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Chapter 485
Chloe took a leisurely stroll around her old school campus. It wasn't a weekend, but the grounds were open to visitors. Even so, the place was pretty quiet, with students attending their regular classes. By the time lunch rolled around, Chloe decided to grab something to eat at the cafeteria. Though this was her hometown and the place where everything began, two decades had washed away any sign of the old hospital. Chloe was just there to walk down memory lane. After finishing her meal, she headed out of the school.
Not far past the gates, she noticed a couple of students being roughed up in an alley by a bald thug. Without hesitating, Chloe rushed over. The kids were just regular teens, skinny and looking pretty helpless against the tattooed bully. Chloe closed the gap quickly, and without saying a word, she grabbed the thug's hand with a swift motion that echoed like snapping bones.
The bald guy was sweating buckets from the pain, "Who the heck are you?" he barked. Ignoring him, Chloe turned to the kids, "What's going on here?"
One of the boys, visibly shaking, glanced at the thug and said, "He comes every day for 'protection money.' If we don't pay, he drags us into the woods at night and beats us."
Chloe was appalled that such bullying could happen openly in a supposedly law-abiding place. "Does the school know? Have you told your teachers?" she asked, frowning.
Both boys shook their heads, "He warned us not to. If we did, he'd beat us even worse."
"How long's this been going on?" Chloe asked.
"A month..."
The bald thug, getting up, charged at Chloe, fists ready. "Lady, keep your nose out of it if you know what's good for you."Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.
Before he could finish, Chloe kicked him hard in the chest, sending him sprawling on the ground. She turned back to the boys, "Head back to school. promise you, this guy won't bother you again. And if anything like this happens in the future, tell a teacher or call the police. The more scared you are, the more he'll push it. Got it?"
The boys nodded quickly and dashed back to school. Chloe then turned her attention back to the thug. She flexed her fingers before dragging him further into the alley. Soon enough, the air was filled with his agonized cries.
Folks nearby, hearing the ruckus, peeked in to see what was happening. They watched the thug, bruised and battered, scrambling to escape while pleading for someone to call the police. But no one moved to help. Everyone knew him, a local thug nicknamed Rat. Thanks to his family's influence, he'd been in and out of trouble, never facing real consequences. Chloe knew just how far to go-enough to send a message but not leave any real damage. Dusting off her hands, she warned him, "I'll be around every day. If I see you once, I'll deal with you once. If you're caught bullying or extorting again, you'll get it twice."