Chapter 9 - Crime is common, most forget, or ignore it.

The closer I went to the district, the more crime I saw. I even passed by someone outright saying they came to collect for the month at a food stand. Man, I ain't gonna have a problem collecting souls am I? Regardless, I need to find worse areas, as these are just regular everyday crimes. If I really want the juicy info, I need to look for the worse groups.

...a while passed but no one has mugged me yet...that's odd. Crap, I forgot to act timid, I look like one of their regulars. I go to another street just Incase, and begin looking around, acting like I'm looking for a place. I do that for a few minutes, and I hear someone walk towards me. I turn around, and see a man smiling. I make sure my eyes lock with his, panic, and run to one of the other alleys.

My actions abrupt, and the people nearby panic, thinking a gang fights about to happen, they run for cover. I hear the person cussing, and chases after me, once I go around the corner, I wait for his steps to come close enough. Once he hits the corner, I use my arm throat level, and brace myself as it contacts his throat. He slams into my arm, and collapses, choking harshly. I pull him with my power, and rip out his throat.

I then run deeper into the alley, and tear his soul out of it. Another soul for my collection, but I can't stay here. Just as well, why aren't they fighting back with their powers? Or is it for higher level people?

After I leave the alley, I blend with the crowd from the other side, and leave. I then cut across a few alleys, hoping for more people, but they're out harassing other people. I'm getting impatient, but I need to devour the weaker ones first, once I'm stronger, than I'll face the tougher people.

The whole day passes, and it's still sunset, I really don't know how long I've been here. I've collected a few more souls, but it's not enough. I'm already close to the middle section of the district, before the deeper areas, but it seems no ones around. Just Incase I'll assume someone noticed me, otherwise I'll fall for a trap. I book it into an alley, and when I'm sure no one can see me, I imagine myself shooting into the sky.

I take off quickly, and hide on top of one of the buildings near the skyscraper. I'm sure someone could see me from there if they look, so I silently displace the top of the ceiling. I look if there's anyone around, I see someone open eyed to what I did. Before I could do anything, he uses his finger to hush me. He gestures me to knock him out, surprising me.

It really does, honestly, I don't actually know how to knock someone out. I usually just kill them. I gesture for him to come closer, and wait for him. As he comes closer, I expect him to lash out, but he doesn't. I really don't know what to say, he bows his head to me, and whispers to make it quick.

I really don't know what to do.... I try to imagine something I've never done before. I try to imagine effects, I imagine him disoriented. I imagine him dizzy, and light headed, and sleepy. He begins to throw up, and collapses on the ground. I didn't do it right, but for now this will do.

I try to imagine more effects, and place barriers around me, with him outside of them. I once again rip everything out of the souls, and the shrieks becomes louder than ever.

Damn, hearing the screams of children, men, and women turn inhuman, and feeling the sensation of something precious snapping, isn't really something that should be heard, or felt in this world. Even for hell, I'm doing something far worse, and the coldness that seeps out into the area just screams out that something horrible happened.

Just Incase, I try calling for voice, but nothing happens. He's really gone huh....

I get up, go through the hole, and look down from where I flew up from earlier. No one is there looking, so that's good, and from their memories, I know where to look for more of their people. Just as well, seems I ate the soul of one of their leaders kid, oops, the mother, and son may get hurt badly. I'll go back, and see if I can find traces of them.

This place isn't gentle, and there's many horrible ways for people to be taken care of. I try to remember one of the most important feelings that I did as a child, luck. I remember, besides souls, eating there luck is something else that I did. I devour whatever excess luck is nearby from the living in this district, and the generated bad luck for my actions, I bestow it on the hardened scum bags. Hopefully this helps some people out.

Hopefully the two of them are not dead yet...or worse....