Burst

The extremely humid cave air no longer disturbed the young man. For months the young man had been sitting inside the cave passage, very deep and far from the exit. No light made it into the cave. Not even the wind exists.

Even so, because of his identity and special abilities, the young man looked not dying at all. Instead, he seems like the first day, he managed to find the place that is now his favorite.

Eat, drink, he no longer needs those two things.

Socializing, he doesn't want it anymore.

He has received too many betrayals since he decided to live on Earth in human form. There are too many things beyond reason that he never imagined would happen among mortals.

He didn't close his eyes once. Instead, both of them were wide open, even though their gazes were blank, as if dreamy. And because he got used to it, his eyes slowly gained new abilities. They can see clearly in the darkness.

He really looked pitiful.

Day by day, his brain and mind are no longer used and seem to slowly hibernate. Keep going like that until days turn into months and months become years.

Slowly the young man forgot his identity, his past, and his strength.

***

The three giant Oni were drooling disgustingly as they stared at Hiro before him.

According to what the girl in the bikini said, the thing inside Oni's big brain is lust. Women and also food.

"He has a unique scent, I'll eat him," Oni said in a high, shrill voice like a woman.

"No, Likka, she is mine. Didn't you tell me a few seconds ago that you were on a diet?" said the biggest Oni. His body size is almost twice that of the first Oni.

While they were talking casually, like they were on vacation, Hiro listened silently. He was utterly unaware that understanding the speech of an Oni was something special. They speak their language, and not a single human being on earth can speak it.

But, Hiro, understood every word as if it were his own language.

The energy vortex that was now lining his body in the form of a thin airflow-like aura slowly began to be well controlled.

Because he hasn't used it for a long time, sometimes Hiro loses control and makes the energy that is too massive explode and hurt anyone. It has even once burst his own body into a lump of flesh.

"He doesn't have a weapon," said Oni, who now looks very weak compared to the two Oni who have just arrived.

"Good. It doesn't seem like he's from that stupid army. I can eat him more easily. Tehee," the largest Oni said, his saliva dripping down his feet that were wearing nothing as if he couldn't contain his lust anymore.

Despite never encountering a creature with strange powers that tend to be similar to his strength, Hiro has no choice but to guarantee that the winning rate he will get if he fights against those three is very high.

Because if he were killed just once, the time he needed to come back to life would probably be used by the Oni to harm Hanabi, who was hiding behind the bar counter.

"I'm going to destroy the three of you," Hiro said firmly.

Instantly the three Oni widened their eyes, staring at him. Their large, long crocodile-like jaws gaped wide. For the first time, a human spoke to them.

Just like Hiro understands every word they say. The Oni also understood what Hiro had just said.

"You can talk!" shouted an oni named Likka, sounding in amazement.

"Of course, they can talk. It's just that they speak other languages." The first oni sounded like the smarter of the other two. "But you, did you just speak our language? How can it be?"

Hiro blinked, at first, he didn't want to immediately believe Oni's words. However, when she glanced at Hanabi, who was still silent in her hiding place, the girl just shrugged her shoulders as if she didn't understand the ongoing condition.

In an instant, Hiro had an idea. He calmly responded, "Of course. I heard your conversation. You are fighting against each other over me to be your food."

The three Oni glanced at each other. From the expressions on their faces, the three looked as if they were worried. Worried about the existence of an enemy who understands their language. While the three knew that none of the Oni understood human language.

"Don't be kidding, weak human. You're just food, we don't talk to food!" said the largest Oni. When he raised his feet closer, the ground in that place seemed to have a local earthquake.

"I'm not your food. I'll be the one to finish you off," Hiro said calmly. His voice sounded confident, he didn't hesitate in the slightest.

Even so, his style sounded arrogant in Oni's eyes. And Oni, who has an anger issue, was going mad because he was offended.

"You? Finish me off? Ha ha ha ha."

Whoosh!

Without giving any warning in advance, the largest Oni shot out quickly as if there was a jet launcher under his feet.

Shot towards Hiro while pointing his right hand, armed with pointed nails over thirty centimeters long, at Hiro's face, which was no bigger than his palm.

Tap! Tap!

Hiro jumped twice sideways, dodging the right second and making the Oni have to brake his speed and then turn to face the Oni again.

Good, it turned out that I was still faster than him. Hiro said silently, to himself.

"YOU!" The oni growled angrily.

However, Hiro only returned his fiery gaze with a flat gaze that did not change in the slightest. "It's my turn. Try to bear it!"

Crack!

Not the slightest touch or collision occurred from Hiro.

Even Hiro was still standing a meter away from the Oni he was after.

However, the Oni's body suddenly moved strangely. His hands and feet seemed to be forced to stick to his body.

An intense pressure from the surrounding air made him end up looking like food that was being packed in a package that was ten times smaller in size.

"Arghhh..." The oni almost screamed because of the pressure that slowly began to crush the organs inside his body that were forced into colliding with each other before finally bursting.

Thick, crimson blood spurted out of his eye sockets, from between his teeth, from between his fingernails, from his ears, from his nostrils. In an instant, the green color of his skin covered by red.

"Rokka, what happened to you?" Oni, with a woman's voice, looks like she's starting to panic. The next second she darted toward her friend as if to save him, but…

"Who said that your turn has come?" asked Hiro, followed by a strange reaction from the air surrounding the largest Oni.

The air in the place seemed to reject the female Oni and threw her away from the pub through a giant hole in the wall that they themselves created minutes ago.

Now in the pub, there is Hiro, who looks like he is not doing anything, Oni, whose body continues to bleed from all directions like he is being milked, and Oni, whose mind is more careful than the others.

"One... Two..." Hiro suddenly counts and it makes Oni who is not suffering swallow his saliva, and feel worried now.

"Three."

As Hiro's count ended, another powerful explosion occurred. Its origin is from that largest Oni.

Blood sprayed in all directions and instantly filled the interior of the pub. There are no organs left, not even pieces of flesh and bones.

The oni perished as if it had never existed.

Now Hiro turned to look at the remaining Oni. The look on his face looked a little different from before. His skin seemed darkened as if something inside him needed to be satisfied.

"So which one of you wants to get blown up first?"