51 Detongs doubts (1/2)

REALM 145, NEW YORK

In a downtown alleyway the dull, thudding sound of punches and kicks hitting a body could be heard.

A bunch of teenagers encircled a young man as they beat him up. One of the bullies with brown hair laughed, saying \”That's what you get you lame piece of shit!\”

The other bullies laughed.

All the young man could do was groan in pain. His entire body ached.

\”This is so boring now.\” A boy with blue dyed hair and several piercings said, \”Let's go somewhere else.\”

\”Yeah kicking this retard is making me catch his retardedness, let's bounce this joint before we all go stupid.\” The brown haired young man said.

All the other bullies nodded in agreement and before long they all wandered off, leaving the bleeding boy in the alleyway.

After a while Jake stood up. His glasses had been shattered, his hair was messy, and his clothes were torn.

Tears spilled from his eyes. Life wasn't fair. \”Why out of everyone am I the underdog? Why am I the one that everyone picks on? What did I do? Why do they all hate me so much?\” He cried. Ugly tears falling down his face. \”Is it because I'm poor or is it because I'm the nerd that gets the best grades….I wish all these jack-asses would just die!\”

\”I can arrange that for you.\”

\”Huh!\” Jake heard a voice coming from behind him. He rapidly turned around, looking left and right in confusion.

Yet there was nothing there.

\”I said I can help you, I can help you kill them.\” the cold voice said again.

Jake began to shiver. Was he so angry that he'd become delusional and began hearing things.

\”Maybe I'm tired.\” he muttered, \”I need to get home.\”

He found his bag on the ground and slung it over his shoulder.

\”I'm serious I can help you.\” said the voice again.

Jake felt tired and irritable and his body was in pain, so he snapped, \”How can you help, what can you do? Kill them, ha, if you can you're welcome to try. If you can make my life suck less I'd give you anything.\”

\”Is that permission?\” asked the cold voice.

\”Huh?\”

Jake was getting more and more freaked out by this voice and was about to run out of the alleyway when a white light flew into his mouth. His entire body went pale and his veins began to bulge. He screamed, \”AHHHHHHH!\” before collapsing.

Moments later a homeless person that had been sleeping on a pile of trash, ran out.

He'd been ignoring the entire incident. It wasn't like it was the first time someone had been beaten up in his alleyway, but now that the kid had collapsed the situation was different.

\”Are you okay kid, are you alright?\” the homeless man asked with concern. He didn't want someone dying in his alleyway.

Jake slowly stood up, a cold smile across his lips. \”I'm perfectly fine. Do not worry.\”

\”Say, old man, do you know where those teenagers that kicked this body went? I need to kill them.\”

\”What?\”

\”I said old man, I need to find those boys and kill them.\” Jake's eyes were dark and round, his voice cold. A cold chill emanated from him.

The homeless man slowly pointed in the direction he saw the boys walk off.

\”Thank you.\” Jake smiled, the Irregularity that had taken over his body laughed a bit, \”It's time to go hunting\”

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XILING HOTEL RESTAURANT

The atmosphere was rather tense and awkward as they all sat together in silence.

Daniel Xu fidgeted under the table, his hands incessantly tapping against his knees, his eyes swivelling around the room.

He really wanted to leave.

\”Maybe I should fake a phone call and tell them something urgent came up and then make my escape?\” Daniel thought, he reached for his phone and was about to put that plan into action when he heard Lee Heri's voice.

\”Daniel are you ready to order yet, I want to signal the waiter, I'm getting hungry now.\”

Daniel's palms sweated as he responded, \”Ah yes, I'm ready to order.\”

On second thought, if he did make an excuse and tried to leave then he was certain Lee Heri would find out that he lied, and considering her family background and her reputation, becoming the guy that ditched her on a date would be a practical death sentence. At the very least he'd be unable to find a job ever again in Beijing, the very worst she might send someone to kill him.

Even if this situation was awkward it was better to just sit through it all and bear it.

….

Mao Lu's eyes widened slightly, he felt that feeling again. That uncomfortable feeling like someone had walked across his grave.

Compared to last time it was much fainter sensation, but he'd still felt it.

Mao Lu frowned as he scoured the Realm, he felt like he was close to finding the location of the Irregularity, but then just like that it disappeared. Where was the Irregularity? Had it left?

\”Gates another one just popped up\” He said mentally.

\”Another what?\” Gates replied, confused.

\”An Irregularity, did you not sense it?\”

\”Like I told you before, my senses aren't as sharp as yours.\” Gates reminded \”but did you find it, is it another big one?\”

\”No...I couldn't, it was like it was there one minute but then gone the next. It's hiding from me.\” Mao Lu was worried.