karin

"How long do I need to wear these? I can't let my guard down; those bastards are after me," Scarface shouted.

A woman sitting next to him helped bandage him and chided, "If you'd only listen to me and forget about that stupid revenge of yours, you could have had a different life."

"Shut up, Karin! You're always against me," he yelled.

Karin tightened the bandages, causing him to wince. "When the entire state is after you, I'm the only one supporting you. Not even your boss cares. You've got the nerve to raise your voice. Once I'm done with these bandages, you need to get out of here," she ordered.

He gritted his teeth and fell silent. Scarface, Karin, Dave, and Merline had all been at odds with each other back then. Dave was the most talented and the strongest, Merline was the cunning one, and Karin was the weakest but also the smartest, with a knack for survival. Hover was a prideful man who cared more about fighting than anything else.

Scarface left the place, got into his car, and started driving.

"Those fucking basterds, when I get back my strength, I will fucking hunt them one after another," he screamed in anger.

He arrived at a warehouse before he could enter Bang.

He got shot.

He fell and started screaming. "It him, it him again," he yelled. And he stood up, activated a Qi shield, and started looking around to see where the enemy was.

Bang. Another shot: "Where?"Where is he?"

He panicked more and more. Bang. Bang. More and more.

A shot every minute. He couldn't take it anymore. "Ugh, come out, you coward, come out, ahhhhhh." He started yelling like a minice.

"Please stop, please; I don't want this anymore, please." He begged. He was on his knees.

Silence. 

He locked around and saw a black shoe. He raised his hand to see a suit and a white pure mask. The man is carrying a saber, and before Scarface could say anything, the man attacked and cut both Scarface's hands.

"Ugh, ahhhhhh, ahahhhhhh, ahhhhh, why, why, jusy fucking kill me, just kill me," he begged.

The masked man stood near him.

"If you were in my place, would you have spared me if I begged?"

"Yes, yes, I would... I'm a nice guy; I only do this because I was ordered," he explained.

Noah stood up distastefully and said, "I can't believe I nearly died in your hands.". 

Noah knocked him out. And give him a healing pill to stop the bleeding.

"Marline, I have cut Scarface alive," he told her.

Marline was surprised. "I will be there soon; please wait," she said and hung up.

---

I was wondering who the woman he was talking to was. She is a rank 6, but she is living hidden in Heavenwind City.

Reve explained, "She has an illness, and she feels great pain the more she practices qi. One of her qi channels is blocked."

"Huh, blocked qi channels? I wonder who could have done that to her."

"It's an old injury. The fact that she broke to the king rank speaks of her determination," Reve praised.

"Do you think it's wise to go recruit her? If I helped her cure her injury, she might be useful."

"Probably, but be careful. She's a king. Take your gun," she advised.

"Why go, I will just call her," I said as I took Scarface's phone and started looking for her number. I called some wrong numbers and finally got through.

"Why are you calling me again, Mike?" She inquired.

"Sorry, Mike is down. I'm Noah," I explained.

She was silent for a while. "What do you want?" she inquired calmly.

"Nothing really. While I was hunting Mike, I watched you two talk, and you were helping him. I was going to attack then, but since you were a king rank, I didn't dare," I explained.

"Well, I waited till he left. After I finished him, I had time to think. So I was wondering what a king rank is doing in a small city like this, hidden. Of course, this is none of my business, but I noticed the blocked qi channel on your body. I'm a doctor, so I was curious," I added.

"So you are saying that you know I'm not supposed to be here and I had a secret, that's why I'm hidden. And if you wish, you can report me to whoever hired you. Let me think, oh yeah, Merline or her daughter, and you want to use my injury to threaten me?" She concluded.

"Ahhahaha, no, but I can see why you would think that. First of all, I'm not hired to kill Scarface. I'm the one that put the bounty on his head in the first place."

She was taken aback. "You are the masked man who fought him and survived, so you are only a rank 4?" She questioned.

"Exactly. The reason why I called you is because I'm only a rank 4. If I come over, you might not even listen to me and kill me directly," I explained.

"So why are you calling me if not for threatening me?" She inquired.

I sat on Scarface's body. "If I cure your body, will you work for me?" I inquired.

"Ahhahaha, nice joke," she mocked.

"I will leave you with a hint: Maghrebian Empire, Neemr family. Do your research and call me on this phone. We can talk later. Bye." I hung up.

"Reve, love, remind me to make a dagger and mashates for Sara when I go back," I requested.

"What's with the nickname?" She asked.

I laughed, "Nothing, you are my best friend and someone or something important, so I love you. Thus, calling you 'love' is not something wrong, right?" I teased.

She was silent for a moment, "Well, not wrong, but aren't you supposed to call that to your wife?" She exclaimed.

"If you were a human, I would have married you. But since that's impossible, you are my companion and best friend, so calling you nicknames is fine," I explained.

"Okay, you are also my favorite host, so it's fine, I guess," she whispered.

I can't understand how a system has feelings, but since she is in my soul, I can actually sense her emotions and know if she is worried, happy, or angry. The reason why I'm talking to her this way is because Reve would always be concerned if I were in danger and happy if I won. She has feelings, but maybe because she is programmed this way, she can't interfere with my fights.