"Come on! Stand up!" Henry said, slowly approaching him with an evil smile. "You were acting quite tough before. Where did all of that confidence go?"
Henry walked until he was only a few meters away, preparing to finish him off with a punch. "Oh, I forgot. You must dead already. Oh well, I guess I'll punch you a few more times just to confirm."
Henry tried to punch Kenji right in the face, his fist drove forward, towards Kenji at speed that could not be measurable. However, Kenji disappeared just before the punch could land. "What?! Where did he go?!" He thought.
"I guess it's my age" Kenji said, appearing behind Henry, his face covered in blood.
"What?" Henry said, looking behind him, instantly taking up a stance.
"I was supposed to create the rules and yet, I am getting beaten up by a weakling like you. That shouldn't be the case" Kenji said, slamming him into a giant boulder by backhanding him.
The entire boulder exploded into pieces upon impact, clouds of smoke and dust being the only thing between them.
Slowly, Henry stood up, his face bleeding. His hands were filled with more dices. "Ah, over 30 seconds has been passed, I guess that is why I am bleeding."
"No, you still have 3 more seconds left" Kenji replied.
"What...?" Henry said, slightly shocked as he realized that he was right. "Did he really make me bleed while my power was still active?!"
"Anyway, I have wasted too much time on you, It's about time for you to die" Kenji said, activating his realm.
Suddenly, they both teleported into a white void, which had nothing but giant pieces of glass floating around. It was the infamous realm, "Realm of shattering Catastrophe."
"Is this...your realm?" Henry mumbled, his eyes in shock. But in the very next moment, his face turned into an excited smile. "Fine, bring it on!" Henry yelled, throwing thirty dices onto the white ground.
But in the very next second, cracks started to appear on his body. "Huh? What is this? What's happening to me?" Before he could realize, his body shattered into pieces and nothing remained of him except the pieces of glass.
"Normally, it would take a few minutes for a person to shatter into pieces but that was only the case because I was old and my mentality had gotten weaker" Kenji explained, even though there was no one to explain to. "Now, it takes only a few seconds."
The realm then disappeared and Kenji was teleported back into the real world. As soon as he did, he started to look for the child but he was no where to be seen.
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A few minutes ago
"When is the old man going to come back...I am scared" The child thought, who was hiding behind a rock, a hundred meters away from the battle.
And just when he was about to take a small peek of the battle, a man approached him.
The man had a very handsome face with a sharp jawline and dark-blue eyes. He had a lean-muscular build and had tattoos all over his body, though, you couldn't see most of them since he was wearing an expensive white-dark blue clothing.
This was the exact description of no other than Raven.
Raven came closer, only a few inches away from his face. He whispered in a gentle but scary voice. "Hey, kid. Looking for your parents?"
The child immediately felt scared, Raven's entire appearance and the way he talked was horrifying, though some could say it is addicting.
The child immediately stood up and was about scream for help but Raven covered his mouth and forced him to crouch. "Shh, I am not going to hurt you."
But he tried to call for help once again and this time Raven knocked him out with a flick of his finger and then teleported with the kid.
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Back to present
Kenji realized that the child had been kidnapped by someone as it was the most likely answer to his disappearance. "Shit, who the hell did this?!"
"I must find them and rescue the kid" Kenji thought to himself, standing up.
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Meanwhile, Ronx, Alex and Ken had been walking all day and once it was midnight, they decided to take a quick rest.
"This is too much, I can't feel my legs anymore" Ken said, breathing heavily.
"We only have walked for about thirty-five miles" Alex said calmly, showing no signs of fatigue, in fact he was still standing like normal while Ronx and Ken were sitting on the ground. "We have a long way to go, if you two keep asking for breaks, we will take too much time."
"Thirty five miles is good enough for a day" Ronx said while stretching his arms. "I ain't walking any further."
Alex gave up with a sigh. "Fine, we'll sleep for a few hours and then continue."
The three of them started to sleep peacefully, not aware of the danger lurking nearby.
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Mr. Crow was sitting normally in his chair, his hands folded together. He was staring at directly at Zombie's eyes, which made Zombie start to slightly sweat.
"Where has Alex gone?" Mr. Crow asked, his voice deep and menacing. "One third grade and two second grades are also missing. Along with that boy."
"I heard that they went to the rotting peninsula" Zombie said, his hands behind his back.
Mr. Crow stood up aggressively and slammed the table. "What?! Why would he go to such a dangerous place? Does he not know about Raven, who is the most dangerous criminal in today's time?"
Zombie flinched when Mr. Crow had slammed the table but replied normally, "I heard he is trying to find a cure that can permanently erase a part of someone's memory."
"Erase a part of someone's memory? Can you not do that?" Mr. Crow asked, his voice higher than usual.
"I can but it's only a temporary solution. Certain events will trigger a person's memory to slowly regain" Zombie explained.
Mr. Crow sat back in his chair. "Alex may not be the strongest member of the organization but he is the one who recruits new members and does the most missions. We need him, he is an important part of the organization."
"Since we have no choice, we'll execute the plan to defeat Raven along with finding the cure that Alex is looking for" Mr. Crow said, folding his hands together, his face formed a slight grin for a small moment that was replaced by his serious and menacing frown in the very next second.