Then, glancing at Winter who stood behind Jean, Hal chuckled. "Yo, what do we have here? I've never met you around this faculty before, beautiful! Don't worry, I'm very reasonable—if you can't afford my fee, spending the night with me at a motel works too."
On the other hand, something snapped in Frank when he saw Hal's lustful leer at Winter.
He strode up and grabbed Hal by the shoulder, growling, "I was going to make a good impression with the students, but trash like you had to dwell here."
Then, even as Hal looked on in confusion, Frank slapped him viciously across the face and sent him rolling over the floor.
"Get out of this faculty this instant!" Frank snapped.
The students around them were subtly cheering, having had enough of Hal themselves.
"Did you just hit me?!" Hal pointed at Frank and snapped even as he pushed himself off the floor. "Don't you dare fucking run away! I'll be back"
The students around them appeared really concerned even as Hal threatened Frank.
As Jean watched Hal clutch his face as he left, she went up to Frank. "Hal Lambert actually has strong connections in East City. You should postpone the lecture!"
"Yeah. We shouldn't upset them," Winter said in agreement, knowing that Frank was strong but would still rather he not get in trouble—or most importantly, hurt.
"That's unnecessary. He's just trash," Frank snorted.
Then, sweeping his gaze over the students watching him in the hallway, he added solemnly, "Also, don't you think it'd be embarrassing if I fled when everyone's here for my lecture? Let him come as many times as he wants. I'll send him running all the same."
"Yeah!!!"
The students turned pale in stunned silence.
"Apologies—I will deal with this and continue the lecture later." Frank nodded at them before striding down the podium, impassive as he strode out to the hallway.
The thugs were crowding the hallway and surrounding him, and Hal was with them, this time carrying a metal baseball bat.
Pointing at Frank, he sneered vacuously. "Weren't you being full of yourself earlier? Don't you know my brother is Bravo Lambert?! He just needs to give the word, and you'd die without knowing what hit you. Believe me!"
"I really doubt that." Frank shook his head even as the thugs looked on, leaving them confused.
After all the people they roughed up before, it was this brat who stood up to them and so conceitedly at that?!
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