187 Berserker (1/2)

The boy muttered fearfully with his complexion turning paled and his eyes reddened from crying. Looking at the bloody corpse of his friend on the ground, he remembers how it all began.

It was just like any other days, the boy and his friends were on the way to the cafeteria while talking about nonsense that many teenagers always did. Just when the three of them had reached the hallway to the cafeteria, they noticed an unknown adult man standing quietly at the center of the path.

Looking at the man's attire and that they were in high school, the boy and his friends quickly assumed the man to be the father of someone who had come for a visit. Most of the time, one couldn't enter the school premise if they aren't a student or didn't have permission from the school itself. But there are also times that the parent of the student could visit their child even without having any permission from the school, and that is during lunch.

Nevertheless, they have to give a reasonable answer to the guard and can only stay for at most, 10 minutes.

Without any wariness, the naive boy and his friends approach the adult man.

\”Hello...uh, Sir?\”

His friend couldn't finish his greeting as the moment they stare at the adult man's face, they were surprised to see a small crimson gem that rooted deeply at the center of his forehead. At first, they thought their mind was playing a trick on them as what they had witnessed shouldn't be possible normally. And then, they thought the adult man is perhaps, a cosplayer, which would make a lot of sense. That was exactly what they concluded at the end of it.

\”Do you need any help, Sir? You seemed lost.\”

Thought his friend was asking with good intention, the adult man stays silent and didn't give any sort of response whatsoever. The only thing that they noticed was that the adult man was looking elsewhere as if their presence didn't register in his eyes despite them standing right in front of him. Due to that, the atmosphere started to turn awkward as his friend scratch his head in embarrassment. Since the adult man didn't seem to want to talk to them, the boy and his friends decided to leave him to his device instead of troubling him.

As they turned their back on him and only took a few steps away, suddenly, one of his friends stopped on his track before coughing up a mouthful of blood as he looked down to his stomach filled with confusion. What he saw was none other than an adult hand, but what he couldn't understand is how that hand is piercing right through his chest with a blood-pumping heart in the grasp of that masculine hand.

\”Wh...at?\”

That was the last thing he saw before his mind shut down for eternity, which can only mean one thing, and that is death.

\”Ryouta!\”

\”H-How could you...do this!\”

The boy's friend, Roy, gnashed his teeth hard and asked despite the fear and death he felt coming from the adult man with a crimson gem in his forehead.

\”Y-You won't get away with this! The cops will surely catch you in our place!\”

\”W-Wait, Roy...\”

The boy tried to calm his friend, unfortunately, the latter was blind by his emotions that he couldn't think straight. The only thought left in his head is to avenge for his friend's death, that is until the adult man suddenly started laughing out loud.

\”What are you laughing at?!\”

\”Hahaha, sorry, kids, my apologies. I couldn't help but laughs upon seeing an idiot like you.\”

\”You!\”

Roy gripped his fist hard and was ready to launch himself at him when the boy grabbed one of his arms, stopping him from the suicide act. The boy clearly knew that they couldn't win against the adult man, the fact had already shown right in front of their two eyes. One must have a frightening strength and speed in order to smoothly pierce their hand through the human body, which is something an average adult couldn't possibly do. The adult man must be someone special, or so the boy thought.