12 Faded

[Current time] - 2 hours since torture began

With a saddened expression on Yui's face, she threw away the knife. By this time, the knife was useless. It had lost all its edge in a mere two hours. The multiple stabbings was the definite cause of this.

At face value Karma's body looked fine. In fact, it looked as though there were no stab wounds at all. Of course this was due to the rapid regeneration that he received.

However, there was a clear indication of abuse. On his eyes, completely healed at the moment, there stains of the blood prior. As for his legs, they were frozen in place, essentially paralyzed, due to the shackles hindering any movement.

Karma's face was hollow, eyes were dim, the colors inside of them were bland, and he himself, was utterly exhausted.

The only thing he had remaining was his sense of touch, and hearing. However, touch was completely useless as the only times he felt anything was when he was tortured. With touch gone, his last sense of hearing was all he could rely on to gather information.

With this in mind, Karma listened onto the sound of Yui's footsteps skipping around joyfully.

Soon after, he could hear the reminiscent sound of metals touching one another alongside a cheerful hum brought about from Yui. The hints made it evident that she was currently searching for a new weapon.

On the third layer of the cart, there were multiple sharp items such as daggers, swords, even small stakes but Yui simply glimpsed over these items. She wanted something different.

The knife she used earlier had already done its job. Using another sharp tool wouldn't satisfy her. It would simply be repetitive and boring.

And so, she went over to the second layer of the cart. This layer was filled to the brim with blunt weapons: clubs, hammers, sickles, metal bats, maces and much more. Each and every item was tempting as they would all work well. But, in the end, Yui went for something simple.

Her new weapon of choice was a hammer.

Of course, Karma was unaware of what she chose. The best he could evaluate was that she was looking for or had already found a new weapon.

Soon after Yui picked up the hammer, Karma's ears focused onto the sounds of footsteps getting closer. Instinctively, he prepared himself for another attack.

Then suddenly, without warning, the hammer connected with Karma's hand.

In the split second before the hammer and Karma's hand made impact, he could feel a slight change in the atmosphere. As if a sudden gust of wind blew through him. Without vision, he was able to sense the hammer.

More than just sensing, he could see a black outline of the entirety of the stadium. In the moment, he was aware of everything.

However, in the next second, the hammer had already crushed his hands, bones and all. Although, it seemed like something had changed inside Karma, he wasn't able to follow up on it at the current time.

Almost immediately after, Karma let out a sickening cry, that if anyone heard, they would think it was a scene of someone being killed 10 times by a devil.

The screams filled Yui with pleasure, but that sensation was quickly put on halt once she examined Karma's body after the cries faded. Her face distorted into a menacing frown.

His body had gone limp. Yui was starting to grow angrier and angrier… but at a realization that occurred within her mind, she knew that Karma would soon wake up.

And once again, she could feel pleasure just as she had before.