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73. Guilt and Encounters (3)

  But then there's another scream at the same level of intensity and agony.

  "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!"

  The man with the big arm realized that the source of the screams was coming from right behind where he stood. He was startled and immediately turned around to see what had happened.

  *!*

  Both the man with the big arm and the crowd were equally shocked. The two men near Rena have collapsed and lost consciousness. This prompts all of their views towards Rena to take a one hundred eighty-degree turn.

  "There, I played with you, mister! Now, will you leave me alone so I can enjoy my dinner? My stomach is already growling! I was so looking forward to this until I was interrupted."

  The man with the giant arm changes his target. He is now aiming his giant fist towards Rena.

  "Y-YOU WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM? MY FRIENDS! THEY WERE ALL BELIEVERS!! YET YOU KNOCKED THEM DOWN THAT QUICKLY? THEY NEVER EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW THEIR FAITH POWER!! WHO ARE YOU, LITTLE GIRL?"

  The man was terrified. He was so intimidating just a few minutes ago, but now he looks like he was holding back his tears.

  "YOU. . .!!"

  The man enlarges his right hand even bigger than before. Previously, the size of a small car was the limit of his body enlargement, Faith power. Now, out of nowhere, he breaks the limit of his Faith power, showing his sign of evolving. His hand is now the size of a school bus.

  "SCREW YOU!!"

  The man swings his giant hand towards Rena, but before the man even swings, Rena makes a finger gun pose with her right hand and points it towards the man's giant fist.

  "Bang!"

  A small scarlet fireball the size of a marble launches off the tip of her finger. The small fireball travels at the same speed as a bullet, and it has pierced the man's giant arm.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRKKKKKHHHHHH!!!"

  The man falls on his knees as he screams his lungs out while he also holds on to his giant right hand. His right hand gradually returned to its normal size, but the intensity of his cry did not decrease.

  "UUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRKKHH!!!"

  The man is now rolling on the floor, holding his right hand and agonizing over the intense and sharp burning pain. His body tensed up, and the veins on his body became a lot more visible. Everyone in the crowd noticed this and was terrified yet again.

  Rena walks towards the man as he keeps rolling back and forth on the ground.

  "Did you approach me thinking I was just some defenceless, pretty, and slender girl who's all alone and vulnerable in the middle of a crowded city at night? Oh, mister, how unfortunate! Your imagination and assumption couldn't be further from the truth!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRKKKKHHH!!!"

  The man kept rolling on the floor back and forth. He cannot even respond to Rena.

  "Okay, guys! Show's over! Please call 911 so they can take these guys away!" said Rena to the crowd.

  However, the crowd was silent.

  "Uuh, guys? 911? Hello?"

  *!*

  "AH! Y-Yes, of course, young lady!!"

  A man from the crowd responded and called 911 immediately.

  "Okay, since there are so many witnesses, I believe any of you can handle the police interview. So, if you'll excuse me! I'm having dinner inside!!"

  Rena then left the crowd and went inside the fast food restaurant happily.

  "(FINALLY!)"

  Rena happily walks towards the counter, and there is no line at the counter. The restaurant itself was crowded, but the fuss from earlier made almost everyone in the restaurant leave. Then, Rena orders her food, waits a bit, and when it's ready, she carries it towards a table near the window.

  "Finally!!"

  Rena took a pose to pray, and then she could finally eat her long-awaited burger.

  "Mmmmmmmm!! It's been a while! Oh burger, I love youuuuuuuu!!"

  About halfway through eating, police officers enter the restaurant and approach her. They started questioning her in regards to the incident just now. Rena answered them properly, but she was very annoyed because they didn't even wait to let her finish her burger.

  20 minutes later. . .

  "Haaaaaaaa. . ."

  Rena is currently walking on the sidewalk again, on a different part of the city.

  "I didn't even enjoy my dinner."

  She grumbles to herself as she also walks grumpily, making other passersby look in her direction.

  *Inhales*

  "THIS IS ALL ONII-CHAN'S FAULT!!!"

  She suddenly shouts on the sidewalk, surprising everyone near her.

  Rena continues walking as she wonders what to do with her free time. She saw a bookstore to her left.

  "Hmm, bookstore? Naah!"

  She sees a cinema next door on the other side of the road.

  "Movies? Watching alone kinda sucks! Not to mention, I'm gonna cause a commotion if I see couples."

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  She sees an art gallery next.

  ". . . .Yeaa I don't understand art at all. . ."

  Rena stops and thinks to herself.

  "(Hm. . . I'm BOOOORREEDD!!! I don't know what to do. . . I can't find anything to do here. . .)"

  Rena prepares herself to jump high. She burst out scarlet flame from under the soles of her shoes.

  *FWOOOOOM*

  She propels herself towards the sky and flies high above the city. When she reaches just a bit higher than the average 5-story buildings in the city, she stops rising her elevation and stays in the air as she looks around.

  "Um. . .Uh. . ."

  . . . .

  "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE WHEN I'M NOT WITH ONII-CHAN FLYING AROUND AND SAVING PEOPLE!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

  Rena got frustrated with her boredom that she even held her own head as she screamed into the air.

  ". . .na na na na, Lets dance!! na na na. . ."

  *?*

  Out of nowhere, Rena heard a song coming from somewhere, but given the relatively low volume of the song, the source must be quite far. Rena flies higher towards the sky, and now she's 20 meters above the city. She looks to her right and left again, and she finds a music venue above.

  "What is this song?"

  Rena flies downwards towards the studio she saw in the distance. She landed in front of the rooftop and heard the song a lot clearer than before.

  ~ Na na na na, Let's sparkle!!

  ~ Na na na, Let's dance!!

  ~ Wouwoo o o o, I adore you!!

  ~ Wouwoo o o o, I love you!!

  Rena was in awe of the song.

  "This voice is so beautiful. Who is this singer?"

  Rena flew towards the front of the building and saw a giant poster of the singer.

  "Evelyne? Who is this girl? Never heard of this singer. . ."

  Rena pulls out her smartphone and looks up Evelyne on the internet.

  "Idol? Japanese. . .? But her name sounds Western. Hmm, so she's currently doing a live tour in America. Interesting, seems like I found out what to do for the rest of the night."

  Rena landed in front of the building and entered. She asked the front counter about the ticket price and was told it was free because tonight is Evelyne's final performance.

  "What? I just found out about her, and she's already quitting? Haaaaaaaaa. . . Alright, I'll at least look at her live performance."

  Rena walks towards the venue, and before she can even find her seat, she is amazed by what she sees. Her eyes were full of glitter as she looked at Evelyne's performance full of elegance and joy. She walks slowly to find an empty seat without ever looking away from Evelyne's performance.

  "Wow, her costume is pretty. . ."

  Evelyne was wearing a very cute and stylish pink-themed idol costume. Her outfit has so much glitter on the surface. Her skirts have white fluffs that sway left and right as she keeps moving around while singing and dancing. She has pale yellow hair that gradually changes color to a purplish-pink color at the ends of her hair strands. Her hair reaches her upper back, and she has a short side ponytail on her left side. She wears a soft lens that splits her eye color into 2 colors but into four segments, yellow color on the upper right and lower left, and purple on the upper left and the lower right. She is 159cm tall and weighs around 45kg. Her bust size is B-cup, and she's 17 years old.

  ~ Hi, I got a glance of you from the corner of my eye

  ~ Yes, I was obsessed with the way you look

  ~ No, I do not mean to have a crush on you

  ~ But, unfortunately, I really do from the first time I saw you

  ~ Ah, how I wish to have the courage to look towards your way

  ~ Oh, how I long to have someone like you in my life

  ~ Yeah, I've decided to keep you in my thoughts every day

  ~ Yet, I don't know how long I can keep you in my heart

  Rena starts crying.

  "*sobs* The lyrics are cheesy, but her voice is so angelic *sobs*"

  And then Evelyne starts her next song and continues to perform to the large audience on the stage. She continued to sing 5 more songs, and it took her about an hour to finally sing her very last song.

  "*sobs* It's time for her final performance ever! *sobs*"

  "Everyone! Thanks for coming to my final live! Thank you for being here the whole time since the very beginning. And now it is time to end it all. With this one final song, I say goodbye to all of my listeners who have been supporting me from the very beginning of my career. I love all of you! This song is also dedicated to my late fellow idol, Mizuki-chan. May she rest in peace."

  Evelyne takes a deep breath.

  "Please listen! My Everything!"

  The crowd cheers, hearing the song title, as all of her fans recognize that as her most iconic song in her entire career. Rena knows nothing about this, but she couldn't help but get excited just like the rest of the crowd.

  ~ What do you say we let it go?

  ~ What would you say if I let go?

  ~ You did not warn me to come and go?

  ~ I should never want you to go

  ~ Please, you are my last hope

  ~ Let's have a talk, a deep and long one

  ~ I don't want to give up what has belonged to us

  ~ Cause you are and will always be my everything

  ~ Even if I were to lose myself

  ~ Even if I were to become someone else

  ~ I will do anything so that you reconsider

  ~ I will do anything, cause you're my everything

  ~ Oooooooooo. . .

  ~ Aaaaaaaaaaa. . .

  ~ You are my everythiiiiiiiiiinnggg. . .

  ~ Pleaseeeee. . .

  *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP*

  The crowd was cheering and clapping the moment her final song finished. They all screamed various cheers to Evelyne.

  "EVELYNE, WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!!"

  "EVELYNE, WE WISH ALL THE BEST FOR YOU!!"

  "EVELYNE, YOU'RE ALSO OUR EVERYTHING!!"

  "THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMORIES, EVELYNE!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

  Rena was warmed up by the positive atmosphere of Evelyne's fans in the seats. She looks towards Evelyne, and she also starts bowing her head while shedding her tears.

  "Thank you, everyone, I will never forget this part of my life!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  After a few minutes of cheers and claps, everyone has calmed down. As Evelyne has one more speech after the final song.

  "I can't believe all of you have become part of my life. I can't believe singing on this stage is a part of my life. I couldn't thank all of you enough for this!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!"

  Evelyne bowed for the last time, and the audience cheered and clapped loudly for her for a few minutes.

  Evelyne raises her head, but she seems to have a few more things to say.

  "Everyone, before you all go, I have one more announcement!!"

  *??????*

  "Eh?"

  The audience was confused and surprised because, according to the schedule of her live, that last song was her final one. The staff on the back were also confused because they didn't know anything about this part.

  "As all of you have known, I have decided to quit my Idol career, but I never told you all the reason."

  *???*

  "Huh? Was this one of the activities? I thought that last song was the final one?"

  "Well, who cares, right? We get to hear more from Evelyne! It's all good! She probably kept this one all to herself! Special performance outside of the official schedule, kinda like an encore of sorts, you know?"

  "I guess so?"

  Again, the crowd has no idea what is going on with what Evelyne is saying.

  "The reason I quit my Idol career is. . ."

  All of a sudden, Evelyne takes off all of her clothes, but instead of being naked, she has one more clothes under her glamorous idol costume. She wears a purple sleeveless dress with black trims on the top, a purple skirt that cuts off diagonally from her waist towards her right leg, revealing a second layer of skirt that's different than the outer layer. There is a black frill on the edge of the outer skirt along the way, and also on the second skirt on the very bottom. She wears a purple detached short-sleeved shirt with frills that still leaves her shoulder area open, and a pair of black long gloves that cover her forearm, leaving a bit of area of her upper arm open.

  "Seven Deadly Sins, PRIDE!!"

  Evelyne lets out a smile that is different than any smile she has ever shown in all of her entire career.

  *?!?!?*

  Everyone in the audience and the staff behind the scenes were confused by what they saw on the stage.

  Evelyne raises her right hand and a blue lightning sparks on it. Blue lightning bolts also form above the stage and the audience seats, but not all, and only a select handful of them, at random.

  "So basically, what I'm saying is. . ."

  Evelyne swings her hand down.

  "I became a terrorist!!"

  The blue lightning strikes down and hits a lot of people that was targeted by her at random.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGGHHH!!!"

  "KYAAAAARRGGHH!!!"

  "GGAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!"

  "WAAAAAAAKKKHHH!!"

  There was also a rain of thunder striking down the stage as a compliment to all the lightning in the audience seats.

  There was also blue lighting above Rena, but she dodged out of her seat on the very last second.

  "W-What is going on here?"

  "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!"

  Evelyn was laughing at all the people who were electrocuted and died on the spot.

  "THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!! TONIGHT IS MY DEBUT AS A NEWCOMER WITHIN THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS!!!"

  She raises her right hand while making an L hand sign pointing upwards.

  "MY NEW NAME IS SUPERBIA STYRLIZIA!!"

  Rena was shocked by her introduction, and she entered her fighting stance in reflex.

  "NICE TO MEET YOU, EVERYONE!!"

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