Under the river that's reflecting the gentle moonlight where it can be seen as peaceful, there's Rin who's wrath had reached to its limit.
He was very fatigued, fighting thugs isn't easy than it looks. On top of that, he was just pushing himself. There it is again, he lost the freedom to breathe.
His body wanted to float out of there but a rope and a stone are restricting him to do so.
'Why is this always happening to me?', Rin asked. He really pitied himself. When he was going all fun and experiencing new things, gaining confidence. Misfortunes befall to him again and again.
'It goes back to me being weak again.'
'If I'm not weak, nothing of this should've happened.'
'I should be living a normal life right now.'
'I feel like this is nothing new to me.' He dazed off and looked upon the wavy moon.
'I've gone through torture every single day. My classmates don't see me as one of them. My teachers only ridicule me. They think that it is fine since I am weak and quiet, unable to fight back or even seek help.'
Rin's will is slowly collapsing.
'I got bullied by people I didn't know who. Even girls don't seem to differentiate from the boys who bully me. Well, except for one.'
His dead eyes were slowly closing.
'I am weak because I am fearful, a coward! I've endured the greatest pain, the greatest shame, sadness, despair! Agony! Terror! Because of this cowardice that I grew numb of it.'
Rin ridiculed himself.
'…'
His eyebrows frowned.
'If I've face faced the worst because of my cowardice then…", His eyes abruptly widely opened, 'what is there to be feared of?'
Click!*
'There is nothing that I should fear if all the worst already happened?'
Click!*
'Why do I even need fear if I can't die?!'
Click! Click!*
'Why do I have to be cautious if any pain is nothing to all that I went through? Is there a need to be embarrassed if I've already experience shame every day?'
Click! Click! Click!*
'Let me show you all!! The one who you bullied for the longest time! The one who you ridicule and curse! The one who you torture every single day! Is the one who will surpass you all!!'
Rin felt tingling strength fall over his body. This is not strength coming from desperation, sadness, excitement or anything like that. It is coming from determination.
Adrenaline rushes through his brain and all throughout his body. But for some unknown reason, there is soft blue light glowing from his whole body but Rin didn't notice at all.
Elihim, who was waiting and watching from the elevated road felt a tingling excitement that he had to cover his smile with his hand. For he saw a faint blue light under the river water.
"Oh wait, I need to help him before his momentum stop.", he flicked his hand and at the same time under the river water, the rope that was binding Rin snapped, letting him go free at last.
Even though Rin have no idea how to swim but with sheer force, he went against the current and swam upwards.
"Here it goes~!", Elihim happily shouted as he looked at Rin who got out of the river.
The thugs were silent, they don't know how to react. They knew that Rin had been underwater for minutes now but how could he be there?
"Take him on.", Elihim ordered the thugs.
Sweat was pouring all over their body when they heard that. For some unknown reason, they felt scared of this kid. Maybe it is because he is unkillable or he is tough. Or maybe just because of the look of his eyes that were dead previously but now it was filled with not killing intent but with something on the same level.
However, even if they do feel fear from this kid, it is very little compared to the god that was ordering them so without any second thoughts, they jumped at Rin with their weapon.
"Hihi, he surprisingly started absorbing it so you mortals have no chance of comparing yourselves to him.", Elihim chuckled at the side. He was eager to see the result of this match. Since Rin is undying and has a never-ending will, he chose not to intervene no matter what.
The leader swung the wooden sword with all he got. Rin looked at it and tried to catch it while starting to attack by raising his leg at the same time.
He failed to catch the wooden sword that it hit his head, his leg hit the leader's muscular body. That kick was heavy as always that the leader fell to his back.
The others ignore what happened and continued their way to attack Rin but he reacted too quickly that none of the attacks hit their target but furthermore, they only receive heavy counterattacks.
However, they are by no means weak that they would be defeated by just a punch or a kick.
"Ah…", Rin as though he remembered something. He didn't let the other continue their offenses. He shouted and exerted force more than before.
His attacks all went to the groins of the thugs that it made them cry in pain.
"… Payback…", Rin softly said with his fierce eyes.
The thugs already knew they have no hope to defeat this kid but none of them surrendered when in front of them was death if they failed the God, Elihim watching over them.
But when Rin took one of the metal pipes forcefully. They knew that it was already the end. Even if they endured all the pain, they could not match a man who was already numb to it.
They could only accept Rin's attacks and lose consciousness. All they receive were just broken bones but none of them were killed.
In the end, Rid had won for the first time.