“WAIIITTT!!!”
*Step step step*
“GO AWAY!! PLEASE GO AWAY!! PLEASE DON’T KILL MEEEEE!!!”
*Thud thud thud*
“WAAAIIIITTTTT!!!”
Inside a giant square room where the floors, the walls, and the ceilings are entirely painted bright yellow, a 33-year-old man is currently running after a 39-year-old woman. The man is holding a meat cleaver in his right hand.
The man has a few cuts on his torso and shoulders, while the woman’s wrists and neck were sliced open shallowly, and it’s bleeding.
“QUIT IT WITH THE ‘PLEASE DON’T KILL ME’ BIT!! YOU YOURSELF STROKE ME FROM BEHIND WITH THIS CLEAVER!! THANKFULLY, YOU’RE A FUCKING DUMB WOMAN!! I EASILY TOOK THIS CLEAVER FROM YOU!! STOP RUNNING!!”
“STOOOOOOOPPPPP!!!! I DIDN’T HAVE ANY GRUDGE AGAINST YOU!! I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY CHILD!!”
“WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT YOUR CHILD WHEN YOU DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT ME YOU FUCKING BITCH!! CONSIDER OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES NEXT TIME BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO MURDER THEM!!!”
The man exerts his entire bodily strength to increase his running speed to his absolute limit, and he easily catches up to the woman.
“HRRRGGHHH!!!”
*BAM*
“KYAAARRGGHH!!”
*THUMP*
The man reaches the woman and he shoulder-tackles the woman in her back, pushing her down to fall and roll on the floor mid-running.
“URGH!!”
The woman tried to get up, but the pain interfered with her action. The man approached the woman on the floor. He raised his right hand up above, holding the meat cleaver.
“I AM GOING TO KILL YOU! BECAUSE IF I JUST LEAVE YOU ALONE, YOU’LL JUST GO AND MURDER SOMEONE ELSE OR EVEN TRY TO TAKE BACK THIS CLEAVER FROM ME, RIGHT?”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! PLEASE SPARE ME!!! MY SON IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD!! HE CAN’T POSSIBLY SURVIVE ALONE IN THIS CRAZY GAME!! I’M ONLY DOING THIS AS A MOTHER TO PROTECT HIM!!”
“SHUT THE FUCK UP!! LIKE I SAID, YOU DIDN’T CARE ABOUT MY LIFE, SO WHY THE HELL SHOULD I CARE ABOUT YOUR SON? AS A MATTER OF FACT, AFTER I KILLED YOU, I AM GOING AFTER YOUR SON PURELY BECAUSE OF YOU!! I’LL LOOK FOR SOME PHOTOS IN YOUR WALLET, THEN I CAN IDENTIFY HIM!! YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF HIM WITH YOU RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?”
*!!*
*BAAM*
“UUUURRRRPPPHHHH!!!!”
The mother instantly stands up and lunges forward at the man. She headbutts his stomach with all of her might.
*CTANG CTANG*
The man dropped the meat cleaver from his grip. He slowly falls to his knees as he holds his stomach with both of his hands.
“AAKKHH!!! YOU--!!! FUCKING---!! UUPPHH!!!”
The intense pain in his stomach made him almost puke, but he held it back as physically as he possibly could.
*Grabs*
The woman picks up the meat cleaver with her right hand.
*!*
The man is still on his knees, but he has realized what happened. The woman is holding the meat cleaver with a shaking hand.
*Gulp*
The woman’s entire body is shaking and trembling.
*pant pant*
Her breathing became heavy, and she’s sweating like crazy. She is very stressed over the fact that she is about to commit murder and take someone’s life for the first time in her life.
*pant pant pant*
*GRABS*
She holds her right hand with her left hand on the wrist to try and hold back her trembling and shaking, even if it’s just slightly.
“HYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!”
She shouts to try to psyche herself up to get over her fear and finish the man off.
*THUD*
The woman takes a step forward.
*GRABS*
*!!!*
“Drop it, madam!”
All of a sudden, the meat cleaver was grabbed by another woman who suddenly appeared between the man and the woman.
“W-WHO ARE YOU? WHY ARE YOU INTERUPTING ME?”
*!*
“HEY!! THAT’S MY CLEAVER!!”
“You don’t need this anymore, madam! Don’t obey the game master and give him what he wants! He wants entertainment and makes fun of us by questioning our morals for the sake of our loved ones!”
“. . .”
“My name is Kasumi Coldheart, by the way!”
“. . .”
*THUD*
The woman drops to her knees as she feels that all the strength that she just built up has left her body, and now she feels so weak. Kasumi turns around to check on the man who’s holding his stomach, kneeling on the floor.
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“Sir, will you stop trying to kill this woman?”
“UPH!!. . . But this bitch. . .tried killing me first. . .She uses his son as an excuse. . .to kill me. . .”
“This isn’t about who attacked first! You two are grown adults! Do I have to give a long lecture about morals and whatnot?”
“. . .”
As the man is still enduring the pain in his stomach, which gradually fades away, he nods his head, signalling to Kasumi that he agrees to stop.
*Sigh*
She let out a sigh of relief.
“(I am so glad I arrived on time.)”
Kasumi left the two adults and ran back towards a door at the corner of the entire yellow room.
“Hey! It’s okay! Let’s go! Isn’t that your mother?”
A seven-year-old boy was hiding behind the open door in the corner. He walks out from behind it and approaches Kasumi.
“Come! Let’s go back to your mother!”
The little boy nods. Kasumi holds the boy’s hand and guides him back towards the woman kneeling on the floor.
“Hey, isn’t this your son?”
“Mama.”
*!!*
The woman looks to her left and finally sees her son.
“CORY!!”
“MAMA!!”
The mom and the boy hugged each other tightly.
“MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! HUEEEEEEEEEE!!!”
“CORRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY!!! I MISS YOU SO MUUUUUUUUUCCHHH!!”
The boy started crying as he finally felt relieved. And the mom also hugged him harder for feeling relieved as well, after not seeing her son for quite some time.
“(Okay. That’s good. I still need to proceed and find Luna-dono and Sakurai-san.)”
Kasumi runs towards a door on the west side and exits the room.
“. . .”
“The nuisance is finally gone. . .”
The man who was holding his stomach suddenly stood up. He no longer feels any pain in his tummy, because he never felt any since the very beginning. He was faking his stomachache. Being headbutted by the woman didn’t matter, as he was never injured.
He opens both of his hands and two handsaws appear. The handle is metallic blue, while the blades of the saws are metallic red and yellow, respectively.
*!!!*
The mom immediately lifts her son in her hands.
“Sorry, ma'am! I was lying! I wasn’t trying to kill you because you attacked me! I was trying to kill you because I am one of the officers! I was just playing around, acting as if I’m one of you!” smiles the man.
*!*
“Officers?!”
The mother takes a step back with her child in her hand.
“I wasn’t actually trying to kill your son, BUT NOW THAT HE’S HERE, I AM GOING TO EXECUTE YOU BOTH!! HAHAHAHAHA!!”
“NOOOOOOO!!!”
*Step step step*
The mother immediately turned around and ran away towards a door behind.
*Pant pant pant*
“MAMAAA!!! I’M SCAREEEDDD!!”
“Sssttt!! It’s okay, Cory! Mama will protect you! Just stay calm and let Mama handle this!!”
*sniff sniff*
The boy nods as he tries to clean his snotty nose.
*BWOOOSSSHHH*
*!!!*
The woman was already 1 meter away from grabbing the doorknob, but the man suddenly activates his Vein Armor, where his veins glow green, and jumps forward, closing the distance between them in an instant. He is now directly behind the mom, slightly above her in the air. He’s already ready to swing his two handsaws.
“PAYBACK TIMEE!!!”
*CTAAAANNGGGG*
*THUD*
“KYYYYAAAAAHHHH!!!”
*!!!!*
Suddenly, Kasumi appeared in front of the man, with her Vein Armor already activated. She blocks the man’s two handsaws swings with her sheathed katana. She pushed the mom to the floor to save her from the man’s attack. Her son received no damage as the mom spins and lets her back to hit the floor instead.
“I kinda expected this to happen! I was already watching from behind the door.”
“HEH! Really?”
*CTANG*
Kasumi overpowers the man with her Vein Armor’s strength and pushes him back with her sheathed katana.
*SSSRRRRTTT*
The man slides backwards a bit on the floor.
“MA’AM!! GET YOUR SON OUT OF HERE WITH YOU!! QUICK!!”
“T-Thank you, miss!! I will always remember you for the rest of my life!!”
The mother hurriedly gets up and carries his son as well.
“Let’s go, Cory!”
“Okay, mom!”
And they entered and disappeared through the door in front of them.
“Say, are you really an officer? To me, you look just like any other ordinary middle-aged dude.”
“Of course I am! What’s the point of lying to pose as one?”
“I met someone earlier who was very ecstatic about this whole situation because he was someone from the Underworld. I was thinking of the possibility of you being the same.”
“Heh? Is that so? Though you’re not really wrong there! I AM someone from the underworld.”
*!*
“So, you were in cahoots with the game master about this whole thing? Is that what you’re saying?”
“Pretty much!” I originally was going to let that woman slash me with the meat cleaver, but I’d protect myself with my Vein Armor and kill her in her confusion! But the Game Master informed me about you, so I made some improvisation!”
*!*
“So, you really are working with the Game Master. What is the game master’s intention in capturing about 24,000 people as hostages? Is it purely for entertainment?”
“If I have to say, this is simply just a test run! We’re planning to involve the entire world in this game of ours! But that's about as far as I know about this game!”
*!*
“(The entire world? Is the game master’s Faith power really capable of that? If that’s really true, then the only ones who can actually take down the Game Master are either Kaito-san or Master Quroe!)”
“How many sick bastards are in on this freak show??”
“NAAHH!! Hold on a minute!!”
*?!”
“I’ve answered all of your questions just now! Can we drop it? I am not here to talk! I WANNA HAVE FUN, MISS!! THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON WHY I DECIDED TO JOIN IN ON THIS ENTIRE OPERATION!!”
“. . .”
“I WANNA SEE THE LIMITS OF MY ABILITIES! SEE HOW FAR I WOULD FARE AGAINST BELIEVERS OUTSIDE THE UNDERWORLD!!”
“If that is true, then why didn’t you just pick a fight with the Ten Commandments of God? They’re the ten strongest Believers in the world, after all!”
“Oh, please! I am not delusional enough to think a random guy like me could take on one of the Ten Commandments of God! In fact, I don’t think I could even touch anyone ranked from the 11th to the 1000th!!”
The man suddenly enters his battle stance.
“BUT YOU MISS!! I DOUBT YOU ARE EVEN WITHIN THE 100,000th RANK!!” said the man with a giant grin.
Kasumi also enters her battle stance.
“You are correct! I am simply a nobody who was saved by Master Quroe!!”
“Huh? Master? You call someone a master? How strange! I’ve never heard of that name in the underworld. Must be a pretty unknown guy.”
“(Hmm. . . Now that he says it, I have no idea about Master Quroe’s reputation in the world. I only know him as the Judge of Wrath, and even that, I still have no idea of what that means truly is.)”
*BING BONG BING BONG*
*!!*
“MURDER ANNOUNCEMENT!! FREDDY MCFLORES HAS KILLED JAMES FLAMING!! HE CRUSHED HIS SKULL WITH A HAMMER!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!”
“NEXT!! SPICA FLOWER HAS KILLED YUIMIYA MEJIRO!! THAT WOMAN CUT A 6-YEAR-OLD IN HALF WITH A CHAINSAW!! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THAT’S TERRIFIC!!”
“NEXT!! FLOD DANGER HAS KILLED BRUNEI WILLIAMS BY SHOOTING HIM IN THE NECK AND LEFT HIM TO DIE!!! HE WAS ACTUALLY SHOT BEFORE THE FIRST MURDER EVEN HAPPENED, FOLKS!! BUT HE JUST DIED JUST NOW! BAHAHAHAHAHA!! I ONLY ANNOUNCED THE MURDER AFTER THE VICTIM DIED AFTER ALL!!”
“. . .”
“NEXT!! CAULIFLA UPPERCUT HAS KILLED SONNY MCFLAREN!! SHE SHOT A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE HEAD WITH A FUCKING SHOTGUN!! BUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! THAT IS HILARIOUS FOLKS!! HIS LITTLE BITS OF BRAIN ARE EVEN SCATTERED EVERYWHERE ON THE FLOOR!! BAHAHAHAHAHAH!”
“NEXT!! ADONIA MINALINSKY HAS MURDERED JOHNNY VLADIVUS BY BEHEADING HIM WITH A WOODEN AXE!! WOHOHOHOHOHO!!! SO EXCITING!!”
“AHAHAHAHA!! WHAT WONDERFUL SETS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS!! MURDERS AFTER MURDERS BACK-TO-BACK!! ALRIGHT FOLKS!! THAT IS ALL FOR NOW!! I’LL BE WAITING PATIENTLY UNTIL THE NEXT MURDER HAPPENS!! SEE YA!!”
. . . .
The murder announcement stops.
“. . .”
“What is it, Miss? You feel sick hearing the way some of the murders he mentioned?? HAHAHAHAHAH!!! I honestly can feel you! I may be an assassin from the Underworld, and I've killed a lot of people and am getting paid for it as well. But every time that my target is a child, I’ve always declined them! I have my code after all! I don’t mind killing someone that someone else hates, but when someone wants an innocent young child to be killed that they spent money to even hire me, that made me sick! Most of them were adults as well, so I ended up killing them instead!!“
“You think lying so casually like that gonna work on me? You forgot about saying, wanting to kill that mom and son just now? Also, what even is the point of trying to appeal your humanity to me?”
“Hmm, sorry, I was just trying to buy some time until my Faith power takes effect!!”
“What?”
*!!!*
*THUD*
All of a sudden, Kasumi falls to her knees on the floor out of her own free will.
“(W-What? My legs suddenly felt weak! What is this)?”
Kasumi felt that her entire body was trembling and shaking out of nowhere. She also starts to sweat a lot. She lifts her right hand and observes it.
“(What is happening to me?)”
“Oh, right! I never introduced myself!”
The man bows his head as if he’s a butler, welcoming and paying respect to his master.
“Pleased to meet you! My name is Kain! People called me the Scorpion Hack!”
After introducing himself, Kain lifts his head up and smirks at Kasumi.
“MY FIRST KILL IN THE GAME WILL BE YOU, YOUNG MISS!! HAHAHAHAHA!!”
