7 The Emergence of Astral S-rank

I've made sure that this drink can is the same as what I found back in my village. The details of the writing, the smell, to the red color which I think is the color of the lipstick I recognize.

"So it was you, who threw this can at my head?" I asked as I looked at him and gripped the drink can tightly. "You are so insolent! You know, this hurts in my head. Haven't you felt it before?" After saying that, I put on a stance like practicing the baseball pitcher. "You feel this!"

I threw the drink can at him, but only 3 meters away from me.

"What are you doing, Akio?" said Shiva in a flat voice and face.

"Alright, one more time." I took the drink can again, then practiced as before. "You feel this!" But sadly, it's the same. "How strange, why isn't my throwing strong huh? Even though I'm very good at throwing people into the fields. Hmm... so weird. Yosh, one more time."

Tried it a few times with the same result, that's what I'm currently doing.

"It's useless, I didn't throw it."

"No, what are you doing, Akio?" said Shiva with a flat face and voice beside me.

"Of course, I want to throw the can back at him."

"Haha..."

Hearing the voice from the direction of the large lion statue, I immediately looked over there. And suddenly the drink can be moved without anyone touching it, then flew towards the big lion statue.

Focusing my eyes on it, I saw a hand holding the drink can.

"Humans, you are greedy creatures. What other people do, you want to imitate. You don't know your weak strength. No wonder you're so easy to die."

"What did you say?!" I said in an annoyed tone.

I could see the dark red eyes there but not the face. His voice was like that of a man, but I couldn't confirm that he was a man. And what I know from that person is that he is not human, because after all, his dark red eyes are so scary, how could a human have eyes like that.

"Hey, Human. What do you live in this world for? What for us to kill? Or, are you just a compliment? Plants, animals, nature, even us in this world have filled it. So, what are you living for? You are not needed in this world."

That person or whatever said that while walking slowly and making his face visible.

After seeing his face, I was shocked to learn that he was a human—no, probably an Astral disguised as a human.

"You..."

Seeing Shiva who suddenly took a step back, I immediately looked at her face and saw that her face was covered in sweat.

The man put the can of drink to his cheek with a smirk on his face.

"Oh, you know me, lady?"

A handsome face but his skin is so pale white. Her hair was so thick wavy with blackish-brown color. The clothes he wears are very similar to what Shiva is wearing today, but he wears trousers while Shiva wears a skirt. And the most frightening thing is that his eyeballs are so dark red, in contrast to other Astral beings who only have red eyes.

"Akio..."

Hearing Siva's voice beside me, I immediately turned to her and saw her whole body shaking.

"Th-It's dangerous, we have to escape from here."

"Why? Do you know him?"

"Ah." Shiva nodded slowly, then turned to me, "not only do I know him, even the military know him. He... he is the most dangerous Astral rank, that is S-rank."

"S-Rank?"

"Yes, he is the most dangerous Astral Being because his mind is more developed than other Astral Beings. Possibly, he had evolved into a human for decades. So, we have to run away from here."

"Oh, I see..."

Shiva turns and holds my hand.

"Come on, Akio!"

But unfortunately, I let go of her hand instead.

"You're the one who ran away from here."

"Eh? Why? Why don't you run away too?"

"I still have a grudge against him because the drink can hurt me."

BOOOK! Shiva suddenly hit me on the top of my head.

"Why does your stupid mode appear when you're in a state like this, huh?! You have a very strange grudge."

I squatted down holding my head.

"After all, my head hurts because of that drink can. And again, I only found out now that it was he who threw the drink can. So, this is my chance for revenge."

Apart from thinking about the death of my parents, I'm always thinking about who threw that can of drink at my head at that time. Every time I sleep, I'm always restless, just wondering if it was a ghost who threw the drink can. But now, I already know the identity of the one who threw the drink can at me, so this is my chance for revenge.

"You are stupid!!! Come on, let's go now." Shiva tugged at my collar and I was still trying to hold on to this.

"Do not want! I want revenge."

"You are so weird, Akio. Just because of that drink can, you're risking your life. Anyway, don't get involved with that creature, he is it's so dangerous."

"Akio-kun..."

Upon hearing the sound, Shiva stopped pulling me and turned to look at the creature again.

"Do you recognize this face?"

I saw him change his face in surprise.

"Uncle Gio?"

"Akio, don't forget to come to the meeting tonight okay."

I pointed at him while looking at the silent Shiva.

"That's Uncle Gio, Shiva."

"No, he is not Uncle Gio, he is the creature from earlier."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"Are you stupid? Uncle Gio is dead, why haven't you noticed yet?"

"But..." I turned to the person to confirm what I saw, "his eyes are like human eyes."

What I said was true that that person had eyes like normal humans, not red like Astral Beings, and his face was exactly like the face of Uncle Gio that Shiva and I knew.

He changed his face back to normal and laughed.

"Haha… people are easily fooled by what they see."

"Eh?" I was surprised to see how it changed.

"You know, changing shape is easy for me. I can easily show that I am a human like you guys. And you guys easily believe that? Haha… you guys are so weak, Human."

"Shiva-chan, how can you be fooled so easily?" I said, turning to Shiva. "He's laughing at us because of what you did."

"You're the one who easily believes it, Akio!!!"

"Ugh..."

"Anyway, we have to get out of here quickly." Shiva pulled me back by the collar.

It's not that I easily believe him, but it's just that, seeing his face that looks exactly like Uncle Gio's, I come to believe that he is Uncle Gio. So, what I saw of that person, I was immediately deceived by what he did.

"In any case, that creature imitates Uncle Gio."

While dragging me, Shiva said something I could hear, and I immediately saw her with an annoyed look on her face.

"Shiva-chan..."

I understand how Shiva feels right now. We have been together for a long time and our lives have always been filled with joy from the silliness Uncle Gio did to us. He is our second parent who always smiles and educates us until we are adults like this. So, that's why Shiva was annoyed with the creature disguised as Uncle Gio.

CLICK! Suddenly the sound of snapping fingers was heard again as I was dragged by Shiva. And this time, the S-rank Astral Being suddenly grabbed the lion's head and pressed hard against the lion's head.

"Sea of ​​Lava!"

It suddenly felt hot around me after the creature said that. And after a while, a red liquid with hot steam appeared from the floor behind me.

"Oy, oy, oy..." I panicked and removed Shiva's hand from my collar and stood up.

"What is wrong?"

"That..."

Shiva looked back and saw what happened.

"Lies…" Shiva was shocked when she saw it.

"Human, die to hell!"

It was at this moment that I realized that humans would never be able to fight against that creature. After all, the creature had just emitted lava. So, this is the difference between humans and creatures.

"We come."

"Ciiihhuuuy."

Suddenly I saw several people jumping over me from the direction of the exit. And when they landed right in front of me, I saw they were wearing the same clothes as Shiva.

"Team 1 has arrived inside."

"Team 2 has also arrived."

A woman with long black hair raised her hand while aiming at the creature with a rifle-type weapon in her hand.

"Prepare to shoot."

"Ready!"

And after a while, a blue light shot out from the tip of the woman's rifle.

"Power Guns!"

BOOM!!! An explosion appeared on the lion statue after the woman pulled the trigger of her rifle.

And several others were freezing the lava using their rifles.

"FIRE!"

After the woman said that, the remaining ones started shooting at the lion statue.

Gunshots kept coming from the rifles they were using, and I had to cover my ears with my hands.

"Oy, what is this?" I said, full of confusion.

"You two, get out of here. We will deal with it."

Shiva pulled me by the collar again after the woman spoke without looking at us.

"Come on, Akio, let's go. It's dangerous in here, let them take care of it."

After arriving at the exit, suddenly a man with a bald head and big body carrying a large machine gun in his hand went inside.

"Huuuaahhhh, hahaha… ugh, ugh, ugh." The man coughed after laughing. "Let me shoot him. Give me space!"

"Understood."

After he spoke, the eight people in front of him immediately jumped back after stopping their fire at the statue and freezing the lava. And after that, the man started shooting at the lion statue with his machine gun.

"Huaaaahhhh... Lifelike COWBOY!!!" He said loudly as he continued to shoot at the statue.

"What's with all this?" Once again, I was confused when I saw all this while being dragged by Shiva to get out of here.

"Anyway, we should head out first." Shiva kept dragging me.

I saw that woman, the woman with long black hair, who could only stare at her while biting her lip.

"She... can't her face smile?" I said in a low voice.

That's how I felt when I first saw it.

Although her height exceeds Shiva and has white skin and a good body and a very beautiful face with long black hair, her face will always look annoyed. I don't know what she feels right now, but that's how I feel for her right now.

"Again, shoot! "Don't let it regenerate! We have to make the Astral die!" the long-haired woman said after the man's machine gun bullets ran out

"Roger!"