When Kai woke up, he was in the hospital. His mum, Isse, was asleep at his bedside. She looked very tired and sleepless. Kai saw that she had a little black eye under her eyes.
When Kai woke up he couldn't understand why he was in the hospital, but after a few seconds his brain kicked in and memories flooded his mind. He remembered what had happened last time. A man was trying to kill him. He'd managed to get away from him got into the lift and went downstairs. It was horrible. It was simply horrible to remember that moment. He was only 14 years old. and a psychopath tried to kill him on his birthday. If he hadn't bumped into Kevin and Jack, would he still be alive?
Some time passed and Kai tried to process what had happened. Kai took the remote next to him and switched on the TV so as not to wake his mum. Maybe it would take his mind off things. But as soon as he switched it on he had to switch it off and his face looked different. The sound was so loud that Isse almost woke up. It was so loud. Kai panicked because he didn't want his mum to wake up. As he turned off the TV and took a deep breath, a hand touched his head. He was startled but calmed down when he saw the person's eyes full of compassion.
"It's me, don't worry," Isse said and looked at his son with happiness. The sound of the television had woken him up. Or maybe he was always awake. There was anger and happiness in Isse's eyes. Both emotions had an explanation.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine." Kai wouldn't have answered differently if he hadn't.
"Kevin and Jack found you and brought you here. They called me from the hospital. By the time we called the cops, the guy who attacked you was long gone."
"But how do you know about him?"
Kai had fought that man and it's a miracle he survived at all. Just being a little boy, he managed to escape from a professional like that man. He had even... injured him severely. Kai still had painful wounds all over his body, but how did his mother know what had happened? The wounds couldn't talk.
"There are detectives who have dedicated their lives to this. They can tell from the condition of your body in a struggle. A wound like that wouldn't have happened on its own. Moreover, there are traces of the battle in the gym." said Isse. The compassionate look in her eyes could move a person's heart. Despite her age, her beauty was legendary in the cities. She didn't need to add any make-up or artificial additives. Isse was a universal beauty. Kai always wondered how he was lucky enough to have such a mother. But when Kai looked into those eyes, he felt a deep regret. He thought only of himself, but some so many people thought of him too. What right did he have to hurt them? What right did he have to be so taken advantage of and so weak?
Just then a doctor came in. Then he checked Kai over. Kai was pensive the whole time. He answered the questions simply, all the while thinking about the man who had attacked him. What had happened? How had he had such an 'accident'? And could that man and the man he had chased in the rain be the same?
After all, they had both talked about something called a 'growth base'.
"Your wounds are healing fast. It's really strange, but it's not impossible. I think you are quite lucky. "said the doctor. Kai was the fastest healer Kai had ever seen, but he had seen people heal much faster than that.
Kai rolled his eyes at his words. He had been assassinated and he was only fourteen and the man was telling him he was lucky?
After he left, a policeman came in. And he told Kai to tell him what happened. Kai told him everything. He kept it simple and made it sound like he hadn't done anything bad. That day he had a homicidal desire for Adana. It wasn't normal. It was okay for the police to know the truth, but for Kai, it was a problem. If he told them, he wouldn't be able to breathe easily and he would have to watch those strange looks. There was a chance that his eyes would turn red again because he didn't know why.
The police left. Soon Kai's brothers, his father, Jack, and Kevin walked in. Soon Kevin was frowning. They were all giving Kai stern looks.
"Spill it. "
Kai moved his body reached over and picked up the nail clippers on the table. Then he started to cut his nails. He had a very serious expression on his face.
'I'm spilling.'
Such a joke caused the faces of every person in the room to turn ugly. Those handsome boys melted away and old men took their place. The beautiful mother we had just talked about faded with this simple joke and all the tenderness disappeared from her face. Father Rhodes looked like an old man who had lost his soul and Lily was already confined to a wheelchair.
It was better for each of them to ignore it.
"Come on, Kai? "Jack said and put his hand on Kai's shoulder. Kai looked up and saw those eyes. Those eyes were full of trust. They had absolute confidence that Kai wouldn't lie to them.
"What are you not telling the cops? We can all tell something's different."
"Because... I didn't want you to look at me like that. I was just a little different at that moment. I was angry. I didn't want to be under that gaze." Kai bit his lower lip after the last sentence.
"I didn't want you to be afraid of me. I wanted everything to be like it was before." Kai said and bowed his head once more.
At that moment Kai felt a hand on his shoulder. When he looked up, Jack started talking with a smile on his face.
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"Kai, you're still talking nonsense. After all this time you still don't recognise us? We are your best friends. They are your family. Do you think we'll be afraid of you? Haha, you still have a lot to learn. Do you think anyone would look at you like that? No one else needs to know. As long as we know, you can relax. "
Kai was surprised for a moment when he heard Jack's words, but as he looked at the faces of the people in front of him, he realized that he had fallen into a very unnecessary doubt. Maybe he was scared for nothing?
" I apologize.... "
"We'll find a way to get this under control. We'll find out what that man wants from you and who he is. But we should leave all that to the cops. You have to realize that we're not that high up. "said Isse. After Rhodes confirmed this, everyone started to leave the room. There were too many of them. They might have been bothering Kai.
Kevin and Jack went home. Kai's father Rhodes and Kai's brothers also went home. Isse stayed at the hospital with Kai. He laid his head on the couch and said nothing. Each of them slept with infinite trust in Kai.
But Kai had lied about his feelings.
He had no fear that anyone would ostracise him or anything else. Not anymore. He'd lost all human thought that night with the sudden power that flooded his body. He didn't know if it was temporary, but he wanted to kill. He wanted to throw out everything inside him. He didn't want to be normal. He wanted to get out of this life and live a different life from everyone else. But he couldn't say that. It wasn't quite right.
Kai turned around for a while and then left himself in the darkness.
***
PAAAAT!!
Kai was startled by the sudden sound and woke up. Lifting his head, he looked in the direction of the sound. Isse was going to the toilet. This was a normal thing. Isse got up like this every night and went to the toilet. But the sound hadn't come from her mum. Kai could tell it was nighttime by the moonlight streaming in through the window. The moonlight was shining right on him.
That's when Kai realized it wasn't his mother.
A few minutes had passed when the door opened slightly. The first thing that came through the door was the smell, the smell of blood. This caused Kai to flinch. His body began to tremble as his eyes widened.
'N-No....'
Kai looked up and saw a large man taking two steps forward through the door in fear. He was carrying a large axe in his hand and part of his body was covered in blood. This was not the same man who had attacked him before. This man was a little bigger. The desire to kill in his eyes could not have been more evident as the blood on his body spread around him. Kai was looking directly at the two bloody corpses behind the man. Those blue eyes were frozen. They covered the ground with their bloody bodies. Even at the last moment of their deaths, they couldn't understand why they had died. Did they deserve such a death? They had died for nothing, without realizing anything.
'So... Is this dead?'
'They can't be dead, can they? I... I must be dreaming! It's not possible!'
Kai was in shock. After all, this was the first time in his life he had ever seen a dead person, and it was too much for a little boy who had just turned 14. He was not a soldier. He was not a general who had spent years on the battlefield and bathed in blood. He was not a psychopath who had lusted for blood since birth. He was just a little boy.
At that moment, the desire to kill in the man's gaze disappeared and a worried look appeared on his face. Suddenly, when he checked his hand, he was filled with fear and turned his hateful gaze towards Kai. When Kai saw that look, he immediately became frightened and pulled his blanket over him even more.
"You! What did you do to my development base!? Why can't I feel my power?! "
Kai didn't understand what he was saying. He didn't even know what a development base was and now a third person was talking about the same thing. He couldn't understand what was going on.
'What's going on here?!'
CRACK...!
At that moment, the window on the side exploded and a young man about the same height as Kai, dressed in black clothes and looking like an assassin, entered. His face and eyes could not be seen in the darkness, but Kai realized that it was the young man he had seen the last time. And for some reason, something told him that the reason he had come here was not to help the man with the axe.
The young man in black and the axe murderer looked at each other. As if they had agreed, they both rushed forward at the same time.
The fight started when the killer tried to hit the boy. When he swung his axe horizontally, the young man drew back. The killer raised his axe again to strike the boy, but the boy moved quickly and grabbed the hilt of the axe.
He then punched the man in the face. The boy took advantage of the stunned killer and tried to pull the axe away, but the man was still too strong. Even though he was a man who relied on his development base, he had trained his body and had been doing it for much longer than the young man. This time the young man pulled the axe down, bent the man's head, and hit the killer hard on the head with his knee. This time he could capitalize on the opportunity and took the axe from the killer's hand and threw it out of the window. Using that axe would have caused problems. The killer immediately recovered and punched the boy hard. Even without the axe, he still had terrifying physical strength. As the boy fell backward, the killer realized that Kai was watching them. All this time he had been too busy paying attention to the young man to notice the person pressing down on the base of his development and was about to come towards Kai when suddenly his eyes filled with fear and his gaze shifted out of the window. He had noticed something. The young man had noticed the same thing.
"Someone who can suppress my development base. I'm sure my seniors will be delighted to hear this news. I'll see you again." he said and ran out the door. As the boy recovered, he stood up and headed for the window, and just as he was leaving, Kai came out of his shock and shouted at him.
"Where are you going?" he said.
"It's better you don't know."
"At least tell me your name." the boy turned his head and looked back at Kai. Then he frowned and looked at his hand.
"You have a really strange body and seal. And the hunters have found out where you are... I'll tell you my name."
He looked in Kai's direction as he came out of his thoughtful state, and when he saw his green eyes in the darkness, Kai was sure that he was really like him.
"My name is Jace. "He said and threw himself out of the window and into the darkness. Normally, Kai would have thought this young man was crazy, but after all this, he was sure that this man was alive. These men took care to live.
The sound of the police began to get closer. Kai was sure there was a big explosion and a lot of commotion. The man with the axe had done it. Kai got out of bed and bravely made his way to the two bodies at the door. If these bodies were here, what was behind them? Why hadn't anyone come to get them? Every step he took left a horrible scar on his heart and made him want to jump out of the window out of fear, but Kai still moved forward with everything he had and opened the door.
As soon as Kai opened the door, a stream of blood quickly covered the floor of the room. The fear in Kai's eyes was now greater than ever. Soon he began to tremble. If he hadn't leaned against the wall with his hand, there would have been no way for him to stand. The look in his eyes left a memory that would last a lifetime. Someone looking into his eyes could see the river of blood that he saw at that moment.
'This... Impossible!'
Kai forced himself with the words in his heart and took a step into the pool of blood where dozens of people were torn to pieces. The horror on his face began to spread outwards from his body and form a mist. If Kai had noticed it, he would have realized that it was something even stranger than his frightening physical strength. This mist was invisible, but anyone who entered it could understand Kai's emotions.
'Impossible!
'Impossible!
'Impossible!'
Kai shouted in his mind and came to the body of a girl in the middle of a pool of blood. The girl's eyes were missing and her body had been sliced in half, but you could still see how horrified she was by the look on her face. An axe beam had come and split her body in two.
At that moment, that hand grabbed Kai's collar.
"S-Save...."
Kai's face contorted and he could hardly breathe. He should have realized this wasn't real. The girl's body had been cut in half. And like other people, like bodies falling from the ceiling, she was already dead.
"Damn it!"
Kai fell to his knees and pounded his fist into the blood. Two drops of tears fell from his eyes into the sea of blood. It was impossible not to see the fear in his eyes. As well as anger.
"I will avenge you. Rest in peace."
But how could they rest in peace? How could they travel to the next world with no regrets after such a death? Kai's eyes changed at that moment and the eyes that were at the time of the assassination on his birthday reappeared. A yellow layer had appeared on one side of the whites of the red eyes, and now another yellow layer appeared a little closer to that layer. It was shaped by Kai's fear.
While Kai was delirious, the needle entering his neck finally caused him to faint. The last face he saw was his mother's face full of worry.