Before making a run for it, Nolan first went to the Noble Association store. The shop was enveloped in his black fog but once he entered, he was surprised to see that the staff was conscious and doing their own stuff on their desks. They all had a look of boredom but that changed the moment they saw Nolan looking at them.
All of them left their desks and quickly approached Nolan. Seeing that whatever was about to happen would waste his time, Nolan quickly ran to the elevator and entered it. The elevator took him straight to his destination.
The old man from before was still there, there wasn't any black fog in this area. Sensing someone's presence, the old man turned around and saw that it was Nolan whom he had secretly mocked.
“Welcome dear customer, what…”
“Give me the Death Space item and its instruction manual,” said Nolan.
“Don't worry dear customer, it's quite eas…”
“I'm on a time crunch so add the instruction manual of the item, One Trillion MC is a lot of money so you better give me the instruction manual. And where do I pay?”
The old man no longer spoke and wasn't enraged by how Nolan had cut him off when he was talking. Instead, he gave Nolan a very friendly smile as a black marble floated on the old man's hand.
“Please scan here to complete your payment and the item is yours. When you pour Mana into it, all the relevant information shall appear directly on your mind.”
Nolan quickly paid for the Death Space item, put it on his storage ring and left the shop. Next, he went to the Blazing Forge Guild shop which took slightly more time than expected but he still obtained the Featherless Night Spear. He also bought himself two extremely sharp daggers, a bow and arrows, shurikens and other stuff.
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Nolan was currently standing outside the mall's entrance, standing not from far from the snake-head design.
[Come!]
As if the black fog was alive, it heeded the command it was given and poured out from the mall entrance and absorbed into Nolan's body. If one were to look at this scene from a different angle, it would look like a massive snake breathing out black fog that engulfed the tiny human's figure. The absorption of the black fog took about five minutes and everything returned to normal.
“Let's go.” he said to Riri who was wearing a black scales cloak. Nolan had bought it for her to hide her identity and not draw unwanted attention since he was sure that his fame was about to hit the roof.
“Meghan, contact Loid and tell him I'm ready to hunt down the rabbit, I only need to know where it is burrowing.”
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Seconds after Nolan had absorbed all the black fog into his body, the first person to wake up was the old man who had spoken up for Nolan when he was being compared to Combat Zone graduates. He looked at the arena and only saw a pile of white dust and no trace of Nolan.
“Boy, I've been on the run for as long as I can remember but because of you, I'm willing to return to my roots and take on my responsibilities so you better not disappoint me, hehe.” mumbled the old man to himself before disappearing without a trace.
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He reappeared outside the mall. If Nolan could see this scene, he would be scared shitless because the moment the old man appeared, he was standing exactly where Nolan had stood while absorbing the black fog. The old man then looked around before disappearing without a trace yet again.
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For those who had been watching everything live, their eyes had stayed glued to their Star Watches. Since they were not affected by the black fog, they wanted to see if they could spot any hidden details and they had indeed seen Nolan leave the arena but not anything beyond that.
“Grandpa, what exactly happened there? My heart was pounding so fast it felt like it was going to explode. What exactly was that horrific monster capable of mimicking a baby's voice?” asked the granddaughter while sighing in relief.
That talking monster had almost caused her a heart attack, just thinking about it scared her and it wasn't just her in this situation. Many people who had been watching the live fight had similar reactions. Some had even died or fell unconscious, it was that scary.
“I believe that what we just witnessed is the ruptured Killing Concept but I'm not completely certain. The reason I'm saying it's the Killing Concept is because the Killing Concept is rumoured to affect the Soul on a much grander scale. If Souls can be enslaved or suppressed, why can't realistic illusions that affect the Soul be conjured? What we witnessed was definitely the Killing Concept. This Bloodbath person sure is talented, I wonder what his true identity is.” said the wheelchair grandpa.
“He's really amazing!” said the granddaughter.
…
Although nothing was happening, the live feed viewers watched the screen with bated eyes. Even though nothing was happening, they continued to watch.
Just like that, an hour went by and by this point, everyone had woken and escorted out of the underground arena. Mysterious figures came to investigate Bloodbath's identity and everything related to him.
After the investigation was concluded, it was found out that Bloodbath was actually Nolan and his bounty was released to the public by the Zodiac Families. Everyman wondered why the Zodiacs were so invested in this case but after reading Nolan's crimes, they completely understood why.
-Murdered his own father.
-Singlehandedly killed over 20% of the human population that was slightly above 8 billion at the time.
-Kidnapped infants at the hospital and cooked them in a huge pot for days before eating them.
-Annihilated cities with tens of millions of people living there in order to impress a girl who later became his wife.
-Sneaked into an all girls party and raped all the girls there before eating them.
The list went on and on and on, everything written was something only an inhumane person would do. If one wanted to defend Nolan by saying that he was mentally ill, his medicine report was also attached to the bounty. It was clearly written that Nolan was not crazy but just evil, not the kind where you're born physically different or born inherently evil. This guy just chose to be, he chose to be evil, he didn't have cannibalistic thoughts or edges, just chose to eat people for no reason.
….
He also went by many titles as written on his bounty poster.
-Hostis Humani Generis
-Heartless Monster
-Abomination
-Human Devourer
-King of Rapists
-Infant Cooker
-Evil in Human Form
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“Cindy, I know what you're thinking right now but don't do it.”
“Jason, you know what kind of person I am. I absolutely won't allow such a vile creature to roam this world. I won't allow this ‘thing’ to continue to live. I'd rather die than to breathe the same air as this cancer of a human who cooks and eats infants.”
“I understand okay, I also want to kill him, but you have to be rational about this. That guy is crazy strong if even the Zodiacs couldn't do a thing to him. As you are now, you'll only be sending yourself to your own death. I'm not saying to spare his life, all I'm saying is that have the ability to kill him no matter what tricks he uses.” said Jason.
“Fine then. Call my mother and tell her we're coming home.”
“Thanks for understanding.”
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“Now it makes sense why he has such a powerful Killing Aura! He actually killed so many people and even ate them, yuck!” said the granddaughter.
The grandpa didn't say anything and just read the information written on the bounty. He didn't show any reaction but his granddaughter knew that he was fuming inside. This was because the old man's eyes were glowing in a dangerous glint.
‘Infant Cooker…”
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The person in question was currently travelling at fast speed within the tall, grassy mountains. He didn't know that not only was his bounty made public, the bounty money had also been increased from 50 Trillion MC to 150 Trillion MC. He'd been travelling in this place for about a week now.
"We're here," he said. In front of Nolan and Riri was a portal that was a mix of red and blue.
‘My delicious prey, it's time to meet your maker, hehehe.’