Chapter 11: surprise
At one point, Hiroshi Naoto escaped and launched a low kick, targeting his foot, which caused Naoto to lose his balance. Naoto tried to regain his balance, but another kick came to him in the same place, causing Naoto to stumble and fall to the ground.
'You are not his opponent'
The voice appeared again in Naoto's mind
"silent"
Naoto's angry voice was heard by Hiroshi so Hiroshi got down near Naoto and started scratching his ear
"Are you crazy? You pathetic thing. Listen, tell me the truth about what happened seven years ago, and I will let you go, out of respect for our old friendship."
Naoto's eyes widened, but he did not answer and took advantage of Hiroshi's approach to throw a punch, but Hiroshi caught his fist.
"Remember, you chose this."
Hiroshi used Naoto's fist to hit Naoto's nose, easily breaking Naoto's nose, causing him to become dizzy. Hiroshi stood up and turned around as he left the hall. He ordered two of his followers to break every one of Naoto's bones. Naoto tried to remedy the situation as much as possible. At that moment, he heard the sound again.
'You won't win at this rate, I'll help you'
Naoto stood up from the ground, and took advantage of the followers' distraction to hit the area behind their heads so hard that they lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Before hearing the two followers' bodies hitting the ground, Naoto quickly headed toward Hiroshi. When Hiroshi was about to turn around, Naoto grabbed his neck from behind and restrained him using his body. Naoto tried to break Hiroshi's neck, and when he realized what he had done, he let go of him immediately, even though he strangled Hiroshi for a few minutes. Seconds, but they were more than enough to make him lose consciousness. Naoto quickly got up, grabbed his clothes, and quickly left the place, hiding in one of the alleys.
"I was about to kill someone"
Naoto clutched his heart and began to pant, until he heard the sound again
'Come on, it's not like it's our first time'
Naoto paused for a moment, and began to think about the voice's words, clutching his head in shock, confusion, and fear
"No, that wasn't me, I'm not the reason."
'Rather, you are the reason why with these hands you killed someone, just accept your truth as a murderer.'
"Just leave me"
Naoto hit his head hard against the alley wall and then collapsed to the ground, crying and screaming loudly and hysterically while hitting his head with his hand.
"Go, let me, leave me. No, I didn't do that."
After some time passed, Naoto began to let out slight gasps as he hugged himself and curled up like a fetus falling asleep from exhaustion. This was the first time he felt intense remorse and deep sadness for what he had done. Even if he denied that the mistake was his, but he had a hand in the matter, after he regained his senses, he stood up and went to his house, greeted the grandparents, went up to his room, changed his clothes, and lay on the bed.
"The system has completed the task"
(mission accomplished
I earned:
300 experience points
Free withdrawal opportunity
Random skill
)
(Do you want to get the random skill now)
"Yes"
A small screen resembling a casino game appeared and began to rotate vertically
It started to stop slowly
(The host obtained the skill "Pain Control")
Naoto smiled slightly when he saw the letter in front of him
"Is this another sub-skill?"
(This is an intermediate skill)
Smile a little
(New task obtained)
(the mission
Difficulty: A
Description: Finish off your enemies
Required :
Get rid of all your enemies at once
Duration: 7 days
Reward:
1000 experience points
The system has evolved into a new version
Random skill development
failure:
death
)
"Okay, let's think about it tomorrow."
He closed his eyes slowly, and inhaled deeply. He felt the tensions and burdens gradually melting away with every breath he took. He felt calm and stillness overwhelming him, as if he was becoming part of the nature surrounding him. He felt deep relaxation spreading throughout his body, and his mind was immersed in the world of dreams.
Naoto Kan's dream was in the middle of the dark, where he was walking down an endless path as if he was lost
"It's very unfortunate"
A little girl wearing a white dress with long black hair and wearing a straw hat appeared in front of him out of nowhere
"Who are you"
Naoto stared at her for a few seconds, trying to remember who she was
"You really don't remember me, too bad."
The girl spoke in a strange tone mixed with kindness and anger
Naoto suddenly felt something hot in his hand, as if melted wax was covering it. When he looked at the palm of his hands, the girl's head appeared, which began to melt in his hands.
"After all, the killer doesn't remember his victim's face, right, kid?"
Naoto was terrified by the sight. He did not know what to do, as these scenes aroused terror and fear in him. Little by little, the fire began to break out and Naoto began to burn
"One day you'll join me."
Naoto was completely burned. When he woke up from his dream, sweat was pouring from his forehead and he felt fear and anxiety.
He got out of bed and went to the bathroom and took a cold shower to clear his mind
After showering and drying his body, Naoto headed to his room again. He found that the sun had already risen and it was time to go to school. He quickly dressed, took his bag, and left the house.
The weather was relatively cloudy, the clouds moved slowly and covered the entire horizon, and the cool wind swayed gently, carrying with it the smell of wet earth and fresh herbs.
In the midst of this atmosphere, Naoto moved to school at a fast pace. He entered the classroom and sat down in his seat
"Let's see, these three people mentioned in the mission, it seems like it's time for them to pay the price but I can't just jump in front of them and get into a fight, anyway let's think about it later."
The professor entered the class
"Good morning, students. Please pay attention. I will distribute to you the results of the test that you took a month ago."
'This means it's been about a month since I got the system.'
The professor started distributing points until he reached Naoto's point
"Heigai Naoto, as usual 92 points."
Naoto smiled slightly but did not show much interest in the matter
For him, school exams were not important. He was only doing it for his grandparents. As long as he comforted them, he would not ask for anything else.
"Now let's start class."
Naoto followed the class with great concentration.
After studying ended in the evening, Naoto was on his way back to his house, and before he reached one of the alleys, he heard a voice.
"Did you bring it?"
The voice sounded familiar to Naoto and he stopped to take a look
Naoto saw three people snorting white powder
'what are those?'
That was Naoto's first thought
But he wasn't sure, there were many things that could be this powder,
"Is this a new type of asbestos?"
The moment Naoto heard those words, he was sure of the matter, so he quickly called the police and reported the place. When he finished reporting, he hung up and tried to turn around to leave the place. He felt a hand grabbing his shoulder.
"Is that you Naoto?"
Naoto looked at the person standing in front of him for a moment
"Ta-Takumi"
Naoto muttered that name and Naoto's mind had stopped working
The person standing in front of him pulled Naoto by the neck and took him into the alley
"Guys, look who I found!"
The two who were in the alley turned around, one of them was Kan Hiroshi and the other was a lean young man a little shorter than Naoto with short black hair that covered his ears.
"What are we going to do with him, Kazuki?"
Kazuki smiled maliciously, put his hand in his pocket and walked towards Naoto
"He must have seen us by now so we have to make him forget about it."
Kazuki took out two dogs, they were relatively large and had red eyes with their slightly weak bodies showing that they had not eaten for a long time.
Naoto could not move, not from fear, but from the shock he suffered and it was engraved in his mind. If Akihiro and Hiroshi had tortured Naoto physically, then Takumi was the one who tortured him psychologically in various ways.
So as long as Takumi is around, Naoto won't be able to make any moves
Kazuki released the two dogs at Naoto. Naoto began screaming and writhing in pain, but the two dogs did not stop attacking him. The bites caused deep wounds and a lot of bleeding. Naoto could neither defend himself nor escape.
After a short time, the two dogs stopped attacking and withdrew
'All I have to do is buy time'
After some time, the sound of a police siren was heard. The rest wanted to run away, but as they were about to leave the alley, a police car intercepted them. The officers came forward and caught them. Kazuki and his friends were arrested, and before Kazuki got into the car, he looked towards Naoto.
"Say hello to your grandfather"
Naoto's eyes widened with hatred and anger and he said in a stern and angry voice
"Touch them, you bastard, and I will make you suffer personal hell."
The officers tried
Naoto is calmed down, taken out of the alley and taken to the hospital