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"Where did that pathetic little man and his kid go? Did you save them? If so, why are you here? To sacrifice yourself?"

John Brown said with an angry face

While he did look angry it wasn't what I had expected, he looked like how someone would be angry after being bitten by a mosquito; he looked more annoyed than angry

But under that annoyance I also felt like he was excited but I wasn't sure

"Wait…hahahahaha" he laughed loudly while holding his forehead with his hand

"Did they leave you here to save themselves? Hahahaha, what a sad ending for our brave hero"

As I was struck by fear I couldn't hear a thing he said, nor did I care

I needed to find a way to leave. If this man got me I wouldn't have a good ending

'What if I just grab a sharp thing and stab him? I would be able to escape or at least buy some time since he is unarmed… no wait, what am I saying he is a human being I can't do something like that…'

"Hmm, you are not speaking? I thought you would try to escape or something" he said with a questioning face

'Right… this is not the time to think about the morality issues'

"…where too? There is no p-place for me to escape" I said while slowly walking backwards

He probably has goons, there's no way this guy would be able to do something like this without help so a hit and run would be stupid. Maybe I should just…

"Hahaha, well that is true. So, will you just surrender?"

"Will I… get any special treatment if I do?

"If what you mean by special treatment is you being my toy till your last breath then sure"

*gulp*"L-let's just approach this problem in a more civilized way. There is no reason to use violence when we can just talk this out…"

"Haha! What a funny bastard! Sure, we can have a lengthy conversation as I skin you alive and cut your fingers one by one"

Finally I had reached the sharp tool that I had dropped after I cut the rope around that kid

"I'm s-sorry but I don't think I can join in whatever business you want to have with me, I just realized I have somewhere I need to attend to"

I would normally be too scared to do anything, but as the adrenaline rose inside me I felt like I could do it.

He didn't look like he had any training nor had any experience in fighting…or anything really, judging by his physique he looked like he didn't even know what grass is…

…so taking him hostage would be easy

"Sorry in advance"

I quickly bent down, grabbed the tool and then brought it close to his neck

"Help me escape and you won't get hurt" I said with a serious voice

"Hurt? Hahahahahahahahahaha"

John then started laughing so loudly that I felt like my ears exploaded. He then raised his hand to my forehead and flicked it with his fingers.

I was immediately thrown to the wall and I started bleeding from my head. With just one flick my whole body hurt like I was hit by a truck and I felt nauseous

'What the fuck' I thought with a look of disbelief

A grey hue started enveloping his body and I once again felt the feeling that I felt when I watched him from afar

'Mutant'

The word appeared in my mind

I didn't know what it meant but the word made me feel fear and also anger

"A mutant…"

"You finally understood. You mustn't be from around here for you not to know about me"

My head then began to spin and my vision started to fade away

I saw the dark figure of John as my head became light

"Don't worry, I will make you a grand welcoming. Look forward to it"

I passed out

…

"Boss I heard a noise, did something happen?"

"Oh! Sorry Garry. Seems like I got a tad bit too excited haha"

Garry, the vice leader of the Brown group and Johns right hand. A [G+] ranked, speed type mutant

As Garry walked in he saw a bald boy that had passed out on the ground, probably because of whatever gave him the large wound on his forehead

"It's ok, it can happen to anyone haha" Garry said while awkwardly smiling

'You are telling me that this man was so excited by torturing that he broke the sound barrier shadow gave us with just his voice?'

Naturally, the alley wasn't completely unguarded. How could they leave the place where they torture people free for anyone to come by?

Not only did it have a sound barrier so they could do anything without anyone ever knowing but also a mutation sensor to detect when mutants were in the area, all given by shadow of course.

'What a twisted psychopath! Does he have no shame? He is supposed to be a leader… If I was the leader then…'

Garry wasn't like the rest of the men, although twisted in his own right, he was smart and didn't act on impulse.

But that was the reason he was put in the place of vice leader, John knew he wasn't the best leader so he needed him to organize everything and plan their actions

But by being put the position of the baby sitter without getting any actual power Garry began to hate John more and more, not that he could do anything to him since Johns strength was miles above his

Or at least he couldn't in a direct confrontation

"Perfect, now that you are here. Pick the body and follow me, we are going to the new play room"

"But boss… we haven't completed it yet"

"Its fine, it doesn't need to be complete. Just give me some tools and the new machine we got from shadow"

'The fun is just never ending!' John thought