5 Losing a Friend
"I'm finally cured, Rin really knows no mercy. But thanks to her, I am much stronger than I was 80 years ago."
Brandon or now named Ars, rose from the ground, and dusted off his clothes.
It has been 80 years since his seventh reincarnation. One might say that this is an unprecedented achievement, this is the longest life compared to the lives of his six reincarnations combined.
Even though 80 years had passed, he had not aged at all, his appearance always looked like that of a young man in his 20s.
"Oi, old woman, I want to go play!"
Ars shouted loudly towards the hill, but Rin didn't respond and just stood still.
He didn't care about her response, after all, he was sure Rin must have heard it.
*Whooosh*
Then, he dashed across the vast ocean towards the nearest continent.
After intense training, Ars has grown a lot. If previously his running speed was only Transonic, now his speed has reached Hypersonic (5-10 Mach), Mach 7 to be exact.
"My speed is much faster than fighter planes, which only reach Mach 2. But I'm still slower than Koro Sensei, when can I be like him."
Ars complained of being dissatisfied with his abilities.
In just a few minutes, he had set foot on land and continued on to the city he had once visited.
Seeing a city not far away, Ars stopped running and walked at normal human speed.
As soon as he entered the city, he was amazed to see the changes in front of him.
"Wow, Mathias Cit has changed a lot from my last visit, there are a lot of new things."
Ars' action was like that of a country bumpkin who had just come to the city for the first time, several passersby looked at him with a sinister look. But he didn't care about them, he was surprised because the infrastructure had changed a lot compared to 20 years ago.
"They've invented the steam car, it won't be long before they reach modern civilization."
Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, Ars scanned the city with interest. As a witness to history, it is always interesting to see changes in the world.
"Does the currency of 20 years ago still work..."
Retrieving the money from his trouser pocket, he looked at the money in his palm, wondering if it was still valid.
"Just try it, if can't, just steal a few wallets from people passing by."
Ars wasn't a person of principled justice from the start, his heart wouldn't feel guilty just for stealing.
With his hypersonic speed, he steals the wallet of a wealthy looking man.
"Although the money is somewhat different, the value shouldn't be too different, right?"
Looking at the pile of banknotes in his wallet, he smiled with satisfaction. After taking all the money, he threw the wallet into the alley and left.
Ars has a handsome appearance, which attracts the attention of many women. If it weren't for his shabby-looking clothes, there would be women who would approach him.
He finally arrived at an American-style bar called Bar Grocery. As soon as he entered, many gazes were directed at him by the ferocious looking man.
Seeing that it was just a young bumpkin, the guys withdrew their gazes and went about their respective businesses.
Ars walked to the bar counter, then a man in his 30s, who was a bartender came over.
"Order a glass of Ale." Ars said the order.
The bartender didn't say anything, picked up a bottle from the display case, then poured the contents into the glass in front of Ars.
"Slurp... Um, it's delicious, it still tastes the same as it did 20 years ago. Good job, how to make it according to the recipe."
Even though he came to the bar, Ars didn't order liquor. Ale is a drink made from various fermented fruits.
Hearing those mutters, the bartender's eyebrows slightly raised. The young man in front of him looked to be 20 years old, but he spoke as if he were old. However, he did not ask, because it was none of his business.
"By the way, where is Nicholas, I didn't see him?" Ars asked while sipping a glass.
"The guest knows the big boss?" The bartender was slightly taken aback.
Nicholas is the owner of the Grocery Bar, as well as all the Grocery Bar branches around the world.
"Something like that." Ars nodded, Nicholas was his friend, it wouldn't be wrong to say they were friends.
"Mr. Nicholas passed away five years ago, now all of the Grocery Bar's business is managed by his granddaughter, Miss Marie."
The bartender was a bit doubtful that the big boss would be friends with the young hillbilly in front of him, but he somehow believed it.
"I see... Nicholas is dead, I didn't know that. What was the cause of his death?"
Ars was in a rather bad mood, after all, no one was happy when they got the news that a good friend had died.
If Nicholas was killed, he would avenge him. If due to old age, he would sprinkle flowers on his grave.
"Mr. Nicholas died at the age of 95 due to heart disease." Bartenders replied.
"Thank you for the information."
Ars was relieved that his friend had died of a natural death, finished his drink in the dark, asked the location of Nicholas' grave, put the money on the table, and then left the Grocery Bar.
The cheerful mood of wanting to play has turned to sadness and sorrow now.
"No wonder there are many immortals going mad as time goes by, losing a precious person is indeed unpleasant." Ars muttered while looking up at the sky.
Going to the flower shop, he buys a basket of flowers for the pilgrimage, then goes to Nicholas's funeral, which the bartender mentioned.
On the way, Ars becomes the target of annoying people.
"Hey, young man, wait a moment."
A burly man with curly hair was blocking Ars.
"Need something?"
Ars frowned, in a bad mood after receiving the news of his friend's death. Now an unknown man confronts him, which annoys him.
If it was Rin, this man had already been beaten into a blood mist.
"Young man, you have a handsome face, do you want to go to Sodom City? I guarantee you, there you can make a lot of money." Said the burly man offered an alluring advantage.
"Sodom City? What kind of city is that?"
Hearing the word 'sodom', it reminded Ars of a certain person in his life before being reincarnated.
"Sodom City is a paradise for handsome men and beautiful women, in that city, they adhere to the law of freedom. Everyone has the right to love and be loved, there are no rules and restrictions limiting love."
The burly man started to brag about Sodom City, he even showed off the rainbow armband he was wearing.
There was a black line on Ars's forehead. He thought this person was stopping him because he had some important business to do. It turns out that only a gay person promotes LGBT.
"Enough, I don't want to listen anymore. No matter how well you put your words together, that doesn't change the fact that same-sex liking is heretical and deviant."
After saying that, he walked past the burly man.
"You can't say nonsense, young man! Love doesn't look at anything, take back your words!"
The burly man flew into a rage after being mocked as a pervert. He blocked Ars and showed off his muscles as a form of threat.
Finally his patience ran out, Ars was indeed not as cruel as Rin, because he still had humanity. Slowly but surely, his humanity faded as time passed.
"Get out of my way, human. Before I lose my temper." He said in a cold tone.
"Apologize first for insulting my pure love!"
The burly man didn't know he had provoked a creature that shouldn't be provoked.
"Human, you seek your death."
Ars held the burly man's hand, then threw him into the sky until he was out of sight.
The people on the street who were intending to watch the show were dumbfounded at the scene, they stared in horror at the back of the young man who was slowly walking away.
The burly man had Ars tossed until it reached the mesosphere, and was guaranteed death when it landed on the ground.
