Emotion Taster

Arc 4 New Stage: Chapter 32 - Hanz Decision

All just looking, I can only scream, no one can really stop Hanz's actions. Everyone drowned in fear, even many of them were still just seeing how human blood came out of the body. No one wants to see, no one wants to get involved, everyone just keeps quiet and hopes things don't get worse.

Then, all of that also made no difference to me.

When the woman was killed, I did not approach in the slightest out of fear. The pain of death was terrible, I didn't want to experience it with the waves of emotions that he let out. The fear made me unable to get close, keep looking and not move in the slightest to prevent Hanz from swinging his axe.

What a horrible sight.

Until now there have been three bodies sprawled with blood on the floor. They all died with wounds on the neck that made the veins completely severed. The incision with the ax is so large and even leaves only the spine to unite the skull with the main body.

Then, of the three people, Hanz still did not stop acting. There was still one more woman who was looking and waiting in the corner. However, unlike the others, this time the woman has a small body, you could even say she is still a child.

Just like the other three people, the girl did not know her face and stature at all. He now wears shabby clothes, even though I still feel a more advanced design than the two people who wear the custom clothes.

The little boy looked on blankly, again an awkwardness appeared where he was different from the others. When everyone was afraid of blood and prone to shock, the little boy was calm from his expression to his body language. For a while, I thought that the child simply did not understand what kind of danger he was facing.

Hanz there had raised his axe again, standing right in front of the child and ready to commit his cruel act.

"Hanz! Hanz ...!!" I shouted as I held my head in torment from the waves of emotions.

Even though I knew it didn't change his mind, but the shout of prevention was still my reflex. The reason, it is very bad considering Hanz even intends to commit murder in small children.

The energy in Hanz's hands strengthened, the veins and tension can be felt even if only seen from a distance.

There I reflexively closed my eyes and turned my face away, what I did was not to see the cruelty any worse. If my words don't reach Hanz's heart, then I don't have to torture myself seeing my inability to prevent it any deeper.

"..."

Three seconds.

"..."

Five seconds.

"..."

Ten seconds.

"..."

And the next few seconds.

There I thought a little, a surprise where the emotional surge and yelling broke out that I was waiting for didn't even come out. The seconds in which Hanz carried out the final attack and made the child the same fate as the three people just now should not have been delayed all this time.

With that thought I tried to open my eyes little by little peeking.

"E-uh?"

Another one of the strangenesses I saw.

After everything he's done is as ruthless as a cold-blooded killer. Now Hanz stopped freezing in the same position, not moving exactly as before I closed my eyes. The man still did not continue the movement like he was being blocked by the feeling to prevent him from swinging the axe.

"Huft .. hah ...."

Hanz took a deep breath, closed his eyes, loosened his muscles, and even sheathed the axe he had initially pulled to counterattack.

"Well, you can live for a little while."

An unexpected decision, Hanz completely undoes his intentions.

Our distance may have formed far enough, because I was keeping my distance beyond my emotional detection range. But, the quiet conditions in the empty room made the sound creep into my ears.

"Ehehe, after killing your wife and best friend, you still showed me pity, yes" said the girl wisely without shivering.

"Don't get me wrong, I still want to kill you later. It's just that, the rules in this world require me to take one partner," replied Hanz who avoided accepting the accusation from the side of the kindness of his intention just now.

"Then, what? You voted me? If your theory is correct, I should be your enemy who can kill you at any time."

"Ah .. that can happen," Hanz replied in his typical cold tone. "But, unlike the others, you have absolutely no chance of killing me even if you will."

"What is humiliation? I can still use sabotage and murder secretly, you know."

Their conversation sounded abnormal, at least I'm sure it's not something that can come in if the interlocutor is a child. From the beginning the boy's gaze was very different, he looked at the surroundings strongly like he knew where he was living. When the two people I saw in danger wanted to be killed, the child was still calm and stood neither away nor seemed to feel a threat.

But, if heard from their conversation, the girl did not not not know that something serious was happening. He answered the conversation wisely like an adult. The girl, not an ordinary child.

"Ehehe, I know I'm very weak. No matter now or in the past, I was still weak, which is why I died" said the little boy in a humble tone.

"No, you're wrong. The reason you died was not because you were weak, but because of me. But ...."

Hanz extended his hand to the child, giving him an open palm like he wanted to give him a handhold.

"This time I'm not as weak as I used to be."

"Ehehe, what's the point if at the end you'll still kill me."

The girl answered coldly. But, at the same time he accepted the offer of the hand. When the hands were tied together, Hanz quickly pulled the girl's body, he lifted and put all parts of the body to carry on his shoulders. Now, they're both tied up like a son and a father.

"So, your name now is Hanz, right?" ask the girl after she is carried on the man's shoulder.

"I don't care about names."

"At least it would be confusing if you had multiple names at the same time. So, I'll call you that now."

There Hanz began to walk away, leaving everyone behind and making him like a self-employed person.

"Wait, Hanz—"

"Enough, Kaivan," cut Hanz off before I could catch up. "You don't have to worry about me. I have my own path and my own decision. If you still want to get involved with me, you should also be aware that your current position is not good."

"Ah."

I heard the words and began to wake up. Slowly my head also turned its gaze back to ascertain the situation.

*Stare~

And yes, many people looked at me with cold eyes. Not because I did the wrong thing, but because I have acquaintances with the people who committed the murders. Of course, human instinct will assume that I am also part of the threat to them. In fact, Amalia and Pero there also looked at me with similar views. The fact that I have a relationship with Hanz until now is unknown to anyone.

"I'll come back again if needed" said Hanz who tried to retrieve the axes belonging to the three people he killed. "For now, I won't kill anyone. From the beginning, I killed because they were all people I knew. You and your friends, in this condition you should have no reason to stop me, right? So, you better take care of your own duties. Make sure that you don't choose the wrong one who's really fake among you."

"..."

*shade

Hanz who walked away started to use his strength. He disappeared turning into a transparent shadow gradually until it disappeared completely. The direction he went was one place on the side of the building. It is not known for sure because his body disappeared, which is definitely the opposite of the direction we came from before.

"Kaivan, are you okay ...?" ask Pero who is walking closer.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy from the waves of your emotions."

Although it has subsided, but still the existence and atmosphere after this incident occurred is very great. The lingering tension of accidents that cause fatalities will certainly not disappear just like that. Right now, me and the surrounding people could still see three corpses sprawled with fresh blood on one side of the room.

"But, Kaivan. Do you know the man who killed three people just now?" ask Pero to me.

"Yes, Ivan, did you really know someone just now?" and the Farrel serobot that cuts along the corner.

"..."

I was there not answering with my mouth, trying to stop the question further with a momentary 'stop' hand gesture.

"Huft .. hah ...," my breath tried to calm down. "Yes, it's true that the person I called Hanz, I know him. But ...."

I slightly paused on the sentence, looked towards the right and pointed at the three corpses that were sprawled. Some people just followed my point of view, they started to understand what I meant by that action.

"Yes, I'll explain later. At least we have to move places first" I said while forming a gesture to invite everyone.

Of course it's not nice to have to talk one room with three dead bodies. Moreover, the corpse tends to be new and very striking to be ignored. One or two things may still be obligatory for us in moral law to take care of the corpse.