More people like you

Raiko, as he approaches her house, watches the beautiful sunset. Suddenly, he remembers that he was supposed to bring bread to Guille, but he only has one bag with bread. He decides to give him the only bag of bread he has. He knocks on the door and, soon, Guille appears.

"Hello, Guille, here's the bread you asked for."

"Thank you, Raiko. The world needs more people like you, thank you." Guille smiles at her, then that leaves, closes the door.

Raiko stands there, pensive, staring at the closed door. Guille's words echo in her head: "Needs more people like, me..."

"That's..." he thinks, a flash of determination crosses his eyes. Quickly, he turns and runs home. As he turns to his laptop, he muses, "To achieve my goal in a city as big as Neonvale, I need more support..."

On the screen, he starts searching. He buys a plain mask to cover his face and a red-rimmed suit. "Wow... this is going to cost quite a bit of money" he says to himself. Before he hits "buy", he pauses for a moment and mutters to himself "And to get more support, I need to become known"

He clicks "buy" and his gaze fills with confidence. "Last night was my first attempt.... It came out regular, but I'll try again, and better. I don't want any more victims."

The next day, now almost dusk, Raiko stands in an area near the main avenue, waiting. "The main avenue has no security cameras? A perfect place to commit a crime" he thinks with a smile, as he watches a motorcycle, with two people on board, intercept a car. One of the thieves gets out and breaks the driver's window, while the other blocks the passage of the vehicle with the motorcycle.

"Wow... looks like we have something interesting here" says Raiko, with excitement visible in her eyes. Suddenly, a gunshot rings out.

Several minutes earlier, in the car, the perspective changes.

"We're almost home, Miss Tahira. From now on you can go back to your ordinary routine" says the driver while looking at her in the mirror.

"Yes, but... I don't know... I feel that my life has no excitement, my fears limit me quite a lot" replies Tahira, with a somber tone.

The driver, concerned, observes the young woman's face in the mirror. Looking again in the rearview mirror, he notices a motorcycle rapidly approaching with two armed subjects.

"Shit-!" says the driver, just before one of them breaks the window.

"Give us all the money, all the Glints you have!" demand the robbers.

Tahira, terrified, looks out the window. She feels the urge to jump up and run away, and her hair begins to change color, slowly turning a bright turquoise.

"Tahira... trust me" says the driver calmly, trying to calm her down.

Tahira, with bated breath, seems to find some peace. Her hair returns to normal.

The robber, noticing the driver's resistance, decides to shoot her leg.

"NOOOO!" screams Tahira, sensing that the worst has just happened.

Meanwhile, the offender collects some coins and puts them in a bag. He turns to leave, but is suddenly kicked hard in the stomach. His weapon and the bag fall to the ground. Raiko, with his imposing presence and blow that gave him, has knocked him down.

Raiko, with speed, turns to the second thief, who is trying to flee, and shoots at the rear wheel of his motorcycle. The vehicle loses control, and the thief falls heavily, crashing into a pole. He is knocked unconscious.

Raiko observes the driver, who is wounded, and also notices the girl behind, visibly frightened.

"Relax, he'll be fine," he tells Tahira firmly.

"He is right, I'm going to be fine. I'll call an ambulance" replies the driver, looking at Tahira with a faint smile of relief.

Raiko, wasting no time, approaches the thief who is on the ground, still writhing in pain.

"Do you want the money? It's the bag over there-" he tells him, pointing to the sack of coins.

Raiko, without hesitation, shoots at the thief's legs. He screams in pain.

"Why?!" cries the thief, looking in horror at Raiko.

"That's what you did, only I gave it back to you... twice as much." replies Raiko with an eerie calm. "Relax, the ambulance is coming."

Raiko walks over to the bag lying in the distance, opens it, and seeing the large amount of Glints, her face lights up with restrained satisfaction.