Chapter 36: Accelerate Vs Pause: Part 2 (1/2)

”You... You said you would kill me, didn't you? Then... It's only fair if I kill you, right?” Gray asked with a smile.

”That's enough.”

A voice sounded from outside the store. The sound of guns being loaded and pointed at Gray followed.

Gray turned to the source of the sound, only to find a group of soldiers pointing guns at him. Gray saw something quite similar to a blizzard outside at the same time.

'It's snowing?' He wondered. 'Ah... That's right... Aurora.'

”Let him go.”

The voice came from a grown woman in a military uniform. Long brown hair and sharp light brown eyes. Her well-developed, slim yet large curvy figure enhanced her mature feminine charm and her red lipstick only amplified it.

”Ah... It's the hot captain!”

”Isn't that the head of the defense squad?”

”Has she come to stop them?”

Gray, on the other hand, could care less. He was too focused on how he could make Axel experience the suffering he had.

His grip on Axel's neck tightened as he asked, ”Why should I?”.

[Unpause]

[Pause]

Whenever the timer ran out, Gray simply paused him again.

”He's a good kid.” She said.

Gray, tightening his grip once more, said, ”Well if he's a good kid... He'll go to heaven.”.

The bulging eyes of Axel gave Gray a cold stare as if daring him to try. The lady gave off a tight-lipped smile before trying to convince Gray otherwise.

”Look... I don't know what sort of quarrel or grudge you two may have with one another, but look around.”

Gray did as she was told. Giving a quick glance around.

It was a mess, there was no other way to describe it. Several tables were broken, and food and drinks spilled. The crowd had gathered around, some looking terrified.

However, one girl stood out from the crowd and caught his attention.

A girl with short, straight purple hair which stooped down to her chin and bright scarlet iris, could be seen slurping on her noodles with a blank expression.

The chaos that had just occurred didn't bother her at all. As she glanced through her glasses in Gray's direction, she cocked her head as though to ask, ”What?”.

'...?' Gray didn't know what to think.

”This is a refugee. The people are meant to feel safe and protected here. That guy is a part of the team that enforces that protection. If anything happens to him, you won't get out of here alive.”

All of those M4's? Gray doubted he could handle them. It was probably the least of his worries. God knows how many ability users were in there, would it really be worth making an enemy of the government over a grudge from the past?

Gray pulled out an orb from his pouch and replied, ”Perhaps you're right.”.

The lady's eyes widened as she saw it. Seeing the purple spherical orb emitting a purple mist, even the girl who had been eating stopped to watch. People who were still there stared in awe.

'Wait... That's a skill orb? But how does he even have it...? More importantly, why is he bringing it out, doesn't he already have a skill? It won't work on him...'

[Convergence option available]

[Would you like to converge?]

”Yeah, Converge.”

[Converging]

He placed the orb over his chest and a purple light radiated from it. It began to sink into his skin, and his eyes glowed bright white.

She widened her eyes.