16 A Part Time Job At a Buchery

Seeing me and the old man glancing at him intensely he spoke out to break the silence.

"Yo! I'm Kelan nice to meet with you." A blonde guy greeted me. His very friendly. That's what I thought from the first impression. He always has a smile on his face. I don't know if he trying to be friendly with me or he's like that. He was wearing an apron that was used in cooking and it was stained with blood.

I also greeted back, "I'm Jodan, nice to meet you too."

"Need any help just call me, No matter what just ask me. I'm always at your service" Kelan said cheerfully.

"Ok."

"Your slot is in that way." The big guy said. "Oh, I forget to introduce myself." He acted as if forgot something important. "I'm Herris. The owner of this shop. When are you starting to work?"

"From today. I suppose." As I have nothing to do so I told him that. In my whole life, I never did this kind of part-time work. The ones I did were mostly not that hard. However, that didn't mean I couldn't work. If I put something on my mind, I could definitely succeed, that's what I learned after years of playing games.

"Fine. You can change your clothes there." He pointed to a room near his hand. I went to that room slowly and opened the door. It was a sufficient room for clothes or items that were used by the workers. Every worker possesses a locker for themselves. Most probably there they put their things after coming here. It's a really convenient shop. An unnamed locker shot my sights. I opened it as it was unnamed. There were fifty like this locker. I took the apron laying in the locker and put that on me. It fitted well in my body.

Accordingly, I went back to my slot that was outside the room. The next slot was Kelan's. So, it would be easy to ask him. Various knives were present on the desk. I was kinda confused about which one should I use?

"Use the small knife first to skin the excessive fat from the meat," Kelan instructed me as he saw me struggling. I have to admire he is a pro in this field.

I took a small knife and began slicing the meat slowly. My hands were throbbing in nervousness. The reason I took this part-time job wasn't for cutting flesh but for slaughtering animals so that I could escape from that overwhelming pain. I think I have to ask Mr. Herris.

-Aah I cried out in sudden pain but it was not that much compared to that heartbreaking one.

I accidentally cut my finger while slicing. Oh, what should I do? It's embarrassing. Mr. Herris already told me to avoid those kinds of accidents.

"Uh, you cut yourself, come with me." Said Kelan, worried some. "What were you thinking? You're off with your mind."

Kelan took me to the changing room. He pulled out a first aid box from one of the cabinets. Then gently bandaging my finger. After all, he did for me, he really is a nice guy.

"How did you get the meat from? I mean don't you guys have a place to slaughter the cows?" I asked him as he finished bandaging.

"We certainly have it. Other Butcheries have computer-operated machines to slaughter but here we don't do that. Of course, because of the money. The machines are very expensive." He replied. "But why you ask? Do you want to slaughter some?"

"Uhmm- yes if possible," I said while hesitating.

"Then you should ask Mr. Heriss. He'll get you to that department. We slaughter chicken every day and cows on Sunday."

"Okay."

"Come one, I'll get you to Mr. Harris." Saying this he pulled me to another area.

"It's okay… I don't want to…"

He didn't listen to me and thus…

"Here we are." I saw blood all over the place. Water was used continuously to wash off the blood that was on the ground. Within this water and blood washing, I saw Mr. Heriss who was holding a chicken in his right hand and a big sharp knife in the other hand. Then in a minute, he stabbed the chicken without closing his eyes for a blink. Blood splashed out on his face. His eyes had coldness in them. Maybe he could kill a person like that.

Seeing me astonishingly looking at him. Kelan said, "Don't be scared. He is like that. When he is in work mode, he looks like a total Psychopath. Moreover, that made the shop grow bigger. He works here more than we do."

We moved forward to talk with Mr. Heriss. "Hey! Rock man." Kelan mocked him. If I were in his place I would never do that. What if he gets upset and punched me in my face. I would be straight to the hospital bed.

"Are you running away from your work again?" Questioned Mr. Heriss as if Kelan did it many times.

"No! Of course not. How could I do such things!" Replied Kelan frankly,

"So, how's your coming here?" He looked at me in a soft tone.

"Sir, Jedan wants to work in your department. I'm mean this killing unit." As a result, the answer came from Kelan, not me.

"Oh, that's fine. I'll teach you as I'm in this department. I see you cut your finger." He noticed that. Sh*t. I did hide it in my back. Will he kick me out? "That's a great start." Said Mr. Heriss with a grin.

I was a little nervous but in the end, everything was good. He showed me how to slaughter a chicken.

"First hold the neck on one hand and then bang. You got it right?" Said Mr. Heriss. ".....Kinda" I replied on.

"Okay, then you try." After saying he went back to his slot.

I took a big knife in my right hand and clutched a chicken on another hand. I waved my knife in the air. I glanced at the chicken. Its eyes were filled with tears. "I.....can't do...it." I can't " I screamed with anxiousness. I dropped down the knife I was holding and released it. I became very scary.

"Hey! Are you okay? " Me. Heriss asked me as I fell to the ground. He came close to me, helped me to get back up.

"Don't be a cry baby. You have to have a gut to kill that thing. Also, don't close your eyes when killing it. That might cause an accident" He advised me.

I again attempted to slaughter the chicken. This time I didn't fall for those tears. I gripped the knife harder than before. Then stabbed it by its neck without even blinking. I felt like enjoying every bit of it. A Devilish smile appeared on my face. That sure looked scary. "Oh...that's so fun," I said as my eyes turned red. "No, stop this, I can't become..." I yelled slightly as I realize that I wasn't my regular self a moment ago. Then again I snapped back to my normal self. For a few moments, The monster inside of me took control of my body.

*That's the one I'm searching for. That Smile, That eyes. Terrifying, Wonderful. My invention has finally come to success. *

Me. Heriss didn't notice me this time so I'm safe. I didn't know how long I'm able to hide it. Though I have to try my best.

"You did a pretty good job there. Keep up the good works" My work time was over as Mr. Heriss said that. I checked my diary, it was nothing special, the kill count didn't increase much if you don't kill humans. In other words, animals slaughtering can hardly increase the numbers. I walked myself home, everything was as usual nothing special. Though peter massaged me with a video clip attached to it.

"Look! Jodan, You're on TV! Though it wasn't a pleasant article. Sad emoji."

Seeing his text message, I swiftly taped the video enclosed to it.

The video started with a reported interview with the police.

"Sir, How this accident occurred?"

"I'm not sure as this road is not well lighted in the night. What we gasp from the CCTV footage was the car was smashed by some wild animal or a person that we aren't able to identify."

"So, you're saying that the car became like that due to a wild creature?"

"Yes"

As the police were explaining, CCTV footage was started playing.

"Sh*t" That me. It's that misfortune I made. I was certainly dumbfounded by the footage. Although I was in there, insufficient lighting made me look invisible to the eyes. That's a good thing. The 'AI' in this generation is highly optimized but the lack of information on the footage should be enough not to use AI technology. I see that's why the policeman was couldn't figure out who I was.

Recently after that, some of the ghostbuster guys went that road filming about the so-called ghost in the road. I couldn't but hold my laugh seeing them talking trash on some video streaming sites. Are those guys fools or something? The real ghost is seating in his room playing video games while crunching onion-flavored chips with a can of coke.