The Crisis World XX

Chap. 132: Element Pill

"Is something wrong?" He seemed to realize that I was not paying attention to his words and was blocking my view from his friends.

"No, nothing." I turned my face looking the other way, but my eyes glanced at Hitoni's face which still looked confused.

He was still standing looking at me with a smile that seemed so obvious that it was forced. I tried not to rub it but it annoyed me for a long time too.

"Look, yeah. I won't give you any treatment or food even if you look at me like that. If you don't stop him, I'm gonna kick you all out of here."

I threatened them. And it seems like the other four people were frightened by my threat— except for the one standing looking at me. Shit, he pisses me off.

"Ahahaha .. there is no need for such evil. As long as there is no need to fight, it is enough for us. But besides that ... Your words just showed you're not a good person, huh?"

I don't understand what he's talking about. But just now he insulted me? Or provoking me? I don't know what his goal is but it looks like he's trying to piss me off.

"What do you mean?" my many.

"I didn't mean to offend you, but your words just now .. like an apathetic Assassin, right?"

He emphasized his words at the end of his sentence. It seems like he already knows that I am a former Assassin, but I still don't understand the benefits to him if I find out that I am an Assassin.

"What do you want?"

"Hoo ... It turns out you weren't angry when I called you 'Assassin', does that mean it's true?"

"Reply answer my question."

"Oi, oi, spooky, spooky. No need to put on such a serious face." I subconsciously took out my aura and gave him a serious look. He laughed even when he saw me like this, it seemed like he was taking the serious look I put out funny. Like a sizzling kitten to protect himself from threats, perhaps?

I still don't know what the original purpose was, but for now I'd better be on my guard. He was also aware of it and became more serious— even though the smile had not disappeared from his face.

"Do you know about 'bounty'?"

Now I get it. He intends to target my head. In a dark, dirty underworld, a former Assassin who is no longer in operation or retired will become the target of another Assassin and his head will be priced in.

Unlike Nimis and Ardenter who have returned to work, I have been inactive for a long time and received a mission. Because of that maybe I considered retirement and mounted a bounty.

Hah .. whereas I have started to enjoy my peaceful time at Iraya's house. But the one who popularized this thing I admit is a bastard.

Assassins cannot retire from life as Assassins, those who have fallen into this bottomless abyss must die either on a mission or be killed by another Assassin.

Enough already to talk about the rottenness of the underworld, I stood up from my seat and grew more and more alert. "If you know why?"

"It's true you're an Assassin! It was like finding heaven in the middle of hell!" He was glad to confirm this. That means maybe the price of my head is quite high. Whether I should be proud or not. "I finally found it! I can live well for a while without having to work!"

"Oi! Don't forget our part!"

"Huh?" The laughing Hitoni instantly fell silent and looked towards the four people behind him. A disappointed expression was clearly visible on his face at this moment. "Yes .. You're right, I can't possibly forget you guys."

"Looking at your reaction, it looks like I'm quite valuable, huh?" my many.

"Hmm? Ahahaha ...! Enough said?! You're crazy expensive, Caramel!" He took out his HP and showed the screen to me. There's a picture of me and the price of my head if anyone can kill me. "I don't know who you are, but it looks like you're expensive to be with that Astaroth!"

One million Yen. Not bad for someone like me, but the photos they use make me look so ugly! What are the photos taken when I'm not looking at the camera?! At least take a better picture, damn it!

He really made me blood up. But I tried to control my anger as much as I could and asked about other things. "I didn't expect that someone from the White Cloud Organization would join the bounty hunt."

"Nl? Yeah, that's obvious, right? Because the pay offered is much different from my salary in White Cloud. Of course I'm not out of there, but I'm just looking for more pocket money."

"so. But I admit you're brave enough too, huh? After seeing the price of my head, you still dare to challenge me."

It just so happened that I could feel the aura of everyone who was inside my barrier. At least these five people were not stronger than me even though they attacked me simultaneously.

But I must remain vigilant with Hitoni. He was the most outstanding of the four others.

"Therefore, I brought a colleague. They were the ones who agreed with my plan to hunt down the retired Assassin. Moreover, you are just an ordinary little girl."

"Finding the easiest prey first, huh? Especially in this situation." I understand their plans. It's true that I look like a weak prey. "Hn, hn, I understand what you want to do."

"I'm glad you understood. Take it easy, I'll make your death as gentle as possible."

"Thank you for your attention, but unfortunately you forgot something important ...."

"Hn? What'sthat?"

"GURUH!!"

"IE!!"

"WHAT'S THIS? HELP ME!!!"

The four people behind Hitoni were pierced by the barrier I made sharp at the end. Everything was. Without exception. Hitoni also looked surprised as he looked back.

"What are you doing?!" ask Hitoni in panic.

"Did you forget ..., if you were inside my barrier?"

I also attacked with a sharp barrier from under Hitoni's feet, but he was able to avoid it because he was basically an Exception that relied on speed.

He's stuck to the barrier wall. He looked at me with doubt and fear. But unfortunately holding my barrier directly was a big mistake.

"ARRGH!! DAMN IT!"

Both of his palms were now hollow because I stabbed and held him. Not only that, I also punched both knees so that ... Yeah, extra security lest he escape.

"I didn't think my first bounty hunter was a fool. Supposedly if you want to attack me, at least do a little research on my powers, you idiot."

I glanced at the other four people whom I had previously attacked first, it seemed like they were instantly dead on the spot. After I pierced his palms and feet, I directly stabbed his head into the face, so it was natural that they died.

Hah .., I guess I'll get a good fight, it seems like until this disaster is over I'll be pretty bored.

"Milk ...."

"Huh?"

"No, I laughed because you missed your chance to kill me. Now you have no chance of winning, Retired Assassin, Caramel!"

"Actually what are you— Ah?!"

I felt the electricity spread all over my barrier. The strong electrical current that made my barrier vibrate and almost break like glass. Not until there, he forced both his hands that I had patried and then the next two legs.

He also landed on the ground. Staring at me with a smile of madness and ready to fight, the blue electric sparks were still dancing freely all over his body.

His strength increased from the previous one— seems to have reached its peak. But if it was just like this, he would still be below my means even though the path of battle would be a bit more difficult.

"Oh yes ...." He asked me to talk again. "... Since you're a retired Assassin, maybe you've seen this." He took something out of his shirt pocket.

A transparent tube containing a yellow pill bounced back and forth as it shook the tube. Then another one is a glass test tube enclosed in a beer bottle cap.

"Th-that ...."

My eyes widened in surprise. The two objects that were in both hands right now could only be found on the black market where Assassins were transacting. It is impossible to find him anywhere else.

I didn't think he could even get that, moreover those two things weren't cheap. "So you came to the black market, too, huh?" my many.

"of course! If I've come this far, I can't be half-and-half!"

The yellow pill in the tube is called the Element Pill. The color also depends on the element it contains. Red is for fire, blue is for water, green is for the earth element, and yellow is for electricity. The person who drank it would gain elemental strength many times over in a short span of time.

While the other one is a problem. Vampire Fluids. If it is splashed on a dead body for less than 24 hours, the liquid will revive it and make it bloodthirsty. His speed, strength, and regeneration ability would increase. The way to defeat them was to destroy his heart quickly or kill the person who doused him, because he obeyed what his master said.

He then drank the Elemental Pill and splashed the Vampire Fluid on the four others who had died.

Suddenly the aura of the four people again felt— became stronger and darker. They then woke up exhausted and looked at me in a position like a wolf staring at its prey. Saliva fell from their mouths and his face that had been shattered slowly regenerated showing a shimmering red iris.

While Hitoni, the electric spark that previously created small throughout his body now exploded blindingly making me have to block the excess rays with my hands.

It looks a little different now. His aura became stronger and his hair standing turned a sparkling blue-white as if his hair was formed from electrical energy and around his body was much brighter.

"Tch."

"Now ..., are you ready to be my pocket money, Retired Assassin?"

Zwuush...

Hitoni disappeared from where he stood and was right in front of my face. The surprised me didn't have time to dodge when he attacked me with a punch right into my face.

Traangs...

"Huh?"

Luckily when he took the pill earlier, my gut feeling told me I had to make a barrier for myself, and I was saved by my gut feeling. The electrical current from his punch spread throughout the barrier protecting me and it felt like it was roasted just by being nearby.

His speed is beyond my vision. Fucking pills. I knew he was indeed useful for strengthening the person who drank it, but I did not expect it to go so far as to increase it.

"Get out of there, coward!"

Hitoni kept hitting my barrier blindly. Luckily his strength is still under my barrier strength. So for a while I was safe even though the heat almost knocked me out.

"out! Get out! Get out! Get out! Out, shit!"

I have to find another way to win this fight. Escape also I think useless because I will be immediately overtaken. It's likely that he doesn't know about Iraya and the others inside, because he's purely after me.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

"Aah?!"

When I was out of focus for a few seconds, suddenly the scene in front of me changed which previously Hitoni turned into four vampires who hit my barrier simultaneously.

Kraakk... Kraakk... Praangs...

"No-can't be ...."

"End for you, Retired Assassin!

The front of my barrier was successfully penetrated by the four of them simultaneously with just one punch. What an unreasonable power it is!

Forget about that. Now in front of my nose is a fist full of power and electric sparks that can burn ordinary people even if they do not touch it. I need to calm down and concentrate.

I closed my eyes. There was not much time to think, so I did something simple but it could spare me from the death that was already before these eyes.

A blow occurred and the dust flew in blocking our vision. Even Hitoni himself did not know whether his punch hit me or not. But for sure, his fist hit something.

"So so ...."

After this flying dust disappeared, then I and Hitoni could find out our respective positions. He and I know one thing now. That his fist just didn't hit me.

"... You can break through your barrier as you please, huh?" hitoni.

"I'm not happy that you know it, but you're right."

His fist now hit the barrier I had taken refuge in earlier, while I fell down outside my own small barrier. Earlier, in the last seconds I threw myself backwards through the barrier and Hitoni's punch only hit my barrier.

"It's not wrong that you're worth a million yen."

"Thank you for the compliment. Die."

I performed a finger gesture up and tried to lock Hitoni up with his four vampires. But with his speed, he was able to get out of there leaving four vampires locked in a barrier full of thorns with no gaps I created. Piercing all of them and making them scream in pain— even though it was not enough to make them die.

I felt something flowing from my forehead and upon examining it it turned out to be fresh blood flowing. I got scratched, huh? I didn't even realize when it happened.

While Hitoni had no other injuries, only his previous injuries did not seem to have much effect on him. My condition also did not change— is still just as unfavorable. I sighed, it turns out that my weakness is still a fast opponent, huh?

"Fucking Element item." I muttered little. Cursing the pills he was taking while being constantly wary of him.

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