Somewhere in the back alley, water dripping quietly, a pool of dirty water gathered, hurried steps can be heard.
Shouts rang out, echoing the back alley as if being hunted by a ghost.
"Shit! Just my luck to run into them..." His eyes frantically checked every possible way to outmaneuver the pursuers.
His heavy breathing echoed the back alley, his heart thumps harder than a machine on this cold night.
This man is Otto Triad.
As he took a sharp corner, his mind drifted back fifteen minutes ago.
Otto Triad was just walking with his hood down the streets when suddenly, a piercing scream reached him.
In that very instance, like a dumb person he is. He hesitantly walked to the back alley where the scream from.
Only to witness a blood-curling murder in front of him.
Three thugs gang up on a helpless homeless person, bleeding profusely on his right stomach while the three thugs laughed maniacally as they kept stabbing and kicking the man to the ground.
Otto felt like his legs were nailed to the ground, witnessing the scene of an actual mobbing, he tried to breath, only to feel it lumped in his throat.
As they kept pummeling the homeless person, one of the thugs decided to take a break only to see Otto standing still, petrified.
"You..." Otto muttered in shock upon witnessing the face of the suspect.
The thug is shocked as well... For different reasons.
"Otto?" The thug speaks of uncertainty, his pupil dilated as Otto backs away in horror.
"How could... How could you do this, Sen?" Otto quivered, his hands shaking.
Sen the thug tried to speak when Otto immediately sprinted away.
"Wait! Shit! I am dead!" Sen immediately sprinted after Otto while the remaining thugs followed after Sen.
Otto felt his very being contorted as everything happened too quickly.
Just this morning, Otto and Sen were just talking about how unjustified murder is wicked and here he was, seeing the very man he was talking with a while ago, killing someone.
Otto had a lot of questions in his mind, why did Sen relish beating a helpless man? What did they do wrong for him to just beat up someone to death and even going as far as beating when the person is already dead.
A lot of questions surface however, Otto couldn't find any answer to his questions.
The only thing in his mind is to report to the police before they could catch up to him.
As Otto ran, his mind kept replaying the scene of the man he called best friend, killing someone in front of him.
It was the first time he saw the look of Sen having such a face, a twisted smile as he kept kicking the head of the homeless man.
'Why? Why would you do that Sen? I thought you were a kind man...' Otto's breathing kept getting heavier as he ran, trying to shake off his pursuers.
'How will your family think of you? Your children? Upon knowing that their father is a murderer' Otto's heart aches, thinking of his smiling godchildren, his heart aches more.
'Why, Sen? Why?' Otto's mind kept on repeating like a broken record as he ran, his adrenaline kicking up to the max.
For all he knows that getting caught will be him becoming the next target for those three.
Otto kept running when he arrived at a dead end, wooden crates, broken glasses, and a towering wall of brick that is seemingly impossible to climb.
His mind racing for any weapons he could find around, rummaging through the trash before finding a pipe.
He frantically grips onto the pipe tightly and just in time, the pursuers finally arrive with their knives on their hands, ready to slash and stab at Otto.
The four of them stared at each other, their breathing heavy, their throats dry from all those shouting and running, their heart kept pumping harder as they could hear the beat right through their ears.
"Otto... It is not what it seems like" Sen tried to explain, his steps carefully measured as he gets closer to Otto.
"Fuck off! Sen. Don't you dare come near me or I swear, I will smash this pipe through your fucking skull!" Otto furiously said, his pipe is ready to swing at any moment.
"Come on, Sen... Just get on with it or else, we are going to prison." One of the thugs said mockingly, glancing at the pipe Otto was holding.
The other thug nodded, his posture lax as if the things they did back there was a norm.
Sen, stayed silent but his eyes stayed sharp to Otto.
Otto felt it... The murderous intent oozing from Sen, his mind blank as life flashes before his eyes.
The time he spent with his family, friends, and the man in front of him, Sen.
The one who was with him since day 1. Sadly, their ideal and moral doesn't align with one another.
Now, they are standing, ready to kill Otto to silence him.
Sen slowly nodded as they approached Otto cautiously, keeping a good amount of distance.
Enough to not enter Otto's range. Otto could only grit his teeth, fury burning in his eyes, his hand clenched tightly to the pipe.
Time seems to slow down as both parties assess one another.
Then, one of the thugs decided it was enough with the staring contest, lunged forward to Otto.
A mistake he will bring till his death. Otto sees the thug leaping towards him.
A burst of speed surged throughout his arms till his hand as a lightning strike speed immediately hit the top of the thugs head, a chilling-bone crushing sound echoed the alley.
The thug couldn't even scream before his eyes rolled out, blood oozing from his eyes and nose.
His body fell like a meteorite toward the ground.
Silence permeates the air as Sen and the other thug gulp hard, their eyes darting toward the body of their companion and Otto.
For Otto, his eyes widened in confusion... For a different reason. A purple-like screen appeared right in front of him.
[Host has successfully killed a species... 100x Reward System has been unlocked]
[Status
Name: Otto Triad
Title: N/A
Age: 25
Str: F+
Agi: E
End: E
Int: E
Skills
N/A]