Badass in Disguise
"Everyone out," I commanded through gritted teeth. "Now."
"Jade, I need to check your—" the nurse began.
"OUT!" I snarled with enough force that both women backed toward the door.
Once feared by Shadow Organization that drugged me to replicate my abilities into a more controllable version, I had escaped my restraints and detonated their entire facility, ready to die alongside my captors.
Instead, I woke up in a school infirmary with women arguing around me, their voices piercing my skull. My outburst froze them in shock—clearly they hadn't expected such a reaction. One woman threatened as she left, "We'll discuss this attitude when you get home."
The bitter truth? I've been reborn into the body of an overweight, weak, and supposedly dim-witted high school girl. Her life is filled with bullies and tormentors who've made her existence miserable.
But they have no idea who they're dealing with now.
I didn't survive as the world's deadliest assassin by allowing anyone to push me around. And I certainly won't start now.
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Chapter: Chapter 6 The Wounded StrangerI sat in Mr. Peterson's advanced calculus class, staring blankly at the whiteboard. My mind wasn't on derivatives or integrals—I needed money, and fast. Without cash, half the things I needed to do were impossible. My skills as Shadow were essentially useless without proper funding.I could hack into some accounts—my abilities as "X" remained intact—but using those skills too soon might draw attention from unwanted sources. I needed to lay low until I'd fully adapted to this new life. Perhaps some small-scale gambling? Or maybe some discreet "problem-solving" for wealthy clients with legal gray areas..."Ms. Morgan!"I blinked, finding Mr. Peterson looming over my desk, his face twisted with irritation."Since you find my lesson so boring that you're daydreaming, perhaps you'd like to enlighten the class with the answer to this problem?" He gestured dramatically to a complex multivariable calculus equation on the board.The classroom fell silent. Everyone knew Jade Morgan was the clas
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Chapter: Chapter 5 Dented Lockers, Dented EgosI calmly continued eating my breakfast, acting as though nothing had happened.But I barely made it three steps out of the cafeteria when I spotted them waiting. The girl whose salad had decorated her head minutes earlier stood with a friend, both clutching open milk cartons, their faces twisted with smug anticipation.They thought they had me cornered. How adorable."Think you're clever, don't you?" Salad Girl hissed, her mascara still smudged from her earlier humiliation. "Nobody embarrasses us and gets away with it."Her friend, a blonde with too much lip gloss, snickered. "We're going to make sure everyone remembers what happens to fat nobodies who don't know their place."I assessed the situation in milliseconds. Two amateur attackers, poor stance, telegraphing their intentions clearly. They planned to douse me with milk, probably recording it on a phone hidden nearby. Classic high school warfare."Let's see how funny you are covered in milk, pig," Salad Girl snarled, both girls
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Chapter: Chapter 4 Turning the TablesI paused at the doorway. "Sometimes it's advantageous to be underestimated."Max stared at me, his expression shifting from confusion to suspicion."That could've been a lucky guess," he said, reaching for another textbook. "Let me try something else."He flipped through several pages before stopping at a problem marked with a red star. "This is from last year's MIT Physics Competition. Even our physics teacher couldn't solve it without looking up the approach."I glanced at the problem. Electromagnetic field equations with multiple variables and constraints. Child's play."You want me to solve this?" I asked, not bothering to hide my boredom.Max nodded, watching me intently.I didn't even reach for a calculator or paper. "If you apply a Taylor series expansion, the electromagnetic field equations simplify to a second-order differential equation. The resulting force vector equals 347.82 newtons per square meter at the boundary conditions."Max's jaw dropped. He frantically worked thr
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Chapter: Chapter 3 I'm Just Playing DumbI stared at Emily, calculating exactly how much force it would take to teach her a lasting lesson about respect. Nothing fatal—just enough to ensure she'd think twice before opening her mouth again. My body tensed, preparing to move."Jade, please go rest," Frank's gentle voice interrupted from down the hall. "I heard what happened at school today. I'll handle dinner tonight."The sudden intervention broke my concentration. I glanced toward Frank—a middle-aged man with kind eyes and slumped shoulders. He is our father.I shot Emily one last cold look before turning away. She remained frozen, clearly unnerved by whatever she'd seen in my eyes. I returned to my room and collapsed onto the thin mattress, feeling the springs dig into my back. This pathetic body was completely out of shape—just walking home had left it exhausted."You can't even find a decent job. How can you make edible food?" Linda's voice cut through the air like a dull knife—unpleasant and ineffective."That fat cow i
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Chapter: Chapter 2 The Stranger in the MirrorRaised voices yanked me from unconsciousness. The harsh fluorescent lights of what appeared to be a school nurse's office stabbed at my eyes as I tried to orient myself."My daughter collapsed during gym class and hit her head! You expect me to just accept this pathetic excuse for compensation?" A woman with cheap blonde highlights and too much makeup waved a piece of paper in the face of a tired-looking woman in scrubs."Mrs. Morgan, as I've explained, Jade suffered from low blood sugar. Her physical showed she had barely eaten anything all day. The school fulfilled all safety protocols—""Don't give me that bureaucratic bullshit! You people are responsible for—""Both of you, shut up!" The words left my mouth before I could process what was happening.Both women turned to me, stunned. I was equally surprised by the unfamiliar voice that had come from my throat. Looking down, I saw thick arms I didn't recognize.What the hell?The TV mounted in the corner of the room suddenly caught
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Chapter: Chapter 1 Let's Go to Hell TogetherShadow'POV:I left blood on the restraints as I freed myself. One final glance at the sterile white room where they'd planned to extract my DNA, then dispose of me like trash. Ironic that they thought mere sedatives and chains could hold me—me, the person they'd trained to escape from any containment.I moved silently through the corridor, dispatching guards with methodical precision. Snapped neck. Severed carotid. Crushed windpipe. I varied my killing methods out of professional habit. Some died without even realizing I was there, their bodies slumping noiselessly to the floor.I could hear the panic spreading through the facility's communication system."Shadow is gone!" A technician's voice cracked with fear. "How the fuck is that possible? She was sedated with enough drugs to kill an elephant!"I allowed myself a small, cold smile. They never understood what they'd created in me. Thirteen years of their most brutal training had taught me to metabolize toxins, ignore pain, and func
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