Chapter 18: Chapter 18
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-Kucas district-
[John's P.O.V]
As I kept pummeling the last of them, the henchman finally yelled.
"Okay! okay!I'll tell you where he is," the stubborn guy finally gave in.
"Took you long enough, don't you think? You could have avoided this beating if you simply talked from the beginning. At least you didn't take any permanent damage right?" I smiled menacingly at him.
"Yeah you don't need to tell me twice."
"So where is it?" I asked.
"Uhh... well, there is an abandoned warehouse not far from here in that direction," he indicated whilst pointing towards his left.
"It's not in very good condition which is why it's not used anymore. Gale set up his whole base of operations there. H-he didn't tell us where he lives though so... I'm truly sorry if you don't find him."
"I see, by the way do you have a lighter? Since I forgot to bring mine," I question.
Yeah... here, take it. I don't need it anyway," he chuckled nervously.
I then tied him up to a lamppost in case he was lying, before informing him of my intentions.
"If you lied, I'll be back, got it?"
"Yup, got it!"
I quickly started smoking some time ago, since it was my manner of coping for everything I had done and also everything I intended to do.
(A/N: I didn't plan this originally which is why I just randomly included that fact but I think it doesn't make sense for a normal guy to go from an average life, and go through everything John went through, without so much as a little something to make his trauma more bearable. Except here instead of hiding his past or blaming everything on others, he drinks boba and smokes)
Not everyone could go from a decent adult with a somewhat "ok" life to a lifetime of harsh bullying, followed by the failure to implement a fair system in my own school that caused my fellow students to gang up on me. I didn't regret giving the others a piece of my mind, but I did realize one thing; I had changed greatly into something vastly different; being more patient, more ruthless, and of course far more ambitious.
It wasn't a full blown addiction towards it either though, I could stop smoking anytime, I think. But enough of that, I had a certain piece of human garbage to take care of after all.
Reactivating my ability, I rushed towards the abandoned building that my victim had indicated.
*Boom*
"I SWEAR IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN MYSELF ONE MORE TIME? I WIL-!" A man yelled aggressively.
"Who are you? Are you seriously wearing a Pickachu mask?" He laughed.
"You're just a delusional weeb trying to play hero I see! I'll be nice for once though don't mistake my kindness for weakness! Now go home before something bad happens to you." The man revealing himself to be Gale ordered rudely.
'Welp, I guess there is no easy way into this,' I thought to myself before appearing before him thanks to my superior speed and delivering a bone crushing punch to wards his leg.
The rod manipulator had almost no time to react, only being capable of conjuring a heep of rods as strong as iron in a last ditch attempt to protect himself.
As a result, the leg had practically been removed with only a small piece of skin still keeping it attached to his upper body and the bone entirely visible for the rest of the world to see.
Gale blinked watching all this taking place before he realized what hit him, and unleashed a blood curdling scream in response to the wave of agonizing pain that he just suffered.
"FUUUC-!!!!" He yelled before being interrupted as I grabbed his neck and hoisted his body into the air.
"I wanted to give you an easy way out, I truly did, maybe even let you go. But that attitude of yours didn't let me dream any more than I wanted to. So kiss your not so great life, goodbye."
"W-WAIT! WAIT!PLEASE, I'LL DO ANYTHING!!!" The man implored pathetically as if a meager little begging would change his fate.
"Goodbye, Gale…"
*Splat*
I rammed his head in the concrete below, spilling his brain matter, blood and cerebrospinal fluid all over the floor though I quickly used time manipulation to get away before anything coated my attire.
That was so gross and satisfying at the same time. The fact that it was satisfying worried me a little bit though. I was going to need a nice cigarette and a delicious mango boba to forget tonight's events.
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-John's house-
(An hour and thirty minutes later)
Finally, I am back home. I can't wait to play video games with Adrion and Claire tomorrow…
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