"Sir, what do you mean by a death duel?" One of the boys said, to him it was borderline psychotic.
"It is exactly as it is, I need two people to fight each other till one of them dies, whoever survives is the winner." Mr. Muzuki said with a demonic smirk on his face.
The boys exchanged horrified glances, none of them had signed up for killing their fellow humans. However, there were some people in the crowd that wouldn't mind killing just to get on Mr.Muzuki's good side.
"Since you're so eager to find out about what a death duel is, why not be the first one to try it out?" Mr. Muzuki said with a cruel smile on his face.
The boy gulped down hard, he had a simple superspeed talent and if he was paired against one of the stronger boys then that would be the end for him.
"You there, you look strong enough to teach this boy a lesson, get over here." Mr.Muzuki said with his hand pointed at a tall muscular boy.
"Now, I want the two of you to try and kill each other." Mr.Muzuki said with a strangely delighted expression.
The boy with the superspeed was named Quickie and the other muscular boy was Gao.
'I know he can't use his talent for long because it really drains his energy, I'll use that to my advantage, if I impress Mr. Muzuki, I might just get a promotion.' Gao thought, he had stayed the longest here and knew that if he could impress Mr. Muzuki by killing Quickie then he would definitely be promoted to a higher rank.
Mr.Muzuki had kidnapped Gao before the zombie apocalypse and only Gao knew what it was like to constantly watch your back, afraid that the person sleeping next to you would kill you.
If he got a promotion then he would become a full fledged gang member and would no longer need to worry about that.
From what he had gathered, Mr.Muzuki was trying to create a type of Metahuman army, not just to defeat zombies but to also take over the human world.
Quickie's breath hastened, three days, that was how long he had only possessed his talent for 3 days and now his life depended on it.
Gao had an ice talent, similar to that of Erin but he had way less Mana points at his disposal, but he was still powerful enough to at least take down a level 2 zombie on his own.
Gao stretched out his fingers and he could feel the chilling ice slowly climb up his fingers and with a single thought, five ice spikes shot out of his fingers, heading towards Quickie.
'It's okay Quickie, you can do this, it's just like the bullies from school, you just need to keep running until they get tired.' Quickie thought to himself.
Due to his small frame and awkward nickname, he was a victim of constant bullying and his only means of defense remained running away.
Quickie activated his talent, causing a small jolt to spread through his body, akin to a tingling sensation.
The spikes and everything around him slowed down significantly, allowing him to dodge the spikes easily.
His every movement was like a blur despite being heavily inexperienced when it came to being a metahuman.
'He has potential.' Kenji thought, his eyes were locked onto Quickie and were easily tracking his every move.
Gao grunted om seeing Quickie dodge the spikes so easily, he was stuck between using his mana to make more spikes or to make the existing spikes move faster.
No matter which way he thought about it, if he didn't use his mama well then there was no way Quickie would lose this fight.
Kenji on the other hand saw something very different, 'Quickie would lose this fight.' Kenji thought to himself, the problem wasn't with Quickie's talent but with Quickie himself.
Quickie was only thinking of his talent as a defensive talent, more like an evasive maneuver, if he didn't attack soon and continued to run then he would run out of Mana.
'And when he runs out of Mana, his grave is sealed.' Kenji said, the worst case scenario was that they both ran out of mana and Gao was forced to physically beat hell out of Quickie.
Gao stretched both his arms forward this time and fired two ice balls, each aimed at different parts of Quickie's body.
Quickie dodged the first ice ball easily and the second with the same level of difficulty until he felt a painful chill coming from his right leg, he had failed to notice the third ice ball until it was too late.
Gao knew that Impatience was the bane of Quickie, he had been living with him for the past few days and had gathered a little information about his behavior.
"Your power can also be used to attack." Kenji said earning a sharp glance from Mr.Muzuki that quickly silenced him.
"Why did you do that?" Zack who was beside Kenji asked, to him Kenji's actions were uncalled for.
"I have already tested out the ice ability, super speed seems to be interesting and I plan to copy it after this." Kenji answered honestly, earning himself a disgusted look from Zack.
Zack thought Kenji wanted to stick up for the underdog or just didn't want to see the kid be brutally murdered.
Zack was about to complain when Quickie's screams wafted into his ears, forcing his attention away from Kenji.
With his leg frozen and Gao only being a few feet from him, Quickie couldn't dodge the ice spikes and now had two lodged in both shoulders.
"Tough love kid." Gao said, he stretched out his arm and Quickie could feel the surrounding temperature drop, his eyes widened in shock, he couldn't believe that Gao was actually going to follow through with this and that Mr.Muzuki would do nothing.
His mind began working as fast as it could, trying to search for any solution to his current predicament when he finally remembered Kenji's words.
An ice spear materialized in Gao's hand and he stabbed it forward but instead of connecting with Quickie's heart, the spear had been lodged into the ground.
Gao turned around to see Quickie, he tried to create an ice shield but Quickie's fists were just too fast.
Thirty punches crashed into Gao within the span of a second, causing hundreds of bruises to pile up.
Gao's body fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes, he was clearly defeated but the occasional rising and falling of his chest indicated signs of life.
"Finish it." Mr.Muzuki said, he knew that Gao hadn't hesitated when he had the chance to kill Quickie and if Quicker hesitated then that would make him a fool and he didn't want to train fools.
"No, because that's what heroes d..." Quickie tried to say but was cut off by the sound of an ice spike piercing through his chest.