chapter 19 (Catching The Real Culprit)

Kyle sprinted towards the direction Brute drove his bike past but unlike Brute who was driving on the highway. Kyle jumped over the top of various buildings on his way.

The reasons were because he didn't want to draw the attention of the Metacops as he would be an offense running in the middle of the highway and he didn't have time to deal with such a distraction from his target. Lastly, he didn't want Brute to be aware that he was following him.

Kyle chased after Brute for what would seem like twenty minutes until Brute took a turn onto a dark quiet street. He stopped his bike in front of an apartment.

Kyle watched him from the top of the same building as Brute rushed into the apartment after he hurriedly got off his bike. In a short while, Brute ran out of the building carrying a backpack.

Brute headed towards his bike and immediately started its engine. However, just as he was about to drive off, Kyle who had leapt off from the top of the building landed in front of him.

"Shit...Shit...Shit." Brute cursed when he sighted Kyle's silhouette in front of him. He sharply maneuvered his bike to the other direction so as to escape.

When Kyle grabbed one of the bike handlebars, Brute was unable to control the bike. Kyle punched him in the face and Brute fell off his bike but he instantly picked himself up and began to run away using his legs.

Kyle didn't bother to chase him, he used his windblades to slash Brute's legs, causing him to fall. Kyle walked towards Brute who was still relentlessly trying to escape by dragging his body on the ground.

"I admire your perseverance, but it's pointless", Kyle said, picking up Brute and throwing him against the wall.

"I warned you, didn't I? Even though I told you not to mess with us any longer, you took my words for granted. But now I'm going to kill you." Kyle grabbed Brute's neck tightly.

"Sure, go ahead and do it but you'll never find your mother. Go ahead and kill me, you crazy son of a bitch."Brute began to laugh like a maniac as he dared Kyle.

"Bastard, so you do know where she was taken, tell me now." Kyle tightened his grip around Brute's neck.

"Hehehe, make me punk." Brute declined to reveal Natasha's location to Kyle.

A wicked smile appeared on Kyle's face. "Oh! Since you asked, I'll make sure you talk."

Kyle released Kyle from his grasp and used his leg to press Brute's chest against the wall. He grabbed one of Brute's arms and pulled apart from his shoulders as if he wanted to rip the arm off.

"Arrrgh!" Brute bit his clutched his hair tightly as he tried to fight the pain.

"Is my mother's location more valuable to you than your own arm? The choice is yours to make Brute." Kyle said as he put more force into pulling Brute's arm.

"Arrrrrrgh! Stop... Stop I will talk, I'll fucking tell you where she is, so please stop." Brute cried out as he could no longer endure the extreme pain.

Kyle released his arm and moved his face closer to Brute. "Start talking right now." He ordered without giving Brute any chance to catch his breath.

"It was Viper, I gave her location to Viper's men to kidnap her. The plan was to get you to think that Big Joe was responsible for kidnapping your mother so that you could destroy Big Joe's circle. However, I have no idea what they plan to do to you or your mother after because my only job was to infiltrate Big Joe's circle and give them information just like I told them how to find your mother." Brute explained in one breath as he clutched his arm.

"Who is this Viper and why do they want to use me?" Kyle asked.

"Because I told them, you were able to defeat me who is a D-rank Metahuman human and your prowess was even better than Big Joe's right hand man Otto. Even if you couldn't beat Big Joe, you would act as a scapegoat that would be used to weaken his faction then they would be able to finish the rest."

"Tell me where to find this damn snake?" Kyle inquired. "No, you are going to take me there yourself." Kyle instantly changed his mind.

"That can't be possible, If I do them Viper is going to kill me and besides I can't drive my bike because you broke my arm."

"If you don't take me there I'm going to kill and who said anything about driving? My legs are much faster than your stupid bikes." Kyle lifted Brute on his shoulder without giving him a chance to refute.

Kyle jumped to the roof of the building in the direction Brute pointed to, along with him on his shoulders.

In a few minutes they finally got to their destination. The building was a gambling house that was situated in another ghetto district similar to Kyle's district.

"For your own sake just hope nothing has happened to my mother or you are going to be losing more than an arm tonight." Kyle said before dragging Brute into the building.

Unlike Big Joe, Viper ran a gambling house which was also very popular in this particular district. However, he wanted to acquire Big Joe's district as a request from Bruce, who was his client.

Viper was promised a casino in the center of the city as a reward if he could complete this task. This was the reason he was desperate and used every underhand trick he could find.

The moment Kyle walked into the gambling house, he flung Brute at the center of the room. Brute's body crashed into a table, catching everyone's attention as a result.

"Which one among you fucking good for nothing lowlifes is called Viper?" Kyle yelled across the room.

Viper who was in his office heard the ruckus going on downstairs. " Slade" he called. " Go and check who the hell has the guts to break into my gambling house in that manner and still dared to call me out rudely.

"Yes, boss" Slade replied, but as he was about to leave the room Viper called again.

"Slade, make sure you drag his body up here." Viper added.

Slade nodded once and left the room.

Meanwhile, Kyle had already been surrounded by most of Viper's lackeys downstairs. He wasn't even intimidated by their numbers as he stood calmly in their midst.

"Look, I would prefer we settle this the easy way, so just get your boss down here which would save you all the stress." Kyle said.

"Make sure you all kill that bastard. He forced me to bring him here to kill Viper." Brute who had been sitting against the wall because he was unable to stand after Kyle crashed him into the table shouted out loud. This was his opportunity to get back at Kyle and prove his innocence to Viper.

"If you listen to a fool like him, then you guys are going to regret it." Kyle warned again but they were obviously not listening to him.

"And how do you plan to make us regret when you are outnumbered kid? You should pick your words wisely." Slade commented as he walked down the stairs."

"Are you Viper?" Kyle asked after seeing Slade coming down the stairs.

"Watch how you address the boss brat, or I'm going to teach you a lesson about respect?"

"So you're the bigger dog? I want to see you master tell him to come out or I'm going to come meet him myself up there and it won't be pleasant."

Kyle's disrespectful tone angered Slade. "Hey, Brute who is this stupid brat that you have brought? He shifted his gaze to Brute.

"Don't bother asking him because I'm going to beat it into your head instead." Kyle interjected before Brute could reply.

"You're being too cocky, but since the boss told me to drag you to meet him, I suppose it's okay to break some of your bones."

"Teach that stupid vermin some lessons in any way you like but just don't kill him." Slade ordered the thugs surrounding Kyle to attack him.

"I don't have time to play these stupid games with you all."

Kyle grumbled and summoned his windblades to slash all his opponents at once before they were able to make their move to attack him.

"What the..."

BANG!!!

Kyle didn't allow Slade to complete his statement before he charged at him with Brute force which was the ability he had copied from Brute himself. He smashed Slade's head into the wall.

However, Kyle made sure to control his strength in order to prevent Slade from fainting. "Where is your boss?"

Slade slowly raised his hands and pointed in the direction of the office up the stairs in response.

Kyle used the same brute force to punch Slade towards the direction he pointed to. Viper was shocked when Slade crashed into his office.

"Get out of there." Kyle shouted.

Viper walked closer to the broken part of his office and the scene he saw made him even more surprised and furious.

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