After the man left, Nate thanked the bartender and asked if he could answer a few of his questions, which the bartender agreed to. But Nate barely had time to open his mouth before something interrupted him. An angry man was shouting at a little girl, claiming she had disrespected him. His voice grew louder and louder, as he berated the girl, who was about the same age as Nate. He was making such a scene that everyone turned to watch. And then…
SMACK!
The man, an imposing figure weighing around 90 kilograms of mostly fat, had just slapped the defenseless little girl, causing her to fall to the ground from the force of the blow. But his fury didn't stop there. Drunk with rage, he continued to assault her, scratching and slapping her over and over. The poor girl's only weapon of defense was her desperate apologies, which she repeated in the hope that one of them would reach her assailant and stop the torture.
"No, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that, please forgive me; forgive me!!!"
But her words seemed to pour gasoline on the fire, only making her attacker angrier.
"Oh, so now you're calling me a liar, huh?! Or are you saying I'm too stupid to understand what you said?! HUH? ANSWER ME!!!"
"Please, stop…"
There was nothing she could say that would make him stop. Watching this horrifying scene from his seat, completely shocked by such an outburst of violence and injustice, Nate kept thinking to himself.
"Don't get involved, Nate; there's no way all these people are just standing around doing nothing. They can't all be animals… Someone's bound to step in soon…"
Then…
**RIPPS!!!**
The young girl found herself completely naked because the man, in his fit of rage, had deliberately torn the small dress she was wearing, saying:
"You'll see, I'll teach you respect, me!!!"
That's when Nate understood:
"(No, wait; he's not going to...)"
But before the young boy could finish his thought, the man had already pulled down his pants. The entire audience understood what was about to happen if no one intervened. The atmosphere of the room, which had been calm and monotonous until then, suddenly turned into an unspeakable euphoria with screams and comments such as:
"Yeah, go for it, dude! Make him enjoy it!"
"It's been a long time, haha, show us a real show!"
"I'm warning you, dude; you don't want to back down!!!"
"Come on, go deep; we've been waiting for this!"
More galvanized than ever by these encouragements, the man was determined to carry out his dark plan. To do so, he forced the young girl to get on all fours and positioned himself behind her. Then, in a desperate last-ditch effort, she tried to escape her fate:
"Mercy, please; not here, not like this."
**Paaafff!**
"Silence! Look ahead!!!"
After this second slap, the young girl's vision began to blur, and her other senses went haywire. Was it because of the blow or because of the deep despair she had fallen into? No one knows. However, it was clear that she was completely helpless. Plunged into this state between sanity and madness, her perception of time became distorted and seemed to slow down. Similarly, her ears, now buzzing, only allowed her to hear the suffocating laughter of all these men she found repugnant and who could abuse her without her being able to say a word. Tears began to flow from her eyes. Then, realizing she had no recourse against the humiliation she was about to suffer and would likely continue to suffer for the rest of her life, she decided to resign herself to it and accept it, just as she had always done until now. But is such a life really worth living? Then, in her silent tears, she thought to herself..."
"(I act like a victim, but maybe if I'm here, it's entirely my fault… All of this must be my punishment for what I've done. If that's true, then I just have to accept it and live like this; I must deserve everything that's happening to me…)"
This thought was simply disconcerting. What could this girl have possibly done to think she deserved such a fate? What crime could warrant such an abominable and vile punishment? Surely none!
As for her attacker, he showed no interest in these questions. He wore a smug and arrogant smile, devoid of any kindness or empathy. To finish his vile act, he grabbed the girl by the hips, pushed his pelvis forward, and…
*GRAB*
Suddenly, everything stopped. A deathly silence fell over the entire room, quelling all the excitement. The brute was just as confused; he had been stopped mid-act by someone behind him, gripping his shoulder with an iron grip. The boy from the forest had finally taken action! Absolutely shocked and enraged by everything he had seen, Nate addressed the brute in an unmistakably threatening tone.
"That's enough! You've had your fun!!!"