Chapter 197: Blue Demon (1/2)
The rain pours down on the city street,
Droplets of water hit the plastic cover of the umbrella that protects all of the people that are walking through the rain.
It's a cover that shelters people from the water just like a wall that shelters humanity from their countless enemies.
A barricade in dark times,
Amongst the walking people of the city,
There's one guy wearing a white shirt sitting on a bench by the street,
Out of all the people in the city that walk past the guy, only him that doesn't bring the umbrella and let himself get drowned by the rain.
His hair becomes wet, and the white shirt he wears sticks to his body because of the rain.
The guy then raises his head and looks at a hospital in front of him, he looks at it with his drain eyes as if his soul is not inside him.
Something is off about the guy's vibe, and only some people notice it.
People that walk past him glance at him weirdly,
”Did that guy not bring an umbrella?”
”Poor guy, did something happen to him?”
”Son, study hard so you won't become like him in the future”
Their conversation can be heard clearly despite the heavy rain, but the guy sitting on the bench ignores them all.
He just kept looking at the hospital without even getting distracted by their words.
With thousands of people in the city,
The guy felt alone in this crowded city, none whom he cared for is present.
”Damn all of you”, the guy mutters.
He then straightens his back wanting to stand up but then suddenly, a hand taps on his shoulders stopping him mid-way.
The guy looks to the back and saw a middle-aged guy with a bright smile.
The middle-aged guy leans his umbrella to protect the guy from the rain, ”I know I don't know you at all, but can I sit beside you?”
Hearing this, the guy widen his eyes before he nodded his head.
The drain eyes of his were suddenly lit up with life for a moment, but it soon turns back again.
”Do you smoke?”, the middle-aged man said while sitting beside the guy.
The guy looks at the middle-aged man before he nodded his head,
Seeing that the guy accepts his offer, the middle-aged man takes out a pack of cigarettes and gives it to the guy.
He then lights the cigarette after the guy put it in between his lips,
Swoosh...
Both of them started to smoke just under the middle-aged man's umbrella,
The middle-aged man's clothes got a little bit wet but he didn't mind, he just sat by the guy without caring about his surrounding.
Exactly like the guy did,
”I have experienced a feeling like yours, the feeling of wanting to just forget about the world and just enjoy the moment in front of you”, the middle-aged man said.
He then continues, ”I don't know what you're going through, but just don't give up. Nothing last forever, not even the problems you're experiencing”
”Think of those that dear to you dead or alive, close or far. The moment you gave up, it's the moment the demon inside you take over”
”If you don't have someone to keep you going, then just do it for yourself”
The guy just sat still listening to the middle-aged man,
After saying that, the middle-aged man sat with the guy for quite a while.
At some point in their silence, the middle-aged man suddenly fold his umbrella and let the rain drown him just like the guy did.
He then stands up, ”Well, I have to get going”, he said with a smile.
The guy looks to the middle-aged man who was about to leave, he then mutters, ”It's too late for me now”
Hearing his mutter, the middle-aged man looks back, ”What did you just say?”
”Do you have a family?”, the guy asks.
The middle-aged man stopped before he said, ”Yes, I'm living with my mother”
After he said that, the guy stands up too and said, ”You're a strong and kind person”
The middle-aged man was confused as to why the guy said that, but then the guy continues, ”Leave the city”, he said before walking towards the hospital.
His words make the middle-aged man frowns, ”What did you mean by that?!”, he shouted.
The guy stopped on his track, he looks back towards the middle-aged man as blue fiery tears fall from his eyes, ”It's too late for me now...”, he said softly.
Seeing this, the middle-aged steps back in shock.
What he saw in front of him brings fear onto his entire being,
The guy's mouth suddenly got ripped open until the edge of his face, his teeth that were supposed to be covered by his flesh suddenly turns razor sharp and ripped through his face.
A blue fiery line suddenly appears in the middle of the guy's face splitting his face in two,
Then, his body burns with blue fire that melts all of the skins on his entire body and instantly vaporized it.
People in the surroundings notice this event,
They saw how the guy's body burns with blue fire as his skull burst through his face,
”KYAAA!!”
All of them started to scatter from the place after seeing the guy, their survival instincts kicks in as they felt danger from the guy.
But amongst all of them, the middle-aged man was still stuck frozen in place.
”Leave the city”, the guy said.
CRACK!!
BOOM!
The skies spat lightning thundering the entire place, and at that right moment the guy that is in front of the middle-aged man vanish.
Just like a droplet of water in the rain, he vanished without a trace.
”Leave the city”
It's the guy's last words that rang on the middle-aged man as he too started to run.
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”President Sebrof! President Sebrof!”
A secretary bust into the room which should be President Sebrof's room,
There's a look of urgency in the secretary's expression, but upon entering the room the secretary didn't see anyone except a man sitting on the sofa.