The next day at night while Duke was walking back home he saw Zoe walking alone in the middle of the night. She just ended a call and looks very nervous with hesitancy at the empty street filled with darkness around her.
'Is there no one else to call? It's dark and scary here,' Zoe thinks to herself while glancing around.
"Hey! Zoe!" Duke calls out to her with a friendly smile.
"..Duke? What are you doing here??" Zoe looks surprised and at Duke who's waving to her. While also with signs that she is a little less worried.
"I was coming back from my boxing," explained when he got near her. "Are you okay? You seemed a little worried?"
"Oh. I'm just scared of walking in the-"
"E..Excuse me. I need directions," a voice like that of an old man broke her talking. Looking at the skinny unshaven skeleton mid-age man Zoe took a step back.
The creepy guy begins to take a step towards them, "I don't know the way so.."
Duke quickly steps in front of her, knowing exactly who he is. Whispering to Zoe, "Call the police."
There's the voice of Daniel in his first body shouting from afar, "Zoe! Run! Hurry! He bought a knife!!" Before Daniel could get close enough the creepy mid-age guy already began to bring his knife down.
Shouting some stuff, "H..How dare you!! You stupid bitch cheating with a man outside! Calling me a sucker you fucking whore."
This was the episode where the creepy guy followed Zoe from the broadcast she's doing for Paprika TV. Who has ill intended lust towards her.
With a quick flicker jab Duke snapped that knife that's coming out of the man's weak grip. Subsceding that move with a stride to close and following it with an uppercut and an additional liver blow that left that guy lying on the ground coughing some blood.
The liver punch is not only strong it will cause nausea to the person. But the punch that Duke delivered also cracked his ribs causing internal bleeding.
"You're a nobody! Zoe is all mine!" The mid-age man said amidst coughing some blood. In the distance the police are already coming to capture him, Duke looks down on these monsters who follow such an unjust mindset.
But what really deeply affects Duke's thought against him is not only his behavior against Zoe. When the mid-age man's dad arrived to plead against hurting his son Duke could only shake his head.
"That's my only son!! Please forgive him for whatever he did wrong!" His father laid on a skateboard since his legs no longer work anymore.
"Dad you snuck on my PC and followed me? Get lost, Dad!! What've you ever done for me?!" Shouts the creepy guy. Now Vasco also arrived huffing because Daniel called him to help. The dad is just clinging on Vasco's leg thinking he's one of Duke's accomplices.
"Girls only care about money! They don't look at nice guys like me!" he screams at his dad again. Looking at this father and son duo Duke can only feel pity for the similarity of the son to his mindset when he died.
"Don't blame others. Have you tried to make a difference?" Vasco interrupted that guy's pathetic self-pity.
"I can't overcome it! It's a waste of time! There's nothing I can do!" Someone people are more willing to live in excuses than live in truth.
"I overcame it." Vasco said back in all obviousness.
When the police finally caught him off into their cars the creepy guy was still screaming for Zoe.
"Are you alright Duke? Good job." Vasco said with eyes that are more softened.
Before he could reply suddenly Zoe came bear hugging Duke, "Waaah! Duke are you injured? I was so scared that you would get hurt! Waaah!"
Hearing how worried sick Zoe was, Duke gently hugged her head and embraced her, "Don't worry silly, I'm fine really." He finds this side to her quite adorable.
Sometimes he found the actions of women to be very annoying and too much work. Undeniable despite their annoyance, women also show huge kindness to the man they love.