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Two vehicles stopped at the entrance gate. They were the backups, eight in total. They've received a distress call earlier, that their prisoner has escaped. A powerful one at that.
"The world is getting crazier these days, one major incident after another."
"You got that right. Every time you look at the news, there's always something unexplainable."
The driver and front-seat passenger conversed while stepping out of the vehicle. The rest disembarked with guns in hand. The gate was locked, they had to forcefully push it open.
It was a grim sight inside the compound.
There were several corpses scattered around, blood splatters everywhere. Not a single sign of life, not even their recently acquired prisoner.
"Where's Boss Cheng?"
"Go look for him. He's probably injured."
The leader of the backup group barked, smoking a cigarette. He couldn't help but restlessly tap his heels to the dirt ground. Whoever did all this carnage, probably was still around.
"AH!" "NOO!"
Screams from two of his armed men, who entered the makeshift base, rang out. Their cries ended as it started. There were only six of them left.
The leader gestured for the rest to stay close and train their weapons at the entrance, slowly and cautiously approaching. "Fire at will."
He said, spitting away the cigarette stick.
"GUH!" The leader stopped, blood coming out from his chest as it was stabbed with a steel pole. There was someone behind them. The rest could only slowly turn to their leader, who was impaled and lifeless.
Behind them was their prisoner, covered in blood and grime.
The five men shouted and rallied, instantly firing at the escaped prisoner. However, the prisoner instantly vanished at great speed. Taking out four of them, whacking them with the pole, and leaving only one survivor.
The last man dropped their weapon, putting up his arms, signaling a surrender.
"Please, spare my life. I have a wife and a daughter."
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[System]
New Perk Acquired: [First Blood] via Milestone.
Achievement: Taking a life, how does it feel?
[First Blood] Description:The perk user gains more experience upon killing (25%), whereas knocking out will now yield less experience. (-25%)
[System]
New Talent Acquired: [Judgment Soul] via Milestone.
Achievement: I see what you are.
[Judgment Soul] Description:Allows the perk user to see an entity's karmic value and their general karmic description.
The acquirement of new perks didn't give any joy. Frizz Jay Sadies looked at the result of his frustrated anger, a few dozen dead men lying on the floor. However, his heart didn't feel heavy.
The fact that he massacred several criminals - people and still felt nothing was tremendously worrying. He was aware that his actions were wrong but didn't have the modicum to care.
(It's my perks. It's my damned perks.)
Frizz glanced at the surrendering man. A part inside wanted him dead but he relented. He already did enough carnage, glancing at the body of Cheng Gou whose head was repeatedly flattened.
"Where are we and what is this place?"
Frizz asked, not wasting time. The man's karmic value was -58 (Desperate Criminal).
"You're in Cebu, sir. I don't know the exact location but you're in Cebu Island." The surrendered criminal confessed, quivering.
(I knew it was a bad idea to instantly fly away. I could've gotten lost.) Frizz thought, coldly glaring at the surrendered man.
"How long was I out?"
"I don't know but all I know was that you were transferred here three days ago." The surrendered man added as Frizz twitched his eyes, disliking the answer.
Frizz sighed, holding back his anger. "Point me the way to your base of operations, now! " He ordered as the man instantly pointed to the west.
"You will take me there and I will spare your life." Frizz offered as the surrendered man instantly accepted, repeatedly nodding his head in relief.
Thirty-two minutes later...
Frizz rested his head on the opened vehicle window, mindlessly staring outside. The memory of his dead older brother kept flashing in his head. Every time his late brother would flash inside, he'd feel a pang of pain that would then be immediately erased by his perks.
Cebu City. It was a decent and prosperous city. Wherever he would look there'd be several tall buildings. The amount of white tourists he passed by was tremendous, this city was indeed a beautiful tourist destination.
His brows furrowed however, the man who surrendered earlier agreed to take him to the base but if the base was somewhere in the city. That would restrict his actions, his vengeance.
"What's your name?" Frizz asked out of genuine curiosity.
"Dabid de la Cruz, sir. I am thirty-eight years old." The driver introduced himself as politely as possible.
"Well, Dabid. Drive faster." Frizz ordered as the driver nodded, recklessly weaving through the traffic.
Ten minutes later...
They've arrived. The base looked inconspicuous and unassuming but Frizz was confident that beneath the appearances was a den of miscreants and subhuman criminals. It looked like an apartment.
Frizz disembarked from the vehicle and kicked the main gate, breaking and bending it open. Divine Hesoyam Rosa's words lingered. "You're stronger than you think. Don't hold back."
As soon as he kicked the gate open, several men approached him. They were unnerved by the sight since Frizz's white long-sleeved polo was covered in blood and grime.
"Who the hell are you!?"
Frizz glanced at the seven men who were pointing and screaming at him. Their karmic values were above -300. Intuitively, he knew that these men were beyond redemption, unlike the driver behind him.
He took out a single baseball bat from his inventory, shocking the seven men as they stopped in their tracks. In not even five seconds, the men were all dead.
Whacked by the bloodied baseball bat, covered with fresher blood.
Frizz continued, entering the apartment, and was met with a single shotgun blast in the face. *Bang!* The knockback was enough to stagger. He was hit by another blast then another.
Frizz's expression soured, glaring at the obese gunman whose face was in full shock. He dashed to the gunman and wrestled the gun away, aiming it and firing it at their head.
The obese gunman's head was obliterated, and meat matter splattered on the wall. *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!* Frizz was hit by several pistol rounds but his forcefield stood strong, the kinetic energy was mostly absorbed.
*Splat!* *Whack* *Whomp!* He climbed the stairs, clearing the apartment floor by floor and room by room. Leaving no survivors.
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Dabid smoked a cigarette, hands shaking and nerves wracked. The young man's strength was out of this world. Rumors were going around that their boss, Cheng Gou, was a superhuman and that superpowers were real.
(Hogwash.) He remembered saying to his new criminal coworkers who then laughed and hazed him. However, now he sees the truth. Some powerful humans walked amongst the ordinary.
*Bang!* Another loud shot from the upper floors. The apartment had eight floors and the young powerful man was on the eighth floor now.
Several people have crowded the main gate, and some are on their phones. No doubt calling the authorities. Dabid steeled himself, he can't just run away. The young man was a terror incarnate.
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Frizz huffed and puffed, however there was no hint of physical fatigue. It was all mental fatigue, the mindless slaughter was affecting him.
The only one left was the chubby middle-aged man who was aiming a gun at him. The man had a negative karmic value, -350 (Opportunistic and Hedonistic Criminal).
"Where do you take your orders? Where's your base of operations?"
The chubby middle-aged man kept silent and then fired a shot, straight to the head. The bullet dropped after it hit the invisible forcefield.
"Where do you take your orders? Where's your base of operations?"
Frizz asked again, eyes almost empty.
The chubby middle-aged man fired again, this time several times. The bullets fell and the revolver was out of bullets.
"Where do you take your orders? Where's your base of operations?"
Frizz asked again, eyes barren and cold.
The chubby middle-aged man felt his stomach churn. His eyes and skin reddened as he vomited on the floor and writhing in pain.
[System]
[Venomous Presence] perk is active.
Frizz approached eyes now losing faith. His feet place on the chubby middle-aged man's stomach, slowly adding pressure to it. The pants were soiled and darkened in bodily fluids.
"I'll tell you everything please, spare me."