The spectating students joined the fray, forming a tight circle around Alex and his friends. Now that they knew Jack was Soul, how could they allow Alex to get away with wanting to assault their idol when he'd picked a fight in the first place?
This was nothing less than a desecration of their faith and an insult to them. They wouldn't let Alex off the hook for this!
The young women were particularly aggravated. They waved their fists and shouted, "We have to beat him up to avenge Soul!"
"We can't let him get away!"
"Seize him to seek justice for Soul!"
Chaos descended once again after Jack's departure. The security guards and student council members weren't the only ones after Alex and his friends—Soul's fangirls and their boyfriends or admirers were out for Alex and his friends' blood. They wanted to teach them a lesson.
Alex had long since dropped his arrogant attitude. He shrunk back and tried to defend himself. "Why are you seizing me? I've already taken a punch."
His two friends were evidently terrified by the chaos; their legs were trembling. They were surrounded on all sides, which scared them silly.
The plump guard glared at Alex. "Who cares whether you took a punch? I'm seizing you because you tried to start a fight in public!"
He swung his baton at Alex's back, but the latter dodged. Then, Alex cried angrily, "How dare you try to hit me, you bastard? I'll kill you!"
He decided to face the music since he couldn't flee. He pounced on the plump guard, catching him off guard. The guard took a punch to the face.
The other security guard wanted to help, but a single punch from Alex sent him falling onto the ground.
Most of the student council members were women, so they forgot to try to break up the fight out of fear of Alex's ruthlessness.
Just as he was starting to feel smug, the rest of the spectators decided to take action—they couldn't stand him anymore. Someone shouted, "He's the one who tried to beat Soul up, and he assaulted a staff member! We have to teach him a lesson for being so obnoxious!"
"Yeah, let's beat him up!"
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