The city streets were quieter than usual, the kind of silence that made the wind feel heavy. Shops closed early. People hurried past shadows, sensing something lurking.
Kang walked among them like a predator, each step deliberate. His body, carved by months of brutal training, radiated lethal intent. His scars glinted under the streetlights. He wasn't the same boy who once bullied Mikey—he was something far darker.
Reunion With the World
He had a mission. Not revenge for petty slights—but to assert dominance, to test how far he'd come.
A gang of street thugs tried to rob him. Kang didn't hesitate. With a flash of elbows and knees, he sent them to the hospital. One would never walk again.
His fists, now honed into Black Serpent strikes, moved like vipers. Each clinch twisted bones, each knee shattered ribs.
The whispers began. "The Butcher is back."
A Predator Watches
Kang stopped in a dark alley, observing a small fight between a local bully and a frightened boy. A faint smile touched his lips as he remembered the first time he'd stepped into Juvia. The fire of dominance, of fear—it had never left him.
The bully lunged at the smaller boy. Kang moved like a shadow. He grabbed the man by the throat, twisting him with Black Serpent precision, choking the life out of him while keeping his calm, emotionless stare.
"You think strength makes you safe?" Kang whispered, releasing the man only after he gasped for air, shattered and broken."Power without control… is nothing. But control… control is everything."
The Threat Looms
As he left the alley, Kang's thoughts drifted to Mikey and Jin.
"Jin… Mikey… you've grown stronger, I hear. But so have I. And the next time we meet, there will be no mercy. Only ruin."
He vanished into the night, leaving a trail of fear behind.