Chapter 2: Targeting Paul
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"What does this even mean? " Tony said to himself as his hands went over the words that were stated on the back cover of the watch. There seemed to be a button at the top of the pocket watch and Tony's obviously pressed it as that would be the action most would share the moment they see a button.

He saw that the moment he pressed the button, the hand of the clock which was resting till now moved a bit. It was only then he realized that the pocket watch had only a single hand. The moment he saw the first movement he felt as if a viscous force originating from the watch passed through his body which made him shiver.

He couldn't help but look around him but he found that everything seemed normal. He felt confused as to what was happening and in order to reason it out he said to himself "maybe it's body's signal that I'm going to catch a cold."

After saying that he kept the watch in his pocket and moved towards his classroom. He was already late for class thanks to the people who poured water over him while he was taking a dump during recess. They were a group of three students named Jake, Paul and Santos. It had only been a month since he had shifted to this school because the bullying in his former one forced him to change schools.

He thought that things will change for him for good once he changed schools but seeing that things were slowly turning to be the same as it was in the former school he couldn't help but feel depressed. 'Am I destined to be bullied?' Tony thought to himself while moving towards his classroom.

Since it was quite late for the class the corridors were quite empty so he didn't bump into anyone on the way. It would be a hassle if he met a teacher on the way he was already preoccupied with thinking of a good excuse he would give to his teacher.

He soon reached the door of his classroom but felt something strange as the classroom was quieter than usual. 'What's with this quietness?' Tony asked himself as he took a deep breath and slid open the door.

Everyone was in their respective seated position but after a couple of seconds, he noticed something odd. 'Why isn't anyone moving?' Tony asked himself.

Even after ten seconds passed nothing changed at all. Everyone was still in the same position not moving even a bit. Growing worried he couldn't help but ask the teacher "Excuse me, sir. Can I come in?"

His question was only met with an eerie silence which made Tony even more uncomfortable. Gathering his courage he once again asked "Sir?!" Still seeing no response he entered the room slowly. A voice in his head wanted to run away from here but there was another rational part which was telling him that all this was just an act and all of the people here were playing with him.

He came face to face with his teacher who was a middle-aged man with a peculiar nose that was much larger than that of a normal person. He's known for his strictness so Tony felt confused about why even he was acting like this. 'Is there some movie shooting going on here?' 

"Sir! You hear me!" Tony said as he waved his hand in front of his eyes but saw no response from him. While flapping his hands around like a fish out of the water to make the teacher respond he accidentally flicked the teacher's nose with his index finger and jumped away from him in fright but unlike his expectations, he didn't react at all.

"You're kidding me, right?" What kind of benefits they were getting to act like statues in front of him? The more Tony thought about it the more confused he became. "Let's see how good you all can act then," Tony said as he changed his target from his teacher to the rest of the students.

His gaze went all around the hall and stopped on three students who were sitting together. They were, of course, Paul,  Jake and Santos.  Among the three Paul had the worst temper and he was also the one who had been the most physical with him till now.

"Hey Paul! Yes, I'm talking to you, worm face. Your mum gay!" Tony said and prepared himself to feel the wrath of Paul but to his shock, he didn't react at all. 'There must be something wrong with this world, there must be.' Tony thought to himself but seeing Paul not responding to his abuse he became even bolder and took it a step further.

"Why are you not replying you, bastard? I don't remember fucking you in the mouth." Seeing the unresponsive Paul, Tony finally concluded that something really was terribly wrong. Even a million-dollar reward won't make this guy act like a statue after he was abused like this by anyone.

He soon remembered how the teacher didn't flinch when he flicked his nose accidentally..'Is it the same for everyone?' Tony thought to himself as he moved towards Paul. He soon was standing right in front of Paul who was seated in his seat with his gaze towards the teacher. Tony knew that if all this was an act then he would be in some deep trouble afterwards but he wouldn't get an opportunity like this again where he could use his bullies to vent his frustration.

Taking a deep breath Tony readied him and with a swing which carried the power of his fat he punched Paul right between his face. Paul's body fell down the chair and slammed to the ground. Tony looked at the scene in a daze. Blood was rushing all around his body and heating it up as he realized what he had just done.

This was the first time in his life that he had hit a person and he could only describe this feeling with one word "Amazing"

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