Chapter 7：First Tutorial Quest (6) (1/2)
Chapter 7 – First Tutorial Quest (6)
= 30 Years Ago, Modern World =
In a trial courtroom, a 30-year-old man was standing in a trial box in front of a judge throne. A white hair Asian woman in her mid-50s sat on the top seat, reading the documents before her. Behind the defendant, a family of a deceased victim glared at the man with hatred.
The man's lawyer leaned back to his seat and relaxed. He was confident that his client would never be punished in this case. Yet, he gave the prosecutor, who was glancing at him with a frown, with an apologetic smile.
The judge woman was astonished after she had read the prosecutor's presented document and the details.
”Why did you kill him, Mao Miaomiao?” The judge glanced at the man, the 30-year-old Mao Miaomiao.
Miaomiao was beamed with a bright smile. He feinted innocence.
”It wasn't intentional. People can die in the rings, your honor.”
”But this is the 12th fighter that died in the rings with you as their common opponent. Isn't it too strange?”
”Not at all,” Miaomiao laughed, ”Anything can happen in the ring, your honor.”
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= Present =
Slicing a few men gave Mao Miaomiao a nostalgic feeling. It felt similar to when he punched his opponents to the chest and made their hearts stop beating. It gave him a similar sense of accomplishment.
The lost sadistic nature of Mao Miaomiao resurfaced after he hadn't had a chance to fight for decades. In the modern world, he was banned from entering official rings.
But in this world, he could kill!
Looking at helpless injured men and dead bodies exhilarated him.
”It's been a while… this adrenaline.”
Miaomiao used to get addicted to the adrenaline rush when he was a pro-MMA fighter. Although his logic reminded him that battles in this world were dangerous, his inner-self wanted to go on a rampage and draw more blood from his enemies.
His leaked murderous aura overwhelmed the five remaining thugs.
”I-Isn't he supposed to be a 1st stage noob? H-How can a muscle tampering realm kill 2nd stage fighters!?”
”How should I know!? I'm sure he was just a 1st stage noob a minute ago!”
”Use qi attack! If we don't use it, we'll die here!”
”B-But spending our hard-earned life qi strands…”
”You can gather them later! If you don't want to die, use them!”
Five 2nd stage warriors drew qi from their dantian and distributed them to their skeleton frames. All of a sudden, these men emitted colorful aura around their bodies.
Miaomiao raised his eyebrows, doubting his eyes.
”I'm not hallucinating, am I, system?”
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”Then, can you tell me what they are doing?”
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”Hmm.”
Miaomiao kicked the ground and dashed toward the nearest enemy. It was a tall man who stood at the right edge of the five-man single line formation, 5 meters away from Miaomiao's position.
The tall man hadn't finished circulating his life qi into his bones and muscle yet. He widened his eyes in panic as he failed to react.
*SWUA*
A second after Miaomiao leaped forward, a bloody saber sliced the tall man's chest. The blade cut through his rib cages, lungs, and heart like tofu even though the tall man had reinforced them with his qi.
”Shit!”
The four remaining thugs spread out to surround Miaomiao again. Even with their half-finished buff, their speed got 50% faster.
Miaomiao squinted his eyes as he noticed the sudden increase in their speed. He jumped backward to avoid the encirclement.
Two thugs who failed to get behind Miaomiao lost their patience. They charged at him on the front.
Miaomiao used the same trick. He grabbed two stump chairs and hurled it at the pursuers, but he dashed after one of the chairs.
One of the two chasing thugs dodged the stump by retreating backward.
*POEK*