Raquizo breathed a sigh of relief, he removed the apron that had been hanging in front of his body for several hours. He wiped the drip of sweat off his forehead with his right hand. He took the cigarette and lighter from his pocket. Raquizo lit the cigarette and put the lighter back in his pocket.
He walked out of the kitchen while smoking a cigarette. A middle-aged man approached him. He was the owner of this restaurant. Raquizo worked at this diner.
"Yo Raquizo, this is your payment for tonight, your cooking skills are improving, it only took 6 months for you to match my skill, who have been doing it for decades," said Ernest, the restaurant owner.
Raquizo took the money and put it in his shirt pocket. He said, "Then I'll go home first, uncle."
"Be careful on the road, say hello to your mother!"
Raquizo walked leisurely while looking at the moon hanging in the sky. He walked on the sidewalk, it was 12 o'clock at night now. Although there were still a few people on the street, but most of the people had gone home. At night, monsters and villains were taking action.
Raquizo's attention was drawn to the figure of a man in unique and flashy clothes compared to the crowd of ordinary people.
"Owaah, Is he the Night Prince? Looks like he's on patrol."
"This is surprising, normally only Gun Skull who will patrol on the area around here."
"Would you like an autograph?"
"Yes, let's go!"
All the pedestrians in the vicinity circled the Night Prince except for Raquizo.
"Please be patient everyone, I will give you my autograph, please line up. Photo? Sorry, I have to continue patrolling soon."
After a while, Night Prince finished gave the autographs. He coincidentally saw Raquizo who was walking and about to pass through the crowd. Night Prince asked, "Do you also want my autograph? I must continue to patrol."
Raquizo raised an eyebrow, he then replied, "I already have your autograph, thank you, you can continue patrolling."
After saying that, he continued walking regardless of the Night Prince.
"Fake hero," Raquizo muttered in a low voice.
For him, today's heroes were mostly fake heroes who help people because of money, power, and fame. Moreover, there was the fact that not a few heroes has bad attitudes and actions on they live.
"If you save someone for a reward, how is that different from the police? Heh, people don't thank the police, who often deal with petty crimes because they were thinking it's their job, but isn't that the same as today's heroes?"
Raquizo's thoughts were the exact opposite of what people think, so he rarely expresses these thoughts except when he's alone.
A flash of light in the distance startled Raquizo, he saw thick smoke rising high from where the flash of light was coming from. Without hesitation, Raquizo ran into a deserted alley. He unzipped his shirt and rolled it up and grabbed it. Then he closed his eyes.
Changes occurred in his body, black fur covered his entire body. Four additional eyes appeared on his forehead. Eight long spider legs protruded from his back. Raquizo wrapped his shirt in cobwebs and stuck it to the wall. He then jumped from wall to wall until he managed to set foot on top of a house.
Raquizo jumped through house after house and headed in the direction the fire had been starting.
Meanwhile, at the scene of the fire, the Night Prince stared intently at a criminal in front of him. The villain was a man who was 8 feet and 2 inches tall, the man had 4 hands and 3 heads which makes him look like a monster. Behind the ma, a three-story house was on fire.
"Hehe, what are you going to do now? The people in that house will die in 15 minutes, and I know this area is only handled by the small hero organization that you are in, the closest your heroes teammates will take about half an hour to get here. If you can't beat me in 15 minutes, then those people will die." The three heads of the men said the same thing at the same time, the expressions of the three heads both were showing a manic smile, while he was seeing the hero in front of him being pushed into a desperate situation.
The Night Prince was a new hero, when compared to the other new heroes, he was quite good, but compared to the strong villain in front of him, he was still weak.
"Damn it, why would someone with such a powerful controllable mutated gene like you choose to become a villain? You're wasting your power, " said the frustrated Night Prince.
If the uncontrollable mutated genes were humans who lost their consciousness, and turned into monsters, then the human who had the controllable mutated genes like the Night Prince and the villains in front of him, were people who were able to control their powers without losing their sanity. The hero's enemies were not just humans who become monsters, or mutated beasts, but villains with control over their mutations like the one who Night Prince fought.
One of the villain heads spitted off gasoline, while the other spitted out fire. The two things fused and expanded the volume of fire that was being spitting out. The Night Prince didn't have the energy to avoid the fire, he crossed his arms to cover his face. But after a few seconds, he wondered why there was no fire burning him. He opened his eyes and saw that the villain had been wrapped in cobwebs.
The Night Prince looked at the culprit, who defeated the villain that he was fighting. Black Spider, a well-known vigilantes hero in this area. He was the reason why the small hero organization was able to maintain peace in the area around here.
"Wait! There are still people in the burning house."
"I already saved him," replied the Black Spider briefly, he then jumped onto the roof of the house and left.
Even though his actions were illegal, the Night Prince admired and idolized the Black Spider.
On the other hand, Raquizo finally returned to the alley where he changed. He took the shirt and put it back on.
"Hey, is it fun being a vigilante hero?" a voice startled Raquizo, he turned around and saw two girls and a young man standing in the way of the alley. He was surprised because he didn't realize the existence of the three people earlier.
Raquizo tried to guess the identity of the people in front of him, he then asked, "So what are you guys going to do? Arrest me for the illegal use of mutated ability?"
Arville took a few steps forward. He introduced himself, "My name is Arville, I would like to invite you to join my hero organization."
"Hero organization? Sorry, I'm not interested, just find someone else." Raquizo walked towards the three people, Kila reflexively gave way for him. Raquizo continued walking, intending to ignore the three people.
Arville stopped Verna, who wanted to act, he then turned around and said in a slightly loud voice. "Do you think that the money you collect from your job is enough to pay for your mother's treatment?"
Suddenly, Raquizo stopped walking. He looked back with an angry expression, "What do you fucking mean about it?!"