Night train 3
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"His ability … is too subtle. So in the end, which one is his true demon art." I dragged my body along the hallway while grabbing my wounds.
Metal control, telekinesis, gun related ability, … many possible answer popped up in my head but I didn't know which one. I still lacked too much glue.
I vomited blood in my mouth. This is the first time I face this dilemma.
I only heard but didn't experience myself. Now I know how hard to kill those high rank demons.
"So what will I do next? He will trace me sooner or later." I questioned myself.
"Too many question but no answer" I applied 6-wh question but no use.
Suddenly, I sensed something evil from behind.
"Look like I will answer it by myself."
I picked up the spoon on the floor and placed it on my backhand.
At first, the spoon was motionless. However, the spoon started to shake little bit forwards.
"The spoon move forwards. He uses this way to track me faster. Enemy should be there." without hesitation, I opened fire at that direction. I want to take advantage of attack first so I can have better chance to live.
The door was blown open revealing a corpse laying down on the ground. Although the light was flicker, I can recognize some part of his suit. This time wasn't like before. I don't know if it's really him.
Under the moon light, I watched unknown corpse with high intension.
Adrenaline rushed to my brain making the surrounding me move slower in my eyes. This effect is not different much from Spartan time that I usually play Halo.
The spoon that I placed on my hand also started to fall in low motion. I didn't break my high attention. Cause once I do, I will pay a heavy price.
The moment the spoon touched the ground, the window beside broke in countless piece. A hand reached out to me.
With high flexibility, I rolled aside and return fire. Some kind of invisible barrier fenced my bullet off. This fact stunned me.
"How." I can helplessly watch bullet making it way to me instead. The bullet pierced my fresh which is hurt like hell. Following the pressure of bullet, I was sent flying into another train cabin.
"Goddam. It's hurt to the bone. As expected best gun I have ever created."
Immediately, a hot stream of fire entered the cabin. A part of my clothes caught fire.
"Fire. Fire. Why my clothes again." I want to extinguish the fire but that demon doesn't allow me to do that.
He opened fire on me. I quickly stood back up and dashed under rain of bullet. I used obstacle to cover my presence.
To be honest, I don't why I still survive but doesn't matter.
"Fire in the hole" I threw grenade towards him. A huge sound reverberated. A huge hole appeared on train body sucking everything inside train to outside.
However, he didn't stop firing. He is unstoppable.
"Damn you. Terminator. Why don't you do a favor for me."
"Tired. It was you who reject my mercy for you. " he replied. He attacked even fiercer than before. I can only crawled under furniture while praying "Oh god. Oh god."
"Don't be so shy. Come and embrace your death" he provoked me.
"Go hug yourself"
"Alright. Enough with rat hiding. It's time for." He exhaled a deep breath before saying something importance.
"Headshot only"
"I'm so scared"
"Here we go" 4 shot was fired. Its trajectory defies physics and logic. I mustered every single cells to dodge but useless, it followed my movement.
"What a cheat ability."
I drew sword slashing towards bullets with intention to eliminate force. It once again proved me that I'm still naive. As if bullet was allergic to my sword, It slid to right millimeter and succeeded evasion. 3 bullet flew straight towards window. After breaking the glass, It disappeared in the dark of night.
"The hell." However, one bullet bounced on the wall coming back for me.
It turned one more round aiming for my head.
"Boom"
In a moment, a red color gushed out. I was slowly falling down.
"Checkmate. Good game. You have entertained me so far."
"You are wonderful. I will eat every part of you to memorize our moment. And this gun, I will take it."
He picked demon-hunter shotgun as if it was his from the beginning.
"Now for the main dish. Thank for the meal."
It was surprised that he stepped lowly unlike common demon will rush once they saw human.
"I'm very surprised that you are holding to this degree. Now let me see your face"
He kicked the body to have a better look.
"Your face is more beautiful when you are dead"
"Thanks."
"What"
I quickly reached the hands out aiming towards him.
My hands passes through his body reaching for something behind. "Caught you."
I held something invisible, small and tough.
"So this is your real body. This is out of my expected."
"Let off me." He punched me but this time it passes through me like a ghost.
"To be honest, this is so a big surprise. Who know you are this small. Does your body react not well with demon cell?" I strangled a tiny demon who is high only 9 cm.
"Turn out your ability is illusion. Well done. You have deceived me all time."
"YOu lowly, human" he started to roast me with radical word.
"Calm down little guy. I will end this. I feel tired like a dog now." I placed him on the ground while other hand raised ready to behead.
"Wait. Before I die. Tell me." he inhaled for oxygen.
"How do you notice that was illusion."
"That's easy. The wind."
"I … I don't understand." he stuttered.
"Technically, you made the wind flown in. However, you forget that we will have to go around the mountain. See. Behind me is mountain. And also the train go in arch way so there should be no wind coming in" I pointed to the shattered window.
"And your head. I clearly shot you"
"That's just a magic trick that I learn when I was in highschool. I was inspired when watching Now you see me. I won't tell you the secret. This is called job code." Smirking at his silly face, my pride was recovered.
"What the hell are you talking about"
"To be honest, your ability is so cool. You even made my sense deceive me. I can't even detect your presence. And also, the feeling is real to the degree that I can't even know that was fake all time. You are like Itachi from leaf village. If I had ability like this, I can do many thing. By the way, thank to him that I solve this puzzle."
"Who is Itachi." he glared at me with killing intention.
"Just understand short as powerful ninja with frightening genjutsu. Good bye."
"Wait"
Without hesitation, I beheaded his head.
"I curse you and your ancestor and your descendant." after saying that, he returned to dust.
"Your curse is useless. I already carry bad luck from birth."
The surrounding me started to twist until it broke into million pieces. Revealing passed out passenger on the floor. Their face were all beaten to the degree that I can't see their eyes.
"Wait, if those people are alive then."
I looked back to the direction where I fired with shotgun.
"Just pretend that I don't see it " I turned immediately.
I arrived the bar and poured for me a cup of wine.
"Whew. Look like I'm the last person conscious at the moment." I brought the cup to my mouth but a stopped.
"I forgot that rude lady." I remembered that rude lady who abandoned me to save herself.
I even forgot that she had the right to behead my head on guillotine.
"Where is she." I stood up to search for her.
"Wait. Wait. It's not a big deal. Just chill out for a while" I reconsidered my choice. I remembered that I can disguise with fake skin.
"Whatever.She is crazy. No one will believe her." after this happened, I doubted that her sanity will be same like before. I took a sip of wine.
Suddenly, there is a knock on window.
"What the hell." I exclaimed while holding my mouth.
The person who I was going to look for was outside the train.
"What are you saying. I can't hear."
Her mouth mumbled something that I don't understand. In order to hear it clearly, I moved closer.
"Open the window. You " Lowly peasant. Those word weren't let out. She was already dead. Leaving her 2 hands hanging on window.
"This is real or illusion." I wasn't aware the situation. The train started to shake violently. I planted my face on the floor.
"The train is increasing its speed."
Dilemma after dilemma, a new danger is coming.