Daiki's face loses all color in the matter of a second. "What… why… what…" Rei jolts his face toward Nora, knowing they came in at the wrong time. Nora seems to not care, and a hint of something more in her unconcerned eyes. "What's wrong, Daiki? Can't handle a little blood?" She scoffs, reaching to pat his head. He swats her hand away instantaneously, tears welling up in his eyes. "What the hell happened here?!" A deafening silence hangs over the room. Amane keeps eating, the sound of her chewing slowly takes over. "I don't kill and let the bodies find their own path. I have to do this." She doesn't even look up as she continues. "It's not inhumane if I make sure their death is not in vain. If every part of the body is used, there's no harm in it. They're more useful to me than they will ever be to society." She resumes her consumption as daiki is at a loss for words. "S-so you're saying useless blood isn't useless if it's used?! You still fucking killed him!" Amane looks over, annoyance and disgust starting to appear on her face. "That's enough wailing. This is just the cycle of life presented in real time in front of you. Please get yourself together." More tears start to accumulate on Daiki's face, his voice tangled by emotion. "This… this is… You spilled a random's blood on my floor!" Daiki's attention naturally starts to divert to the corpses as his stomach starts to fold in on itself. He walks back toward the door, stumbling outside as he begins to vomit. The sight Daiki had seen was something a man would never see in their entire lives. "You're… sick! How… How…" Daiki's breath starts to shorten. His head is about to split. Daiki attempts to speak, but he can only huff and puff, as his face starts to continuously fold in on itself. "It's literally corpses." Nora says nonchalantly. "Nothing more, nothing less. How are you scared of someone who isn't even alive?" Daiki feels a pang in his chest. No, throughout his whole body. How could people be this heinous? This remorseless after ending someone's life? His puke is dripping down from his chin as tears start to fall. Daiki opens his mouth but stumbles on his words, not able to find the correct words for the situation. "Filthy… murderers…!" Nora looks over at Rei, pointing at her head and gesturing that Daiki has lost it. Rei shakes his head to signify that now is not the time and says, "If you don't like seeing blood that bad we can leave y'know." Daiki turns to face the cabin, avoiding all eye contact with the blood and corpses. "Leave and take the bodies with you." Amane has not slowed down. Nora leans on a wall. Rei sighs and tries to avoid Daiki. After a while, Nora speaks. "Now you've seen a glimpse of the real world, I think you could actually use that for your gift-" "I couldn't give two shits about my gift right now!" Daiki practically shrieks out. "Take the bodies and leave!" Rei drags two bodies as Amane carries one. Nora walks toward the door as the two leave, and before the door slams, Daiki hears Nora say something directed toward him.
A silence choked the room where it could almost be felt. Daiki regurgitates one last time then settles down. What the… Fuck was… that?! Daiki sits down in front of the blood, his body petrified. I don't want to fight anymore. I… I just don't want to anymore. Fuck being a hitman… His head sinks and he begins to curl up. I'm just… a good for nothing loser… who can't push himself to kill… I should've died with them. He slams his fist on the ground. Again. Again. Snap. The old floorboard seemed to have given in. The room seems to close in on him. His mind starts to wander. Is this really the real world? The sound of panting bounces off the walls. The sound of tears and vomit slapping the ground joins in. In this sea of despair, something appears. "What the hell am I thinking?! I'm good for nothing just because I saw a gruesome death?! That's bullshit!" Daiki gains balance and pushes himself up. "I don't need those monsters on my side, but I don't… need to be scared… of…" His pupils dilate as he looks back down at the blood, which fused itself into the floor and dried up. He looks deep into it, his eyes dying on the spot. He feels something change in him, in his soul. "I will never kill." Daiki vows as the cold air of the night starts to seep in. Daiki stared up at the sky as it started to darken. That night, the stars were dull.
The merciless heat beats down on Daiki as he walks through the city. It's been 6 days since that night, and it seems that he was able to move on. "The new Eight Piece volume is out… I should probably go buy it." He walks into the bookstore as a comforting ding plays. The bookstore staff glances over at the door then continues to adjust the books on the shelf. "'Cuse me, but do you have the newest Eight Piece volume?" The staff nods then signals toward the shonen section. "There's an area in the shonen section made specifically for new volumes of recent shonen manga." Daiki's eyes glimmer. "Thanks, old man!" He walks toward the section while he grabs a bunch of coins from his pocket. "Perfect, I should get 200 yen change then." Suddenly, a booming laugh could be heard from the other side of the row of books. Three thugs could be seen reading a porn magazine, laughing and touching themselves. Daiki, slightly annoyed, looks back at the new volumes. Tsk, dumb degenerates can't wait till they get home to jerk off? Daiki's eyes lock on the new volume. "Oh shit, here it is!" He goes to the cash register to find the same three thugs there with three copies of the porn magazine from earlier. They both buy the books. The familiar and comforting jingle plays again as Daiki steps outside. "200 yen left, I could go to a burger store and get some ice cream or something." The three thugs come out of the bookstore as well, obnoxiously loud. They start walking in the same direction as Daiki. Holy shit, could I please escape dumb, dumber and dumbest? Daiki checks the time, showing it's around the afternoon. So bored… Once Daiki snaps out of his trance, he notices that the chatter behind him has ceased. Daiki then freezes. An overwhelming urge washed over him. I have to pee..! He sees an alleyway very close to him and peeks inside. There, the three thugs from the bookstore are walking down. I would piss on them, but I'm not that kinda guy. Daiki quietly follows, with the intention of peeing once he's hidden enough in the alleyway. They're probably just here to beat off anyway. He starts up next to a trash can and begins to pee. The splashing alerts the thugs as their eyes dart toward Daiki. "Don't look, pervs."
"Boss, who's this guy?" A thug in green asked. The thug in the middle dismisses Daiki. "A complete and utter nobody. Where's your sister?" The short thug checks his phone. "S-she should be here soon. P-please don't do anything weird…" The thug in the middle snaps at the short thug. "Shut it, you swine, or I'll shut it myself!" He flinched, his vision going directly to the floor. "Sorry boss." Daiki chuckles while finishing his business. "You must really like having power over the little ones, don't you? Is it a kink or something?" The thug in green is completely frozen, shock hitting him like a truck. The smaller thug seems to be scared, as if his life were on the line. The thug in the middle cracks his knuckles. "Look, you swine, I was planning on letting you off with a warning, but you speak to me with so much authority it's starting to piss me off." Daiki seems challenged but decides to withdraw. "Sorry, force of habit. I don't want to hurt you, so your better off walking away." The thug in green seems worried, but tries to get some input. "Boss, he didn't mean to put it like that. Lets just go to the cafe and wait for her-"
In an instant, the thug in green is punched in the face by the thug in the middle, as a clap echoes off the walls. "I did not give you permission to speak." The smaller thug's eyes dilate as he tries to run. "Pipsqueak. Wait in the cafe. That's an order." The thug runs away and takes a turn in the alleyway, disappearing completely. The only signs of life in that alleyway were Daiki and this thug. "The name's Renji. That should be enough to ring a bell if you're around here." Daiki stands there dumbfounded. "Dude, I don't know you. I just came here to pee, I'm gonna leave now." Renji snaps. "Like hell you will! You're staying here so I can bask you in your own blood, you swine!" Daiki's expression starts to transform. "Chill with the names. I'll get out of your hair if you calm down." This is escalating way too quickly. I need to find a way to de-aggrovate him so I can slip out of here. Renji starts to raise his voice with a hysterical expression. "Shut the hell up fodder! It's too late to run with your tail between your legs!" Daiki has the urge to fight, but puts his hands up. "Look dude, I'm not looking to fight you, go beat off to your porn or something." Renji lunges toward Daiki at surprising speed. Daiki jumps over him and lands gracefully. Worst case scenario…
"Bullet Strike!" Renji punches at insane speed, which Daiki blocks. This isn't the impact of a normal punch! Another fist flies toward Daiki. Daiki slips under it and delivers a counterpunch toward his face. Renji's hands and chin float up into the air. Tsk, and you're calling me fod- "Bullet Guillotine!" An elbow slams the top of Daiki's head. Crack. Fuck! Daiki falls back. "Bullet scythe!" Daiki is slapped across the face with explosive speed. Blood trickles. The thug uses his palm to wipe blood off of Daiki's face. "Bullet Blast!" An explosion launches Daiki back.
Renji laughs loudly, in a completely manic state. "YOU'RE NOTHING BUT COMPLETE FODDER! FODDER! FODDER!!" Daiki stares at him with concern as he continues to ramble. "DON'T YOU SEE? I WAS GIVEN POWERS! POWERS FROM THE GODS! I WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD! NOTHING, NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN STAND IN MY PATH! I'M DESTINED TO BE THE STRONGEST! ME! I HAVE THE TALENT AND THE POWER! I AM THE STRONGEST! I AM! IT'S MEEEEE!!" Daiki's left completely speechless, his expression smeared with confusion. Renji chuckles while looking at him. "You wouldn't understand, wouldn't you? You don't have abilities." Daiki stares deeply into Renji's eyes, malice overriding it. Renji continues. "You have responsibilities. Problems. People that bother you. But I can just get rid of them before the clock strikes twelve." Slowly, Daiki's face loses all emotion. "You're a manchild. You've been driven crazy because you were strong." A dim blue glow flashes erratically and sparks start to enter their view. "I'm different. I'll have to teach you a lesson here and now." Renji's insanity is seen once again as he questions Daiki. "Oh yeah?! And how exactly are you going to do that if I'm stronger than you by a gazillion levels?!" The sparks start to flicker more and more. Daiki grabs the air, as a ball of plasma appears in the palm of his hand. He throws the ball with incredible force toward Renji. Renji weaves and opens his mouth to taunt. "Return." The ball retraces its course, slamming into Renji's back. "You aren't unique or anything, you're just a bit special." Daiki's eyes remain emotionless as he cracks his knuckles and makes more balls of electricity appear. "But I'm different."
Daiki runs up to Renji while he is stunned. He leaps and kicks him mid air. Double hit. "Bullet Barrage!!" Daiki weaves the punches, some of them successfully connecting. He drops to the ground and connects his palms against the floor. He uses a breakdance spin, kicking Renji's face twice. Daiki drops low, his hands repositioned. He sweeps Renji then slams the back of his calf down on his chest to pin him down. Daiki regains balance by standing on him. "All this 'powers from the Gods' bullshit and this is all you've got?" Renji wipes off blood from his nose. "Bullet fucking blast!" The blast semi-connects as Daiki dodges to the side. "You can only use your bullet blast if you have blood on your hands. That's why you wiped my face. Hella smart, dude." Daiki grabs his neck and throws him up in the air. He throws balls of electricity at him. "Why don't we play some keep up?" The recoil of being hit keeps Renji in the air. I can only throw balls right now. Since we got the upper hand, let's try something else. Daiki sticks out his hand, pointing it toward the airborne Renji. Time feels like it slows. Renji falls to the ground with the wind knocked out of him. "Shit, it didn't work… I can't get too greedy with such low mastery, can't I now?" "Bullet Blast."
Daiki goes flying through a building and lands on the roof, coughing blood. How the hell… was that one so powerful?! Daiki slowly stands. I couldn't predict that. He must've accumulated lots of blood so when I mocked him he could use that to his advantage. How could he have done that though? Blood stored… in his mouth maybe? But I would have noticed him trying to spit out his blood. It's so much to think about!This thrill… this feeling… is so fucking intense… Daiki soars in the air, adjusting where he will land while looking down at Renji with a straight face. Renji tries to move out of the way, but his injuries start to catch up to him. I can't get enough of it! Daiki lands on top of Renji, destroying the nearby area. Daiki starts to fists begin to hail on Renji, which slowly turns into a flurry. "Fight back! Show me! Show me something new, something crazy, something EXCITING!!" Wham. Pow. Thud. Whack. CRUNCH. The onslaught begins to slow down, and eventually comes to a halt. Blood clings onto both Daiki and Renji. Everything seems to slow down slightly, as Daiki gets a good look at Renji. "Ren… ji…?" A fight where the victor was extremely unclear had now come to an end. The euphoria had driven Daiki into a hectic state. The outcome of this battle has been decided, and all that was left from it was a newly awakened Daiki on top of Renji, who was now deceased.