The Mech Lord

"That really was hilarious…" Spike let out a laugh while holding his stomach. He was literally dying from it. "You should have seen that cocky guy clenching his fist while walking down the hallway…"

Leo sat there with a dark face as others more or less were smiling or had a weird look on their faces.

"I didn't think you were so savage.." Nora looked at Leo, she was a bit surprised honestly.

"I told you I didn't know that the paper bag had such a meaning behind it." Leo retorted with a sigh. He had been getting disdainful gazes all around ever since the matter had spread around.

Why were things never going his way?

"Where is Runeko by the way?" Nora suddenly asked, looking around. "I haven't seen her these past couple of days."

The rest of the guys didn't seem to have any idea as well. After all, Runeko was the only first year in the club. So, there was no one who shared any classes with her here.

"Well, I asked her in the message. It seems she isn't feeling well." Yuji's voice rang out in the room as he walked through the door with a heavy look on his face.

He then turned his head towards Leo, and frowned, "You really caused a mess, didn't you?"

News sure travelled fast.

Leo could only force a smile on his face. There was nothing he could do about it. Besides, why was he being treated as villain when it was that guy who sneaked an attack on him. He was clearly the victim here.

This was injustice!

"The senior years are not happy with you." Yuji had a serious look on his face, and his words made everyone's faces to change. They sure didn't look good, and the people around couldn't help but give Leo a look.

The Senior years were not someone you would want to mess with.

"Just lay low and don't create any more trouble." Yuji shook his head, and then took a seat. He didn't think that those guys would do anything if Leo kept quiet. After all, he was someone with a significant background.

"Check this out!" Spike's surprised voice suddenly rang out, and everyone looked towards him. The little guy flicked a screen from the smart link on Paul's hand while the guy was deep in sleep, and a projection screen appeared in front of everyone.

It was a thread on the Academy's forum.

It seemed that someone had opened a betting booth for the fight between Leo and the nameless guy. The thread seemed to have only been made an hour ago, but there were already more than 5 million Federation Bills in favor of Leo losing.

It was very obvious that the event today had made Leo a public enemy and people were hoping for his loss. Not to mention, he was weaker than his opponent to begin with.

Leo looked at the thread and it was only now that he managed to find his opponent's name.

Morpheous Brown.

The guy was the son of some minor noble in one of the far ends of Gloria's territory and his talent had managed to bring him here.

The guy was at Level 10 and Leo's level had become unknown with his recent improvement. The people were speculating it to be somewhere in between Lv 6 to Lv7 and that still would guarantee Morpheus an easy win.

All the club members looked very interested in betting. But, no one said anything about it in Leo's presence. It was pretty obvious whom they would be betting for in his absence.

"Anyway, there is an important announcement." Yuji suddenly cleared his throat as he looked at the people around.

"What is it?" Spike asked the question everyone had in their mind.

"The club name. Now that we have officially become a club, an official name is required." Yuji looked at them with a serious face.

"Shouldn't 'Martial Arts and others' suit our theme?" Spike asked, as if it was very obvious to him.

Everyone's brows twitched listening to the little guy. He sure knew to say the darndest things with a straight face.

"If that's how it rolls, then it could be Poison Club and others.." Nora chimed in.

"It could be Body Building Club and Others…" Biggie suggested with a smile.

"It Could be Ninja Club and Others…"Harry's voice suddenly sounded in the room. No one could see where the guy was though. He had once again disappeared after getting into his character.

"I knew this was going to happen, so I already named the club.." Yuji suddenly folded his arms with a cocky smile on his face.

"You!!"

Everyone was definitely taken back by him.

They just hoped that this guy hadn't been selfish in naming, not to mention, his naming sense sucked.

Just look at the guy's invention in the past and you would know how terrible he was.

One only had to look at the name of the project he was currently working on.

Hole Smasher Destroyer Back up Mecha Arm v2.3 Project

No one could find any sense into it except for the guy himself.

"Gulp!"

People nervously awaited his response and the guy finally said, "The Research Club!"

"..."

A silence prevailed in the room.

"That's it? Nothing smashing or destroying?" Spike asked in surprise.

"Yeah, where's the cringe that will make us quit the club?" Nora asked in shock as well.

The smile on Yuji's face immediately faded away.

He thought it was very obvious to name it the research club, he was a Mad Doc after all.

Research was the motive of his life!

"Still it's better than anything else.." Leo shook his head with a smile. "All of us are researching what we like after all. So, it fits perfectly if you ask me.."

"Researching Martial Arts…" Spike muttered and his eyes began to sparkle the next moment. "I like it! It has a scholarly touch to it!"

"It's not bad I guess.." Nora nodded as well.

"Agreed.." Harry's voice sounded all across the room.

Biggie didn't have a problem with anything, Paul was asleep and Runeko was absent. Hence, the matter of the name was finally settled in a peaceful manner.

Soon, the guys just separated, getting busy with their personal stuff that they had joined the club for. Leo also joined Yuji on his project as an assistant as the guy had helped him a lot in building the Battle arm. Not to mention, it was a great source of learning as well.

…

"See you guys later.." Leo left the place earlier than usual. He remembered that Edgar had asked him to tag along to get his Pet Beast. It wasn't easy for Edgar to take some time off his work after all.

As Leo was about to get to the parking lot, he heard Aiden's voice.

[Careful, someone is following you-nya]

Leo's expression immediately changed. He had just heard from Yuji that people weren't happy with him. This immediately made him connect the two situations and he immediately mobilized his Arora energy.

"Whoosh!"

He turned his body around and was almost about to throw a kick when he heard the voice.

"It's me!" It immediately made Leo stop, and his feet just stopped an inch away from her face.

It was Christina.

"Why are you sneaking up on me like that?" Leo pulled his leg back down. He really wouldn't know what to do, if he hadn't stopped in time.

"I had no choice. The rumors are already spreading like that. If people saw us together, it would just be adding fuel to the fire." Christina forced a smile on her face.

Leo nodded. It made sense honestly.

"So, what is this about?" Leo asked, looking at her. He didn't think that they were good friends who would pay each other a visit for no reason. They were mere acquaintances at best.

"I want to apologize for what happened that day. And, you also got dragged into this mess because of me." She gave him an apologetic smile.

"It's fine." Leo shook his head. He didn't think it was her fault. Spike was also the one to blame for it. But, he sure had gotten away without any repercussions.

Christina was here just to apologize. And once she was done with it, she parted ways with Leo.

…

Leo walked to the usual spot and the driver was there to pick him up.

Once he entered the car, and made himself comfortable, Leo realized that the driver had not taken off.

"Is there any problem?" He asked the driver, and the old man turned his head towards Leo and informed. "Master has ordered for another guest to be picked up today."

Leo was taken back.

Why was he not aware of it?

"Knock!"

A Knock sounded on the window and a familiar voice rang out.

"Excuse me, are you here to pick me up?"

The Driver turned his head, and lowered down the windows before giving her a gentle nod.

"Yes, Miss. Please have a seat."

The girl nodded, but when she opened the door her eyes widened and so did Leo's.

It was Christina.