"Ok, Brother Jorge," the four snipers said in unison and started shooting from different directions.

Swoosh... Swoosh...

Kael heard warning bells ringing all around him. He immediately used all the strength in his body to dodge multiple times and asked, "System, what happened? Why did my body instinctively dodge multiple times?"

[Host, you are targeted by the snipers. Since the virus is merged with your body, it developed a unique guard mechanism. Soon, your senses will discover the approaching danger, and your body will instinctively react to it.]

"Oh, it's a badass mechanism," praised Kael.

"But wait, what the heck, the snipers? Why are they messing with me? Whatever, since they targeted my life, it means those snipers and the people behind them are just tired of living," Kael murmured angrily while defending from the incoming attacks of the zombified rat.

"This huge zombified rat is really annoying. Even though it's very huge, it's very agile and can dodge my deadly attacks easily. It can burrow into the earth and use the earth as its shield," Kael murmured with a frustrated look on his face.

"Ahhh..." he screamed angrily and tightened his grip on the baseball bat. This time, he attacked even more aggressively than before. The zombified rat felt the danger to its life and immediately burrowed into the earth to hide.

"Hey, do you think I don't know what you're planning? There's no way I'll let you escape into the earth. Today is your death day!" shouted Kael, his nerves popping up on his legs as he tightened his muscles.

Swoosh…..

With all the strength concentrated in his legs, afterimages left in his wake, he appeared in front of the zombified rat in the blink of an eye and swung the baseball bat with all the strength concentrated in his arms.

Snipers kept shooting at the afterimages.

The zombified rat widened its eyes seeing the approaching baseball bat. It didn't even have a chance to defend itself; the baseball bat pierced into its head, and it died on the spot.

Kael lowered the baseball bat and started gasping for air, with an exhausted look on his face.

"Hurry, reload! It looks like he's tired and doesn't have the stamina to even stand. This is our chance to take him down!" shouted a sniper anxiously.

"Ok, Brother Jorge," all the snipers immediately started reloading, and Jorge looked at Kael with sweat beads dropping from his cheeks.

Kael smiled at him, baring his white teeth.

Jorge was scared shitless and jumped back with a fearful look on his face.

"Brother Jorge, what happened?"

"Brother Jorge, are you okay?"

"Run..." Jorge murmured in a low voice.

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"What is it, Brother Jorge? We can't hear you properly."

"RUN!" Jorge ran away from there without turning back.

"Run?" All the remaining snipers looked into their scopes.

"Hey, where is the variant? Why can't I see him?"

"Dumbass, since I was behind you, how could I be there?" asked Kael while holding dead Jorge in his hand.

"Shit, everyone run, we were discovered!" shouted the sniper, taking a handgun out of his dress and aiming it at Kael.

"Don't come close, I'll shoot!" shouted the sniper with a nervous look on his face.

"You can give it a try," said Kael with a smile, but it appeared more like a demon was smiling at him.

The sniper mentally broke down, threw the handgun, and jumped down the building.

Kael shook his head, jumped down the building, and reached out his hand to grab the sniper, using his leg to stomp on the air and land on the ground effortlessly.

"You will die, but not this easily. Your death is going to be very painful," said Kael, his face very close to the sniper's.

"Please, I beg you, kill me right now," the sniper started begging him.

"Hmm, wait, let me bring your friends. They will keep you company in the afterlife," Kael tied the sniper's hands and feet, then he moved towards the other snipers.

"Brother Naw, why can't I see the variant? Where did he go?"

"I also can't see him... Ah..."

"What happened to you, Brother Naw? Brother Naw, can you hear me?"

"Hey, is he your Brother Naw?"

A voice reached the sniper from behind him.

The sniper turned around and looked at Naw, who was staring back at him with fear in his eyes.

"Naw bro, why are you here?" Only now he realized that someone was holding Naw. He slowly raised his head to look at the face holding Naw.

"Hey, remember me? It's me, your nemesis," Kael introduced himself with a sinister smile on his face.

“ Ah…. variant…..”

Kael held him as if holding a chicken and dragged him down to the building.

"Yo, see who I brought," said Kael, throwing two snipers to the ground as if they were dead pigs.

Three snipers held each other, shaking violently.

"System, you have a separate section to buy torturing equipment, right?"

[Yes]

"Nice." Kael opened the shop and selected a few torturing equipment, which were very cheap.

"Hey, idiots, which one do you like? Nail plucker, balls crusher, or finger cutter? The choice is yours," asked Kael with a very gentle smile on his face.

"You... You... You are a demon..." The moment one of the snipers finished speaking, he held his chest tightly, his eyes bloodshot. He took his last breath, and his lifeless body fell back to the ground.

"Hey... Hey... What the heck, bro? Do you think you're living in a lawful world? Hey, dumbasses, let me remind you that you're living in an apocalyptic world. When you mess with someone, you have to be prepared for extreme consequences," said Kael, folding his arms.

"Brother variant, we are sorry... Please kill us, don't torture us," said Naw while wetting his pants.

"Yuck, first I will begin with your PP."

A sword appeared in his hands out of nowhere, and he slashed it at the sniper's crotch.

Kael didn't cut the PP but his thigh.

"Oh, sorry, I made a mistake. Let me try again."

Swoosh...

"Ahh..."

Swoosh...

"Ahh..."

"Huff..."

Kael wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I finally cut down his PP," with a look on his face as if he had achieved something great.

"Puke..."

The last sniper left vomited the expired bread that he ate two days ago after seeing the body parts all over the ground.

"Hmm, I think I still need to practice more," said Kael, looking at the last sniper.

The sniper hurriedly took the sharp plastic object that was close to him and said, "Please, no... No... I will cut it myself.”