12. Clash of gangs

It was morning and chaos was all around the district. While patrolling the street, the Bear gang found two of their members dead. The culprit was also found dead a few metres from them. He was a member of the wolf gang. The body was that of Elliot, a very active member of the wolf gang. The already thin line of peacekeeping them at bay was broken at the very instant.

Bart, the leader of the Bear gang gave the order to kill any wolf member upon sight. On the other side of the district, in the building of the wolf gang, a loud bang noise was heard. The wolf leader has smashed his desk to pieces upon hearing about the death of Elliot. With his super-strength ability, wood would crumble in front of his fist. Both gang leaders were the only two level 5 person in the district. On his side, there was a woman dressed up in a yellow outfit. If present, Abraham would have recognized her as the woman with transformed ability who was whipping the two children.

She was the second in command of the wolf gang. She was an ability 4 user. For her, the death of Elliot didn't matter as her mind was only on the ability 5 book she had just received. The day before, she had seduced a military man and in return for using her book, the man gave her the ability book. After the wolf gang meeting, she was going to learn it.

Like his counterpart, the wolf leader gave the killing order to the Bear gang member.

----

While all the tension was boiling in the district, the real cause was currently lazed on his bed. he was back in his apartment. It was not the first time Abraham took someone's life. He felt no remorse knowing fully that all of his victims did many atrocious deeds during their life and that the world was better without them.

After a good sleep, he started feeling his Qi energy. Even though he absorbed the gang member's energies, it was currently like a foreign object was inside him. He had to slowly make the energy his own.

When looking inside Abraham could see so big that the diameter of the ball was nearly the same width as his body. But unlike in the past, the energy was not only green but it was tainted red.

Since transforming into a halfling and absorbing blood, his body has also developed blood energy.

Compared to the Qi energy, the red energy was wild. Abraham started assimilating both energies together. Trying his best to combine them. The task required Abraham's full concentration and any mishap could cause his body to be injured internally. Times flew and Abraham remain seated like a statue.

Eventually, both the green and red energy merged. They were now in harmony, working together instead of repelling each other.

Now when circulating his energy, both move together. Abraham felt both the sensation of Qi and blood running inside of him. One of the advantages of this mixture was Abraham didn't have to worry about becoming an addict if he consumed blood regularly.

When he opened his eyes, the sun was already out. He was glad he slept well before performing such an activity.

After drinking two litres of water to complete his daily quest, he opened his status window to view his current stat.

[Name: Abraham Talen]

[Race: Halfling]

[HP 70/70]

[Level 3] [270/400 exp]

[Strength 17]

[Agility 15]

[Stamina 16]

[Attribute points available (3)]

After leveling his hp increased to 66 and with the absorbed Qi, it total 70. The three types of blood absorbed the night before were added to the stat. One for strength, one for stamina, and another as a free point. He also got another free point by leveling.

Today he would spend the day training instead of fighting. By increasing his Qi size, his hp would increase automatically. But if he didn't train, the Qi would not increase his stats. The training wasn't like the usual stuff; doing push up, lifting weights, and so on. It was more than that.

When activating the Qi energy, Abraham could lift more weight than normal. But if he stopped all the Qi immediately, his hand would no more support such a heavy object. To break the limit of the human body, it had to adapt to such differences. Each time when lifting the heaviest weight possible with Qi, Abraham would just reduce the Qi by a little and let his raw body power support the rest. Training in such a way would result in one day for the body to be able to support the heavy weight on its own without any Qi.

The process could also be done for agility and stamina.

The day was long and Abraham was going to make the most of it by training.

---

In the "lesser" district, the atmosphere was stiff. In the morning after both gangs were instructed to kill each other, everyone was on their guard. Death could knock at their door anytime. They would patrol their base in a larger group. The other habitant noticed the situation and was extremely careful when going outside. They didn't want to cause any dispute. The children were spending less time outside. At first, the non-gang people were unhappy but later found out that with the conflict, the gang member target became less on them and more on their rival.

During the day, no fight happened, but when night came, several cries were heard. When the sun rosed on the second day, five members of each gang were found dead.

Abraham was back in the district and was currently with the children at the playground. With the body of a ten-year-old boy, Abraham blended easily among them. Even when looked closely, no one could notice any difference unless for his toned body. While everyone was playing, Abraham noticed a boy sitting alone on the bench by the slide.

Abraham recognized the boy as the one who put dirt on the second commander woman of the wolf gang when saving the two children.

Abraham walked to the bench and sat next to him.

"What's your name boy?". The boy looked at Abraham with a looked of confusion.

"Why are you calling me boy like an adult? As for your question, I'm Pele. It's the first time that I'm seeing you here." The boy put his hand forward for a handshake.

Abraham could only laugh when remembered his questioning tone didn't match his physique. Abraham told him his first name Abraham and answered the handshake with a firm grip.

Both started talking with Pele warning Abraham of the gang war situation. He also informed Abraham of different individuals to be careful of. Through this, Abraham came to know about the woman's identity and the gang leader's facial description.

Abraham found that Pele was an orphan with no family. He was around 14 and since a younger age, he started working to sustain his life. He would do various tasks for different people and in return, they would give him food. Whenever possible he would help other children escape from the bully and torture of the adult.

Abraham felt a pain in his chest when listening to Pele's story. At such a young age, he had to go through so much. Life for sure wasn't fair, especially for those at the lowest end of the social ladder.

"Life isn't fair Pele. No one is going to help you if you do not help yourself. Only by not giving up and continuing to persevere could you bring a brighter future for yourself. Train, both mentally and physically to become a better version of yourself. If you are able to do so, I will give you a gift."

When listening to Abraham, Pele could see something in Abraham's eyes that were different. Usually, when other people looked at him, they felt guilty for him, but right now he saw admiration in the eyes of Abraham. Even without Abraham's lecture, he knew to survive in such a new world was very difficult but he had to do it. But such words brought motivated him and he wanted to see what type of gift Abraham was talking about. When he thought finished, Abraham was no more on the playground.