With all his glorious muscles built like a mountain, Nixon was in the monitoring room of the facility, where t. v screens were as common as ever. It was a boxy room, with many other people constantly having their eyes glued to the screens, monitoring every training room.
Nixon had his eyes glued on one particular screen, he watched a certain boy toss a stick into the air before yelling a certain phrase, suddenly he found his brain hijacked, he thought only about a radiant stick; these thoughts came to him as naturally as breathing.
The screens, chairs, and other devices in the monitoring suddenly vanished without a trace. After ten seconds everything was back to normal.
Nixon quickly tapped a device in his ears, once he gained his lucidity '' An abnormality has occurred'' he briefly paused, listening to something before he spoke again '' yes, the abnormality is Max''.
''Why did the wall come to life'' Max didn't have to think for long as he found the answer '' Fuck, can that divinity just leave me alone '' his scalp tingled as he answered his question with an exhausted look. Once he finished his inner thoughts, he turned his gaze toward James.
''That's not fair, that's not fair'' James dramatically moved his hand while whining like a child.
''Hahahaha,'' Max laughed inwardly, trying his best, not to burst out laughing. He glanced over at Emily, hoping she wasn't reading his inner thoughts; He only found her in deep thought.
'' indeed…it is not fair'' Alice said sticking her tongue out, making her look even cuter and making Max secretly blush.
Emily narrowed her eyes as she glanced at Max, who subconsciously retracted his gaze '' Making the unnatural normal… that skill of yours has the potential to deactivate the whole facility…. It would be funny to see the faces of many as the whole facility disappear from their eyes'' she let out a laugh as she spoke.
'' I knew it could, I just kept quiet because my excitement would be too much to hide'' Max thought before briskly smiling at Emily.
''All low levels are permitted to leave'' Nixon announced in his usual tone.
After his announcement, there was an abrupt silence before the sudden screams of joy burst out of each training room like a loud explosion.
Emily, James, and Alice glanced at Max.
''I hardly doubt I am the reason'' he voiced his opinion to the gazing three.
'' due to an abnormality experienced during the day, you are all permitted to leave early today. Just know, there will not be a next time''.
The three glanced at Max, not concealing their laughter as they made their way out of the training room.
''hello beautiful''
No sooner had they exited the training room than they were approached by one of the impersonators. The tall black man, known as Ray, seemed to have been waiting for them outside. As soon as he spotted Alice, he made his way toward the team.
Ray had green eyes with green hair, but his face left much to be desired.
'' usually, I wouldn't settle for flat girls, but you are too cute for me to ignore'' he licked his lips trying to be seductive. But only made the four shudder with disgust.
Alice looked at her bosom, thinking she wasn't that flat. Annoyed with a red face, she gave the tall black guy a middle finger. Emily pulled Alice close to her, embracing her like a mother bird would its child. Max and James took a defensive position, with the girls behind them.
The tall black guy looked at them with a frown trying to be intimidating but failing in the process when Max and James didn't back off.
His two accomplices in the impersonating scheme soon joined him. The tall girl with pink hair and eyes with a uniquely long neck named Vivian and the short boy with bronze eyes and yellow hair, he had an extremely large nose that made his face look comical, he went by the name John.
'' yo, yo, yo, what is going on here'' John yelled, drawing more eyes on them.
'' you do know who we are'' Vivian loudly smacked her lips as she spoke, making the four roll their eyes.
At this point, a crowd had formed around them, and they silently wished for them to fight. The crowd eagerly waited for their wish to get granted almost chanting the word ''fight'' but restrained themselves at the thought of dealing with Captain Nixon's punishment.
''I fucking hate these types of people'' Max glared daggers at Ray as he thought.
He had already seen Ray's stats and found it disappointing. Ray was a level 10 with most of his skills easy for Max to defend against except his unique skill, which was called steal; Ray could steal anything he could see and could fit in his hand.
'' how do I defend against such a skill, he could just steal the stick...'' Immediately the thought surfaced in his mind, Max grinned widely, making Ray take a few steps back.
''Do you know who we are'' Ray moved closer to Max, pumping his chest up as he did so.
''Bitch!'' Max equipped his skill, glaring at Ray with a stone-hard face.
Ray wanted to retract his gaze; he felt his body weakening as he looked into Max's soulless white eyes. Ray snapped his fingers after regaining his composure, Vivian and John glanced at him before they made their way to block James, Alice, and Emily.
Emily narrowed her eyes as her mouth crawled up. Her eyes glowed slightly, raising her right arm slightly into the air while her left was still wrapped around Alice.
Her wand appeared in her hand with a flash, and without hesitation, she quickly flicked the wand as she smirked at the approaching duo, the wand began producing light particles as she opened her mouth '' Ad Somnum''
The light particles shot away from the wand, speedily moving toward Vivian and John, they encircled them many times before slowly dissipating. The next moment Vivian and John fell flat onto the floor with a loud thud.
There was a short silence which was quickly followed by the crowd erupting with booming cheers. Emily waved at the ruddy crowd, slowly moving her gaze to the grinning Alice and James.
''My, my, your praise will make me red in the face, also I just put the two to sleep, you would be surprised how the science behind that is simple'' Emily teased the two, watching as their faces changed to that of surprise.
Emily had managed to answer their unspoken questions, addressing their hidden thoughts without them saying a word. Realizing the implications of this, the two were about to ask whether she could read minds when she preempted their inquiry.
'' Yes, but do not be worried, it is not always activated''. James and Alice wanted to bury themselves in a deep hole and yell profanity until their ears raptured and their throat burst.
Ray's pupils contracted sharply as he saw his accomplices fall limply to the floor. His nerves nearly gave in; he wanted to turn back and run.
'' fight, fight,'' the crowd began to chant, focusing their gaze on Ray, waiting for him to satisfy their hunger for a fight.
'' Are you scared now'' Max sneered at him, his eyes opened widely as he waved the stick in his hand, inwardly hoping his plan went accordingly.
Ray calmed his nerves, trying not to disappoint the crowd. He shot his glance to the odd weapon in his opponent's hand, he found it weak-looking and a joke of a weapon, making his expression betray his thought.
'' what are you going to do with that stick, are you a caveman'' he laughed in a sickly manner, making few also laugh.
Max only grinned finding Ray entertaining to his amusement. He started to move his hand around drawing Ray's attention to the stick, where he wanted it to be.
Ray felt odd about Max's silence but quickly decided to disregard it, he stretched out his hand then quickly uttered the word '' steal''
Max grin only widened as his stick immediately disappeared from his hand. The stick instantaneously appeared in Ray's opened palm, the moment his skin made contact with the stick, he felt an intense fear that crept into his body; crawly deeply inside his shaking body until it reached his soul.
But he didn't have time to freak out when his body was bent by the ungodly and unnatural massive weight of the stick, which smashed into the floor pinning his hand underneath, unable to free himself, he started to show his panicked state
Max dashed at Ray the moment he was incapacitated. With lightning speed and ruthless precision, he delivered a powerful kick to Ray's face. The impact was brutal, sending Ray's head snapping back as blood sprayed from his nose. Ray crumpled to the ground, unconscious before he even hit the floor.
The crowd immediately began to cheer, even though the fight happened so fast, that a single blink would have cost you the show, many were still amazed.
Max turned to face James, Alice, and Emily, he wanted to say something cool and badass, but he couldn't find the right words, so he just unequipped his stick and moved passed them with a cold yet warm expression.