EVIL SYSTEM

Ben returned to the mansion and locked himself in his room.

He leaned against the wall and brought his hands to his head.

"What have I done?" He banged his head against the wall repeatedly.

Though he hit his head and regretted his decisions, a smile adorned his face as he remembered that kiss.

Ben felt like he had too much energy coursing through his body and needed to channel it somehow.

He grabbed the phone from his pocket and texted Hubert and Suzanne.

"Got any targets?"

"Yes, sir."

"Perfect." The goofy smile on Ben's face morphed into a predatory grin as he pulled a mask hidden in a drawer and vanished into the darkness.

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Unbeknownst to Ben, his reputation among his followers had skyrocketed after his latest act of punishment.

Peter had uploaded everything that happened to the forum on the site, complete with photos of the scene as evidence.

The forum exploded with activity when they realized the Butcher himself was among them, reading their posts, choosing his next prey.

Many people who'd never dared before started sharing profiles of those they deemed "unworthy of living."

Among them was Taly, a 14-year-old girl who, at her young age, had experienced such traumatic events that she'd contemplated suicide on multiple occasions.

She knew it was a foolish hope, a little internet myth.

But she wanted to try!

She couldn't tell anyone what she was going through—it was too shameful to even think about saying out loud—but she forced herself to write.

After typing it out and posting it, she felt freer within herself, as if something stuck inside her had finally been released.

Her surprise was immense when her insignificant post gained overwhelming popularity. Many people sympathized with her and wished her well.

Some were even more proactive, recommending the post and slowly making it more popular and relevant on the forum.

Their words of support and encouragement were like a lifeline for Taly. In some comments, people claimed to have gone through the same thing, sparking a sense of camaraderie within her.

She went to bed thinking that was it, that she'd soon have to return to her sad reality.

And so it was!

The day passed normally—from home to school, and from school back home.

There were no issues, but as she stood at the door to her own room, a wave of terror washed over her.

With trembling hands, she opened the door. What should have been her safest refuge had become the source of her nightmares.

Tossing her bag onto the bed, she walked unsteadily to her computer and turned it on.

With practiced ease, she navigated the internet before logging into one of her favorite social media platforms.

When she opened the chat room, her body shuddered as she saw he was online.

*TheToyBoy!*

Taly clenched her teeth and started a video call with TheToyBoy.

"Hey, little toy!" TheToyBoy greeted her in a mocking tone.

"H-Hi," Taly trembled at the sound of his voice—his terrifying voice.

She'd never seen his face; he always wore what looked like a white mask with only holes for the eyes and nose.

"How'd my favorite little toy do at school?" TheToyBoy asked.

"Fine," Taly shrank in her seat, praying it would all pass quickly and that TheToyBoy's demands wouldn't be too excessive today.

"Take off your shirt!" TheToyBoy ordered, cutting to the chase.

Taly gritted her teeth but slowly began to undress. The first few times, she'd put up a lot of resistance, but after so long, it almost felt routine.

Taly removed her shirt, revealing a small pink bra.

"That's it!" TheToyBoy leaned closer to the screen, growing more excited. "Keep going, little toy—take off the bra."

With a blank, resigned look, Taly removed her bra, exposing her small, immature breasts to TheToyBoy.

"That's it!! That's it!!" TheToyBoy started caressing the camera in a perverse way. "Now take off your skirt and panties!"

Taly did as she was told, stripping completely naked in front of her computer.

Disgusted and humiliated, Taly spread her legs and showed her small, pink vagina to TheToyBoy.

"Yes!! Yes!! YES!!" TheToyBoy began undressing himself, showing his penis to Taly.

"Now grab one of your pens and carve into your skin near your vagina, in blood: 'TheToyBoy's little toy.'"

Taly's eyes widened in horror—she didn't want to scar her legs like that.

"Do it!! Or do you want everyone at your school to see all the photos and videos I have of you?!"

Taly clenched her teeth, tears welling in her eyes as she grabbed a pen from her desk…

But her eyes shot open suddenly when a shadow appeared behind TheToyBoy.

"What the hell are you doing?!" TheToyBoy yelled at Taly. "Do what I told you!!"

Taly ignored him, watching as the shadow slowly approached TheToyBoy and the screen.

As it got closer, she could make out its figure, and a sharp gasp escaped her mouth.

A man with a demonic mask appeared behind TheToyBoy and made a silencing gesture to Taly, pressing a finger to his lips.

Taly brought both hands to her mouth, unable to believe what she was seeing. She wanted to believe it was real—she prayed it was real.

"What the hell are you staring at?!" TheToyBoy turned around and froze, just as shocked as Taly. "Who are you? How did you get into my house?"

The man with the mask didn't respond. He grabbed TheToyBoy by the face and hurled him across the room, slamming him into the wall.

Taly stared, mouth agape, as the masked man grabbed TheToyBoy's mask and crushed it effortlessly.

Grabbing him by the head, he dragged him in front of Taly and showed him to her.

TheToyBoy was an ugly guy with a long face and a malnourished look. His features were eerie, his face covered in pimples and acne.

TheToyBoy grabbed the masked man's hand and barked, "Do you know who you're messing with?"

The masked man didn't reply. Instead, he smashed TheToyBoy's face into the floor, breaking his nose.

"I'll kill you!!" TheToyBoy choked on his own blood and threatened the masked man, but the man didn't flinch and slammed his face into the ground repeatedly. "I'm part of the JJJ—you don't know who you're messing with! I'll make your mother and every woman in your world my toys. I'll make them suck my dick and turn them into my bitches!"

The masked man shook his head and stopped smashing TheToyBoy's face into the floor. Instead, he grabbed one of his hands.

"Do you know what's most distressing to people when you rip off their nails?" Ben asked in a hoarse voice that sounded like a growl.

It was the first time he'd spoken since appearing, and he asked such a terrifying question while holding TheToyBoy's hand.

TheToyBoy seemed to grasp Ben's intentions and tried to struggle and fight back. But Ben's grip was so strong it felt like he was handcuffed to a steel wall.

"Answer," Ben said, lightly tugging at one of TheToyBoy's nails.

TheToyBoy shuddered and replied.

"That they can't hold anything anymore!" Of course he knew the answer.

He'd had plenty of victims, some of whom he'd forced to rip off their own nails.

"If you lose your nails, you won't have enough grip."

"Wrong answer," Ben replied coldly and indifferently as he slowly tore off the nail he was holding. "The answer is the unbearable pain."

*Arrrgggjkghjkkkjhg!!!!!!!*

TheToyBoy's screams were gut-wrenching and startled Taly. She quickly turned down the computer's volume, terrified her parents might hear the cries.

She stared, transfixed at the screen, watching as her tormentor—the demon who'd ruined her life, the one she thought she'd never escape—received his long-overdue retribution.

Taly didn't care about witnessing such cruelty. In fact, she enjoyed it deeply. TheToyBoy's screams of pain were something she'd wanted to hear for a long time.

Ben ripped every nail from TheToyBoy's body and then proceeded to break each of his fingers.

TheToyBoy's arrogant demeanor had vanished long ago, and now he was just a bloody, tear-soaked mess.

Taly felt no sympathy or compassion for him in that state.

In the end, TheToyBoy ended up with all his limbs broken and twisted in horrific ways.

Ben killed him by grabbing his head and twisting it several times, leaving his neck like some kind of grotesque screw.

TheToyBoy's expression of pain and horror remained frozen on his face even in death.

Ben took some of TheToyBoy's blood and approached the camera slowly.

With his finger, he drew an "X" on the camera and stared intently at Taly.

"Go to sleep, little girl… At this hour, demons come out!!"

Ben vanished into thin air, and Taly sat staring at her computer screen, at the bloody "X" and TheToyBoy's twisted expression.

As if waking from a dream, she quickly changed clothes and snapped a photo of her screen.

She hurriedly opened the Butcher of Azakur's forum and started typing like a madwoman, buzzing with excitement.