"We will do that right away sir." the waiter pushed the cart back to the kitchen and left Atlas to watch the fight.
The other customers flee at the sight of trouble, meaning there were now only five people in the room. Atlas himself, Susanoo, Billy the Kid, and his two sidekicks.
"Hey, you there. Are you with Susanoo?" the first sidekick, a male with green hair turned to him and yelled.
Atlas wanted to deny it instantly but he remembered how well Susanoo had treated him just a second ago.
"Yeah, so what?" he called back and sneakily slid his hands into his coat pockets. There, he could feel the cold metal in his hands, ready to unleash flames.
"So what? Well, it means that you're not innocent either?" the second sidekick finished for her counterpart and rushed forward, guns blazing.
Atlas cringed inwardly and drew the twin Desert Eagles resting comfortably before.
"Your logic is flawed!" He yelled and shot multiple times, simultaneously at both sidekicks.
As soon as he did that, while the bullets still distracted them, the titan kicked up into the air and stayed there for a good few seconds unnaturally. However, the moment he kicked down, he was aiming for the head of the male sidekick.
His foot landed solidly and sent the man flying back several meters.
"You shouldn't ever get so reliant on your gun," He taunted and turned to the woman who held a very compact shotgun.
Atlas was exaggerating. If he hadn't cut the man by surprise, with his Level 7 prowess he could have easily wiped Atlas out.
Sweat ran down his back and his head became filled with frantic thoughts as he stared at the woman. 'I need to be careful with her. She may look cute, but that's obviously bait for me.'
His lessons with Apollo had changed him a lot. He went from being headstrong and somewhat straightforward to being more calculating; a characteristic that some would call cowardly.
Atlas didn't care though and as he suspected.
"You may have taken my fellow disciple out, but I'm not built the same!"
The lady's short brown hair bobbed slightly as she cocked the gun and shot at Atlas. The teen was unable to react in time and took a bullet to the chest. He instantly noted that neither the bullets nor guns were normal weapons.
'More reason to be careful. Though, it makes me wonder whether Hephaestus also created guns for them,'
His disarrayed thoughts didn't hamper his quick movements though. As soon as the bullet pierced his skin, Atlas deployed the Empty Void Energy to stop the spread of whatever was trying to contaminate his bloodstream.
He did so easily and the wound began to slowly heal by itself. On the other hand, the woman looked extremely confused.
"How can your wounds heal so fast by themselves? Aren't you human like us?"
Her words forced something to emerge out of Atlas as he spoke in a way that he wouldn't normally do.
"Human? How could you compare a Titan as divine as me to lowly descendant species such as yours? Not even high-ranked descendants,"
Atlas involuntarily furrowed his eyebrows and made mental note of that strange outburst he had. He didn't like where it was going but there was still a battle taking place.
The black-haired sidekick flew into a rage and cocked the shotgun back multiple times, rapidly shooting in such a way that should have been impossible for a gun like that.
"Master Billy will become a god and liberate the humans! Live free or die!" She repeated the strange motto and then rushed forward, abandoning the gun.
Atlas saw the opportunity and closed in on her before she could do so for him. He then smacked her upside the head causing the brown-haired sidekick to fall over, fainted.
He carefully kept her on the floor away from Susanoo's and Billy's battle and watched the fight with strange eyes It barely could be called a fight actually. More like a beating. The god didn't bring out any weapons and just used his fists to pummel the gunslinger across the air.
It was pretty tiring to watch. Eventually, it seemed like Susanoo was tired of kicking Billy's ass, as well.
"Look, man, you're clearly not on my level. What gave you that impression in the first place? Anyway, I have a much better opponent for you," the god then turned a little to slyly look at Atlas who cursed inwardly.
'Dammit, I have to fight this crazy dude now?! I just wanted to get some food and head back home. Why do I have to be involved in fights every single time?'
Billy the Kid wiped the blood dripping off his forehead and stood up, clutching his pitiful wounds.
"And who is he?"
Atlas sighed but answered, his flow as smooth as water.
"I am Atlas, leader of the Titans."
Billy the Kid appeared even more confused then.
"Why would I want to fight you? You're not even yet at the Nascent Stage and you talk of squaring up against me."
Atlas reeled back inwardly. He didn't want to do it either, however, now that Susanoo had brought it upon him, he had to make good use of the situation.
"Everyone below the Nascent Stage. A battle in a few weeks. How does that sound?"
The gunslinger looked at his collapsed disciples and nodded. He wasn't a very sore loser.
"Be warned, kid. This road is harder than it may suggest, especially after the Nascent Stage," as he said that, he walked over and picked his female disciple up before leaving.
There was a lot of silence in the destroyed restaurant after that. Soon a waiter came out and handed him a few bags presumably filled with food.
"Here's your food, sir. You may send the money to this account. Your total bill is 2 million US dollars," the waiter offered up a big smile, causing Atlas' face to twitch slightly.
'What a lovely coincidence'
He simply collected the food and began to leave, but Susanoo stopped him.
"This will be a good experience for you."
Atlas looked at the god with a dumbfounded expression and only nodded.
'What about this will be a good experience?'
After that, the god let him go and simply stood in the empty restaurant alone. As Atlas was a few metres away, he heard the familiar voice call out excitedly.
"I've figured out what to order. ZAZAZAZA!"
The teen could only shake his head and leave the scene with the miracle food in hand.
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