It's Just Ashes

"Jessica, promise me not to talk to strangers so rashly in the future."

　　Taking out his elder brother's aura, Ivan quickly warned her.

　　It was not that the two men in black were bad guys, but Jessica's want to talk to everyone so casually made Ivan a little worried.

　　Even if you meet someone and they don't seem bad, they can still be bad on the inside. In this way it would be easy to be tricked or lead astray.

　　Jessica felt Ivan pulling her arm and stopped.

　　"Ivan, I know there are some bad guys, but... I am curious too."

　　"Think about it, even if you ask them, they must be too busy to deal with a little girl, and they might make up a lite to fool you." Ivan said.

　　"Um~ well, that's right~"

　　...

　　At the gym.

　　The scale is average, and the equipment is incomplete, but it's s the only one nearby. Even with the defect of being remote, the number of people who come to this gym has gradually increased under the propaganda of the boss.

　　Because there are many gangs around here, many people who come to work out here are gangsters. Fortunately, Lucas himself is a gang member and he has a small reputation. So few people dare to make trouble with him.

　　Seeing that Ivan was coming, Lucas put down the dumbbell in his hand and nodded to him. Ivan came here often, and the two were already familiar with each other.

　　He just casually recommended coming to the gym to this child. He never expected Ivan to have such perseverance. He rarely missed coming to the gym every day.

　　"I going to play on the treadmill, Ivan." Jessica said as she walked towards the treadmill to the north.

　　And when Ivan nodded in response, he saw someone in Jessica's direction.

　　Dark skin, pink hair. They were familiar faces...

　　This is the grumpy bastard who advocated to beat up Karen in the abandoned warehouse at that time, His name should be Baker!

　　Baker was looking at Ivan with his mouth open at this time, and Ivan immediately met his gaze with his own eyes.

　　'Ekk', Baker involuntarily took two steps back. He then took a deep breath, smiled awkwardly, and greeted Ivan: "Hello..."

　　Ivan glanced at Jessica who was exercising on the treadmill, and then walked towards Baker.

　　"you didn't trouble Karen, did you?" After approaching, Ivan asked Baker. He knew that this man was against the white Boss's easy release of Karen.

　　Baker was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Actually, I wanted to say that I'm sorry, I won't cause trouble for you anymore."

　　"Trouble me?"

　　"Can you tell me where you hid my three friends? I can... redeem them with money."

　　Although the holder of the conversation was only a high school student, Baker kept his tone very slow and spoke carefully.

　　He knew that he had sent three people to teach the super boy a lesson, but the three people have since lost connection and never returned.

　　Baker was one of the people who had seen Ivan's appearance at the time. Now, when he saw Ivan, He still thought that he was super boy. In addition, Ivan staring at him made him even more sure that this was super boy.

　　After Baker said this, Ivan immediately reacted. It turned out that the three people were not going to cause trouble to Angel, but the real purpose was to trouble himself, and that it was because Baker instructed them.

　　Seeing Ivan not speaking, Baker asked cautiously: "Are they... okay?"

　　"This is not good." Ivan said lightly.

　　"This... where are they?" Baker asked again.

　　He felt his heart get weary, but he had to resolve this matter. His Boss gave him the order yesterday to fix whatever he had done, regardless of the super-power kid.

　　But he was afraid, and he was still hesitant even now.

　　In the end, the reality hit him.

　　Seeing Ivan not speaking, Baker took out fifty dollars from his pocket and passed it to him with a smile.

　　"Super boy, Accept this as..."

　　He did not say anything more, because the fifty dollars in his hand quickly turned into ashes, and the sudden breeze dissipated.

　　He kept his hand in the air, still maintaining the gesture of handing over money, but there was nothing in his hand.

　　"The money you handed over is dirty." Ivan said silently.

　　Baker feels his heart beating constantly. Is this one of his superpowers?

　　At the same time his face was red, and he felt like he had been insulted.

　　He reluctantly laughed: "Don't do that, I, I know I'm wrong, I..."

　　"Hey! Ivan." Jessica trot over with two cans of Coke. She handed Ivan a can, wiped her sweat and asked, "Are you a friend?"

　　Seeing Ivan standing here chatting with the pink-haired man, she thought they knew each other.

　　"Yeah..." Ivan took the Coke and gave a casual hum.

　　"Here, then this can is for you, I'll go to the vending machine to buy another one."

　　Jessica handed Baker her can.

　　"Thank you, Little girl!"

　　Baker smiled and took the Coke, while he tried to make himself have a soft smile.

　　He saw that the girl had a good relationship with Ivan.

　　"Well, I will go back toe. exercise

　　After Jessica finished speaking, she walked towards the pullback exercise machine. She had told Ivan before that she mainly practiced her back in the gym, which would make her body lines look good.

　　"You must have a good relationship, as she specially came to give you Coke." Baker tried to find a topic.

　　As he talked, he opened the can of Coke. As soon as he opened the Coke, the soda inside sprayed his face, and it was a continuous spray!

　　When he wiped a handful of Coke from his face, he found that there was no drink left in the can, not even a drop.

　　He raised his head, and realized that this was Ivan messing with him, and he got mad again. He glared at Ivan...

　　But within two seconds, he softened again after meeting Ivan's eyes.

　　'A trivial high school student, is he really so hard to deal with'... he scolded in his heart.

　　"What's the matter?" Ivan asked.

　　"If you think the money I gave you is not enough, I still have..." Baker said angrily, and he digs into his trouser pocket as he talks.

　　Finally, he took out a handful of ash.

　　He froze, all the money in his trouser pocket was gone.

　　His fingers were numb, as if he were about to lose his senses. His body straightened back, almost making him fall back.

　　In the end, he stabilized his figure, even though he was full of anger, he dared not show it.

　　Baker went all out to calm his anger. His nostrils were rough, and even if he tried to pretend to not to be angry, the look in his eyes completely betrayed him.

　　"What do you want...you...what do you want to let my people go?" Baker supported himself with the fitness machine next to him, his arms trembling with anger.

　　"I want you to go to Townsend Harris and get naked. Then run naked on the playground, go three full laps, and call yourself a pervert while running."

　　"how could that be possible!"

　　Baker could not help but roar out, causing some others to look at him.

　　"Be quiet, this is not your house." Lucas happened to pass by and pointed to Baker to remind him.

　　Baker was stunned.

　　After Lucas walked away, Ivan said softly.

　　"There is no one in the school right now anyway, you will run sooner or later. It's not too shameful if you get it over with now, and as long as you do, I will let them go.

　　"Why, why do you Fu** with me like this?" Baker gritted his teeth.

　　"Because you like to make trouble with other people. So, it is natural that there is a price to pay."