780 Existence rating (2/2)
The black-clad man walked over to the manager and showed him some type of identification. The black-clad man then said something to the manager.
The man spoke in a low voice, so Isamu couldn't hear what he said. Isamu only saw that the manager's expression began distorting.
”No… I didn't do anything!!” The middle-aged store manager suddenly began to shout loudly.
He then backed away while clutching at his heart. His expression became even more distorted, with a complex expression that contained panic, fear, anger, and hatred. Blood-red runes also started appearing in his eyes…
”His existence rating is increasing rapidly,” Riho whispered to Isamu. ”It's already passed 3.5, and is still increasing…”
*Bam!* The black-clad man suddenly took a gun out from his jacket and directly shot the manager in the head!
This gunshot startled Isamu and Riho, as well as scaring everyone else in the café.
Blood spattered everywhere as the manager collapsed.
Since this all happened so suddenly, everyone remained quiet for a second... until a server broke the silence with her scream.
However, her scream was soon covered up by a far more frightening sound.
”Grack grack grack grack grack!!!!”
This sound came from the collapsed manager.
His body started glowing red and rapidly expanded. His clothes soon tore off as the body changed shape…
*Bam! Bam! Bam!* The black-clad man shot several more times in succession into the manager's body. Every shot resulted in a small red mist explosion.
The black-clad woman also took out a gun and started shooting the manager.
Despite all this, the manager's transformation still continued rapidly. His hands transformed into giant claws that grabbed at the two black-clad individuals!
These two were on guard and managed to dodge in time.
”Run away! Get away from here!” the black-clad woman shouted to Isamu and the café's other customers as she loaded a new ammo clip into her gun.
Meanwhile, the monster started standing up.
”Let's get out of here!” Riho pulled Isamu and led the way in escaping.
With someone leading, everyone else immediately followed after. Many people screamed in panic as they scurried out of the café.
The two black-clad individuals kept firing their guns, attracting the monster's attention. This allowed everyone else to successfully escape.
”Let me go…” Out on the street, Isamu told Riho to let go of him.
”Since someone else is dealing with this, don't think about going to fight,” Riho told him.
Right after she said that, there was a loud noise.
Isamu and Riho turned around, only to see the black-clad man had collapsed on the street. The café's window had been shattered, so it was evident that the monster must have thrown him through the window!
The black-clad woman ran out of the café and called out her companion's name. However, he didn't respond.
The monster stepped out of the café.
This monster was dark red and its body resembled a tree. Its legs were like tree roots, and its claws were like distorted tree branches tangled together. The monster didn't have a head, although it had bright red runes in a strange shape similar to a demon's face. The monster kept emanating a faint red mist that gave everyone a powerful pressuring sensation.
This monster was stronger than the bird-head monster from the arcade! Isamu had such a feeling.
The humanoid tree monster walked over towards the two black-clad individuals. The black-clad woman kept shooting at the monster while swiftly retreating.
The tree monster then swiped with its right claw, sending out a mist shock wave that the black-clad woman was unable to dodge. She was hit in midair and twisted several times before crashing onto the ground while uttering sounds of pain.
There wasn't much time for Isamu to think.
'Activate! My power!'
Isamu's hidden power rose up from deep within him as an owl mask appeared on his face. With a bright flash, red glasses appeared on his face as a black jacket suddenly materialized on him together with an exquisite revolver in his right hand.
He aimed at the tree monster and began firing!