A Second Life, A New Power novel Chapter 202

Charles glanced at the desk piled with garbage, and his expression darkened immediately. It felt like the calm before the storm!

"Gerald, Joseph, was it you?" Charles frowned, his gaze sweeping over the five students who had clashed with Demi the previous day.

"No!"

"It wasn't us!"

The five of them, led by Gerald, frantically shook their heads.

"It must've been you! You were bullying her just yesterday," someone muttered under their breath.

"What's going on?" Charles furrowed his brows.

A few of his lackeys immediately stepped forward and gave him a quick rundown of what had happened the day before.

Charles' gaze swept over the five of them. "Speak! Which one of you did it? Or was it all of you together?"

"No!"

"It wasn't us!"

"We didn't do it!"

The five of them shook their heads.

"You won't talk? I better not find anything if I look into this," Charles warned, scanning the group.

The five lowered their heads in silence.

"Bring me the surveillance footage!" Charles said with a hardened expression.

One of his lackeys immediately handed him a tablet.

Charles quickly pulled up the security footage. He reasoned that whoever did this must have acted either after school yesterday or before school this morning.

He grimly reviewed yesterday's footage after school. Then, he spotted a male student covering the classroom's front and back cameras with chewing gum.

The student wore a hoodie with the hood pulled up. He also wore sunglasses and a mask, which completely covered his face.

Charles's gaze sharpened.

"Come here, all of you. Take a look. Who does this look like?" He motioned to the group of students around him.

"Mr. Fuller! I only dealt with the cameras! I didn't dump the garbage!" Gerald struggled, desperately trying to explain himself.

Joseph's eyes flickered before he turned to Charles. "Mr. Fuller, we're after Demi. It had nothing to do with you."

"I don't care who you were targeting. But you made the area around my desk stink. How the hell am I supposed to focus in class?" Charles glared at him.

After a brief pause, he fixed his sharp gaze on Joseph. "Are you admitting you were involved?"

"No… No, I wasn't!" Joseph stammered, shaking his head furiously.

"Joseph, you can't let me take the fall for this alone! You're the one who told me to take care of the cameras!" Gerald spun around angrily.

Joseph paled and instinctively turned to Charles.

"Drag him over, too! Make them clean it up with their mouths!" Charles barked.

Thus, Joseph was seized as well, and both of their heads were forcefully pressed against Demi's desk.

"Urgh!" The stench hit them, making them gag violently as they struggled desperately.

"What's going on here?" Just then, a stern voice echoed from the front of the classroom. It was Jacob.