Keto's pov
After the message was sent to Lyde, those bastards from Exitium surrounding me had laugh mockingly. "Isn't this a coward move?" I asked them. It was one against seven. I can't even call for help at the place we're at… but is there really a need to call for help here? I think I can bring 'em all down.
"Coward or not, we'll bring you down you piece of shit!" One of 'em yelled back.
"Try me you mother fuckers!" I've decided. I'll send them all to the hospital! They won't even get to fight at the gang war!
"Ahh!!" All of them charged towards me with determined eyes. So they really want to bring me down, huh? "You're all just a bunch of losers!" I told them.
i kicked away the nearest guy coming to me, making him crush into some of his fellow bastards. Then the guy who seemes to hate me the most managed to land a punch on my cheek, it didn't made any impact at all so I gave him an uppercut that knocked him down. That's one man down.
"Damn you, Keto!!" Another one tried to reach for my face too, however, he was too careless. He was wide open, it's too easy to take him down. I grabbed both his arm and head to smash it on the ground.
Two out of seven. Five more to go.
This time, two of them tried to bring me down at once. The guy on my right got a hold of my shoulder pulling me down, and the one on the left tries to hit an elbow strike on me. It made me laugh how desperate they look to do it. "You lame losers!"
As his elbow hits my fists, I changed its direction and kicked him at the face. For the one that was pulling me down, I pulled his hair and gave him a headbutt.
"…four down. You guys are too easy!" And it's really disappointing how quick this was going. This was no challenge at all.
They're all a bunch of wimps who think they can win just because there's a lot of them. "Come on! I'll bring all of you down!" I'm going to crush this bastards for this ambush.
"Keto… you cocky asshole! We're not done yet!" I glanced behind to see one of them trying to attack my back.
"Ha! That's a cowardly move to pull!"
I was ready to beat this fifth guy until he stopped his attempt. "What??" Why did he stop all of a sudden?
The fifth guy smirks as if he just won. "Coward or not, does it even matter in a fight? Strategy is what makes you stronger! It's a key to victory." Now that I recognize this fifth guy he must be Nolan, the Exitium's first squad leader. This guy isn't strong at all, he's just a coward who's afraid to fight.
"The hell are you talking ab— AH!" I got roughly hit on the head with a pole, these damn bastard still playing dirty!
"AND DOWN KETO GOES! HAHAHA!"
"We win, Keto. And so as Exitium."
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Lynn's pov
Staring at my Aries keychain, I wonder when will Cain call me. Is he still wondering what the numbers mean on the paper I gave him? He must be another dumb guy.
"That's a pretty thing you got there." Uncle Dan commented. He's at our house to hang out with gramps again. The two of them are really good friends ever since, when I moved here I actually thought they were brothers but I think they're no different from that.
"Yeah, a friend of mine bought me this." I wish I can also have a friendship just like what gramps have.
"Friend?… a boyfriend?"
"No, just a friend."
"Is your friend a girl, Lynn?"
"No, it was a boy."
"Then it is a boyfriend."
"No. Just a friend."
"Eh?… it's definitely your boyfriend."
"…"
"See? You didn't deny it, so it must be your—"
"I SAID HE WAS JUST A FRIEND, OLD MAN!" Geez, sometimes Uncle Dan can be so annoying.
"Oh really… how about you date Ruben, my grandson. That way, you can be my grand daughter in-law!"
"I'm not interested, old man. I never even met your grandson." Though I think Lyde has.
"Come on Lynn, my boy Ruben is what the ladies bet in this generation. He's a good looking punk like your uncle Dan, just like in my youth." He's proud of a delinquent grandson huh? What an odd grandpa.
"No thanks."
"Aww, come on. At this rate, I won't ever get a cute granddaughter."
"Why do you want me as your granddaughter anyway? Can't you make do with the girls your grandson have?"
"That's the problem! He doesn't have any!" Really. What an odd grandpa.
"Hey, hey! Quit forcing my granddaughter to date your good-for-nothing grandson." Grandpa told Uncle Dan as he arrives with a huge tray of breakfast.
"Good-for-nothing grandson!? You take that back!"
"If you want dinner then shut the hell up and eat."
"Okay, if you say so." It's amazing how gramps is the only one who can stop a conversation with uncle Dan. I barely had any peaceful conversations with uncle Dan since he's always annoying.
Just when I was going to dig in for dinner, my phone lightens up. Before I tried to check who sent the message, I crossed fingers and hope it wasn't Keto. Though it was unfortunate that it was actually him. I kind of expected it already anyway.
"What the heck…" reading his message, it was just an address of some place. Did he send it by mistake? Looking at it was alarming, and I can't help but feel weirdly troubled by it.
"Hmm? Where are you going, Lynn? Finish your dinner first." Gramps asked when I got out of the dining table.
"I'll be out for a bit gramps, I forgot to buy something." I gotta find out what's happening with Keto. It'll be a big problem if he gets mad at me for not showing up.
After getting myself disguised as Lyde, I headed straight where the address leads to. The place was some abandoned storehouse, its doors were open so I figured that he might be inside.
"How creepy…" I keep getting chills just by looking around this storehouse. And it even got creepier when I peaked inside the place. Maybe Keto was just pranking me. "Damn that Keto, trying to scare me like this."
"I ain't pranking you, dumbass!…" That voice!
My eyes started searching for Keto, and it was shocking to see what happened to him. "KETO!"