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Chapter 3 - 2: Metallic Problem

The attacked stopped for a brief moment, the enemy cannot control any other materials other than metal through my observation. The needles that were used to attack me suddenly started floating slowly, they followed one path, the enemy's ability must be so that the metal he uses needs to be recharged by him physically! His materials must also be limited and cannot control any metal that he wants; as he made his bullet return and has not attempted to kill me with the knife in my pocket.

A needle stuck on my left hand began being pulled back to the enemy, I attempted to grab it for it to lead me to the enemy but it pierced me in the process. I then looked at the drawer, swearing that I'd read its contents. Suddenly, I noticed its handle was missing, I remember that an object gazed through it, therefore touching it. For every metal that he controls makes physical contact with another metal that he does not control, makes it so that he can now control that metal...! It might not make sense, but when that object touched the handle, the enemy likely increased the temperature of that handle. Tsk, looks like I'm not the only one after this documents huh.

The needles passed upstairs, that might be the enemy's location, upstairs! The handle also followed the path, although it did not passed through the floor, but instead made a hole as it traversed quickly.

"Ack! What the hell-!" A yelped came upstairs, the handle must've hit him. I have no time left as he might launch another attack, and so I took view of the environment.

"You damn BRAT!!! Your brain is no help against a deadly ability!"

"Are you certain?" I said in a calm tone, I felt the enemy having a double thought as he did not respond.

"Urhh...! Come at me you little bitch!!!" The enemy yelled in frustration.

I rushed through a mini-fridge my father owns in his basement, sticking outside the fridge were loads of magnet, I grabbed a handful and rushed outside the basement leading me to the ground floor, the enemy was in the second floor in a room above the basement, I quickly ran for my life as I knew that the distance between the basement and the stairs are two rooms away. The attack once again begun, this time it came from above me, targetting the top of my head, which can pierce my brain. Thanks to my reaction time, I threw a magnet on top of me, the needles were quick to scatter and were sent off-course. Although some hit me, but there were no vital organs pierced.

"I'm coming for you...!" I shouted to the point where he could hear it clearly.

A swarm if needles were launched to my left, I heard the swarm coming and I threw another magnet sending the needles off-course again, I sustained no direct hits, thats 4 magnets left!

"Huooohhhhhh!" I exhaled as I rushed to the stairs

I made it through the stairs, it seems like he is out of bullet. I have time to rush, I quickly sprinted upstairs only to be surprised by one needle piercing through my right cheekbone.

"What was that? A final resort!?" I shouted and laughed hysterically.

One room, one room is the distance between me and him now, I sprinted at the room he's in taking advantage if his reload time. Suddenly, on the room before his, there were two doors facing eachother, a swarm of needles from both side was waiting for me! Shit! I quickly acted and dropped magnets from both side, altering their path, a few needle made direct hit, my right eye, left lung, liver, and my right thigh.

"Ack! You...! I'm coming for you!" I shouted and rushed through room in my right.

The room beside me is where he's in. He wouldn't have any idea which room I'm in right now, considering that most of his needles completely drained, he wouldn't have enough needles to search each room at the same time. A swarm of needle then pierced through the room and it joint together targetting my pelvis, it was a direct hit for me. I bit my tongue to keep me from shouting, how did he know where I was? This isn't luck! My knife fell off my waist, it was in the middle of the room now, another swarm came passing through, this might be the end of me.

I heard a sound of metal clattering, I opened my eyes and saw that the needle targetted my knife, a metallic objects. That must be it, the enemy doesn't know my exact location, but they can track metals! Such an overpowered ability, but, I'll win for sure.