Chapter 1 - End and new Beginning

"I am dead…"

It was a particularly cloudy and cold day.

Looking at the dark gray sky one would normally feel depressed, adding to the risk of rain, people would avoid going out as much as possible, sheltering themselves in the warmth of home. Consequently, there would be fewer people than usual wandering the streets.

"I liked cool gray days…" He murmured in a reminiscent tone.

On the way to school, he walked the same street that he used to drive home from every day. With the headphones on, and his attention on his cell phone as he walked.

Today I was in a good mood, things were going quite well.

"Recently my web novel is getting a lot of popularity, with the income on Patreon, plus part-time work, I wouldn't have to worry about expenses and studies anymore, maybe I could even eat better."

Also, he had managed to keep his grades at the top of the class. Recently, a mobile shooter had also been released that he had been waiting for, it was not long before it became quite popular these days.

In such a defenseless state he had not noticed a girl who turned the corner of the street in a hurry, who, in turn, as if noticing my own existence, and knowing if from my distracted state, had decided that I would be the one it would slow down their pursuers. She had decided to use me to buy herself time.

"My resentment for that girl will not wane even in her death. However, I can't blame her."

In the face of death, morality and values ​​are inconsequential. Ultimately, the only thing that really matters is your life. He understood that concept well, he would surely do the same in such a life or death situation.

"It's just… it's just unacceptable" he sighed deeply

"When I felt the girl run past me, my instincts screamed! I felt a chill, my heart thundered in my chest like a war drum."

My body felt lighter for a moment. Surely an evolutionary mechanism, something like a survival mode. I even gave the feeling that time was even running slower.

Me, who had never felt anything like it. I who had never felt my life in danger. In the security and comfort that the embrace of society gave me, I was stunned for a few seconds, without being able to process correctly. Seconds that were crucial in determining whether he would live or die.

My destiny had already been determined.

When I started to run, it was too late, I was surrounded by a dozen thugs with unknown intentions.

"Argh, MAKE A WAY, YOU USELESS!" A roar came from the crowd, accompanied by a tall, handsome man, better dressed than the rest. From the respectful look the group gave him, he was evidently their leader.

His appearance at this moment, however, was far from imposing, the man was disheveled, it seemed that he had had some kind of struggle, he had been in such a hurry that he had not finished buttoning his pants correctly, and from his naked torso, it seems he couldn't take a t-shirt either.

He kept one hand over his left eye, which was still bleeding profusely. Sporadically, his face would be distorted by spasms.

"Boss, what do we do?" He asked with indecision and urgency while nervously alternating his gaze between the young man in front of him and his boss "Looking at the uniform, it seems to be a student" The same man added anxiously

"You guys go after the girl. I want her alive!" He roared angrily, then pointed at 5 men, whereupon the selected men set off. "Oh, and if you can't capture her, don't bother going back ..." This last sentence made everyone's blood run cold. The rest just looked sympathetically at the backs of the men who were assigned to the task, who let out low audible moans and urged to run as if their lives depended on it.

The torrential rain poured out furiously, accompanied by loud thunder, the roaring winds. Clouds twisting in unusual ways, as if they came to life. They all looked up at the sky in a daze.

The leader whistled "This morning's forecast ruled, there would be no rain today. But look at this! Isn't it a bloody storm !?" He scoffed "This will help too. Subtract visibility, and clean the blood ..." he muttered to himself, then he looked at the young man with a cold smile.

"Boy, you really are someone unlucky, huh" The leader said sarcastically "And god is a fair person! In fact, he has sent someone that I can take it out on while I wait for the bitch to be brought to me!" He laughed, seemingly pleased with fate.

"Anyway, that one he owes me. Covering up the student's death will be his problem. After all, it's his business. Maybe he can even rig the police investigation and frame the competition in the process ..."

"Not that that's going to do much, but, it never hurts to see the ugly faces of those bastards when they find out, haha!

"Brother Zhao…" The previous man muttered with sadness and disappointment as he looked at him.

"Oh man! Why must you always be the one to come to the defense of any stray dog ​​or cat we come across?" The leader chided, but did not delve too deep, instead he looked at him with a complicated expression

"Hooo… Brother…" The man surnamed Zhao sighed wearily

"Forget it, my anger has passed" he Solo shook his head and waved his hand. Too tired to pursue the theme "Just take it, find an alley and finish it. Can't allow witnesses to what happened this day, that girl has very powerful people behind her backing her up!" At this point, the leader was in a cold sweat, his face turned deathly pale.

If the people behind the girl find out, we're screwed!

He cannot face the consequences himself, so he only takes shelter under the spoiler, follows orders and prays that everything goes well.

"Precocious little bastard… You owe me a big one this time. I'm playing my fucking neck for you!" He gritted his teeth tightly, thinking of the young man from a wealthy family who dragged him into this predicament "But the gains come with the risks ... Once everything is agreed, give me the pasta, I'm going abroad!" He thought to himself, trying to find some comfort.

Meanwhile, under the veil of endless rain, the screams of a dying young man were muffled.

However, with an unexpected development.

He was in a sorry state, 2 stab wounds in the abdominal area, a knife protruding from one of them, a knife that dripped blood on his right hand. And a corpse on the ground.

"You… you crazy bastard!" The man cried scared.

His legs went weak, causing him to fall onto his rear. He looked at the corpse with lingering fears.

However, although horrified, he wasn't seriously wounded. The other man, on his part, was not so lucky. He was in critical condition, he had received a stab that had managed to puncture his left lung. He lay seated, leaning against a nearby wall. With each moment that he passed, his lung filled with blood, and each second that he passed he brought him closer and closer to his death. However, this didn't seem to matter to him, and he just stared at the young man in front of him in disbelief and shock

.The rain greatly reduced his vision, and everything happened so fast, that his cognitive ability could not keep up with events.

The young man did not reply, he simply froze. He seemed lost, his expression in a trance, staring at something in the distance as the endless flow of blood gushing from the wounds on his abdomen. He thought, How did he get here?

...

Three men dragged him into an alley, all the way the boy had had a dull expression ... As if he had resigned himself to his fate. This gesture had won the sympathy of one of the criminals, a middle-aged man. He thought, "He must be about the same age as my son, right?"

They threw him roughly, causing him to fall awkwardly into a puddle of muddy water. It takes a while to rejoin. As he wiped the dirt off his face, he looked at them with a faint expression.

"Hmm? That? Still not begging for his life? Something must be wrong with this child, he is a very strange guy" A bald man, among the three, looked at the situation with surprise and expressed his dismay.

No matter how he looked at it, there were no fluctuations on that boy's face, he was perfectly indifferent!

"He's just too scared to beg for mercy, can't you see?" Look, he's totally paralyzed with fear! Like a statue! - The long-faced man scoffed, pointing to the young man who was looking at them with a cold gaze

"I've already seen a lot of people like him. Why the hell are you making such a fuss over something so trivial?" He scolded the bald man.

The bald man scratched his head in shame and said nothing.

"Stop the roll, we need to get this over with quickly." Do not waste this opportunity. Let's just do it quickly and give the boy a painless death" The middle-aged man drew attention "Also, this boy is only an innocent involved in this dirty business" The man sighed, he did not seem to be willing to kill the boy in front of him, but circumstances compelled him to do so.

"Old man, it seems that the years have softened him" The long-faced man said with a blank look. "No worries, we'll take care of him, me and the bald man," said the long-faced man.

The long-faced man patted the bald man's back, the latter looked at him, and nodded.

In a tactical arrangement they each drew a knife. But before they knew it, the young man they thought was stunned started running in his direction.

"Careful, he wants to escape!" They must stop him, he must not escape! - The middle-aged man warned with an expression of horror.

The long-faced man and the bald man did not wait and reacted immediately, charging at the young man with blade in hand.

"Die!" The bald man yelled as he fiercely stabbed the young man already in front of them.

The long-faced man didn't lag behind, he cut directly from another angle. Cunningly taking advantage of the bald man's prompt attack, he planned to use it as a distractor to land a well-aimed blow from a blind spot when he tried to dodge.

"Boy, we were going to give you…" The long-faced man was about to scoff, but his face froze, he witnessed the unthinkable!

The boy never intended to dodge it! With a calm expression, he used his bare palm to receive the incoming knife!

Without any tension, the knife plunged deep into his palm, the boy closed the palm firmly, thus holding the fist with which the bald man held the knife. Then, he used his free arm to land a heavy punch against his opponent's face.

The bald man groaned in horror and instinctively tried to dodge, unconsciously releasing the handle of the knife.

With one nimble movement, the young man pulls the knife out of his palm and stabs it against the bald man's neck, the bald man roared and used his hands to stop the arm with the incoming stab.

Success. The bald man thought, while he internally mocked the silly boy. He played his part by distracting him, so the boy was definitely dead. However, something totally unexpected happened, which left him petrified.

It was then that the bald man widened his eyes, looked at him in disbelief. Since the fight started, this boy always managed to surprise him with his ingenious techniques. How could he think of such cunning plans in the middle of combat, and carry them out correctly…? Or is it that he already had everything planned from the beginning?

"So, that was why from the beginning he was so quiet, it wasn't that he was afraid, but that he was thinking how he should kill us." What a terrifying person… - His sight began to darken.

The boy had dropped the knife from the immobilized arm, caught it in midair at breakneck speed, cut the bald man's neck.

It was then that he saw it, those cold soulless eyes, they looked at him with disdain. The last thing he saw, an image that was etched in his vision, before he died.

It was then that two more stabs came, one from the long-faced man, the other from the middle-aged man. As experienced people that they are, although the death of the bald man surprised them, they did not hesitate for a moment to coordinate, in order to take the young man by surprise.

How naive they were ...

Not only did the young man not seem surprised, but he again acted decisively. Seeing that he couldn't dodge the sneak attack made with the joint effort of these two men, he just didn't dodge it.

First stab. The answer was already on its way to meet the first attacker.

Then they saw him, this boy ... he was someone with a sinister character.

Looking at his cold smile, they could tell that he had already given up on living, and the real reason he kept fighting was that he was looking for a way to take as many more as he could with him!

The long-faced man, having the bald man's death still alive, stepped back. Using his arms as a defense against any incoming lethal attack. The stab to his neck didn't come as he expected, instead, he felt a stinging sensation at his waist.

His expression contracted in pain, but there would be no rest for the poor man, he looked horrified, as the boy took advantage of the short span of his contraction, when his grip on the knife had lost strength, the boy managed to snatch it by the blade , and removed it, ignoring the injuries he sustained in the process.

The boy stabs the man, with the other knife, as he looks at him in disbelief.

Second stab.

The middle-aged man made an appearance for him.

The boy leaves the knife stuck in the right side of the long-faced man, removing only the first one.

The boy's left hand firmly secured the second attacker's hand, preventing him from pulling out the knife.

The fear in the old man's heart was growing.

The middle-aged man, his arm immobilized, was about to counterattack with his free arm, his eyes widening.

He stabbed the knife into his immobilized arm.

The middle-aged man's eyes turned red, but he didn't cry out in pain. With a strong kick, he managed to separate himself from the boy. Sure, the boy didn't forget to hold onto the man's knife, preventing him from pulling it out of his abdomen, so he was ultimately unarmed!

Thus, we come to current events.

A corpse, a man seriously injured, and another, despite not being seriously injured, seemed to have lost any spirit to fight.

"D-don't kill me, please!" The middle-aged man cried, his legs softened, causing him to fall on his butt

The boy just looked at him coldly.

"I was just a passerby, someone who had nothing to do with your shady deals." You guys acted ruthlessly, and clearly did not intend to let me live, just because I saw you following a woman… That woman, I wish I could drag her too, along with that boss named Zhao…" A violent cough attacked him.

"I know what you're thinking, but you're naive. You think you will achieve something if you do time, but you will not"

"I beg you! I have a family, a son, your age! Just… Let me go" The middle-aged man kept begging.

"I see… Considering you have a family, I'll give you one last chance. This… what should I call you?" He asked tentatively.

"I'm Wang Han, sir," he answered honestly. "What opportunity do you mean?" Mr. Wang asks cautiously.

"Look Mr. Wang, I am an arrow at the end of its flight, I just want to know why I died, do you understand?" He said, sadly.

The middle-aged man nods his head repeatedly

"In exchange for your own life, you'll tell me what's going on, okay?"

Mr. Wang looks around cautiously, then his gaze is fixed on the long-faced man, who, in turn, was looking at him with that papery white face.

The boy, as if guessing what he was thinking, turned to the man and stabbed a knife into the man's neck. The man died as he looked in the direction of Mr. Wang sadly.

"No witnesses," the boy assured.

Violent cough, accompanied by a mouthful of blood.

"Okay, you can tell me, I don't have much time left."

"Er… It's… it's this way…" Lord Jiang proceeds to tell everything he knows.

"I see ... Li Family, Luo Family from the capital, a conflict of interest."

The boy throws the knife away, to show his sincerity to Mr. Wang. He holds out his hand to help him up.

Mr. Wang, seeing that he was no longer armed, seemed more confident, so he accepts the gesture and rejoins

"I knew it would be something to do with big families, haha." Disgusting —But everything within the expected, falls within my calculations - With a mocking smile he looks in a certain direction, a camera!

Mr. Jiang follows his gaze unconsciously, to find a security camera, in the darkness of the alley, pointing at them

"I'm screwed…" Mr. Jiang looked lost.

"I advise you to go now." Remember, you have to take good care of your family, take your family out of the country as soon as possible - The young man encouraged, it seemed genuine kindness, which touched Mr. Jiang's heart.

"Thank you very much young man, I knew you would understand!" - Mr. Jiang, following the advice, begins to leave, but he remembers something.

"By the way, I never knew your name…" Mr. Jiang feels the young man's palm on his shoulder.

"You…"

"Mr. Jiang, I sincerely hope you meet his family ... Unfortunately, in this life it can't be" He looked at him with a slight smile.

"How ..." Mister Jiang fell to his knees, his gaze was one of surprise.

A knife was sticking out from Lord Jiang's back, the boy had treacherously stabbed him in the back!

Mr. Jiang looked confused, where did the knife come from? He clearly remembers seeing him throw it.

Ah, there was also another ...

He looked at the young man's abdomen, indeed that knife was missing.

It had all been a hoax.

"Old fool, did you really think I'd let you go?" He looked at him with an extremely mocking expression.

"B-but you said…" Old Jiang sounded weak.

"And you believed me, it's because you're a fool" So what if you have a family? I don't give a shit!" The boy looked at him coldly.

"Despicable, shameless…" Mr. Jiang glared at him.

"HAHAHAHA!" He exploded into a loud laugh.

"You try to kill me, and when things don't go your way, you ask for mercy ?! If that's not being shameless, then I don't know what is!" He looks at it with disdain.

* Cough * * Cough * Cough *

Another fit of coughing, he wipes the blood from the corners of his mouth, then he looks at Mister Jiang

"I am shameless and despicable, I do not mind betraying to reach my goal. But, so what? You can't do anything, because you will die soon, just like me. My goal is accomplished"

He begins to walk in the direction of a wall, in which he decides to finally recharge and rest.

*Sigh*

"How cold…"

"That damn old man, whom he wants to fool."

He could see it in Lord Jiang's eyes, he was looking for a moment to kill him. The spilling of the soup was obviously part of his scheme, he just wanted to buy time. As for what he revealed? He just had to kill the witness!

That means, Mr. Jiang never planned to let him go.

"Fortunately, there was a security camera nearby, it is the part that will bring those buildings, they were going to open a Chinese food restaurant in the place. It was all a coincidence."

The camera, broke the old man's scheme, which made him panic, he wanted to escape as soon as possible!

He took out his cell phone, which was on call to the emergency number, he smiles coldly. He knew something like this would happen, so he dialed the emergency number when the thugs were distracted.

"Don't you think so, miss on the other end of the phone?"

* Cough * * Cough *

"My sight ... is clouded ..."

The phone buzzed, it seemed like the girl on the other end of the phone was talking to him.

* Rumble *

A deafening thunder.

"What a strange weather ... The clouds are swirling as if they were alive, and it hasn't stopped raining."

Talking and thinking became increasingly difficult for him.

He was sleepy, very sleepy. And cold…