CHAPTER 44: Life

' I guess I need to watch out for the balance. That means no more consuming foes. I just need to grind for power, but that's no issue for me. I am a saiyan after all, or somewhat of one. '

Zane thought. But that wasn't his primary goal at the moment. Even if the ' balance ' came, he would be nerfed to multiversal at most and universal at least. Which his transformations should help close that gap in the future. So all he need to do now was focus on getting a stable life on earth.

And so far, it was going pretty smoothly. He got a call and connection from Diana; the company he was going to work with was Oscorp, which was both good and disastrously bad. He could gain things from them each time he decided to help construct their sites and in return, he could construct his own base after leeching enough from Oscorp. Maybe he could get spiderman's abilites if he tinkered for it, for a bit of fun.

' I think I should go do some night patrolling. I have nothing else better to do at the moment '

-----------------------------------------------------

~8:34 PM at Southside New-York~

" HEY! Hand over the bag bitch. I'll gun ya' down if you don't. Make even a sound and your brain are gone. Nod your fucking head if you understand! "

He said, clasping her mouth with his hands. After resisting a bit, she nodded, stopping her screams. The look he gave her meant business. The man looked deranged from when she looked in his eyes, and he was most likely was.

Quickly reaching into her bag, she reached for what the man wanted, but she saw something hopping down from a building she caught it at a split second as it passed by her side vision, as soon as it landed, the thug kept feeling her body.

" I already gave you what you wanted. Please! Just let me go "

Her voice was getting hoarse from the stress she was under, regretting coming out in the night.

" Shut UP!! I never realised you got a banging body, little miss, and I hadn't had some in a while since I 'took' the last one. And you'll do just the job.

He said, reaching and groping her violently, hurting her bosom in the process.

However, this did not go unnoticed. Zane was watching in the shadows. His eyes glowed more brightly with disdain. It reminded him of Barmis. He still wasn't truly used to what he saw from absorbing his memories. Something within him snapped within the next second, his rage starting to take control for a moment.

In the next moment, Zane disappeared and reappeared behind the thief and apparent rapist too. Tapping him on the shoulders gently.

Quickly spinning around, the thief let go of the woman, keeping her bag in his hands tightly, but that within the next moment vanished from his hand. He was sure he had it. Money was something he never took lightly.

' Fuck! Who the fuck is this guy? Where the fuck did he even come from!? ' the thief thought. But he quickly raised his gun to shoot at zane, only to see the hand he was holding the bag with, was completely soft?

As soon as he registered at what just transpired, unholy amounts of pain shot throughout his body.

Zane said nothing, only handing back the bag to the woman, telling her to leave quickly. Zane was now looking back at the thief that was rolling with immense pain.

" I don't understand, you people... what do you gain from doing all this? Hurting others... is it fun? "

" Do you feel accomplished stealing from others, when they earned it through their own blood sweat and tears? "

Zane said in an eerily calm tone. Deep and menacing.

The thief, on the other hand, was groveling. His hand was like soft mush, and he felt like he was about to fall unconscious from all the pain.

Stooping down, Zane got closer to the thief.

" I know you won't be able to answer me. I did tear all your ligaments and tendons within your hands and destroyed all its bones as well. With that amount of pain, I'm sure you wished you were dead... "

Standing up once more, he continued in his mind, looking at the man with pure disgust.

' Humans... they never change... they always choose the easy way out. Malice, hate, revenge and even destruction... it was humanity's truest form, it was pure unfiltered evil. '

Zane thought. The whole scenario seemed vexing to him. He couldn't force people to change, and he had to let the good suffer for the bad. That's how free will works in life, people can chose to be both good or evil, and humans tend to choose the latter.

Before Leaving, Zane used the back of his wrist destroy the thief jaw completely. Now, He wanted to cool off, and he knew just the place to go.

--------------------------------------------------------

' Just one more day zane, just one more and I can finally try to earn a living '

Walking along the beachside, taking in the cool air and relaxing. This was what he used to do back in his fist life. When things get didn't seem okay, he simply took long walks along the beach at night and cleared his mind. It always helped in the end.

After walking for what felt an hour, he left. To go about his usual training.