Strongest Superhuman System - Chapter 301

Chapter 301: Yeah, I think I’m Real
Somehow during the course of their friendship. Mark managed to convince Patrick’s parents to send him to middle school. It helped that Mark’s parents were literally their superiors and that Mark promised to look out for Pat while in school. It was Mark who stood up for Patrick when many of the children in the school ridiculed Patrick for his empty eyes and rude personality and it was Mark who defended Pat when a teacher tried to beat Pat after Pat corrected her in the middle of class. Mark became Patrick’s best friend.

But after the Anima attack claimed the lives of their parents, there was something that changed inside of Patrick. Jeanne, Patrick’s sister, took some time before she really noticed the change, but Mark was the first person to notice it. It was the eyes. Those eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything and everyone so easily. Eyes that could break apart any problem and lay it bare in the simplest form. Just staring into those eyes was enough to make even the most intelligent man feel like a fool. Mark could tell that something changed in Patrick after the Anima attack, but there was nothing that Mark could do about it.

After his parents died, Patrick tried his best to distance himself from the real world and Mark thought for sure that Patrick would become a neet for the rest of his life. But, Patrick suddenly told Mark that he was going to get a scholarship to study physics at United Alliance University, the best university in America.

It was shocking to Mark, and Mark didn’t know what caused the sudden change in Patrick. Mark had no idea that he was the one that actually caused the change. He was the one that made Patrick want to be better.

Patrick knew that Mark was going to go far. The moment Patrick heard Mark say that he was a superhuman and saw the look in Mark’s eyes; that hunger for battle, Patrick knew that if he did not do something with his life, Mark was going to leave him behind. Patrick did not want his best friend to leave him behind.

So, since Mark was going to be the strongest and there was nothing Patrick could do to compete with that, Patrick decided that he was going to be the smartest.

That was the declaration that brought tears to the eyes of thousands every year.

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Four-time Academics Championship winner.

Three-time winner of the best student award in the UA physics department.

Three-time winner of the UA best student award.

Three-time winner of the Dean’s award for best student in UA.

Three-time winner of the Student’s Prize for major breakthroughs in the field of physics and astronomy.

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It was like a monster was released into the world, and there was nothing that could stop him.

Patrick kept on winning no matter what he competed in. His knowledge and mental capacity were unmatched by anyone in the country. This simple fact made him untouchable at UA University. He was so untouchable that he could go to school whenever he wanted or miss out on as many classes as he wished to and the administration would let him off with only a slight warning.

Because even the administration knew Patrick was someone who did not lose to anyone academically. He only entered the school three years ago, and since then, he has won every single competition that he entered. It was like that academic joke that people said a lot but never really meant.

You got a ninety on your test because that was all you could get, but he got a hundred because that was all there was to get.

Patrick was the personification of that ideal.

In the physics department of UA University, Pat’s name was uttered in hushed whispers no matter where you went. Most of the juniors referred to him as ‘that senior,’ and many of the seniors didn’t even dare to say his name when they talked about him. Everyone just knew who they were talking about.

“I heard that senior is in school today. You know they reprimanded him for shouting at a teacher the other time, but the teacher quit after a few days saying that she needed to go back and study again.”

“I heard that too. He solved something unbelievable in seconds.”

“That senior’s really something else. Do you think he is a superhuman? Maybe he is blessed by the god of knowledge or something.”

“I have no idea.”

“Hey, this is the physics building, right? Do you guys know a Patrick Grey?”

The three female students who had been talking in hushed whispers suddenly jolted in shock as they heard someone talk from behind them! Someone actually dared to say that senior’s name!? They turned around quickly, and they all froze in place as they looked up at the tall man standing in front of them.

Mark was holding a bag in one hand and his other hand was in his pocket as he looked down at the three university students in front of him. He was wearing a pair of black trousers and a black T-shirt under a black biker’s jacket that made him seem a lot more mature. Anyone who saw him would immediately think that he was a grown man instead of a high school student who was barely eighteen!

He had a black face mask covering the lower part of his face, but from how popular he was, Mark knew that the face mask wasn’t going to do too much to protect his identity.

“G-G-G-Gh…”

One of the girls, a blonde with quite the impressive ‘personality’ on her chest, pointed up at Ghost with a glazed, faraway look in her eyes. She was repeating ‘G’ over and over again, and Mark wondered for a moment if she had gone crazy. He looked at the other two standing beside her and noticed that they weren’t any better off. They were also staring at him like he was a ghost.

Oh, that means the mask didn’t do anything.

“I guess there’s no need for this.”

Mark took off his mask, and the blonde girl who had been pointing at him immediately screamed in joy as she saw his sharp features! Her scream was so loud that even Mark took a step back in surprise, but at the next moment, she fell back to the ground and passed out immediately!

Mark blinked as he saw her fall, and he turned to look down the long hallway that they were standing in as one of the blonde girl’s friends shouted her name and knelt down to check her head for any bleeding. Thankfully, there weren’t any other people coming down the hallway, and only the four of them were there so, at least he wasn’t going to get swarmed by people.

Mark turned back to the unconscious girl with a look of disbelief.

‘Now, what the fuck am I going to do with you?’

…

“Oi, you okay? Wake up. Come on, wake up already.”

“Mmh, just five more minutes, daddy.”

“I’m not your father. Get up.”

The blonde girl’s eyes suddenly flickered open as she heard a deep voice talking to her in a disappointed tone. Oh yeah, she had been sleeping, and she dreamt about something absurd. She thought she saw GHOST in her school, and he even spoke to her. That was crazy.

The girl chuckled and finally cleaned her eyes to see where she was. Her eyes widened.

Mark waved at her.

“Yo.”

“Oh my god, GHOST!! You’re real!!”

The girl shouted again, and Mark shrugged. He was real the last time he checked.