What A Waste

"What I pursue is true happiness! If pursuing happiness is a sin, then I don't mind being a sinner!" Kiba concluded with a heavy expression.

Even the golden lightning and the dark clouds in the sky didn't make any sound, as if their silence denoted their belief in Kiba's words.

Lisa was astonished. His philosophy sounded genuine to her, especially the reasoning he used to justify his pursuit of the opposite sex.

She couldn't help but think of his words on how things like world domination, gaining strength, and pursuing immortality were nothing but pipe dreams.

"He might be correct!"

Lisa thought, but then her jaw dropped. She shook her head, trying to regain her wits.

"Am I being brainwashed!?"

Lisa felt a chill down her spine. She recalled how she tried to brainwash him by enticing him with fame and reverence as long as he agreed to become her experimental specimen.

She couldn't help but think he was toying with her!

Kiba noticed the change on her face. With a sigh, he said, "It seems like you are not qualified for the Holy Path! I didn't want to kill you, but you left me with no choice!"

"N-no! I believe in you!"

In response, Kiba smiled and crouched in front of her.

"If you kill me, the world government will surely find out and kill—" Lisa stopped in between. She thought of Kiba's personality and knew the threat was useless.

"What a disappointment. You are the same as those I killed before," Kiba let out a sigh as he continued, "Even Castor Damon threatened me in a similar fashion before I killed him. I guess you scientists think too much of your life."

Lisa's face turned ashen and her ears rang. She was a Rank III scientist, so how could she not know of someone like Castor Damon?!

He was a Level IX scientist who disappeared four years ago! She had heard rumors about him working on a secret project amidst which he disappeared in Delta City!

Hang on!

Kiba's first public sighting was three and a half years ago! Could Castor Damon be related to how Zed gained the Cosmic Spark and became Kiba?

No! I can't think of these things now! Survival is more important!

"Don't...please," Lisa begged as blood continued to leak from her orifices. Her powers were already erased by the pressure from golden lightning. All the military tech she had was also erased. She couldn't defend against even an ordinary mutant, much less someone like Kiba.

"You are making me look like the bad guy here. It was you who attacked me, so surely you can't blame me."

Kiba placed his right hand on her cheek.

"I-I was wrong," Lisa didn't dare use any more cursing or warning. She regretted trying to capture Kiba for her experiments, but now it was too late for regrets.

His hand moved from her cheek to her lips. His fingers wiped the blood from her rosy lips.

"I have to give you credit for putting up a better front. Almost every opponent I have killed tried to scare me off by saying their families or their organization would give me a painful death if I killed them. They actually think that would change my mind. But you realized that threats won't save you, so you started apologizing..."

Kiba's hand moved from her lips to her slender neck.

"I will become your slave! You can have my body any time you want! I will be your loyal slave till my death!" Lisa cowered in fear as she used the last bargaining chip.

"An enticing offer," Kiba agreed as his hand wandered from her neck to her cleavage.

"Thank you! I will do everything to satisfy you!" Lisa assured him. Her eyes erupted with tears of happiness, knowing she has avoided the crisis.

"I only said the offer was enticing."

Kiba's smile didn't waver as his hand traced her cleavage.

"I never said I'm accepting the offer."

"Wh---please. Don't kill me. Not only my body, but you can also have my knowledge. I might be not as resourceful as Castor Damon, but I am definitely useful!"

Lisa's voice was filled with fright as she tried to prove her usefulness.

"I will be soon promoted to Rank IV! I can help you in many ways!"

The tears in her eyes continued to fall, mingled with her blood.

Her condition was such that it could invoke pity from even the cruelest of men, but Kiba's expression remained the same.

His fingers moved from the center of her cleavage to her left breast.

Lisa trembled, but she didn't dare resist his touch.

"I may have made you my slave, but sadly your heart is far too black for my taste."

Kiba poked his index finger on her left breast where her heart lay.

A golden spark burst out from his fingertip and charged into her heart.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" The blood inside her heart started burning. It was as if her heart had turned into a volcano erupting lava!

She had never felt such pain in her life. Blood was the source of life, but now it had turned into poison.

Kiba continued to smile even after hearing Lisa's scream. Soon, she wasn't even able to beg as the blood inside her corroded her vocal cords.

But the pain didn't subside! It only increased, even though her pain sensors were destroyed by her lava blood.

Internally, she begged and screamed while staring at Kiba. But even her vision didn't remain for long as the blood burned her eyes.

The man in black and the man-woman duo vomited when they saw the condition of their leader. Their bodies trembled beyond their control as they saw Lisa turning into ashes.

"NOOOOO!"

The man in black screamed in horror.

Kiba waved his right hand, and the ashes disappeared into thin air.

"She had a beautiful body, but her heart... Sighs. What a waste!"