6 Ch 6 What to do

Isaac's ears perched. Judging by the distance of which the confrontation was happening, he knew that it should be impossible to overhear what they were saying, but his ears still managed to pick up some words.

'maybe the soul techniques effect more then just my soul' he thought.

The girl whose name he didn't know, looked to be frightened, her black straight hair was slightly disheveled and her head tilted towards the ground. her back was up to a wall and her face was pale.

In contrast to the shy girl, another girl with brown curly hair , who Adam recognized to be the girl that the shy girl was sitting by during lunch, was staring at them with an unperturbed defiance in her eyes.

Isaac moved stealthily, edging closer trying not be discovered.

"This is the last time bitch" The guy who seemed like the leader said. Up close Isaac, could see them in detail. The leader who stood in the middle, was wearing a tank top and and his pants was sagging, While the other two wore normal shirts but similar sagging jeans.

"You're dumbass brother said I could get it from you" Isaac, was slightly surprised. He had originally thought that the thugs were harassing them because of their looks. Turns out they were bothering them for something else. Likely money.

"I already said, that piece of shit is no longer my brother so I have no reason to pay off his debts." The girl with Curly hair and fiery temperament said as she got in front of her friend and spoke eye to eye with the thug.

The thugs didn't seem like they were going to leave, even though she spoke emphatically. Rather, the lead thug seemed to be amused. "How could you say that?" He said getting closer.

"These are difficult times.. Our boss has always told us that the only way to survive in this world is by sticking together So family should never outcast family.." He sounded like he was giving her friendly advice but his cruel eye's said made it clear he was just mocking her . Reaching inside his pocket, he drew a knife and held it in his hand.

"Now allow me to help you make amends with your dear brother. You'll give me the money and you'll be fucking polite when doing it otherwise you' won't be seeing him for a while... At least not in this world" As those words sounded out, the initially steadfast girl took a step back. Tears began to build in her eye's and her voice became shaky.

"I.. I..I said I won't pay you anything" She managed to say while stuttering. Though, she was still shaky she chose not to back down.

"Haha" The man started laughing like he heard something funny. He almost laughed himself to his knees. "The lord gave us siblings so we could share amongst their happiness and suffering, your brother shouldn't have to experience all of the pains in life alone".

Finished talking he drew closer. Still, the girl only looked slightly startled for a second then went back to her stern look.

Adam admired her, but at the same time he thought she was being stupid. 'Why not just say you'll do it and leave?'

*Slap* Her mouthy defiance rewarded her a clear, crisp slap across her face. Blood drew and for a moment she was left holding the side of her cheeks.

"Damn it looks like shit is going down, we should probably leave.. and call the police ". Adam said.

It wasn't that Adam was vehemently opposed to helping others. If this was just one lowly thug bullying a weaker person then he might try to talk Isaac into helping. But, aside from the one on three odds. Judging by the direction of the conversation he could disseminate that the people who those two girls were up against weren't just the three of them. There could be an organization of people coming after Isaac if he chose to involve himself. Rather then deal with this situation on their own it would be best to just report them to the local authorities.

Adam hadn't had the time to fully understand what had truly transpired in the thirty years he had been gone. But, from short conversations he had with Isaac he could insinuate that a nuclear stand off between Russia and America had somehow devastated a small portion of both lands and completely decimated a large portion of the world's economy. What lead to this skirmish and how stable the world was after it, was still largely a mystery. Despite his lack of knowledge overall, he knew that the current world was no longer as peaceful as it was before his departure. Now murders weren't as uncommon in normal society's.

Adam definitely wouldn't recommend Isaac to put himself in danger for two unrelated people.

"You're right!" Isaac said, but he did not choose to leave immediately. "If it's just threats then I'll make it so I was never here". He chose to stay in his corner and monitor the situation.

Adam, could only sigh and monitor alongside him.

While, Adam wanted to leave immediately and contact police. Isaac, knew that in neighborhoods like these contacting the police would almost never make the situation any better. for one, because of the quality of people living here, the police were very opposed to entering neighborhoods like these. In some of the most egregious cases, some police would arrive hour's late to emergency calls only to discover cold dead bodies. and a second point, Isaac did not think calling the police would stop these thugs from targeting the two again. And on the unlikely chance that the police actually respond on time and actually arrest the thugs, wouldn't they just rage and windup targeting the girls more vigorously after?

Roaming waves of gangs have already conquered the streets. Whichever one was the strongest could on a whim decide who lives or dies in it.

Though he wasn't the most heroic or a bleeding heart person, Isaac most certainly wouldn't stand by and watch someone suffer right in front of him without intervening.

Isaac, had hoped that the thugs would've just left the situation as it already was, but now it was looking like things were reaching a boiling point.

The curly haired girl looked pitiful, her friend was trying to pull her away from the thugs but she chose to ignore her. She still had the fire in her eyes despite having been struck.

"Why don't you look at your friend, girl? You're making this hard on her. Especially since she's an unrelated person.. Do you think that I'll let you and her leave if you don't give me what I want?"

"Such cruel methods" Adam spoke. He could see how the mention of the other girl by the thug had managed to cause distress in the curly hairs eye's.

"If you don't want to listen I won't force you but maybe this one will give me what I want?" The lead walked straight towards the cowering girl and wrenched her hair with force.

The curly haired girl jumped in to stop him, only to be met with a fierce kick aimed at her stomach. Her face looked pale as she collapsed to the ground and began vomiting.

The other two thugs looked at the boss with crumpled up brow's. it seemed they didn't very much approve of the way he did things. Still they chose not to say anything.

The cowering girl started bawling as the lead man pulled her away from her friend.

Isaac's eye's became slightly bloodshot, but he calmed himself. Drawing attention wouldn't save the girls, rather it would only give the thugs another victim to extort.

Isaac instead became calmer. "Adam" he said. Adam, with a knowing voice sounded back. "you plan to help them".

"Yea" he didn't speak excessively. "Well If you so choose.. but a three on one head to head fight is still not desirable no matter how much righteous anger you have. It's better if we use stealth to our advantage " Adam analyzed the situation and began planning.

After finding a weapon in the form of a broken metal pipe and a big rock he found behind a dumpster Isaac, covertly went back to his hiding space. He checked and noticed that the cowering girl was still in the hands of the lead thugs This time with a slap mark across her face.

Isaac wore his work fabric napkin over his face and while gripping the pipe in his left hand held the rock in his right, Isaac began to concentrate. Slowly, The world around him began to slow. This wasn't a form of time manipulation, rather it was caused by performing the soul technique at it's full capacity. He needed to do what he was planning fast or her might end incapacitating himself. He, ignored the burden it gave him and started advancing.

Whether because of anger or the use of the Soul techniques Isaacs originally tense mind disappeared replacing it was an almost psychopathic level of detachment. This emotionless temperament made is much easier to execute the next phase of his plan.

The thugs didn't manage to hear him in time as he sprinted closer. Raising his arm high, Isaac drew the full weight of the metal pipe in, slamming it in the lead thugs head.

He didn't wait to see the aftermath of his first strike, choosing to instead take aim with the big rock at the thug to his left. With the pose of a professional baseball player as well and the sudden strength he gained from the soul technique, the rock didn't miss. Slamming in the mouth of the thug. Again, he speedily continued choosing to strike a vicious blow on the nose of the thug with the metal pipe. Because of the slower time he perceived, he managed to land all of his blows with berserk like viciousness as well as needle work proficiency.

even though all of his blows hit successfully, Isaac did not get too confident. Because he could not accurately perceive the force behind each of hits while concentrating on the technique, Isaac had chosen to hit as hard as he could and retreat immediately.

After moving far enough to be able to see all of thugs at once Isaac turned around with his guard up.

'Ah' But he was surprised. The thugs that he'd originally spent so long devising back up plans on was now all collapsed like sacks of garbage on the floor.

Looking at the 'Corpses' (basically) on the floor, Adam couldn't help but compliment Isaac. "Shit you knocked them all out with one hit.. Look at that one all of his front teeth are busted in.. Ew even grosser look at that one, can that even be considered a nose anymore.. And worse of all that guy, both sides of his head is bleeding, do you think he's even alive anymore?"

Isaac's adreline had already run out. Now he could feel all of his emotions coming back. The first thing he felt was surprise and happiness he'd won. The second was fear, he feared that he may of just killed somebody.

Looking at the obliterated people in front of him he could very well se the possibility that he may of in fact killed someone. The leader looked the worse, having been hit in the back of the head and falling face first to the hard asphalt had not only injured his head but also decimated his nose.

Before he thought the worse though he heard the sound of Adam. "Don't freak out, before you hit them I used telekinesis to somewhat soften your blows.. they shouldn't be dead."

'Ah. what a relief' He thought as he sat on the floor. The backlash of using that technique at max strength was starting to effect him. However, though it felt unpleasant it didn't feel as bad as the other times he had used it during practice"

"Aren't you forgetting something" Adam said.

" Oh yeah" Isaac responded and went toward the direction of the two girls.

".. Are.. you guys ok" He didn't realize how tired he was until he opened his mouth.

"I'm o...okay" The cowardly girl managed to speak, though through frightened stutters. The other one, who Isaac thought most likely to be the talkative one stayed quiet. Adam, could tell that she wasn't doing it because she was ungrateful, but rather she was trying to keep the tears in.

"Thank you very much sir" After some time she managed to eek out a word of thanks. Isaac, felt it awkward, he had just saved them but besides a quick thank you he didn't receive a word more. The shy girl was too cowardly to say any more, while the other one just looked depressingly to the ground.

"Aren't you Forgetting something?" Adams voice once more sounded out in his head.

'Forgot something?' Isaac thought in silence, he couldn't help but get confused. 'What did I forget'.

Adam, guessed from the silence that he wasn't picking up what he was implying so he simply said "Them" Pointing to the three casualties on the floor.

"what about them?" Isaac was even more perplexed.

"Go rob them" Adam, spoke in exasperation.

'Rob' Isaac thought on Adam's work and realized. 'Ah.. Didn't we agree that if we ever need to we could steal from bad people".

Like a shark swimming in his territory, Isaac hurriedly reached into the thugs pockets and began searching for valuables.

'Ah' the two girls were surprised to see him do that, who would've thought that heir virtuous savior, would sully his act of heroism by doing such a thing...

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