14 Looking for first kill

The Human Gu ritual is a type of ceremony where a number of people are locked in an enclosed space, the last one standing would be hailed as the winner and given benefits, martial arts and resources.

The ritual Kanoh Agito has undergone is something similar to it, after he somehow was the last man standing, he was rescued and adopted by Katahara Metsudo, and became one of his bodyguards.

Later Kanoh Agito would be selected to be the 'Fang of Metsudo' which required him to fight and defeat skilled fighters Katahara Metsudo has adopted/hired.

'Sigh...' I sighed as these thoughts came into my mind.

'Well, I have already trained all I can and if I want to improve more I have to enter the Kengan Ashura world. Even if I die inside it while fighting in the ritual, only the template will be lost and nothing will happen to my life. And going by the system's words I can get a template when I mature in age and when I get better completion rate in the challenges, so even if I die in that world all I need to do is wait for a year for my age to mature, and I can get a chance to challenge again for another template.'

'This is worth taking the risk!'

There's no reason not to go, all I need to do now is to get accustomed to killing and brutal fighting. I'm not afraid of flinching when seeing gore stuff but its better to be 'Ready Perfectly'.

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It is nighttime, and I am roaming the streets with my face wrapped in bandages and my body covered in baggy clothes. I am searching for human scum as I need to practice some killing on them. Well, I can just go on killing random people, but I decided it is better to kill a person who is doing something wrong from my point of view.

'Are the bad people on leave or something?' I thought as I failed to identify anyone who was worth killing. The chance to go to the Kengan Ashura world will be available for some time so I am not in a hurry, but I really hope to find some prey.

Just as I was passing by a house I heard a weak scream nearby.

'Sounds like a damsel in distress..'

I jumped at an inhumane height with the help of my powerful leg muscles, after hoping for a couple of times I landed on top of the neighboring house where I heard the scream from.

"P-Please, just listen to me! I-It's a-all a misunderstanding!!"

Swoosh

After saying those words the women dodged the knife coming at her. I saw her pleading while she was in bed naked with another man whose heart was now pierced by the earlier attack from the man who had a crazed expression mixed with a hint of betrayal.

'Well, what am I supposed to do now?' I thought as I felt lazy to stop it.

'Clearly the women got caught cheating, and she is spouting clumsy lies. She kinda deserves it for not able to lie better' Just like that I left after enjoying the show from the rooftop of a house nearby. The people beneath the roof already called the cops as I left the area.

After searching for 2 hours I found a scene which I was searching for, a creepy looking dude was digging a hole near an abandoned place, judging by his body language he was nervous and scared. And the hoodie he was wearing to cover his face was kind of sketchy too.

'Oh? Looks like he is burying the trash bag beside him'

I just walked near him in silent steps and tapped his shoulder as he swung the shovel at my face in a pathetic attempt to surprise attack me.

I dodged the incoming shovel and sent my knee into his stomach, knocking him out. I checked the trash bag and found a small girl of age 8 – 10 inside it. She was bruised and had stopped breathing, her expression was ugly even after death, looks like she was strangled.

'...'

'Sigh...looks like I still need some mental training to be able to handle these kinds of situations' I thought as I suppressed my emotions and took the girl out of the trash bag. I checked her top to bottom and her condition was likely from physical torture, her teeth, and hair were missing, several cigarette burns and bruises, she was filthy with dirt and blood, likely haven't bathed for a while.

After analyzing her condition after a quick glance, I laid her on the ground above the trash bag she was brought in.

'Meh...It's worth a try' I shrugged and repeatedly punched her little body with controlled strength.

bang bang bang-crack!

'And there goes her rib cage' I heard the sound of her ribs breaking but did not stop the punching and finally after the sixth punch I heard her heart beating again. I did not want to give her a mouth-to-mouth as who knows what was inside of it as of recently, but my version of CPR worked just fine, as I saved her life at the cost of two ribs.

I carried her and left the scene, she may have a beating heart now, but she won't be able to hold on much longer. I have to hospitalize her immediately, we don't want my effort to go to waste would we.

I ran at full speed and arrived at a nearby hospital and directly dragged a man with a white coat to the ICU without waiting for his opinion. Seeing the commotion the hospital staff was freaked out but looking at the little body in my hands their training kicked in as they began the standard procedure for an emergency case, not without giving me a suspicious look as I was wrapped in bandages, I hope they won't call the police as it would be a pain in the ass.

'What a drag...' I thought as I was told to leave the ICU and wait outside.