Seven

"I-I won't give this money to you guys! This is t-this is my sweat and tears!" – Jack said in a trembling voice

"Oh, oh, got it!" Lee nodded and smiled.

…and immediately hit Jack in the face with a powerful punch. Although he had predicted this might happen, Jack was still unable to block the blow.

"Tell me, Jack!" – Lee held out his right hand in front of Jack – "See the ring I'm wearing? According to the old king, just wearing it I can keep my strength no different from ordinary people! I punched then you probably won't die!

With that, Lee grabbed Jack by the collar and gave him another right hook, and then another... Being treated like a sandbag for Lee to practice punching, soon Jack's face was swollen and painful. harmful.

"Huh... Ugh... Ah..."

'Um, wow! It looks painful, you must be angry right? Hey, I don't think you can hear what I'm saying... But listen to me! Do you want revenge? Do you want to try and teach these bastards a lesson?'

"It's okay, boss, moreover it's dead."

"Oh, you're right!"

Finally, Lee released Jack, and he collapsed, face down on the dirty ground.

"Ah, almost forgot!"

'Um, of course you want to, right? No one likes to be tormented for life!'

Lee stooped, and snatched the purse from Jack's waist, which he opened to examine the money inside.

"Not bad, please!"

"Hey big brother, why do you have to take his money? If you want, just ask for that old man? He's a king, it's not difficult to get a hundred times this amount?"

"You're so stupid! I didn't do this just for these pennies? I just need a little stress relief! Hahaha!!!"

'They look down on you! You want to be trash all your life? No? Very good! Then follow me! I will give you this body…”

"Big brother is right! Knowing that, I also rushed in to give him a fight!"

It seemed that Lee's beating affected Jack's head more than he thought, as he began to mutter out meaningless babbles.

"I will give you this body..."

'My strength will be yours...'

"What the fuck is this guy talking about? Are you delirious?"

"Or did the big brother punch it in the head too hard?"

Lee's group became confused by Jack's unusual behavior, they could only look at each other in bewilderment.

"I will free you from your chains."

'Break all limits, destroy everything that stands in its way!'

"You and I..."

'Be a unity!'

"Let the monster be freed!" Jack shouted.

'Let the monster be freed!'

'"Soul Synchronization!!!"'

Why, when he raised his head to the sky and shouted like that, Jack's perception of the world around him became completely blurred. He staggered and collapsed like a puppet whose strings were broken, unable to move.

Lee approached and nudged Jack with his feet, but there was no response.

"Sometimes I hit its head a little too hard..."

Even Lee became confused by Jack's strange behavior. He and his juniors immediately decided in silence that they should not get involved in this matter any further.

"Let's go now."

"Yes!"

All four thugs turned around to leave. But suddenly something reached from behind, grabbed one of Lee's juniors by the leg, making him jump.

"Huh? What's that?"

When he realized it was just Jack's hand, the junior quickly became annoyed and shook his leg.

However, Lee realized that something was strange, except for his right arm holding his junior's leg, Jack's body didn't move at all. Honestly, this scene is pretty creepy.

"Hey, take it out! This dog!"

"Why did it take so long, Kenta? It's strong like a slug?"

"I'm trying! But this guy is as tough as a leech!" ' said Kenta spitefully.

No matter what Kenta did, Jack's hand did not loosen, on the contrary, it tightened more and more on his leg.

"Hey... It hurts! Tsk, this guy! I said it hurts, can you hear me!? It hurts!!! It hurts!!!! Big brother!!! Help me! My leg is about to break! !!!"

Kenta's face was pale, showing pain and terror. He tried to remove the fingers that were gripping his legs like pincers, but to no avail.

"What!? B-Stop joking, Kenta..."

"Ah! T-My legs!!!"

A crunching sound came from Kenta's shinbone as it was crushed in Jack's hand. The pain was so unimaginable that Kenta could only scream loudly before losing consciousness.

"What the hell is that!!!" - Lee yelled in panic.

Jack, who had been lying still, suddenly stood up and convulsed violently, his limbs moving wildly, as if he were having a seizure. Jack's eyes were white and full of veins, and the irises were no longer visible. The two teeth were constantly chattering against each other, foaming at the mouth. As for his head, it seems that he doesn't like to stay in one place, it sometimes tilts to one side, sometimes it suddenly jerks back to its original position. Seeing this scene makes people think of a rabies patient. Lee and the others were frightened by what was happening.

'"Kiehehehehe!!!"'

The laughter that came from Jack's mouth didn't sound like a human voice at all. It sounded like two people were laughing at the same time.

"Damn it! Kill this bastard!!! Asher! Daniel! Up!!!"

The three drew their weapons and charged towards Jack. Faced with a three-on-one situation like this, Jack still calmly smiled and smiled from ear to ear.

'"Kiehehehehehe!!!!!!"'

Laughing his devilish laugh, Jack leaned over and grabbed the still unconscious Kenta by the shirt. And like a weightlifter, Jack threw Kenta's body straight at the mob. Seeing that, Lee stepped aside, and Daniel used his skill to jump high. The number of people who lost consciousness still increased to two due to Asher's failure to react to the flying Kenta.

Taking advantage of the fact that he was in the air, in that moment Daniel raised his sword, preparing to slash at Jack's head... However, before the blade could touch Jack's skin, both it and Daniel stopped. in midair, it was as if he was frozen in that position and posture.

Jack forced a distorted smile on his face again, the irises of his eyes slowly moving back into their proper places.

"What the hell is this!? Did you do it? Jack? Put me down now, bitch!"

Jack said nothing, just waved his hand to the right. Immediately, Daniel's floating body flew to the side, hitting the wall hard.

Taking advantage of Jack's distraction, Lee quickly launched two knives at him.

Fortunately, Jack realized this, he immediately put his left hand forward, one of the knives stopped in midair as if caught by something. As for the other knife, Jack simply tilted his head to the side to dodge it.

"Tch! His mother..."

'"Kiehehehehehehe!!!!"

Right now, Lee was the last one standing, he himself was terrified of Jack, which was probably no longer in the realm of humans...

However, Lee decided not to leave his juniors and run, he would rather die than do that.

But in that moment, a question popped into Lee's mind - 'Wait! Why does this bitch have to avoid the second knife if it can bring everything to a halt like the movie The Matrix? ...Unless it can't make things stop! Right! Obviously it's not possible! I don't know what kind of skill it is, but there must be a limit!'

Jack suddenly lunged towards Lee at an amazing speed, quickly closing in on him.

Lee barely managed to pull two more daggers from the back of his belt, and stood ready to fight, two knives in both hands. Swinging the knife in his right hand, Jack forced his opponent into a defensive position.

'Surely its skill has a limit, or needs to meet certain conditions in order to use it, otherwise why should it attack with a knife?'

Despite having two knives and supposedly a hundred times higher stats than Jack, Lee still struggled to keep from getting a fatal blow.

However, Lee realized that Jack was just swinging the knife wildly, taking advantage of the slightly better power and speed. When Jack revealed an opening in his left flank, Lee rushed towards it.

"Die you bastard!!!"

Sparks shot out when the two blades collided with each other. I don't know how, but Jack was able to bring out the knife in his hand to parry the blow. However, Lee was using up to two knives, he aimed at Jack's neck and stabbed.

However, before he could hurt Jack, Lee's entire right arm was blocked. Lee felt like it was being held by an invisible force, unable to move.

Jack took the two knives from Lee's hand and threw them away. Using only his left hand, Jack could easily lift Lee off the ground. No matter how much Lee tried to kick and struggle, trying to remove Jack's hand, it was still futile.

"Fuck! Ugh-uh!!!"

Although he was able to force Lee into the dead end, Jack did not look very good. Veins were bulging all over his face, his left eye was twitching continuously and his nose was bleeding profusely.

Fifty knives in hand, Jack stabbed Lee once in the stomach. When he heard his pitiful scream, he laughed again, his face revealing an amused expression. By the way, Jack also got his wallet back.

'"Kiehehehe!!!"'

However, it seems that hope has not disappeared from Lee's eyes. His eyes kept darting behind Jack, but he hadn't noticed this yet.

"D-Do it!!!" - Lee shouted.

Suddenly, Jack's head was hit by something from behind. The arm around Lee's throat loosened, allowing him to get out of danger. Jack fell to the ground, behind him Daniel was standing with a bloody brick in his hand.

"Cough cough!"

"Are you okay, boss?"

"I'm fine... Thank you. Without you, I'd really be back to visit my grandparents."

'"Kiehehehehehehe!!!!'"

Jack's devilish laugh sounded again, his limbs kept struggling, scaring Lee and Daniel a moment.

"You help Asher, and I'll take care of Kenta! I don't want to have to fight that crazy bitch anymore!"

However, until Lee and his accomplices ran away, Jack did not get up anymore, just lying there, still clutching the money bag.