Max Stats in the Apocalypse

A week ago, before the Trio Golden Rookies arrived at the Line City, Roger was standing before a wall-sized window that gave him the scenery of what was at the bottom.

He was intently looking at it as he replayed the happenings before he got the building that was previously owned by the Red Bulls. He killed the important people and gave the stocks to the businessmen. However, it still means that he owned them unofficially.

The businessmen had already learned Roger's identity, and he was not against it, as he didn't need to hide his face anymore for a short time.

This is only the beginning, and he needed to hasten things, so hiding his face was only a small portion of the plan.

He intended to improve his reputation and the value of the Demonyo Clan before the investigators from the Information Agency's headquarters arrived.

Roger took out his phone and swiped through the holographic images. He then called someone.

"Hello, Uncle Donald. May I ask for a request? Please hold the information about the Red Bulls' fall for a few hours. I will go to the local government and propose a deal to the mayor." Roger said.

[Oh... No problem... It is merely for a few hours, right?]

"Yes."

[Okay, just to be sure.]

Roger then put down the phone and started moving. He next went downstairs and drove a car straight to the estate of Line City's mayor.

However, Roger had a hard time entering the estate as he wanted to make a good image with the mayor. He didn't want to propose a deal where the mayor would only be afraid of him.

As a result, he decided to go there peacefully and must follow a procedure.

"Sir, what's your business?" A guard stopped him and asked.

Roger rolled down his window and then faced the guard. He gave the guard a smile and then asked, "May I meet with the mayor?"

"Do you have any appointments, Sir?" 

Roger didn't have any good answers, and he also didn't have any proof of his identification that would increase his worth. Thus, he gave an honest reply to the guard.

"I am sorry, sir, but I don't have any appointments with the mayor. But this is just an urgent meeting. This is an interview for my subject in school."

The guard took a pause and looked at the guardpost where another guard was standing, waiting for the guard that attended Roger to return.

And as the guard looked at the guardpost, later on, he laughed.

"Look, kid. The mayor isn't a simple person that you can meet anytime about your schoolwork. Please have an appointment with him first and we will let you in."

Roger just smiled and reversed-drove his car. However, he didn't want to waste time, forgetting about the plan to meet the mayor in peace.

As he get distant from the gate of the estate, Roger suddenly reversed back and increased the acceleration of his car, rushing to the gate.

The guards were alarmed, making them take out their shotguns. But as fast as Roger's car was, the gate collapsed. 

It was something unreasonable to happen, but Roger reinforced the car to withstand the impact against the gate. Roger eventually made his way inside the estate.

The guards alarmed the estate and protected the mayor as this might be a possible assassination. 

However, Roger made his way in front of the estate and stepped out of his car. He gathered his voice and then shouted, "Mr. Mayor, do you want to eradicate the gangs in the city?! I have a better way to do it!"

Any person would not listen to this. However, as the mayor heard this, being a compassionate one and also a person who would think of every average person's position, even if it was an absurd entry into negotiation, he would go for it.

The mayor ceased any movements of the guard and then met with Roger. He went out of his estate and there was Roger, standing just beside the car he drove.

Roger bowed at him to show his respect and started talking.

"I am only a high schooler, but I want you to listen to me. I am your only answer. So please contact me in about an hour." Roger said, then disappeared.

This way, Roger would not bother to make his credentials acceptable, but instead, this would make the mayor curious about him. The mayor was dumbfounded as, in the next second, Roger disappeared into the thin air.

He let out a sigh, then shifted his attention to his guard and ordered, "Quick! Investigate who that person is!"

The guards complied with his order and immediately executed the order of the mayor.

The mayor contemplated what could possibly be the reason why Roger did it. But the truth is, he only did it to get his curiosity pinned on him. It was a reckless entrance, but at least, instead of being afraid of him, his curiosity would be about Roger's identity.

So, as an hour had passed, the mayor was already in his room waiting for the report. His secretary entered his office with a folder containing the report in his grasp.

The mayor looked at his secretary with anticipation. And there, he let him read the report.

"Roger Wyles, 18 years old, Block # Lot # of Blue Neighborhood. 3rd-year high school student at the Academy of Line for Future Hunters." It was just the basic information about Roger, but as the secretary continued, it gave the mayor the thrill of someone's identity.

"When he was a first-year student, he fell into a coma from an accident. And after two years, he woke up and took an advancement test to jump back into his 3rd-year."

"However, he was bullied when he was a first-year student, so as expected, his bullies continued to bully him. But as the report about him spread all around the internet, he put all of his bullies down and took over the fear of the students in his school."

"He also became a leader of some hoodlums, as information from the Information Agency said. And these hoodlums turned out to be Awakens. They were the mysterious 30 Awakens that the Hunter Association hid all along, not until the Mayor's Decree."

"Apart from this, he is already an Awaken as from his encounters with his bullies in school, he suppressed one bully that was about to use his ability as an Awaken."

The mayor was only speechless after hearing all about Roger. The secretary continued reporting about Roger, and as he listened to it, he became curious about what Roger could do about this matter.

And so, as the report stopped, he gave the secretary a gaze.

"Contact him. I want to ask him about his thoughts on eradicating the gangs in the city."

***

Roger smirked as, after an hour, he received a call. He expected it was from the mayor; therefore, he answered the call with a humble tone and respectful words.

"Yes, Roger Wyles speaking..."

And as Roger listened to the person on the other end, he couldn't help but smirk and, later, smile. The mayor was finally curious about him, and it is a good sign of improvement. After all, he should be the mayor's sword in eradicating the gangs.

The call ended, and Roger couldn't help but exhale a satisfied breath.

"Finally... this is the best life I could ever think of..." he mumbled with a smile.

Roger then went to Kaspher and had him prepare people without explaining things. He didn't even tell him what they should prepare.

And there, after it, he went back to the mayor's estate and made himself wear office attire.

When he arrived at the gate, the guards were looking at him with discerning eyes. Roger only smirked at them and waved as he made his way inside the building. They didn't give him a hard time entering the premises as they already got the order from inside.

Roger entered respectfully, without getting reckless this time. And then, he stepped his foot onto the estate and entered with the butlers giving their respect to him as well.

"Welcome, Sir Wyles." The head butler said, then assisted Roger to the mayor's office.

The interior of the estate was so opulent that Roger couldn't imagine having it in any of his properties. But at least this is only the start. He still had a long way to go to get the peaceful and easy life he had grasped before.

The luxurious life that Mighty had shown him wasn't still in front of him.

"Please get inside."

Roger slowly moved inside as he was already in front of the mayor's office.

Roger moved his way inside of the office and saw the mayor sitting there waiting for him on a couch.

He lowered his head and then took a seat as he was offered. And after it, the mayor asked him immediately.

"Are you an Awaken? What rank?" The mayor asked.

Roger smirked then answered, "I am an Awaken but still haven't had my assessment done."

The mayor nodded and sent another question. "Let's get to the point. How can you eradicate the gangs in the city?"

Roger smiled sweetly and asked instead, "You are an Awaken, right, Mr.. Mayor. But what is your rank?"