CH42: WHAT NEXT?

Name: Max Lin

LEVEL: 14

EXP: 1050/1500

[HEALTH 150/150]

[ENERGY 80/150]

[RANK: FIRE KNIGHT]

BASE STATS

STRENGTH 7

AGILITY 8

STAMINA 8

4 stat points available

SKILLS: [FIRE ARMS]----[FIRE WALK]----[PYROKINESIS]----[WEAPON MAKER]----[CREATURE MAKER]

[New Rank: Fire Knight; Awaken the Flame.]

[Description: Fire Knights were an elite force of mutants in the fire kingdom. There bodies and intense strength makes them a force to be reckoned with. Fire Knights are stronger, faster and have much more skills compared to fire pawns however, their bodies and intense strength make them a little slower than the average fire mutant.]

AGILITY 8(-1)

"What the hell. First I kill someone and now I'm slower. What's next, is someone going to hunt me down?" Max, who was frustrated as hell, ignored the system and decided to distract himself. The previous days were too much for him to handle so he decided to do something for himself. " But what's there to do? I can't go outside because of that weirdo. Wait a second?" Max opened his bedroom window and peeped out, looking for a certain someone. Hidden in a corner was a tall, lean man who was making a phone call as he looked at Max's apartment block. " Oh no, this guy's bad news. I have to deal with him." *Ding*

[Refrain from attacking strangers. Your reputation is really high, don't lose it over some guy spying on you.]

" Curse you system." Max closed the window's locked the doors and kept his ears wide open in case anything out of the ordinary happened. Max eventually got bored, so he turned on the TV and decided to see if anything good was on.

*Breaking News: Locals at the small town called Raid Town were under attack from two large mutants. Luckily, the vigilante known as 'the fireman' and his accomplices' were at the scene. Video footage from different sources show the fireman and his friends handling the situation, however, the fireman used some kind of technique and killed one of the mutants. The...* Max flipped through many other channels but all he could see was people talking about the fireman.

" This happened a few hours ago, how can it spread so fast." There was a knock at the door and Max's heart skipped a little. He cautiously walked to the door only to here his mother's voice.

" Hey mom, what are you doing here so early?"

"I've got some great news, Max. Whow...when did you start lifting Max. When did my baby become so...manly."

" It's nothing really. You were saying?"

" Oh yeah,I don't know how but I found a lot of money on the kitchen counter with a note that read, ' Thank you for your help, here's a little something for you and your son.' If you have more friends like this, they are more than welcome."

" Yeah but you didn't answer my question?"

" Oh yes, my boss heard about the fight between the fireman and those gang ruffians so he let us go early to celebrate our towns freedom from them."

" But you do know that the fireman owns this town now, right?"

" What, are you serious?" Max used his mother's phone and showed her a clip of the fireman declaring Raid Town under his protection. Miss Sue frowned a little but she quickly ignored the video and pulled out a box from her bag.

" Here you are son, I know you needed this a long time ago and I failed to get it but now that there's some money, Ive got you... a phone." Max, who could have bought his own phone with his earnings, accepted his mother's gift. They both sat down and had supper together and retired for the night.

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" So, the fireman ended my gang, killed my most valuable member and now claims that small town as his. Well, we shall see what he'll think by the end of the week." Lidong, who was currently in a lab under one of his towers, watched the video's about the fireman. He too was greatly saddened by Xin's death but now that he knew the fireman was into this gang business, he was much more angrier at him.

Somewhere deeper in Raid City, another city tycoon had just watched the video's about the fireman and his actions. He started grunting heavily, making his body grow a little bit larger. His eyes started turning red while his skin fell and got replaced by fur. " AAAAAHHHH.....THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING AGAIN." Bruce yelled as he flipped his desk over. Damion wasn't with his to calm him down, so he took out his anger on anything he could find. " THIS HAS GONE ON FOR TOO LONG. I HAVE TO PUT AN END TO THIS...THIS....FIREMAN." Bruce pulled out his phone, dialed a couple of numbers and put it up to his ear.

* What do you want. I'm busy here.* The person on the other end said.

" I'm calling for a meeting with you, Lidong and Arthur, NOW."

* Stop shouting you over sized teddy. This better be important...otherwise."

"I don't care. Get here as soon as you....." The person on the other end hung up before Bruce could finish his sentence. " Hurry up, Damion. I want that fireman gone as soon as possible."

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The next day, Max left for school when it was still dark out because he wanted to discuss some stuff with Phoenix. Now that he had a phone, he sent messages to his friends, asking them to set up an early morning meeting. The meeting was held at the mansion so Phoenix, Rin, Moka, Benjamin and Archer were already there. Max was the first of the others to arrive, followed by CJ then Sue. When the others saw Max, they were all shocked to see what had happened to his body.

" Damn bro, another upgrade again?" CJ asked. " You didn't go through the other nasty stuff again, did you" Max simply nodded at his friends. Sue, Moka and Rin blushed a little when they saw their leaders new body. He was now almost the same size as Benjamin and Archer.

" Thanks for coming over under such short notice."

" This better be good red head. Some of us were having good dreams." She said as she slowly looked CJ up and down.

" Look, I called for this meeting to discuss what the next step is for us a gang. Now that the Four Armed Gang is no more and we have this town, what's the next step."

" I had a feeling you'd have a question like that." Phoenix said.