Seeing the blows coming towards her, Madam Lane closed her eyes for the pain while protecting the girl behind her but the pain she was expecting didn't come, instead she heard a person falling to the ground. She opened her eyes and saw a young ash-gray hair boy in front of her. The boy had fallen to the ground from the blows he received.
This was Kai who came out of the room after he heard them at smashing sound. He thought something was wrong with Madam Lane and the girl and was worried about the them. He found himself walking a small hallway, passing by two more rooms, he finally saw a wooden staircase where he walked down.
Following the sound of the commotion, he saw a door in front of him, opened it and then seeing a scene he didn't expect. Two ladies were rushing towards Madam Lane in an attempt to beat her. He couldn't let that happen but he doesn't have any strength, he was also the closest to her so he made his decision.
Kai quickly used all his strength to arrive in front of her and block the blows. With his currently weak body, it felt like he was committing suicide.
The two women were shocked by the appearance of this boy but they didn't stop. They gave the boy the blows he wanted. Anna continue to beat Kai while Annie tried to beat up Madam Lane but she was stopped by Kai who held her leg.
«Energy Absorption—- 75% Complete» Kai saw the notification appeared in his view.
Tagus looked at the scene with a dumbfounded expression before he started laughing "hahaha, madam Lane, is that boy the reason why you were proving stubborn? Look at him dying hahaha"
Madam Lane looked at Kai who had helped her block the blows with his weak physique and still stopping the ladies from approaching her. She felt grateful as tears started gleaming from her eyes.
"Pls Tagus, leave him alone, do not hurt him! This matter doesn't concern him pls!" She rushed forward and covered Kai with her body to stop them from beating him.
Now that madam Lane wasn't restricting her, the girl quickly took action by lunging on Anna who was about to slap madam Lane. She grabbed Anna's hands, twisted it which resulted in Anna to cry out in pain before she punched Anna's stomach. She still didn't let go as she suddenly locked Anna's shoulder with her arms, bending her body forward which in the process, carried Anna and threw her to the ground in front of her. Then she quickly sat on Anna's stomach before she gave her a solid punch on her face, knocking Anna out cold.
After she finished with Anna, she quickly pushed Annie away from Kai before she also defeated her.
«Energy Absorption—- 99% Complete» Kai noticed that the energy he needed were almost full. Kai, with all his might arrived in front of Tagus with his bruised and battered body, clenched his fist and tried to punch him. The result was Tagus blocking his fist before he retaliated by plunging his own fist into Kai's face.
«Energy Absorption—- 100% Complete. System function- Chaos Screen[Unlocked]. I wish you luck in your journey»
Madam Lane and the girl speechlessly looked at Kai who had fallen to the ground from Tagus' punch. After getting Kai to safety, they looked at Tagus with cautiousness. Tagus looked at the knocked out Anna and Annie on the floor before he snorted in disdain "humph! Weak people! Be lucky that I decided to be merciful today. You better keep your promise coz next time am here, pay double the money!" He said before he carried the two ladies he brought out of the destroyed store.
*****
'Ouch my face hurts. Did I faint again?' Kai thought as he awoke from his deep sleep. He realized he was in the same room as before.
"Finally, you're awake. Here, eat this and come downstairs" he heard the sweet voice again. He looked beside him and saw food on the table, he also saw the girl leaving and quickly said "can I at least know what to call you?"
She halted her steps, took a look at Kai before she said "Arryn" she left his room and saying that.
"Hmm Arryn, what a fine name." Kai smiled for the first time he came to this world. He discovered that all his injuries and fatigues were all gone and he felt like a normal human being. He associated this change with the system. He quickly ate the food, cleaned up before he went downstairs. He entered the store and saw madam Lane sitting down on her chair with Arryn standing behind her.
"Greetings madam Lane, I'm grateful for everything you have done so far. You saved my life. Is there anything I could do to repay you?" Kai quickly said in solemnity without giving madam Lane a chance to talk. He was genuinely speaking this from his heart.
"*chuckles* silly boy, what is your name?" Madam Lane found his act amusing.
"Huh? My name.. it's Kai" he said. He didn't want to tell anyone his surname for now.
"Kai, what a fine name for a fine young man, but may I ask, when last had you taken your bath?" madam Lane said. At this moment, Kai was very confused. Where was this conversation going? He thought.
'My bath? What did she mean by that? Also, how did she quickly fixed her shop?' Kai also realized that the shop did not have a destroyed appearance like before, it was now fixed and in business.
"She meant that you are ragged looking, like a beggar and you smell worse than a dead rat in shit" Arryn said as if she seems to have noticed his confusion. But her tone was quite harsh.
"Arryn! Apologize now!" Madam Lane said with a stern tone. Arryn quickly apologized before she kept quite.
Kai's cheek were blushed red at this point. Since he had come to his world, coupled with the days when Kai 2 was in the cave, they haven't taken a bath since then. What Arryn described him as could be said to be true because he also finally realized his haggard appearance.
"Hahaha, come on, Arryn take him to his room to take his bath and prepare some cloths for him." Madam Lane quickly said.
Arryn found new cloths for Kai before she took him to his room. She dropped the cloths on the table and went out to wait for Kai to finish. Kai entered his bathroom, look at the mirror and sighed in indignation.
His hair looked like a car crashed scene, his face was black and dirty, his cloths were as dirty as dirt and torn as ragged. He quickly went to work as he began to wash up. He stayed for like 30 minutes before he got out of the bathroom looking fresh.
Kai felt like a new person as he coolly out on his cloths before he went downstairs.