"Victoria?"
As those ice-blue eyes and hair made their way into his line of sight, Ethan was shook.
He couldn’t help but overlap the S-class awakener who could freeze entire cities with the wave of her hand to the girl being bullied on the floor.
Even just looking at her eyes, the hollow nature and lack of emotion made it obvious that she had long since been detached from reality.
’These eyes.’
’I never thought I’d see eyes like this in a world where the apocalypse hasn’t happened.’
Muttering inwardly, how could Ethan not recognize it?
These were eyes that had lost all hope in the future, a sight much too common in the future apocalypse and eyes that he had once had.
Because of this, he was even more angry at the girls in front of him.
"Hey, I said stop it!"
Grabbing the girl named Tracy by her neck, Ethan’s actions shocked everyone.
"What did you say? Your father is part of the board of directors?"
"He knows a Smith? Is that what you said?"
Slowly increasing the strength of his hand, Ethan’s voice rose slightly with anger.
"Hey, you stop it!"
"Don’t you have manners! How dare you strangle a girl!"
"Hey stop it!"
One by one the girls around Tracy tried to hit him to let her go, however after meeting Ethan’s eyes filled with killing intent, they didn’t dare say another word.
Even Tracy the one being strangled could only look at Ethan her face filled with fright.
In her mind, she wondered where the hell this psychopath had come from.
How dare someone strangle another person in broad daylight, forgetting that she and her friends were beating someone up under that same daylight.
"Ha~ did you say how dare I strangle a girl, do you lot really think you can be classified as girls?"
"I wouldn’t even call you human, because what kind of human does this to another human?"
Pointing at Victoria, who was curled up on the ground, he stared into her eyes; his past memories flashed through his mind, making it hard to focus.
’Ugh~ it seems my rebirth wasn’t without a side effect.’
’All the betrayal, hunger, and fighting I experienced in my past, although I noticed it earlier- my emotions aren’t under control.’
’Although I had been subconsciously suppressing it with my mental power, it looks like that ain’t enough.’
As his voice rang through his head, Ethan looked at the strangled Tracy in his arms and sighed.
In his original plan, he would scare the girls a bit and reveal his identity, earning the favour of this future S-class.
However, because of these emotions of his, things had spiraled out of control.
’The next thing I need to create when I’m done is a meditation method.’
’Perhaps I can use that to clear my mind as well as improve mental power like in novels.’
’If that works then people would be able to sense mana more easily, and I won’t need to create each mage one at a time.’
’All I would need to do would be to pass the circulation method and I would get the feedback.’
Thinking of this, Ethan couldn’t help but want to deal with this issue and return home early.
"Yes, you all don’t classify as humans, calling you monsters or animals would suffice."
"And as a licensed and registered hunter, putting down a few wild animals for public safety shouldn’t be against the law."
Saying each word, Ethan’s gaze never left the girls as he stared into each of them.
And of course he didn’t actually plan to kill them, however since things had already gone haywire at the start, he might as well play into it and help advance Victoria more.
Picking up his phone, still with their shocked faces, he made a call which filled the five of them with despair.
"Hello Alfred, it’s me, Ethan."
"Can you do me a favour and see if it’s possible to acquire Higgsfield University? If so please contact the relevant people, I want to fire and expel some people."
"Also some people here claim to have a relationship with the Smiths and use that to bully people over here."
"Investigate for any Smith who is in contact with a Morgan Alister, Alister should be a member of the board of directors of the university."
Listening to the contents of the call, the girls’ minds went blank.
"Y-y-you! Who are you!!!"
Yelling out in fright, Tracy couldn’t understand what was happening.
Wasn’t she just teaching that bitch Victoria a lesson like every other day?
Why the hell did today have to be different?
Yet calm as always, Ethan slowly released his grip, kneeling despite his white trousers to help pick up the dazed Victoria on the ground.
"Hello there, are you alright?"
"I’m sorry you had to go through so much, however don’t worry."
"Now everything’s going to be alright."
Wearing a bright smile on his face, Victoria who was thinking of what to say couldn’t help but blush.
’Oh my God! So handsome.’
’No wait a minute, his white suit! It looks expensive.’
’I hope I don’t accidentally stain it!?’
Stricken with worry, she almost fell back to the ground as she lost her balance trying to avoid his clothes.
However, Ethan reacted faster once again catching her by the waist before she could hit the ground.
"Haha so light, I’m guessing you haven’t eaten in a while."
"Why don’t we stop by a restaurant after this and get something to eat?" he laughed, completely ignoring his surroundings.
However before she could answer, a discordant voice once again broke through the air.
"Hey you! Answer me!"
"Who the hell are you and what did your call just now mean?"
Staring wryly at Ethan, Tracy couldn’t help but have a bad thought as now that she was released, his face looked somewhat familiar.
As if she had seen him on the news or something.
’Don’t tell me it’s who I think it is,’ she prayed.
Unfortunately, her prayers were for naught, as Ethan’s next words destroyed all her hope.
"My name’s Ethan."
"Ethan Smith."