Chapter 84

The lively scene suddenly became silent. "Kneel." The man who said that was Fabian. His appearance was utterly ordinary, but that seemingly plain face somehow carried an intimidating authority. Levi froze for a moment. Carl and I also froze. "What's going on, Fabian?" Levi asked as he dropped to his knees with a thud. "Gary, get me the punishment tool," Fabian ordered. Immediately, the middle-aged man with a mouthful of blackened teeth reached under the table and pulled out a three-foot-long, two-inch-wide, and 0.1-inch-thick ruler. It was identical to the rulers used by schoolteachers, except this one was stainless steel. "Lie down, kid." Gary Holt grinned as he kicked a long bench toward Levi, signaling him to lie across it. "Wait, Fabian. Why are you punishing me?" Levi immediately protested, not wanting to comply. Fabian glared fiercely at him first, then he shifted his gaze onto Carl and me. One look from him, and I felt as though a tiger had locked onto me. Every hair