98 Unbridled Rage (2/2)
[You should give her some of the jewelry and gems that you got! That one diamond was good!]
”Can I? Won't that be traced when people see it and think she stole it?”
[Hmm. I don't know!]
”Then, can I sell it to the Store?”
[That isn't possible!]
”Well, I'll store it in the Inventory for now. In the future, maybe we can find a good use for it or recycle it into something else entirely.]
Suddenly, Max stopped. A few meters in front of him was the Awakened. For a second, Max got spooked when he suddenly appeared there.
'F*ck! Does he know?'
Max acted like he was nervous, backing up one step. Inside, he was confused. Many questions came up his mind every second.
[...]
'Wait a minute. Does he know? There's no way right?'
Even though Max was baffled as to why the Awakened was here, he was never scared of him. He was only a Rank 1 Early Phase Awakened.
On the contrary, Max looked down on him. He was despising the Awakened's stupid decision.
'You've just made a mistake.'
When Max was acting nervous, he looked at his surroundings. Confirming that the Awakened was alone, further intensified his contempt for him.
His external appearance slowly turned scared. If possible, Max wanted to know why the Awakened was here.
”W-Who are you?”
”...”
”D-Do we know each other?”
”...”
”I-I'm going now.”
Max wanted to test how the Awakened would react with his action to see if he was hostile against him, or he has other plans.
When his shoe took a step forward, the Awakened, kicked the floor hard, shooting forward towards him. Max stopped the time as soon as he saw it.
”Hmph! Too weak!”
Max got close to the Awakened that froze midway toward him. Max took out a thick rope from his Inventory and tied his arms and legs together.
Max circled his body with the rope to make sure he won't be able to use much of his strength to break it.
*thud*
Max punched the Awakened on his cheeks as hard as he can. Max wanted to knock him out and bring him home for answers.
”Little Dou, help me with this. How do you knock him out?”
*Thud*
*Bam*
”Take this!*
*Bam*
[Like this! Hyah!]
”Ow. That's will surely be painful.”
Little Dou punched both of the Awakened's eyes. She also hit him in his neck, sometimes adding in a kick.
*PAH*
[...]
”I just slapped him.”
”That ought to make him unconscious, right?”
*PAH*
*PAH* *PAH*
*PAH*
”Is that enough?”
*PAH PAH*
*thud*
”Last one!”
*Tah*
”...”
”He can't have babies anymore. I'm sure of it.”
”Uhh.”
When the time stop ended, the Awakened directly fell unconscious. Not before Max catch him on with his arms.
”Idiot. You don't just come here and try to fight me.”
Max once again checked his surroundings with his Status Checker, making sure there wasn't anyone who saw it. It was only Little Dou, Max, and the Moon that witnessed it.
”Let's get home fast! Someone might see.”
Max ran as fast as he can on the shadows of the dark and cold night with Little Dou settled steadily on his head.