66 Psychopathic Killings (1/2)
Without much deliberation, Rat shouted. ”Come on, men. Let us show this brat how we deal with those who disobey the way of us, Unkillable Rats. Fight on!”
”YES!” The thousands of thugs of all ages in their den rallied their resolves as their leaders told them to. Their conversation was clear to all of them and they were pretty much in a pinch if they were truly surrounded by people that want to end their reign of delinquency.
They were too far gone and absorbed in their criminal ways that they found it unacceptable to just end it now.
Some like Batter and those who align with his views about the organizational status quo felt about running away because they had nothing to do with this. However, they also knew the consequences if Rat and the others would crumble. They would just be suppressed in the shadows and not have the privilege to flaunt their existence.
This farce of cause and effect is what urged them to stand along with their devoted peers and show their enemy with what they got. Not knowing that everything was just a big misunderstanding that made them think that they had no way out.
'This is too surreal to register but there is no point in dwelling in their sudden change in attitude.' Aster commented as to how discontinuous their will of self and identity is. If their boss had not told them in motivation, they would be like puppets that had no strings.
Even if they really had wills of their own, they were too far gone to notice that they were blended into a structure of obey and serve by the cunning Rat.
This may be what Batter and all other independents by his sides are feeling. They think that they are in much opposition to strict hierarchy but they were already conforming to it because they took no action to show their disagreements.
They disagree but they keep it to themselves and the reason for indifference in society becomes apparent in this example. It all became their norm to follow and obey in silence such that they are not any different than the brainless worshippers of Rat that they scorn.
Aster wanted to deploy Red Mist but eventually decided against it. He wanted to go for another route in fighting wanted to go back to the rudimentary basics. What could be any other amalgamation of the basics than the Origin Body Art itself.
”Die!” Seeing their enemy stand in place was interpreted by others as treating their charge to the death as nothing. A special gangster yelled and showcased an unexpected weapon of choice. Gunpowder dispersed from his gun's barrels and unleashed the bullet that is normally quicker than the eyes.
Rat and his eyewitness vice leaders felt a bit of relief when they heard the gunshot. They knew the fearsomeness of Aster's mana skills, so they failed to consider the possibility of him reacting to such a weapon with his expertise. 'So what if you know how to teleport. So what if you control blood. So what if you can kill brutally. An unexpected person with an unexpected weapon would eventually catch you off guard.'
They might have just caught him off guard because a gun is a seldomly used killing tool after all. Such secret methods were courtesy of their other vice member who was merged in the crowd of goonies. He was aptly named Gunner for his thug name that was on par with infamous names such as Cinder and Rat.
Gunner was their trump card when it comes to unexpected enemies or better called unexpecting enemies. Rat was too panicked earlier that he failed to remember such sure-kill methods of his most secretive subordinate. Unfortunately, their expectations would always be crumbled in the face of Aster's versatility.
'What a surprise, indeed!' Aster's smile expectation was still in place. His shiny, white teeth would dazzle beauties but gangsters with good vision could not help but shiver from seeing a metallic ball caught in between his smiling bite.
The sneaky Gunner was also stunned but his years of experience did not make him falter as he blended into the crowd of delinquents like he did no major action at all. Even Aster's above normal senses could not spot him from the crowd of rambunctious men.
'Oh well. I just need to strain the man from a thousand people by means of elimination.' Aster shrugged while his tongue miraculously flicked the bullet in between his upper and lower teeth. There was no gunshot but its deadliness was not any different than how it was being shot from a gun.
”Aa!” A weird grunt of pain followed by a thud was made as a mob gangster died from having been shot. Aster even praised himself for his unexpected accuracy. It was directly buried into the gangster's forehead and considered among the most epic shots in gun history.
A headshot would always be bragged about by men who wanted to exhibit his masculinity over other men. Every other gangster noticed their gang mate being sent to his death but they moved on and continued to fight. They do not want to be the next one and the dumb solution they came up with was to send themselves head-on to kill the enemy that can give them the same fate.
It was frankly a suicidal move that would be the greatest stain or heroic move in their lives. Heroic in war but stupidity when in the views of a criminal. Since they were thugs, then stupidity it would be labeled as.
Aster did not even move from his spot as he waited for the lot of them to move into his reach.
”Take this!” One would eventually win the race and his reward was a punch in the gut that sent him flying towards Rat's elevated stage. The trajectory of him being blown away was designed by Aster to not hinder goons from behind so that he had one thousand men to punch and blow away with death.
Not any sign of the prolonged scream was heard because he was dead from having his spine broken with a snap.
This just made the leader figures rethink their evaluation of him. The vice leaders, that saw him for the first time, now knew to take him even more seriously than before.
”Fuck!” The trio, who knew him already, shouted in unison from seeing such display. No fluctuation in mana and traces of mystical skills was felt which could only mean one thing.