''Speak''
'Thought'
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When the Violator rushes forward, Ryu takes a deep breath and dodges the claw swipe at the last minute before jumping sideways and moving behind the Violator. However, the Violator did not stop. He twisted his body inhumanely with its leg facing the front, but its upper facing the back; before swinging its massive claw down, Ryu could still dodge it despite being surprised.
"You got some move, human! But that would not be enough!" The Violator said while its lower body twisted back the same way as its upper body. However, before the Violator can continue his assault, a chain appears behind him before starting to wrap itself around the Violator.
"What the hell are you doing, Spawn!? Don't you see what I'm trying to do here!?" The Violator said while trying to force himself out of the chain.
"I do see what you are doing, dumbass. That is why I try to stop you." Spawn gruff voice comes from behind the Violator while his growing green eyes stare deep toward the Violator. "Why are you trying to kill a random human like him? You never acted this way before, you ugly clown."
Ryu did not wait to listen to their conversation, and knowing that he stood no chance against the Violator with no Rashomon, he decided his best course of action was to, of course, run away.
"Random human!? Don't be a fucking idiot, Spawn!! You and I both know that he is no random human!! He is no innocent human either!!" The Violator said, still trying to force its way out of the restrained, "You and I both know that human is no innocent!! I can smell the amount of blood on that human hand, and you, as a Hellspawn, must also sense it too, didn't you!? That human is a fucking criminal! A murderer! Maybe possibly one of the worst out there!"
"Isn't this one of those criminals that fit your bill!? Haven't you been trying to be a fucking superhero that saves people?! What I'm doing is giving this fucking world a favour!!" The Violator continues his explanation.
While what the Violator said is undoubtedly true, the main two reasons for his need to kill Ryu are because he wants to kill Ryu for the sheer pleasure of it, but as for another reason is that he knows someone like Ryu who has a soul that is very similar to someone like Albert Simmon, meaning that if he were sent to hell, he would undoubtedly make a very fine Hellspawn.
"Is that what you are trying to do, you fucking clown? How would I know that you are not lying?" Spawn said while pulling his chain to become even tighter on the Violator to the point that his body started to bleed.
"Ouch! Ouch! Be more fucking gentle, why don't you? If you do it that harshly, what would happen to my beautiful body!" The Violator said while still trying to pull himself out of the chain, "Besides, I have no reason to lied to you! I have been your guide since you came back here on earth. Why the fuck would I be lying to you!"
"Just let me go, ok!? And all I will be doing is killing that single human! Nothing more, nothing less!" The Violator said before its red eyes looked back at Spawn, "And what about this, if you let me go, I will also tell you how to get some of your memory back?"
At that very moment, Spawn entire body froze up immediately. After returning to the human world, Spawn had been trying hard to regain all of his memories. Back then, he only remembers his wife and all of his training, but that is all there is to it.
That is why he decided to become Spawn, not just to kill the criminals but also to find anything, ANYTHING, that would bring his memories back. If there is one thing that Spawn wants the most right now, it is his memories.
Per his command, the chain lets loose and frees the demon clown from being restrained, who starts to heal from his injury inflicted by Spawn.
"You have ten minutes; kill that guy and come back; if you don't, I will fucking kill myself." Spawn said before jumping onto the building and disappearing in the night.
"With pleasure, " The Violator said before turning back to his human form and following the scent of Ryu, that had left the alley long ago.
~With Ryu~
'From the look of it, I seem to be in New York, and everything seems to look the same as the New York I remember.' Ryu thought, 'Except that guy, Spawn. I had never heard of him before in my entire life, and that ugly transforming clown, what the hell is he? I guess he is an actual demon considering what that Spawn guy said earlier. I guess this is a different dimension or universe.'
Ryu, who has run away from the scenario, is now walking fast along the crossroad, passing through people while the wind of the night sky keeps blowing his hair back.
'But if this is another universe, how would I return to the universe I come from?' Ryu continued to be deep in his thought. 'Not to mention, how would I take this bracelet off? That bald bitch did say that if I died, I would disconnect with this thing or whatsoever. Does that mean the only way to get the riddle is to die?
No, what about cutting this arm off? While certainly not the best outcome, it is probably not the worst outcome. I mean, all I will be lost is one of my arms, and that is it. I could probably find a new replacement arm. But how would I cut it off in the first place?' Ryu thought before suddenly; his body suddenly felt taut for no reason.
As if to warn him something, he can sense, no, he can feel something coming down from above, and trusting his body instinct, he didn't bother to look up and only moved out of the way from where he stood.
Crashing down toward the ground, where Ryu used to stand, it reveals none other than the Violator in the demon form himself.
"You dodge that one too? You certainly are pretty good." The Violator said while laughing madly, "Don't worry, this time, no one will interrupt the dance."
Ryu only looks at the demon in front of him with narrow eyes before an idea pops up in his head.
'I guess I find a way to cut off my arm.' Ryu thought with a wicked smile on his face.