The Mysterious Seller

Akagi and Natsume go out in the city, finding a decent place to buy lunch. On the way exiting the college, while walking, Natsume, as always, glancing of breasts and legs from the other female students in the academy. Seeing what Natsume is doing, Akagi glared at him for a minute and gets even more annoyed. He interrupted and questions him.

"Stop staring at them and answer me, what's your chose, what kind of food shop or stall, you looking for?

Natsume stops staring and rubs his chin to think about,

"Around this corner there, is a fry chicken wing stall, those are my favourite we should go there,"

On way, to the shop, Natsume curiously asked Akagi, while walking on street beside the High Road.

"Hey, Shinsuke, why you people not research Darkfallen virus? You are in genetics department right? I heard, scientists desperate to find more about the Darkfallen, any help find the cure for the infection and fight these Mutants"

Hearing that name of "Mutants" and "Darkfallen" from Natsume, Akagi is shocked , unable to a give a proper answer. Akagi had no choice but to tell him why, though he answered nervously

"Well, I am a student, and I still got learn about genetics. Besides researching or even studying about the virus are totally forbid among students. That MRC scientist's job, it's even illegal to study Darkfallen mutation for students. You pass out from the college get a research license and government's permission then we can study about the Darkfallen or any mutagenic infection related subjects. You still don't know that?"

"Yes, I think you, made your point. I am never known that, you genetics guys still maintain such secrecy". Natsume laughably comments him. Akagi thinking to himself,

"I have to say this because I am one of the Darkfallen infected Mutant, and I have no choice to keep it an absolute secret. For my sakes, at least".

When Akagi was in his thoughts, he accidentally bump into another student and the student's books and notes went down to the ground. Akagi immediately apologises and tries to pick up the fallen books. But the student seem calm and gentle, he says, not to worry, he picks up the books and leaves towards the college without saying another word. Akagi saw that, the student had a red short hair and yellow eyes wearing the college uniform. "Who's that?" Akagi question Natsume.

Natsume confidently said, "oh, you know, He's Fumihiro senpai, second year of our college.

He might seems be a polite person but he has a hell of temper, rude towards... well, practically everyone"

"Thanks for the information, now I know; I have to stay away from this guy" Akagi responded, been convinced,

Few minutes of walking Akagi and Natsume arrive at a small frying Chicken's stall.

"Two frayed chicken lollipop, please!" Natsume exciting said to the Chicken's seller.

The seller from the stall seems like an odd person, his hair is a reddish-orange colour that's pushed back out of the face, extremely muscular.

"That's a lot of muscles for a fried Chicken's seller," Akagi thought, while him frying the chicken and staring the both of them, the seller suddenly asks in a broken heavy voice.

"So, judging by your clothes, you fellas are with MRC, am I right?"

Both Natsume and Akagi were surprised to hear the question.

"Well, we just students in MRC"

Natsume scratches his back of his head.

The seller stays in serious sand silence for some time. A second later he answered back,

"Nah, Never mind" the he faintly smiled "Here you go" the seller handing the fried wings to them. Akagi takes the chicken lollipop, paid up and head back to the college. At once Akagi stops and turn around his neck to see the odd seller. He was still constantly watching them.

Akagi had little suspicious on the seller but Natsume went farther away, he stops and call Akagi to walk together, Akagi turned his head forward and walked slowly towards Natsume.

While them walking on the street, Natsume driving Akagi crazy, continues babbles about mundane stuff bah, bah, bah, not that Akagi have to listen any Akagi keeps quiet and ignoring everything, what he is saying, Natsume noticed that Akagi wasn't listening, he wrapped around Akagi's shoulder.

"Hey buddy at least try to listen while I am talking, you are my friend after all".

"You are not my friend Natsume," Akagi muttered, resentfully "You're just a pervert, happen to be my classmate"

Natsume got too close to him, immediately removed the arm from his shoulder and keeps a distance. Akagi was afraid that he might notice the infected tentacles wrapped around his arm and shoulder covered behind Akagi's white shirt.

Therefore he wore a full sleeve, non transparent, thick shirt.

When they walking on the way back, two men walked over. One of them in right has a scar on the upper right of his cheek and a small growing goatee, this early 20s boy name Kashashima. A well-known delinquent within the area. When they sees they approach into him, he stopped and said,

"Look who's here? Yuichi Natsume, the pervert, I was looking for you, so you're the one, peeping on my college's girl's hostel last week, I got many complaints about you already, What do you think, just because you are in MRC, you get some kind of permission to do anything, now it's time to teach you a proper lesson", they came even closer with a intend of starting a brawl. The other one was black skinned man with thick black hair, wearing a sleeveless black t-shirt.

"Who is that guy?" Kashashima directly questioned Natsume. He nervously said "Well calm down Kashashima-san, I know you pissed, it's no need for violence he's just my good friend Shinsuke,"

Akagi never seen this man before, he anxiously thinks "Oi, what the hell are you saying, we are not good friends, we are not even friends".

That he about to tell them but before he could say anything they were grabbed by their hands and dragged them towards a nearby lane.

They dragged them a four side wall wide lane they throw Akagi and Natsume to the lane. The upper section of the lane is filled with water pipes, some of the pipes has broken, expose from above, those became rusted and pointy on the edge, Akagi was tried to told him but Kashashima is a hot-headed reckless man.

Without listening any excuse, he punched Akagi on his right cheek. Fell on the ground, including his glasses. His cheek is turn red by the punch but he noticed his cheek went to normal again.

Plus he felt little or no pain at all, realised that he way stronger than them, but he stood still laying on the ground, not because he is a coward, it's because it's not worth meddling in.

"Hey! Why did you hit him? He knew nothing. Natsume told Kashashima in respectfully tune. But the man with piercing smiled, and then kicked into Natsume's stomach.

"Ugh!" hold his stomach in pain.

The boys kicked both of them several times, due to the beating Natsume fall unconscious but Akagi is very much awake, his body immediately heals up for a normal human beating. After healing up Akagi stands up, try to defend Natsume.

"He had enough, now let him go,"

Akagi commands in a serious voice, Kashashima was surprised to see him still standing,

Kashashima grinned and punches him more heavily several times on his face, stomach and even his arm; few minutes later his injuries again recovered, easily held his ground,

"You, You still awake?" Kashashima nervously quote to him this time,

"What the fuck are you made of?" he, gasped, questioned Akagi in an tiredly voice.

"I think that's enough of you,"

Kashashima steps back in little, slightly sweating. Akagi's just to about to use his eye power, his right eye turns blue to red, a cross pattern symbol appeared between in his eye slowly start to glow. When Akagi was about starts to use his power, he not controlling his eye, Hikaru active automatically by his emotions, he was interrupted by the same fried Chicken's seller. He appeared behind from them. From the interference, Akagi's Hikaru went back to normal

"Oi, who the hell are you?!"

Kawashima and his sidekick shout at the seller,

However the seller grinned, seeing those boys and confusedly say "How the hell did you get in here? be a good little boy and run away while you can, because I going dig in with those bastards"

Kawashima angrily scolded, "Ah! Just who did you think you are? Any idea What'cha talkin'about?"

The Seller close his eyes exhales, a few seconds later he opened his eyes with exposed his viral stings roaming around his both hand transforming into a small claws Noryoku.

From all Mutant's Noryoku, claws are the most dangerous and effective for all weapons in mid-range combat. Claws are the most prominent anti-personnel ability. Biomass is shifted into an Antamentium made shape 4-digited, talon-like appendages that can be used to shred flesh and bone, cutting both humans and Mutants in half with a single sweep in some cases.

Akagi, Kawashima and his sidekick both shock to see the odd seller is a Mutant. Kawashima and his sidekick terrified and ran away from the scene.

The seller laughed aimlessly to saw such cowards, then he slowly approach towards Akagi since he was not able to run because Natsume still out cold still not aware what is going on and Akagi was not going to left him to die here especially knowing the seller is also a Mutant.

Akagi finally understood, why the seller staring at them, the seller was planning to murder them at very first sight.

The seller is stands up in front of Akagi, the seller way taller than him. Akagi afraid to a see a Mutant standing in front of him, especially to see the man's monstrous Noryoku.

"Am I, becoming like this man, a Mutant? He muttered to himself, but then suddenly the seller sees the red glowing viral spirals roaming around Akagi's body, very similar to himself,

The seller did not expect to run into another Mutant but he is even more excited, deactivated his Noryoku and roaming around Akagi.

While He is stood still, not say anything.

"So, I did not expect to see a Mutant hanging around the yellow zone" the seller takes his shoulder to Akagi. Not knowing the man's true intentions, Akagi constantly thinking what is he going to do. Suddenly the seller grabs Akagi's throat and smashes him on the ground. The ground break under Akagi's back,

"Ugh!" he groaned, quivered in pain.

He's trying holding the seller's hand to lose his grip, but he is tighter his grip even more. While nearly suffocated, semi-conscious, the seller throws Akagi away like a tin can,

The seller is explaining to what he is going to do with them. He is going to devour Natsume with slow and painful way he going first break Natsume's neck separate his head entirely then he will better taste from consuming and in case of Akagi, because he is a Mutant, the seller is going to brutally mutilate him several times until he is not able to regenerate any longer, then he consumes Akagi too.

The fast food seller kills many students and many customers visiting his stand.

Akagi knows that he is in trouble and started to fight back, he pouched and attack The seller's at front, the seller however withdrawn then counter by punching his stomach!

"Aragh-aah!" Akagi groaned, as if the punched shattered his every nerve,

"Ugh! What those stench are coming from?" The seller cleaning the blood from Akagi's already stained clothes. "You stink like a rotting fish!"

After brutal beat down, Akagi's body becomes so weak, that he is not able to his Hikaru eye.

Then he grabs Akagi's neck to stands him up. Akagi weaken body started to tremble, the seller again punched Akagi on below the chin and sent him away deeper into the wade lane. Akagi landed on a car's windshield and cracked it.

The seller looks at Akagi good for nothing body "You got to be kidding me, such a weak Mutant, I never seen in the life" He exhales "come on, get up already, I am getting started. He signs in disappointment. He approaches towards Akagi.

Akagi slowly get off from the car with his crumbling body, he tried to punch the man on rock hard chest. The seller again fells nothing "What the fuck is this, you trying to tickle me or something?"

Akagi's newly regenerate ribs hasn't completely heal yet, a huge portion has red muscles have exposed from outsides, the Seller clearing sees red ribs muscle tissues, he put his own two finger starts to squeezing it. Akagi screaming in pain, the ribs portion has even skins, once he opens his in pain the seller holds the whole his own other hand puts to Akagi's opened mouth, grabbed Akagi's jaw and smashed him on the ground, the Mutants are also capable of self regeneration, the only reason that Akagi was still alive but he injured severely, broken bones, fractured back side of skull. The seller signs in relief "That's should be for now" he turns his head on Natsume's laying body "Now the human boy's turn".

Akagi while on the ground looking at the water pipe lines thinking "He is going to devour Natsume and also me, knowing what will to happen to him or me, I can't do anything". Suddenly the Mutant seller widened his legs to grabs Natsume's neck upward and trying to punch a whole right through his chest for consuming him. Sometimes, Mutants mutilates their victim in order to consume it. Seeing that widened legs, Akagi have an idea, with his all remaining strength, he aggressively tries to getting up, he groans, his voice in his getting louder and clearer, he motivated to himself for saving Natsume and himself

"No, I won't die here, not today" he pushed his hand against the ground, rising his head "Won't die, I can't die if had power, power to change the world!" pushed his right leg backwards on the ground Akagi forced on the seller's back "He may be hard as a rock but there is one place, every beings fell the same,"

consumed by rage and hatred for everything, Akagi become aggressive and destructive, bounce his leg and straight to attack the Mutant seller. Akagi slides under the seller widened legs.

While through the legs, Akagi has opened the opportunity to strike. He punches right to the man's testicles with all Akagi's might. For the virus, Akagi has received an enhanced physical strength.

After got hit by the Mutant seller screamed "Araghh! You little bitch"

He puts Natsume down and grabs his testicles with his both hand and knelt in pain.

Akagi running front of the seller, his hand is covered for the testicles, not able to defend himself, just as he predicted, Akagi pouched and evading his broad hand and grabbed the Mutant Seller in a inverted headlock, then falls to drive the mutant Seller's head into the ground,

The Seller's head was brutally broken since he forced to dive forward onto his head, cracking the skull, however Akagi hasn't finished with him, his vicious Seaks expands consuming the Seller's body entirely!