Until next time

It has been two days since Loki took the job Luke gave him. He had already gained some information from the gang members he killed, like the layout of the building he was going to raid. Also after meeting the informant that Luke knew off, Loki had also gained some knowledge of the members of this gang. Basically, he now knew what they look like.

So the next phase was for his preparation and to make a plan for his attack and escape. The yarn he used before won't cut it with these guys who were better equipped. So he needed something sturdier, so Ren using the money he got from Luke tried to make an improvised weapon.

He created gloves that had hidden wires, which were thin threads of steel. These steel wires weren't thick enough to be a threat to anyone in normal circumstances, the most they could do was make some small cuts, but coupled with his [Enhancement] spell they become devastating weapons. Aside from that, Loki had a lot of steel needles hidden within his jacket and boots. He didn't want to use anything too bulky as with his current strength it would be too hard to do precise movements with. He needed weapons he could still use after he losses the effects of [Enhancement].

He also studied more about this current world's weapons. The most interesting weapon he found were bombs that detonated with a switch. Unfortunately for him, he nor Luke didn't know anyone that could possibly get their hands on such merchandise.

Still, explosives intrigued him as they were quite deadly, they were equivalent to mid-tier spells back in his old word. So he studied how to make homemade bombs. The past owner of his body was pretty smart, and he had the basic knowledge of such things. Yet, the memory of that knowledge, parts of it were locked and Loki could not recall them at the moment. Still, what he remembered was enough for his current predicament.

After two days of planning on what to do, Loki felt confident that he could finish the mission. He only needed to kill the head of the gang, and it will fall or be absorbed by another gang. Loki currently didn't care about the other gangs, all he cared about were the gangs related to Luke that could mess up his return to the normal path. Since those were the only people he was paid to make disappear.

...

The first part of the plan was going smoothly, and Loki had already drawn out most of the gangs fighting force into where he was and incapacitated them. As the plan was about to head into the last phase something unexpected happened.

Loki had just finished another gang member when he suddenly noticed someone approaching. The person who was approaching was not like the other people in here. He could sense an intense unwavering killing intent from this person. Not only that but Loki could actually feel that she had some sort of energy within her. It was something similar to mana, but a bit more impure.

Compared to Loki's mana her impure spiritual energy was larger, well, this was just in the form of quantity, as Loki was sure his mana was of better quality. Still, he couldn't let his guard down on this incoming threat, so he pretended to be one of the unconscious gang members and when he spotted an opening he would quickly incapacitate the newcomer as well.

The person in question came, as he waited for an opening to show the person suddenly unsheathed a sword and slashed in his direction. Loki quickly evaded the strike and saw that the person he was facing was a gorgeous-looking woman. He was sure that from the information he received, there was no such person within this gang.

"Oh, you're able to dodge my strike, how interesting."

Loki saw her sheath her sword again and when she touched the hilt of her sword she unsheathed it with extreme speed and precision. Loki quickly evaded the strike by bending his body backward, he then quickly kicked the back of the sword wanting to push it upward, yet the woman's grip was so strong that he wasn't able to do what he wanted.

The woman swung down the sword at Loki who was in an awkward position, Loki used the steel wires to block the sword, he then entangled the sword and tried to take it away from the woman, but her strength was greater than his.

"Oh, what kind of wires are you using? I wasn't able to cut them, how interesting. This is getting more fun!" The woman pulled back her sword, as her strength was superior to Loki's she was able to pull Loki towards her, yet before she could fully pull, Loki quickly retracted the steel wires entangling the sword. The woman then showed Loki a crazed smile as she licked her lips.

"You're awesome! This might be sudden but allow me to introduce myself, I'm Leila, from the school of sword light." The woman called Leila did a proper bow in front of Loki, in the middle of battle. Loki could've used this chance to attack Leila, but her sincerity got to him. He couldn't understand who this woman was, and why he was in here. Still, this was a good chance to waste some time as he waited for the last phase to finish. Also, he wanted to reply to this woman's sincerity. He couldn't tell her his real name, but he could at least tell her his old name.

"I'm Fade."

"FADE! That's an awesome name I will be sure to remember it. Now that we have greeted each other, let's continue the fun!"

Leila once again sheathed her sword, and this time she got into a lower stance as her spiritual energy started to circulate within her entire body the energy then started to flow and gather into her arms. She then unsheathed her blade at a speed that was no longer visible to the naked eye. The walls of the hallway were cut, Loki once again evaded the strike by stepping back an inch. He had evaded the insanely fast sword strike with minimal movement, this was only possible as he didn't use his eyes, he predicted the move by sensing Leila's spiritual energy.

Leila whose strike was evaded showed a look of surprise at first, but then that look changed into one of intoxication. That was the signature move of her school which was of course named sword light, a slash that was so fast it could not be seen nor evaded. Many people much stronger than her, had blocked the strike, but this was the first time she saw someone evade it.

"That was incredible! You were incredible! How were you able to evade sword light?!... Oh, I see! You actually reacted before I even pulled my sword! I think I'm falling in love! How about this, can you evade this?! [Multiple Sword Light]!"

Leila once again sheathed her sword and did almost the exact same move as before, but this time it was much faster and it didn't end with one strike. Loki with his current mana and his weapon being thin wires couldn't fully block such strikes, nor could he evade all the strikes in such a narrow hallway, so he used the wires to instead slightly change the direction of each strike.

The two of them were simply standing in the middle of the hallway as only flashing lights could be seen, and the sound of metal clashing against metal could be heard. To a bystander, it didn't look like they were moving at all, but they were actually simply moving their hands at a speed that the naked eye could not follow.

Loki was using less energy than Leila who looked to be going all out, he did this to tire Leila out, but instead of tiring out, he felt like Leila's strikes were getting faster. It was at that moment Leila finally stopped attacking and that was when Loki saw that Leila was breathing heavily and was sweating profusely but the smile on her face was still there, in fact, it looked like she was in ecstasy.

"I really am falling in love with you, FADE! How about you become mine!"

'This woman is one of those battle freaks. I don't really want someone like that as my wife, they have too much energy and are too tiring to be with.'

"Sorry, but you're not my type."

"Don't say that Fade! I'll be sure to change your mind as long as you come with me." Leila showed Loki a seductive smile as she posed in a way to emphasize her voluptuous figure.

"Hmm, maybe next time."

"If you're not going to come willingly, then I need to use force!" As Leila was about to attack again, the floor shook as a huge explosion happened. Loki sighed as he heard the explosion he then started running towards the glass windows. When Leila saw Loki running away she was about to strike, but she couldn't draw her sword. She then saw that her scabbard and the hilt of her sword were entangled by numerous wires.

'When did he?!' As she was surprised by what she saw, she heard glass breaking. She looked forward and saw Loki jumping out of the building. They were on the sixth floor, even she with her body as a martial artist wouldn't survive such a fall. She quickly ran towards the window and she saw Loki swinging towards the building on the other side of the street.

"FADE!" Leila shouted but by then Loki's silhouette disappeared in the darkness of the night.

'Why did he suddenly leave after hearing that explosion.' When Leila thought of that question she suddenly had an epiphany and headed towards the boss's room. The boss was no longer there.

'The explosion came from below.' She headed downstairs and as she reached the first floor she saw an underground passage filled with smoke and fire. One of the men that guarded the boss was on the ground shaking in fear.

"What happened?" Leila asked as she grabbed the man. The man was still in a state of shock, but as he heard Leila's voice he answered, his voice trembling.

"You were taking too long... The boss thought that something was wrong and was going to hide in the hidden room... Yet, a few seconds after he entered, the room suddenly exploded."

'So that was your aim!' Leila remembered every action Loki took and realized that like his fighting style, he did every move for a reason, which was obviously to kill the boss. He didn't kill anyone else, except the boss. Still, for some reason, this felt like a practice run, She wasn't sure but she felt like Fade could have killed the boss in a much simpler way. So why do all this? Was this a warning, or was there some other goal in mind? Leila couldn't help but feel extremely excited as she looked in the direction Loki fled to.

'Until we meet again. I will be sure to make you mine then, if not then I'll just turn you into sliced meat.'