Chapter 12: Ice Ability User (1/2)

”Don't move.” She said as she pressed the muzzle of her pistol against Gray's head.

With his arms raised, Gray let out a sigh.

”That won't work on me.” Gray said, slowly turning his head and glancing back.

In response, she slowly pushed down on the trigger, leaving it right at the edge point before the gun was fired. Despite that, he didn't stop and had turned his head to face her.

[Pause]

”!?”

Her attention was suddenly drawn to the side of her face, where his kick had stopped. Although she had seen it, she had been unable to react.

Astonished, she stepped back, letting go of her pistol. At that moment, Gray grabbed it from the air and pointed it at her.

A beauty. Her long, pink hair reached her hips, she had cold hazel eyes, and her jawline was slender, further emphasizing her looks along with her wonderful proportions for her size. Her looks suggested that she was about Gray's age.

It was clear she had looks, but the feature that caught Gray's attention the most was her eyes. He recognized them immediately.

'Just like mine…' Gray thought to himself.

Gray had been lost in thought at the time, and failed to notice that she used an ability.

He felt a frosty cold wave pass by his feet, unable to bare it, he looked down, only to realize he was standing on ice.

Ice had risen up to his feet, causing them to freeze to the ground. Despite his current strength, he couldn't break out, and his agility was mostly useless.

Gray looked up again, only to find razor-sharp shards of ice floating in the air above him. He counted around six, and they were all pointed at him.

Gray glanced at the girl, whose skin was becoming paler as the snowflakes slowly engulfed it.

It was then that he realised why he hadn't seen any zombies, they were all frozen by her.

”Why are you here?” The girl asked.

She was questioning him? Wasn't her current use of her abilities draining her stamina? Why drag things out any longer? Gray wondered, seeing the dark circles under her eyes.

”Why do you think? To gather supplies obviously.”

Grey replied honestly, if there was no need to fight her, why should they? His first impressions weren't the best, but he could overlook them.

Besides, he had bigger problems to deal with. He just wanted to take the med kit, leave, and find any clues he could to find his sister now that he had the charger. Nothing more.

”Lies.”

”You're not very smart are you? This is a supermarket, it exists for this main purpose, why would I be lying?”

She clenched her fist, annoyed that Gray was mocking her, causing the ice shards to draw closer as if trying to threaten him. During this time, the ice beneath his feet was constantly rising, making it impossible for him to dodge.

Nonetheless-

[Pause]

Gray raised his hand, pointing it toward the source of the shards and watched as the shards froze after sinking into an invisible force.

The air around his arm was paused, creating a 2 meter cube made of paused air that absorbed all the impact.

”I told you, it won't work-”

”I warned you...” She muttered.

Suddenly yanked back her arm, Gray was interrupted. In that instant, he had felt a chill go down his spine.

Turning back, he noticed a lance made of pure ice coming towards him from behind him.

When Gray unpaused the air, he began to focus on the lance behind him instead of the ice shards.