It was safe to say that after receiving that message in the middle of the night, Gary didn't get the best of sleep. Every time he would close his eyes, his brain would play out images of himself turning into a werewolf who would start clawing out his sister, since she was in the bed right next to his.
It wasn't that his body felt like doing it, in fact, although the system claimed that his bloodlust had increased, Gary didn't feel any differences, least of all a sudden desire to harm anyone. The high schooler still felt like his usual self, apart from all the super strength and speed he felt from the powerful moon, but that was becoming more ordinary by the second for Gary.
[You are exhausted from a lack of sleep]
[Until you get some proper rest, your Energy bar has been lowered to 75%]
'Well, whose fault is it that I couldn't sleep, you stupid system?' Gary thought irritated, as he made his way to school. Still, even with 82,5 Energy he could still use Charging Heart and do plenty of other things. It was also a pleasant surprise, that aside from Energy, all his other stats weren't negatively affected in any way due to this.
Entering his classroom, there was a brief encounter when Gary and Xin locked eyes with each other. The girl had actually been ready to approach Gary as she had developed a slight interest in him. Alas, unlike yesterday, he didn't pay her any special attention, completely ignoring her greeting. Leaving her to just give an awkward wave.
The boy had headed straight to his desk, put his bag next to him and then immediately put his head down. Now that he was in school, a wave of drowsiness came over him, so he planned to use the time before the teacher would arrive to get a quick nap in.
'Did something happen to him yesterday? Could he not sleep because he lost that fight to me?' Xin wondered. Having failed to make up with one person who was supposed to like her, Xin was now very worried about how her conversation would go with the girl who was holding a grudge against her...
By the time Tom finally arrived, he found his desk mate lightly snoring on his desk. Since this wasn't Gary's usual behaviour, he decided against waking him up. Be it sheer dumb luck, his teachers not caring or perhaps having some sympathy for Gary, nobody had found a fault with him sleeping through their class. Eventually, it was break time, giving Tom a chance to talk to his friend.
“Good morning, sleepy head. Well, technically it's noon now, so how're you feeling? Was your impromptu nap some sort of statement about how useless all this stuff is we're forced to learn or was it because it's getting closer to a…” Tom looked left and right to see if anyone else was listening. “Full moon.”
It wasn't long after that, Gary received a disturbing message from his system, one that he didn't quite understand.
Chapter end
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