Chapter 16: The hunt
--- [Leon’s perspective]
That little shit!
Shin is on my team, yet he is helping some random girl?!
Does he not realize what kind of exam this is?
We’re not supposed to team up with anyone else, were supposed to fucking kill them!
When I find him, I’ll make sure he pays…
I’m won’t kill him, but I’ll make him suffer…!
I’ll slice the throat of that girl right in front of him, that’s what he gets for helping the enemy!
Agh, my arm is killing me…
I can deal with a busted lip and some cuts, but my arm…
After the adrenaline disappeared, it started hurting so much more than before…
I’ll just have to endure this pain, the strength it gives me is invaluable.
Look at that building!
Looks like someone jumped right through the wall, it must have been Shin warning the others…
They can’t have gone far.
But which way…
Tsk.
I only need three more kills now…
I could find three other people somewhere else, but this is about more than just getting the kills required to join The Reapers…
That little shit protected some random girl that’s not even on our team in a deathmatch!
That other guy, Alex, was it?
He’s probably with Shin, helping the enemy too.
Those two will suffer for going against me!
I got around 21 hours to find them, that should be more than enough time.
There are only two things they could be doing right now.
They are either running, or hiding.
If they hide, I will eventually find them.
So, hiding is no good.
But running is no good either!
They’re carrying at least one injured person; that girl I attacked.
When I find them, they won’t be able to run away while carrying her.
They’ll have no choice but to drop her, or fight me.
No way they’ll be able to run away from me on their own.
Shin and Alex are both fast, but the others?
No way.
The only other strong person I’ve found so far was Marc, the rest have all been PATHETIC!
Where could they have gone…
That building over there is quite tall, from there I’ll be able to get a good view.
I run over to the tall building, and with a single leap I jump all the way to the top.
Wow…
I can already spot two teams running around over in the distance; killing them would put me over the 100 kills required to join The Reapers.
But…
I don’t care about that right now, all I want is to find Shin!
Ugh!
Where are they?!
Hold on…
Over there!
I see him!
Alex is there too!
It seems that they’re not helping just that one girl, but an entire team of three.
Perfect!
I’ll just kill those three then!
Another one of them is injured too.
Lucky!
I jump down and sprint towards them as fast as I can.
They don’t know that I’ve found them yet, that gives me the advantage.
When they see me, they’ll obviously try to get away, but for now, I’m just getting closer and closer.
Eheheheeee!
They’re right there!
Just 50 more meters!
“HE FOUND US! RUN!” – Shin
Wow, this is pathetic…
Shin is carrying the two injured girls and Alex is carrying that large guy.
Ahahahaha!
They’re trying to protect someone so useless that they can’t even run by themselves!
It’s like they’re trying to stop me from stepping on ants!
What should I do when I catch them?
Should I break their legs so they can’t walk?
Maybe poke their eyes out?
Or, maybe I’ll just wait and kill them right after the exam ends!
It’ll be so much fun!
But…
I have to actually catch them first…
I’m running as fast as I can, yet I can’t catch up to them, even though they’re carrying people.
My SDM only gives me more power, not more speed.
If it gave me speed too then catching up to them would be no problem.
Right now, I’m around 20 times stronger than when I’m not injured at all.
Getting a speed amp like that too would be sick!
But…
That’s unfortunately not how this ability works.
My injuries are slowing me down enough that that it makes up for all the extra weight they’re carrying.
It seems that we’re about equal in speed right now.
I’m not getting closer, but they’re not getting further away either.
This is a battle of stamina!
Right now they’re carrying people, which will drain their stamina a lot faster, but…
I’m injured.
All those injuries make my body feel heavy, and the pain makes my head spin…
We’re both slower than normal, and we’re both draining our stamina quicker than usual.
This is getting interesting…
However, I will not be the one losing today.
I am going to kill those three, no matter what it takes.