Reborn To Ruin Her Rivals - Chapter 44: Chapter 44

Suddenly, two blood-curdling screams, like pigs being slaughtered, echoed through the entire school building.
Someone shrieked, "Oh my god! Mom!"
Dominic was terrified, his face as pale as a sheet, desperately struggling to break free from Flower's coils.
"Get away!" his sidekick screamed, equally terrified, flailing his limbs wildly in panic.
Tangled together by the snake, the two were so frightened it felt like their souls were about to leave their bodies.
Most people were terrified of snakes.
The more they struggled, the tighter Flower coiled around them.
Arielle smirked and recorded a quick video with her phone before turning to leave.
She left Dominic and his sidekick struggling helplessly on the spot.
Seeing this, Frederick rushed forward to help.
Flower was his pet snake, usually very docile and obedient.
"Stay still. I'll get Flower off you," Frederick said as he tried to gently uncoil the snake.
There was no way they could listen. Being coiled by the snake, they were far too panicked to stay calm.
Dominic's face turned ghostly pale, on the verge of passing out from terror.
The bystanders were thrown into chaos, scrambling in panic, some rushed off to find a teacher, while others frantically called the police for help.
Ten agonizing minutes passed, yet Flower remained tightly coiled around their necks.
Dominic and his sidekick looked as pale as corpses, while Frederick kept struggling in vain to pry the snake off them.
The teachers arrived but were at a complete loss, all of them terrified of the creature.
A few minutes later, the firefighters arrived on the scene.
Within two minutes, the firefighters carefully removed Flower from around the boys' necks.
Meanwhile, Dominic and his sidekick were rushed to the hospital.
Arielle walked into the classroom.
The rest of the class stared at her in shock.
"Is she even human? How is she totally fine after all that?" the students whispered.
They were dying to see the chaos unfold, but they were afraid Arielle would think they were in on the prank, so they all stayed put in the classroom, just waiting for her terrified reaction.
Even when Dominic started screaming, they forced themselves not to go check it out.
It was clear that Dominic and his crew's plan had totally backfired.
"How can she not be afraid of snakes? Is she even human?" someone whispered, eyes wide in disbelief.
"Man, that's absolutely terrifying!" another muttered, unable to hide their awe.
Recalling how Arielle had beaten someone up just yesterday, the other students quickly averted their eyes, not daring to meet her gaze.
Some students started whispering among themselves.
A person asked, "Did the big snake get away, or did she catch it?"
Another said, "She must've caught it. Did you hear Dominic screaming his head off just now? I didn't dare go out because I was afraid Arielle would think I was in on it too."
Someone else said, "She's not even scared of snakes. You really think something like that could freak her out?"
Arielle walked toward her seat.
As she opened her desk, several large sewer rats came scurrying out, their screeches filling the air.
These weren't harmless lab mice, they were big, disease-ridden vermin from the gutters.
These rats carried viruses.
The entire class turned to watch Arielle's reaction.
Some wore mocking grins, eager for her humiliation.
Others maintained an air of detached indifference.
A few showed genuine concern and sympathy.
"Who put these here?" Arielle swept her gaze across the classroom.
No one dared to answer, not wanting to get on her bad side.
Most students quickly averted their eyes the moment her gaze landed on them.
Arielle remained calm as she walked to the front, first closing the classroom door, then shutting all the windows.
The whole class watched in confusion, their eyes following her every move.
In the next instant, Arielle strode swiftly to her desk.
Without warning, she lifted her foot,
With a thunderous crash, the desk toppled to the floor.
The rats hidden inside the desk were startled out of their wits.
They bolted out at lightning speed, scattering wildly in every direction.
Soon, they were darting all over the classroom.
The once-quiet room erupted into utter chaos.
The girls, in particular, went pale with terror, some scrambling onto their chairs as their faces drained of color.
"Oh my god, rats!" one girl shrieked, leaping onto her desk.
"They're coming this way! I'm going to die!" another cried out in panic.
"Help! Somebody do something!" a third echoed as the classroom was filled with a chorus of panicked screams.
Yet, Arielle, who everyone expected to be terrified of rats, remained completely calm, her expression impassive and indifferent from start to finish.
Rats were the least of her fears.
Back when she was living on the streets, she'd slept alongside them for countless nights.
Curled up in dark, damp corners, surrounded by swarms of rats, fear was a stranger to her, even then.
The most frightening thing to her was always the human heart.
Chaos erupted in the classroom.
One of the boys rushed to open the door.
But even with the exit wide open, the panicked rats kept darting wildly around the room, showing no sign of leaving.
"Arielle, it wasn't us! Celeste did it!" one of the girls shrieked in terror.
Soon, more and more students were pointing fingers at Celeste Love, blaming him for releasing the rats.
Celeste was Sophia's desperate simp, though she never gave him any attention.
This was his pathetic attempt to avenge his goddess.
Celeste glared menacingly at the girl who had spoken up.
The girl snapped back indignantly, "What are you staring at me for? Didn't you think about the consequences? Now we're all in trouble because of you!"
Seeing this, Celeste had no choice but to take out the cage and place some food the mouse liked inside.
In less than two minutes, the mouse was successfully caught in the cage.
Arielle gave the overturned desk a swift kick, then strode straight toward Celeste. With everyone watching in stunned silence, she suddenly lashed out and landed a solid kick on him, catching him completely off guard.
The kick hit Celeste squarely, leaving him no chance to react.
"You..." Celeste's voice trailed off, his anger barely contained.
He was seething with rage but too intimidated to speak up.
Then everyone watched as Arielle grabbed Celeste's desk and dragged it over to her own spot, not hesitating for a second.
Celeste was stunned at first, then snapped out of it and demanded, "Hey! That's my desk! What the hell are you doing?"
"You dirtied mine. We're switching," Arielle shot back, her tone brooking no argument.
Celeste still couldn't help feeling a bit intimidated by her.
The way she beat someone up yesterday was still vivid in his mind. And just now, she had kicked him, too.
And just now, she had kicked him, too.
He just wanted to scare her and wouldn't dare try anything more extreme.
After setting the desk in place, Arielle strode up to Celeste, fixing him with a cold stare. "You think this is funny?" she said icily.
Standing tall in front of his crush, Celeste puffed out his chest, completely convinced he had done nothing wrong. He thought indignantly, 'Arielle beat someone up yesterday and got away scot-free, even made the victim apologize to her. What kind of justice is that? I was just teaching her a lesson. If anything, I'm the hero.'
Just when everyone expected Arielle to start hitting people again, she calmly turned away.
"Holy shit! Celeste tried to scare her like that and she didn't even flinch. Is there something we don't know about her?" one student whispered.
Another chimed in, "Maybe she's just not afraid of rats. She probably thinks it's no big deal, not even worth getting mad about."
Someone else muttered, "How is she not scared at all? She's not afraid of snakes or rats. Is she even a girl?"
One girl shuddered with goosebumps, instinctively clinging to a classmate in shock.
Olivia Davis and the rest of her crew held up their phones, cameras rolling.
They were all set to capture Arielle's humiliation and post it online.
But to their astonishment, nothing happened.
By now, most of Class 1 had to admit they were in awe of her. She was simply formidable.
On the other side, Perla and her friends, who had been staring at their phone screens, were left completely stunned.
"The plan failed!" Perla exclaimed.
"No way! Even this couldn't get to her?" another girl gasped in disbelief.