Knowing that his target was within his reach, Klick finally started what he came to do. It was a good thing Floopy was no longer roaming with him or Klick would have to be doubly wary about bringing out his work tools.
From poison to weapons, Klick tried to think of a good way to finish his job. Carlos was an alpha and while it wasn’t difficult for him to sneak into it, there were still many complications about murdering someone in the dormitories. Klick sighed. He needed more information and Ruo Han didn’t really know too much about Carlos. Bruce wouldn’t even help him and Klick had to do it the hard way.
The assassin wrote a letter addressed to Amanda and informed her that he had found his target. Klick decided to ask Amanda for permission to finish his job while he was still a student because honestly, he didn’t feel like waiting four more years just for the opportunity to kill his target once they graduated. It was too long and the risk of getting his cover exposed was higher.
The message was delivered successfully to Asahina and Klick flew around the academy again, settling on the roof and listening to gossip. He needed to learn more about Carlos before he knew what options he had available.
Carlos was a man whore, that much he understood from Ruo Han’s explanation. Surely, the cheetah demon had his fun in the academy. It has been almost half a year since the opening ceremony, Klick didn’t think Carlos would be capable of keeping it in his pants for so long without finding a fling somewhere. While not all omegas were hungry for an alpha, there would be some who would sleep with any alpha they could get their hands on.
The omega most famous for that was Rusty. He was a werebeast bunny who would sleep with any alpha as long as they could satisfy him. Ruo Han didn’t mention it but Klick heard it from a few sources how one of Rusty’s partners was Shen Long before Ruo Han was sent to be his watcher. If an alpha like Shen Long has slept with Rusty, surely Carlos would have done it too. Right?
Klick spied on the omegas and tried to identify who Rusty was. Due to his anti-social nature in the Academy, Klick didn’t know too many omegas apart from the ones Floopy was acquainted with now. He didn’t want to implicate his friend so Klick snuck into the omega dormitory, listening to the hundreds of conversations going on at once just to try his luck. His stealthy nature meant that nobody suspected a thing as he made his way through the floors. Yet, even after making his way past every door, Klick still didn’t know which room Rusty lived in.
“Dammit! I hate Rusty so much, I wish he would just get pregnant or something by now!” someone screamed and Klick paused. He quickly hid and listened closely. The one complaining about Rusty was a werecat omega boy.
His roommate, a squirrel werebeast, comforted him. “Don’t cry. At least now you know that alpha isn’t faithful. Any alpha that Rusty can seduce is not a worthy alpha.”
The werecat couldn’t help but cry loudly and curse the werebunny boy as his friend comforted him. The lion alpha that he had been dating since the start of the academic term had been cheating on him with the bunny boy’s temptation. How unfair!
“Which part of me pales in comparison to Rusty? Tell me!”
Klick didn’t need to hear more. He now knew one more of Rusty’s pleasure partners and this widened his search.
Over the next few days, Bruce started to see Klick lesser. Nobody knew what the blind bat boy was up to but ever since they mentioned Carlos, Klick has been going around trying to find more information. Ruo Han heard Shen Long talking about it and it has started to go around the alpha dormitories that Carlos had a stalker admirer who wasn’t an omega but a beta.
Klick received Amanda’s reply and understood what the principal meant. As long as the murder on campus wasn’t a murder, she would turn a blind eye to it. However, Klick would also be dismissed from the Academy once it happens.
Honestly, if it was the same Klick from before he met Floopy, the bat demon didn’t need to think twice about his expulsion. In fact, it would be good for him. He could return and claim his reward from the client and be a free assassin again. Now, Klick hesitated. A certain shark merman kept reappearing in his mind when he thought about leaving this place. He barely knew anything about Bruce. What if they lost contact forever after he left the Academy? For some reason, Klick didn’t like that.
It wasn’t difficult to find Rusty. In fact, Klick wondered why it took him this long to get this information. The werebunny boy was munching on his salad alone in the dark gym equipment storage room when Klick found him.
Rusty didn’t seem alarmed. If anything, he sounded annoyed.
“What do you want? I’m not open for business yet, it’s lunch now. Come back later if you want to fuck.”
Klick made a face. They said rabbits were mild-tempered creatures. Why was this one so hostile? Nevertheless, he got straight to business.
“Not here to fuck. Just have a question. You’re Rusty, right?”
Still munching on his greens, Rusty took his time to swallow before answering. If this bat boy wasn’t here for business, he wasn’t very interested.
“Yeah. What’s up?”
Klick pulled out a paper and showed it to the self-proclaimed omega queen. “Have you slept with this person before?”
With his good eyesight in the dark, Rusty immediately recognised who that was. “Ah, him. I’ve not slept with Carlos but I think we’re the same kind of people. Why? Are you going to slap me if I did?”
Klick shook his head and smiled tersely. “No, I just thought maybe you’d know what kind of person Carlos likes.”
Rusty stopped chewing and looked at Klick. For a long while, he didn’t speak and Klick wondered what kind of expression Rusty was making.
“If you’re thinking of sincerely getting him to like you, you should forget about it. Alphas like him have no morals and I’ve met a lot of them in this Academy. They all think with their lower halves. Someone like you can find someone better. Listen to my advice. Forget about Carlos.”
Klick sat down beside the bunny and stole a tomato from his bowl, popping it into his mouth. “Why should I listen to you? You speak as if you know a lot.”
Rusty snorted. Indeed, he knew Carlos. That man whore probably slept with more people than he did. “It’s not hard to get close to Carlos. All you have to do is not look bad and get naked before him. If you invite him, he will follow, regardless of who it is.”
Klick didn’t think that it would be that simple and Rusty frowned. “You’re thinking about it.”
Klick didn’t reply and Rusty put his food down at last. “You don’t really want to fall for someone like Carlos, trust me.”
The blind bat demon smiled bitterly. “If it were possible not to fall for anyone, I probably would choose to remain that way.”
Rolling his eyes and shaking his head, Rusty kicked Klick out of the room to finish his lunch in peace. However, he still gave Klick some kind parting advice.
“If I were you, I’d treat my body and heart separately when dealing with people like Carlos.”
With that, Klick was truly locked out of the gym storage room. At the very least, he now had more information about Carlos. He doesn’t seem to have a mate yet and is still sleeping around. According to Rusty, it wouldn’t be hard for Klick to get close to his target at all.
The preparations were ready and now, all Klick had to do was approach his target and slowly worm his way in to do the deed. Yet, there was still one problem Klick didn’t know how to resolve - Bruce.
Ever since that lunch with Ruo Han, Bruce has been getting in Klick’s way so much that the bat demon started avoiding him entirely. He knew that Bruce meant well and was watching out for him but Klick really had to finish his job. That shark wasn’t making this easy.