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Chapter 3 - Lonely Influence - Chapter 3: False assumption towards the Devil

Some hours after that, school is nearly over and students around the campus are either preparing to leave the school or finish ongoing assignments given by their advisers and professors. Meanwhile, Trizha and her friends are inside the classroom, as a lot of their classmates had already left the classroom not so long ago. Trizha, on other hand, is preparing a digital camera recorder at the corner of the room.

Wyne: "Uh Trizha, what are you doing?"

Trizha: "Duh, I'm making a new video! A whole new content that will surely increase my followers by tenfold!!"

Trizha says optimistically as she throws her left arm in the air in excitement. Wyne then gets a little interested, putting a hand on her hip as she raises an eyebrow while watching.

Wyne: "Really? What do you call it?"

Trizha: "The… Demon Provocation!!"

Trizha then proudly claps her hands, cheering 'yay' as if this new content of hers is extremely special. Although, Wyne is a bit confused, responding with;

Wyne: "Demon Provocation? You're gonna provoke a demon?"

Trizha: "Yup! If he decided to hurt me, then I'll make sure he gets the punishment he deserves by… using the World! Simply self-defense, whereas people around me will save me from his muscles of destruction."

Trizha then demonstrates by flexing her muscles, which definitely doesn't contain much muscle in it. On other hand, Wyne realizes Trizha's intentions.

Wyne: "Oh…! I get it, so you're going to summon a demon from hell and then provoke them into hurting you?"

Trizha: "i- wha- NO, you idiot. That doesn't even exist, and I'm talking about that Nomoro guy!"

Wyne: "Oh!"

Wyne once again realizes Trizha's intentions, but this time, it gets her a little nervous as her smile fades and the expression of interest disappears, replaced in anxiousness.

Wyne: "Oh… wait, you're not serious, are you? Like, this is his first day…"

Trizha: "Oh why would I be? I'm just returning the favor."

Trizha says before finishing placing the digital camera recorder.

Wyne: "Hold on, did he even do something to you?"

Trizha: "It's a secret. You wouldn't get it, either way."

And so, Trizha turns on the camera, before backing away with spread arms in T-motion. Wyne gets a little nervous with Trizha's harsh plan. She's not sure if Trizha's plan will affect her own health, or it would affect Nomoro's emotional health… or maybe both…

Trizha: "Alright, let's take our few step backs and get ready… I can feel his intimidating pressure coming!"

Trizha says before facing the main door of the classroom, patiently waiting for Nomoro, but also getting impatient herself.

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Meanwhile, outside the classroom and in hallways, Nomoro is in fact, in there, approaching the classroom Trizha and the others are in. But while walking, he thinks;

Nomoro, in his thoughts: "Trizha… I must've been harsh to her, I probably shouldn't have done that and just refused her nicely…"

Nomoro thought in both concern and regret, remembering the times when he has always been harsh to people he comes across with, asking for his help for their own advantages. He wanted to apologize to Trizha, knowing that being harsh on her requests was definitely not the best option, or in other words, not the best decision to make.

And so, Nomoro reaches the classroom a few seconds after, taking a few small breaths before opening it gently.

Nomoro: "Tr-Trizha, i-"

Suddenly, before Nomoro could finish his sentence, Trizha shouted at him in confidence, with her raised finger pointed at him.

Trizha: "Greetings, you ugly demon!"

Nomoro stared at Trizha in disbelief, confused about what she was doing. On other hand, students, both outside and inside the classroom, got interested in the commotion and confrontation between Nomoro, the known 'Demon in disguise', and Trizha, the known 'Angel of Malacca City'.

Trizha: "What, are you too scared to respond, demon? Or are you just too nervous to speak in front of those whom you want to hurt in the future!"

The students around then start to surround both Trizha and Nomoro, as they listen to Trizha's speech and comments about Nomoro, whilst Wyne and Margaret watch the scene unfold, both being anxious of Trizha's risky actions. The students surrounding them started to cheer on Trizha.

Trizha: "Oh you know what? Forgot to speak! I think it's time you leave our school alone."

Students in the surroundings started shouting "Yeah!" in unison, standing together against the demon they all disliked and hated.

Trizha: "You're just a monster waiting for a chance to strike, and you've been doing it for the last years, but now I think it's time we strike first."

The students in the surroundings shouted "Yeah!" again in Unison, some of them muttering remarks about Nomoro and his profile. Trizha then grins widely, before making her final speech.

Trizha: "You, ugly demon, have no place in this school. You shouldn't even be here. You don't deserve to be here."

Trizha says in a cold tone, her smile fading as he stares down on Nomoro, as he just looks at her with an unexplainable expression on his face. Soon, after a few seconds of silence, time seemed to slow down as his expression was replaced with an aloof demeanor, as if he had decided to… accept what he had just received.

Trizha on other hand, thinks; "Yes, that's it! Come on, attack me like you always do to others…"

The students started to cheer louder, now shouting words such as "Get out of our school", "Don't you dare come back!", "We don't need a demon on our side!", and "You should stay alone, like the man you are."

And to Wyne and Margaret, the two get intimidated by Trizha's harsh words on Nomoro. They are the only ones, despite recognising Nomoro's profile, to know that he didn't deserve all of that.

And finally… Nomoro finally spoke.

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"My name is… Nomoro Ketatsuki, not… Demon."

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Trizha's eyes widened in shock at what Nomoro just said. A word she didn't expect he'd tell. All of the sudden, Nomoro turned around and walked away, as students gave him his way as a sign that they were making him leave, as they cheered and laughed at him as he walked away.

Wyne, in her mind: "Yep, that's definitely not according to the script…!"

Wyne thought as she brushed her face with her fingers. Trizha, on other hand, watches as Nomoro leaves, her cold and cruel expression soon replaced in a slight of guilt and uncertainty, as she slowly lowers her arm. She then instantly formed a cheerful smile on her face, before clapping her hands and saying;

Trizha: "Don't worry, everyone! That was all part of the script!"

Everyone around, except Wyne and Margaret, laughed in victory as they realized that all of it was just part of her content as an Influencer. As they start to leave, Wyne stared at Trizha for a few seconds, before thinking;

Wyne, in her thoughts: "Trizha… I may be the idiot of the group, but you're definitely that idiot right now."

Wyne thought, before grabbing Margaret's shoulders and making her walk out of the classroom with her and along with the other students.

Trizha just continued to clap her hands, standing still, until her clapping slowed down and her smile fading slowly. She then turns her head to the digital camera recorder she placed moments ago, walking over it and stopping the recording, before watching everything the camera captured, as she started to hear her own harsh words released unto the so-called 'demon'.

And as she listens to every single word, every detail it captured, her hand started to shake in self-frustration and self-conflict as she held the camera, her teeth gritting hardly, thinking;

"Wha… what am I doing?"

And suddenly, she raised the camera in the air before slamming it to the ground beneath her, sounds of shards of the camera's glass bouncing off the ground and scattered everywhere nearby, as it broke to pieces… and the video, into nothingness.

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