited-edition cake today, so he had to act quickly, otherwise the cake shop would be sold out.
The moment he stepped out of the school gate, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Peter, who was in a hurry to buy a cake: "Wait, Ruby, did I forget something?"
Ruby was eager to eat the cake: "Huh? No?"
System: "...cooperating with you, you both forgot that there is Thompson waiting at the stadium!"
Ruby was shocked: "Fortunately, you still remember!"
So Ruby quickly reminded Peter: "Oh, by the way, didn't Thompson write you a note today asking you to go to the stadium to wait for him? He also emphasized that you should go alone."
Peter: "...Oh yes! There is such a thing!"
System: The two of you might as well pack up your memories together and sell them at the flea market.
So Peter and Ruby, one person and one symbiote hurried to the court, and saw Thompson standing impatiently under the basketball hoop at a glance.
"Hey, Parker." He saw Peter from a distance, and shouted, "How did you get here?"
"Hurry up and tell me what you want to do with me. I still have something urgent to do." Peter showed a more impatient expression than Thompson, and spoke quickly.
Thompson: ...
No, Peter Parker, have you been ghosted by something strange?Is this still the shy, inarticulate nerd Parker?
"Fight." He said succinctly, "I know that you are more than just pretending to be capable, show all your abilities, and stop pretending to be cowardly for me."
Peter & Ruby: ?
are you seriousIf I punch you, you may die on the spot.
"Don't be kidding, Lightning, you will be punished if you are found out by the school." Peter didn't want to cause trouble, so he decided to ignore Thompson, and was about to leave, but was stopped by Thompson.
"Punishment?" Thompson seemed to have heard something funny, "Well, you are still you, as timid as a mouse."
Timid as a mouse and timid.
Peter stopped walking away.
It suddenly occurred to him that Ruby had said similar things last night.
She said, "Don't be so timid."
—I am not timid.
he thought.I'm not timid at all, I just need a way to prove myself.
"I don't know what you think, are you a masochist or something? I don't like a nerd like you the most, thinking about weird problems all day. People like you in school It's the most annoying thing, can you be a little man, insignificant Parker? There are no cameras here anyway, as long as you don't tell me, who will know what happened?"
Thompson, who didn't know what monster he had provoked, was still fanning the flames.
— Insignificant Parker.
Peter turned his head and met Thompson's eyes.
The usual dodge in his eyes disappeared, and in those beautiful and clear eyes like glass, there was only a bottomless black tide left at this moment.
He remembered a lot of things, a lot of things he thought he had forgotten and didn't care about.
He thought of his homework being snatched away by these guys, and when it was finally snatched back, it was in tatters, and he had to do it all over again.
He remembered the doubts when he was hit on the head with a small ball of paper in class and his thinking was interrupted.
He remembered how helpless he was when he tripped on purpose in gym class and his clean clothes were covered in mud.
He remembered the embarrassment and loss when he had ignorant feelings for girls in the same class, was cut off, and was ruthlessly laughed at.
That's right, they were all just harmless "pranks", little fights among classmates, nothing hurtful, nor psychological shadows.Such things were everywhere on the sunny campus, and he should have been used to it.
But I don't know why, it seems that there is a voice whispering in his subconscious at this moment:
"Why bear it?"
"If you keep giving in, will they respect you?"
"If you can't learn to fight back, you'll always be just a cowardly, timid nerd, forever that little Parker."
"Do you want to stay like this forever?"
"Beat him and make him learn to shut up."
"Or, if you're brave enough, shut him up for good."
"There's no camera here anyway...is there?"
This voice was like some kind of spell, echoing repeatedly in Peter's mind.
At this moment, he turned his face slightly.
The west-slanting sun shone on his obsidian-like eyes, which reflected a bright and dangerous red light like ruby, like a giant shark suddenly waking up in the deep sea.
At the same time, Peter's character panel in Ruby's sight changed again.
【Peter Parker (Class S)】
Bewitching degree: 75%
Fit: 43%
Behind his character column, the negative state of [Tyrannism] suddenly flashed a red light representing the danger of entering a state of deep influence, as if warning something urgently.
"It's broken." Ruby's heart skipped a beat.
This degree of bewitchment has already begun to approach the critical point of danger.
She heard Peter whisper, "Good."
Thompson smiled: "That makes sense."
He originally wanted to say to let Peter do three moves first, but when he thought of Peter's impressive performance on the beach volleyball court yesterday, he swallowed the words that came to his lips and said: "I called three two one, and we will start .”
Peter moved his wrist casually: "Whatever you want."
Anyway, he doesn't care about anything anymore, being possessed by a starving ghost, can there be a worse situation than this?
"three."
"two."
"one!"
The moment the countdown ended, Peter moved.
Thompson only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and something flashed past him. Peter's movements were even faster than his thoughts. Just as the thought of "so fast" came to his mind, he felt his jaw tilt , something hit it.
The sound of "click" sounded, and Thompson fell directly from the blow. After a sharp pain, he clearly realized that his jaw should be misplaced.
How could it be so fast?
However, just as this thought surfaced, another punch hit him in the face.
The severe pain blinded Thompson's eyes, but his physique was beyond the level of his peers. He immediately counterattacked and punched Peter.
"Snapped."
His fist was grabbed by Peter.
"It's too slow..." Peter said with a smile, "'Lightning'."
The nickname once used to praise Thompson's high-speed running ability on the court is now like a curse word.
Ruby, who watched Peter change from a small white flower to a cannibal flower, burst into tears on the spot: "It's over, what should I do? The child seems to be crooked."
System: "I don't know, it has nothing to do with this system, this system is a non-stick pan."
Ruby: "How much energy does it take to delete the rubbish passive skill of tyranny?"
System: "Sorry, learned skills can only be upgraded, not deleted."
Ruby: "...Farewell."
……
The Thompsons are completely dumbfounded.
The buzzing in his head from being beaten was one reason, and the other reason was that he knew that Peter was not as weak as he showed, and that he had a certain strength, but he didn't expect that Peter's actual ability had far exceeded his out of expectation.
Why does this little boy who just reaches his shoulders, a weak chicken with few muscles all over his body, beat people so hard?
The fists that fell on him didn't hold back at all, they were all real pain, and the force was so strong that they were definitely aimed at sending him to the hospital.
He looked in astonishment at Peter Parker in front of him, an old classmate he seemed to have never really known.
The latter looked up at him, obviously smiling, but Thompson felt a subtle killing intent.
A killing intent that is very small, hard to detect, invisible like a thin needle but pervasive.
He looked at himself like he was looking at a dead person.
——Thompson, who realized this, felt life-and-death fear for the first time in this nerd he had never looked directly at.
Peter threw Thompson's fist away with a casual movement, and another clean uppercut landed on his jaw.
This punch directly sent Thompson flying backwards, fell to the ground, dizzy, and couldn't get up for a while.
Three punches.
It took only three punches to bring him down.
Peter flicked his wrist and walked towards him expressionlessly.
Ruby was so anxious that she quickly yelled, "Peter!"
Peter stopped in his tracks.
He seemed to be stunned for a moment, his mind was buzzing, and after a while, he found his thoughts from the chaotic brain, and responded, "Ruby?"
"I'm hungry!" Ruby said loudly and fiercely, "What are you dawdling about, be careful I'll eat you!"
Only then did Peter react.
He stood there silently for a long time.
"Ruby." He said hesitantly, "I just..."
Ruby sighed.
She knew that she had no position to blame this child. After all, he had done nothing wrong. She could only say that her brutal skills were too bad. If she had to find someone to take the blame...
Ruby: "System! Come out and get beaten!"
The system that suddenly took the blame: ...?
After dumping the blame, Ruby quickly enlightened Peter who was in a state of confusion: "It's okay, Peter, young people are impulsive, it's normal...but next time you have to pay attention to controlling your emotions, don't hurt others because of malice It's in the game."
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to find such a cute and silly S-class long-term meal ticket!
Peter stood there for a long time, as if he was struggling with the strong emotions in his mind. After a long while, he turned around, ignored Thompson who was lying on the ground crying, and walked towards the gate of the school in silence.
The red light in his eyes gradually disappeared.
Ruby had been staring at his character panel, and she was relieved after seeing the dangerous red on the tyrannical negative state fade away.
"No, I have to find a way." Ruby was a little anxious, "This problem will have to be resolved sooner or later, otherwise I won't dare to possess other ordinary humans except for freaks like Steve!"
Otherwise, possessing one will create a crazy batch, who can resist it!
"This problem is not easy to solve." The system said, "The forced increase of the host's violent tendency is your racial characteristic. After all, your symbiont is a born fighting nation."
This is a monster race that relies on parasitism to survive, and its cruelty and aggression are rooted in its blood and bones.
The system added another sentence: "He has to overcome the tyranny by himself."
Only human beings' own will can defeat this subconscious influence, or at least alleviate its negative effects.
Ruby sighed.
A 15 year old...
No matter how smart he is, he's just a kid.
"I'll try to see if I can control him." Ruby said, "If it really doesn't work..."
Then she has to find another way out.
She didn't want to ruin a child with a bright future for a mere [-] energy.
……
However, the direction of development of things is unusually optimistic.
Peter hasn't lost control of anything since beating Thompson that time.
Thompson, who was beaten up, found a doctor to take his jaw back, but he did what they said before the fight and didn't tell the teacher.
He only said that he accidentally fell into a ditch and broke his jaw.
But after that time, he never came to Peter again, neither came to trouble him, nor did he show any other friendly gestures.
Peter was exhausted enough about his own affairs, and he was happy when Thompson didn't bother him.
After that, Peter never participated in any violence-related incidents, and his daily routine consisted of going to school, chatting with Ruby, and buying small cakes.
If he just bought small cakes, his small coffers would be quite sufficient.
Ruby: "The money from robbing the rich and donating to the poor buys small cakes, can that be called robbery?"
Peter: "No!"
So the two bought a big bag of snacks back home again, including but not limited to small cakes, potato chips, butter biscuits, donuts, etc.
During this period of getting along, the relationship between Ruby and Peter also developed by leaps and bounds.
Peter gradually discovered that the little starving ghost possessing him didn't seem to be some vicious evil spirit, on the contrary, she was a cute little girl who looked super fierce but was actually very gentle.
Although usually in order to eat the cake she wanted, she would talk to herself in a super fierce tone like a meow growling, pretending that I am not easy to mess with, but in fact...
She would quietly cover herself with the quilt when she was kicking off the quilt after falling asleep.
When she was in a hurry and flustered because she was going to be late, she would quietly take the things he left behind, and she insisted on teasing him not to give them when he found out that he had forgotten them. "I want you to improve your memory."
She would accompany him to listen carefully in class, even more seriously than him. Sometimes she could answer questions he couldn't answer.
She will help him observe the reaction of the reagents when she is buried in the chemistry laboratory for experiments
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