Chapter 33- Anti-Origin Bullets
Kai walked out of the house casually as he headed to the main street. His face was stoic and cold as he eyed everything around him.
'Now, did he take the bait or not?' Kai thought as he watched people pass beside him. His plan was already moving as he wanted. If the chaser was to do what Kai was expecting, he will be able to find him.
The streets were bustling with people of all kinds. All of them seemed busy with their lives, ignorant of everything around them.
Kai's eyes wandered to their faces, their expressions, their laughs, their frowns, their neutrality, and everything they did. It all invoked a sense of curiosity in him. Why were people like this? He asked himself countless times before. That question was the main reason he even decided to just leave the hitmen world and live what people consider a normal life.
He was curious to see how a normal life would feel. Weirdly enough, it didn't feel bad. It wasn't fast-paced and insane in comparison to his old life but it had a charm he never found when he was a hitman.
Every day was like the day before, calm, and eventless, and yet it gave Kai time to notice the smaller things. Instead of thinking about how he is going to infiltrate a base filled with an army of armed soldiers, he would think of what he should eat, or how he should do the laundry.
Many would consider those as boring chores but Kai found them quite interesting.
As Kai was diving deeper and deeper into his thoughts, his eyes noticed something odd. On the other side of the street, near one of the giant skyscrapers, he noticed a certain someone, standing near one of the pillars. He was an unassuming citizen at first look, but when his eyes connected with Kai, he quickly averted them and then walked away.
Kai wasn't dumb enough to think it was a coincidence and so he decided to follow the man. However, at that moment, something unexpected happened.
*BOOOOOOOOM*
An explosion errupted on the upper floors of the building. Fumes and fire rose quickly and covered the sky above Kai. A second later, cries of fear followed and the citizens started running away in a frenzy.
Glass and debris started falling down to the ground. Kai's eyes squinted slightly as he looked up.
"So this is what you want to do?" He murmured as he tilted his head, dodging a shard of glass.
The debris continued falling, hitting unlucky citizens but none of them were killed as they all scattered away. A second after that, another explosion errupted, an even stronger one than the first one.
This time, instead of debris, the upper section of the skyscraper was sliced clean as it started tilting down slowly.
Kai kept watching silently with a cold expression. He already knew what was going to happen however he had no intention of moving.
*BOOOM*
The upper half was fully tilted and then got completely detached from the lower half. In a mere moment, the sky was covered as the building fell down, right on top of Kai.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
The collision shook the whole city as if it were a violent earthquake. Bricks and debris flew everywhere as a huge smoke screen covered the area.
People didn't even bother to wait as they ran as far as they could in pure horror. Their faces pale with intense fear. No one cared what happened, no one cared whether the upper half of the skyscraper had people in it or not. They were too occupied with their lives to think about such irrelevant things.
***
"Pfft!! He didn't escape?! Hahahahahaha! Come on man, I thought you were better than that. Did you freeze in pure horror? Did you?!" A man yelled with an excited laugh as he shoved potato chips down his mouth while watching the screen of his computer.
"And here I was preparing the second part of the finale. Uh, well, whatever, I gave him way more recognition than he deserves. I should now focus on the Lavine gi…rl." The man's words halted at the last part as his face froze, staring right at the screen in bewilderment.
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Back at the location of the accident.
Rubble moved slightly at the top of the destroyed building. Then, a huge boulder was kicked high in the air and it landed on the other side of the street as if it was a plastic ball. A silhouette emerged from beneath it.
*CRACK*
Kai looked around him as he cracked his neck. Not even a scratch could be seen on his clothes or his body. No one would've believed that he got directly hit by a falling building weighing hundreds or even thousands of tons and didn't even get a scratch.
As he looked around, the street was emptied of people as the ringing sounds of police cars and ambulances took over the place.
At the same time, Kai heard many footsteps approaching him from all angles. Then, from behind the smoke screen, men appeared holding guns in their hands as they aimed them at Kai. They all wore bulletproof vests and black masks.
"Don't move!" One of them threatened Kai with a harsh tone.
"So noisy…"
"Boss said we should open fire immediately! Open fire!!"
A second later, a rain of bullets flew toward Kai. The latter simply lifted his hand and created an Origin barrier around him. It was very simple but strong enough to withstand bullets and even grenades.
"Hm?" However, the moment the bullets touched the barrier, they pierced it and passed through with great ease before they hit Kai's body.
Hundreds of bullets were right on target. Not even the strongest of bulletproof vests could make the target survive such a ruthless attack.
Kai's neck arched back as he got hit in the forehead, however, he didn't fall.
But, even then, the men didn't let their guard down, they knew that the boy they were facing wasn't normal and that's why they used a special type of bullet, made for the special kind of people that Kai belonged to.
"Anti-Origin bullets, huh?" Suddenly, Kai's voice echoed in the whole area, sending a shiver down all the men's spines.
Anti-Origin bullets were bullets that were made specially to inflict harm on people that are able to use Origin and strengthen their bodies beyond comprehension. It was made out of a rare material called 'Leviathium' which was discovered to be able to nullify the effects of Origin. The reasons behind that are still unknown but predictably, it was a discovery that shook the underworld.
This material was the new hope for those incapable of using Origin to finally put up a fight and put a fight they did. For a long while, rich tycoons that were targeted by hitmen were able to massacre countless of them and root their shady businesses into the underworld.
The Hitmen Guild and Divinity were put under a lot of pressure because of that for 10 long years. None of their clients were willing to pay for their services since mere bullets could end up sending any hitman to their grave. Those 10 years were called 'The Chaos Of Leviathium' for the mess it created in the underworld. Until at one point, something changed…
Kai's face arched up as he stared directly at them, his eyes deathly cold. On his forehead, a squashed bullet could be seen sticking to his skin.
*Drop* *Cling*
On every other part of his body, hundreds of bullets were sticking to his skin as they were flattened as if they were made out of paper. None of the bullets pierced his skin.
"What… the fuck?!" One of the men uttered as his face paled. "Why is he not dead?! He got hit with countless bullets without a single cover!!"
"This is bullshit!!"
"I-I can't believe my eyes!!"
A few of them voiced out, their tone clearly filled with an ever-rising fear. It was as if they were witnessing a nightmare unfolding in front of their eyes.
*Step*
Kai then took a step forward, slowly which made the men raise their guns again.
"O-Oi!! D-Don't move!!"
"Shoot!!"
Another round of bullets was fired at Kai, however, they all hit his body and then broke without leaving a scratch. For a second, the men felt as if Kai's skin was made out of adamantium.
Their mouths hang open in disbelief.
*Swish*
Suddenly, Kai vanished from where he was only to reappear behind the man that was presumably their leader.
"Your boss, give me his location."
"AAAAH!!!" The man yelled as he turned around and backed away. He then fired all the bullets he had in his magazine at Kai. None of them left any effect.
"Shoot!!"
As the man ordered them, Kai used Origin and knocked everyone unconscious except the leader with a simple look.
"W-What?!" Seeing all of his men on the ground, his face paled to the point of looking like a sheet of paper.
Kai approached him slowly with steady steps while the men started retreating till he stumbled on a rock and fell down. In his eyes, fear could be seen as clear as day.
"S-Stay away!! You monster!!"
However, Kai ignored his pleas and insults and grabbed him by the skull before he lifted him up after that, he peered through his brain and read his thoughts.
"You don't know either. Useless."
*Swish*
Throwing the man to the side as if he was a piece of trash, Kai was about to leave when he heard something.
"Oi, what happened?! Can you hear me?! I said can you hear me?!" In the man's ear was a small earphone that was speaking.
Kai picked it up and examined it for a second then, he said.
"I will be coming for you."