“Um, excuse me, Superpowered Sir, but could I ask why you’ve asked us to stay?”
After repeatedly assuring the waiter they absolutely would not defy his orders, one person among the group blockage in the doorway cautiously asked the waiter this question, wanting to know his purpose for keeping them there.
Hearing this, the waiter had no intention of hiding his goal and quickly replied to them.
“I’m keeping you here just to prevent some of you from taking the chance to escape in the chaos.”
“Prevent some of us from escaping in the chaos? Superpowered Sir, does what you mean that most of us here still have a chance to leave this place?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, that’s really great. It’s just that… I wonder who exactly are the ones you’re looking for?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll start pointing now. The ones I point to stay, the ones I don’t point to can leave on their own.”
After saying this, without giving the people before him any time to think, he quickly raised his hand and pointed out over a dozen people among them whom he recognized as deserving of death.
After finishing pointing and confirming he hadn’t missed anyone, the waiter addressed the group.
“Alright, I’ve finished pointing. Those who weren’t pointed at can leave now.”
Upon hearing the waiter’s words, the ordinary customers, the bar’s security guards, and the other staff members who hadn’t been singled out instantly breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions showing they had been granted a pardon.
Immediately afterwards, they didn’t linger in the bar any longer and quickly exited through the entrance.
Before long, the only people left in the bar were the waiter and the dozen or so individuals he had just pointed out, who could be described in every sense as wicked and deserving of punishment.
“Superpowered Sir, why have you specifically kept us here?”
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, a balding old man among those kept behind gathered his courage and asked the waiter this.
Hearing this, the waiter, who didn’t intend to beat around the bush or waste time there, began gathering the supernatural power within his body while replying to the balding old man.
“Why have I kept you here? The answer is simple. I just want all your sorry lives.”
After saying this, without waiting for the dozen or so people to show panicked expressions upon hearing his words, the waiter raised his hand and rapidly fired over a dozen fireballs.
Following a series of explosions, looking at the over a dozen headless corpses lying on the ground, emitting a stench of burning flesh, the waiter felt a satisfaction far stronger than when he had killed the wealthy man he hated earlier, and a look of pleasure appeared on his face.
“Alright, the Anomaly Affairs Bureau will be here soon. I need to find a place to lie low for a while, let things cool down.”
Just as the waiter was getting a bit lost in the achievement he had created, Maka, who had been standing aside watching everything he did and was very pleased with this superpowered individual he had helped create, thought of the Anomaly Affairs Bureau, which always reacted very swiftly to supernatural crimes, and quickly spoke up to remind the waiter.
Hearing Maka’s reminder, the waiter, immersed in his own creation, finally snapped out of it. He immediately looked around, wanting to thank Maka.
But finding himself utterly unable to detect any trace of him, the waiter stopped trying to locate him. He simply bowed slightly towards the empty air around him and said in a grateful tone.
“Thank you for the reminder, sir.”
Having thanked Maka and knowing this was no place to linger, the waiter quickly hurried his steps, stepping over the dozen or so charred corpses lying on the floor, and walked towards the bar’s exit.
Seeing this, Maka, knowing he had successfully completed the commission given to him by the beautiful black-haired woman, also decided not to stay any longer in this now-empty bar.
But just as he started to move, intending to follow behind the waiter and leave the bar,
A person he hadn’t expected suddenly appeared there.
“Stop right there, unknown superpowered criminal. You’re under arrest.”
Looking at the small figure that suddenly ran in through the bar’s entrance, the waiter, who was just about to leave, immediately halted his steps.
Then, with a slightly surprised tone, the waiter asked the small figure blocking his path, who seemed harmless at first glance.
“Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?”
Flicking the fox tail behind her, twitching the fox ears atop her head, the youkai fox loli with bright orange hair, a pair of green eyes, dressed in a light red modified Hanfu, and carrying a large gourd on her back – Hu Yao’er, one of Yan Qi’s clones – glanced at the dozen or so headless charred corpses on the ground. Her expression didn’t show much fluctuation as she turned and replied to the waiter.
“I am Hu Yao’er, a member of the superpowered organization ‘Free Life Association’. The reason I’m blocking your way is naturally to arrest you on behalf of the Anomaly Affairs Bureau.”
Hearing Hu Yao’er state her affiliation, although he had encountered quite a bit of information related to supernatural powers and superpowered individuals before, this was the first time the waiter had heard of the superpowered organization called the Free Life Association. A look of bewilderment appeared on his face.
After a moment, deciding not to dwell on what kind of superpowered organization Hu Yao’er’s Free Life Association was, but knowing that her blocking his path would definitely hinder his escape, the waiter spoke to Hu Yao’er in a tone laced with warning.
“Free Life Association? Never heard of it. Little girl, I suggest you give up the idea of arresting me here right now. After all, I’m no longer the ordinary person I used to be, the kind who just had to go along with others’ wishes and live timidly. If you keep blocking my way here, even if you’re not a bad kid, I’ll have to teach you a proper lesson.”
After saying this, to make his words seem more threatening, the waiter, who had learned to control his aura since becoming superpowered, didn’t hesitate to release his aura as a One-Star Superpowered Individual, hoping to scare off the Hu Yao’er before him.
Facing the waiter’s warning and feeling the One-Star Superpowered Individual aura he was now emitting, Hu Yao’er, whose current strength, thanks to her original body’s successful cultivation, had reached the level of a Two-Star Peak Superpowered Individual, showed no fear on her face whatsoever.