Chapter Thirty-Nine
THE DESERTED
It was really fun, terrorizing all the citizens of this city like this.
"Hehe."
I was enjoying myself, having all the joy in the world to me and only me, when this one guy . . .
"I'm sorry to tell you this, but I'm gonna have to put you down."
He had a dominating aura, but it wasn't as if it was anything more than what I could put out. He stood down the road, opposite to me, but I didn't mind the distance. In fact, I was glad that he was standing so far away.
"Officer Physicor, I'll be the one fighting you."
"Ooooooh, that makes it sound like there's more to it than just you . . ."
My blood was pumping, exhilarated at the thought of fighting this guy to the death. He was bulky, had muscles all over, and looked like an overall really, really tough guy.
'Time to show him what Pactione can do.'
WHOOSH
Physicor took off the only layer he had concealing his bare skin, a white t-shirt, and showed off his muscles. They looked pretty good to me, but they could probably be better.
'Actually, this doesn't look like this is the end of it!'
It was exactly like I thought!
'I'm pretty smart.'
Physician's muscles grew to levels that just weren't possible without any sort of abilities, and at some point, he looked like he could take a blow that would shatter a mountain, but he'd still walk away!
"Well, this really does look great and all, Mr. Physicone, but I'll be grabbing a hold of that ability of yours!"
SWISH
A single string shot out to Physicor, who made no attempt to dodge it. With all of those muscles, which pushed him up to at least eight feet tall, he must be real proud of himself for how many hits he could take.
'I'm about to shatter that pride in no time.'
The string connected, yay! Just like that Physicor guy thought, it did absolutely no damage. He took it on like a champion, good for him!
'Sadly, it's my turn to be Mr. Buff.'
ZIIIIINNNGGGGG
Electricity ran through the string, electrocuting me and Physicor. He was still standing, and didn't even flinch a bit at it all. In fact, he's now walking over to me, with such a casual stroll! Poor guy doesn't see what's coming.
'It's painful alright, but I've gotten used to it by now.'
The poor bloke just lost his abilities to me! It's about time I had some fun!
"Huh?"
Oh, that confusion! It always makes me feel really excited when I hear a person realize what just happened.
"Ohhhh, so that's how this ability works. So, if I do this . . ."
Just like I thought, these muscles expanded by acting as if you were actually doing just a simple flex. But, the second I flexed, my muscles grew up crazily, and real crazily at that!
"Crap, get in there!"
Huh?
Were those pesky guards slinking around behind him his entourage?
'Little flies shouldn't be buzzing around.'
SQUISH
I kinda expected it, but it was still surprising to know that I could punch at the air, and with just my raw strength, make it so that their heads burst!
I'm insanely strong!
"Alright, Physicone, let's jam!"
Guess this is my time to shine.
--- SEQUENCE 2 ---
'Huh?'
Negata, who was casually tearing heads and limbs off citizen body's, had his hair yanked from behind. It didn't hurt him in the least, but it was unexpected, to say the least.
WHA-POOSH
Negata got sent flying with just a punch. He had been walking through one of the alleyways of the city to reach the next place he was planning on massacring, but the old general who appeared behind him had no intention of letting him do such a thing.
The punch, that landed straight in his face, sent Negata through many of the buildings, all the way to the city's edge.
'We're a single mile away from the edge of the city, but it's still pretty damn impressive that he sent me flying all the way here with obstacles in the way.'
Negata had his body lodged into the city's outer wall, and was very close to fully going through it.
'If this wall didn't have metal for me to stop myself, I would've kept flying all the way to the crater's edge.'
Negata briefly remembered something about the city that they were in, being at the center of a crater, but since he had been inside the walls for a bit, he had already forgotten what it was like outside of this concrete jungle.
'Well, I suppose I'll get a move on.'
Negata shot himself out of the wall using his metal manipulation, sending himself right back to where he had gotten punched from.
The second he got there, he saw that the person who yanked his hair was still there. It was from a weird angle, but when he had his hair grabbed, Negata had been able to see what the person looked like.
"Any final words, you stupid bastard?"
"Yeah, I've got some words for you . . ."
'Seriously? They usually don't answer.'
Negata didn't do, and wouldn't do, anything until the guy said them. However, waiting to hear what this man had to say only rubbed him the wrong way.
"You interrupted my sweet time with my drinks and ladies so that I'd have to deal with your punk ass!?"